re: Captain America: Winter Soldier ***(SPOILERS)***

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This movie deserves all of the praise it receives.

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Exactly. Always nice when something worthwhile is a big success. Especially someone like Captain America. It firmly plants him as the #2 property behind Iron Man, which really makes him #1 since I doubt we get another solo Iron Man until After Avengers 3. Although Evans isn't long for the character, he's leaving quite the mark.

The international numbers are intriguing not only from the "Captain America" angle, but with the idea that Marvel is really making the MCU a worldwide thing.

There might be a strategy to branch out into true international characters: Black Panther, Sunfire, even someone like Namor could have a more national appeal (but F4 origins I believe). Shang Chi, Justice, Black Knight.... there are options to tweak a lot of characters too like Moondragon or Hellcat.