Brave New World ” was a runaway No. 1 at the global box office over the weekend. The movie, which cost at least $300 million to make and market worldwide, was on pace to sell roughly $100 million in tickets from Thursday through Monday in the United States and Canada,

Anthony Mackie, Harrison Ford, Danny Ramirez and more lead the cast of Marvel's newest movie, 'Captain America: Brave New World.'

Brave New World and why it felt so strange to me. It was meant to be an espionage thriller (spoilers follow) in the vein of The Winter Soldier, and yet there was no real conspiracy (no traitors, just a guy randomly mind-controlling people) and a twist that was given away in the first trailer (Ross turning into Red Hulk in the Rose Garden).

Anthony Mackie picks up the shield at a potentially awkward time. But there’s one way Disney can do right by him and the next generation of Marvel stars.

Brave New World, Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson picks up the big-screen mantle of one of Marvel's oldest and most venerated comic book heroes. So far, audiences have responded: The film earned $192 million globally in its first weekend.

Supposedly a reboot of the Captain America character, it has so many callbacks to past films, comic books and situations, it’s impossible to get a bead on what’s what.