Camp Echo-1, a comic book prison, appears in Captain America, hinting at comic book history. Bucky's new job and the return of Thunderbolt Ross add anticipation for future MCU movies. The movie teases the Multiverse,

While stopping a conflict between the United States and Japan at Celestial Island, Sam Wilson/Captain America (Anthony Mackie) watches his protege, Joaquin Torres/Falcon (Danny Ramirez), get shot out of the air. He lands in the Indian Ocean, and luckily, a search team finds him.

Brave New World was never going to escape “being political” in some aspect. You can’t make a story about Captain America without reckoning with what it means for a single man to represent a nation. At the same time,

Brave New World featured a wealth of Marvel movie talent, with several huge names delivering some iconic pieces of dialogue.

Brave New World to be a palate cleanser — one that remembers and builds on the events of Marvel’s other recent features. The film does a serviceable job of establishing a new status quo, but it struggles to articulate how this Captain America is different from his predecessor.

The Walt Disney Co. release is by far the biggest opener of 2025 and the company predicts it will hit $100 million domestically and $192.4 globally by the end of Monday's Presidents' Day holiday. It’s Marvel's first major release since “Deadpool & Wolverine” broke records last summer and re-energized a Marvel fanbase that some worried was weakening after the poor showing for “The Marvels.

Brave New World” topped the weekend box office and is projected to finish as one of the highest-grossing Presidents’ Day weekend openers.