Box Office Report: Captain America; The First Avenger

Box Office Report: Captain America; The First Avenger

Holding strong during the midweek, Cap collected another $7.8M on Tues bringing it's domestic total to $80M. The movie is currently projected to collect $120-125M in 10 days.

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By MarkJulian - Jul 27, 2011 03:07 PM EST
Filed Under: Captain America
Source: Box Office Mojo

Captain America

Captain America: The First Avenger is the fourth and final summer superhero movie of 2011. Many critics predicted that a combination of audience superhero fatigue and the broad appeal of Harry Potter would spell financial doom for the Joe Johnston flick but the critics have been wrong before. Cap took down the boy wizard but next up is the Jon Favreau flick, Cowboys & Aliens. Can the Sentinel of Liberty strike box office gold two weeks in a row?

Captain America [$65.1M] had the second highest opening-weekend box office gross of this summer's superhero movies behind Thor [$65.7M]. However, more people saw Captain America, as only 38% of the movies revenue came from higher-priced 3D movie tickets as opposed to the 60% that made up Thor's revenue. Regardless, both are Marvel films distributed by Paramount so the studios are all smiles. Most promising is the fact that Captain America had a $17,700 per venue average over 3,715 venues and will likely see its theater count increased thanks to early success. With a budget of $140 million, which is relatively low for summer tentpoles these days, and international box office numbers yet to be accumulated, it's well positioned to turn a significant profit. Looks like Joe Johnston is in a very good position to get that Winter Soldier spinoff.

Exit polls showed that the movie audience was 64% male and that 58% were over the age of 25.

Click here to read past predictions from CBMers about Cap's opening weekend gross. Toot your own horn if you nailed it and if you were way off, be ready to guess again when I cover Cowboys & Aliens.

Click here to read an excellent review from PollMaster.







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"Captain America: The First Avenger" will focus on the early days of the Marvel Universe when Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) volunteers to participate in an experimental program that turns him into the Super Soldier known as Captain America. As Captain America, Rogers joins forces with Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) and Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) to wage war on the evil HYDRA organization, led by the villainous Red Skull (Hugo Weaving).
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EditNinja
EditNinja - 7/27/2011, 3:31 PM
That great news.
Opens in Australia today... seeing it in a few hours...
marvel72
marvel72 - 7/27/2011, 3:33 PM
thats great news,just wait & see what the rest of the world brings in when its released friday.i believe captain america will make $500,000,000 at the end of its run.

LFANCH
LFANCH - 7/27/2011, 3:36 PM
that's not true grif. I think cap will do pretty well in North Korea.
THRILLHO
THRILLHO - 7/27/2011, 3:36 PM

Bodwulf
Bodwulf - 7/27/2011, 3:37 PM
Cap is going to beat Thor domestic but Harry is way too far ahead to catch.
headlopper
headlopper - 7/27/2011, 3:44 PM
I f****** rejoice! Good riddance to Harry Potter.
Besides, real wizards carry a much bigger...stick!
"YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
theradioactivecore
theradioactivecore - 7/27/2011, 3:44 PM
Damn, I still have to wait until frida :(
TayDee
TayDee - 7/27/2011, 3:45 PM
its rating on RT is slowly going up also, hopefully it take the CBM crown of this year because it was my favorite out of the 4!
BooYah
BooYah - 7/27/2011, 3:49 PM
Cap was great but I didn't expect it to knock off Potter.
BooYah
BooYah - 7/27/2011, 3:49 PM
Cap was great but I didn't expect it to knock off Potter.
Creature
Creature - 7/27/2011, 3:53 PM
I couldn't even see it. The theater was so packed the line went to the doors.
headlopper
headlopper - 7/27/2011, 3:59 PM
Ha, wuddaya expect from a kid with a twig! ha-ha-ha!
Go back Warthog,or Wornlog, or Wardog, or Worcestershire..og...(I've not seen a one o'these movies,and my optometrist on has thanked me)
BigK1337
BigK1337 - 7/27/2011, 4:00 PM
Funny how this is only Captain America's first movie and he attained more money than Potter's last film.

Kind of a shock, but at least that is a sign that super hero movies are still popular.
RobinNumbah6
RobinNumbah6 - 7/27/2011, 4:01 PM
Am i the only one tht wants to punch Grif in the face?
AlanWarlock
AlanWarlock - 7/27/2011, 4:04 PM
I hope the "Winter Soldier" comment was a joke. There are so many better stories to tell than that in a Cap ssequel.
TheRandomGeek
TheRandomGeek - 7/27/2011, 4:05 PM
I have only one thing to say...

Captain America... [frick] YEAH!!!
Suck it Potter (even though it was a pretty good movie :P)!!
THRILLHO
THRILLHO - 7/27/2011, 4:06 PM
Vital
Vital - 7/27/2011, 4:13 PM
Why do I want Cap to headbutt Harry and break his nose in the pic up in topic article?
headlopper
headlopper - 7/27/2011, 4:18 PM
@covertavenger- Captain America news + Harry Potter beaten = a guy *********** a ...balloon???
tazmaniak
tazmaniak - 7/27/2011, 4:22 PM
@grif, you do realize the movie only opened in one foreign country, don't you?Of course it hasn't made jack shit.It will open worldwide over the week.

