Superhero movie Captain America continues to command

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

Captain America: Civil War dropped 59 per cent in its second weekend in theatres, 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 is still performing phenomenally well. In just two weeks, it has earned $295.9 million in North America, passing the total domestic grosses of Captain America: Winter Soldier by more than $35 million.

Disney’s The Jungle Book remained in second place with $17.8 million, bringing its domestic total to $311.8 million after five weekends in theatres.

Meanwhile, the R-rated George Clooney and Julia Roberts financial thriller Money Monster got off to a healthy third-place start with $15 million, beating expectations in its first weekend in theatres. The film cost only $27 million to produce.

The Darkness, which stars Kevin Bacon, brought in $5.2 million from only 1,755 screens to take fourth place.