Captain America Beats Box Office

Summer movie heroes, Captain America battles with Harry Potter this weekend at the box office.

Paramount Pictures' "Captain America: The First Avenger" beaten No. 1 with $65.8 million, according to Sunday studio estimates. The Marvel Comics superhero adventure sets up next summer's all-star blockbuster "The Avengers." Warner Bros.' "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," the eighth and final installment in the boy-wizard franchise, dropped to the second spot. It made just over $48 million in its second weekend for a domestic total of $274.1 million.

USA Weekend Box-Office Summary

Issue Date : 25 July 2011
Rank     Title     Weekend     Gross

1         Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)     $65.8M     $65.8M
2         Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)     $48.1M     $274M
3         Friends with Benefits (2011)     $18.5M     $18.5M
4         Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)     $12M     $326M
5         Horrible Bosses (2011)     $11.7M     $82.4M
6         Zookeeper (2011)     $8.7M     $59.2M
7         Cars 2 (2011)     $5.73M     $176M
8         Winnie the Pooh (2011)     $5.14M     $17.6M
9         Bad Teacher (2011)     $2.6M     $94.4M
10         Midnight in Paris (2011)     $1.9M     $44.9M