Published in Geo, on Mar 12th, 2019,
“Captain Marvel,” the first Marvel superhero film with a female character in top billing, soared atop North American box offices in its debut weekend, with ticket sales of $153.4 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said on Monday.
Added to the $302 million taken in internationally, the film´s total of $455 million for the three-day weekend makes it the biggest opening ever for a female-fronted superhero film, the Hollywood Reporter said.
It is also the sixth highest global debut ever and the best domestic start for a superhero film since Marvel´s “Black Panther” opened last year with $202 million, trade magazines said.
The film stars Brie Larson, winner of a 2016 Best Actress Oscar for “Room,” as Carol Danvers, a former fighter pilot who gains superpowers in an accident and finds herself in the middle of a galactic conflict. Also starring are Samuel L Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Annette Bening and Jude Law.
The film, which opened on International Women´s Day, was co-directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck.
It soared to the top of ticket sales despite online misogynistic trolls who launched a coordinated attack against the film over the weekend by posting negative reviews.
Trailing light-years behind in second place, at $14.7 million, was Universal´s “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,” which had topped the North American box office for two straight weekends.
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The final installment in the “Dragon” trilogy, voiced by Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett and F Murray Abraham, tells the story of young Hiccup and his dragon Toothless on their quest to find a reputed dragon utopia.
In third, down one spot, was Lionsgate´s “A Madea Family Funeral” from actor/director Tyler Perry. The latest comic chapter about the irreverent but caring elderly title character (played by Perry) earned $12.5 million.
Fourth spot went to Warner Bros.´ “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part,” at $3.9 million. Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks and Will Arnett voice the animated toys in a story of love and apocalypse in a plastic universe.
And in fifth was Fox´s “Alita: Battle Angel” at $3.2 million. The sci-fi fantasy stars Rosa Salazar as a nearly human cyborg who has lost her memory.
Rounding out the weekend´s top 10 were:
“Green Book” ($2.5 million)
“Isn´t It Romantic” ($2.3 million)
“Greta” ($2.2 million)
“Fighting With My Family” ($2.2 million)
“Apollo 11” ($1.3 million)