The dust is settling on the domestic opening weekend for Captain America: Civil War, with the Marvel blockbuster debuting to $181.8 in North America, giving it the fifth biggest domestic opening of all time.
It had been predicted prior to release that Civil War could break the $200 million mark, although those estimates were lowered on Friday, with the film trailing rival superhero movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice in terms of opening day. However, the Marvel threequel has went on to surpass the opening weekend of Batman v Superman, with Warner’s DC ensemble grossing $166.1 million.
Internationally, Civil War pulled in a further $220 million and is already at $678.4 million after just 12 days in play. Given the overwhelmingly positive reception from fans and critics, you’d have to expect the film to overtake Batman v Superman’s worldwide haul of $865.5 million by this point next week and a billion dollar plus take looks all but assured.
SEE ALSO: Keep up to date with the Highest Grossing Superhero Movies of All-Time
SEE ALSO: Read our reviews of Captain America: Civil War here and here
Marvel’s “Captain America: Civil War” 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.
SEE ALSO: Follow all of our Marvel Cinematic Universe coverage here
Captain America: Civil War sees Anthony and Joe Russo (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) directing a cast that includes Marvel Cinematic Universe veterans Chris Evans (Steve Rogers/Captain America), Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark/Iron Man), Anthony Mackie (Sam Wilson/Falcon), Jeremy Renner (Clint Barton/Hawkeye), Scarlett Johansson (Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow), Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier), Elizabeth Olsen (Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch), Paul Bettany (The Vision), Don Cheadle (James Rhondes/War Machine), Paul Rudd (Scott Lang/Ant-Man), Emily VanCamp (Sharon Carter), Frank Grillo (Brock Rumlow/Crossbones) and William Hurt (General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross) alongside new additions Chadwick Boseman (Get on Up) as T’Challa/Black Panther, Daniel Bruhl (Rush) as Baron Zemo, Tom Holland (The Impossible) as Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Martin Freeman (Sherlock) as Everett Ross.
. url=”.” . width=”100%” height=”150″ iframe=”true” /]
