Civil War has now earned $296 million in North America and $645 overseas, where it likewise came in No. 1 for the weekend with $84.2 million. It’s $296 million haul is the seventh-largest 10 day total ever.
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To no one’s surprise, Marvel ruled the box office again as Captain America: Civil War claimed its second weekend at top the box office charts.
“The Darkness”, starring Kevin Bacon as a dad dealing with the supernatural, was a true horror show, as it could only muster a $5.2 million opening and fourth-place finish. Last May’s Avengers: Age of Ultron fell 59%, the previous year’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier dropped 57%, and 2013’s Iron Man 3 declined by 58%.
Finally, at the bottom of the list, Barbershop: The Next Cut may or may not be a success with an estimated $1.7 million adding up to a $51.4 million total, making it the least successful film in the Barbershop series, but if it cost less than the second film, it would still likely be a victor.
Disney hangs on to the #2 spot this weekend as well, with the live-action remake of The Jungle Book scoring an estimated $17.8 million domestically.
The picture’s performance, Bruer said, is indicative of the audience’s appetite for movies geared directly and exclusively to adults, especially during the summer months when the cineplex is often reserved for family-oriented and tent pole fare.
The number is slightly below what some analysts were predicting, but it’s not a bad fall considering the hefty opening weekend.
Is scheduling a film called Money Monster – in the shadow of what is sure to be the biggest opener of the summer – irony?
In fifth place was “Mother’s Day” featuring Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson and Roberts, which earned $3.3 million. The movie brought in $3.2 million running on its third weekend. Disney’s 11th weekend of its sturdy animated comedy “Zootopia” followed in sixth with $2.8 million, declining only 12%, to pull the domestic total to $331.8 million.
A24 scored the biggest opening weekend average of the year for an indie film with its platform release of the critics’ darling The Lobster in four theaters in NY and Los Angeles.
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If the numbers for Captain America’s second weekend hold true then this will be the eleventh movie of all time to cross the $70 million mark.
