MUMBAI: Paramount and Marvel Studios‘ Chris Evans-starrer Captain America: The First Avenger topped the domestic box office with an estimated haul of $65.8 million.

The film did enough business to top the box-office chart ahead of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.

Technically, Captain America becomes the highest grossing superhero film this summer by narrowly beating the $65.7 debut of Thor. 

Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 2, the last instalment of the boy wizard story earned $640.2 million in its second weekend having earned $214.9 million at the US box-office and $425.3 million internationally.

With his feat, the franchise has crossed the $7 billion mark worldwide.