Captain Marvel is flying higher, further, faster at the box office.
The Marvel superhero film grossed $20.7 million in Thursday night previews, Deadline reports. This is the fifth best Thursday for a Marvel cinematic universe film, coming in behind only Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Black Panther, and Captain America: Civil War. It's also the second-best Thursday night for a superhero's debut film after Black Panther's $25.2 million, per The Hollywood Reporter.
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The movie is also faring quite well overseas, having made $34.3 million in China so far, which Forbes reports is the second-best opening day for a comic book film in that country after Avengers: Infinity War.
Infinity War likely gave Captain Marvel a box office boost, as the post-credits scene of that movie, which is the fourth highest-grossing film ever made, teases the introduction of Carol Danvers and suggests she will be crucial to the events of Avengers: Endgame. In what is one of Marvel's shortest gaps between movies, Endgame, which Danvers returns in, will be released on April 26, seven weeks after Captain Marvel.
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