'Avengers: Age of Ultron' earns $187.7 million in opening weekend | EW.com 

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The summer blockbusters are officially here. Kicking off the season with an estimated $187.7 million debut,

has secured its place as the second largest domestic opening of all time. Still, it fell short of the record set by the first film:

is still the only movie to make more than $200 million in its opening weekend.

, Marvel can claim the top three spots on the list of all-time biggest domestic openings. (

is in third place with $174.1 million.) According to Disney,

with its opening day numbers, earning $84.5 million on Friday to the first movie’s $80.8 million. That puts it just behind the all-time best opening day: $91.1 million for

one-day gross also includes the $27.6 million it brought in from Thursday night preview screenings.

snagged the second place spot with $6.3 million in its second weekend, bringing its domestic total to about $23.4 million.

, which has held on to the No. 1 spot for the past four weeks, dropped about 66 percent and slipped to third place, but with a worldwide total of $1.4 billion, it’s still the fourth-highest-grossing film of all time.

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