The first success that comes to mind when it comes to the Marvel Symmatic Universe is undoubtedly at the box office. The MCU, which normalized billions of dollars in box office revenues before the pandemic, wants to gradually get back to its old days. The MCU, which released three films after cinemas reopened, suffered the biggest shock with the film Eternals, which was released last weekend. Box office revenue of $71 million sounded successful, but fell far short of expectations for MCU standards.
The previous MCU film, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, grossed around $76 million in its first weekend at the box office, surpassing the $80 million threshold on the weekend of the release of stage four’s first film, Black Widow. Interestingly, of these three films, only Black Widow was released on Disney+ at the same time as the cinemas. But Natasha Romanoff, a member of the original Avengers team, was not left alone in the farewell film. Although Scarlett Johansson thinks showing the film through Disney+ reduces her share, the data is clear. Black Widow still has the best box office of stage four.
Before Shangi-Chi, there were MCU movies that got off to a bad start. In this sense, the worst record belongs to The Incredible Hulk, which was released in 2008. Hulk, which grossed around $55 million, is followed by the first Ant-Man film released in 2015 with $57 million. The other two films that grossed worse than Eternals were The First Thor, which we saw in 2011; and Captain America: The First Avenger, which was released the same year. If nothing major goes wrong, the next MCU film, Spider-Man: No Way Home, will be the first precursor to the MCU’s return to the old days at the box office.
