After a record-breaking* weekend at the box office, Marvel’s “Captain America” series will return for a third installment* on May 6, 2016, Walt Disney Co. said on Monday.

    “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” the sequel to 2011’s “Captain America: The First Avenger,” stormed the U.S. and Canadian box office with US$96.2 million in its opening weekend, setting a record for an April film release.

    The films, based on the Marvel comics, star Chris Evans as a scrawny* World War II reject* who gains superpowers from an experimental serum* and becomes America’s first superhero.

    The success of “Captain America” follows Disney’s long line of recent hits from the Marvel universe, led by Robert Downey Jr.’s “Iron Man,” Chris Hemsworth’s “Thor” and 2012’s superhero ensemble “The Avengers,” which became the third-biggest film in Hollywood history with US$1.5 billion at the worldwide box office.(SD-Agencies)