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World Box Office Analysis Weekend 8th - 10th March 2019: Captain Marvel dominates the world with a $455 million debut

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Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel was without much surprise the big film of the weekend taking the world by storm as it launched with a lot of hype and anticipation for the female led Marvel film.

How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

Captain Marvel

The 21st Marvel Cinematic Universe film tops the global box office with ease this weekend with a global box office of $455 million including previews from 54 countries.

A fantastic start for the super hero movie which stars the ever green Brie Larson and Samuel L. Jackson that should see it past the $1 billion mark which would make it the 7th Marvel film to do so.

How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

The third dragon movie falls to 2 this week with a weekend gross of $36.6 million from 66 countries to boost its total to $435 million.

Green Book

The Oscar winning film starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali moves up to 3 this week with $30 million from 67 countries pushing its global gross to $242 million.

Alita: Battle Angel

Falling to number 4 this week is the Battle Manga movie directed by Robert Rodriguez which takes $14.7 million from 75 countries, the highest on the top 5, to boost its total global cume to $385 million.

A Madea Family Funeral

Tyler Perry's creation which he also stars and directs is at 5 this week with $12.1 million from 5 countries to bring its cume to $46.1 million.

This weeks top 10 World Box Office films

  1. Captain Marvel - $182,000,962
  2. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World - $36,396,000
  3. Green Book - $30,788,000
  4. Alita: Battle Angel - $14,771,414
  5. A Madea Family Funeral - $12,134,000
  6. The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part - $7,725,000
  7. The Wandering Earth - $5,151,000
  8. Escape Room - $4,300,000
  9. Fighting With My Family - $3,667,868
  10. Cold Pursuit - $3,312,000
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