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,

The movie, which cost at least US$300 million (S$403 million) to make and market worldwide, was on pace to sell roughly US$100 million in tickets in the United States and Canada from Feb 13 to 16, according to Comscore, which compiles box-office data. Moviegoers overseas were poised to chip in another US$92 million or so.

Many of the faces in Captain America: Brave New World haven’t been on screen since 2008’s The Incredible Hulk which starred Edward Norton in the role of Bruce Banner, later recast with Mark Ruffalo when The Avengers (2012) came out and the Marvel Cinematic Universe took off.