Captain America: The Winter Soldier (film)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier is a 2014 superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Captain America. The film is the nineteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the fifth film in Volume Three. Captain America: The Winter Soldier is a sequel to Captain America and Captain America: Uprising and was directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and co-written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. Chris Evans stars as Steve Rogers/Captain America, alongside Emily VanCamp as Sharon Carter, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye, Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Falcon, Adrianne Palicki as Bobbi Morse/Mockingbird, Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop/Hawkeye, Jessica Lucas as Ophelia Sarkissian/Viper, Chloe Bennet as Daisy Johnson/Quake, Hugo Weaving as Johann Schmidt/Red Skull, and Rutger Hauer as Helmut Zemo.

The film was released on July 2, 2014.

Plot
In a post-credits scene, Bobbi and Daisy are approached by Nick Fury, who offers them a new job.

Cast

 * Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America
 * Emily VanCamp as Sharon Carter
 * Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier
 * Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow
 * Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye
 * Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Falcon
 * Adrianne Palicki as Bobbi Morse/Mockingbird
 * Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop/Hawkeye
 * Jessica Lucas as Ophelia Sarkissian/Viper
 * Chloe Bennet as Daisy Johnson/Quake
 * Hugo Weaving as Johann Schmidt/Red Skull
 * Rutger Hauer as Helmut Zemo

Box office
Captain America: The Winter Soldier grossed $419.1 million domestically and $759 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $1.178 billion. The film had a domestic opening weekend of $63.1 million, debuting at number one at the box office. Captain America: The Winter Soldier had a five-day opening total of $100.5 million. Calculating in all expenses and revenues, Deadline Hollywood estimated that the film made a net profit of $548 million.

Critical reception
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 77% based on 357 reviews, with an average rating of 6.9/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "It's not easy to take several comic stories and combine them into one film, but directors Anthony and Joe Russo do a bang up job of it, creating a Winter Soldier that's entertaining and action-packed." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 71 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating "generally favourable reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale.