‘Captain Marvel’ Rakes In Historic $153M In U.S. Box Office And $455M Globally

THR is reporting that Captain Marvel has scored the biggest worldwide opening of all time for a female-fronted film, as well as the second-largest for a comic book adaptation.

According to the media house, the superhero film which stars Brie Larson, shattered the glass ceiling in its box office debut with $455 million in worldwide ticket sales, including $153 million in North America.

It is the second-largest for any superhero pic behind Avengers: Infinity War ($640.5 million). Overall, it’s the sixth-best worldwide bow of all time, and the international opening of $302 million is the fifth-biggest ever ahead of Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($281 million).

It also surpasses the $103 million grossed by DC’s groundbreaking Wonder Woman on its first weekend. And it lands the seventh-biggest debut for the Marvel Cinematic Universe behind the three
Avengers movies, Black Panther , Captain America: Civil War and Iron Man 3.

It will reportedly continue to do well at the theatres.