'Avengers: Age of Ultron' posts $84 million Friday | EW.com 

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barreled its way into North American theaters with an estimated opening day gross of $84.5 million, according to studio reports. That’s a bigger take than

’s $80.8 million Friday numbers from 2012, and just a few million shy of the all-time best opening day haul of $91.1 million for 2011’s

also grabbed $27.6 million in Thursday night preview screenings, bringing its total domestic gross to $112 million before the weekend’s even fully begun.

And the film is still on track to challenge the all-time opening weekend record holder, which happens to be its predecessor

($207.4 million) on the same early May weekend in 2012.

rounded out Friday’s top five at the box office, according to estimates from BoxOfficeMojo.com.  

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