April has a new record holder for largest opening weekend at the box office for the month of April. Captain America: The Winter Soldier opened up this weekend with a $37 million opening day at the box office and looks to close out the weekend with an estimated $96.2 million at the box office. This total sets the record for an opening weekend at the box office for April, the previous record-holder was Fast Five back in 2011 which recorded $86.2 million during its opening weekend.
Business Week is reporting that it was no competition this weekend at the box office. Captain America 2 is definitely setting the standard high for the upcoming summer film season. They released this film earlier than a traditional summer blockbuster would be released, but the film is exceeding its expectations and proving that releasing the film in April was an excellent choice.
The film has been very successful so far in the U.S. and it has also been very popular worldwide as well. The film has recored $107.1 million at the overseas box office, which means that the film is well on its way to be one of the most successful films of 2014. Entertainment Weekly mentions that the opening for the film recorded more than the original Captain America film as well as both of the Thor films.
The Winter Soldier continues the story of Steve Rodgers as he is slowly adjusting to life in modern day society and continuing his work for S.H.I.E.L.D. He is ultimately faced with a new threat, the Soviet agent who is known as the Winter Soldier.