Let's take a look at box office grosses and the cost of doing mega-franchise business, using Captain America: Brave New World as a lens.

Captain America: Brave New World follows Sam Wilson as he steps into his role as the new Captain America. Navigating the complexities of geopolitics, Sam encounters an international incident involving a mysterious global plot. As tensions rise, he must uncover the mastermind behind the scheme to prevent worldwide chaos.

Captain America: Brave New World served as a fresh start for the iconic character, with Anthony Mackie in the lead role and the legendary Harrison Ford entering the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the first time. However, despite the name value that the character provides, the movie ended up being mixed in terms of its success levels.

At time of writing, latest figures put Brave New World’s global box office at $370.8 million dollars, with $176.5 million of that coming from the United States. This means the MCU sequel has just edged out the first Captain America film from 2011, which took in $370.6 million worldwide.

Brave New World has officially outperformed Captain America: The First Avenger at the U.S. box office, surpassing its USD 176.2 million domestic total. As of its fourth Monday, the Anthony Mackie starrer has grossed USD 177.

Brave New World has, so far, made $176.6 million in the U.S. and Canada, and $194.6 million in other countries, for a total of $371.2 million worldwide. The movie needed to earn $425 million to break even,

Both films have received praise for their respective achievements; one has been called "the best Marvel movie in years" and the other noted for being a "powerful and hilarious sci