And in the one country it did open , Italy, it did very well.It made $2.8M.Compare that to Transformers 3, which made $3.4M in Italy.They are expecting it to succeed in the foreign markets.
TheQuestion
TheQuestion - 7/27/2011, 4:33 PM
Just saw the movie today and I loved it. I think it may be Marvel's best movie. I'm mega-pumped for the Avengers now.
djohnpi
djohnpi - 7/27/2011, 4:33 PM
Hey taz @grif don't know cap is the bomb baby he gonna blow em away yea. JUST ME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Supes17
Supes17 - 7/27/2011, 4:36 PM
I think It'll be successful, but I don't think it will reach $500 million.
I think Thor will take the No. 1 spot this year.
Xmen also performed well with $347 million so far
Cap might reach Thor's income
rocky
rocky - 7/27/2011, 4:37 PM
Let's get out there and make it happen for Captain America again this weekend.

I feel like Marvel should pay me for all this marketing :)
avengingson
avengingson - 7/27/2011, 4:37 PM
Cap was definitely up there with the first Iron Man. I really loved it.
RABB1T
RABB1T - 7/27/2011, 4:49 PM
I kept saying that it would beat Harry Potter... no one believed me hahaha, NEVER underestimate Marvel, or Captain America at that!
SageMode
SageMode - 7/27/2011, 5:04 PM
Voldermort: "What makes you so special?"
Cap: "EVERYTHING BIOTCH"
Maximillion
Maximillion - 7/27/2011, 5:06 PM
I knew C.A. would do great, Marvel had great marketing, online and offline, they catered to the fans as much as possible, Potter had an already established fan base, but you can't beat a great comic book movie that people have been waiting for for years....GO Captain!!
Ceejay
Ceejay - 7/27/2011, 5:21 PM
@BigK1337 - You do realise Captain America only made more money than Harry Potter in HP's 2nd weekend. Potter has made over $286 million dollars in nearly two weeks alone, not something Captain America is ever going to do in its entire run! Worldwide in just 2 weeks HP has done over $881 million, something none of the comic films this year stand a chance of ever doing unless you count Transformers 3 which has done considerably more at the moment.
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 7/27/2011, 5:43 PM
premieres tomorrow in Argentina,I can't [frick]ing wait!!
JorEl77
JorEl77 - 7/27/2011, 5:53 PM
I went and seen it today,and it was pretty frakkin awesome if you ask me.I think I actually liked it better than THOR,and I thought THOR was pretty damn epic itself.And honestly,as much as I want to see The Avengers,I think right now at this time,I would rather just see a CAP sequel first.But to think of it,the sequel might not be as good as the first one.I just like the fact that it was set back in the 1940's,which I like movies set back in those days,because most movies are set in todays time,and we already got so many of them.But I loved it,and I can't wait for the Blu-Ray release to see what footage was cut out of the movie.
thingrock4
thingrock4 - 7/27/2011, 6:03 PM
CATFA is one of the best MOVIES ever made-EVERBODY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SITE.....LET'S ALL SEE THIS MOVIE AGAIN THIS WEEKEND,MAKE HISTORY AND SHOW THE WORLD WE MEAN BUSINESS!!!!!!! MAKE MINE MARVEL!!!!
BigK1337
BigK1337 - 7/27/2011, 6:23 PM
@Ceejay
. . . In America. Captain America surprisingly did better than Potter, in America. I'm surprise out of all the Captain fanatics on this page, I am the one being targeted for making a comment of opinion that is just like everyone else's.

@thingrock4
[frick] that shit, man. I would rather go watch it tommorrow than this weekend. It is better to see it sooner, than later.
jf11mm
jf11mm - 7/27/2011, 6:27 PM
I have to admit being a Loyal dc fan i really,really enjoyed captin America last night.It was in my opinion is as good as iron man 1. The did great job bringing cap the big screen well done all around casting,story line, etc. I wanted to see more of a trailer at the end for the avengers but what are you going to do. Let's bring on the avengers. The dc guys could pick up a few tricks on how to bring a new hero to the big screen watching iron man 1, and captain america fro sure.
Coloso
Coloso - 7/27/2011, 6:47 PM
@jf11mm glad you enjoyed it to. I am a Marvel man but it doesn't stop me from enjoying Nolan's Batman films or wanting to see Man of Steel when it comes out. The way I look at this DC vs Marvel thing is that at least one is there to pick up the ball when the other one fumbles it.
Action
Action - 7/27/2011, 7:00 PM
I was wrong about Chris Evans being the wrong choice for portraying Captain America. Evans did a great job acting as Cap. Can't wait to see the way the Avengers respond to him.
parafonia
parafonia - 7/27/2011, 7:07 PM
I was one that thought Potter would be stronger in its second weekend and cap would come in second. I was wrong.
One concern I have for overseas is that Boxofficemojo says that as of right now Cap has only made 2.8 million foreign. That might be a bell weather of sorts because Green lantern had a similar slow roll out and dismal foreign receipts.
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