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Summary

• MCU movies like Iron Man 2 and Ant-Man & The Wasp missed their chance to develop their characters and storylines further by being released at the wrong moment.
• Other movies, like Black Panther and Captain Marvel, could have benefited from earlier release dates to allow for smoother integration into the Avengers' story and more interaction with main characters before the conclusion of the Infinity Saga.
• Others, like Black Widow and Eternals, faced release date problems, with Black Widow coming out after the character's death and Eternals facing uncertainty due to its awkward place in franchise.

A few MCU movies could have made a bigger impact or avoided some of their biggest flaws had they been released at a different moment. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is divided by sagas, each divided by Phases that comprise a group of movies relatively interconnected through plot, theme, or placement in the MCU's chronological timeline. However, MCU projects are also subject to delays and the need to introduce characters in time for team-ups and crossover events, or simply kept in development until the studio considers it's the appropriate time to release them.
Certain feature-length releases have stood out above every MCU movie released so far, but others have failed to reach critics and audiences' expectations. Whether an MCU entry is a hit or a disappointment depends on many factors behind the scenes, but their timing and relation to the projects that came before and after also influences their reception. As meticulously planned as the MCU may seem, there have been several times when Marvel Studios could have moved a movie's release in order to do the project justice and make the franchise more streamlined.
Your browser does not support the video tag. 8 Iron Man 2 The MCU's third release, Iron Man 2, continued Tony Stark's journey shortly after revealing his double life to the world. But beyond cementing Iron Man as a hero and setting up his eventual team-up with the Avengers, Iron Man 2 didn't offer anything particularly groundbreaking. Had Marvel Studios waited to release Iron Man 2 until after The Avengers, Tony Stark's MCU character arc could have had more time to develop, allowing Iron Man 3 to wrap up Stark's solo trilogy closer to his death in Avengers: Endgame. As it stands, Iron Man 2 seems like a missed opportunity to put more focus on the Infinity Saga's main character.
7 Ant-Man & The Wasp 2018's Ant-Man and the Wasp followed Scott Lang as an established hero. But like Iron Man 2 did with Tony Stark, the Ant-Man sequel didn't do much to take the hero in a fresh direction. Ant-Man and the Wasp did give Hope van Dyne her own superhero persona and set up Avengers: Endgame by leaving Ant-Man trapped in the Quantum Realm, but failed to stand out among hard-hitting Phase 3 entries like Thor: Ragnarok and Black Panther. Had the Ant-Man sequel waited to come out until after Avengers: Endgame, Ant-Man and his allies could have starred in a more unique story that didn't let them be overshadowed by bigger titles.
6 Black Panther Black Panther made a huge cultural impact beyond the MCU and the superhero genre. Instead of solving an issue, a different release date for Black Panther could have taken T'Challa's solo movie to new heights. Had Marvel Studios released Black Panther earlier, T'Challa could have had more time to establish himself as a key MCU hero in the Infinity Saga, and he could have interacted more with characters like Iron Man and Captain America before Avengers: Endgame concluded their journey. Crossover events like Captain America: Civil War could have also raised their stakes a little more with an experienced Black Panther audiences were already acquainted with.