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Avengers: Age of Ultron has retained the US box office after taking $77m in its second weekend.


The sequel - which has now taken a total of $264m - becomes the second highest opener of all time after its opening last week.

Elsewhere, Reese Witherspoon's Hot Pursuit is new in at two with $13.3m and The Age of Adaline is at three with $5.6m.

Furious 7 is at four with $5.2m and comedy sequel Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 rounds out the top five with $5.1m.

Ex Machina is up one to six with $3.4m, Disney's Home is up to five with $3m and Women in Gold is up to eight with $1.6m.

Kenneth Branagh's Cinderella is at nine with $1.5m, while horror Unfriended is at ten with $1.4m.

The US weekend box office Top 10 for May 8-10 is as follows:
1. (1) Avengers: Age of Ultron - $77,203,000
2. (-) Hot Pursuit - $13,300,000
3. (3) The Age of Adaline - $5,600,000
4. (2) Furious 7 - $5,272,000
5. (4) Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 - $5,190,000
6. (7) Ex Machina - $3,470,000
7. (5) Home - $3,000,000
8. (10) Woman in Gold - $1,652,000
9. (6) Cinderella - $1,574,000
10. (8) Unfriended - $1,412,000