{"id":4309,"date":"2015-05-04T14:24:29","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T18:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/?p=4309"},"modified":"2015-05-04T16:22:35","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T20:22:35","slug":"marvels-avengers-age-of-ultron-rules-weekend-box-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/2015\/05\/marvels-avengers-age-of-ultron-rules-weekend-box-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel&#8217;s Avengers: Age of Ultron Rules  Weekend Box Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4310\" src=\"http:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/avengers_age_of_ultron_2015_movie-wide1-600x357.jpg\" alt=\"avengers_age_of_ultron\" width=\"600\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/avengers_age_of_ultron_2015_movie-wide1-600x357.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/avengers_age_of_ultron_2015_movie-wide1-600x357-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.archimediastudios.com\/corporate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/avengers_age_of_ultron_2015_movie-wide1-600x357-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Marvel&#8217;s Avengers: Age of Ultron\u00a0ruled the box office this weekend with a huge<strong> $191.3 million\u00a0<\/strong>scoring\u00a0the second highest opening weekend in North America, with two other Marvel Studios films\u2014\u201cMarvel\u2019s The Avengers\u201d and Marvel\u2019s \u201cIron Man 3\u201d\u2014holding down the first and third spots.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>The international box office was equally impressive, hauling\u00a0in\u00a0\u00a0$439.8 \u00a0million for a worldwide total thus far at\u00a0<strong>$631,100,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The film cost $250 million to make &#8211; Not bad business!<\/p>\n<p>Domestically,\u00a0Ultron&#8217;s $191.3\u00a0million debut accounted for 85 percent of the Top 12 box office this weekend, which is a new record ahead of\u00a0Spider-Man 3&#8217;s 83 percent.<\/p>\n<p>As of today, the Marvel Cinematic Universe\u00a0\u00a0stands on<strong> $7.786 billion<\/strong>, with a $708 million average across its eleven installments (Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: The First Avengers, The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy and Avengers: Age of Ultron).<\/p>\n<p>The Marvel Cinematic Universe has also \u00a0overtaken Harry Potter to become highest-grossing movie franchise of all time.\u00a0Harry Potter had the higher film average on $965 million, but will now have to settle for second place with its eight chapters earning a combined $7.723 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marvel&#8217;s Avengers: Age of Ultron\u00a0ruled the box office this weekend with a huge $191.3 million\u00a0scoring\u00a0the second highest opening weekend in North America, with two other Marvel Studios films\u2014\u201cMarvel\u2019s The Avengers\u201d and Marvel\u2019s \u201cIron Man 3\u201d\u2014holding down the first and third spots. 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