The new poster, created by artist Eileen Steinbach of SG Posters, shows silhouettes of the Thunderbolts standing in a line. However, below, their shadows resemble The Avengers. Hawkeye’s shadow stands underneath Ghost, Hulk below Red Guardian, Black Widow below Yelena, Iron Man below Bucky, Captain America below John, and Thor below Bob.

The major studios have learned not to put out high profile titles in the wake of a Marvel movie – hence why Eli Craig's Clown In A Cornfield, Joe Carnahan's Shadow Force, and James Madigan's Fight Or Flight were Friday's big new arrivals – and that set the box office up for another big showdown between Jake Schreier's Thunderbolts* and Ryan Coogler's Sinners.

What does the title change from Thunderbolts* to *The New Avengers mean? Near the end of the 36th MCU movie, Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), Red Guar

I can't believe the MCU's major New Avengers reveal completely steals all of the new Captain America's thunder.

For more context, Thunderbolts* topped the US box office with a $76 million opening in week one, which is way less than Deadpool & Wolverine ($211 million), but still more than Eternals ($71 million) and Ant-Man and The Wasp ($75 million) in the US.

Bucky Barnes has appeared in both Thunderbolts/New Avengers and Captain America: Brave New World, but his character trajectory hasn't made sense since The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

Marvel tweeted a video of 'Thunderbolts*' star Sebastian Stan covering a poster for the film with one that reads '*The New Avengers.'

Taskmaster had a much better arc in a previous draft for The New Avengers, but now she died before becoming a Thunderbolts team member.