Other Woman beats superhero

LOS ANGELES — A femme-fuelled comedy beat a superhero blockbuster at the box office this weekend. After holding the top position for three weeks, Captain America: The Winter Soldier has been topped by The Other Woman for the No. 1 spot.

Fox’s revenge comedy, starring Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann and Kate Upton, debuted with $24.7 million US, while Disney-Marvel’s Captain America, led by Chris Evans, grossed $16 million in its fourth weekend, bringing its domestic total to $225 million.

Domestically, Jason Bateman’s Bad Words made only $7.7 million overall. Tyler Perry’s The Single Moms Club brought in $16 million domestically. Most of his films have grossed over $40 million domestically. And Marlon Wayans’s sequel A Haunted House 2 opened with $8.8 million, drastically down from the original’s $18 million debut.

Captain America has hit over $645 million globally, surpassing its 2011 original The First Avenger, which earned $370 million. The sequel is the highest-grossing April release ever.

Sony’s faith-based Heaven Is for Real, starring Greg Kinnear, held the third-place position with $13.8 million after opening in the same slot last weekend behind leaders Captain America and Fox’s animated Rio 2, which drifted down to fourth place with $13.7 million.

Relativity Media’s action crime drama Brick Mansions, starring the late Paul Walker, was No. 5 with $9.6 million.