Brave New World ‘Box Office Start Eyes $ 190m Global

It’s Valentine’s Day four-day weekend and nothing says I love you more to movie guests than Marvel Studios’ Captain America: Brave New World and Sony/Studiocanal’s Paddington in Peru.

But it’s also presidents’ day weekend, so consider Captain America to fit that bill. And Monday, with 24% of K-12 schools out, expect Paddington in Peru To get some traction as well.

The $ 180 million Captain America: Brave New Worldthat takes place after the events in the Disney+/Marvel series Falcon and the winter soldier When Anthony Mackies Sam Wilson picks up the shield left by Steve Rogers is definitely a more grounded political thriller -title ala 2014’s Captain America: Winter Soldier (3-day us that opens $ 95m) versus everything Multiverse. Therefore expect a domestic opening of $ 80 million over three days, $ 94 million over four days and a global start on $ 190 million In all territories, including China, day and date.

What is the sale here? Red Hulk and Mackie’s debut on big screen like Captain America.

Brave new world Finally, arrives in theaters after its production was stopped and restarted due to the strikes. Originally the movie directed by Julius Onah (The Cloverfield Paradox) To fire the summer of 2024 on May 3, before it was pushed to July 26, 2025 and then for this weekend. There were care, although nothing was unusual for any Marvel Cinematic Universe movie, we understand.

Right now presenting to Captain America: Brave New World stimles 10% -15% behind 2023’s Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania ($ 106.1 million) and 40% in front of the 2021s Eternals ($ 71.2 million). By Friday, pre -ticketing should hit $ 20 million. Previews State page starts at 1 p.m. 14 Thursday for the film, which also plays Harrison Ford, Danny Ramirez, Tim Blake Nelson, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson and Giancarlo Esposito. The total booked theaters are 4,100 including all Premium format screens and IMAX, no doubt. Captain America are targeted at all dudes and families with boys.

Brave new world Starts Wednesday in such majors as France, Korea and Italy. On Thursday, it adds in particular Germany, Brazil, Australia and Mexico. On Friday, Britain, China, Spain and Japan bring into the mixture.

Eyes are at an international launch in the neighborhood $ 110 million. This number of factors in approx. $ 20 million From China, but this market is perhaps more than ever the swing and not because of the general softening of the Studio Billed Prize over the past several years.

Instead, China is experiencing a never before seen phenomenon with the massive continued success with local title Ne Zha 2. The animated successor is already over $ 1.2 billion after two weeks on the market (making it the No. 5 -animated film over time globally) and has no hiccup since it was first released on January 29. While some audiences may choose the latest Marvel movie, they will also continue to return to Ne zha.

In terms of total overseas Marvel character filming Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumaniathat bowed to $ 114 million. In the same weekend of 2023; 2016’s Doctor Strange to $ 140m (although a significant part of it was China); The 2014s Guardians of the Galaxy to $ 95 million And Captain America: The Winter Soldier with $ 111m; and 2013’s Thor: the dark world with $ 112m.

As for promotional trips, talent recently attended photo calls in London and Rome, and Mackie was at Brasil’s D23 in November. The Hollywood premiere is tonight for Brave new world. No Rotten Tomatoes critics are scoring yet. We hear exhibitors satisfied with the film.

Also note that as opposed to the domestic where it goes directly to peacock, universal releases Bridget Jones: food about the boy Theatrally abroad and just in time for Valentine’s Day. Rollout begins Wednesday, creating a healthy counterprogramming to Brave new world When Renée Zellweger Fourquel leans into the female audience. In total, 70 markets (83% of the international) go this framework including Britain, Australia, Spain, the Netherlands and Mexico. France also releases via StudioCanal.

Star -studded premieres have been held in such larger cities as London, Sydney, Rome and Amsterdam. Expectation is high and it is possible bridge caps in some debut markets.

Sony has StudioCanals $ 90 million. Trequel Paddington in Peru. which has already bagged $ 104 million. Abroad, $ 44.7 million From this comes from its native Britain. (Sony’s offshore territories on De Dougal Wilson-In-Instruated Millage Number $ 19m). Mothers with young girls are the target of what is propagated to be a $ 15m- $ 17m Four-Day Start. The previous chapter, Paddington 2Opened over MLK weekend 2018, after Warner Bros saved the movie from Weinstein Co. bankruptcy; This photo bent to $ 15 million. Over the four-day vacation.

While Paddington in Peru Was set to open the previous MLK weekend, pushed Sony it for this weekend to stay away from the family’s melee Wicked, Moana 2. MUFASA: The Lion King and Sonic the Hedgehog 3and now Trequel has a clear track until the next family picture arrives that it’s Disney’s Snow white on March 21

Paddington in Peru bent in the UK on November 8 to $ 12.4 million Evil and Moana 2. It was also the best opening for a studio -channel film in England. For Sony was the presidents’ day weekend the primary setting for Paddington.

Previews begin at 1 p.m. 14 Thursday of approx. 3,000 places and expanded to 3,700 locations by Friday. Rotten Tomatoes Reviews are at an excellent 93% certified fresh.