'Captain Marvel' tops $1 billion at global box office
Captain Marvel has added titanic box office might to her repertoire of superhero powers.
The Brie Larson-fronted Marvel Cinematic Universe entry crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office Tuesday, making it the seventh overall MCU title to reach the milestone. To date, all 21 MCU films have earned a collective $18.5 billion globally.
According to a press release from distributor Disney, the project — about the titular hero (Larson) fighting to save the planet from a galactic war between alien beings — has amassed $358.1 million in North America and $644.5 from international territories for a total tally of $1,002.6 billion. The film has earned the most foreign dollars in China, where it has taken $152.3 million so far.
Across its first weekend in theaters, Captain Marvel bagged $456.7 around the world — the sixth highest global opening in history and second highest for a female-fronted picture (trailing only Star Wars: The Force Awakens‘ $529 million worldwide start in 2015).
Among action films driven by women, the Anna Boden/Ryan Fleck-directed CaptainMarvel‘s domestic gross ranks seventh, behind such films as The Force Awakens ($936.7 million), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ($424.7 million), and DC’s Wonder Woman ($412.6 million), among others.
Captain Marvel (also starring Jude Law, Annette Bening, Gemma Chan, Ben Mendelsohn, and Djimon Hounsou) is now playing in theaters nationwide; Larson will reprise her role in the upcoming Avengers: Endgame on April 26.
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