{"id":45910,"date":"2016-05-15T11:52:23","date_gmt":"2016-05-15T18:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/?p=45910"},"modified":"2016-05-27T18:18:33","modified_gmt":"2016-05-28T01:18:33","slug":"box-office-captain-america-continues-to-surge-at-home-and-abroad-while-last-days-in-the-desert-has-a-so-so-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2016\/05\/box-office-captain-america-continues-to-surge-at-home-and-abroad-while-last-days-in-the-desert-has-a-so-so-opening.html","title":{"rendered":"Box office: Captain America<\/i> continues to surge at home and abroad, while Last Days in the Desert<\/i> has a so-so opening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Superheroes fighting each other continued to dominate the box office this week<\/a>, while a tiny film about Jesus had an underwhelming debut on a handful of screens.<\/p>\n

Last Days in the Desert<\/b><\/i>, which opened in only eight theatres, earned an estimated $12,600<\/a> between Friday and Sunday, for a per-screen average of $1,575.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the weakest first-weekend average of the year\u2019s Bible-themed films so far. The previous lowest was the $1,871 that The Young Messiah<\/a><\/i> opened to in March<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Turning to more mainstream fare, Captain America: Civil War<\/b><\/i> raked in another $72.6 million in its second week \u2014 a drop of about 59.5% from last week\u2019s gross.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s on par with the second-weekend drops for the last two films<\/a> that featured Iron Man, i.e. Iron Man 3<\/a><\/i> (58.4% drop) and Avengers: Age of Ultron<\/a><\/i> (59.4% drop).<\/p>\n

Captain America: Civil War<\/i> has earned $295.9 million in North America and another $645 million overseas, for a global total of $940.9 million. The film is currently behind ten other Marvel movies<\/a> in North America \u2014 including this year\u2019s Deadpool<\/a><\/i> \u2014 but worldwide it ranks fourth, behind only Iron Man 3<\/i> and the two Avengers<\/i> films.<\/p>\n

The only major new release this week was Money Monster<\/b><\/i>, a sort of satirical thriller about Wall Street and the media starring George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Jack O\u2019Connell, which grossed $15 million and ranked third for the weekend.<\/p>\n

The film was directed by Jodie Foster and had easily the best opening of the four films she has directed<\/a>, beating the $4 million Home for the Holidays<\/i> made in 1995.<\/p>\n

The Darkness<\/b><\/i>, a micro-budgeted horror film, also earned $5.2 million on American screens (it did not come out in Canada), which was good enough for fourth place.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in other box-office news\u2026<\/p>\n

The Jungle Book<\/b><\/i> grossed $17.8 million and ranked second in its fifth week, thereby raising its domestic cume of $311.8 million. The film has earned another $516.3 million overseas for a global total of $828.1 million.<\/p>\n

Zootopia<\/b><\/i> grossed $2.8 million and ranked sixth in its eleventh week, thereby raising its domestic cume to $331.8 million. The film has earned another $638 million overseas for a global total of $969.8 million \u2014 still the year\u2019s best worldwide, though Captain America<\/i> will almost certainly pass it within the next few days.<\/p>\n

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice<\/b><\/i> grossed $535,000 and ranked 14th in its eighth week, thereby raising its domestic total to $328.2 million \u2014 which is still not yet double the $166 million that the film made in its first weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Batman v Superman<\/i> has earned another $540.6 million overseas for a global total of $868.8 million \u2014 well under the billion-dollar mark the studio was aiming for.<\/p>\n

There were no estimates for Miracles from Heaven<\/b><\/i> or God\u2019s Not Dead 2<\/b><\/i>.<\/p>\n

Now for a bit of extra data on Zootopia<\/i>\u2019s ranking among animated films<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In North America, the film still ranks ninth:<\/p>\n