CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD Exceeds Box Office Predictions With $192+ Million Global Debut

CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD Exceeds Box Office Predictions With $192+ Million Global Debut

The updated box office numbers are in for Captain America: Brave New World and, despite so-so reviews from critics, the latest Marvel Studios movie is holding up well at the box office. Check it out...

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By JoshWilding - Feb 16, 2025 12:02 PM EST
Source: Deadline

Despite middling reviews from critics (51% on Rotten Tomatoes) and a B- CinemaScore from moviegoers, Captain America: Brave New World is exceeding expectations at the box office. 

According to Deadline, the movie performed better than expected on Saturday with $27.5 million. Both Disney and rival studios predict a four-day opening weekend of $100 million and a global debut of $192.4 million (a couple of million above early estimates). 

Disney dropped the ball with Captain America: Brave New World's release in the UK where the movie has been soundly beaten by Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. The latest Marvel Studios title dropped on Wednesday in several countries but the UK wasn't one of them, robbing it of the chance to get the jump on the final instalment of that classic romcom franchise. 

That's still an impressive global bow, of course, and back in North America, Captain America: Brave New World is eyeing a $88.5 million three-day haul.

The Falcon and The Winter Soldier sequel has nabbed the fourth biggest Presidents' Day weekend of all time behind Black Panther ($242 million), Deadpool ($152 million), and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania ($120 million). While not a critical hit, Captain America: Brave New World is the 35th consecutive MCU movie to open at #1 domestically.

Captain America: Brave New World has been criticised for its relatively straightforward story, while fans have expressed frustration with changes made through reshoots. For regular moviegoers and casual MCU fans, seeing Cap battle Red Hulk may be enough to have a good time. Weekend #2 will still be key, though.

"Flawed but functional, Captain America: Brave New World's many problems are largely forgotten any time Anthony Mackie and Harrison Ford electrify the screen," we said in our review. "And when Red Hulk shows up, the movie reaches new heights of awesome."

Check out a fun new featurette for Captain America: Brave New World in the player below. 

In Captain America: Brave New World, after meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, played by Harrison Ford in his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut, Sam Wilson finds himself in the middle of an international incident. He must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red.

The movie stars Anthony Mackie, Danny Ramirez, Shira Haas, Xosha Roquemore, Carl Lumbly, with Giancarlo Esposito, Liv Tyler, Tim Blake Nelson, and Harrison Ford. The movie is directed by Julius Onah and produced by Kevin Feige and Nate Moore. Louis D’Esposito and Charles Newirth serve as executive producers.

Captain America: Brave New World opens in U.S. theaters on February 14, 2025.

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bobevanz
bobevanz - 2/16/2025, 12:31 PM
Water wet. Marvel movies are the most front loaded movies. That's a decent worldwide number, but the Cinemascore, *shutters* the RT audience score and and basically every damn review scoring website says there will be (quite possibly the biggest) a huge drop next week. I'll say 60% just to be nice. I wouldn't be surprised if it's more like 75%. They chose this release window because nothing else is coming out
bobevanz
bobevanz - 2/16/2025, 12:32 PM
How the [frick] are you going to convince people to see a movie that's "not bad" or "alright" LMAO
bobevanz
bobevanz - 2/16/2025, 12:33 PM
I saw it last night. I could have shoveled snow and got the same feeling
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 2/16/2025, 12:34 PM
@bobevanz - You seem particularly invested in how this movie performs.
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NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 2/16/2025, 12:44 PM
@bobevanz - Days ago you were saying that you were glad people were gonna "speak with their wallets" to this and they would not award mediocrity. Now you're backtracking like this was always expected. You want me to literally go and quote you on that to further expose your hypocrisy?
bobevanz
bobevanz - 2/16/2025, 12:52 PM
@NinnesMBC - I'm not backtracking anything. I said they're front running like they always do. You're gonna eat your words in two weeks. Clowns. Here's some interesting data ⬇️
Opening weekend Worldwide totals: Eternals 160m, Quantumania 225m, Thor 4 303m, Wakanda Forever 331m, and 449m for Multiverse of Madness. This movie won't cross 400m worldwide, tell me how this is a win?!
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 2/16/2025, 1:12 PM
@bobevanz - Yes you are after trash talking the movie on a consistent basis and even denying the budget that was spent on it and in face of seeing it's not bombing despite the reviews because it's performing within according to what early projections were tracking it's now "duh, MCU always front runs". But me and others for not jumping into conclusions like you did in pettiness are the clowns? Are you sure you're not the one on "hopium" right now instead?
DrDReturns
DrDReturns - 2/16/2025, 1:17 PM
@bobevanz - Just got back from shoveling at my mother-in-law's and will never see it.
I came out ahead ;-)

