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#443 All-time worldwide

#17 2011 releases

Movie profile

Captain America: The First Avenger

Name: Captain America: The First Avenger
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Released: 2011-07-22
Duration: 124 min

2011 · 124 min · Marvel Studios

Action Adventure Science Fiction

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $370.6M

Budget $140.0M

Gross minus budget $230.6M

ROI 2.65x

Domestic gross

$155.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$214.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$57.6M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where Captain America: The First Avenger ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #443 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2011 releases #17 Release-year chart position of 249 titles Ranked against movies released in 2011. Studio / company #35 Marvel Studios of 37 titles Position inside the mapped Marvel Studios movie set. Franchise #4 Captain America of 4 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #234 Action of 2,974 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#440 Hitch 2005 · $371.6M #441 Terminator Salvation 2009 · $371.4M #442 Gone Girl 2014 · $370.9M #444 Edge of Tomorrow 2014 · $370.5M #445 There's Something About Mary 1998 · $369.9M #446 Sinners 2025 · $369.4M

Quick answer

How did Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) perform at the box office?

High confidence

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) earned a reported $370.6M worldwide against a reported $140.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $230.6M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.65x. In this database it currently ranks #443 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #17 among 2011 releases.

Worldwide gross: $370,569,774
Budget: $140,000,000
Gross minus budget: $230,569,774
ROI: 2.65x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Jul 22, 2011
Production: Marvel Studios, Marvel Entertainment
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyMarvel Studios FranchiseCaptain America Release year chart2011 box office Genre chartAction Genre chartAdventure Genre chartScience Fiction

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2011, Captain America: The First Avenger is positioned in this dataset as a Action, Adventure, Science Fiction title from Marvel Studios. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $370.6M, reported production budget is $140.0M, gross-minus-budget is $230.6M, ROI is 2.65x. For comparison, it currently sits #443 all-time in the current chart set and #17 among 2011 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.

Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.