Captain America: The First Avenger 2013. "Captain America: The First Avenger" earned $176.7 million in North America and $193.9 million internationally, for a worldwide total of $370.6 million. "Captain America: The First Avenger" opened on July 22, 2011, in the United States and earned $4 million in midnight showings, outgrossing other 2011 original superhero films like "Thor" and "Green Lantern" as well as the prequel "", which all made between $3.25 million and $3.5 million in Friday midnights. On Friday, the film opened at the number one spot at the American and Canadian box office with $25.7 million. It then went on to make $65.1
Captain America: The First Avenger in "Guardians of the Galaxy", has a brief appearance as an autograph seeker. Writer and director of "Guardians of the Galaxy" James Gunn jokingly claimed that this was Peter Quill's grandmother. Stan Lee has a cameo appearance as a general. In April 1997, Marvel was in negotiations with Mark Gordon and Gary Levinsohn to produce "Captain America", and Larry Wilson and Leslie Bohem were set to write a script. In May 2000, Marvel teamed with Artisan Entertainment to help finance the film. However, a lawsuit arose between Marvel Comics and Joe Simon over the ownership of "Captain America" copyrights, disrupting