Captain America: The Winter Soldier In April 2011, before "" was released in theaters, screenwriters Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely announced that Marvel had already hired the duo to work on the film's sequel. In September 2011, Chris Evans said that a sequel may not be released until 2014. In January 2012, Neal McDonough, who played Dum Dum Dugan in "Captain America: The First Avenger", mentioned that a sequel would likely be filmed after the completion of "", which would likely have been before the end of 2012. By March 2012, Marvel whittled down the possible directors for the sequel to three candidates: George Nolfi,
Captain America: Civil War Force Awakens". The film remained at number one in its second weekend, and fell to second in its third, behind "The Angry Birds Movie". In its fourth weekend, "Captain America: Civil War" became the highest-grossing film of 2016 in North America, and by June 17, 2016, became the first film of 2016 to surpass $400 million. "Captain America: Civil War"s opening in 15 countries on April 27, 2016, earned $14.9 million, followed by $23.8 million the next day from 15 more countries, and $45.3 million two days later from 8 additional countries, for a three-day total of $84 million. Its