While forecasts tend to hold up quite predictably, "Captain America: The First Avenger" offered up a surprise by leaping out to the pole position at the box office over the weekend of July 22-24, 2011.
The Chris Evans starring superhero cape pulled in $25.6 million on Friday night while pacing towards an opening weekend total of $63.3 million - well above the projected total of $58 million.
As a result of the strong start by "Captain America," box office record-breaker "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" slipped to second place with a $14.5 million on Friday leading to an estimated weekend score of $46.6 million.
Rounding out the approximated top five earning films in theaters this weekend are the Justin Timberlake/Mila Kunis starring romantic comedy "Friends with Benefits" ($17.7 million), followed by "Horrible Bosses" ($11.6 million) and "Transformers: Dark Of the Moon" ($11.5 million).
Source: http://celebrity-gossip.net/movies/box-office-captain-america-topples-harry-potter-527127
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