Also, I had a cigar. No contest.
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 2/16/2025, 1:29 PM
@NinnesMBC - I think he wants to paint the MCU in a negative way just to prop up Superman because there is insecurity considering that has the most going against it compared to JWR and F4.
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Simonsonrules
Simonsonrules - 2/16/2025, 2:59 PM
@bobevanz - And yet you went to see it, and now here you are, yelling about box office numbers for a Disney film. Have you thought about gardening or possibly woodworking? On this site the competition to see who can beat predict or parse box office numbers is like a d swinging test. Maybe it's what you do for money. If so, life well spent.
comicfan100
comicfan100 - 2/16/2025, 3:30 PM
@bobevanz - Holy crashout, Batman
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/16/2025, 3:48 PM
@NinnesMBC -

""duh, MCU always front runs""

But MCU movies do.
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 2/16/2025, 4:56 PM
@NinnesMBC @bobevanz - He's not backtracking, he's moving the goalposts. There's a big difference.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 2/16/2025, 8:20 PM
@MCUKnight11 - I've been thinking the same. It's going up against a long awaited MCU movie that for all we know has been done with a lot of care, heart and soul as much as Superman has recieved this time and then there is the JP/JWR IP that shows no mercy at the box office no matter what else is playing at the same time.
NinnesMBC
NinnesMBC - 2/16/2025, 8:20 PM
@Clintthahamster -

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TheRedLeader
TheRedLeader - 2/18/2025, 8:50 AM
@bobevanz - what will you do if only drops 35%?
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/16/2025, 12:31 PM
"For regular moviegoers and casual MCU fans, seeing Sam battle Red Hulk may be enough to have a good time."

Aren't people who aren't MCU fanboys pretty over the MCU? I don't think Red Hulk is enough of a draw now.

And Disney should be sued for false advertisement for basically promoting what could have been called Falcon vs. Red Hulk.
JayLemle
JayLemle - 2/16/2025, 1:15 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea - someone already told you to go eat your panties, bitch. Why don't you go on ahead and do that, hoe.
JayLemle
JayLemle - 2/16/2025, 1:21 PM
@MakeAmericaGrea - go ahead and eat your panties, bitch! HAHAHAHAHA.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/16/2025, 2:54 PM
@JayLemle -

If you were half as effective as you think are are you'd be twice as effective as you are.

Who abused you and how did they do it?
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 2/16/2025, 12:33 PM
Hope this breaks even so we can see what they can do with Sam Wilson when they are more clear-headed with less projects to juggle because of Chapek. Regardless of what comes next, for now I'm happy for Mackie.
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TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 2/16/2025, 12:57 PM
@MCUKnight11 - I don’t think we get a sort of restructure or something until post SW now or isn’t really truly felt till then.

Considering there’s not that many films atleast left till then , they might just put all their energy there for now.
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 2/16/2025, 1:31 PM
@TheVisionary25 - What I mean is seeing what they can do when they are allowed to let all the projects breathe on their own.
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TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 2/16/2025, 1:41 PM
@MCUKnight11 - that’s what I mean to in that perhaps we get less projects a year depending on what’s ready or not rather then quickly trying to get as much out due to some mandate or endpoint
thespiderkat
thespiderkat - 2/16/2025, 12:35 PM
Every article for the last few days said that it was going to make around 200 million worldwide… so how did it “exceed expectations”? If anything it seems on the lower side of the projections.( and it’s still like 20 million below ant man 3)
bobevanz
bobevanz - 2/16/2025, 12:37 PM
@thespiderkat - the do this all the time especially Deadline. They said 80m just to trick people into thinking 90m is good
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 2/16/2025, 2:49 PM
@thespiderkat - Weekend box office were projected to be between 60 - 85 mil. the 200 mil projection is for "global" and is for 4 days which includes presidents day. Since movie after only 3 days is at 88 mil domestic and 192 mil world wide right now after only 3 days, the movie has over performed. by the end of day tomorrow its probably going to be at 210 0r 220 mil world wide.

Seeing as there is no competition next week either its prob going to continue its streek. Movie is now projected to end between 400 - 600 mil which means it exceeded all initial estimates. But who knows if next week drop is huge then its going to create another story.
AllsNotGood
AllsNotGood - 2/16/2025, 3:08 PM
@thespiderkat - narrative
bobevanz
bobevanz - 2/16/2025, 12:36 PM
Regular moviegoers aren't showing up, kids aren't seeing these movies anymore, the only people left are the millennials like myself. This isn't sustainable. Maybe if they started doing one movie a year and higher actual motha [frick]in writers and directors for these. Joe Blow doesn't know how to direct a 250m blockbuster movie when their only credits are from a tv show. Then again it's easier to force what you want with minimal pushback
V
V - 2/16/2025, 1:02 PM
@bobevanz - good thing you are counting who is going to the movies and who is not looool
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/16/2025, 2:59 PM
@V -

Which of your parents is trashier?
ElJefe
ElJefe - 2/16/2025, 12:39 PM
“This will bomb”

“Er, it still won’t break even”

“Erm, no competition.”

