Disney CEO Bob Iger Says Studio Is Proud Of Brie Larson’s ‘Captain Marvel’

Disney CEO Bob Iger has congratulated the cast and crew of Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel, saying it’s a movie the studio is “very proud of.”

Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel is on track to cross the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office after its massive $455 million global debut this past weekend. Captain Marvel has also scored an “A” CinemaScore grade and Disney CEO Bob Iger couldn’t be prouder, as he took to Twitter to praise the movie for how well it’s been performing. You can check out Bob Iger’s tweet below.

Captain Marvel marks the big screen debut of Carol Danvers, played in the Marvel Cinematic Universe by Academy Award winner Brie Larson. In the comics, Danvers was a test pilot who gained super strength and the ability to fly after being caught in an explosion with a Kree device.

The Brie Larson starrer takes place in the ’90s and introduces the Skrulls to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Larson is set to reprise the role of Carol Danvers in Avengers: Endgame, which opens in theaters just over a month after Captain Marvel.

Mississipi Grind helmers Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck are directing from a script written by Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Nicole Perlman and Meg LeFauve. Here’s the official synopsis:

Set in the 1990s, Marvel Studios’ “Captain Marvel” is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe that follows the journey of Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes. While a galactic war between two alien races reaches Earth, Danvers finds herself and a small cadre of allies at the center of the maelstrom.

Captain Marvel stars Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Djimon Hounsou, Lee Pace, Lashana Lynch, Gemma Chan, Algenis Perez Soto, Rune Temte, McKenna Grace, Clark Gregg and Jude Law.