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Captain America: Brave New World has been the subject of plenty of criticism since its Valentine's Day 2025 release, with audiences and critics alike mixed in their response to the latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, the movie has still managed to dominate much of its time in theaters, topping the box office charts for almost all its run despite earning perhaps less than the folks behind the film had once imagined. Currently, Brave New World has earned a global total of $372 million, split between a domestic haul of $179 million and $193 million from overseas markets.
It is this domestic total that marks Brave New World's latest box office achievement, having already surpassed Captain America: The First Avenger both domestically and worldwide and taken the likes of Harrison Ford to new box office heights. Thanks to the most recent daily figures showcasing that Brave New World took home $781,000 on March 12, the latest MCU entry has now officially entered the top 100 highest-grossing action movies of all time at the US box office. Brave New World has now overtaken the former holder of the #100 spot, Men in Black 3, albeit by just over $100,000. Next in line for Cap to overtake is 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine, with the coming weekend likely to see Brave New World rise to at least #90 in the list.
Alas, not every milestone Brave New World has achieved has been positive, with the movie's "rotten" 48% score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes officially the second-lowest in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's history, with only the universally panned Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania performing worse. In Aidan Kelley's review of the movie for Collider, his disappointment was clear, calling it "one of the weakest entries in the decades-spanning franchise," and later adding that Brave New World is, "a Marvel movie that is as frustrating as it is forgettable."
What is the Highest-Grossing Action Movie in US Box Office History?
For anyone with their finger on the pulse of box office records, the top of the aforementioned list will read with little surprises. As has been the case since the late 2000s, the MCU once again dominates another cinematic category, with over half of the top 10 remarkably featuring movies from the franchise. Between 10 and 6, The Avengers, Deadpool & Wolverine, and Avengers: Infinity War all make their mark, with the top 5 beginning with another MCU hit and Oscar winner, Black Panther. In fourth, Top Gun: Maverick's $718 million makes for positive reading for Tom Cruise fans, with third place going the way of Avatar. The top two spots unsurprisingly belong to the MCU, with Spider-Man: No Way Home's $814 million in second and Avengers: Endgame in first with $858 million.
‘Brave New World’ Has Also Passed Its Most Surprising Prequel at the Box Office
After Brave New World moved past The Marvels at the global box office, it next set its sights on passing The Incredible Hulk. The fourth Captain America movie that introduces Anthony Mackie as the new Star Spangled Man also pulls from Eternals, but it leans more into The Incredible Hulk than it does even from The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. The film even returned Tim Blake Nelson to the role of Samuel Sterns, with Liv Tyler playing Betty Ross opposite a new Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross, Harrison Ford, who assumes the role from the late William Hurt. Sebastian Stan even makes a brief cameo in Brave New World.
Captain America: Brave New World is available to watch right now in theaters. Make sure to stay tuned to Collider for regular box office updates.
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Captain America: Brave New World
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66 8.3/10
- Release Date
- February 14, 2025
- Runtime
- 118 minutes
- Director
- Julius Onah
Cast
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Anthony Mackie
Sam Wilson / Captain America
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Harrison Ford
Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross / Red Hulk
WHERE TO WATCH
Streaming
- Writers
- Dalan Musson, Malcolm Spellman
- Prequel(s)
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War
- Franchise(s)
- Captain America, Marvel Cinematic Universe
