"Captain America: The Winter Soldier" crushed the box office competition its opening weekend bring in a whopping $96.2 million in North America, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Marvel's superhero sequel grossed a total of $303.3 million worldwide. According to Forbes, the "Captain America" sequel has broken the record for the biggest box office debut in April.
"That's 47% larger than the $65m earned by Captain America (and the first Thor) back in 2011 and 13% larger than the $85m earned by Thor: The Dark World on its first weekend last November," Forbes reports. "It's just a bit under the $102m opening weekend of Iron Man and obviously under the $128m earned by Iron Man 2, $175m earned by Iron Man 3, and the $207m debut of The Avengers."
The film stars Chris Evans Captain America, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Cobie Smulders as Agent Maria Hill and Robert Redford as Agent Alexander Pierce.
Check out Marvel's official "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" synopsis and the trailer below:
After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Marvel's "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," in theaters April 4, finds Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens to put the world at risk. Joining forces with the Black Widow, Captain America struggles to expose the ever-widening conspiracy while fighting off professional assassins sent to silence him at every turn. When the full scope of the villainous plot is revealed, Captain America and the Black Widow enlist the help of a new ally, the Falcon. However, they soon find themselves up against an unexpected and formidable enemy--the Winter Soldier.
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