From Deadline:
Don't believe the trolls on Rotten Tomatoes' audience score, or the zany, small white dude contingency misconstruing Brie Larson's call for diversity in film critics for man-hating: There is absolutely no question, Disney's Captain Marvel is a huge hit with a $62M Friday (including $20.7M Thursday previews) and a $160M opening weekend, currently the third best for the month of March after Beauty and the Beast ($174.7M) and Batman v. Superman ($166M).
But everyone on Gab told me it was destined to flop!At this point tonight on International Women's Day, Captain Marvel continues to remain male heavy 61% to 39% on PostTrak, though Females over 25 remain the second best draw at 24% behind M25+ (39%), but ahead of Men under 25 (22%). And at 4 1/2 stars and an 86% from females and 80% from males, everyone is just charmed by Captain Marvel. Diversity demos are broad 47% Caucasian, 20% Hispanic, 16% African American and 14% Asian. Definite recommend is still high for the Anna Boden-Ryan Fleck directed MCU title at 69% with 58% of the audience saying it met their expectations and 35% saying it exceeded.