“Uhhm, those numbers are wrong!”

“Uh-uh-uh-uh DISNEY BAD!!”
TheLobster
TheLobster - 2/16/2025, 1:31 PM
@ElJefe - this thing will most likely still bomb though lmao
CreateNowSlpL8r
CreateNowSlpL8r - 2/16/2025, 1:44 PM
@ElJefe - I think before you take a victory lap, you ought to look into how much the studio actually gets from the box office. Let me help you out. Even at the 180m budget (which is nonsense and doesn't include marketing), this movie is still at a substantial loss.

I mean if you want to root for a movie you like, all power to you but you should at least be informed.
CreateNowSlpL8r
CreateNowSlpL8r - 2/16/2025, 1:51 PM
@V - Who is?
V
V - 2/16/2025, 1:53 PM
@CreateNowSlpL8r - clearly you are LOL
CreateNowSlpL8r
CreateNowSlpL8r - 2/16/2025, 2:07 PM
@V - I'm not. I just understand how the studio is paid and how budgets work. I understand marketing because I have a corporate job and I've been in Management for longer that you are alive.

I just helped you in the other thread about your age. Here is another tip. You don't seem morally superior because you end every post with LOL. You just out yourself as being young.

The facts about budgets are easy to Google. Overseas you are lucky to see an average of 30% of the take. It got killed in the UK which is a higher take than China. 100% of the marketing which includes every Twitch ad, FB, YouTube, Superbowl etc. is a net loss. So the only money they make is on their split of the theaters. In the US, they only get 60%.

A very rough estimate for marketing is about 50% of the production budget but Disney leans harder because they have more money and they diversify through the studios. Its like robbing Peter to pay Paul because at the end of the day, the fiscals are all their IPs and the parks. With this movie, its less about profit and more limting damage. They dont care as much about this movie. They care about the three movies for 2025.

Disney is getting a new CEO at the end of this year. If you think there isn't a lot of politics going on, you are crazy.

The lying about the budget isn't meant for you. Its meant to keep shareholders and investors in check. Thats how corporations work.

You're welcome.
V
V - 2/16/2025, 2:16 PM
@CreateNowSlpL8r - yes thank you for enlightening me, you are clearly OLD and your ramblings somehow PROVE that LOL. I LOL because you make me laugh. Yes we all work for corporations, it isn't the flex that you think it is my guy. Your corporate overlords have taught you well but in economics of scale I don't think you understand that any one of these movies gross a billion dollars the machine will keep pumping. Disney is fine, yes the budget manipulation maybe for the stock holder but you or me don't understand the scale and momentum of these productions. They will continue for the simple fact that they continue the discourse. Through the franchisee and classes, through reboots and remakes, the machine will never stop. Your analysis of one movie's success or failure does not impact the overall business strategy of this franchise. So sorry that you are old and will hopefully be gone sooner rather than later but you definitely don't have a proper analysis of this movie just based off of the fact that it just opened a few days and you have no clue of what the actual budget is so for all your faux knowledge you have no clue what you are talking about. Please wait until it has at least completed its box office run before doing your calculations mister corporate marketing savant LOL
CreateNowSlpL8r
CreateNowSlpL8r - 2/16/2025, 2:25 PM
@V - "flex" "my guy"

Amazingly, I nailed not only that you were young but that you weren't actually from the US. I'd say thats pretty good. So you've replied to me like 10 times ripping the US. Maga this and that. Who the hell hates another country so much that is rails on a political party.

Wait for the box office = you can't factually back up you accusation that I don't know what I'm talking about. So you moved the goal post. There is probably 70% of this site that disagrees with me but they aren't backing you up. Do you know why? Because I just clapped you in two threads.

The difference between us isn't just age. When I have a point, I write an article about it. You spend your time educating yourself about someone elses country.

I just told you in the other thread. We are done here. No one else is replying to you and neither am I.
MakeAmericaGrea
MakeAmericaGrea - 2/16/2025, 3:04 PM
@CreateNowSlpL8r -

V for Vagina was abused by his parents, who are trashy ignorant miscreants.

They in turn raised a trashy ignorant miscreant.

One who can't name all the continents or all the planets in the Solar system.
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