Summary
- Captain America: Brave New World’s ticket pre-sales are promising, surpassing previous Marvel films but fall short of MCU high days.
- Pre-sales projections suggest the movie may open impressively, potentially matching the success of other MCU films like Shang Chi.
- Despite some negative feedback and reshoots, Captain America: Brave New World could outgross Eternals and Black Widow but might not hit a billion.
Captain America: Brave New World is off to a good start…sort of. With less than a month to its cinematic debut, the MCU 2025 opener’s ticket pre-sales have been better than previous Marvel bombs but nowhere near the numbers of the MCU’s high days.
Since Avengers: Endgame, the MCU has not been accustomed to the commercial success it once enjoyed, but in recent times, its fortunes have improved. As part of the MCU’s Phase Five, Captain America: Brave New World is coming off the backs of immensely successful films such as Deadpool and Wolverine—which bowed with $1.3 billion at the box office—and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and also poor-to-mild outings such as The Marvels and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Previous projections for Captain America: Brave New World’s domestic three-day opening at the box office reached as high as $95 million.
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Ticket pre-sales for Captain America: Brave New World at the U.S. box office began on Friday, January 17. According to box office analyst, Luiz Fernando on X, the figures after two days were 40% better than The Marvels and DC’s Joker: Folie à Deux while going toe-to-toe with Eternals, Black Widow, and Dune Part Two. Interpreting the pre-sales figures to box office opening, he projects that the movie could see an opening weekend similar to, or beyond, Shang Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings, Captain America: The First Avenger, Eternals, and Thor.
Anthony Mackie and friends will not only be enjoying the audience boost of Valentine’s Day, but also that of the President’s Day holiday, which falls on February 18—extending the movie’s opening weekend to four days—brings. Comic book movies have generally taken advantage of this holiday. It’s for no reason that the top three highest-grossing movies on President’s Day have been from this genre—specifically from the MCU—with 2018’s Black Panther, Deadpool, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania hauling $40.1 million, $19.7 million and $14.2 million respectively, per data from Box Office Mojo.
Captain America: Brave New World‘s bad press from multiple reshoots aside, if the pre-sales is anything to go by, it is almost guaranteed that it will finish above the $400 million range of Eternals and Black Widow, but still not the near-billion success that Kevin Feige may have hoped. Nonetheless, it is important to note that ticket pre-sales are not the most solid metric on which to base box office projections. Put another way, good pre-sales have not always translated to superb box office performance. A good example is Justice League beating Wonder Woman’s Fandango ticket pre-sales but finishing with $200 million less than the latter at the box office.
There’s no overstating the pressure that Mackie and director Julius Onah are on with Captain America: Brave New World. Most of the general audience still picture Chris Evans as Captain America and would need a lot of convincing to see another take the mantle. That the movie’s franchise-predecessor is Deadpool & Wolverine is also a blessing and curse. Deadpool & Wolverine brought back mainstream success for the MCU, being the franchise’s first billion-grosser since 2019’s Spiderman: No Way Home. Yet, it also sets a forgone precedent that Captain America: Brave New World might not be able to replicate. What Feige might consider a good box office run will most likely be anything in the range of, or above, Captain America: The Winter Soldier’s $714 million finish.
Captain America: Brave New World
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Captain America: Brave New World (formerly titled New World Order) marks Sam Wilson’s first MCU big-screen appearance as Steve Rogers’ successor after receiving the suit and shield in Phase 4’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Anthony Mackie returns as the titular Avenger alongside Danny Ramirez as Joaquin Torres, Carl Lumby as Isaiah Bradley, and Tim Blake Nelson as The Incredible Hulk’s former ally Samuel Sterns. Harrison Ford makes his MCU debut replacing the late William Hurt as Thaddeus Ross.
Release Date
February 14, 2025
Director
Julius Onah
Cast
Harrison Ford
, Liv Tyler
, Giancarlo Esposito
, Rosa Salazar
, Takehiro Hira
, Anthony Mackie
, Tim Blake Nelson
, Shira Haas
, Carl Lumbly
, Danny Ramirez
, Rachael Markarian
, Jacqueline Loucks
, Tony Mareno
, Zo’Anne Mckinstry
, Phuong Kubacki
, Colby Lopez
, Xosha Roquemore
Main Genre
Superhero
Character(s)
Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross / Red Hulk
, Betty Ross
, Sidewinder
, Rachel Leighton / Diamondback
, Prime Minister Ozaki
, Sam Wilson / Captain America
, Samuel Sterns / The Leader
, Ruth Bat-Seraph / Sabra
, Isaiah Bradley
, Joaquin Torres / Falcon
, Presidential Aide
, Secret Service Agent #2
, Navy Seal
, White House Press
Writers
Dalan Musson
, Malcolm Spellman
Studio(s)
Marvel Studios
Distributor(s)
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Franchise(s)
Captain America
, Marvel Cinematic Universe
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Source: Luiz Fernando/X, Box Office Mojo
Fuente: successacademy.edu.vn
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