'Captain Marvel' again debunked the notion that A) the online trolls mean a damn thing and B) female-led blockbusters don't travel overseas.
mostly wrapped up their domestic runs. It was a big movie from the most popular sub-genre around and part of the most popular franchise/brand in Hollywood, with the “bonus” of being a demographically-specific event movie for people who look more like Brie Larson than Chris Pratt. Barring an unforeseen variable , this was always going to break big.
This is still a best-case-scenario debut. Where it goes from here is merely a matter of math. Most MCU movies do 2.4x their weekend multipliers, 2.7x their weekend multipliers or 3x-or-higher weekend multipliers. So we're probably looking at a final domestic take between $368 million and $460m, with plenty of wiggle room. The overseas numbers are more of an open question, but it's hard to not see at least a 2.25x multiplier for a $1.
Oh, and the film earned $36.1 million globally in IMAX alone, which is the fifth-biggest IMAX launch and the biggest-ever for a non-sequel. The MCU has earned $1 billion total in just IMAX auditoriums. Here's a final thought: With Marvel now opening their first minority-led superhero movie and their first female-led superhero movie to comparatively record numbers, there is absolutely no excuse for them not to be the leader in highlighting blockbuster leads of all kinds if they so choose to.
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