Avengers Age of Ultron Scores 2nd Biggest Weekend Box Office
Marvel and Disney's Avengers Age of Ultron pulled in a whopping 187.7 million at North American theaters over the weekend, scoring the second biggest in domestic box office history. The Joss Whedon film has amassed 627 million globally in 12 days, Variety reports, and the new tally from box office tracker Rentrak means the superhero film's predecessor, The Avengers 2012, still holds onto the top domestic opening weekend of 207.4 million. Even though Age of Ultron seemed on track to claim the titleit had edged out the original film with an opening day gross of 84.5 millionpotential moviegoers might've instead tuned into the Kentucky Derby, NBA playoffs or the Mayweather-Pacquiao boxing match. But it's a victory nonetheless for Marvel Studios, which now lays claim to the top three biggest domestic opening weekends in history. Marvel's Iron Man 3 2013 rounds out the top three at 174.1 million, with Warner Bros. Pictures' Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 2011 in fourth at 169.2 million. This weekends remaining top 5 included The Age Of Adaline 6.25 million, Furious 7 6.11 million, Paul Blart Mall Cop 2 5.55 million and Home 3.3 million., Read next This Map Shows How All the Future Marvel Movies Are Connected