Captain America: Brave New World has launched above estimates with a projected $100 million domestic box office haul over the Presidents Day holiday weekend.
Box office revenue tracker Comscore said the latest Marvel Studios movie made an estimated $88.5 million in 4,105 theatres for the three days, with a projected $100 million for four days. Alongside $92.4 million internationally, Captain America: Brave New World is looking at an estimated $192.4 million global weekend.
According to Deadline, Captain America: Brave New World had a production budget of $180 million, and has a break-even point of around $425 million global box office.
To put Captain America: Brave New World’s early days performance into context, it’s secured the fourth-best Presidents Day launch on record, behind three other superhero movies: Black Panther ($242 million); Deadpool ($152 million); and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania ($120 million).
Captain America: Brave New World’s opening haul comes amid poor reviews. IGN’s Captain America: Brave New World review returned a 5/10. We said: “Captain America: Brave New World feels neither brave, nor all that new, falling short of strong performances from Anthony Mackie, Harrison Ford, and Carl Lumbly.”
All eyes are on Captain America: Brave New World to see if it has enough staying power to reverse a negative trend for Marvel Cinematic Universe movies (apart from last year’s hugely successful Deadpool & Wolverine), and build momentum going into Thunderbolts* in May, and The Fantastic Four: First Steps in July.
Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.