![]() ![]() The question now is just how much of a giant money pit Age of Ultron can make this summer. Worldwide, Age of Ultron has earned $627 million in just 12 days. To date, Age of Ultron has made $439 million overseas - that is already better than the international total for Thor: The Dark World, and within spitting distance of the overseas totals for Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy. The film opened on April 22 in just over half of all international markets with $201.2 million, well past the $185.1 million The Avengers made in its international debut. Age of Ultron is also clearly outperforming its predecessor overseas. That could actually boost Age of Ultron's box office numbers a bit, as people who missed the film on Saturday go see it on Sunday, pushing the film's final debut grosses past the estimate released Sunday morning of $187.7 million - but almost certainly not past The Avengers' all-time record.īut let's be clear here: This is a major win for Marvel Studios, which can now boast holding the record for the top three domestic opening weekends of all time, including Iron Man 3's $174.1 million debut in 2013. Saturday was a giant sports day all around, with the Kentucky Derby and the NBA playoffs also pulling people away from movie theaters. Saturday night's Mayweather–Pacquiao fight clearly took a bite out of Age of Ultron's audience, however, with a reported 3 million pay-per-view purchases totaling a whopping $400 million in revenue. When Age of Ultron debuted late Thursday night and Friday, it appeared to have the all-time record in sight, earning an estimated $84.5 million, which surpassed the $80.8 opening day of The Avengers, and ranked second only to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2's record opening day of $93.1 million - even when adjusting for inflation. The question was whether it could match or surpass the $207.4 million debut of 2012's The Avengers, the largest domestic opening weekend ever.Įven after a record-breaking opening day, however, Age of Ultron could not quite catch its predecessor - it will just have to settle for reaching the second biggest domestic opening weekend of all time, with an estimated $187.7 million. Everyone knew that Avengers: Age of Ultron was going to be massive at the box office on its opening weekend in North America. ![]()
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