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Captain America: The First Avenger(2011)
Released
2011 · FILM

Captain America: The First Avenger

A frail but determined Steve Rogers becomes the subject of a secret super-soldier experiment, gaining the strength to confront a Nazi leader who has harnessed godlike power and threatens to change the course of the war.

“The one who never gives up awakens.”

Directed by
Joe Johnston, Guy Campbell
Written by
Christopher Markus, Stephen Mcfeely
Rated
MPA · PG-13
Runtime
124 min
ActionAdventureSci-Fi

Synopsis

During World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who

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A crew of 680+ credited

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Robert DalvaShot by Shelly JohnsonScored by Alan SilvestriDesigned by Rick HeinrichsSound by Beau BordersCostumes by Anna B Sheppard

Box Office

2011 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 2.6× 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

$370.6M

Budget$140.0M
Worldwide gross$370.6M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $176.7M — 48% of worldwide · International: $193.9M (52%)

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Also known as

  • Captain America - The First Avengerde
  • Captain America: The First Avengerde
  • The First Avenger: Captain Americaen
  • Capitán América: el primer vengadores
  • Captain America: First Avengerfr
  • Captain America - Il primo Vendicatoreit
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesJul 19, 2011
  • CanadaJul 22, 2011
  • ItalyJul 22, 2011
  • SwitzerlandJul 27, 2011

Production & Distribution

Production companies
Paramount PicturesMarvel EntertainmentMarvel Studios
Distributors
Paramount DistributionParamount Pictures UKParamount PicturesB&H Film DistributionCentral Partnership
Special effectsDouble Negative (DNEG), Lola Visual Effects, Framestore, The Senate Visual Effects, Fuel VFX
Other companiesWalt Disney Studios, .1 Studios, 5th Kind, Access Bookings, Aerial Camera Systems (ACS), Ags Film & Tv

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