BOX OFFICE: AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Falls Short Of THE AVENGERS' Opening Weekend

BOX OFFICE: AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Falls Short Of THE AVENGERS' Opening Weekend

A number of factors including the Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao fight took a bite out of Avengers: Age of Ultron yesterday, and the sequel will now come in behind the first movie with the second largest opening weekend of all-time. However, it's also hit the $600 million mark worldwide!

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By JoshWilding - May 03, 2015 08:05 AM EST
Despite some early estimations which indicated that Avengers: Age of Ultron might reach upwards of $230 million this weekend, the sequel has in fact opened with an impresive $187.7 million. That gives it the second highest opening of all-time behind The Avengers (which took $207.4 million back in 2012), but the majority of box office analysts actually believed it would always finish on or below that mark. The higher estimations didn't start doing the rounds until just a few days ago. 

With this and the $439 million it's taken overseason, Avengers: Age of Ultron has already acculumalated $627 million in around 10 days of release. It still hasn't opened in China either, while there are  weeks to go before we'll get a proper idea of where it will finish. $1 billion is obviously guaranteed, meaning it joins The Avengers and Iron Man 3. It's another hit for Marvel Studios!

So, why didn't the sequel do quite as well as initially expected? The Mayweather/Pacquiao fight is a huge contributing factor, with one rival studio executive telling The Hollywood Reporter: "The fight dinged all films across the board. The numbers on Ultron are still phenomenal but definitely less than they would have been," said one rival studio executive. It was also announced today that Furious 7 has become the fourth highest grossing movie of all-time with $1.4 billion. It should be very interesting to see if Avengers: Age of Ultron ends up topping that, and whether it has the staying power to beat The Avengers. How many times did you guys watch the movie this weekend?
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SauronsBANE
SauronsBANE - 5/3/2015, 8:54 AM
I honestly never knew there were so many boxing fans before the Mayweather vs Pacquiao fight. Who knew?
WayneCEO1
WayneCEO1 - 5/3/2015, 8:59 AM
Still a good weekend, although fell short of the 200+ mil predictions by a lot.
DRJ01
DRJ01 - 5/3/2015, 9:00 AM
Ya. On the east coast parties started around 8-9 ending at 1230. West coast parties started around 7-8 ending at 1030. Obviously no one is going to the movies after that so Ya it did take a huge chunk and the fight sucked. Avengers was way more entertaining. But whatever. 2nd isn't bad
sjoerdo0
sjoerdo0 - 5/3/2015, 9:00 AM
oh
Jobu
Jobu - 5/3/2015, 9:02 AM
I think it will have Ron Jeremy type staying power and finish over a bill and a half.
yonny616
yonny616 - 5/3/2015, 9:02 AM
Think everyone expected the fight to take a good chunk of the films total. Especially since the thing was 90-100 dollars and a lot of people gathered up to pitch in on the price.
pickleweasel2
pickleweasel2 - 5/3/2015, 9:03 AM
@ghostyy Floyd threw more punches...
clogan
clogan - 5/3/2015, 9:03 AM
The weekend isn't over though. :P
Abary
Abary - 5/3/2015, 9:04 AM
Nothing about that number is bad at all, however it's surprising that it didn't do more.
ThedamnBatman
ThedamnBatman - 5/3/2015, 9:04 AM
Don't know shit about that boxing game, not a boxing fan, so didn't care either way, didn't seem to phase any people I know as well, so it's probably just a US thing
Khanlark
Khanlark - 5/3/2015, 9:05 AM
IT'S DOOMED

REBOOT CONFIRMED

REVERT THE RIGHTS

CHRIS PINE FOR EVERY BLONDE CHRACTER MARVEL HAS
djohnpi
djohnpi - 5/3/2015, 9:06 AM
Yea it's still making a ship load of $$$$$$$$
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 5/3/2015, 9:06 AM
Don't underestimate the power of American sports.
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 5/3/2015, 9:06 AM
600 million already!!

Damn.

The match last night was alright. I expected more. We need the heavyweight division to come back but I don't see that happening
Ghostyy
Ghostyy - 5/3/2015, 9:06 AM
I'm surprised it didn't do more but it's still gonna pass the first one.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 5/3/2015, 9:06 AM
MAYWEATHER VS PACQUIAO took over. Those who watched the fight will see avengers this upcoming weekend so
Brainiac13
Brainiac13 - 5/3/2015, 9:06 AM
600m already...just after 1 week.....I'm sure by next weekend it will cross over 1 billion.....also here in England it's a bank holiday weekend....
SuperCat
SuperCat - 5/3/2015, 9:07 AM
I think I liked the first one a little more. Still a fun movie though.
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 5/3/2015, 9:07 AM
Second highest opening weekend of all time. Marvel ain't worried

That fight on the other hand? Garbage! All that hype for nothing
GhostDog
GhostDog - 5/3/2015, 9:08 AM
The power of two short small men punching each other....what happened to real heavyweights boxing? Its a shame when a welterwight fight is the fight of the century lol
DrKinsolving
DrKinsolving - 5/3/2015, 9:09 AM
@ComicsBornAndBred

The Klitschko brothers happened, boring as all hell
LifeDayFan
LifeDayFan - 5/3/2015, 9:10 AM
Gonna see it again for sure!
mgeoff88
mgeoff88 - 5/3/2015, 9:10 AM
It was the Mayweather and Pacquiao fight.

I went out to this one bar last night, which is usually packed on a Saturday night, but there wasn't as many people.
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 5/3/2015, 9:10 AM
The fight was exactly what everyone was expecting. Go the distance and Mayweather wins by decision. Mayweather made $180 million for one night's work.
MarvelFan15
MarvelFan15 - 5/3/2015, 9:11 AM
Star Wars 7 will break all records when it comes out this Christmas.
ATrueHero1987
ATrueHero1987 - 5/3/2015, 9:11 AM
Sick! Marvel is getting the money!!
ALegendaryPanda
ALegendaryPanda - 5/3/2015, 9:12 AM
People paid all that money to see Dickweather and Pacquio dance for half the fight, hug each other for another portion of the fight, and every now and then they'd actually throw a punch.

Total shit
FOOM
FOOM - 5/3/2015, 9:12 AM
$600 million already? That'almost as much as MOS's entire box office. Only new SW and Batman vs Superman will put up numbers like that in the next year.
bropous
bropous - 5/3/2015, 9:12 AM
Surprising. But the weekend is not over yet.
AsgardianHobo
AsgardianHobo - 5/3/2015, 9:12 AM
$600 Million worldwide already?!?!?! daaaaaamn
bropous
bropous - 5/3/2015, 9:12 AM
And it may hit this-or-that benchmark, this is one HELL of a ride.
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