'Captain Marvel' makes history as it tops $1 billion worldwide

Captain Marvel has topped $1 billion at the worldwide box office. The movie currently stands at $358M domestic and $645M international. It is an impressive feat regardless of the circumstances, but the 21st Marvel Studios film has reached this milestone in unprecedented fashion.

Captain Marvel is the tenth superhero-based movie to amass $1 billion in global receipts. It is the first, however, to do so without being a sequel or team-up, or featuring a character that has previously appeared in another film (showing just her logo on a pager in the Avengers: Infinity War post-credits scene doesn’t count).

Six Marvel Studios films have reached this milestone before, but they are all sequels or team-ups with the exception of Black Panther. The title character of that film, however, was featured prominently in Captain America: Civil War.

Warner Bros. has released three DC-based movies that surpassed $1 billion. The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises were sequels while Aquaman starred a character with a cameo in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and a much more significant appearance in Justice League.





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