For her part, Gemma Chan has already had a number of entrances into the MCU. Prior to playing Sersi, Chan had a role in Captain Marvel as Minn-Erva. She's seen how the shared universe functions from close-up, and is hoping that an Eternals sequel or another appearance in the MCU by the team is possibly sometime in the future.

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.

Turns out, I wasn’t alone—this was around the time the MCU started its nosedive, culminating in the box-office disaster that was The Marvels. Ironically, I actually did see that one, mostly to support Brie Larson and because I genuinely loved Iman Vellani’s Ms.

While Marvel certainly has some big things on deck for the rest of 2025, Captain America: Brave New World continues to be a somewhat underwhelming endeavor.

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 underwent major reshoots--but some of the changes may have been for the better of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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,