`Captain America` tops weekend box office charts with $41.4 million

'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' topped the box office for the second consecutive week with 41.4 million dollar earnings.

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,' - 1.8 million dollars