Even earlier than you issue within the lots of of tens of millions of {dollars} introduced in by Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is among the biggest monetary success tales within the historical past of cinema, with over $28 billion in worldwide grosses. To place that quantity into perspective, Disney paid simply $4 billion to purchase whole Marvel’s whole firm again in 2009. Yeah. That was an excellent name.
The MCU itself has produced nearly no precise flops; its consistency by way of ticket gross sales is really unimaginable. Even its least profitable films have managed to clear upwards of $300 to $400 million on the field workplace. However the motive Disney was in a position to purchase Marvel for simply $4 billion within the first place was as a result of the corporate was, for some time, in dire monetary straits. Regardless of its library of traditional characters like Spider-Man, the X-Males, and the Incredible 4, Marvel went bankrupt within the mid-’90s.
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Within the early 2000s, the corporate’s fortunes started to show round, thanks partially to the success of flicks like X-Males and Spider-Man. However even then, these films have been made by exterior corporations who licensed Marvel’s characters for the large display, and lots of the different films made earlier than and after these blockbusters have been huge flops. Under are ten of the largest monetary disappointments to emerge from the Marvel universe of comics — though there’s actually just one precise Marvel Cinematic Universe entry in there, and even that comes with a really massive asterisk.
The Greatest Marvel Field Workplace Bombs
These films, primarily based on comics launched by Marvel, weren’t hits — and that’s placing it mildly.
The Most Stunning Marvel Cameos
The most important shock appearances by Marvel characters (and A-list stars) within the MCU.
