With Captain America: Brave New World now in theaters, its box office numbers and audience reception have become key discussion points across the industry. While the film opened to a strong debut, its CinemaScore rating has drawn significant attention and sparked conversation. Comparisons to previous MCU releases provide additional context for its overall performance and potential impact on the franchise’s future direction.
Captain America 4’s box office off to an impressive start
Marvel Studios’ Captain America: Brave New World opened with an estimated $88.5M box office over its first three-day weekend and is expected to hit $100M for the four-day Presidents’ Day holiday weekend. The film also had a global opening of around $192M (via Deadline).
Compared to 2023’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, which earned $106.1 million in its first three days and $120 million over the four-day holiday weekend, Brave New World opened lower.
However, it is still the fourth highest-grossing Presidents’ Day weekend opening. It follows Black Panther ($242 million), Deadpool ($152 million), and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania ($120 million) in the rankings.
Captain America: Brave New World gets the worst CinemaScore for an MCU movie
Captain America: Brave New World received a B- CinemaScore from opening-day audiences, marking the lowest rating for a Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film.
The rating is lower than previous MCU films like Eternals, The Marvels, and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, which all received B grades. Audience reception is also weaker than past Captain America entries, including The Winter Soldier (A) and Civil War (A).
A lower CinemaScore suggests that word-of-mouth may not be strong, potentially leading to a steep second-weekend box office drop. The film’s 51% Rotten Tomatoes score also ranks as one of the lowest for an MCU film, just above Ant-Man 3 (46%) and Eternals (47%).
Captain America: Brave New World is now in theaters.
Originally reported by Anubhav Chaudhry on SuperHeroHype.
