'Super' moolah: 'Batman v Superman' rakes in $170 million over Easter weekend

Los Angeles: The Zack Snyder-directed superhero film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, was estimated to rake in $170 million in projected sales on the Easter weekend and ranked at the first place in North America box office. Batman v Superman, which debuted on Friday, starring Henry Cavill as Clark Kent/Superman, Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne/Batman and Gal Gadot as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman, is also Warner Brothers’ biggest ever superhero weekend opening, Xinhua news agency reported. [caption id=“attachment_2699660” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Image from IBN[/caption] Audiences were eager to see the battle between Batman and Superman, which helped the movie get the largest Easter opening, beating 2015’s Easter film debut Furious 7, which garnered $147.2 million in ticket sales. Zootopia, last weekend’s champion, slid to the second place for getting $23.1 million in ticket earnings, and My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 opened third, with $18.1 million in ticket sales, according to estimations by the studios and collated by comScore. Miracles From Heaven and The Divergent Series: Allegiant tied at the fourth place, with $9.5 million in earnings each. “This year, Hollywood received a giant Easter basket full of cash,” reckoned comScore movie industry analyst Paul Dergarabedian, who was quoted by the media reports as saying. IANS