'Captain America: Civil War' Tracking for Massive $175M-Plus Opening
Robert Downey Jr., left, and Sebastian Stan duke it out in ‘Captain America: Civil War’ (Photo: Disney/Marvel via AP)
By Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter
Captain America: Civil War is tracking for a massive domestic opening of $175 million-plus at the North American box office, where it opens May 6.
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Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, the superhero tentpole is the third installment in the standalone Captain America series and returns Chris Evans in the title role. A wide array of other Marvel superheroes appear in the film, including Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) and Spider-Man, played by Tom Holland.
If tracking is correct, Captain America 3 could score the fifth-best opening of all time, or better, for Disney and Marvel Studios behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($248 million), Jurassic World ($208.8 million), Marvel’s The Avengers ($207.4 million), and Avengers: Age of Ultron ($191.3 million).
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The movie, written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, sees the Avengers fractured into opposing factions; one led by Captain America and the other by Iron Man.
Watch ‘Captain America: Civil War’ star Chris Evans and directors the Russo Brothers talk comic book movie deaths, hint at ones to come in ‘Infinity War’:
