January was a pretty quiet month of box office, even to January standards, which are not particularly high. (That is, Unless you live in China, where movies like "Ne Zha 2" explode and shake recordsBut I dug.) But as is usual in the 2010's and beyond, Marvel is here to save the day ... I hope. "Captain America: A brave new world" hits theaters next weekend, and a lock is to deliver the first opening of the blockbuster in 2025, which theaters could seriously use. The question is, can it be a great success as a pre-pandemic superhero film? Or, the Marvel studio rolls the cube with this one?

Downloading director Juluulius of Captain America is currently seeing the opening weekend in the range of $ 81 to $ 98 million. It is more or less in accordance with previous tracking numbers, which had the film to take about $ 90 million after Hollywood reporter. On the surface, it may seem as a result, as we are used to surprising records in the Chinese universe, clearing $ 100 million in their ease of debut. But it is not an arbitrary measure of success.

Opening over/under $ 90 million will put this in the same Balpark as "Captain America: Winter Soldier" in 2014, which made $ 714 million worldwide After opening $ 95 million. In that case, we are talking about probably the most limited movie MCU to date, so it's a high bar to live. By the flip side, "Thor: Dark World" in 2013 opened at $ 85 million on the way to global US $ 644 million. That film is considered the worst of MCC, but he still set up a very respectable figure.

Dancing around that $ 90 million figure, he would set up this movie for success, as MCU also tends to play very well abroad. The Winter Soldier made more than 63% of its business internationally. That, he said, we are no longer talking about 2014, and the age of superhero films with a supposed level of success is long behind us. This raises many questions specifically for this film.

"The Brave New World" sees Anthony Soft as Sam Wilson. No more falcon, he took over Captain America's mantle. After meeting with newly elected President Tadeus Ross (Harrison Ford), Sam caught an international incident and must reveal the cause of the wicked plot before the mysterious mind achieves its ultimate goal. The film also starred in Dani Ramirez ("Falcon and the Winter Soldier"), Jira Hass ("Bodies"), Carl Lumbi ("Falcon and the Winter Soldier") and Ianankarlo Esposito ("Breaking Bad"). Liv Tyler (Betty Ross) and Tim Blake Nelson (Samuel Sterns) also play their roles from "The The Incivelible Hulk" in 2008.

There are Harrison Ford took over in MCC as GROM Ross for the late William Hurt It feels like the advantage of the film. How much does he add to the bottom line in the long run? Does the audience take care of the red Hulk, especially when Ford plays it? It is just the tip of the iceberg with the big questions that take place above the long -term success of this film.

Chris Evans has played Captain America for nearly a decade in MCC before retiring from the "Avengers: Endgame". Will the audience be on the soft board in the role? This film also collects a plot thread that leaves "Eternals", One of the lowest rough films MCU to date. Will the audience care?

Outside that, it's hard to ignore a movie like "Marvelles' fight to clear $ 200 million worldwide in 2023. Ant-Man and WASP: Quantumania also had a mass opening before the epic collapse, ending at $ 463 million. Yes, Deadpool & Wolverine made more than $ 1.3 billion last yearAnd it is encouraging, but it was on the back of two beloved versions of well -known characters. This can be reduced to critical reception. If critics and audiences are on the ship, this film has a way to success. If the word from the mouth is rough? It can be a bumpy ride, as this is not automatically reliable, you have to see something in the heads of very average movie movements.

"Captain America: A brave new world" hits theaters on February 14, 2025.