Box office: Captain America has the fifth-best opening ever

To no one’s surprise, Captain America: Civil War conquered the box office this week with one of the biggest first weekends in North America ever.

The film — the third “stand-alone” Captain America movie, though it features plenty of characters from the other Marvel films — earned an estimated $181.8 million between Thursday and Sunday nights, which is more than the $176.7 million that the first Captain America movie earned during its entire theatrical run in 2011.

The new film also has the fifth-best opening weekend ever, behind only Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Jurassic World and the two Avengers movies.

Captain America: Civil War has also earned a whopping $496.6 million overseas over the past two weeks and has thus outgrossed the foreign totals for all but three other Marvel films, the exceptions being Iron Man 3 and the two Avengers films (all three of which feature Iron Man as a main character, just as Civil War does).

The previous best opening for a Captain America film was the $95 million that The Winter Soldier opened to in 2014. And the previous best opening for a movie featuring Spider-Man was the $151.1 million that Spider-Man 3 opened to in 2007.

Meanwhile, in other box-office news…

The Jungle Book grossed $21.9 million and ranked second in its fourth week, for a domestic cume of $285 million. The film has earned another $491.2 million overseas for a global total of $776.2 million — which puts it ahead of Maleficent (2014, $758.5 million) but behind Alice in Wonderland (2010, $1025.5 million) worldwide.

Zootopia grossed $2.7 million and ranked seventh in its tenth week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $327.6 million. The film has earned another $628.8 million overseas for a global total of $956.4 million, which is still the year’s best worldwide.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice grossed $1 million and ranked tenth in its seventh week, thereby raising its domestic total to $327.3 million — which is still not yet double the $166 million that the film made in its first weekend.

Batman v Superman has earned another $538.2 million overseas for a global total of $865.5 million — well under the billion-dollar mark the studio was aiming for.

Miracles from Heaven grossed $240,000 and ranked 19th in its eighth week, for a domestic total of $60.1 million. It has earned another $8.1 million overseas.

God’s Not Dead 2 grossed $166,800 and ranked 24th in its sixth week, raising its domestic total to $20.3 million. It has earned another $2.4 million overseas.

Now for a bit of extra data on Zootopia’s ranking among animated films:

In North America, the film still ranks ninth:

• 2004 — Shrek 2 (DreamWorks) — $441.2 million
• 1994 — The Lion King (Disney) — $422.8 million
• 2010 — Toy Story 3 (Pixar) — $415.0 million
• 2013 — Frozen (Disney) — $400.7 million
• 2003 — Finding Nemo (Pixar) — $380.8 million
• 2013 — Despicable Me 2 (Universal) — $368.1 million
• 2015 — Inside Out (Pixar) — $356.5 million
• 2015 — Minions (Universal) — $336 million
• 2016 — Zootopia (Disney) — $327.6 million
• 2007 — Shrek the Third (DreamWorks) — $322.7 million

Overseas, the film still ranks sixth:

• 2013 — Frozen (Disney) — $875.7 million
• 2015 — Minions (Universal) — $823.4 million
• 2012 — Ice Age: Continental Drift (Fox) — $715.9 million
• 2009 — Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Fox) — $690.1 million
• 2010 — Toy Story 3 (Pixar) — $648.2 million
• 2016 — Zootopia (Disney) — $628.8 million
• 2013 — Despicable Me 2 (Universal) — $602.7 million
• 1994 — The Lion King (Disney) — $564.7 million
• 2003 — Finding Nemo (Pixar) — $555.9 million
• 2012 — Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (DreamWorks) — $530.5 million

And worldwide, the film now ranks sixth:

• 2013 — Frozen (Disney) — $400.7 + 875.7 = 1276.5 million
• 2015 — Minions (Universal) — $336.0 + 823.4 = 1159.4 million
• 2010 — Toy Story 3 (Pixar) — $415.0 + 648.2 = 1063.2 million
• 1994 — The Lion King (Disney) — $422.8 + 564.7 = 987.5 million
• 2013 — Despicable Me 2 (Universal) — $368.1 + 602.7 = 970.8 million
• 2016 — Zootopia (Disney) — $327.6 + 628.8 = 956.4 million
• 2003 — Finding Nemo (Pixar) — $380.8 + 555.9 = 936.7 million
• 2004 — Shrek 2 (DreamWorks) — $441.2 + 478.6 = 919.8 million
• 2009 — Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Fox) — $196.6 + 690.1 = 886.7 million
• 2012 — Ice Age: Continental Drift (Fox) — $161.3 + 715.9 = 877.2 million

And now for a bit of extra data on the “faith-based” films:

Miracles from Heaven had the fourth-best first weekend of any film in this genre seven weeks ago, and now it has the thirteenth-best eighth weekend:

• 2004 — The Passion of the Christ — $4.1 million
• 2014 — God’s Not Dead — $1.4 million
• 2008 — Fireproof — $1.3 million
• 2015 — War Room — $928,139
• 2011 — Courageous — $430,493
• 2006 — Facing the Giants — $427,877
• 2011 — Soul Surfer — $401,011
• 2014 — Heaven Is for Real — $394,878
• 2003 — The Gospel of John — $367,838
• 1999 — The Omega Code — $322,416
• 2014 — Son of God — $270,704
• 2002 — Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie — $246,191
• 2016 — Miracles from Heaven — $240,000
• 2003 — Luther — $163,835
• 2008 — The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything — $108,395

Miracles from Heaven now ranks fifth among “faith-based” films:

• 2004 — The Passion of the Christ — $370.8 million
• 2014 — Heaven Is for Real — $91.4 million
• 2015 — War Room — $67.8 million
• 2014 — God’s Not Dead — $60.8 million
• 2016 — Miracles from Heaven — $60.1 million
• 2014 — Son of God — $59.7 million
• 2011 — Soul Surfer — $43.9 million
• 2006 — The Nativity Story — $37.6 million
• 2016 — Risen — $36.8 million
• 2011 — Courageous — $34.5 million