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侯艺楠 021320116 第一次作业周二1/2节课Box office: Avengers: Age of Ultron No. 1 again; Hot Pursuit has soft debutMAY 10,2015, 9:00 AM?It was a cold weekend for the comedy Hot Pursuit as the superhero sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron maintained its mighty grip on the box office, adding an estimated $77.2 million in the U.S. and Canada for one of the highest second-weekend grosses of all time.(随着“复仇者联盟：奥创时代”继续保持着它对票房的强大掌控，这个周末对喜剧电影“热力追踪”来说并不好过，因为这部超级英雄电影的续集以最高第二周收益之一的地位在美国和加拿大总共揽下了7700万的票房。)Although the Marvel tent-pole film fell 60% from its opening, it still surpassed the second-weekend grosses for all films, including Fox’s “Avatar” ($75.6 million), with just one exception: its 2012 predecessor, “The Avengers” ($103.1 million).Age of Ultron, which now has made $312.9 million domestically, is far outpacing the other blockbuster of 2015, Furious 7. That franchise film had collected $152.5 million after its sophomore weekend and has stayed in the top 10 since its April 3 release.Latest weekend domestic box officeUltron continued its dominance overseas as well. It added $68.3 million in its third weekend, raising its international total in 90 territories to $562.4 million — and the film has yet to open in key markets. “Ultron” is scheduled to open in China on Tuesday and in Japan on July 4.Directed by Joss Whedon, “Age of Ultron” follows superheroes Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Captain America (Chris Evans), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) as they battle technological villain Ultron (James Spader). Elizabeth Olsen and Aaron Taylor-Johnson play twins Wanda and Pietro Maximoff.The film, which cost $250 million to make, has been propelled by that star power as well as strong audience and critical response: It received a solid A rating from audience polling firm CinemaScore and has an 85% positive rating on critic site Rotten Tomatoes.（这部耗资2.5亿美元的电影一直都是由他强大的演员阵容以及热情的观众和关键性的媒体反应：它在投票公司CinemaScore得到了观众所投的坚实的A