The North American launch of the "Avengers: Age of Ultron" in $27.6 million in its first night. Here, Avengers stars attend the April 17 premier in Seoul, South Korea. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo
(Front, L-R) Actors Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Korean actress Claudia Kim, and director James Spader (Rear) attend a press conference for the film "Avengers: Age of Ultron" in Seoul, South Korea on April 17, 2015. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo
American acress Scarlett Johansson attends the premiere of "Avengers Age Of Ultron" at Westfield in London on February 21, 2015. Photo by Rune Hellestad/ UPI | License Photo
Actor Chris Hemsworth arrives for the premiere of the motion picture sci-fi thriller "Avengers: Age of Ultron" at the Dolby Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on April 13, 2015. Storyline: When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and it is up to the Avengers to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plans. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
Cobie Smulders arrives on the red carpet for the premiere of the motion picture sci-fi thriller "Avengers: Age of Ultron" at the Dolby Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on April 13, 2015. Storyline: When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and it is up to the Avengers to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plans. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
LOS ANGELES, May 1 (UPI) -- Box Office reports that the highly anticipated Avengers: Age of Ultron accumulated an estimated $27.6 million from its Thursday night showings.
The Marvel film brings back actors Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), Chris Evans (Captain America) and Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) as they join forces once more to defeat a new enemy, Ultron. Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle and Paul Bettany also star in the tentpole.
As of midday May 1, the film raked in a total of $314.9 million globally and is expected to continue to rise.
On April 17, Avengers: Age of Ultron premiered in Seoul, South Korea. Ruffalo, Evans and Downy made it to the event alongside Korean actress Claudia Kim and director Joss Whedon. There, it reached $37.2M according to Box Office, as well as $35.9 million in the U.K.
Avengers broke records in Mexico Thursday as well, making $6.8 million, the largest opening day total in the country's box office history.
