BOX OFFICE: Captain America Soars with $95 million
Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the sequel to the 2011 original starring Chris Evans as the Super Soldier, grossed an estimated $96.2 million this opening weekend. The Marvel Superhero flick set a record for best April opening and earning an “A” CinemaScore from its audiences.
While it’s opening did fall beneath The Avengers and Iron Man 3, it does outrank many of the stand-alone Marvel character debuts, including both Thor films and the original Captain America, which it outgrossed by 48%. It also grossed an additional $110 million from audiences overseas.
Comparing it to the other Marvel stand-alone films that have been released since 2012’s The Avengers, The Winter Soldier‘s domestic debut received the biggest “Avengers bump” yet: Iron Man 3 was up 36%, while Thor: The Dark World improved 30%.
While it’s not surprising that more men than women showed up to watch the latest Marvel Superhero film, more couples were in the audience than families, with the majority of the audience between 18-49.
Last weekend’s top-charter Noah‘s audience fell a steep 61% this weekend with $17.05 million, putting its domestic total at $72.3 million.
Here are the weekend’s Top 10 films at the box office:
1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier / $95 million
2. Noah / $17.05 million
3. Divergent / $13 million
4. God’s Not Dead / $7.8 million
5. Muppets Most Wanted / $6.14 million
6. The Grand Budapest Hotel / $6.11 million
7. Mr. Peabody & Sherman / $5.1 million
8. Sabotage / $2 million
9. Need for Speed / $1.8 million
10. Non-Stop / $1.79 million
H/T: Box Office Mojo
TRAILER PARK :: Frankenweenie
Arriving in theaters on October 5, 2012 is the 3D black-and-white stop motion-animated comedy horror film Frankenweenie. Directed by acclaimed director Tim Burton, the film is a remake of his own 1984 short film of the same name. Like the 1984 version, it is a parody of and an homage to the 1931 film Frankenstein based on Mary Shelley’s book of the same name. In the film, after the death of his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring him back to life. Victor tries to hide his creation, but Sparky gets out and unintentionally causes havoc in the town.
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TRAILER PARK :: Wreck-It Ralph
Arriving in theaters on November 2, 2012 is Disney’s latest animated effort Wreck-It Ralph. Wreck-It Ralph is the 9′ tall, 643 lbs. villain of the classic arcade game Fix-It Felix Jr., where the game’s titular hero fixes a building that Ralph destroys. For over 30 years, Ralph has been doing the same job and has become tired of being the bad guy. Wanting to prove he can be a good guy and not just a villain, Ralph escapes his game through the power cord and begins an adventure that leads to dire consequences for all of the video games (and its characters) featured at the arcade.
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