‘Captain Marvel’s’ huge opening weekend defies the trolls — and sets the stage for more female-led superhero films

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‘Captain Marvel’s’ huge opening weekend defies the trolls — and sets the stage for more female-led superhero films
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Marvel Studios's first solo female film grosses nearly a half-billion dollars worldwide in its debut.

Disney-Marvel Studios'"Captain Marvel" had a huge opening weekend, grossing $153 million in its domestic debut. By Michael Cavna Michael Cavna Writer/artist for Comic Riffs, covering visual storytelling, cartoon art/illustration, comedy/satire and animation. Email Bio Follow March 11 at 4:54 PM “Captain Marvel” has responded to doubters, trolls and a pernicious Hollywood myth in the strongest way possible — with a monster first weekend.

Globally, “Captain Marvel” grossed a combined $455 million — the sixth-best opening ever before adjusting for inflation. The newest Marvel movie also continued the studio’s streak: Every one of its 21 films has opened at No. 1. Two years later, “Captain Marvel” faced heated online attempts to troll the film, with its Rotten Tomatoes audience score hitting just 27 percent before the website changed its rules last month to prevent review comments before a movie’s release. Some fans were responding to the film’s “liberal politics and diverse casting,” as well as “Larson’s call for more women and people of color in film,” according to The Washington Post’s Steven Zeitchik.

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