That Disney made the business of his life when he bought Marvel, for 4,000 million that August 2009, no one doubts. With more than 23,000 million dollars collected and growing, the films are a worldwide phenomenon that do nothing but break monetary and other records. For this reason, and so you can see how poor you are, we bring you the Top 10 highest-grossing Marvel movies . As you will see, the figures are dizzying and the fever for superheroes is still red hot.
Neither Superman nor Batman, in the superhero box office reigns Marvel and with authority . His films earn amounts that we humble mortals can hardly conceive.
And, among all of them, we are going to analyze the 10 deliveries that have raised the most money.
The curious story of an unprecedented box office success
The oldest of the place remember how Marvel in the 90s of the last century was on the verge of bankruptcy . To keep his head above water, he undersold what he 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 . Back then, the superhero genre wasn’t very much in vogue, but some movies, like Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man , started its revival.
However, it would not be until Disney bought Marvel for 4,000 million in 2009, that a true oiled money-making machine was available . 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, curiously, 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.
Second time was the charm, however, and it’s Disney’s moneymaker, led by these 10 highest-grossing Marvel movies .
The list opens with a film that once 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 it raised Captain Marvel to the tenth highest grossing film in 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 and Mysterio took the film to the ninth place as the highest grossing. Tom Holland fit the character and was undoubtedly driven by the shock wave of the phenomenon that was Avengers: Engdame .
However, as we will see, Spider-Man will show that he is capable of flying himself to the top.
8. Captain America: Civil War. 1,153 million dollars
Although the events of the Civil War arc of the comics change a lot, this incarnation of Captain America takes the title of the eighth highest grossing Marvel movie.
Some say it’s because, in reality, it’s practically an Avengers movie , since 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 who started it all closed his trilogy in style . Iron-Man , a relatively minor superhero in the comics, was bolstered by the enormous charisma that Robert Downey Jr. brought to the character.
His farewell to the solo installments saw him climb to seventh place in a film that was a bit strange in its treatment of some things (like the evil The Mandarin ), but it worked very well.
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.
However, 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 don’t seem to exist, although his own interpretation of the legendary vampire slayer is coming soon.
5. Avengers: Age of Ultron. 1,402 million dollars
The Avengers are the most powerful superheroes on the planet and at the box office , because when they get together, (almost) no one coughs on 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 shot up to third place in a flash .
The reunion 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 places 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, make Infinity War the silver medal that is very difficult for any other Marvel movie to get.
If Spider-Man couldn’t, it’s highly unlikely that any planned future installments will.
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 tricks, but they couldn’t beat James Cameron’s Avatar .
However, 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.