BOX OFFICE: CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR Is Now The Highest Grossing Movie Of 2016 In North America
Move over, Deadpool! Despite having been our for nearly a month, moviegoers flocked to see Captain America: Civil War this weekend, making it 2016's highest grossing release so far. Will it be topped?
No one expected Deadpool to earn anywhere near what it did back in February, and it becoming 2016's highest grossing movie in North America is something which could have never been predicted. However, the R-Rated movie's haul of $362.7 million has finally been beaten by, what else, a Marvel Studios movie. Captain America: Civil War has made an estimated $19.5 million this Memorial Day weekend to take its total up to a mighty $372.7 million domestically. It's also #1 worldwide.
With $730.7 million overseas, Captain America: Civil War has now earned a total of $1.108 billion. That makes it the fourth highest grossing superhero movie of all-time, and chances are it won't be beaten until Rogue One: A Star Wars Story comes along this December. Check out a new Spider-Man centric TV spot for the movie in the player below and be sure to share your thoughts in the usual place.
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