The negative reviews for Marvel’s Captain America: Brave New World haven’t impacted the movie’s box office performance. The film earned $192.4 million globally on its opening weekend, marking the second-highest domestic debut for a Captain America movie. With a production budget of $180 million, the film is off to a strong start. The film needs to make $425 million worldwide to break even.
The film has grossed an estimated $88.5 million domestically over the three-day weekend from 4,105 locations. Its estimated four-day Valentine’s Day/Presidents Day weekend total is $100 million, with an additional $92.4 million earned internationally. The estimated global total through Sunday stands at $180.9 million.
Captain America: Brave New World has grossed an estimated $18.0 million globally on IMAX screens through Monday.
IMAX Totals:
- Domestic: $10.5M
- International: $7.5M
Captain America: Brave New World received a 6.1/10 on IMDb, 50% on Rotten Tomatoes, and 42% on Metacritic. It debuted with a B- on CinemaScore, marking the lowest CinemaScore ever for an MCU movie.
Directed by Julius Onah from a screenplay by Malcolm Spellman, Dalan Musson, and Matthew Orton. The film stars Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Captain America, Danny Ramirez as Joaquín Torres/Falcon, Tim Blake Nelson as Samuel Sterns/Leader, Carl Lumbly as Isaiah Bradley, Harrison Ford as President Thaddeus Ross, Liv Tyler as Betty Ross, Haas as Ruth Bat-Seraph/Sabra, Giancarlo Esposito as Sidewinder, Rosa Salazar, and Xosha Roquemore.
Here’s the plot details for Captain America: Brave New World:
In Captain America: Brave New World, after executing a successful mission in Mexico, Sam (Mackie) and his partner Joaquin/Falcon (Ramirez) are invited to the White House to meet with President Ross (Ford). He asks Sam, the new Captain America, to reconstitute the Avengers Initiative. However, they almost immediately square off on opposite sides when an assassination attempt occurs.
The film is produced by Kevin Feige and Nate Moore under Marvel Studios.
Captain America: Brave New World is now playing in theaters.
Source: THR
