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Captain America: The First AvengerFollow

2011 • PG-13 • 2h 4m • Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi • Paramount Pictures

The one who never gives up awakens.

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66

3.35

6.9

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$65.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$176.70M

Final

Worldwide total

$370.60M

$193.90M international

Domestic legs2.71x

Budget$140M

2011 rank#12

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Cast & crew

Full Johnston filmography

Joe Johnston

Joe Johnston Director

Chris Evans

Chris Evans Starring

Hayley Atwell

Hayley Atwell Starring

Sebastian Stan

Sebastian Stan Starring

Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones Starring

Hugo Weaving

Hugo Weaving Starring

ScreenplayStephen McFeely, Christopher Markus Produced byKevin Feige CinematographyShelly Johnson MusicAlan Silvestri Prod. DesignRick Heinrichs StudioParamount Pictures SeriesCaptain America

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 22-24 1 $65.1M — 3,715 $17,512 $65.1M

2 Jul 29-31 3 $25.6M −60.7% 3,715 $6,878 $117.4M

3 Aug 5-7 5 $13.0M −49.0% 3,620 $3,597 $143.2M

4 Aug 12-14 8 $7.2M −44.6% 2,835 $2,543 $157.0M

5 Aug 19-21 13 $4.1M −42.9% 1,988 $2,070 $164.7M

6 Aug 26-28 16 $2.2M −45.4% 1,424 $1,578 $168.8M

7 Sep 2-4 13 $1.9M −14.2% 1,050 $1,836 $171.6M

8 Sep 9-11 17 $845.7K −56.1% 804 $1,051 $173.5M

9 Sep 16-18 20 $563.9K −33.3% 540 $1,044 $174.3M

10 Sep 23-25 25 $302.0K −46.4% 334 $904 $174.8M

11 Sep 30-Oct 2 18 $436.2K +44.4% 350 $1,246 $175.3M

12 Oct 7-9 18 $311.8K −28.5% 303 $1,028 $175.8M

13 Oct 14-16 23 $233.3K −25.2% 246 $948 $176.2M

14 Oct 21-23 30 $160.7K −31.1% 184 $873 $176.4M

15 Oct 28-30 39 $78.4K −51.2% 139 $564 $176.6M

16 Nov 4-6 43 $56.8K −27.6% 102 $556 $176.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jul 21 $4.0M — $4.0M — — -1

