The global box office does not maintain Furious 7 as ultimate leader, although the records set by the action picture in the past weeks remain unchanged. Until its premiere in the US – on 1 May 2015 – and a domestic box office leadership, Avengers: Age of Ultron proved to be a major hit in the markets where it was released. According to the global box office reports, Age of Ultron opened with $201 million overseas. The domestic box office keeps Furious 7 as chart lead for the fourth week in a row, but the leading position is expected to shift to Avengers: Age of Ultron once it will be released on the US market.
According to Probox office, Avengers: Age of Ultron was released in 44 territories and became chart leader in all of them. Apart from being number one at the box office, Age of Ultron managed to surpass its predecessor and Iron Man 3: ‘’The total is an estimated 44% ahead of the original Avengers film and 24% ahead of Iron Man 3 accounting for currency fluctuation.’’ The top 5 markets listed as Avengers: Age of Ultron favorites are the following: South Korea with $28.2 million, the UK and Ireland with $27.3 million, Russia with $16.2 million, Brazil with $13.1 million and Australia with $13.1 million.
Although not a global box office leader, Furious 7 also received its awards this weekend, as became the third film in history to cross $1 billion in the overseas box office. First positon remains until today Avatar with $2.027 billion, followed by Titanic with $1.528 billion.
Avengers: Age of Ultron is expected to dethrone Furious 7 from its four weeks reign in the domestic box office once it is released in the US. Taking into consideration its rapid global ascent, Avengers: Age of Ultron will easily become number one. It is yet to discover how many box office records it will break.