Captain America: Civil War grosses $1bn worldwide

The Marvel film is the biggest hit of 2016 and the 25th film ever to take more than $1bn at the box office around the world.
It smashed its way to being the highest-grossing film of 2016 so far, and on Thursday the Marvel superhero extravaganza Captain America: Civil War passed another milestone, grossing $1bn at the worldwide box office.



Variety reports that the film is now the fourth Marvel movie to make over $1bn, having taken $314m in America, after 14 days in cinemas, and $677m in the rest of the world, where it has been out for 23 days.