Salon.com > Captain America: The First Avenger http://www.salon.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:20:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 “Captain America” corners the box office http://www.salon.com/2011/07/25/captain_america_harry_potter/ http://www.salon.com/2011/07/25/captain_america_harry_potter/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:30:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movies/feature/2011/07/25/captain_america_harry_potter If early estimates are to be believed (at Deadline, Nikki Finke had her doubts on Sunday), it looks like "Captain America: The First Avenger" has flown higher and faster than its summertime superhero rivals, "Green Lantern," "X-Men: First Class" and "Thor."

According to Box Office Mojo:

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.

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