Deadpool & Wolverinehas enjoyed immense success at the box office since its release. In doing so, it makes anotherMCUfilm’s run even more impressive than it already was.Avengers: Endgamewas a cultural phenomenon like no other and the ultimate peak of the MCU. Even thoughDeadpool & Wolverinemade over $1 billion at the box office, it truly puts into perspective theremarkable box office performance ofAvengers: Endgame, something that might never happen in the MCU again.
Avengers: Endgamewas the ultimate culmination of everything the MCU had been building towards since the beginning. It almost feels unfair to compare the peak of the MCU with any other movie, but its success doesn’t diminishDeadpool & Wolverine.In fact, it makes what the MCU has been able to accomplish for all these years even more impressive. WithAvengers: Secret Warsset to release in 2027, it will be interesting to see if the Phase 6 movie can reach those same heights.
I Don’t Think The MCU Can Ever Beat Its Best Year’s Box Office
Given the astronomical success the Marvel Cinematic Universe experienced in one sole year previously, I don’t think they can even top their recor
Deadpool & Wolverine’s Huge Box Office Underlines Just How Big Endgame’s Is
Avengers: Endgame Earned $2.748 billion At The Worldwide Box Office
DespiteDeadpool & Wolverinebeing the 8th highest grossing movie in the entire MCU, it is still less than half of whatAvengers: Endgamemade. That is an astronomical difference and shows just how truly phenomenal theAvengers: Endgamerun was. It made almost the same amount in the first three days of its release, something that might never happen again.The demand to seeAvengers: Endgameopening weekend was absurd, taking over $100 million more thanAvengers: Infinity Warwhich held the record at the time.
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There was a momentduringAvengers: Endgame’stheatrical run when it became the highest grossing movie ever, beating out James Cameron’s landmark film,Avatar. Of course,Avatartook back the crown after a rerelease, but the fact thatAvengers: Endgamewas able to reach that mark is astounding. It truly felt likeAvatarmight never be challenged at the top spot, but the MCU proved that it is possible. Even when a success likeDeadpool & Wolverinecomes around, it pales in comparison to whatEndgameaccomplished.
Why Avengers: Endgame’s Box Office Is So High
The Movie Was The Culmination Of The Infinity Saga
Everything perfectly aligned to helpAvengers: Endgameto become one of the most successful movies in the history of film. Ten years of building up a faithful audience and teasing the final confrontation between the Avengers and Thanos paid off.It also helps that virtually every film prior toAvengers: Endgamewas received well. It allowed the MCU to build up a massive amount of good will before the conclusion of the Infinity Saga.
Avengers: Infinity Warwas the perfect first half to the final one-two punch of theseAvengersfilms.
It’s worth noting thatAvengers: Infinity Warwas the perfect first half to the final one-two punch of theseAvengersfilms. With that ending, anticipation to see how the remaining heroes would deal with everything led to levels of hype that truly felt unmatched by anything else. Couple that withthe conclusion of Iron Man, Black Widow, and Captain America’s story arcs, of courseAvengers: Endgamebecame the box office juggernaut it did. It rewarded fans through their 10 years of dedication to the franchise by delivering on all fronts.
Can The MCU Ever Make A Movie As Big As Avengers: Endgame?
Marvel Studios Has Some Big Movies On Their Upcoming Slate
The biggest question to ask is if there will ever be another MCU film that reaches the absurd heights thatAvengers: Endgamedid. It’s impossible to really tell.Avengers: Endgamewas the culmination of a meticulously crafted universe 10 years in the making. That sort of novelty just isn’t there anymore, but glimpses of the MCU’s post-Infinity Saga potential have been shown by various films in the Multiverse Saga, particularlySpider-Man: No Way Home,Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, andDeadpool & Wolverine.
Spider-Man: Far From Homeis also on this list post-Endgame,but doesn’t really revolve around the multiverse concept, having just a passing mention of it.
The most successful films afterAvengers: Endgamehave been the ones that really feature the multiverse in their narratives in some capacity. It’s reasonable to assume that any film that has a chance any time soon of getting close to the MCU’s biggest grossing movie would be one to focus on the multiverse as well.IfAvengers: Secret Warsreally is the culmination of this new MCU saga and brings back characters from the entirety of Marvel’s film history, like Tobey Maguire and Hugh Jackman once again, it might have a chance.
Avengers: Endgamewas a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for shared movie universes, and it paid off extremely well. It’s the second highest grossing movie of all time and the biggest MCU movie with almost $700 million more than the next.Deadpool & Wolverine’sbox office has also been impressive, becoming the best performing Marvel film sinceSpider-Man: No Way Home,but it’s still dwarfed byAvengers: Endgame, showing just how astonishing that film’s run truly was.
