At the risk of sounding like a Disney press release, this weekend was rather a good one for the Mouse House. Not only didCaptain America: Civil Wartake the top spot for its second weekend in theaters, it did so in unflagging fashion, becoming the 6th highest super-hero movie of all time globally. Granted, its domestic tally still lags behind that ofDeadpoolandBatman v Superman, but it’s also only been in theaters for 10 days. The 59% drop-off from the opening week’s performance is respectable and resulted in an estimated tally of $72.6 million in the States.
The global take is a healthy one.Captain America: Civil Warnow has a total of $940.9 million, enough to put it behind only behind onlyThe Avengers($1,518M),Avengers: Age of Ultron($1,405M),Iron Man 3($1,215M),The Dark Knight Rises($1,085M) andThe Dark Knight($1,005M) as the top-grossing superhero movies of all time. In this same category, but looking only at international box offices, the third installment in theCaptain Americafranchise now ranks fourth. Worldwide, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has passed the $10 billion mark with 13 films in nine years (and many more to come)!
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Disney can also celebrate this weekend’s silver medalistThe Jungle Bookcrossing $800 million to brings its worldwide total to $828.1 million, helped in part by a $17.8 million weekend; theJon Favreau-directed film has earned $311.8 million domestically. And let’s not forgetZootopia, which now boasts $970 million worldwide, giving Disney three of the top-four films globally this year. The studio has also held the #1 box office spot for fully half of this year’s weekends so far. Impressive stuff!
Exceeding expectations wereJodie Foster’sMoney Monster, which pulled in $15 million from the high end of its estimated weekend for a probable domestic run of $35-45 million, and the micro-budget horror pictureThe Darkness, earning nearly $5.2 million. That film’s currentRotten Tomatoes' ratingis about as rough as it can get, however, so we’ll see how severe its drop-off is next week.
Here’s a look at the Top 10 from this weekend’s box office (viaBox Office Mojo):
Captain America: Civil War
$72,563,000
The Jungle Book
$17,764,000
Money Monster
$15,000,000
The Darkness
$5,180,000
Mother’s Day
$3,259,205
$2,816,000
The Huntsman: Winter’s War
$2,580,000
$1,900,000
Barbershop: The Next Cut
$1,675,000
$1,180,000
