"Captain America: Brave New World" Surges To $100-M Opening Weekend

"Captain America: Brave New World" topped the weekend box office and is on track to become one of the highest-grossing Presidents’ Day weekend openers, Auzinea Bacon reported for CNN.

"Brave New World" is expected to surpass $100 million over the holiday weekend, making it the fourth highest-grossing Presidents’ Day weekend opener. I Photo: Captain America Facebook

According to Comscore estimates, the fourth Captain America film earned approximately $88.5 million in domestic sales from Friday through Sunday.

It is expected to surpass $100 million over the holiday weekend, making it the fourth highest-grossing Presidents’ Day weekend opener—overtaking Fifty Shades of Grey ($93 million in 2015) but trailing behind three other Marvel films: Black Panther ($242 million in 2018), Deadpool ($152 million in 2016), and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania ($120 million in 2023).

“This sets into motion a revival in interest in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), getting audiences back on board and making them feel they have to see each movie because it all ties together,” Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Comscore, told CNN.

The debut weekend for the MCU’s 35th movie aligns with Captain America: The Winter Soldier ($95 million in April 2014) but falls short of Captain America: Civil War ($179 million in May 2016).

Captain America: The First Avenger opened with $65 million in July 2011, which, when adjusted for inflation, equals approximately $91 million.

While Brave New World didn’t break any records for Disney’s lucrative MCU franchise, it performed significantly better than The Marvels, which had the lowest opening weekend in the franchise’s history at $46 million in November 2023.