#ED

Alright guys, enough ranking. Where has Spatula been?

Not even top 10. Or Maybe.

I think this needs to hit 85M+ today to hit more than 200M.

So the general consensus based on previews is... "Big, but we've had bigger."

So 200M would still need 80M+ total today right?

I'm done with Forbes for the weekend. I feel like BKB wrote that article.

This article gets ridiculous as you read on. For what it’s worth, if Avengers 2 has the same “did 4.2x its Thursday number over Friday” pattern as Avengers 1, the Friday number will be around $118m.

When Walt Disney reports that Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron earned $27.6 million on its advance-night Thursday showings in 2D, 3D, and IMAX 3D, it means that, under normal circumstances, we’re looking at what amounts to 9-12% of its opening weekend. So just running those numbers, we’re looking at a debut weekend of $230m-$306m. So does that mean we’re looking at the first $300m debut weekend? Well I would presume not, but that certainly would snap me out of my relative box office doldrums. But first some box office history for those who came in late.

Marvel and Walt Disney's Avengers: Age Of Ultron exploded out of the gate on Thursday, with $27.6 million in grosses from shows starting last night at 7:00pm. That’s the biggest Marvel movie preview debut ever, well-ahead of The Avengers ($18.7m). It’s behindHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part II which earned $43.5 million in Thursday-at-midnight showings back in July of 2011 as well as, respectively, The Dark Knight Rises ($30.6m), Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn part II ($30.4m), Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn part I ($30.3m), and Twilight Saga: Eclipse ($30m). It is just ahead of The Twilight Saga: New Moon ($26.3m), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ($25.25m), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part I ($24m), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ($22.2m), and The Hunger Games ($19.7m). So yes, Avengers: Age of Ultron is the tenth film to top $20m in its Thursday preview debut. http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/05/01/box-office-avengers-age-of-ultron-nabs-huge-27m-thursday/

It's a good number, don't get me wrong, but WHY NO 30M+ if shows started at 7PM.

I expected 30M+. What good reason have movies been on a decline when previews start at 7PM now...

More IMAX theaters since and it appears it only played in IMAX 3D.

Imax, premium large format and 4D will be providing extra superpowers to the superhero team pic this weekend. http://deadline.com/2015/05/avengers-age-of-ultron-thursday-box-office-1201419080/ 4D!?!?!?

Is this where I say... TDKR only played at Midnights + or TDKR was only in 2D

Not sure what to think. The assumption is that it's frontloaded but Marvel films play out differently sometimes.

Any minute now...

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Numbers?

Same here, sellouts were big last night here in NYC. If this doesn't make 30M+, then NOTHING WILL.

RELEASE THE NUMBERS!

I'll be that guy too though...

It's not grossing 10M more.