The figure also includes $181.8m (£126m) taken this weekend in North America, where it stands as the fifth-largest opening for a film of all time, as well as the top launch of 2016 to date, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
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“I’m gonna go [Paul] Bettany, you know?” admitted Downey Jr., referring to the actor who voiced Iron Man’s computer side-kick Jarvis and now stars as The Vision in Marvel’s superhero saga.
“Civil War” made more than $180 million this weekend. This installment in the Captain America series has already enjoyed massive, record-breaking pre-sales, which Downey, Jr. says is due to it being “a really good movie”.
Analyst noted that “Captain America: Civil War” posted the biggest opening of 2016 thus far, officially starting the summer season of the year.
The live action remake of “The Jungle Book” dropped to the second place by the amount of tickets revenue, with 21.9 million dollars this weekend, falling a sizable 50 percent from last weekend. “And with little competition between now and Memorial Day, we are set up to do tons of business”.
The 43-year-old actress plays Pepper Potts in all three “Iron Man” movies, but does not appear in the ‘Captain America: Civil war.’ The film will release in India and U.S. on May 6.
This one is taking place at the movies.
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As a result, Zootopi has eclipsed Warner Bros.’ Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice by US$300,000 as the year’s second-biggest domestic grosser after Fox’s Deadpool at US$362.2 million.
