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‘Captain Marvel’ Ascends to Top 10 of Female-Led Movies

‘Captain Marvel’ Ascends to Top 10 of Female-Led Movies

‘Captain Marvel’ Ascends to Top 10 of Female-Led Movies

(Bloomberg) -- Walt Disney Co.’s “Captain Marvel” is the most successful female-led superhero film of all time, topping $1 billion in box-office revenue on Wednesday. (“Wonder Woman,” the previous record holder, amassed $821.8 million.) But in terms of overall movies with a woman as a protagonist, “Captain Marvel” only just inched into the Top 10 of a Disney-dominated list: Every movie other than “Titanic” was made by the company.

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