"Captain America" Throws "Noah" Overboard at Weekend Box Office

[JamesG]

Weekend Report: With Big Avengers Bump, Captain America Sets April Record
by Ray Subers
April 6, 2014


Eschewing a typical Summer release, Captain America: The Winter Soldier opened to a very strong $96.2 million this weekend. That's a new record for the month of April ahead of Fast Five's $86.2 million.

The Winter Soldier is also doing strong business overseas, where it has already topped the first movie's $194 million total.







Riding a wave of goodwill from 2012's The Avengers, The Winter Soldier's domestic debut is a 48 percent improvement over the first Captain America's opening.

That's the biggest "Avengers bump" yet: Iron Man 3 was up 36 percent, while Thor: The Dark World improved 30 percent. Captain America's debut is noticeably higher than The Dark World's $85.7 million.

Still, Captain America: The Winter Soldier couldn't quite match the original Iron Man, which opened to $98.6 million back in 2008 (before most moviegoers were even familiar with The Avengers).



It's abundantly clear that, as one of the highest-grossing movies ever, The Avengers substantially increased the number of fans for its individual characters.

Captain America's performance may be the most impressive yet: not only did it grow nearly 50 percent from its predecessor, it did so without the addition of 3D (the first installment was already in 3D).

Credit is due to a marketing campaign that made clear this was an action-packed extension of The Avengers that introduced new characters and pushed the story forward an interesting way. It's likely that positive reviews had an impact as well.



The Winter Soldier's audience was 64 percent male, which is a slight increase over the Thor sequel (62 percent). They awarded the movie an "A" CinemaScore, which correlates nicely with the reviews (89 percent on Rotten Tomatoes).

Showings in 3D accounted for 40 percent of the Captain's opening. Meanwhile, with nine of the 10 highest-grossing screens, IMAX contributed $9.6 million.



If Captain America: The Winter Soldier follows Thor: The Dark World's pattern, it will end up with over $230 million total.

With a stronger response from audiences and no serious competition until The Amazing Spider-Man 2, a total north of $250 million seems like a safe bet.







In its second weekend, Noah plummeted 61 percent to an estimated $17 million. That drop is roughly on par with Son of God (60 percent), and is worse than 300: Rise of An Empire (57 percent).

To date, Noah has earned $72.3 million; while it will eventually pass $100 million, it probably won't be by much.








Divergent fell 49 percent to an estimated $13 million.

The young-adult hit has taken in $114 million so far.







Faith-based drama God's Not Dead expanded to 1,758 theaters and added $7.7 million.

To date, the Freestyle Releasing movie has taken in $32.5 million.







Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel eased 26 percent to $6.3 million this weekend.

The Fox Searchlight hit has earned $33.4 million so far.







In late 2010, Halle Berry received a Golden Globe nomination for her role in Frankie & Alice. Over three years later, the movie finally reached theaters this weekend.

Unfortunately, audiences weren't all that interested: playing at 171 theaters, the drama earned a weak $350,000.







A24 released acclaimed sci-fi flick Under the Skin in to four theaters in New York and Los Angeles this weekend.

The movie earned an estimated $140,000, which translates to a solid $35,000 per-theater average.

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April 4-6, 2014 Weekend Studio Estimates:


1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier $96,200,000
2. Noah $17,000,000 / $72,341,000
3. Divergent $13,000,000 / $114,029,000
4. God's Not Dead $7,726,000 / $32,520,000
5. The Grand Budapest Hotel $6,300,000 / $33,380,000
6. Muppets Most Wanted $6,285,000 / $42,142,000
7. Mr. Peabody & Sherman $5,300,000 / $102,202,000
8. Sabotage $1,908,000 / $8,767,000
9. Need for Speed $1,836,000 / $40,839,000
10. Non-Stop $1,827,000 / $88,138,000

[irehtman]

Looking forward on the Winter Soldier on DVD and then the complete trilogies of both Thor and Captain America!

[comedyfreak]

The movie was AWESOME!!!Worth seeing again.

[Tubehead]

I was looking forward to Noah then my aunt told me its done by an atheist then they got rock monsters sorry Noah doesn't got rock monsters in it. pulse we went to creation Museum couple months ago. it was neat looking. I may rent it on dvd.