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Box Office Weekend: Captain America Busts Up Domestic and Worldwide Box Office

Seth Paul
Box Office Weekend

Leave it to Captain America to once again perform heroics, this time at the box office. Not only is the estimated $96.2 million of Captain America: The Winter Soldier the biggest opening ever for an April release, it is the biggest three-day opening weekend of 2014 so far, and worldwide the latest entry of the Marvel superhero franchise is doing even better, bringing in a grand total of $303.3 million. It has already made half of the money the last entry, Thor: The Dark World made in its entire run, and getting much better reviews as well. With that kind of money coming in, Noah did not even have a chance for weekend two: at an estimated $17 million, the big scale biblical epic still falls shy of making back its money domestically, though it has long since passed that mark worldwide. Divergent’s dip to an estimated $13 million weekend has not hurt it at all, however, thanks to its strong opening weekend, having long surpassed its $85 million costs.

The Christian themed God’s Not Dead moved up on the list and in theaters of release, but fell back in terms of earnings, picking up an estimated $7.7 million; and though it held up as a stronger weekend contender, in total earnings it falls behind Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel (estimated $6.3 million). With both films not reporting their budgets, it is hard to say how successful they have been on their own terms, but with each financed by lower budget studios, the odds are likely that both will finish as modest successes.

Both Muppets Most Wanted (estimated $6.3 million) and Mr. Peabody & Sherman (estimated $5.3 million) continue to struggle to make ends meet domestically, though both have gotten much needed boosts from overseas sales; however, comparatively Mr. Peabody & Sherman has outshined Muppets Most Wanted by a considerable margin, earning $102.2 million over $42.1 million. Still, both films are making mincemeat of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s latest action thriller Sabotage, whose estimated $1.9 million adds to a pittance of $8.8 million in total sales; with an unreleased budget list, the chances of it flopping big at the box office is nearly certain.

Finally, Need for Speed still pulls up short with an estimated $1.8 million domestically, but has earned a good name for itself overseas with a whopping worldwide take of $184.5 million, three times its reported budget. And while the Liam Neeson thriller Non-Stop may not be long for the list, but it still goes out a winner, an estimated $1.8 million giving it a little extra passing to its $88.1 million domestic take.

Weekend Box Office (April 4th – April 6th)
  1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier…$96.2 million
  2. Noah…$17 million
  3. Divergent…$13 million
  4. God’s Not Dead…$7.7 million
  5. The Grand Budapest Hotel…$6.3 million
  6. Muppets Most Wanted…$6.3 million
  7. Mr. Peabody & Sherman…$5.3 million
  8. Sabotage…$1.9 million
  9. Need for Speed…$1.8 million
  10. Non-Stop…$1.8 million

Seth Paul

When not failing to write novels and screenplays, box-office guru Seth writes humorous comedy tracks for films under the name "The One Man Band" that can be found at Rifftrax.com. Although, he has recently succeeded in writing the novella "Jack Alan and the Case of the Not-Exactly Rocket Scientists," available as an eBook on Amazon. He is also the English voice of Zak in "Zak McKracken: Between Time and Space."
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