After a month and a half of mostly coasting at the box office with surprising hits along the way, 2025 now has its first true blockbuster. Anthony Mackie’s Captain America: Brave New World debuted in theaters this weekend and, despite poor reviews from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, earned $180 million globally, with $88 million coming from domestic earnings and $92 million from international markets. This was the third-highest opening for a Captain America movie in MCU history, beating only Chris Evans’ debut as the hero in Captain America: The First Avenger, which opened with $65 million. The more recent Captain America movies, The Winter Soldier and Civil War, opened with $95 million and $179 million, respectively, but the latter is more of an Avengers movie than a true Captain America movie considering the stacked lineup of heroes.