It may have been a month and a half, but 2025 just experienced its first real blockbuster weekend at the box office. Thanks to the combination of the day of the Valentuben and President's Day, "Captain America: Brave New World" by Marvel Studios had a damn open opening. Ultimately, he withdrew $ 88.5 million over the weekend, and the total number of states should easily exceed $ 100 million after being caught on Monday. That's despite the competition from the Padington family in Peru, who debuted with $ 13 million.

Abroad, director Juluulius' contribution to the Chinese Universe Marvel brought $ 92.4 million for a global start of $ 180.9 million. In terms of Endgame records, "The Brave New World" opened better than "Marveli" ($ 46.1 million)Eternals ($ 71.2 million), "Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings" ($ 75.3 million) and the Black Widow ($ 80.3 million). Unfortunately, none of those films were completely hits, although "Shang-Chi" was certainly not a qualified assessment of the success of the Kovid-19 curve. That, in turn, leaves us on uncertain territory.

Basically, the "brave new world" marked "a good but not great" start Anthony Soft is running like our new captain America on the big canvas. For the $ 180m production, the weeks that follow will determine the fate of this film. It's sad to say, we have a reason to believe that those weeks can be not a troubled in the film. Let's get in for those reasons, are we?

Not that it is always important, but for reasons, we will explore a little deeper at one point, critical reactions seem to be more important than ever for MCC. Thus, reviews for Captain America: The brave New World "cannot be ignored. As for this writing, the film has a 50% critical rating of rotten tomatoes. /The movie Ereeremi Matai, in his review of "Brave New World", He called it "safe, forgotten rehab".

On the film side, only two other MCC records have so far received a "spoiled" grade on the site, with "eternal" (47%) and "ants and wasps: Quantania" (46%), they also hold that difference. It's not a great company to be, as far as commercial prospects are concerned. Eternals has completed its running with just over $ 400 million worldwideWhile Quantamania brought $ 476 million globally, that was just barely enough to make it profitably. It gives us an idea of ​​where the latest can land on Marvel when everyone is told and done.

Even at a very high end, if absolutely everything goes right, with an open weekend below $ 90 million, the ceiling is on the "Doctor Stringira" territory ($ 677 million worldwide). However, we are pretty far from everything that goes right, so the "brave new world" is likely to earn closer to $ 500 million of $ 700 million.

As is always the case, the audience is a larger factor that determines when it comes to making a hit. Critics did not like the "poison", but viewers wanted it, so she took off as a rocket. Marvel, unfortunately, does not seem to receive much help from general film films here. The "Brave New World" has been scored by Chinakur, the lowest in MCC history. Cinemascore surveys, the real movements that leave theaters and is one of the best indicators we have about how people feel for a given movie. So, it's not great, to say at least.

However, on rotten tomatoes, the "brave new world" has an 80%audience rating. It is certainly better than the critical rating, but it is on the low side for the Marvel studio, tied to "Marveli" (which ended up as the lowest-bruto-movie MCU everTaking only shy of $ 200 million worldwide). Yes, there are pre-panda films by MCC such as "Ant-Man and Osap" and "IRONEAL PAN 3" that achieved lower than the audience of the spoiled tomatoes, but that was when the franchise seemed to have not missed it. In the world we live in now, the bar has raised to get someone to get off the couch. Die-Hards will still appear at the weekend opening, but to make others appear in the coming weeks is an additional challenge.

The fact is that MCU is not a cultural power plant that it must have ever been. Marvel's name can be very useful, but only guarantees success to a certain point. Marvel's good name has certainly helped the very small Morbius out of the gateBut then that movie fell off a rock. Something similar happened to "Eternals", though her fate was not so gloomy. It is more than a mixed bag, especially when evaluating the Covid-19 curve.

In any case, the "brave new world" will test how much Marvel can take. Of course, there is a big starvet in Harrison Ford how it takes over by Thunderbal Ross, but is it enough to help prevent a big drop in the coming weeks? Despite the $ 180m budget, which does not suit marketing, this film is likely to earn nearly $ 550 million worldwide to break through. If the real word from the mouth of ordinary movie movements is soft, it will be a difficult number to get to.

It does not help that the audience is less invested in Sam Wilson's captain than they were in Steve Rogers, played by Chris Evans for nearly a decade before retiring after the events of Avengers: Endgame. To change that, this really was supposed to be a movie "You Must Be See" with a visible buzz. So far, the reactions of the "Brave New World" have largely marked it as "fine". That may not be enough.

Another important factor to consider is that "Captain America: The brave new world" will compete on the horizon. In North America, The very expected Oz Perkins' monkey hits theaters this upcoming weekend. Will that horror flick dispute Marvel's latest crown? Probably not. But that's just part of the equation. Remember, Peruvian Padders has achieved high grades with the audience and can end up with long legs. Plus, things will become far more competitive in March with the arrival of things like "Mickey 17" and "Snow White".

More importantly, foreign audiences are very important for the success of this film. In China, the massive blockbuster Non-ZHA 2 dominated the conversation, withdrawing $ 1 billion in record time. That film cast a shadow over the "Brave New World" in the country, where the latest Marvel made just $ 10.5 million in his debut. In contrast, the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 ($ 845 million worldwide) made $ 27.5 million there at his open weekend in 2023. It's just one market, but if some of these other films are reduced to Marvel's piece of pie in other countries in other countries it is also easy to see how that break-even feels harder and harder to achieve. MCC films like the "Brave New World" are incredibly expensive and are looking for a robust global audience to ensure meaning financially.

It has been true for some time, but at such moments, it is repeated: the age of the supposed dominance when it comes to superhero movies is good and really over. This is firmly true, even for Marvel, since 2023, when "Quantmania" and "Marwells" returned and both of them mainly disappointed in cinemas. That same year, DC also suffered massively with "Jazz! Hughes of the Gods "," Blue Beetle "and" Blitz ". The common denominator is that these films have encountered a lack of enthusiasm. That does not mean that people do not enjoy them, but there was no such visible, enthusiastic conversation.

By the flip side, Deadpool & Wolverine in 2024 became a hit of $ 1.3 billion True by generating he must see a buzz. The audience wanted to finally watch Dedpul and Wolverine really united for Buddy's film. It was a big hook that Marvel delivered. "The Brave New World", on the other hand, meets a reception that comes down to "good". In 2025, it will usually not be enough to get the job done.

Does that mean that this film will eventually appear? Don't have to. But the deck has been ordered against her, based on the evidence ahead of us in recent years. MCU can no longer rest on its laurels. It must truly deliver the goods, or it all becomes uncertain.

"Captain America: A brave new world" is now in cinemas.