Female superhero film setting records on the mainland

Captain Marvel,the first female superhero to get her own movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has raked in nearly 650 million yuan ($96.8 million) to top China’s box office charts as of Tuesday.

The film, starring Academy Awards’ best actress winner Brie Larson, has so far scored 7.0 points out of 10 on the country’s most popular review aggregator Douban.

With more than 11 percent of the film’s overall gross from 603 IMAX screens in China, Captain Marvel has also set several new records for IMAX China, including the Biggest IMAX March opening and second-highest superhero opening.