Marvel's "Captain America: Civil War" jumpstarted the summer blockbuster season with some monstrous numbers at the box office. "Civil War" managed to take down both previous "Captain America" openings and fellow superhero juggernauts of 2016, "Deadpool" and "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice."
"Deadpool" debuted in February to a surprising $132 million in its opening weekend. Then, "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" took in $166 million during its first frame in late March. Now, "Captain America: Civil War" has blown both away with $181 million domestic. That's good for fifth all time behind "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" ($247 million), "Jurassic World" ($208 million), both "Avengers" films ($207 million, 2012, $191 million, 2015).
Those numbers are impressive and "Captain America: Civil War" is shaping up to be the highest-grossing non-Avengers comic book film in history.
Overseas, "Civil War" has taken in $496.6 million. Worldwide, "Captain America: Civil War" sits at $678.39 million after just two total weeks. That is a staggering amount of money in a very short time frame. At this point, there's no doubt that "Civil War" will topple the final box office totals for "Batman v Superman" and likely end its own theatrical run with upwards of $1 billion. The only non-"Avengers" film to cross that total for Marvel is "Iron Man 3."
But Walt Disney is not a one-trick pony type of movie studio. "The Jungle Book" took second place at the box office this weekend with just north of $21 million. In North America, the film has taken in $284.9 million and has reached $491.2 million overseas for a worldwide whopping total of $776.2 million and counting.
Meanwhile, "Zootopia" finished its 10th weekend in the top 10 and will end its run with between $330 and $340 million domestic and around $950 million worldwide.
All together, these films have pushed Walt Disney studios passed $1 billion domestic in just 128 days, shattering the previous record of 165 days. Globally, the studio has already put up $3.341 billion, another industry record.
Right now, the Mouse House is the king of Hollywood.
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