Is Captain America: Brave New World one of the shortest MCU movies ever? Details explored

Anthony Mackie needs to overcome a couple of obstacles in Captain America: Brave New World. One would be to do justice to that vibranium shield and impress the audience, and secondly, he would have to do all that within 118 minutes. The film's listing on AMC Theatre's website clearly mentions that it will be "1 HR 58 MIN" long.

At least it is breaking one record in the Captain America franchise: It will be the shortest of all. However, it won't be the shortest in Marvel as The Incredible Hulk has a runtime of 1 hour and 52 minutes.

Most of the plot details are kept under wraps but the film's logline reads,

After meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, Sam finds himself in the middle of an international incident. He must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red.

The upcoming film is releasing on February 14, 2025, and stars Danny Ramirez (Falcon), Harrison Ford (Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross), Giancarlo Esposito (Sidewinder), and more.

Captain America: Brave New World comes with lots of expectations

While it may be short in length, it is expected to generate healthy revenue on its debut. According to Deadline, it may generate somewhere between the range of $86 million and $95 million. All three films saw a subsequent increase when box office numbers were concerned.

Captain America: The First Avenger grossed $370 million, The Winter Soldier did better as it brought in almost double with $714 million, and finally, Civil War stands at the top with $1.1 billion.

Now, maintaining this streak is going to be a task for Captain America: Brave New World, but then viewers are getting new characters like Red Hulk and Sidewinder, so that will be a plus. But then it's Steve Rogers whose shoes Falcon will be filling.

Marvel films ranked based on their runtime

Avengers: Endgame is currently the longest-running film in the franchise. Though we cannot say when this record will be broken, Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars might pull something like that, given a barrage of characters will be appearing there.

As for now, here is the list of current MCU films arranged from longest to shortest runtime,

• Avengers: Endgame - 181 minute
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - 161 minutes
• Eternals - 156 minutes
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 - 149 minutes
• Spider-Man: No Way Home - 148 minutes
• Captain America: Civil War - 147 minutes
• The Avengers - 143 minutes
• Avengers: Age of Ultron - 141 minutes
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 - 136 minutes
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier - 136 minutes
• Black Widow - 134 minutes
• Black Panther - 134 minutes
• Spider-Man: Homecoming - 133 minutes
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings - 132 minutes
• Thor: Ragnarok - 130 minutes
• Iron Man 3 - 130 minutes
• Spider-Man: Far From Home - 129 minutes
• Deadpool & Wolverine - 127 minutes
• Iron Man - 126 minutes
• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - 126 minutes
• Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania - 125 minutes
• Captain America: The First Avenger - 124 minutes
• Iron Man 2 - 124 minutes
• Captain Marvel - 123 minutes
• Guardians of the Galaxy - 121 minute
• Thor: Love and Thunder - 119 minutes
• Captain America: Brave New World - 118 minutes
• Ant-Man & the Wasp - 118 minutes
• Ant-Man - 117 minutes
• Doctor Strange - 115 minutes
• Thor - 115 minutes
• Thor: The Dark World - 112 minutes
• The Incredible Hulk - 112 minutes