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That would put it right in contention with &#8220;Thor,&#8221; the May release that garnered just under $66 million in its debut.<\/p>\n<p>It also ranks well ahead of estimates, which were eyeing a bow more in the $55 million range.  Even late adjustments based on positive reviews and gameday buzz were forecasting just $60 million.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow new release &#8220;Friends with Benefits,&#8221; meanwhile, is set to land just in the low end of forecasts with a still-healthy $20 million for the weekend.  The Deadline tracking says &#8220;Friends&#8221; will have earned about $7 million on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Reviewed far more favorably, &#8220;Friends&#8221; would top the opening weekend of &#8220;No Strings Attached&#8221; if it could stay on track for $20 million in its debut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Captain America&quot; Box Office Looks Strong, &quot;Friends with Benefits&quot; Okay<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After narrowly earning the best midnight opening of any superhero movie this summer, &quot;Captain America: The First Avenger&quot; has another achievement in its\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2011\/07\/23\/captain-america-box-office-looks-strong-friends-with-benefits-okay\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;Captain America&quot; Box Office Looks Strong, &quot;Friends with Benefits&quot; Okay\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After narrowly earning the best midnight opening of any superhero movie this summer, &quot;Captain America: The First Avenger&quot; has another achievement in its\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2011\/07\/23\/captain-america-box-office-looks-strong-friends-with-benefits-okay\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Headline Planet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-07-23T08:09:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-07-23T08:09:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Cantor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cantorpedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@headlineplanet\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2011\/07\/23\/captain-america-box-office-looks-strong-friends-with-benefits-okay\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2011\/07\/23\/captain-america-box-office-looks-strong-friends-with-benefits-okay\/\",\"name\":\"\\\"Captain America\\\" Box Office Looks Strong, \\\"Friends with Benefits\\\" Okay\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-07-23T08:09:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-07-23T08:09:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\"},\"description\":\"After narrowly earning the best midnight opening of any superhero movie this summer, \\\"Captain America: The First Avenger\\\" has another achievement in its\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2011\/07\/23\/captain-america-box-office-looks-strong-friends-with-benefits-okay\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Headline Planet\",\"description\":\"Music News &amp; Charts, TV News &amp; Spoilers\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\",\"name\":\"Brian Cantor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brian Cantor\"},\"description\":\"Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. 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