Box Office Report:
Avengers: Age of Ultron debuts Thursday night with a huge $27.6M opening. Shows started at 7pm. This is up 48% compared to The Avengers in 2012, which had a midnight start.
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith back in 2005 holds the all-time record for a Thursday opening at $50,013,859.
#AvengersAgeOfUltron debuts w/ huge $27.6M THU pre-shows from 7p on. Up 48% vs 2012 #Avengers which had midnight start.
— Gitesh Pandya (@giteshpandya) May 1, 2015