'Captain America' tops weekend box office charts with $41.4 m earnings

'Captain America

The strong performance of the Chris Evans starrer was enough to narrowly edge 20th Century Fox's 'Rio 2' in a springtime battle of sequels, Fox News reported.

the top ten earning movies this weekend were:

1. 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier,' - 41.4 million dollars

2. 'Rio 2,' - 39 million dollars

3. 'Oculus,' - 12 million dollars

4. 'Draft Day,' - 9.8 million dollars

5. 'Divergent,' - 7.5 million dollars

6. 'Noah,' - 7.5 million dollars

7. 'God's Not Dead,' - 5.5 million dollars

8. 'The Grand Budapest Hotel,' - 4.1 million dollars

9. 'Muppets Most Wanted,' - 2.2 million dollars

10. 'Mr. Peabody and Sherman,' - 1.