After Deadpool & Wolverine, There's Only 3 MCU Movies I Think Can Earn Over $1 Billion (2024)

exceeded what were already very high expectations for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and I can only see three of Marvel's upcoming movies being able to break the $1 billion mark as the 2024 film did. I always expected Deadpool & Wolverine to be a huge release. It brought back Hugh Jackman as Wolverine and finally had him and Ryan Reynolds share the screen as faithful versions of their characters. also kept interest in the movie high, and it was the first R-rated and mutant-focused MCU film.

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All of those elements paid off, as Deadpool & Wolverine went on to break several major records both before its release, with multiple trailer records broken, and after, as the film became the highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time. Deadpool & Wolverine was the only MCU movie of 2024, standing as a major source of excitement for Marvel fans in a year when the franchise slowed down. However, the MCU is set to have a handful of busy years ahead. Despite the greater number of Marvel movies coming soon, I'm convinced that only three can equal Deadpool & Wolverine's success.

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Deadpool & Wolverine is one of the MCU's most ambitious movies. While it has a pretty straightforward story, the film is one of the few to have truly used the MCU's Multiverse Saga to the best of its ability. Essentially a road trip shared between Deadpool and Wolverine in the Void, the MCU film became a resounding success by including climactic action set pieces, emotional moments, hilarious character dynamics, multiverse characters, and plenty of surprises along the way. As superhero movies are not a novelty anymore, those hoping to reach $1 billion will have to truly stand out.

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Throughout the Multiverse Saga, the MCU has seen some very successful movies, though many others ended up underperforming. For instance, The Marvels became the MCU's lowest-grossing movie, even below many other films that I don't think are better than the Captain Marvel sequel in any way, like Iron Man 2 and Thor: The Dark World. The message the MCU has received is that for a movie to pass the $1 billion mark, it has to be a major event or include fan-favorite characters/stars. Like the Avengers movies and Spider-Man: No Way Home, Deadpool & Wolverine understood the assignment.

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Based on the lessons taken from Deadpool & Wolverine's success and the other MCU movies that managed to cross the coveted $1 billion mark, I see three of the franchise's upcoming projects being able to reach that same level of success. One of the biggest problems in the Multiverse Saga has been the absence of the Avengers. The team's absence is felt both story-wise, as characters have been scattered and many of them have gone years without appearing, and financially, as every Avengers movie managed to make at least $1 billion worldwide, with the latest two making over $2 billion.

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After Deadpool & Wolverine, There's Only 3 MCU Movies I Think Can Earn Over $1 Billion (3)

The MCU has decided to make some changes after its Phase 4 woes. That includes Marvel Studios' TV side going through an overhaul, with projects having longer development pipelines and formal showrunners being hired, and a slowdown on the movie side. Marvel will now release fewer movies per year, and the focus of the studio going forward will rest on the MCU's most popular franchises and characters. Marvel's new approach to how it develops movies makes it easier for the franchise to have more films passing the coveted $1 billion mark.

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After some MCU movies bombed at the box office during the Multiverse Saga, it seems like Marvel has understood what it needs to do to course-correct.

Like Deadpool & Wolverine, most of Marvel's upcoming movies are focused on the studio's biggest characters, including Captain America, the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, and Spider-Man. Recently, Kevin Feige teased the X-Men's MCU arrival, and the team already has a movie in development for after Avengers: Secret Wars. After some MCU movies bombed at the box office during the Multiverse Saga, it seems like Marvel has understood what it needs to do to course-correct, and so I believe that after the next two Avengers movies and Spider-Man 4, more MCU films can pass $1 billion, as Deadpool & Wolverine did.

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After Deadpool & Wolverine, There's Only 3 MCU Movies I Think Can Earn Over $1 Billion (4)

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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
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
Franchise(s): Deadpool , Marvel Cinematic Universe