Disney-Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War remains dominant at US theatres with $72.6 million at 4,426 US locations – the eighth-largest second weekend of all time.
Moreover, George Clooney-Julia Roberts thriller Money Monster opened respectably with $15 million. BH Tilt’s low-budget horror-thriller The Darkness, starring Kevin Bacon and Radha Mitchell, scared up $5.2 million at 1,754 sites in a Friday the 13th launch aimed at horror fans.
Civil War showed impressive staying power after it launched with $179.1 million last weekend, the fifth-highest of all time. The 59 per cent decrease is in the same range as two other Marvel-Disney tentpoles: last year’s Avengers: Age of Ultron and 2013’s Iron Man 3.
Captain America: Civil War continues to benefit from good old-fashioned word-of-mouth, an irresistible concept and its delivery of a flat-out perfect summer popcorn movie experience and that has powered the film to close to $300 million after just 10 days in North American theatres.
Sony’s Money Monster was able to provide viable counter-programming aimed at adults, finishing well above recent forecasts.
Disney’s fifth weekend of The Jungle Book continued to show remarkable staying power with $17.8 million at 3,970locations for a second place finish. The comedy-adventure declined a mere 27 per cent from the previous frame and will wind up the weekend with more than $311 million domestically.