The new «Captain America» starring Anthony Mackie started with a box office of $192 million at the global box office, exceeding expectations — with earnings distributed almost equally between the «domestic» and foreign markets ($100 million and $92 million, respectively).
At the same time, «Captain America» was awarded a B rating on CinemaScoreand this is the worst result for MCU films (to be clear: in failures «Marvels» and the latter «Ant-Man» had higher scores). The situation is not better on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic — 51% and 43 out of 100 respectively from critics. Although it is worth noting that in the first case, the audience was more favorable and gave the movie 80% «freshness»
«After the good, silly Deadpool and Wolverine (2024), Brave New World looks like another pale example of a typical Marvel blockbuster of recent years», — summarized in his reviews by our movie reviewer Denys Fedoruk (ITC.ua rating — 5 out of 10).
If we look at the box office in more detail, «Captain America» has, firstly, the best result of 2025 so far, and, secondly, one of the best premieres at home on the eve of President’s Day.
«Captain America: A Brave New World» features Anthony Mackie as the new Cap for the first time since his Marvel debut as Sam Wilson/Falcon and inherited the shield from Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) in «Avengers: Endgame». Also starring in «Brave New World» are Harrison Ford (Thaddeus «Thunderbolt» Ross), Dani Ramirez (the new Falcon), Giancarlo Esposito (Sidewinder), and Shira Haas (Sabra).
According to Marvel, the new «Captain America» cost $180 million, so it seems that, given the first box office receipts, it will not have any problems with earnings. However, some rumors claimed that the movie cost twice as much, Given the numerous reshoots and reshoots.
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