Brave New World Box Office predictions are in, and Marvel Studios has reason to be optimistic about the next MCU movie.

Some media outlets are headlining their articles with the narrative that “Captain America: Brave New World” has already broken a record. It’s the shortest film out of all the Captain Amercia films. I’m not kidding. That’s it. That is the “record” this film has already “broken.”

Brave New World should build on that, and the other developments in the MCU since the early days after Endgame, to show us a Sam Wilson who’s more comfortable with the role of leading the Avengers. This brings me to the other reason why Captain America 4 is so important.

Brave New World hits the 2025 movie schedule in February, it will be almost nine years since the last solo Cap film, and almost four years since The Falcon and the Winter Soldier made its Disney+ debut.

Brave New World will set a new franchise record. AMC Theatres' listing for Captain America: Brave New World states it has a 118-minute runtime. That is the shortest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe‘s (MCU) series for the character.

Brave New World's major villain return could secretly connect the film to a Disney+ show that MCU fans have tried to forget.

Brave New World has been in trouble since before it even started off, first with the immense weight of trying to supplant the iconic performance of Chris Evans as

Does that leave room for Bucky to visit his frenemy-turned-BFF in Captain America: Brave New World? The two grew awfully close by the end of Disney+’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier series, and it was strongly suggested that Bucky and Sam Wilson’s sister,