So why is The Avengers the best one of all?
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The depth to which The Avengers is the perfect movie franchise never ceases to astound me.
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But the year's blockbuster was The Avengers, the summer's top movie, and third highest worldwide gross in box office history.
For movie-enthusiasts, watching an action-packed film like Marvel's The Avengers becomes the ultimate fan experience of being immersed in the action.
Box office hit The Avengers beat the competition at this year's MTV movie awards, winning three out of a possible four prizes.
As well as film roles in Thor and The Avengers, the 32-year-old played Captain Nicholls in Steven Spielberg's World War I film War Horse in 2011.
For example, The Avengers set the bar for the Marvel brand, and now Iron Man 3 clearly is perceived as having met expectations to deliver the same entertainment value.
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Anschutz also bought a stake in the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association in 1998 and rents out his building to basketball's Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League.
"The Avengers" was the night's big winner, taking three awards including movie of the year.
The Avengers remained in the top or second spot on the box office charts for five weeks.
Unless The Dark Knight Rises really surprises at the box office, The Avengers should end the summer as the highest-grossing film.
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Iron Man remains the crown jewel in the elaborate ornament that is The Avengers, and the pieces are falling into place again.
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If viewers were wanting a corrective to the jumpsuit antics of The Avengers, or the noodling high-school angst of The Amazing Spider-Man, then rest assured that Batman delivers in spades.
It would be like if the Oscars hyped up the night by promising the premiere of the trailer of The Avengers 2 between the Best Support Actor and Best Cinematography awards.
The immense success of The Avengers (and the fact that Iron Man was the most charismatic hero in the group) will certainly help goose the opening weekend numbers for Iron Man 3.
What about that DC Comics' "Justice League of America" film (which, if not for a 2008 writers' strike, might well have beaten Marvel's "The Avengers" to the screen by a good many years)?
Does it really matter if The Avengers, Skyfall and The Dark Knight Rising were shut out?
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This labeling makes little difference to both the ongoing Avengers franchise or the possibly concluded Iron Man series.
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Most women who see action fantasies like The Avengers do so for the same reasons that male audiences do.
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But the manly superheroes of The Avengers have already put the boy wizard in his place at the box office.
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Neither of this year's biggest domestic hits, "The Avengers" and "The Hunger Games, " relied on the strength of a sole marquee name.
And Box Office Mojo notes that "The Avengers" pulled off the ninth highest overseas opening ever without debuting in top tier markets China, Japan, and Russia.
Since appearing in Donmar productions Othello and Ivanov in 2008, Hiddleston has gone on to achieve international fame in films such as The Avengers, Thor, The Deep Blue Sea, War Horse and Midnight in Paris.
Filmed between March and May 2009, writers Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard (who also co-wrote The Avengers) were thinking outside the box with this new twisted tale.
By making the deal to buy distribution rights to The Avengers and Iron Man 3, the studio brings in-house two of the most important upcoming Marvel films.
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However much like a big summer blockbuster The Avengers may feel, it takes the formula much deeper and much further than most superhero movies dare to go.
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In 2006, while accepting an award from Equality Now (an organization promoting the human rights of women), Joss Whedon ("The Avengers, " "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") said he's often asked why he creates such strong women characters.
Amazon.com announced a new licensing agreement with EPIX for movies including The Avengers, Iron Man 2, The Hunger Games, Super 8, Thor, and more, expanding its catalog of title offerings for Prime Instant Video to more than 30, 000 movies and TV episodes.
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The Avengers star last appeared on stage at the tiny London venue in 2008.
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