Monday’s box office totals have boosted Marvel’sCaptain America: Civil Warpast the $300 million mark domestically. The movie, directed byJoe and Anthony Russo, justnarrowly missed the milestone this past weekendas it reclaimed the #1 spot for the second weekend in a row. And because I know you guys love comparing Disney/Marvel’s performance to that of Warner Bros./DC Comics, I’ll just throw this out there: the thirdCaptain Americamovie hit $300 million in just 10 days, a full nine days earlier thanZack Snyder’sBatman v Superman. (Cue “media bias” comments in 3, 2, 1…)
Cap’songoing box office success will obviously decline over the next few weeks, but it remains to be seen just how strong it will be. Upcoming contenders to the crown include Sony’s animatedAngry Birdsmovie,Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising,Shane Black’sThe Nice Guys,Alice Through the Looking Glass, andX-Men: Apocalypse.Captain America: Civil War’sreign atop the heap probably won’t survive to see June, and there’s a good chance it will slip out of the top spot this coming weekend.
However, Disney has something else to celebrate, and it’s not just the upcoming debut of the sequel to their super successfulAlice in Wonderlandmovie. The interconnected cultural juggernaut known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) just crossed the $10 billion line, including all 13 films released in the last nine years. It’s worth noting that Marvel is missing out on big box offices from theX-Men,Spider-Man,Deadpool, and yes evenFantastic Fourfranchises, but them’s the breaks when you sell off your famed properties to other studios. Disney’s $4 billion purchase of those remaining Marvel standouts, however, is looking like quite the savvy financial move.
Here’s a look at the Disney/Marvel MCU in all its $10 billion glory (viaBox Office Mojo):
Box Office (Domestic)
Box Office (Total)
Marvel’s The Avengers
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Iron Man 3
Guardians of the Galaxy
Iron Man 2^#
Captain America: Civil War*
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Thor: The Dark World
Captain America: The First Avenger
The Incredible Hulk#
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