Captain Marvel Dominates Box Office Competition in its Second Weekend

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By Narayan Liu

Published Mar 18, 2019

Captain Marvel races toward another milestone in its second weekend as it nears that billion dollar landmark at the global box office.

Marvel Studios' latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain Marvel, performed exceptionally well in its opening weekend with approximately $455 million at the global box office -- the sixth highest opening of all time.

While the film still experienced a standard drop over the past week, Captain Marvel topped a modest slate of newcomers that included Wonder Park and Captive State by adding $69.3 million to its domestic gross. That number helped it rocket past several milestones this weekend and brings the film's total gross to $266 million domestic and $760 million worldwide in its first ten days.

This puts the film considerably above earlier expectations that it would merely cross the global $700 million mark in its second week of release.

In that short period, the film has surpassed the domestic totals of several high performing MCU films such as Ant-Man and the Wasp at $215 million, Doctor Strange at $232 million and Captain America: The Winter Soldier at $259 million. With its notable box office performance, Captain Marvel has already become the third highest grossing film directed by a woman, after Wonder Woman and Frozen.

On its current trajectory, the film is expected to hit the $1 billion mark some time in the next two weeks. If not then, its performance may ultimately be affected by the release of Disney's live-action remake, Dumbo, as well as Warner Bros.' highly-anticipated Shazam, which is set to be released in the first week of April.

Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Captain Marvel stars Brie Larson as Carol Danvers, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Jude Law as the commander of Starforce, Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson, Lee Pace as Ronan the Accuser, Djimon Hounsou as Korath the Pursuer, Gemma Chan as Minn-Erva, Ben Mendelsohn as Talos, Lashana Lynch as Maria Rambeau, Algenis Perez Soto as Att-Lass, McKenna Grace as a young Carol Danvers and Annette Bening as the Supreme Intelligence.

(via Forbes)