Captain America: A Brave New World has had a fairly successful opening weekend in the box office and is exceeding its expectations. On its release weekend, Valentine’s Day and Presidents Day weekend, it earned $192.4 million globally, according to The Hollywood Reporter. 

Former Captain America, Steve Rogers, retires his beloved shield and title to The Falcon, Sam Wilson, at the end of Avengers: Endgame. With the release of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier in 2021, Wilson struggles to take up the mantle as Captain America. He hangs the shield up in honor of Rogers because he thinks it’s the right thing to do. Wilson begins to discover the injustice and forgotten history of former black super soldier Isaiah Bradley, who was given the serum unwillingly. Bradley states, “They will never let a black man be Captain America.” By the end of the Marvel mini-series, Wilson is dressed from head to toe in a red, white and blue suit and has officially taken on the title of Captain America. 

Captain America: A Brave New World explores Wilson’s struggling relationship with U.S. President Thaddeus Ross. Wilson is asked by President Ross to help rebuild the Avengers before bigger problems occur. Villain Samuel Sterns is responsible for the revisited Marvel plot of mind control, which took place in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, years before. This plot is presented early in the movie through Bradley’s blind assassination attempt on President Ross. Wilson makes it his job to figure out who is behind all of it.  Captain America: A Brave New World shows the strengths that Wilson’s “normal” body can endure without the super soldier serum, but with the help of his Wakanda gifted suit. 

Captain America: A Brave New World has earned $289.4 million worldwide since being released over two weeks ago.