In 2012, two movies produced by Whedon were released. The horror movie "Cabin in the Woods" was released in April. Whedon wrote the script for the movie with director Drew Goddard. On May 4th, the Marvel Comics superhero movie "The Avengers" was released in the United States. Whedon wrote and directed the movie. "The Avengers" was released internationally one week before it was released in the United States. This release did not include some of the largest international markets, including China, Russia and Japan. It still made $185M in it international opening week. It was the 9th highest foreign opening ever.