This Memorial Day weekend comic book fanboys were taken to the past and future of Marvel Studios' X-Men universe as "Days of Future Past" rolled into theaters and earned roughly $111 million.
After about a month of speculation, the success of the film finally prompted Marvel Studios to officially announce Monday that the third installment of the Captain America franchise will in fact be going head to head against the "Man of Steel" sequel on May 6, 2016.
Summit Entertainment's newest franchise gamble "Divergent," was a good move as results of ticket sales reveal interest and strong reviews. North American ticket sales on opening weekend hit the $56 million mark making it a strong new series.
While "Veronica Mars" opened this weekend to mediocre success, raking in a little more than $2 million at the box office for so far, Warner Bros. has been getting some heat from a few of the film's bankrollers.
Marvel Studios is known for its knack of secrecy and keeping things close to the chest. For a few months, the comic book film studio has kept fanboys in the dark regarding three of its upcoming release dates slated for May 6, 2016, July 8, 2016 and May 5, 2017. According to the "Hollywood Reporter," sources said the May 6 film, will be the third installment of the "Captain America" films.
Warner Bros' "The LEGO Movie" comes in No.1 in the box office for its third weekend, with it one pace to become one of the highest grossing animated films.
"Catching Fire" grossed an impressive $307.7 million worldwide, topping their own title earnings of last year's 2012 premier of "The Hunger Games" franchise, which brought in $152.5 million. The film has established itself as a blockbuster saga, which promises more intensively thrilling films to come. The film also came in second to "Iron Man 3" in biggest debuts of 2013; the superhero sequel earned $174.1 million, the fourth-biggest domestic film opening in history ("Victory, I still win!" says Thor, a fellow Avenger).
