From ew [excerpt], This weekend, Captain America: The First Avenger was on a quest to avenge the disappointing box office results of recent superhero movies like X-Men: First Class and Green Lantern, and according to weekend estimates, it looks like Cappy has succeeded! The patriotic Paramount/Marvel tentpole earned a strong $65.8 million this weekend, bettering the opening of Thor, which hammered out $65.7 million during its debut in May. (Let’s wait for final numbers on Monday before we declare this the best superhero opening of the summer.) Captain America wasn’t a weakling in the per theater average department, either, as it found a terrific $17,719 at each of its 3,715 locations. Only 40 percent of the opening figure came from 3D screens, though—yet another low number for the format.
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2 comments:
Desroc and I saw Harry Potter at 7:30 on Sat night and I have to say, I was surprised at how few people there were in the theater. Considering it's only been out for a week - I expected it to be a lot more crowded.
It was front-loaded last week when the main fan base checked it out. It has made close to a billion dollars world wide!
I watched Captain America, which was a fun trip overall but fell a little short in some areas.
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