Captain American Civil War is the biggest assemble of Marvel superhero characters outside of an Avengers movie and takes over at the top with a weekend take just shy of £20 million.
Compared to the previous Marvel films this is fairly normal but the is by far the highest grossing Captain America movie.
Projection for the movie should be high, but Batman V Superman Dawn of Justice gave a wake up call last month as to how a superhero movie can perform below average.
The Jungle Book falls down to number 2 this week on its 3rd week of release with £5.7 million, its total is £33.2 million to date.
Highest total grossing movie on the box office is Batman V Superman Dawn of Justice which has taken £36.5 million to date.
Historical charts
A year ago - The Avengers Age of Ultron remained at the top while Far From The Madding Crowd was the highest new film at number 2.
Five years ago - Thor was the top new film of the week entering at number 1 knocking Fast Five down to number 2.
Ten years ago - Ice Age: The Meltdown stayed put at the top of the box office leaving highest new film 16 Block to enter at number 2.
Fifteen years ago - Bridget Jones's Diary stayed for another week at the top while The Mexican made its debut at number 2.
Twenty years ago - Comedy The Birdcage was the top new film across the country at number 1, finally shifting Top Story from the top, it slid to number 2.
Twenty five years ago - Biopic The Doors made its debut at the top of the box office while Highlander II The Quickening fell into the runner up spot.
