Captain America: The First Avenger Takes In 4 Million On Midnight Showings

Captain America: The First Avenger Takes In 4 Million On Midnight Showings

Captain America: The First Avengers midnight showing took in more than any other super hero film has this Summer. Click here for more details.

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By WaylonJones - Jul 22, 2011 10:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Captain America
Source: Deadline


According to Deadline Captain America: The First Avenger raked in about 4 million dollars in its midnight showing. So how did it fair against Thor, X-men: First Class, and Green Lantern? Pretty good considering that they all took in between 3.25 and 3.5 million in their midnight showings.

Reports Deadline:

Captain America: The First Avenger opened at four Million dollars for its midnight showings. That's better than midnights for this summer's other original superhero movies like Thor and Green Lantern as well as prequel/reboot X-Men: First Class, which all did between $3.25M and $3.5M in Friday midnights. Stay tuned for more.

What do you guys think? It looks like Cap is well on his way to being the highest grossing comic book movie this year. Sound off your thoughts in the comment boxes below.

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WolvieCBM
WolvieCBM - 7/22/2011, 10:37 AM
Hell yeah! Great news!
Armageddon26
Armageddon26 - 7/22/2011, 10:44 AM
AMERICA!
Hellsing
Hellsing - 7/22/2011, 10:47 AM
theres only response to this Captain America [frick] YEAH
DaenerysTargaryen
DaenerysTargaryen - 7/22/2011, 10:49 AM
America [frick] yeah!
WolvieCBM
WolvieCBM - 7/22/2011, 10:50 AM
I'll say around $67-68M for the opening weekend. Could end up #1. We'll see.
ItsNotASchooner
ItsNotASchooner - 7/22/2011, 10:52 AM
Way to go Cap!!
StrangerX
StrangerX - 7/22/2011, 10:52 AM
Nice!!!! Be seeing this tonight.
Hellsing
Hellsing - 7/22/2011, 10:59 AM
its going to be interesting on how well it does internationally.
Ethic
Ethic - 7/22/2011, 11:00 AM
Great start, keep it comin! It's not out here for another week UH,
But it's the day after my bday so nice timing!
Valar1
Valar1 - 7/22/2011, 11:08 AM
When I got to my midnight showing my wife and nephew laughed that we were the only ones there, but then people just started piling in! In a few minutes the place was freakin packed and we were sitting next to fat dudes and kids etc, bizzare for a midnite showing-usually you get college kids. Anyways, great movie, I loved it more than the others this year.
Jer3miah
Jer3miah - 7/22/2011, 11:09 AM
I saw it last night, and to be frank, it was good but far from great. There were many errors in pacing with how the plot was written, not to mention character development was barely in sight. The action wasn't all that, either. All in all, it was a good movie, but as I say -- NOT GREAT.
Mysterion
Mysterion - 7/22/2011, 11:12 AM
Saweet, I got my tickets for tonight.
Bread
Bread - 7/22/2011, 11:15 AM
I went last night, it was pretty damn good!
ScarletSpidey
ScarletSpidey - 7/22/2011, 11:18 AM
Not a full house at our midnight screening. Theatre was probably 3/4 full. I enjoyed the movie but it's definitely far from perfect. Thor will go down as my favorite CBM this year.

