The top 10 movies for the weekend of May 4 - May 6, 2012

There was only one story at the US box office this weekend and that was the astonishing performance of Marvel's "The Avengers". The superflick vacuumed up an all-time opening weekend record of $207.4 million. By comparison the other 9 top 10 films took in less than $40 million combined.

1) The Avengers	$207.4 Million
2) Think Like a Man	$8.1 Million
3) The Hunger Games	$5.58 Million
4) The Pirates! Band of Misfits	$5.50 Million
5) The Lucky One	$5.3 Million
6) The Five-Year Engagement	$5 Million
7) Safe	$2.67 Million
8) The Raven	$2.63 Million
9) Chimpanzee	$2.4 Million
10) The Three Stooges	$1.8 Million

The number one movie a year ago this week was Paramount/Marvel's "Thor" which debuted in the top spot with an $65.7 million haul.