'Angry Birds' leads the box office weekend, but 'Civil War' still wins
Those Angry Birds ought to be downright furious, with a #1 opening weekend at the box office that's been immediately overshadowed by Captain America: Civil War's billion-dollar business.
Combined domestic and foreign box office estimates for the weekend put Marvel's big superhero smackdown at $1.053 billion in ticket sales. It's the fourth Marvel movie to cross the billion-dollar threshold -- after The Avengers, Iron Man 3 and Avengers: Age of Ultron -- and the tenth overall among Disney releases.
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Civil War is now the 19th highest-grossing global release on the all-time box office chart, falling right between another pair of Disney releases: Toy Story 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. It's also the top-earning movie of the year, easily surpassing Zootopia, which sits in the #2 spot with $981.8 million.
It's picked up an estimated $347.4 million domestically in just 17 days, which is roughly on par with what Iron Man 3 pulled during the same stretch of time. Expect Civil War to start tailing off, however, as the coming Memorial Day weekend unleashes Alice Through the Looking Glass and X-Men: Apocalypse.
The Angry Birds Movie was #1 in the U.S. over the weekend, with an estimated box office take of $39 million. This is actually the video game adaptation's third week in release, with the new domestic and overseas estimates bringing its global total up to $94 million.
Civil War slides in at #2 for the weekend, with an estimated $33.1 million. It's a 54% drop-off in ticket sales from last week, which is right around what we expected.
A pair of newly released comedies occupy the third and fourth spots, with Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising and The Nice Guys recording an estimated $21.8 million and $11.3 million, respectively. There's a chance that Guys could slip, however, with The Jungle Book's estimated $11 million leaving it close behind in the #5 spot.
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Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where he plays all the games. Every single one. From AAA blockbusters to indie darlings to mobile favorites and browser-based oddities, he consumes as much as he can, whenever he can.Adam brings more than a decade of experience working in the space to the Mashable Games team. He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of New York, Adam has spent his life in and around the city. He's a New York University graduate with a double major in Journalism and Cinema Studios. He's also a certified audio engineer. Currently, Adam resides in Crown Heights with his dog and his partner's two cats. He's a lover of fine food, adorable animals, video games, all things geeky and shiny gadgets.