Fri Jul 22 #1 $25.7M — $25.7M 3,715 $6,917 1

Sat Jul 23 #1 $21.9M −15% $47.6M 3,715 $5,906 2

Sun Jul 24 #1 $17.4M −21% $65.1M 3,715 $4,687 3

Mon Jul 25 #1 $7.8M −55% $72.8M 3,715 $2,086 4

Tue Jul 26 #1 $7.8M +1% $80.6M 3,715 $2,107 5

Wed Jul 27 #1 $5.8M −26% $86.4M 3,715 $1,561 6

Thu Jul 28 #1 $5.4M −7% $91.9M 3,715 $1,460 7

Fri Jul 29 #3 $7.9M +45% −69% $99.7M 3,715 $2,116 8

Sat Jul 30 #3 $9.9M +26% −55% $109.7M 3,715 $2,675 9

Sun Jul 31 #3 $7.8M −22% −55% $117.4M 3,715 $2,086 10

Mon Aug 1 #3 $3.4M −56% −56% $120.9M 3,715 $925 11

Tue Aug 2 #3 $3.6M +5% −54% $124.5M 3,715 $974 12

Wed Aug 3 #3 $3.0M −18% −49% $127.5M 3,715 $803 13

Thu Aug 4 #3 $2.7M −9% −50% $130.2M 3,715 $730 14

Fri Aug 5 #5 $3.8M +40% −52% $134.0M 3,620 $1,048 15

Sat Aug 6 #4 $5.2M +37% −48% $139.2M 3,620 $1,431 16

Sun Aug 7 #5 $4.0M −22% −48% $143.2M 3,620 $1,116 17

Mon Aug 8 #5 $1.7M −59% −51% $144.9M 3,620 $462 18

Tue Aug 9 #4 $2.0M +19% −45% $146.9M 3,620 $549 19

Wed Aug 10 #5 $1.5M −24% −50% $148.4M 3,620 $415 20

Thu Aug 11 #5 $1.4M −8% −49% $149.8M 3,620 $384 21

Fri Aug 12 #9 $2.1M +48% −46% $151.8M 2,835 $725 22

Sat Aug 13 #7 $2.9M +40% −44% $154.7M 2,835 $1,015 23

Sun Aug 14 #8 $2.3M −21% −44% $157.0M 2,835 $802 24

Mon Aug 15 #8 $985.2K −57% −41% $158.0M 2,835 $347 25

Tue Aug 16 #8 $1.1M +7% −47% $159.0M 2,835 $372 26

Wed Aug 17 #8 $810.6K −23% −46% $159.8M 2,835 $285 27

Thu Aug 18 #9 $810.1K n/c −42% $160.6M 2,835 $285 28

Fri Aug 19 #12 $1.2M +47% −42% $161.8M 1,988 $597 29

Sat Aug 20 #13 $1.7M +45% −40% $163.5M 1,988 $868 30

Sun Aug 21 #13 $1.2M −30% −47% $164.7M 1,988 $604 31

Mon Aug 22 #12 $452.5K −62% −54% $165.2M 1,988 $227 32

Tue Aug 23 #12 $486.1K +7% −54% $165.7M 1,988 $244 33

Wed Aug 24 #12 $400.4K −18% −51% $166.1M 1,988 $201 34

Thu Aug 25 #12 $435.1K +9% −46% $166.5M 1,988 $218 35

Fri Aug 26 #16 $628.4K +44% −47% $167.2M 1,424 $441 36

Sat Aug 27 #16 $956.0K +52% −45% $168.1M 1,424 $671 37

Sun Aug 28 #16 $664.1K −31% −45% $168.8M 1,424 $466 38

Mon Aug 29 #15 $238.3K −64% −47% $169.0M 1,424 $167 39

Tue Aug 30 #15 $256.9K +8% −47% $169.3M 1,424 $180 40

Wed Aug 31 #16 $214.6K −16% −46% $169.5M 1,424 $150 41

Thu Sep 1 #16 $219.0K +2% −50% $169.7M 1,424 $153 42

Fri Sep 2 #14 $456.6K +108% −27% $170.2M 1,050 $434 43

Sat Sep 3 #13 $713.3K +56% −25% $170.9M 1,050 $679 44

Sun Sep 4 #13 $758.5K +6% +14% $171.6M 1,050 $722 45

Mon Sep 5 #13 $645.2K −15% +171% $172.3M 1,050 $614 46

Tue Sep 6 $128.5K −80% −50% $172.4M 1,050 $122 47

Wed Sep 7 $108.7K −15% −49% $172.5M 1,050 $103 48

Thu Sep 8 $104.0K −4% −53% $172.6M 1,050 $99 49

Fri Sep 9 #17 $244.2K +135% −47% $172.9M 804 $303 50

Sat Sep 10 #17 $392.5K +61% −45% $173.3M 804 $488 51

Sun Sep 11 #18 $209.0K −47% −72% $173.5M 804 $259 52

Mon Sep 12 #18 $60.7K −71% −91% $173.5M 804 $75 53

Tue Sep 13 $74.4K +23% −42% $173.6M 804 $92 54

Wed Sep 14 $68.1K −8% −37% $173.7M 804 $84 55

Thu Sep 15 #17 $74.6K +10% −28% $173.7M 804 $92 56

Fri Sep 16 $154.4K +107% −37% $173.9M 540 $285 57

Sat Sep 17 $260.3K +69% −34% $174.2M 540 $482 58

Sun Sep 18 $149.3K −43% −29% $174.3M 540 $276 59

Mon Sep 19 $43.2K −71% −29% $174.3M 540 $80 60

