User blog:Ceauntay/Box Office Report: 'Scooby-Doo! The 2nd Movie' Earns $7.2 Million in Midnight Grosses

="The pic is expected to become the year's best opening since "The Dark Knight Rises" and "The Avengers".

''Scooby-Doo! The 2nd Movie grossed $7.2 million from 3,530 midnight screens late Friday, scoring slightly a bigger success from the first film Scooby-Doo! The Movie''. The first installment scored $7.1 million after its early April release last year.

The first installment than went up to make over $100 million in its opening weekend, ending its run with a total of $292 million. The sequel is expected to open around the first film earning $100 million, another big opening for a film which cost $50 million.

''Scooby-Doo! The 2nd Movie'' is now playing in 4,295 theaters and 330 IMAX theaters nationwide starting on November 2, 2012.