Captain Marvel Dominates The Box Office With Heroic Opening Weekend

Captain Marvel is officially a hit — not that you needed any convincing.


In its first weekend, Marvel's latest superhero flick claimed a whopping $455 million in worldwide box office sales, including a dizzying $153 million in terms of domestic revenue.


that insinuates the Brie Larson-fronted movie, which has been dazzling critics left and right, has earned variation the qualities of being the sixth-biggest starting of all time, pushing out another Disney film, Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi, which previously occupied the sixth spot with $450.8 million for its starting weekend sales. That puts Captain Marvel in the corporation of movies like Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 and Star Wars. That's certainly not a bad place to be.


It's also earned another pretty astonishing honor: becoming the hugest first weekend box office earnings ever for a female-fronted film. How's that for girl power?


Captain Marvel is basically a superhero love letter to the '90s, following a former U.S. Air Force fighter pilot who joins military team full of aliens called Starforce. The pilot, one Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) ends up transforming into one of the "galaxy's mightiest heroes." Right after her DNA is accidentally fused with that of an alien race called the Kree, she's given superhuman strength, the ability to fly, and then some seriously damaging energy powers to tidy her enemies' clocks with.


The film has been courting rave reviews across the board, with early reactions surfacing online proclaiming "Thanos is fucked" and praising the film's breezy, "'90s vibe." It also incorporates a super cool cat named Goose that people can't get enough of.


So we know Captain Marvel is already a veritable smash. Although in case you haven't seen it already, you must probably get on that. Then be sure to spread the gospel of Goose, because we hear that cat is a purr-fectly good co-star.