The oldest of the place remember how Marvel in the 90s of the last century was on the verge of bankruptcy. To keep her head above water, she undersold what she could. That if the rights of Spider-Man to Sony, that if the X-Men to Fox, that his Hulk to the production company Universal…
Nobody wanted the company, but the movie companies were slightly interested in the most popular characters. At that time, the superhero genre was not very popular, but some movies, like the spider-man of Sam Raimi, began his resurrection.
However, it would not be until Disney bought Marvel for 4,000 million in 2009, that a real oiled money-making machine was set up. Divided into perfectly planned phases, and with a Kevin Feige at the helm who seems to turn everything he touches into something else, Marvel began to break records.
And, interestingly, it is possible that Disney could still have been more profitable.
In the book by Bob Iger (current Disney chairman and former CEO) it is revealed that he proposed to then-manager Michael Eisner to buy Marvel. However, many executives rejected the idea. They saw Marvel as too borderline for such a familiar brand.
However, the second time was the charm and it is the Disney money factory, headed by these 10 highest-grossing Marvel movies.
Open the list a film which in its day generated controversy.
10. Captain Marvel. 1,128 million dollars
The same as always, with the same as always, tried to boycott Captain Marvel from their mothers’ basements surrounded by bags of Doritos.
What if orchestrated campaigns, what if boycotts on Rotten Tomatoes…
Some geniuses, they came out of the movies, never better said. So much so that lifted Captain Marvel to the tenth place of highest grossing film of the global franchise, with the dizzying figure of more than 1,128 million dollars.
9. Spider-Man: Far from home. 1,131 million dollars
The confrontation between spider-man Y Mysterio took the film to ninth place as the highest grossing. Tom Holland fit the character and, without a doubt, came driven by the shock wave of the phenomenon that was Avengers: Engdame.
However, as we will see, spider-man He will show that he is capable of flying himself to the top.
8. Captain America: Civil War. 1,153 million dollars
Although the facts of the arc change a lot Civil War of the comics, this incarnation of Captain America takes the title of the eighth highest-grossing Marvel film.
Some say it is because, in reality, It’s practically a movie The Avengerssince everyone comes out. Be that as it may, when the most powerful superheroes on the planet according to Marvel come together, we happily checkout.
7. Iron-Man 3. $1.214 million
the one that started it all closed his trilogy in style. Hombre de Hierroa relatively minor superhero in the comics, was bolstered by the enormous charisma that Robert Downey Jr. brought to the character.
His farewell solo deliveries got him up seventh place in a somewhat strange movie in the treatment of some things (such as the wicked The Mandarin), but that worked just fine.
6. Black Panther. 1,346 million dollars
Many top-grossing Marvel movies feature multiple main characters. That makes the attraction that they generate all together make more fans go through the box.
Nevertheless, Black Panther has the merit of doing it on his own. A pity about Chadwick Boseman and a milestone for the black community, which responded to the debut in style (according to Disney) of the first superhero of color as a protagonist.
Because in that Disney world, Wesley Snipes and his Blade They don’t seem to exist, though their own interpretation of the legendary vampire slayer is coming soon.
5. Avengers: Age of Ultron. 1,402 million dollars
The Avengers are the superheroes most powerful on the planet and at the box officebecause when they get together, (almost) nobody coughs at them.
Through sheer force and inertia, the very mediocre Age of Ultron (which lasted only a few moments in the movie) misses out on one of the best bad guys in comics.
We didn’t care about that, because we ran to the box office anyway.
4. The Avengers. 1,518 million dollars
There was a lot of expectation to see the first meeting of the avengers And the truth is that the film lived up to it.
A Loki who gives a good reply, a Hulk who looks like the Hulk, before completely decaffeinating him in the following installments and, in general, an enjoyable film that, until recently, was the eternal bronze medal in the list of the highest-grossing films from Marvel.
But he came. Or rather, they arrived.
3. Spider-Man: No way home. 1,893 million dollars
No pandemic, no Avengers, no nothing. spider-man and his multiverse messes hit third place like a bolt of lightning.
The meeting of the 3 spider men and the appearance of the most iconic villains of all the spider-man sagas enchanted the public. The enormous number of rumors that raised expectations about who would appear or how did not hurt either.
Nostalgia always sells.
2. Avengers: Infinity War. 2,048 million dollars
The first two positions are sung, the first part of the confrontation against Thanos, a villain who was intuiting slowly throughout the previous trajectory of The Avengers, appears for a first part that left that ending that amazed many.
More than 2,000 million dollars, and the hype through the roof for the next installment, they make infinity war the silver medal that is very difficult for any other Marvel movie to get.
Yes spider-man could not, it is very rare that any delivery of those planned in the future does.
Simply, it will not be possible to reunite such a group of heroes, nor cook the stew with such time and care. DC could have learned a lot from how Marvel set up these movies.
1. Avengers: Endgame. $2.797 million
They tried by all means, there was talk that it would be the first film in history to reach 3,000 million grosses. They even tried some weird revival trick, but they couldn’t beat Avatar by James Cameron.
Nevertheless, It is the second highest grossing film in history and the highest grossing Marvel film..
And it will almost certainly stay that way, because it will be practically impossible to bring together a similar number of superheroes and frontline characters.
So you see, dizzying figures and one success after another is what defines Marvel’s journey on the big screen. In fact, the avalanche does not stop and more and more films will continue to come. The top positions will hardly change because, really, they are unrepeatable phenomena.
