After a rather contentious premiere, all eyes are on Captain America: Brave New World’s domestic and international box office results as it looks to establish itself as a significant MCU film. Captain America: Brave New World is the first of three MCU films in 2025, following a somewhat quiet year in 2024 in which Deadpool & Wolverine was the sole film released in the MCU but set records as Marvel Studios’ most recent billion-dollar production. However, it is unclear if it will maintain the momentum of 2024’s triumph. There was already some controversy around Captain America: Brave New World since some MCU fans found it difficult to accept that Steve Rogers would not be playing the title character. Instead, four years after taking on the role in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Sam Wilson makes his solo film debut, beginning his role as Captain America. The early poor reviews for Captain America: Brave New World have added to the anxiety surrounding his film debut, which has threatened to hurt the film’s box office performance.
According to The Numbers, Captain America: Brave New World has made over $88 million at home and $92 million abroad as of this writing, for a total worldwide box office receipt of $180 million. On Monday, February 17, the Presidents’ Day holiday, this is anticipated to rise significantly. Although it would require $360 million worldwide to break even after deducting post-production expenses like marketing, which has been particularly aggressive for this Captain America sequel, this also indicates that Captain America: Brave New World has surpassed its production budget. Even though Captain America: Brave New World has received mixed reviews, it’s reasonable to say that Marvel Studios has benefited from a successful marketing effort. Harrison Ford, who plays President Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross in place of the late William Hurt, is another talent who contributed to its early popularity. At the time of writing, Captain America: Brave New World has an 80% audience rating and a 51% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, suggesting that a divide is growing between the views of reviewers and viewers.
A prediction from Deadline predicted that Captain America: Brave New World will debut to $94 million domestically and $190 million internationally before to its global release. These predictions have turned out to be correct as the opening weekend comes to a finish; according to Deadline, Disney has projected $100 million domestically during the four-day Presidents Day weekend. Both have come in somewhat higher than anticipated, with global estimates standing at $192 million. In just one weekend, the film, which reportedly cost $180 million, has already recovered its production costs. However, Marvel is not quite out of the woods despite a solid start. Its B- CinemaScore is the lowest rating ever given to an MCU film, while it is conceivable that generally positive reviews from casual viewers might help maintain this trend. As a result, word-of-mouth may either cause it to fail in its second weekend like Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania or cause it to surpass the $360 million needed to qualify as a successful MCU film. But one thing is certain: it will easily surpass The Marvels, the MCU’s lowest-grossing film to far, which completed its theatrical run with just under $200 million worldwide on a reported budget of $270 million. Meanwhile, it would need to earn an additional $100 million to surpass the worldwide box office receipts of The Incredible Hulk, the second-lowest-grossing film in the MCU. The Incredible Hulk is a 17-year-old film that was made mandatory watching for Captain America: Brave New World. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania began with a comparable $106 million at home before losing steam and ending up with $464 million worldwide.
Captain America: Brave New World is supposedly a follow-up to previous Captain America films including The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which was aired on Disney+ in 2021, despite having strong connections to The Incredible Hulk. It is irrational to imply that Captain America: Brave New World might equal its $1.1 billion worldwide box office total, considering that Captain America: Civil War was essentially an Avengers film disguised. Rather, Captain America: Brave New World is most like Cap’s previous two films, Captain America: The previous Avenger and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, in terms of grandeur and tone. Given that Captain America: The First Avenger concluded at $371 million, the MCU’s third-lowest-grossing film, it is logical to assume that Captain America: Brave New World will at least equal that total. Considering that Captain America: The Winter Soldier is frequently regarded as one of the best MCU films ever produced, hitting the $714 million mark is a very higher order. Despite debuting to almost the same number, a rather wobbly reception to Captain America: Brave New World clearly implies that it would struggle to attain the same trajectory.
Retreading old territory is a major point of criticism for Captain America: Brave New World. While some viewers have found success with the tried-and-true approach, others have complained about Marvel Studios’ alleged lack of creativity. This might have a significant effect on the MCU and its next films if it results in a poor box office performance. Such repercussions were already evident with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’s poor performance, which came before Kang was removed as the main antagonist of the Multiverse Saga and replaced by Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom. Some people have viewed the recasting of the MCU’s main actor as a cynical attempt to restore the enchantment of the Infinity Saga, depending on RDJ’s star power to make up for the losses incurred by the Multiverse Saga’s ensemble of lesser-known faces. A second poor box office performance might make this worse, but it’s unclear if Marvel’s strategy will succeed. On the other hand, the critiques directed at the formulaic plot of Captain America: Brave New World in particular may encourage Marvel Studios to take more daring chances in the future. After all, Deadpool and Wolverine’s R-rating turned out to be incredibly lucrative new ground. Additionally, it may result in Anthony Mackie’s time as Captain America being shortened, or at the at least, he might follow the Hulk’s example and only appear in Avengers films. However, Marvel Studios could see the opportunity to create further sequels with Mackie at the helm if it is happy with Captain America: Brave New World’s box office performance. In any event, any alterations brought about by Captain America: Brave New World’s performance are probably not going to be noticeable until the Multiverse Saga is finished.
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