Summary
Captain America: Brave New Worldhas performed better than expected at the box office, especially on its opening weekend. This has boosted one of its stars' financial status.
Captain America: Brave New Worldmade a notable performance since its release compared to other MCU movies. It made $88.8 million domestically and approximately $181.2 million worldwide during its opening weekend. As of June 04, 2025, its domestic gross is $147.2 million, and its international gross is $148.4 million, for a total of $295.6 million. While Anthony Mackie’sBrave New Worldhas not surpassed the box office earnings of the Chris Evans-ledCaptain Americafilms, its earnings are enough to make one of the actors achieve a financial milestone.
Captain America: Brave New Worldhas dominated this month’s box office and despite the68% drop in ticket sales in the second week, the MCU tentpole has raised Harrison Ford’s rank in the list of TopStars at the Worldwide Box Office. The Red Hulk star already surpassed Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and is expected to overtake Johnny Depp too, per Collider. TheIndiana Jonesactor is only $11 million behind thePirates of the Caribbeansuperstar, with Depp at the 44th spot and Harrison following closely at 45th. Considering theBrave New World’sperformance at the box office, the film made $12 million domestically last week, so the film will likely take Ford to the 44th spot by the end of the week. The next actor before Ford is Simon Pegg. However, there’s a $50 million gap between them.
In total, theCaptain Americaseries has already crossed the $2.5 billion mark globally. However, nearly half of the earnings were from Evans’Captain America: Civil Warin 2016, which earned $1.1 billion. PerBox Office Mojo,Civil Warmade the most from all of theCaptain Americamovies with a lifetime gross of $408 million. On the second and third spots areCaptain America: The Winter Soldierwith $260 million andCaptain America: The First Avengerwith $177 million. Mackie’sCaptain America: Brave New Worldis at the fourth spot with $147 million. This could still change, butBrave New Worldis unlikely to overtake Evans' CivilWarandThe Winter Soldier.
Although Ford is close to surpassing Depp in the list of highest-earning leading actors at the worldwide box office, that still remains to be seen and will be confirmed over the weekend. Also, it might not take long for Depp to reclaim his spot if rumors are true that he is returning to thePirates of The Caribbeanfranchise. A source previously claimed that the nextPiratesmovie will feature the return of Deppas the fan-favorite Captain Jack Sparrow. ThePiratesfranchise dominates Depp’s highest-earning projects, especially theDead Man’s Chest(2006), which made $1.066 billion.Piratesboosted Depp’s financial status, making him one of the top earners in Hollywood.
During the defamation trial against his ex-wifeAmber Heard, Depp shared that he lost a $22.5 million deal when Disney dropped him in the sixthPirates of the Caribbeanmovie due to Heard’s allegation that he was an abusive husband Depp won the lawsuit after the jury found that Heard indeed defamed him in her 2018 op-ed for The Washington Post. Regardless of howBrave New Worldwill change Ford’s ranking in the list of worldwide highest-earners, the actor said playing Red Hulk in the movie wasn’t that challenging. “It didn’t seem to me to be a terribly difficult acting proposition,” Ford toldEmpire.
