Nothing can stop 'Captain America' or 'Jungle Book' at the box office
Three weeks after its April 15 release, Disney's The Jungle Book continues to be unstoppable.
Disney estimates a $42.4 million weekend for the live-action adaptation. That's a drop-off of just 31% after last weekend's $61.5 million box office. The Jungle Book opened at $103.2 million, shedding roughly 40% of its audience in the second weekend.
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The numbers are big money for Disney's live action experiment, but the drop-offs tell the whole story. Interest in The Jungle Book continues to burn hot enough to bring in new fans while luring back repeat filmgoers.
Nothing even comes close to Disney this weekend, with The Huntsman: Winter's War (estimated $9.39 million) and new release Keanu (estimated $9.35 million) in a tight race for second place. Mother's Day, another newcomer, and Barbershop: The Next Cut fill out the rest of the top five, with estimates at $8.3 million and $6.1 million, respectively.
Amusingly, Disney is its own biggest threat at the box office right now. Captain America: Civil War opens on May 6, and it should easily dust The Jungle Book. For reference, 2014 predecessor Captain America: The Winter Soldier opened at $95 million domestically.
The box office has already been kind to Civil War overseas, with an international take estimated at $200.2 million. That number is the sum of estimated opening weekends in France, Germany, Spain, U.K., Australia, Japan, Korea, Brazil and Mexico, plus close to 30 smaller foreign markers that all get to see Civil War before the U.S. does.
That $200.2 million figure is impressive, though it's tracking just below 2015's Avengers: Age of Ultron, whose ensemble cast appeal falls closer to Civil War than Winter Soldier does.
Above or below Age of Ultron, it matters little. With $200 million in the bank coming out of its first international weekend, Civil War is in a great spot to blow past Winter Soldier's sub-$100 million opening weekend.
After Friday, there's nothing significant at the box office to challenge Civil War or Jungle Book until May 27, when X-Men: Apocalypse and Alice Through the Looking Glass (yet another Disney adventure) arrive.
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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.
