‘Captain America Brave New World’ Box Office -Opening Prescriptions

Pogning of Sam Wilson! “Captain America: Brave New World” flies to cinemas this weekend, and Marvel’s latest adventure hopes to thaw an iced ticket office.

“Captain America: Brave New World”, with Anthony Mackies Avenger taking over Star-Spangled Shield from Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers, is aimed at $ 80 million to $ 85 million over the traditional weekend and $ 90 million to $ 95 million through the president’s day vacation. The tent pole, which costs north of $ 180 million before marketing, lands for approx. 4,100 North American theaters.

The film is expected to add an additional $ 110 million to the international ticket office, although it will fight in China with “Ne Zha 2”, which has become the highest gross rates in the country’s history of $ 1.1 billion and counting, and “Bridget Jones: Food About the boy, “who goes directly to peacock in the United States, but plays theatrical in the rest of the world.

Given that there has been no state competition, “Captain America” ​​will easily chop the biggest domestic debut of the year. The projected ticket sales are a place in the middle of post-pandemi excursions in Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe. They are over 2021’s “Eternals” ($ 71 million to start), “Shang Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings” ($ 75 million to start) and 2023’s “The Marvel” ($ 46 million to start) – which were commercial disappointments from MCU standards – but under the recent bright spots of the franchise as 2022’s “Thor: Love and Thunder” ($ 144 million to start), “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” ($ 187 million to start) and ” Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ”($ 181 million to start) and 2023’s“ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 ”($ 118 million to start).

Apart from “Deadpool & Wolverine”, last year’s billion dollar, R-classified cartoon-smash, which contained two of the most popular cartoon characters, MCU has fought at the ticket office. The Third “Guardians” input prevailed with $ 845 million globally but fellow 2023 releases, “Ant-Man and Wasp: Quantumania” and “The Marvel” were embarrassing misfires and the rare rates to lose money across They scattered 35 movies franchise. Superhero movies that were once a sure thing in theaters have been in a slump. Marvel Studios has two other tent plants on the calendar in the next few months: “Thunderbolts” on May 2nd and “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” on July 25.

“Captain America: Brave New World” picks up after the events in the Disney+ series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” and “Avengers: Endgame,” which ended up with Steve Rogers going back in time and giving his superhero tasks in favor of aging gracefully gracefully With the love of his life. For a while, after Sam Wilson picks up the mantle, he is at the center of an international disaster after Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross (Harrison Ford) has been elected president of the United States. Julius Onah (“The Cloverfield Paradox”) directed the film.

Cap is not the only newcomer in the Movie Theater Marquees. Sony’s “Paddington in Peru”, the third story of the jam -loving bear, also opens on Friday. The film is aiming for $ 15 million to $ 17 million over the four-day holiday frame. It plays on 3,700 North American screens.

“Paddington 3” already opened at the International Ticket Office, where the film has collected $ 103 million to date. The first two films in the “Paddington” series, based on the children’s series by British author Michael Bond, have been greater commercial successes abroad, and the third installment seems to continue this trend.

Paul King, who led the first two films, transferred instructional tasks to Dougal Wilson in his feature film making debut. The story, which we hope there is no spoiler to say, brings Paddington (expressed by Ben Whishaw) to Peru. He visits his beloved Aunt Lucy (expressed by Imelda Staunton), who is now residing in the home of retired bears. Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Antonio Banderas and Olivia Colman end the live-action role crew.

Studiocanal fully developed and funded the $ 90 million Trequel with Sony handling distribution in selected territories such as the United States, Canada and Latin America. Reviews for “Paddington in Peru” have been Beary Positive, with Variety’s Guy Lodge praised the movie as “Fast and Fluently and Desire Sunny.”