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Summary

• After a disappointing box office performance, two major superheroes in The Marvels will need to be reintroduced to the MCU in Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.
• The underperformance and poor audience turnout of The Marvels throws the future of the film's titular heroes into jeopardy, and creates possibly awkward and repetitive plotlines in Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.
• The Marvels' post-credits scene sets up Monica Rambeau's involvement in Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.

Two major superheroes will need to be reintroduced to the MCU after the disappointing box office performance of The Marvels. The sequel to 2019's Captain Marvel released in November 2023, marking the returns of Brie Larson's Carol Danvers, Teyonah Parris' Monica Rambeau and Iman Vellani's Kamala Khan in the MCU's Phase 5. Directed by Nia DaCosta, The Marvels saw the three titular heroes band together to take on Zawe Ashton's MCU villain, Dar-Benn, who was using a Quantum Band to siphon resources from Danvers' favored worlds in an effort to save Kree homeworld Hala. Despite its storyline advancing the Multiverse Saga, The Marvels didn't match expectations at the box office.
Despite opening weekend box office projections suggesting The Marvels could have brought in $60 million, the Phase 5 film opened to $46.1 million and went on to experience the largest second weekend drop of any modern-day superhero film, falling 78%. During the film's fourth weekend, Disney revealed that The Marvels' box office numbers would stop being reported, and as of December 12, 2023, The Marvels has grossed $202.5 million at the global box office. This makes it the lowest-performing Marvel Studios project, and could have a major detrimental impact on the development of The Marvels' powerful cast, which poses a problem for their potential involvement in Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.
Related Captain Marvel's MCU Future Might Be Saved By The Marvels' Major Trend Break The Marvels' box office totals may have been disappointing for Marvel Studios, but Brie Larson's MCU future as Captain Marvel can still be saved. The Marvels' Box Office Means Avengers 5 Will Need To Reintroduce Monica & Ms. Marvel To Movie Audiences Close The fact that The Marvels has performed so abysmally at the box office could present a major problem for Marvel Studios when bringing Teyonah Parris' Monica Rambeau and Iman Vellani's Kamala Khan back to the MCU. Both of these heroes were introduced in Disney+ shows – Kamala Khan in 2022's Ms. Marvel, and the adult version of Monica Rambeau in 2021's WandaVision following the character's debut as a child in Captain Marvel. After being introduced on Disney+, Monica and Kamala were formally brought into the movie side of the MCU in The Marvels, but the film's poor box office proves audiences simply didn't turn out for the Phase 5 film.
Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Secret Wars are expected to be the MCU's biggest projects since Infinity War and Endgame.
The Marvels' ending seems to be setting up Monica Rambeau and Kamala Khan to return in 2026's Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. However, following The Marvels' lackluster turnout, it seems these two major new MCU heroes will need to be reintroduced in the Phase 6 crossover film, rather than simply continuing their narratives set up in The Marvels. Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Secret Wars are expected to be the MCU's biggest projects since Infinity War and Endgame, so will surely bring in a huge audience that perhaps won't have seen The Marvels, which means more will need to be done to solidify Monica Rambeau and Kamala Khan in the MCU.
Why The Marvels' Ending Makes Reintroducing Monica Really Awkward After using her amped-up abilities to seal a hole in the fabric of the universe, Monica Rambeau found herself trapped in an alternate reality at the end of The Marvels. The Marvels' post-credits scene revealed that Monica Rambeau traveled to a universe inhabited by mutants and the X-Men, including Kelsey Grammer's Beast and Lashana Lynch's Binary, which must be a crucial plot element for audiences to understand ahead of Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. The fact that The Marvels didn't garner a huge audience in theaters means that The Kang Dynasty will need to repeat these narrative points, unless more viewers catch The Marvels when it finally releases on Disney+.