Monday’s final tally, in fact, will determine whether “Rio 2” tops the big domestic debut of the original “Rio,” which opened with $39.225-million in 2011.
FUN WITH NUMBERS:
* “Winter Soldier” has now grossed $476.7-million worldwide, already topping the lifetime global gross of 2011’s “Captain America: The First Avenger” ($370.5-million).
* With its new global total, “Winter Soldier” also becomes the biggest film of 2014 so far, moving ahead of “The LEGO Movie” ($424.8-million worldwide).
* “Rio 2” ranks seventh among domestic debuts for Blue Sky Studio’s nine films — a roster topped by “Ice Age: The Meltdown” ($68.03-million), with “Epic” ($33-million opening) bringing up the rear.
* Disney’s “Frozen” — aka The Biggest Animated Film of All Time *(Not Adjusted For Inflation) — is now also the eighth highest-grossing movie ever, reaching $1.112-billion worldwide and passing “Skyfall” ($1.108-billion), according to BoxOfficeMojo.com. Next in its sights: “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” ($1.119-billion).
The estimated ticket sales Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak:
1.”Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” $41.4 million.
2.”Rio 2,” $39 million,
3.”Oculus,” $12 million.
4.”Draft Day,” $9.8 million.
5.”Divergent,” $7.5 million.
6.”Noah,” $7.5 million.
7.”God’s Not Dead,” $5.5 million.
8. “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” $4.1 million.
9. “Muppets Most Wanted,” $2.2 million.
10. “Mr. Peabody and Sherman,” $1.8 million.