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Final update, Monday, 2:50 PM: In its second weekend, Disney/Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron hauled in another $77.7M, which ended up being a 59% drop in its second frame. That is actually a strong hold considering that 15% of its first weekend gross came from the action hero cluster flick’s $27.5M Thursday preview…

3rd and 4th UPDATE, 11:11 AM and 2:25 PM PT: Disney/Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron ended the weekend with a $67.8M weekend haul to bring its total international gross up to $562M and its worldwide haul to $$875.4M prior to its bow on the 12th in China. Overall, the action hero cluster flick has been running about…

Hot Pursuit director Anne Fletcher has been quoted as saying in essence she’s only concerned — presumably, in this case — about making a movie for audience satisfaction, not critics. All well and good but, as I say in my video review above, this movie is one hot mess that even easy-to-please average moviegoers are…

There’s no question about it: Walt Disney Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron will maintain its superhero grip on No. 1 with an estimated decline of approximately 50-60%.  Insiders feel $85M is the sweet spot for Ultron’s second weekend, while more hyper projections for the Marvel team feature are at $100M.  Through…

In buddy comedy Hot Pursuit (fka Don’t Mess With Texas), Reese Witherspoon plays an uptight cop trying to protect the widow (Sofia Vergara) of a drug kingpin as they race through Texas. The pic, a combo of Midnight Run and The Heat, is being produced by Witherspoon and her Pacific Standard partner Bruna Papandrea with…