( EW.com ) -- It 's a great day to be a Marvel superhero . `` Captain America : The Winter Soldier '' took the No . 1 spot for the third weekend in a row , earning $ 26.61 million this holiday weekend , allowing it to cross that magical $ 200 million finish line . For comparison 's sake , this sequel — directed by Anthony and Joe Russo — has already out-earned 2011′s `` Captain America : The First Avenger , '' which ended its run with $ 176.65 million . What 's the real takeaway from all this ? That for all the idle chatter of audience superhero fatigue , no one is going to be putting away the spandex just yet . It will be interesting to see how `` The Amazing Spider-Man 2 '' — already healthily earning overseas — fares when it opens domestically on May 2 . Will Christian audiences turn out for 'Heaven Is for Real ' ? Initially it seemed like this weekend would be a tight race between holdover sequels `` Captain America '' and `` Rio 2 , '' but it turned out to be less so , with Fox 's animated avians coming in at $ 22.5 million this weekend , bringing its domestic totals to $ 75.36 million . How the lure of a blue macaw voiced by Bruno Mars did n't succeed in nabbing the No . 1 spot is hard to say , but keep an eye on this one over the next few weeks to see what kind of staying power it may have . Meanwhile the faith-based `` Heaven Is for Real '' continues to pleasantly surprise during its first weekend in wide release : TriStar 's film brought in $ 21.5 million this weekend , bringing its five-day total to $ 28.5 million . The demographics for the film broke down to 62 percent female and 38 percent male and , interestingly , 49 percent of the audience under the age of 35 . The movie stars Greg Kinnear and Kelly Reilly as real-life couple Todd and Sonja Burpo , whose son claims to have seen Heaven while unconscious . Review : 'Transcendence ' Much less happy news is the $ 11.15 million opening of Warner Bros. ' `` Transcendence . '' This cyber-thriller starring Johnny Depp opened to lackluster reviews ( such as ours by Chris Nashawaty ) and a meh Cinemascore of C+ . Does this mean , finally , that we can stop with movies about sentient computers ? Probably not . And do n't expect the stink of this flick to stick to Depp or his co-stars , Rebecca Hall , Morgan Freeman , and Kate Mara — we 're guessing they 'll be just fine . Hopefully this will not deter longtime Christopher Nolan cinematographer Wally Pfister from getting back in the director 's chair either . Another new release this weekend , `` Haunted House 2 , '' came in fifth place with $ 9.1 million . With a reported $ 4 million budget , this is good news for the Marlon Wayans-led comedy ( tagline : `` It 'll scare the # 2 out of you '' ) , which may not have delighted critics but received a B- Cinemascore . Review : 'Haunted House 2 ' Here 's the final breakdown on this weekend 's top five : . 1 . `` Captain America : The Winter Soldier '' — $ 26.61 million . 2 . `` Rio 2 '' — $ 22.5 million . 3 . `` Heaven Is for Real '' — $ 21.5 million . 4 . `` Transcendence '' — $ 11.15 million . 5 . `` A Haunted House 2 '' -- $ 9.1 million . See the original story at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
` ` Captain America : The Winter Soldier '' was No . 1 for a third weekend . The movie has now passed the $ 200 million mark . In second place at the box office was ` ` # 1 '' Johnny Depp 's new movie ` ` Transcendence '' opened in fourth place .