Marvel’s “Captain America: Civil War” jumpstarted the summer blockbuster season with some monstrous numbers at the box office. Given that the Avengers: Infinity War 2 part movie will have an vast scale, including basically every Marvel superhero to date (whether the directors will include characters from TV shows, such as The Defenders still remains to be seen), it shouldn’t come as a surprise that some new characters will be taking part as well. If superhero grudge matches had left you cold after Batman v Superman got it all spectacularly wrong; Civil War will restore your faith and entertain your socks off in the process.
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Captain America Civil War, which comes a year after Marvel’s last Avengers’ outing Age Of Ultron, has received largely positive reviews from all over the world. Worldwide, it’s estimated that Civil War’s gross is over $678 million and, overall, Marvel Studios’ films have grossed over $9 billion worldwide.
Captain America: Civil War is now playing in theaters everywhere.
In news that will surprise nobody, “Captain America: Civil War” has opened up to a huge box office amount in the USA after finally hitting cinemas there on Friday.
The movie, which stars Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr and Scarlett Johansson is expected to eclipse 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier at $259m (£179.2m) by the end of next weekend.
Dropping to second place, Disney’s three-week champ The Jungle Book swung to $21.9 million in its fourth weekend, ruling the jungle with a huge $285 million total ($776.2 million worldwide). That film has earned $327.3m domestically to date and this weekend placed 10th with $1m. The previous record for the fastest studio to hit a billion in a year was set in 2015 by Universal in 165 days.
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“We are in the midst of a great run of high quality branded entertainment”, said Dave Hollis, Disney’s executive VP of theatrical distribution. It is the highest-grossing Marvel film in the Asian giant.
