Deadline report that following it's $4 Million midnight opening, Friday's $25.7M and Saturday's $22M,
Captain America: The First Avenger is well on its way to bringing in $60+M (as was predicted by Paramount) but the site also reveal that it's now looking more likely to be around the $65.5M mark, just a little bit under
THOR's $65.7M.
Interestingly, they also point out:
The movie earned an 'A-' CinemaScore. (Thor earned a B+). Exit polls showed 43% of the audience was under age 25 vs 57% over age 25 while 64% were male vs 36% female. (Thor was 62% male & 28% under 25.)
Does this matter? Well, no. The fact it was able to knock
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows from the #1 spot is a bonus, while these domestic figures are a good indication that we can expect to see a sequel. With the movie set to open internationally in most regions next Friday, only time will tell if
Captain America will be the superhero box office king of 2011. Stay tuned for more as we have it.
UPDATE: It's (NEARLY) official. The exact figures still aren't in, and will not be known for definite until tomorrow, but
The Hollwood Reporter have revealed that
Captain America: The First Avenger has made $65.8 Million, beating
THOR and far surpassing
Green Lantern's $53.2 million debut.
STARRING:
Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America
Sebastian Stan as Bucky
Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter
Hugo Weaving as Johann Schmidt/Red Skull
Toby Jones as Arnim Zola
Stanley Tucci as Abraham Erskine
Tommy Lee Jones as Col. Chester Phillips
Dominic Cooper as Howard Stark
Neal McDonough as Dum Dum Dugan
JJ Field as Union Jack
Derek Luke as Gabe Jones
Kenneth Choi as Jim Morita
RELEASE DATE: July 22nd, 2011. (US) July 29th, 2011. (UK)
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