Captain America and spies prove to be big box office

Captain America: The Winter Soldier’s poster

Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which mixed superheroes and spies, generated an estimated $96.2 million in U.S. ticket sales, according to the Box Office Mojo website.

The movie, starring Chris Evans as Cap, set a record for an April movie opening, according to The Wrap entertainment news site.

The film concerns Cap becoming increasingly wary of S.H.I.E.L.D., the Marvel Comics spy agency. The movie addresses various plot threads going back to 2008’s Iron Man, the first production from Marvel Studios. One of two epilogues in the end titles provides a teaser for next year’s sequel to 2012’s Marvel’s The Avengers. A third Captain America movie has been scheduled for May 2016.

Meanwhile, the storyline of Captain America: The Winter Soldier will affect the ABC series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. USA Today has a story that details how in a story you can view BY CLICKING HERE. Both Marvel Studios and ABC are owned by Walt Disney Co.

Also, BusinessWeek has a story about Kevin Feige, Marvel Studios boss and producer of its movies. You can read it by CLICKING HERE.

2004: BusinessWeek discusses 007’s value

Back in 2004, BusinessWeek (now Bloomberg Businessweek), ran a short story by Ronald Grover discussing how much the cinema James Bond might be worth. It’s interesting to read because at the time Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. was up for sale (as it has been recently). People were wondering about 007’s long-term prospects (as has happened recently). One sample:

The current Bond, 51-year-old Pierce Brosnan, has said he may soon turn in his license to kill. X-Men’s Hugh Jackman and Pirates of the Caribbean’s Orlando Bloom are possible successors. As MGM did by getting Brosnan in 1995, the right blend of actor, director — and maybe a little more skin — could well make Bond a $1 billion man. Doubtless, he’s still got a lot of bad guys left to battle.

In short, there’s an element of the more things change, the more they stay the same. You can read the entire article (which isn’t that long) by CLICKING RIGHT HERE.