--- title: Avengers: Age of Ultron Logs $188M for Second-Best Debut Weekend Ever description: 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' scored $188 million in North American theaters during its opening weekend. canonical: https://time.com/3844686/avengers-age-of-ultron-box-office-weekend/ author: Jack Linshi article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-03T16:53:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:41:05.527Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' Scores 2nd Biggest Weekend Box Office og:description: The film's predecessor still holds the top spot og:url: https://time.com/3844686/avengers-age-of-ultron-box-office-weekend/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2caf995cf5200daa/6987ea5e55a85984bda897da/avengers-poster-01.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: avengers-poster-01 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' Scores 2nd Biggest Weekend Box Office twitter:description: The film's predecessor still holds the top spot twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2caf995cf5200daa/6987ea5e55a85984bda897da/avengers-poster-01.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Avengers: Age of Ultron_ Scores 2nd Biggest Weekend Box Office > Sponsored content. 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Johansson and the SNL crew poked fun at the Floyd Mayweather fight, the Baltimore riots and Marvel's lack of female superheroes throughout the show._  by [Jack Linshi](https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi May 3, 2015 4:53 PM UTC  Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man Robert Downey Jr. as Iron ManMarvel/Disney  by [Jack Linshi](https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi May 3, 2015 4:53 PM UTC Marvel and Disney’s _Avengers: Age of Ultron_ [pulled in](http://www.rentrak.com/section/movies%5Fand%5Ftv%5Feverywhere/top%5Fentertainment%5Frankings.html#2) a whopping $187.7 million at North American theaters over the weekend, scoring the second biggest in domestic box office history. The Joss Whedon film has amassed $627 million globally in 12 days, _Variety_ [reports](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/), and the new tally from box office tracker Rentrak means the superhero film’s predecessor, _The Avengers_ (2012), still holds onto the top domestic opening weekend of $207.4 million. ### See Avengers: Age Of Ultron Concept Art  Iron Man (Robert Downey, Jr.) Marvel  Captain America (Chris Evans) Marvel  Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) Marvel  Thor (Chris Hemsworth) Marvel  Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) Marvel  Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) Marvel  Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) Marvel  Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and Vision (Paul Bettany) Marvel Even though _Age of Ultron_ seemed on track to claim the title—it had edged out the original film with an [opening day gross of $84.5 million](http://time.com/3844387/avenger-age-of-ultron-opening-day/)—potential moviegoers might’ve instead tuned into the Kentucky Derby, NBA playoffs or the Mayweather-Pacquiao boxing match. But it’s a victory nonetheless for Marvel Studios, which now lays claim to the top three biggest domestic opening weekends in history. Marvel’s [_Iron Man 3_ (2013) rounds out the top three at $174.1 million](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ironman3.htm), with Warner Bros. Pictures’ _Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2_ (2011) in fourth at $169.2 million. This weekends remaining top 5 included _The Age Of Adaline_ ($6.25 million), _Furious 7_ ($6.11 million), _Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2_ ($5.55 million) and _Home_ ($3.3 million.) **Read next:** [_This Map Shows How All the Future Marvel Movies Are Connected_](http://time.com/3841234/avengers-age-of-ultron-marvel-movies-next/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3844686/avengers-age-of-ultron-box-office-weekend/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3844686/avengers-age-of-ultron-box-office-weekend/"},"headline":"Avengers: Age of Ultron Scores 2nd Biggest Weekend Box Office","datePublished":"2015-05-03T16:53:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:41:05.527Z","description":"The film's 2012 predecessor, The Avengers, still holds the top spot","url":"https://time.com/3844686/avengers-age-of-ultron-box-office-weekend/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2caf995cf5200daa/6987ea5e55a85984bda897da/avengers-poster-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2caf995cf5200daa/6987ea5e55a85984bda897da/avengers-poster-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"avengers-poster-01","caption":"Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man","creditText":"Marvel/Disney","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3844686/avengers-age-of-ultron-box-office-weekend/","name":"Avengers: Age of Ultron Scores 2nd Biggest Weekend Box Office"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"'Avengers' Star Scarlett Johansson Gets Her Own Movie On SNL","description":"Johansson and the SNL crew poked fun at the Floyd Mayweather fight, the Baltimore riots and Marvel's lack of female superheroes throughout the show.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/4lDJ3KSN/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-05-03T14:56:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/4lDJ3KSN.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3844686/avengers-age-of-ultron-box-office-weekend/","duration":"PT1M5S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3844686/avengers-age-of-ultron-box-office-weekend/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```