With the next big MCU movie opening just days away, Marvel fans are prepping forCaptain America: Brave New Worldbybinge-watching the previousAvengersandCaptain Americamovies. As of this writing, all fourAvengersplusCaptain America: Civil Warare in Disney+’s Top 10 charts, along withBlack Panther: Wakanda ForeverandYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.
The newCaptain Americafilm is the MCU’s 35th movie and featuresAnthony Mackie’s first solo film since taking on the mantle of the First Avenger. Joining him are Harrison Ford as President Thaddeus Ross (stepping in for the late William Hurt),Danny Ramirez as Joaquin Torres (the new Falcon), and quite a few villains, includingTim Blake Nelson’s Samuel Stern (The Leader), Giancarlo Espisito’s Sidewinder, and others.
It makes sense that fans are getting ready by watching all fourAvengersfilms plus the previousCaptain Americafilms led by Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) andThe Falcon and The Winter Soldier(2021). It’s been nearly six years since Cap hung up his shield and retired at the conclusion ofAvengers: End Game, and four years since Sam Wilson (Mackie) became the new Captain America. It’s a great way to ‘prep’ forBrave New World, and it’s exactly what this author will be doing in amarathon of movie watching leading up to the new film.
‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Could Perform Even Better at the Box Office
About a month ago, MovieWeb reported that thebox office tracking ofCaptain America: Brave New Worldwould see an opening weekend of around $86 million to $95 million. Marvel and Disney decided to open the film over the three-day President’s Day weekend, with some kids across the United States off for the entire week. That could bode well for the film.
‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Opening Weekend Projections Are Not The Best - But a Long Way from the Worst
‘Captain America: Brave New World’ projections point to it landing Marvel its fourth highest-grossing President’s Day opening weekend of all time.
Updated tracking now hasthe film opening as high as $105 million, per Box Office Theory (viaGameRant) with the minimum number still $86 million. The promotional machine is firing on all cylinders asBrave New Worldwill be opening globally.In North America, the predicted final box office is $207 million to $274 million.
To put it in perspective,the firstCapmade $176.6 million at the domestic box office ($370.5 million worldwide). Meanwhile, the second made $259 million domestically ($714.4 million worldwide), and the third - which was pretty much anAvengersfilm - made $408 million domestically ($1.15 billion worldwide). In China, fans are very excited, with thefirst day of ticket sales going for $346,000, beating last year’sDeadpool & Wolverine, which made $221,000 on the first day of ticket sales.
This is good news for a film thatsaw multiple delays as much of the original film, then calledCaptain America: New World Order,was re-written and re-filmed. Despite all of that,Brave New World’sbudget is estimated to be around $180 million, far less than the rumored $350 million.
Additionally,the buzz surrounding the film sounds positive, although social media embargoes don’t lift until tonight (Feb. 11) at 9 pm PT. According toComicBookMovie, the consistent thoughts are thatBrave New Worldis “OK-to-pretty good,” which could explain a middle-of-the-road opening (when compared to previous MCU blockbusters) and a final domestic haul of as high as $274 million. It’s going to come down to word-of-mouth.
Captain America: Brave New Worldopens on Valentine’s Day with sneak peek screenings the day before.
Captain America: Brave New World
