Civil War” dominated the foreign box office, debuting to a massive $200.2 million in its first weekend of overseas release, and kicking off the summer movie season on a high note, Variety reports.
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Captain is joined by offsider Falcon (Anthony Mackie), Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), newly-recovered-yet-still-mostly-untrustworthy childhood pal Bucky “Winter Soldier” Barnes (Sebastian Stan) and Ant-Man (Paul Rudd). The scene reportedly shows Spider-Man having a conversation with his aunt and the scene teases future Marvel movies.
Movie fans in Pretoria can look forward to Captain America: Civil War showing in Nu Metro’s Scene Xtreme cinema at Menlyn Park, where it is showing with Dolby 7.1 surround sound.
Tom Holland as Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War. For one, the after credits scene alludes to Iron Man’s mentorship of Spider-Man, which explains Peter’s decision to join Team Iron Man. That relationship is further cemented by Peter’s reference of “Steve from Brooklyn”, which is, of course, Steve Rogers aka Captain America. The film promises the spectacle of watching Captain America (Chris Evans) square off against Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), in an intra-Avengers duel. In other words, it’s going to be another big win for Marvel. The new status quo fractures the Avengers while they try to protect the world from a new and nefarious villain.
“Political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability when the actions of the Avengers lead to collateral damage”.
How much could Captain America: Civil War make on its first weekend, given that Marvel movies print money anyway?
The Marvel-ous movie also proved its global power – landing top of the charts not only in Ireland and the United Kingdom, but in nearly every market where it has already opened.
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Civil War” is undoubtedly the biggest spectacle to occur in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to date, and yet the conflict in that film only sets up Marvel’s two-part magnum opus, “Avengers: “Infinity War”, which is sure to be an even bigger event.
