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CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR Has Super-Sized Weekend At the Box Office – We Are Movie Geeks

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CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR Has Super-Sized Weekend At the Box Office

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Cinemagoers wanted more of The Avengers this weekend as CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR was the number one film at the box office.

Marvel’s movie finds Steve Rogers leading the newly formed team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. But after another incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability, headed by a governing body to oversee and direct the team. The new status quo fractures the Avengers, resulting in two camps—one led by Steve Rogers and his desire for the Avengers to remain free to defend humanity without government interference, and the other following Tony Stark’s surprising decision to support government oversight and accountability.

The film stars Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Emily VanCamp, Frank Grillo and Martin Freeman, with William Hurt and Daniel Brühl.

Anthony & Joe Russo directed the film. (review)

Marvel's Captain America: Civil War Spider-Man/Peter Parker (Tom Holland) Photo Credit: Film Frame © Marvel 2016

Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War Spider-Man/Peter Parker (Tom Holland) © Marvel 2016

comScore’s Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian commented, “Disney’s latest Marvel superhero extravaganza ‘Captain America: Civil War’ absolutely crushes the global box office this weekend and in the process surpasses the $940 million mark and thus assures its eventual place in the $1 billion club.  Notably, Sony’s ‘The Angry Birds Movie’ has a spectacularly angry $43 million international opening ahead of its U.S. debut later this week.”

The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates:

1. Captain America: Civil War – Disney – $72.6M
2. Jungle Book, The – Disney – $17.8M
3. Money Monster – Sony – $15.0M
4. Darkness, The – High Top Releasing – $5.2M
5. Mother’s Day – Open Road – $3.3M
6. Zootopia – Disney – $2.8M
7. Huntsman: Winter’s War, The – Universal – $2.6M
8. Keanu – Warner Bros. – $1.9M
9. Barbershop: The Next Cut – Warner Bros. – $1.7M
10. Boss, The – Universal – $1.2M
11. Sing Street – The Weinstein Company – $0.6M
12. Ratchet And Clank – Focus Features – $0.6M