Marvel Studios avoids a box office disappointment, buoyed by international audiences. But is that enough to lift this latest Captain America sequel to box office profits?

Given that two of Captain America: Brave New World's main characters were Sam Wilson and Joaquin Torres, and given that Bucky Barnes made a cameo too, the movie did have some obvious links to The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. However, there could undoubtedly have been more.

Brave New World was heavily reshot and many of its elements changed from the original concepts for the final cut. In the initial development and later reshoots, m