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Avengers' Manhattan Damage: $160 Billion ( Loki does bring the party )

So based on Kinetic Analysis Corp - a real-life firm that specializes in "disaster-cost prediction and assessment."

"Computer models determined that the physical damage of the Chitauri invasion would be between $60 billion and $70 billion. Add in "economic and cleanup costs" of $90 billion and "the loss of thousands of lives" and you've got a bill of $160 billion, give or take. Um, does Odin the All-Father still cover his sons' expenses?"

"For context, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks cost $83 billion, Hurricane Katrina cost $90 billion, and the tsunami in Japan last year washed away $122 billion," says THR, while adding, "KAC also predicts that liability would be a major issue. Who, exactly, will have to pay for the damage? S.H.I.E.L.D., they note, is likely protected as a government agency, though probes eventually will look into its role in predicting, preventing and responding to the invasion … Given the involvement of individuals considered deities in some cultures (Thor, Loki), there is even the potential to classify the event as an 'act of God,' though that designation would be subject to strenuous theological and legal debate."

http://m.ign.com/articles/2012/05/10/avengers-manhattan-damage-160-billion

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Disaster expert: Repairing NYC after "The Avengers" would cost billions

$160 billion in damage to NYC portrayed in Avengers source

invasion Kinetic Analysis Corp. estimates that the physical damage to Manhattan would cost $60 - $70 billion to repair

fallout KAC estimates the economic impact, cost of cleanup, and loss of life would cost an additional $90 billion

» To put that in context: The damage portrayed during the Chitauri invasion would be double that of the September 11th attacks ($83 billion), and bigger than both Hurricane Katrina ($90 billion) and last year's tsunami in Japan ($122 billion). "Given the involvement of individuals considered deities in some cultures (Thor, Loki), there is even the potential to classify the event as an 'act of God,'" reads the report, continuing, "though that designation would be subject to strenuous theological and legal debate." To put this in perspective, the $220 million it cost to create the film would be less than 1 percent of the total cost to repair the city after the damage it fake-created.

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