Top 10 Movies at the Weekend Box Office 24JUL2011, Captain America: The First Avenger
Captain America made an estimated $65.8 million on approximately 7,100 screens at 3,715 locations, edging out fellow Avenger Thor’s $65.7 million as well as Green Lantern’s $53.2 million and X-Men: First Class’s $55.1 million to top the summer’s superhero launches. While the gross difference was a sliver, Captain had nine percent greater estimated attendance than Thor, which received more bolstering from 3D (and had IMAX): Captain’s 3D share was 40 percent at 2,511 3D locations, compared to Thor’s 60 percent at 2,737.
New Movies in Theaters
Just premiered:
- Captain America: The First Avenger [Action / Adventure, 2 hr. 5 min.] Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Stanley Tucci, Tommy Lee Jones, Dominic Cooper, Neal McDonough, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Toby Jones, Derek Luke, Samuel L. Jackson.
- Friends with Benefits: [Comedy, 2 hr. 1 min.] Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson, Richard Jenkins, Patricia Clarkson, Jenna Elfman, Andy Samberg, Rashida Jones.
Top 10 Weekend Box Office in USA
Weekend: July 22th to 24th, 2011
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Captain America: The First Avenger $65,058,524 Total: $65,058,524 Weeks: 1 - (1) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 $47,422,212 Total: $273,539,281 Weeks: 2
- Friends with Benefits $18,622,150 Total: $18,622,150 Weeks: 1
- (2) Transformers: Dark of the Moon $12,051,735 Total: $325,841,185 Weeks: 4
- (3) Horrible Bosses $11,884,319 Total: $82,566,703 Weeks: 3
- (4) Zookeeper $8,702,055 Total: $59,206,255 Weeks: 3
- (5) Cars 2 $5,655,857 Total: $176,375,295 Weeks: 5
- (6) Winnie the Pooh $5,162,046 Total: $17,594,297 Weeks: 2
- (7) Bad Teacher $2,610,925 Total: $94,365,688 Weeks: 5
- (10) Midnight in Paris $1,804,662 Total: $44,783,206 Weeks: 10
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Post author: Daniel Semper