`Avengers' scores No. 2 opening day with $80.5M

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Story Created: Sat May 5, 2012 2:28 PM

Story Updated: Sat May 5, 2012 2:28 PM

LOS ANGELES — A lot of superheroes add up to a lot of money for "The Avengers."

     
The film featuring a team of Marvel Comics heroes pulled in $80.5 million in its domestic debut Friday, the second-best haul ever on opening day.
     
"The Avengers" trails only last year's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," which took in $91.1 million in its first day on the way to a record weekend of $169.2 million.
     
Produced by Disney's Marvel Studios unit, "The Avengers" already is more than halfway toward beating the opening weekends of the second and third films on the debut charts.
     
At No. 2 is "The Dark Knight" with $158.4 million in its first three days, while this spring's blockbuster "The Hunger Games" is No. 3 with $152.5 million.