Anthony Mackie in “Captain America: Brave New World.”
Anthony Mackie and Harrison Ford’s Captain America Brave New World has ended its domestic theater run. How much did it gross?
The latest Marvel Cinematic Universe movie opened in theaters on Feb. 14 and made its digital streaming debut on April 15. Captain America: Brave New World will arrive on streaming on Disney+ this week.
The official logline for the film reads, “In Captain America: Brave New World, Sam (Mackie) finds himself in the middle of an international incident after meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross (Ford). He must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red.”
Rated PG-13, Captain America: Brave New World also stars Danny Ramirez, Shira Haas, Carl Lumbly, Xosha Roquemore, Giancarlo Esposito, Liv Tyler and Tim Blake Nelson. The film is directed by Julius Onah.
As indicated by The Numbers’ latest weekly theater count list, Captain America Brave New World ended its domestic theatrical run on Thursday, when it made $173 from 30 North American theaters to bring its domestic tally to $200,500.
Combined with the film’s international take of $213,9140,120, Captain America: Brave New World had a worldwide box office gross of $413,640,021 against a $180 million budget before prints and advertising, according to The Numbers.
So, does that mean Captain America Brave New World was a profitable film for Disney-Marvel? Not exactly, considering on average that 50% of the ticket sales for most films go to theater owners.
On top of that, there are the costs of marketing the film, which for a blockbuster superhero adventure — or any tentpole movie, for that matter — isn’t cheap. Disney has not released information on the film’s marketing costs.
Anthony Mackie on the set of “Captain America: Brave New World.”
How Much Did The Previous Three ‘Captain America’ Movies Gross In Theaters?
While Captain America has now had four solo movies, the character has also appeared in other Marvel Cinematic Universe adventures, namely the Avengers movies.
Some of Cap’s fellow Avengers, though, have turned up in the Captain America movies, which in one case in particular had a huge effect on the film’s box office.
The first character to play Captain America was Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), who led the cast of Captain America: The First Avenger. Released on July 22, 2011, Captain America: The First Avenger grossed $176.6 million domestically and $193.9 million for a worldwide box office tally of $370.5 million against a $140 million production budget before prints and advertising costs, per The Numbers.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier — in which Evans’ Rogers/Cap first teamed up with Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson/Falcon — was released on April 4, 2014. The film went on to earn $259.7 million domestically and nearly $454.7 million internationally for a global gross of $714.4 million against a $170 million production budget before P&A, per The Numbers.
The highest-grossing Captain America movie by far, though, is Captain America: Civil War, which was released on May 6, 2016. The film was essentially an Avengers film where the fractured group split off into two factions. Captain America: Civil War not only featured Evans’ Captain America but Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow and several other Avengers stars.
In addition, the film introduced Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa/Black Panther and Tom Holland’s version of Peter Parker/Spider-Man.
Captain America: Civil War grossed $408 million domestically and $743.8 billion internationally for a worldwide box office tally of $1.151.8 billion against a $250 million production budget before P&A, per The Numbers.
In total, the Captain America film series — including Captain America: Brave New World — has grossed $2.65 billion worldwide.