Tue Sep 20 $48.6K +13% −35% $174.4M 540 $90 61

Wed Sep 21 $45.2K −7% −34% $174.4M 540 $83 62

Thu Sep 22 $52.4K +16% −30% $174.5M 540 $96 63

Fri Sep 23 $85.4K +63% −45% $174.6M 334 $255 64

Sat Sep 24 $139.5K +63% −46% $174.7M 334 $417 65

Sun Sep 25 $77.1K −45% −48% $174.8M 334 $230 66

Mon Sep 26 $23.5K −70% −46% $174.8M 334 $70 67

Tue Sep 27 $27.1K +16% −44% $174.8M 334 $81 68

Wed Sep 28 $23.9K −12% −47% $174.9M 334 $71 69

Thu Sep 29 $26.8K +12% −49% $174.9M 334 $80 70

Fri Sep 30 $121.3K +353% +42% $175.0M 350 $346 71

Sat Oct 1 $192.1K +58% +38% $175.2M 350 $548 72

Sun Oct 2 $122.8K −36% +59% $175.3M 350 $350 73

Mon Oct 3 $39.1K −68% +67% $175.4M 350 $111 74

Tue Oct 4 $45.1K +15% +66% $175.4M 350 $128 75

Wed Oct 5 $38.4K −15% +61% $175.5M 350 $109 76

Thu Oct 6 $41.1K +7% +53% $175.5M 350 $117 77

Fri Oct 7 $91.8K +123% −24% $175.6M 303 $302 78

Sat Oct 8 $132.0K +44% −31% $175.7M 303 $435 79

Sun Oct 9 $88.0K −33% −28% $175.8M 303 $290 80

Mon Oct 10 $43.0K −51% +10% $175.8M 303 $141 81

Tue Oct 11 $31.2K −27% −31% $175.9M 303 $103 82

Wed Oct 12 $28.6K −8% −25% $175.9M 303 $94 83

Thu Oct 13 $31.8K +11% −23% $175.9M 303 $105 84

Fri Oct 14 $70.4K +121% −23% $176.0M 246 $286 85

Sat Oct 15 $103.8K +48% −21% $176.1M 246 $422 86

Sun Oct 16 $59.0K −43% −33% $176.2M 246 $240 87

Mon Oct 17 $19.7K −67% −54% $176.2M 246 $80 88

Tue Oct 18 $22.6K +14% −28% $176.2M 246 $91 89

Wed Oct 19 $20.5K −9% −28% $176.2M 246 $83 90

Thu Oct 20 $26.1K +27% −18% $176.3M 246 $106 91

Fri Oct 21 $51.0K +96% −28% $176.3M 184 $277 92

Sat Oct 22 $70.8K +39% −32% $176.4M 184 $384 93

Sun Oct 23 $39.0K −45% −34% $176.4M 184 $211 94

Mon Oct 24 $11.7K −70% −41% $176.4M 184 $63 95

Tue Oct 25 $13.7K +17% −40% $176.4M 184 $74 96

Wed Oct 26 $11.7K −14% −43% $176.5M 184 $63 97

Thu Oct 27 $12.3K +5% −53% $176.5M 184 $66 98

Fri Oct 28 $22.7K +85% −56% $176.5M 139 $163 99

Sat Oct 29 $35.2K +55% −50% $176.5M 139 $253 100

Sun Oct 30 $20.5K −42% −47% $176.6M 139 $147 101

Mon Oct 31 $8.0K −61% −32% $176.6M 139 $57 102

Tue Nov 1 $7.8K −2% −43% $176.6M 139 $56 103

Wed Nov 2 $6.1K −22% −48% $176.6M 139 $43 104

Thu Nov 3 $6.9K +14% −43% $176.6M 139 $49 105

Fri Nov 4 $17.7K +154% −22% $176.6M 102 $173 106

Sat Nov 5 $25.3K +43% −28% $176.6M 102 $247 107

Sun Nov 6 $13.8K −45% −33% $176.6M 102 $135 108

Mon Nov 7 $3.5K −74% −56% $176.6M 102 $34 109

Tue Nov 8 $4.5K +29% −42% $176.6M 102 $44 110

Wed Nov 9 $3.8K −17% −38% $176.6M 102 $37 111

Thu Nov 10 $5.8K +55% −16% $176.7M 102 $57 112

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$174.9M

Jul 21Aug 8Aug 25Sep 12Sep 29

Weekend grossWk 10 · $302.0K

$65.1M

$25.6M

$13.0M

$7.2M

$4.1M

$2.2M

$1.9M

$845.7K

$563.9K

$302.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 3,715 → 334 −91.0%

3,715 open334 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −46.4%

−60.7%

W1→2

−49.0%

W2→3

−44.6%

W3→4

−42.9%

W4→5

−45.4%

W5→6

−14.2%

W6→7

−56.1%

W7→8

−33.3%

W8→9

−46.4%

W9→10

Steepest −60.7%Best hold −14.2%

Run milestones

$100M in 9 days

$100M

Day 9

Jul 30

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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