02-18-2019, 06:07 PM
Captain Marvel Eyeing Massive Opening That Could Be On Par With Wonder Woman
<p>Marvel's next big superhero film, Captain Marvel, hits theatres in March, and it's expected to make a lot of money. <a href="https://variety.com/2019/film/news/captain-marvel-box-office-opening-weekend-tracking-1203139732/">Variety reports</a> that early tracking estimates peg the movie at bringing in around $100 million for its opening in the US and Canada. If word of mouth stays strong and grows more positive still, the opening-weekend figure could balloon to $120 million or more, the report said.</p><p>If Captain Marvel makes around $100 million for its opening, that would put it in line with another major comic book movie featuring a female hero for the first time: Wonder Woman. That film made $103 million in the domestic market for its opening weekend. It went on to bank around <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=wonderwoman.htm">$412 million</a> during its domestic run and <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=wonderwoman.htm">$821 million</a> worldwide.</p><p>Captain Marvel stars Brie Larson as Carol Danvers AKA Captain Marvel. The film also stars Jude Law, Samuel L. Jakcosn, Gemma Chan, Annette Bening, and Ben Mendelsohn.</p><p>Larson will play Captain Marvel again in April's Avengers: Endgame. She could play a big role in the film, as the end-credits sequence of Avengers: Infinity War saw Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury reached out to Captain Marvel to save the world.</p><p>In other news, here's a <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/watch-captain-marvel-star-brie-larson-push-a-5000-/1100-6464944/">video of Larson pushing a 5,000-pound truck to train for Captain Marvel</a>. You can watch the latest TV trailer for Captain Marvel in the video embed above.</p><p> </p>
<p>Marvel's next big superhero film, Captain Marvel, hits theatres in March, and it's expected to make a lot of money. <a href="https://variety.com/2019/film/news/captain-marvel-box-office-opening-weekend-tracking-1203139732/">Variety reports</a> that early tracking estimates peg the movie at bringing in around $100 million for its opening in the US and Canada. If word of mouth stays strong and grows more positive still, the opening-weekend figure could balloon to $120 million or more, the report said.</p><p>If Captain Marvel makes around $100 million for its opening, that would put it in line with another major comic book movie featuring a female hero for the first time: Wonder Woman. That film made $103 million in the domestic market for its opening weekend. It went on to bank around <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=wonderwoman.htm">$412 million</a> during its domestic run and <a href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=wonderwoman.htm">$821 million</a> worldwide.</p><p>Captain Marvel stars Brie Larson as Carol Danvers AKA Captain Marvel. The film also stars Jude Law, Samuel L. Jakcosn, Gemma Chan, Annette Bening, and Ben Mendelsohn.</p><p>Larson will play Captain Marvel again in April's Avengers: Endgame. She could play a big role in the film, as the end-credits sequence of Avengers: Infinity War saw Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury reached out to Captain Marvel to save the world.</p><p>In other news, here's a <a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/watch-captain-marvel-star-brie-larson-push-a-5000-/1100-6464944/">video of Larson pushing a 5,000-pound truck to train for Captain Marvel</a>. You can watch the latest TV trailer for Captain Marvel in the video embed above.</p><p> </p>