Disney and Marvel have been on a run of box office dominance in recent years that is pretty much unprecedented, and it really isn’t showing any signs of slowing down.Captain America: Civil Warhas been cashing in ever since it hit theaters earlier this summer and it still has some gas left in the tank after more than 6 weeks since its initial release. As of today, it has just crossed $400 million at the domesticbox office, becoming the first movie of 2016 to do so.
According toBox Office Mojo, the movie was just shy of the marker on June 16 and the haul from Friday will be enough to putCivil Warover the $400 million hump. A handful of other films got very close to the mark earlier in the year, withDeadpoolgetting the closest at $363 million. Disney had two other horses in the race, asThe Jungle Bookhas made $354 million at the domestic box office andZootopiapulled in a very impressive $338 million.Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justicedidn’t get as close as some people thought it would, having grossed $330 million domestically, but that is good enough for fifth place at this point in the year.
In terms ofWorldwide box office,Captain America: Civil Waris continuing to crush it as well, having earned $1.147 billion and counting. That number is good enough for the number one spot of 2016 so far, and it is hard to picture any other movie overtaking it at this point when looking at the release schedule for the rest of the year. Marvel and Disney also haveDoctor Strangecoming out in November, but that is looking to perform more likeAnt-Manand at very best will doGuardians of the Galaxynumbers. But that won’t even come close to whatCivil Warhas managed to do, and it is hard to picture any other movie from any other studio pulling in that kind of money.Finding Doryis looking at a monster first weekend and could easily cross the $1 billion mark, but it is hard to imagine it overtakingCivil Warfor the top spot overall.
Disney also currently has the second and third top grossing films worldwide for 2016, withZootopiahaving just crossed the $1 billion mark andThe Jungle Bookapproaching it with $912 million. As for on the domestic side of things, 3 movies that were released in 2015 managed to break the $400 million mark.Star Wars: The Force Awakenswound up setting an all-time record, finishing up its box office run with a staggering $936 million domestic haul.Jurassic Worldwas also well over the $400 million mark last year, with a $652 million domestic take. AnotherDisney and Marvelmovie,Avengers: Age of Ultron, took in $459 million as well.
Captain America: Civil Warproved to be everything the studio wanted it to be and largely what fans and critics hoped it would be as well. WithBatman V Supermansuffering at the box office to some degree as a result of negative response,Civil Warwas praised by fans and critics alike, which helped to carry it to the impressive $400 million domestic haul.Captain America 3is in theaters now. Be sure to stay tuned for more updates as the movie starts to wrap up its run at the box office.
