‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ Box Office Collections Hits $187.7 Million In The U.S.

“Avengers: Age of Ultron” has raked in an astounding $187.7 million over the weekend to become the second highest opening of all time at the US box office. Globally, the film has pulled in an estimated $627 million in 12 days of release.

However, according to The New York Times, there is one record Iron Man and company missed out on. Many analysts had predicted that “Avengers: Age of Ultron” would top the $207.4 million haul posted in 2012 by the first "Avengers" flick.

The report suggests that box office collections were hit because of the competition the movie faced from the Kentucky Derby, the NBA playoffs and the so-called "Fight of the Century" between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. A part of the issue may have also been the weaker reviews than the first “Avengers” film.

The box office collections of “Avengers: Age of Ultron” means that the three biggest U.S. debuts in history are now all Marvel movies. “Avengers: Age of Ultron” has knocked “Iron Man 3″ and its $174.1 million opening from its second position on the all-time list.

“It would be a shame to see headlines saying "Avengers 2" fails by not setting opening weekend records,” said Phil Contrino, vice president and chief analyst at BoxOffice.com, according to New York Times report. He added that this was still a "massive" debut and that the people in movie industry expect a new record every weekend.

There was massive gap between the first and second place finishers on the domestic charts this weekend. Liongate's romantic fantasy “Age of Adaline” clocked in behind “Avengers: Age of Ultron” with $6.3 million, bringing the movie's total to $23.4 million.

According to The Guardian, Universal’s “Furious 7″ raced into third place with $6.1 million, bringing its U.S. collections to $330.5 million. The action sequel is now the fourth highest-grossing film of all time on a global basis with $1.4 billion.

Sony’s “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2″ came in fourth with an estimated $5.4 million, bringing its total to $51 million. The Kevin James starrer was followed by DreamWorks' “Home,” which collected $3.3 million pushing its total to $158.1 million.

The overall box office topped out at $227 million thanks largely to "Avengers: Age of Ultron." The total collections reveals a 47.3% increase over the same weekend last year when “The Amazing Spider-Man 2″ earned $91.6 million.

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