Cameron Diaz's All-Female Comedy 'The Other Women' Beats Marvel's 'Captain America' At US Box Office

The female-powered comedy, 'The Other Woman,' proved to be the favourite amongst cinemagoers this weekend as it finally dethroned Marvel's 'Captain America: The Winter Solider' at the North American box office after reigning No.1 for the past three weeks by earning $24.7 million on opening weekend.

The 20th Century Fox flick, which is a women's revenge plot on a cheating male, stars an ensemble cast headed by Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Nicki Minaj and sees 21 year-old Kate Upton land her first starring role.

Watch the trailer for 'The Other Woman' here

'The Other Woman' follows Diaz, who is a successful lawyer, at a time where she finally finds herself in a stable relationship for the first time in months. But when discovering her new boyfriend has a wife (Mann), and another mistress (Upton), the three betrayed women all team together to take down the lothario (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau).

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Landing in No.2 is Disney-Marvel's 'Captain America,' starring Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson, which grossed $16 million in its fourth week of release.

Coming in the 3rd spot is the religious based drama 'Heaven Is For Real' raking in $13.8 million in its second week of release, and closely following is the animated sequel 'Rio 2' which earned $13.6 million.

Wrapping up this weekend's top 5 with $9 million is one of Paul Walker's last film before his death in November (2013), 'Brick Mansions', which is a remake of the French 2004 film 'District 13.'

Below is the top ten films of this weekend, via Box Office Mojo:

1.'The Other Woman (2014)' - $24.7 million

1. 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' - $16 million

2. 'Heaven Is for Real' - $13.8 million

3. 'Rio 2' - $13.6 million

4. 'Brick Mansions' - $9.6 million

5. 'Transcendence' - $4.1 million

6. 'The Quiet Ones' - $4 million

7. 'Bears' - $3.61 million

8. 'Divergent' - $3.6 million

9. 'A Haunted House 2' - $3.3 million