BOX OFFICE: AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Breaks More Records Just Two Days After Opening
Avengers: Age of Ultron opened in the UK and a number of other territories on Wednesday night, and after just two days of release, the sequel has already accumulated an impressive haul and broken a number of records. Hit the jump for details on that and some new projections for the US...
As expected, Avengers: Age of Ultron is kicking ass at the international box office, earning an amazing $44.8 million in just two days from only 26 markets. It's broken a number of opening day records in various territories and will have debuted in around 55% of them before tomorrow. It's currently #1 at each and every single one of them and is the movie which kicks off 2015's blockbuster season. When it does reach North America next weekend, it's expected to easily surpass the $207.4 million earned by The Avengers back in 2012. Going back to this weekend though, and The Hollywood Reporter believes that the movie will end up with upwards of $175 million worldwide. Whether or not it will end up topping $1.5 billion by the end of its run remains to be seen, but if there's any movie which deserves to take down Avatar, it's this one...
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