'Captain Marvel Set for $153 Million at Domestic Box Office Opening Weekend
By Kwadar Ray
Captain Marvel just made history as Marvel's first standalone film with a female lead. And just like DC's Wonder Woman, the movie is a box office hit.
Captain Marvel is soaring to the top of the box office and is slated for a $153 million box office opening weekend performance.
Box office: #CaptainMarvel opens to historic $153M in U.S., $455M globally https://t.co/fBMnUUL7sf pic.twitter.com/tQ5vSQbtYL
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 10, 2019
While it is just the seventh-largest opening weekend for an MCU film, it's performed better than Iron Man 3, which eventually grossed over $1.2 billion worldwide.
The $153 million domestic performance also marks the second-highest opening weekend for a standalone MCU character debut, behind only Academy Award-nominated Black Panther, which it has already surpassed with a worldwide $455 million opening weekend.
#CaptainMarvel has surpassed BLACK PANTHER's global debut of $430M last year by earning an impressive $455M this weekend. pic.twitter.com/1pqzLF1cmh
— Christopher Marc (@_ChristopherM) March 10, 2019
Many fans believe Captain Marvel deserves its incredible box office performance.
Wow! Well deserved, this is an amazing movie. I'm obsessed.
— Jean (@JeanCDeLuca) March 10, 2019
But despite all of the money the Brie Larson-led film will bring to Marvel, the studio is likely not too pleased with the plethora of mixed reviews it has received thus far, as it has already become a polarizing film among fans and critics.
Captain Marvel currently has a record low audience score and has more user reviews in TWO DAYS than Infinity War had in one year.
— Aaron A. Alvarez (@ObscureAaron) March 8, 2019
Yeah, nothing suspicious at all. It's TOTALLY not obvious that fragile man babies are review bombing. ?#CaptainMarvel pic.twitter.com/kob30RD37z
The next MCU film to hit theaters is the highly-anticipated Avengers: Endgame, which will likely feature Carol Danvers aiding the Avengers in their battle against Thanos.