"Avengers: Age of Ultron" the latest installment from Disney's Marvel unit has exploded in its overseas opening, taking $201 million at the international box office.

It was the number one movie in all of the territories it opened representing 55 percent of the entire international market exceeding the first installment in the series by 44 percent in today's exchange rate according to Disney's calculations.

Directed by Joss Whedon, the movie which opens stateside Friday bowed in much of the European and the Asia Pacific markets although it doesn't open in China until May 12 and Japan until July 4.

On the international front, "Furious 7" crossed the $1 billion mark making it the only the third film following "Avatar" and "Titanic" to hit that benchmark. In China, "Furious 7" has amassed $323 million in 15 days beating "Transformers: Age of Extinction"'s record of $319 million.

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