In India, Avengers -2 weekend box office stood at Rs 35.74 crore, over 2.5 times higher than that of Avengers.
Age of Ultron amassed $201.2 million across 44 countries, outpacing its predecessor's opening weekend take. Variety reports that Avengers raked in $201.2 million after opening in 55% of the international marketplace including France, Italy, Germany, most of Asia including India, the United Kingdom, Russia, Korea and Australia.
Avengers became the third-highest grossing film of all-time, and Age of Ultron, made for $250 million, is expected to match, and possibly surpass, its predecessor's $1.5 billion take at the global box office.
Unlike the first film in which the Avengers' battle wreaked destruction without consequences on Manhattan, Age of Ultron shows the super heroes very conscious of the human cost of their war against evil.
In one scene where Iron Man and The Hulk obliterate a skyscraper, the aftermath drew comparisons to the very real destruction in Manhattan during the 9/11 attacks.
"It's a very fine line, and that may be a place we crossed it - we were all worried about that," Whedon said. "At the same time we felt it would be disingenuous to say these guys trashed a city and there's no consequences."
The caped crusaders are back in force in Avengers: Age of Ultron, but this time, the evil they battle is bringing them face to face with the darker consequences of being a super hero. Age of Ultron, the sequel to Walt Disney Co's 2012 Marvel blockbuster Avengers, will see its star-studded super hero ensemble - Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow, Captain America, The Hulk and Hawkeye - tackle their own fears.
The trend toward somber super heroes has already proved to be a winner at the box office for other studios. The 2013 Superman film Man of Steel, from Time Warner Inc's Warner Bros, made more than $660 million worldwide. The studio's Dark Knight Batman trilogy grossed more than $2 billion globally between 2005 and 2012.
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