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Captain America: Civil War overtakes The Winter Solider at the worldwide box office

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Yesterday we brought you the news that Captain America: Civil War had crossed the $700 million mark at the worldwide box office just twelve days after it started rolling out around the globe, and now the film has pushed its takings to $737.8 million, overtaking the $714.4 million haul that Captain America: The Winter Soldier […]

Free Critics From Disney (Or How I Should Learn to Stop Worrying About Marvel)

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Tony Black on the conspiracy theory that Disney is paying critics to attack non-Marvel superhero movies… In what could be the most ludicrous movie news this year, and possibly the most ridiculous Change.org petition yet, a group of frustrated fans appear to have fired the first salvo in a war against critics they believe Disney […]

Captain America: Civil War crosses $700 million worldwide

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Less than two weeks after it started rolling out around the globe, Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War has passed the $700 million mark at the worldwide box office. By close of play yesterday, Civil War had amassed $192.5 million domestically (in just four days), along with a further $518.8 million from international markets. The film […]

Tobey Maguire says Tom Holland was “great” as Spider-Man

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Tom Holland made his long-awaited debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as The Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War, and a previous Wall Crawler has officially passed the torch. Someone posted a video online of Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker watching Captain America: Civil War, which the actor found so funny he reposted it […]

Captain America: Civil War pulls in $182 million domestic opening weekend, hits $678 million worldwide

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The dust is settling on the domestic opening weekend for Captain America: Civil War, with the Marvel blockbuster debuting to $181.8 in North America, giving it the fifth biggest domestic opening of all time. It had been predicted prior to release that Civil War could break the $200 million mark, although those estimates were lowered on […]

The Week in Spandex – Captain America: Civil War box office, Avengers: Infinity War characters, Doctor Strange “whitewashing” controversy, Black Widow movie, DCEU in crisis, X-Men: Apocalypse marketing blitz, Wolverine 3 casting news, Supergirl to The CW and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, The Defenders Captain Marvel, Namor, Doctor Strange, Black Widow, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Agent Carter, Marvel’s Most Wanted, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, X-Men: Apocalypse, Wolverine 3, New Mutants, Deadpool, Irredeemable, Justice League, Aquaman, Batman, Suicide Squad, Batman v Superman: […]

Marvel’s Continuity Problem: Will we accept a reboot?

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Tony Black on Marvel’s continuity problem, and whether fans will accept a reboot… What seems like a ton of new quotes and interviews with various major Marvel players have been floating around this week as Captain America: Civil War opens in the US, and head honcho Kevin Feige has been particularly vocal. After admitting they […]

Captain America: Civil War pulls in $25 million from Thursday night opening, falls short of Batman v Superman

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Captain America: Civil War finally made its way across the Pond last night, with the latest Marvel Studios blockbuster pulling in $25 million from domestic Thursday night screenings. That figure is $2.7 million short of rival superhero movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which went on to gross $166.1 million in its domestic opening […]

Movie Review – Captain America: Civil War (2016)

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Captain America: Civil War, 2016. Directed by Joe Russo & Anthony Russo. Starring Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Jeremy Renner, William Hurt, Emily VanCamp, Tom Holland, Martin Freeman, Chadwick Boseman, Daniel Brühl, Paul Bettany, Marissa Tomei, John Kani, John Slattery, Hope Davis, Frank Grillo, […]

Civil War breaks out on campus in Marvel Avengers Academy

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Coinciding with the release of Captain America: Civil War, TinyCo and Marvel have announced a brand new limited time in-game event for the Marvel Avengers Academy mobile game, with new Civil War content available now. Following MARVEL Avengers Academy’s Guardians of the Galaxy update last month, the Avengers Academy finds itself in a vulnerable state […]