Marvel Studios’ Captain America movie franchise reaches a major MCU milestone thanks to Captain America: Brave New World‘s box office. Captain America: Brave New World‘s box office performance hasn’t thrived as much as previous Captain America installments. However, Sam Wilson’s first MCU movie has slowly climbed up the MCU’s rankings, leaving behind box office disappointments such as The Incredible Hulk and The Marvels. While the MCU’s Multiverse Saga — and Phase 5 in particular — hasn’t provided the results Marvel Studios may have planned, the bumpy road towards the upcoming Avengers: Secret Wars finale has been alleviated by a couple of important milestones in the MCU’s history.

One month and one week after its worldwide release, Captain America: Brave New World‘s worldwide box office has officially reached $400 million (via Box Office Mojo). Hence, the MCU’s four Captain America movies have earned $2.6 billion in total. Captain America: The First Avenger gathered $370.5 million, Captain America: The Winter Soldier earned $714.4 million, and Captain America: Civil War still holds the record for highest-grossing Captain America installment, at $1,155 million.

What Marvel’s Captain America Franchise Box Office Milestone Means

Captain America: Brave New World Isn’t A Flop In Its MCU Subfranchise

Taking inflation into account, Captain America: Brave New World is still the lowest-grossing installment in Marvel Studios’ Captain America franchise. But taking its budget into account, Captain America: Brave New World‘s $400 million worldwide box office may confirm that it has at least broken even for Marvel. While its box office performance could have been much better, Captain America: Brave New World maintains the Captain America subfranchise’s success record intact, whereas others such as Ant-Man and Captain Marvel failed in their third and second installments.

Our Take On Marvel’s Captain America Franchise Box Office Milestone

Only Three MCU Subfranchises Have Maintained Their Streak, But Box Office Results Aren’t Promising

Three of Marvel Studios’ subfranchises have had an unbroken streak at the box office over more than two movies: all installments of the Thor subfranchise have been hits at the box office, and none of them have made less than double their budget. The MCU’s Spider-Man subfranchise has had increasingly better results, with Spider-Man: No Way Home doubling Spider-Man: Homecoming‘s total box office. The Captain America movies’ performance was also on the rise until its fourth installment underperformed in comparison to their previous three, but Captain America: Brave New World has probably broken even already, meaning that the Captain America subfranchise has avoided breaking its successful status.

On the other hand, Thor: Love and Thunder earned almost $100 million less than Thor: Ragnarok, and Captain America: Brave New World has grossed more than $300 million less than Captain America: The Winter Soldier and more than $750 millio less than Captain America: Civil War. Together with The Marvels and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, recent MCU sequels’ decreasing box office performance suggests that even the most popular MCU heroes aren’t invulnerable at the box office. Upcoming sequels such as Destin Daniel-Cretton’s Spider-Man 4, Doctor Strange 3, and Shang-Chi 2 will prove whether all sequels are being affected by this trend.

Source: Box Office Mojo

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