That didn’t take long.

The weekend box office numbers are in and not only did Captain America: The First Avenger beat Harry Potter, it did so by nearly $20 million.

Stealing Thor‘s crown as king of the Summer 2011 box office, Captain America will finish this weekend with roughly $65.8 million in box office receipts. This makes it the number one film in America, beating Harry Potters And The Deathly Hallows Part Two which suffered a 72% drop in sales to end its second weekend with another $48.1 million.

Don’t worry, Warner Bros. and J.K. Rowling are sleeping just fine with a second place finish. After only two weekends, the eighth Potter films has now grossed over $275 million domestically, helping the series to finally surpass Star Wars as the highest grossing franchise of all time.

Here’s a complete look at the weekend’s top-grossing films, per Friday-Sunday estimates as compiled by Exhibitor Relations:

Captain America: The First Avenger, $65.8 million
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, $48.1 million
Friends With Benefits, $18.5 million
Transformers: Dark of the Moon, $12 million
Horrible Bosses, $11.7 million
Zookeeper, $8.7 million
Cars 2, $5.7 million
Winnie the Pooh, $5.1 million
Bad Teacher, $2.6 million
Midnight in Paris, $1.9 million

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