May 16, 2016

LOS ANGELES -- It's "Captain America's" weekend at the box office once again by a large margin, but even with $72.6 million in earnings, the superhero pic left some room for other newcomers like "Money Monster," "The Darkness" and "The Lobster" to play, according to comScore estimates Sunday...

By LINDSEY BAHR ~ Associated Press
From left, Anthony Mackie, Paul Rudd, Jeremy Renner, Chris Evans, Elizabeth Olsen and Sebastian Stan appear in a scene from "Captain America: Civil War."
From left, Anthony Mackie, Paul Rudd, Jeremy Renner, Chris Evans, Elizabeth Olsen and Sebastian Stan appear in a scene from "Captain America: Civil War."Disney-Marvel via AP

LOS ANGELES -- It's "Captain America's" weekend at the box office once again by a large margin, but even with $72.6 million in earnings, the superhero pic left some room for other newcomers like "Money Monster," "The Darkness" and "The Lobster" to play, according to comScore estimates Sunday.

"Captain America: Civil War" dropped 59 percent in its second weekend in theaters, in line with the second weekend showings of "Avengers: Age of Ultron" and "Iron Man 3."

While it's on the higher end of second-weekend falls in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Disney and Marvel film still is performing well. In just two weeks, it has earned $295.9 million in North America, passing the total domestic grosses of "Captain America: Winter Soldier" film by over $35 million.

Disney's "The Jungle Book" remained in second place with $17.8 million, bringing its domestic total to $311.8 million.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to comScore. Final domestic figures will be released today.

1."Captain America: Civil War," $72.6 million.

2."The Jungle Book," $17.8 million.

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3."Money Monster," $15 million.

4."The Darkness," $5.2 million.

5."Mother's Day," $3.3 million.

6."Zootopia," $2.8 million.

7."The Huntsman: Winter's War," $2.6 million.

8."Keanu," $1.9 million.

9."Barbershop: The Next Cut," $1.7 million

10."The Boss," $1.2 million.

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