Box Office: ‘Age Of Ultron’ Scores The 2nd Highest All-Time Debut, But Can’t Surpass The 1st ‘Avengers’ Opening

There’s a hashtag on Twitter making the rounds which is a bit on the defensive side: #SuperHeroFatigueIsAMyth. Given that superhero movies are now completely mainstream — the dominant form of movie, and arguably pop culture, in this day and age — it strikes me as a little odd that some aren’t satisfied with CBMs being the most populist form of entertainment on the planet and cannot cede even slightly to the idea that audiences may be growing slightly tired of them. Last we counted (last summer), there was 23 superhero movies coming in the next four years, and in six months that number has climbed to over 30.

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Did Disney/Marvel’s “Avengers: Age Of Ultron” have an amazing weekend at the box-office this weekend? Absolutely. The movie, having opened up a week early internationally, has already crossed the $ $620 million mark globally (an astounding $626.656 million total so...