Deadpool Has an almost impossible task for him if the hero is ever to surpass the Marvel Cinematic Universe Avenger who continues to rank above Wade Wilson when it comes to the box office. Deadpool & Wolverine Just cemented the power of the mutant’s franchise. Not only did the movie reunite Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman on the big screen, but also Brought in some stars from past Marvel movies as part of Deadpool & Wolverines surprise multiverse characters. The MCU movie broke box office records left and right.
According to the specialized box office tracking website Box Office Mojo, Deadpool & Wolverine is now at $1.32 billion worldwide. This makes the MCU movie by a comfortable margin the highest grossing R-rated film of all time. Reynolds’ Deadpool franchise has a history of success, be it under Marvel Studios or Fox, as the two non-MCU Deadpool films also broke many box office records. This puts the superhero franchise above almost all others in the MCU, even those that contain some of the MCU’s best movies. That said, one Avenger stands taller than Deadpool and should continue to do so.
The Deadpool trilogy is no match for the MCU’s Spider-Man at the box office
Tom Holland is the one to beat Ryan Reynolds
The ranking of the highest-grossing Marvel movie franchise includes most of the expected names. Chris Evans’ Captain America, Robert Downey Jr’s Iron Man and Chris Hemsworth’s Thor all have their own MCU franchises on the list, showing the impact of the main trio of the shared universe. However, Reynolds’ Deadpool movies topped the three Avengers, vi The Deadpool franchise’s box office total stands at $2,855,547,801. It’s second on the list, but Tom Holland is the star who takes first place, with the MCU’s Spider-Man movies amassing a staggering $3,920,121,775.
Title Marvel character |
Complete MCU Box Office |
---|---|
Spider-Man |
$3,920,121,775 |
Deadpool |
$2,855,547,801 |
Thor |
$2,705,339,993 |
Wolverine |
$2,435,016,309 |
Iron Man |
$2,421,720,208 |
Captain America |
$2,236,871,251 |
Black Panther |
$2,188,142,628 |
Doctor Strange |
$1,628,568,160 |
Ant man |
$1,605,638,412 |
Captain Marvel |
$1,329,282,344 |
The Wasp |
$1,086,779,963 |
Hulk |
$510,605,538 |
There are several factors that contribute to Spider-Man winning over Deadpool. One of the main reasons is that Reynolds’ Deadpool movies are R-rated. While that did not stop Deadpool & Wolverine of breaking the $1 billion barrier, the film benefited from Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine return, multiverse cameos and an MCU push, whereas The two previous Deadpool films stayed in the $782-785 million range. Adding to that, Spider-Man is the most popular Marvel hero, with two successful movie franchises that established the character before the MCU. Tom Holland’s Spider-Man franchise also had a nearly $2 billion movie.
Spider-Man: No Way Home is a solo movie like no other and more may come
The MCU’s multiverse saga is helping Spider-Man’s box office
Spider-Man: No Way Home was the epic finale that Holland’s Spider-Man trilogy deserved. The movie managed to unite the three cinematic Spider-Men, with Andrew Garfield & Tobey Maguire as their versions of Spider-Man to help Holland’s Peter Parker fight and heal villains from their Marvel movies. Spider-Man: No Way Home Helped the total number of Holland’s franchise greatly helpedHelping it beat Reynolds’ Deadpool by giving it a boost of nearly $2 billion, the MCU movie could have easily reached that mark with a release in China. Thanks to the Multiverse Saga, another $2 billion Spider-Man movie is possible.
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The multiverse will remain a major focus of the MCU until 2027 Avengers: Secret Wars. That allows Holland’s Spider-Man 4Which begins shooting in early 2025, to include Maguire and Garfield’s versions of Spider-Man again, guaranteed another major box office hit for Holland. With the MCU already ready to begin work Spider-Man 4The hero is at a clear advantage when compared to Reynolds’ Deadpool. Not only is Holland’s Spider-Man the box office king, but the hero will get another solo movie way before Deadpool gets another. Deadpool 4 Has yet to be announced yet Deadpool & Wolverine.
Spider-Man’s place in the MCU makes it difficult for Deadpool to catch up
The potential of the wall climber is hard to match
When Ryan Reynolds and Tom Holland started their Marvel franchise, the actors were 39 and 20, respectively. Now, The Deadpool star is 47, while the MCU’s Spider-Man actor is 28. If Holland stayed on for another trilogy in the next decade, starting with Spider-Man 4The actor wouldn’t even be the same age as Reynolds was in 2016 Deadpool came out. Holland is young enough to go even further than another Spider-Man trilogy, making his long-term box office potential in the role too much for Reynolds’ Deadpool to catch up with.
Miles Morales is a character that could easily carry the Spider-Man franchise forward, as seen by the success of the animated Spider-Verse movies.
That said, Holland has previously commented on not playing Spider-Man until he was 30, how could that be A good point to give the franchise to Miles Morales or another character. Even if Holland and Peter Parker were to leave the MCU, Miles Morales is a character who could easily lead the Spider-Man franchise forward, as seen by the success of the animated Spider-Verse movies. Deadpool didn’t have a successor to keep his box office numbers growing, making it hard for the Merc With a Mouth to ever hit Spider-Man.
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