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Captain America: Civil War(2016)

Released

2016 · FILM

Captain America: Civil War

A fractured Avengers team must stop the brainwashed Winter Soldier from unleashing chaos, while battling political pressure to surrender their freedom.

“United we stand. Divided we fall.”

Directed by

Anthony Russo, Joe Russo

Written by

Christopher Markus, Stephen Mcfeely

Rated

MPA · PG-13

Runtime

147 min

ActionSci-Fi

Synopsis

Following the events of *Age of Ultron*, the world's governments enact legislation to regulate all superhuman activity. The policy divides the Avengers, leading to the formation of two opposing factions that align with Iron Man and Captain America, resulting in a major conflict between former allies.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 867+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Jeffrey FordShot by Trent OpalochScored by Henry JackmanDesigned by Owen PatersonSound by Manfred BanachCostumes by Judianna Makovsky Nm0538721

Box Office

2016 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.6× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$1.16B

Budget$250.0M

Worldwide gross$1.16B

break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $408.1M — 35% of worldwide · International: $747.0M (65%)

Opening weekend: $179.1M — 44% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $223.3M — 55% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 4,226 theaters

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Also known as

(Alternative Title)Capitán América: Civil War
The First Avenger: Civil Warde
Captain America : Civil Warfr

Release dates around the world5 countries · show

United StatesApr 12, 2016
FranceApr 18, 2016
SingaporeApr 21, 2016
GermanyApr 21, 2016
United KingdomApr 26, 2016

Companies

ProductionMarvel Studios, Vita-Ray Dutch Productions (III), Studio Babelsberg, Deluxe Digital Studios

DistributionWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, 2i Film, Cinecolor Films, Cineforum, Columbia Pictures

Special effectsLegacy Effects, The Third Floor, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Base FX, Virtuos

Other companies1 Force, 5th Kind, 87Eleven, ARRI Rental, Air Lyndhurst Studios

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