News? Stories from Dubious Sources

[Danja]

Disney is pulling back from Marvel slightly (It now has "franchise fatigue". The MCU feature films have been underperforming as of late.)

 

[Turtletrekker]

Captain America 4 and Thunderbolts underperformed, but Deadpool and Wolverine made over a billion dollars and Fantastic Four made over half a billion dollars. I know there are some internet wags out there that would like to say half a billion dollars is underperforming, but that's nonsense.

 

[Danja]

Captain America 4 and Thunderbolts underperformed, but Deadpool and Wolverine made over a billion dollars and Fantastic Four made over half a billion dollars. I know there are some internet wags out there that would like to say half a billion dollars is underperforming, but that's nonsense.

FF's budget was $200 million. It did $521 million at the box office.

It barely broke even. It underperformed.

They cancelled three MCU films that were due to be released in 2026-2027 earlier this year.

Deadpool and Wolverine (2024) was the last MCU film to gross over $1 billion.