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'Captain Marvel' soars even higher

Brie Larson stars in “Captain Marvel,” the intergalactic superhero movie that continued to dominate the global box office in its second weekend.

LOS ANGELES — “Captain Marvel” has continued to dominate the global box office in its second weekend in theaters, leaving newcomers in the dust.

Walt Disney Studios estimated Sunday that the intergalactic superhero fell only 55 percent from its record-breaking opening. This weekend, “Captain Marvel” earned an additional $69.3 million from North American theaters and $120 million internationally, bringing its global grosses to $760 million.

With Brie Larson in the title role, “Captain Marvel” has already surpassed the lifetime grosses of a slew of superhero films including “Justice League,” “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” and “The Amazing Spider-Man.”

In a very distant second, Paramount’s animated family film “Wonder Park” struggled with $16 million against a reported $100 million budget. Paul Dergarabedian, a senior media analyst for Comscore, said that it’s hard to compete with “Captain Marvel,” which is playing to all ages and audiences. But the PG-rated pic about a girl who dreams up an amusement park did not score well with critics either — it’s currently sitting at a 30 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Cole Sprouse and Haley Lu Richardson film “Five Feet Apart” opened in third place with $13.2 million in ticket sales, which is nearly double its production budget. The film from Lionsgate and CBS Films is centered on two teens with cystic fibrosis.

Audiences were overwhelmingly female (82 percent) and young (65 percent under age 25 and 45 percent under 18).

“You don’t always have to be No. 1 to have a success,” Dergarabedian said. “And ‘Five Feet Apart’ proves that.”

Not so lucky was “Captive State,” an alien invasion thriller from Focus Features that floundered in seventh place with $3.2 million against a $25 million budget.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore.

1. “Captain Marvel,” $69.3 million

2. “Wonder Park,” $16 million

3. “Five Feet Apart,” $13.2 million

4. “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,” $9.3 million

5. Tyler Perry’s “A Madea Family Funeral,” $8.1 million

6. “No Manches Frida 2,” $3.9 million

7. “Captive State,” $3.2 million

8. “The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part,” $2.1 million

9. “Alita: Battle Angel,” $1.9 million

10. “Green Book,” $1.3 million

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