The crowd (myself included) lost its' mind when The Avengers trailer played.
mk
mk - 7/22/2011, 11:21 AM
heck yeah i was part of that! cap best cbm of the summer!
BooYah
BooYah - 7/22/2011, 11:21 AM
Going to see it in 2 hours. Can't wait! I'll be posting my review shortly after.
mk
mk - 7/22/2011, 11:22 AM
aw no edit.. but yeah the theater was packed around 11 already for me.. and ppl were all celebrating after seeing that awesome after credits!
TayDee
TayDee - 7/22/2011, 11:25 AM
This just shows that the general audience wont get tired of comicbook movies, as long as the story is good they will continue to sell!
jaysin420
jaysin420 - 7/22/2011, 11:26 AM
I wonder how many of those people only went for the air conditioning.
Deadpool13
Deadpool13 - 7/22/2011, 11:27 AM
SWEET
superotherside
superotherside - 7/22/2011, 11:28 AM
awesome I'm seeing it at 7:30 tonight myself! can't wait!
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 7/22/2011, 11:41 AM
AMERIKUHHHH EFF YEAHHH!
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 7/22/2011, 11:45 AM
♫♪ ♪♫♫CAPTAIN AMERICA GONNA SAVE THE EFFING DAY YEAH!! ♫♪ ♪♫♫
ThaMessenger07
ThaMessenger07 - 7/22/2011, 11:46 AM
awesome. Can't see it tonight like I hoped but hopefully I'll see it tomorrow :)
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 7/22/2011, 11:47 AM
A good start, but again that just shows that it had the most die-hard fans. Green Lantern had the biggest midnight opening of the comic films before that, and we know how that went. Personally, I think Cap will continue to exceed expectations at the box office. I went to the early-bird showing, and while it was far from packed it was more attended than the one for Thor (not surprising, now that school is out.) it was also filled with a wider variety of people, from a kid not more than six to a pair of elderly ladies with walkers.

Personally, I really liked it. I loved the first half, but have to admit that the second lost some needed focus. Some mission objectives would have helped. Every one seemed to be "let's kick in the doors and shoot everyone and every thing!" Kind of hard to get invested in the progress of that kind of action.
JULEZ13
JULEZ13 - 7/22/2011, 11:52 AM
A couple of mixed review but overall good. I really hope this holds up to my expectations!

Can't wait to see this!!!
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 7/22/2011, 11:53 AM
I also think that it has a decent chance of winning the weekend. People are way-overestimating how much Harry Potter will make this weekend, in my opinion. Potter made that huge amount on midnight screenings... Take that out, and every other day of release has been well behind the Dark Knight's daily box office. TDK only managed $75m for it's second week, and it was making around $6m more than Harry Potter per day leading up to that.

In short, if Cap can match Thor, there's a very good chance he'll win the weekend, IMO.
marvel72
marvel72 - 7/22/2011, 12:08 PM
that a good start,f*ckin 29th july seems a million miles away for me.
TheOverlord
TheOverlord - 7/22/2011, 12:11 PM
Just saw it with my two 8 year olds at the first 2D matinee showing today. Excellent - Marvel's best movie since the first Iron Man. The boys loved it. So did I.
Ceejay
Ceejay - 7/22/2011, 12:13 PM
@Chewtoy - Green Lantern didn't have a bigger midnight opening than X-Men First Class this year and only did $100,000 more than Thor. GL flopped royally, X-men made half decent bucks and Thor still outperformed the lot of them both domestically and internationally!
MarcoPilgrim
MarcoPilgrim - 7/22/2011, 12:17 PM
Absolutely great movie !
ultimatefan1974
ultimatefan1974 - 7/22/2011, 12:24 PM
Hah, I suspected that BO experts were underestimating Cap, he´s far more well-known than Thor or GL.
California
California - 7/22/2011, 12:25 PM
It was not only good, but there is something really, really special about it!
thingrock4
thingrock4 - 7/22/2011, 12:40 PM
Captain America was so incredible-it WILL go down as not just a CBM all-time classic,but a movie classic as well! Guys&Girls-let's make this the #1 movie in AMERICA! WE are the ones who've been begging for these movies and now we have one to show off against other powerhouses! If you have not seen the movie yet-DO NOT WAITHE TIME IS NOW! Let's make CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 in AMERICA! (CAUSE WORLD WISE-WE AREN'T GONNA GET IT) CAPTAIN AMERICA & THE U.S.A. are JUST TO SSSSSWWWWEEEEEETTTT!!!!
SHO1138
SHO1138 - 7/22/2011, 12:43 PM
Can't wait to see it. But have to wait till Monday. :(

FYI If you want a good laugh SyFy is doing a marathon today of all the old movies.
Enterlion
Enterlion - 7/22/2011, 12:47 PM
Saw it midnight. It was so good. Check it out if you have a soul.
warhatchet
warhatchet - 7/22/2011, 1:07 PM
Great movie, Tommy Lee Jones rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Herosave
Herosave - 7/22/2011, 1:10 PM
Good, good, good movie! Definitely more than just a comic book movie. I believe it's something that will appeal to almost every kind of moviegoer. See it asap!
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