“Captain America: Civil War”, features characters from the Avengers series, such as Captain America (Chris Evans) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), surpassed the $1 billion mark worldwide this weekend, grossing $347.4 million in the USA and Canada alone since its release earlier this month.
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According to Bloomberg, the animated Angry Birds movie has already “slingshot” its way past Captain America and his crew, making around $39 million in the US and Canada this weekend.
The 3D animated take on the popular video game features a trio of flightless birds – Red, Chuck and Bomb – who take out their anger on an invasion of purple pigs. The film has already earned $150m worldwide, according to estimates from Sony.
Globally, the movie has been a huge hit, earning an estimated $94 million (£65 million) and bringing its total to $150 million (£103 million).
“Neighbors 2” performed solidly, but was 55% off from the first in the series. But the film from the director Nick Stoller also cost only $35m to make.
With all the glitz, glam and humor, Neighbours 2 has placed third this week, with US$21.7 million. “We’re not just out there trying to go to the bank on something”.
Bringing up the rear, Shane Black’s “The Nice Guys” was welcomed with a better-than-expected $11.3 million in fourth place.
While the comedy openings might be less than hoped for, both could still provide decent counterprogramming to the spectacle-driven films opening on Memorial Day weekend, when mega productions X-Men: Apocalypse and Alice Through the Looking Glass take over.
Ryan Gosling’s and Russell Crowe’s “The Nice Guys”, from Time Warner Inc. -owned Warner Bros TWX, +1.69% also fell short of expectations.
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Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at USA and Canadian theatres, according to comScore.
