Doctor Strange spent two weeks at #1 in North America before being dethroned by Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and despite that movie scoring over $200 million worldwide this weekend, things are still looking good for the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Sorcerer Supreme. With $17.7 million during its third weekend domestically, Doctor Strange now has a total of $181.5 million, a figure which means it has passed previous origin stories Captain America: The First Avenger, Ant-Man, and Thor.
Overseas, the movie earned an additional $26 million to take its global haul to $571.5 million. That means it's now ahead of Ant-Man's $519 million and rapidly closing in on Iron Man's $585.2 million.
$100 million of that came from China (no easy feat), and as a result, Doctor Strange has already passed X-Men: Apocalypse's worldwide total of $544 million. Why does that matter? Well, the X-Men franchise features far more recognisable characters and has been established for quite some time, so a "C-List" superhero like Strange performing like this has got to make Kevin Feige and Marvel very happy indeed.
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