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Captain America fights way to top of North American box office

CAPTAIN America: The Winter Soldier conquered the North American box office in its debut weekend, becoming the top-earning movie so far this year, industry estimates showed on Sunday.

The superhero saga from Disney’s Marvel Studios, starring Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson, pulled in a hefty US$96.2 (RM314) million, box office tracker Exhibitor Relations said.

The 3-D, US$170 million sequel to Captain America: The First Avenger out-earned this year’s previous box office winner The Lego Movie, which in February grossed US$69 million in its first weekend.

Biblical epic Noah, meanwhile, was the box office runner up in its second weekend, with $17 million in ticket sales.

The action drama reunites Russell Crowe with Jennifer Connelly, his co-star from 2001′s A Beautiful Mind.

In third place, with US$13 million, was teen adventure Divergent, the dystopian tale of a young woman in a futuristic society, based on the popular young adult novel of the same name.

Religiously themed “God’s Not Dead,” which tells the story of a college freshman who debates his atheist philosophy professor, climbed one spot to fourth place with US$7.7 million.

In fifth was Wes Anderson’s quirky The Grand Budapest Hotel, which earned US$6.30 million.

It was closely trailed by Muppets Most Wanted, Kermit and company’s latest outing, which raked in  RM20 million.

The musical comedy caper was ahead of Mr Peabody and Sherman, based on characters from the 1960s television cartoon Rocky and Bullwinkle, which earned US$5.3 million.

Car-chase action movie Need for Speed, which stayed in eighth place for a second consecutive week, taking in US$1.84 million.

Non-Stop, the Liam Neeson action movie set on a long-haul flight, added another RM6 million to its earnings to land in ninth.