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Box Office Weekend: Avengers: Age of Ultron Holds Second Week

Seth Paul
Box Office Weekend

It was one thing to hold major draw on a weekend with no other new releases…but it is probably no surprise that even this week’s newcomers made little headway against Avengers: Age of Ultron. Up against an estimated second week take of $77.2 million and $312.6 million in total box-office revenue, nothing else stood much of a chance…especially the poorly received Hot Pursuit. Sofia Vergara and Reese Avengers: Age of UltronWitherspoon made little bank on their police comedy with an estimated $13.3 million and appears to be on track to bomb out at the box office without a little bit of luck.

Comparatively little news came out from the rest of the pack; the biggest surprises came from Ex Machina (sixth place, estimated $3.5 million) and Woman in Gold (eighth place, estimated $1.7 million), which both earned more this week than last. The Age of Adaline and Furious 7 remained the best of the rest with an estimated $5.6 million and $5.3 million, respectively, but the massively successful Furious 7 will have to settle for second best, as Avengers: Age of Ultron has domestically made almost as much in two weeks as Furious 7 has made in six.

Neither film has much to worry about; they could be in the same shape as Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (estimated $5.2 million) and Home (estimated $3 million), both of which have been successful with overseas income but falling a bit short in domestic earnings. Finally, Cinderella (estimated $1.6 million) and Unfriended (estimated $1.4 million) managed to hang onto the list for at least one more week…and with successful box office runs to boot.

Weekend Box Office (May 8th – May 10th)

  1. Avengers: Age of Ultron…$77.2 million
  2. Hot Pursuit…$13.3 million
  3. The Age of Adaline…$5.6 million
  4. Furious 7…$5.3 million
  5. Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2…$5.2 million
  6. Ex Machina…$3.5 million
  7. Home…$3 million
  8. Woman in Gold…$1.7 million
  9. Cinderella…$1.6 million
  10. Unfriended..$1.4 million

Seth Paul

When not failing to write novels and screenplays, box-office guru Seth writes humorous comedy tracks for films under the name "The One Man Band" that can be found at Rifftrax.com. Although, he has recently succeeded in writing the novella "Jack Alan and the Case of the Not-Exactly Rocket Scientists," available as an eBook on Amazon. He is also the English voice of Zak in "Zak McKracken: Between Time and Space."
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