Captain America: Brave New WorldMarvelIm not necessarily going to fault Captain America: Brave New World for this specifically, but its another headline that is not terribly positive, though part of a recent trend with this current phase of Marvel movies.While Captain America: Brave New World was still #1 at the box office this weekend with $28.3 million, that represents a 68% drop from the previous weekend, which as of right now, is the third biggest drop behind two MCU disappointments, though Brave New Worlds early haul has already completely surpassed one of them, The Marvels. The second, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania will no doubt be next in the coming weeks here.That drop is significant however, and while nothing is as bad as The Marvels (that really was a solid movie, its such a shame), you can see the full list here:The Marvels (2023) 78%Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) 69.9%Captain America: Brave New World (2025) 68%Black Widow (2021) 67.8% (albeit this was a pandemic/Disney Plus era situation)Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) 67.7%Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) 67.0%Eternals (2021) 62.3%Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) 62.2%Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) 61.4%Thor (2011) 60.7%Whats the pattern? Seven of those, the bottom seven, were all in the post-Endgame era of the MCU, which does indeed indicate flagging interest in the universe over time, with some exceptions (Spider-Man: No Way Home, Deadpool and Wolverine). There are a number of box office misses in there too, like The Marvels, Quantumania and Eternals.EternalsMarvelCaptain America: Brave New World did in fact surpass initial expectations in its opening weekend, and I dont think it will be considered a true flop when all is said and done, but it is certainly in the steep drop-off club that so many post-Endgame movies occupy.I expect something similar will happen with Thunderbolts this spring. Not that the film will be bad (again, The Marvels wasnt), but because it just does not have that many big character draws outside of Bucky, and most of the team is the non-Black Widow cast of Black Widow. Well see what it does at the box office, but Im not sure the general public will be all that interested.Reportedly, Captain America: Brave New World needs $400+ million to break even between all its costs, which it will probably reach, but the MCU is always in search of true megahits, and even if this ends up doing okay, it isnt one.Follow me , and .Pick up my sci-fi novels the and