The Marvel Cinematic Universe now includes an incredible 33 full-length films. Iron Man started in 2008 and Robert Downey Jr. became a Hollywood megastar. This was followed by the billion-dollar hits Iron Man 3 (2013), The Avengers (2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America (2016), Black Panther (2018), Spider-Man: Far From Home and Captain Marvel (both 2019) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2022).
But it gets even better. The leap even succeeded with Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). over the fabulous 2 billion mark. Only six films in the history of Hollywood have achieved this Avatar sits at the top of the leaderboard (2009) as the most successful film of all time. This list is intended to illustrate what a heavyweight we are dealing with Marvel Cinematic Universe have to do.
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The MCU has been playing for more than 15 years reliably billions into Disney's coffers. But the Hollywood money printing machine is increasingly running out of ink. Between all these brilliant box office hits and street sweepers are lined up more and more disappointments and box office flops. Marvel has to deliver and in order to bring ever more spectacular big screen adventures to the cinema, extremely high investments are obviously necessary.
How much does a Marvel film actually cost?
The costs for a blockbuster production vary, of course. For example, Disney spent $277 million on the mega-flop The Marvels (2033). It grossed an extremely disappointing $206 million the film stars Oscar winner Brie Larson a fat loss. You have to keep in mind: this is often not reflected in the production costs three-digit million budget included for advertising. And the box office result half goes to the cinemas.
The two Avengers films Infinity War and Endgame devoured a whopping amount during production $1.265 billionbut also played incredible ones $4.85 billion a. These two examples will do that Disney's main problem with the Marvel Cinematic Universe clearly. The films are ridiculously expensive. A very special example from recent history of the MCU makes this particularly clear.
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Disney's problem with Marvel: The films are far too expensive
Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness starred Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen played full $956 million at the worldwide box office and only narrowly failed at the magical billion mark. So is this also a huge hit for Disney? Not at all.
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As has now been officially announced, it cost Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness incredible $414.9 million. Even at this amount they are Marketing costs not yet included. With these numbers, it's hard to believe that the film was worth it for Disney. The Marvel Cinematic Universe On the one hand, it is condemned to massive cost savings, which is not exactly the case positive for the quality of the films should have an impact. On the other hand, upcoming blockbusters like Deadpool & Wolverine or then Captain America: Brave New World must necessarily become billion-dollar successes in order to keep the MCU alive in its current form. What's next for the Avengers?
Given the recent flops, you don't have to be particularly prophetic to predict that this won't work out in the long run. The Marvel formula seems worn out, the costs explode and the audience stays away. With a sideways glance at Star Wars, the MCU wouldn't be the first billion-dollar film franchise that Disney ultimately runs into the wall.
Source: Comic Book Movie