Captain Marvel box office collection: Brie Larson's film earns Rs 70.76 cr in India, amasses $760 mn globally in 2 weeks

Captain Marvel  has continued to dominate the global box office in its second weekend in theaters, leaving newcomers in the dust. [caption id=“attachment_6282581” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] A still from Captain Marvel. Twitter/@EW[/caption] Walt Disney Studios estimated on 17 March 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 $119.7 million internationally, bringing its global grosses to $760 million. Closer home, the film has been receiving a stiff competition from Sujoy Ghosh’s suspense thriller Badla, which surpassed the second weekend collections of the Marvel movie by a large margin. While Amitabh Bachchan and Taapsee Pannu’s film amassed Rs 18.30 crore in its second weekend, the Brie Larson-led film earned Rs 14.35 crore in the domestic box office.

With a total collection of Rs 70.76 crore in two weeks, Captain Marvel is eyeing for a Rs 75 crore lifetime business in India. The film witnessed a sharp decline in its box office performance in the second week.

However_, 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. (With inputs from The Associated Press)