The Avengers: Age of Ultron has had the third-best opening weekend of all time in Australia taking $15.7m at the box office.
Directed by Joss Whedon, the second film in Marvel’s Avengers franchise stars Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man and Australian Chris Hemsworth as Thor, and has earned $17.1m since it opened last Thursday on 760 screens.
Its first weekend’s earnings place it behind Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, which earned $18.364m in July 2011, and The Twilight Saga: New Moon in November 2009, which took $16.1m.
Placing second over the weekend was Fast and Furious 7, which has become the highest-grossing film of the year in Australia, taking in $1.57m to boost total earnings to $40.316m.
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Disney’s Cinderella came third, earning $757,881 on 205 screens to edge over the $20m total earning mark with $20.699m.
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 from Sony took $552,880 to jump to $2.468m, while Home earned $516,103 to reach $18,031m in total.
Romance film The Age of Adaline came in sixth, with $479,135 on 186 screens, which sees earnings rise to $1.454m.
Seventh was The Longest Ride, which took in $449,543 to reach $3.849m, followed by Shaun the Sheep, with $288,173 to $5.866m.
While We’re Young, a comedy starring Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts, took in $228,176 on 43 screens to see total earnings rise to $791,386.
Spongebob Squarepants: Sponge Out of Water earned $224,266, reaching a total box office of $7.761m.
Boychoir, which stars Dustin Hoffman, took in $201,894 on its first weekend, and UK film Testament Of Youth took in $174,129 to reach $210,636.
|
| Title (Distributor) |
Weekend B/O |
Screens |
Total B/O |
|---|
| The Avengers: Age Of Ultron (Disney) |
$15,700,805 |
760 |
$17,105,520 |
| Fast And Furious 7 (Universal) |
$1,570,108 |
307 |
$40,316,402 |
| Cinderella (Disney) |
$757,881 |
205 |
$20,699,601 |
| Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (Sony) |
$552,880 |
209 |
$2,467,812 |
| Home (Fox) |
$516,103 |
263 |
$18,031,097 |
| The Age Of Adaline (Eone) |
$479,135 |
186 |
$1,454,016 |
| The Longest Ride (Fox) |
$449,543 |
219 |
$3,849,165 |
| Shaun The Sheep (Studiocanal) |
$288,173 |
214 |
$5,866,102 |
| While We're Young (Roadshow) |
$228,176 |
43 |
$791,386 |
| Spongebob Squarepants: Sponge Out Of Water (Paramount) |
$224,266 |
0 |
$7,760,900 |
| Boychoir (Becker) |
$201,894 |
0 |
$216,386 |
| Testament Of Youth (Transmission) |
$174,129 |
64 |
$210,636 |
| The Duff (Roadshow) |
$125,206 |
103 |
$3,505,914 |
| Insurgent (Eone) |
$113,789 |
64 |
$12,023,023 |
| Get Hard (Wb) |
$109,964 |
70 |
$5,699,500 |
| The Gunman (Studiocanal) |
$56,269 |
107 |
$385,012 |
| The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Fox) |
$55,326 |
60 |
$15,867,443 |
| Tinkerbell: Legend Of The Neverbeast (Disney) |
$42,539 |
31 |
$948,728 |
| Leviathan (Palace) |
$40,656 |
16 |
$651,049 |
| Little Chaos, A (Paramount) |
$39,445 |
0 |
$1,033,689 |