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Summary

• Deadpool & Wolverine was a success for Marvel, crossing $1 billion worldwide and taking the MCU's overall total past $30 billion.
• After Deadpool & Wolverine, the next MCU movie to hit $1 billion will likely come in 2025 with three promising, big-franchise movies being released.
• Regardless of 2025's successes or failures, the two Avengers movies scheduled for 2026 and 2027 will certainly cross $1 billion.

Deadpool & Wolverine has crossed $1 billion at the worldwide box office, begging the question of which Marvel movie will be the next to hit the milestone. Regarding box office receipts, the MCU is the most successful franchise in film history. The box office total of all MCU movies surpassed a staggering $30 billion with the release of Deadpool & Wolverine, proving how much of an impact the franchise has had on the industry. That said, there are some MCU franchises with lower box office than others, most being made worse in recent years.
For example, the Ant-Man franchise is one of Marvel's lowest earners, compounded by Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania's poor performance in 2023. This year also saw The Marvels become Marvel's biggest flop, a far cry from Avengers: Endgame being the highest-grossing Marvel movie of all time. After a difficult few years, Deadpool & Wolverine has seemingly got Marvel back on track. Thanks to Deadpool & Wolverine's cameo-filled story and its fun, easygoing tone, the film managed to cross $1 billion for the first time since Endgame. Now, the question turns to which MCU film will be next to do so.
Spider-Man: Far From Home and Spider-Man: No Way Home also crossed $1 billion since Endgame, but neither was produced by Marvel with the profits going to Sony Pictures.
A 2025 MCU Movie Could Surpass $1 Billion At The Box Office 2025 Contains A Highly-Anticipated MCU Movie Close In 2025, there are three upcoming Marvel movies. These are Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts*, and The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Blade is also scheduled for 2025, though it is highly likely the film will be delayed due to the production issues it continuously faces. Of the three aforementioned projects, The Fantastic Four: First Steps is the most likely to hit $1 billion at the worldwide box office.
Captain America 4 and Thunderbolts* are both exciting projects, though they will arguably be more grounded and self-contained than The Fantastic Four. It has already been revealed that the latter will tie intrinsically to Avengers: Doomsday, meaning it could pass $1 billion as Captain Marvel did due to its ties to Avengers: Endgame. Similarly, many are excited to see a good Fantastic Four adaptation after two below-par ones, with the casting alone for the MCU movie maintaining hype for over two years. The eventual cast of Fantastic Four was stacked with popular actors, only benefiting the film's box office chances.
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2 Was Deadpool & Wolverine A Fluke Or Is Marvel Back As The King Of The Box Office? Can Marvel Recapture Former Glory After 2024's Successes? Although Deadpool & Wolverine is an obvious success for Marvel, many are still deeming it a fluke for Marvel. After all, Deadpool & Wolverine's post-credit scene made it clear that the movie was a love letter to Fox's X-Men universe – if the film itself had not made that evident already. It remains the case that, while the film included MCU-centric elements, it leaned more on Marvel's cinematic legacy than the future of the franchise as people were expecting.
Your browser does not support the video tag. Given the focus of the film on elements that originated outside of the MCU, the future of Marvel's box office will be decided by 2025's movies. Captain America 4 and Thunderbolts* are stories set firmly in the MCU's prime timeline, with characters who have been integral to the Infinity Saga and Multiverse Saga thus far. As such, these movies will have to perform to a high standard to prove that Deadpool & Wolverine was not just a fluke. If indeed they do, Marvel might truly be back on top after years of uncertainty.
Captain America 4, Thunderbolts*, and The Fantastic Four feed into Disney CEO Bob Iger's desire for Marvel to focus on popular franchises, meaning they almost have to perform well to prove the MCU can sustain future success.
Marvel Has 2 Surefire Box Office Hits On Its Hands Two Upcoming Movies Are Guaranteed Billion-Dollar Hits Close Looking beyond 2025, it is clear that Marvel Studios has two guaranteed box office successes in the works. Of course, the movies in question are Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars. It is all but guaranteed that any Avengers movie will surpass the $1 billion milestone after the success of Marvel's previous installments, let alone two that are integral to the state of the Multiverse Saga.
The casting choice of RDJ as Doom alone will likely be enough to propel the movie past $1 billion…
Avengers: Doomsday is shaping up to be equal parts exciting and intriguing, with Robert Downey Jr. playing Doctor Doom. The casting choice was certainly divisive, though it became one of the biggest pieces of news in recent years concerning superhero cinema. Whether it works out or not remains to be seen, but the casting choice of RDJ as Doom alone will likely be enough to propel the movie past $1 billion. When combined with the implications it has on the wider franchise and the return of the Russo Brothers as directors, Avengers: Doomsday is certain to be a hit for Marvel.
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Avengers: Secret Wars will then stem directly from Doomsday's story, again with the Russos at the helm. The Russos have long expressed their desire to adapt Secret Wars, their favorite story in the Marvel Comics library. This passion, along with the promise of endless Marvel cameos from across the multiverse, will see Avengers: Secret Wars match and likely even surpass its predecessor at the box office. However, whether the MCU has another $1 billion hit between Deadpool & Wolverine and the Phase 6 movie is unclear, though The Fantastic Four: First Steps offers a good chance of this coming to fruition.
Deadpool & Wolverine 4.0 R A follow-up to the highly successful Deadpool and Deadpool 2 films starring Ryan Reynolds as the Merc with a Mouth. The third film will be the first in the franchise to be developed under the Marvel Studios banner following Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox.
Director Shawn Levy Release Date July 26, 2024 Writers Rhett Reese , Paul Wernick , Shawn Levy , Ryan Reynolds , Zeb Wells , Rob Liefeld , Fabian Nicieza Cast Ryan Reynolds , Hugh Jackman , Emma Corrin , Morena Baccarin , Rob Delaney , Leslie Uggams , Karan Soni , Matthew Macfadyen , Brianna Hildebrand , Shioli Kutsuna , Stefan Kapicic , Lewis Tan , Randal Reeder , Jennifer Garner , Aaron Stanford , Billy Clements , Ollie Palmer , Chris Hemsworth , Rob McElhenney Runtime 127 Minutes Expand