Liam & Chris, box office princes

Liam & Chris, box office princes

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Liam Hemsworth ("The Hunger Games") and Chris Hemsworth ("The Avengers") are dominating movie screens this spring.

It's the hottest sibling rivalry in H ollywood in all senses of the adjective.

Chris and Liam Hemsworth both have enjoyed a meteoric rise in the few short years since they each moved here from their native Australia, where they were TV soap stars.

But theyve really arrived this spring.

Liam, 22, has a major part in the years biggest movie phenomenon The Hunger Games, which has already passed the $ 340 million mark at the box office. His 28-year-old brother, meanwhile, is reprising his super hero role as Thor in The Avengers, which opens May 4.

Avengers, according to some reports, could open even bigger than Hunger Games.

Chris can also be seen in the just-released horror flick, Cabin in the Woods, and the upcoming Snow White and the Huntsman, co-starring Kristen Stewart. Liam will be next seen fighting alongside Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger in this summers The Expendables 2.

Though they wont it say publicly, theres sure to be a battle for box office bragging rights in the genetically blessed Hemsworth clan. A source close to the brothers says theyre good kids who enjoy a relationship filled with good-natured competition and teasing.

Very early on, I was working out for Thor and he was coming in occasionally and working out with me and lifting weights. I was like, What are you doing, youre supposed to be a group of people who are underfed, Chris Hemsworth told the News.

Chris actually texted me a month before shooting and said, its called Hunger Games, not Eating Games, Liam told the News.

Each boasts their own army of screaming fans at red carpet premieres.

My younger sisters, the Miley Cyrus crew, they love Liam Hemsworth, hes more of a teen heartthrob, says Dorothy Cascerceri, Senior Editor and TV correspondent for In Touch Weekly. Whereas Chris Hemsworth appeals more to the cougars.

Sorry, ladies, theyre both taken.

Chris is married to Spanish ac tress Elsa Pataky, and theyre expecting their first child. Liam, if you didnt know, is romancing Miley Cyrus.

Cascerceri compares them to Giants quarterback Eli Manning and his brother Peyton now with the Broncos: Close family members off the field, rivals on it.

But when Liam lost the title role of Thor to his brother, he got over the disappointment quickly to throw his support behind another Hemsworth.

We are best friends but we still have that competitive rivalry, Liam told Australias News Online. As soon as we are back together my mother thinks its ridiculous because we still wrestle each other.

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