It did have a drop in revenue from its smash opening, but at an estimated $72.6 million, it did a fine job keeping itself in the top spot.
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Former number one movie The Jungle Book stays put at two with a $17.8 million (GBP12.4 million) USA box office haul in its fifth week on release, taking its worldwide tally past the $800 million (GBP558 million) mark.
Money Monster, starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts, was in third place with $15 million in its box office debut.
Disney’s “The Jungle Book” remained in second place with $17.8 million, bringing its domestic total to $311.8 million after five weekends in theaters.
“Civil War” has raked in $940.9 million worldwide, Disney said in an emailed statement. The strategy seems to have paid off, as the film opened at the top end of modest expectations to the tune of $5.19 million (with a 53 percent female, 55 percent under 25 audience base) despite a low C grade on CinemaScore. It held off The Boss, in tenth, with an estimated $1.2 million, though it just managed to break even on its costs with its sixth weekend total.
Blumhouse’s “The Darkness” finished in fourth place and represented an attempt to exploit the horror niche with a modest spend via the High Top Releasing banner.
Director Joe Russo behind Marvel’s Captain America franchise promotes the latest “Captain America: Civil War” in Beijing, capital of China, April 19, 2016. The film scored the best specialty opening of the year with $188,195 from just four screens in NY and Los Angeles before its expands nationwide over the next two weekends.
A24’s quirky comedy “The Lobster”, starring Colin Farrell, opened impressively with $188,195 on four screens in Los Angeles and NY for a per-theatre average of $47,049, which was the highest of the year.
The big weekend for “Captain America” marks the eighth-largest second weekend of all time.
Movie collected total 60 Crore from the second weekend and that’s awesome also I think movie can do good business form upcoming days.
“It was a big weekend, but not the most exciting weekend”, Dergarabedian said.
The film collected $72.6 million between Friday and Sunday, giving it a two-week haul of almost $296 million, according to comScore.
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Final figures are expected Monday.
