Another point is that this movie is 2:45 long so it won't be able to have as many showtimes as it's past competition had. Though it could compensate for that in the number of screens it's on. Here's the current top three biggest openings for comparison:

As a DirecTV customer I can't watch Futurama tonight. Though I guess I can watch Damages and Hit & Miss.

As a DirecTV customer I can't watch Futurama tonight. Though I guess I can watch Damages and Hit & Miss.

Josie and the Pussycats is the best movie ever! Join the Army!

Josie and the Pussycats is the best movie ever! Join the Army!

It was a lot easier when I was a kid. Every issue was written so that every character was introduced by name and then explained their abilities and their back story. Of course, when you'd sit down and read a series in a row it got really repetitive to keep being reminded that the Wolverine had an adamantium skeleton…

It was a lot easier when I was a kid. Every issue was written so that every character was introduced by name and then explained their abilities and their back story. Of course, when you'd sit down and read a series in a row it got really repetitive to keep being reminded that the Wolverine had an adamantium skeleton…

@avclub-ab60729bcbd8293eb5f31e5077c29049:disqus Cable came back just before AVX started. He got pulled out of time just before he died (lucky!) and was told to go back and fight the Avengers. JG is from the past. And Nova is a replacement.

@avclub-ab60729bcbd8293eb5f31e5077c29049:disqus Cable came back just before AVX started. He got pulled out of time just before he died (lucky!) and was told to go back and fight the Avengers. JG is from the past. And Nova is a replacement.

They did. In that same series that created Nick Fury Jr. It started out being about Marcus Johnson and his best friend Cheese. Then it got to the end and Marcus took his sperm donor's name and Cheese was revealed to be a nickname for Phil Coulson. And when whoever it was made NF Jr. the head of SHIELD they let him…

They did. In that same series that created Nick Fury Jr. It started out being about Marcus Johnson and his best friend Cheese. Then it got to the end and Marcus took his sperm donor's name and Cheese was revealed to be a nickname for Phil Coulson. And when whoever it was made NF Jr. the head of SHIELD they let him…

It didn't last a year. They planned out 12 issues and only 8 were produced. Though shortly after issue 8 came out, it was their Free Comic Book Day promotional effort where Thor met Captain America.

It didn't last a year. They planned out 12 issues and only 8 were produced. Though shortly after issue 8 came out, it was their Free Comic Book Day promotional effort where Thor met Captain America.

I don't think either of the Thor outfits look good but the Cassaday one is worse for including metal spikes on his wrist. He actually reminds me of that Future Thor who joined the Thor Corps. http://marvel.wikia.com/Dar…

I don't think either of the Thor outfits look good but the Cassaday one is worse for including metal spikes on his wrist. He actually reminds me of that Future Thor who joined the Thor Corps. http://marvel.wikia.com/Dar…

I got excited about what they're announcing about Hickman's plans: cosmic! 18 characters! big arcs intermixed with single issue stories!

I got excited about what they're announcing about Hickman's plans: cosmic! 18 characters! big arcs intermixed with single issue stories!

But don't stop for a haircut on the way.

But don't stop for a haircut on the way.

But Dad seemed cautiously optimistic.