“Avengers: Age of Ultron” Soars at the Box Office

The Walt Disney Company/Marvel Comics(NEW YORK) — With a super performance at the box office this weekend, the latest movie in the Marvel Universe annihilated the competition.

Avengers: Age of Ultron, the second Avengers movie and the 11th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, brought in well over $100 million in its opening weekend, claiming the top spot easily.

Marvel plans at least 10 more films through 2019, including two more Avengers films, and at least one more movie each for Cap and Thor. After three Iron Man films and two movies each focused on Captain America and Thor, it’s clear that moviegoers aren’t tired of Marvel’ssuperhero gang.

Furious 7 slipped to third place, but brought its total gross to over $330 million.

Here are the top ten films of the weekend according to boxofficemojo.com:

1. Avengers: Age of Ultron: $187.656 million
2. The Age of Adaline: $6.25 million
3. Furious 7: $6.114 million
4. Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2: $5.55 million
5. Home (2015): $3.3 million
6. Cinderella (2015): $2.357 million
7. Ex Machina: $2.231million
8. Unfriended: $1.988 million
9. The Longest Ride: $1.7 million
10. Woman in Gold: $1.681 million


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