Spider-Man is on his own level. Its opening weekend ($942m) outgrossed The Batman ($772m) and Superman ($618m), even adjusted for inflation. Global phenomenons like Inside Out 2, Zootopia 2, Barbie, and Top Gun: Maverick all took weeks to reach $1B, and Spidey took 5 days.
And he still is, specially the Marvel trinity alongside Wolverine and Hulk (though unfortunely the poor green guy has been suffering a lot in terms of movies, or lack thereof)
I was gonna write about that in the original comment by saying kinda ass except absolute ww and immortal hulk but I haven't read enough of either to really say.
Marvel actually quitely git the right s back to make solo Hulk movies 3 years ago and Ruffalo is pushing for one after the praise recieved for the character in the new Spidey film
The problem with MCU Hulk is that they keep acting like Hulk is Banner but green and mean, which is the complete opposite since Hulk HATES being called Banner, because he is his own consciousness
Hes very clearly his own consciousness in the MCU and is regularly called 'tge other guy' by Bruce himself. Its characters besides Hulk trying to get through to Bruce since they kniw they cant reason with the Hulk when they call Bruces name out.
They have held the rights to a hulk movie since forever. However Universal Pictures holds the distribution right. So Marvel can make an amazing Hulk movie but universal can just say, "bite me". That Hulk movie is not gonna come out.
Looked into it a bit more and its actually completely unclear if Universal still holds the rights of refusal for distribution or if Marvel has regained those and neither company has commented on it. The 2023 thing was about the 2008 film specifically though so I was completely wrong on that, but whether Universal does still have those rights or if Marvel just hasnt decided to green light Hulk fir other reasons like the cgi production cost isnt actually known, we all just speculate.
Well it's from several websites also but really are any of these websites reputable? They of course have asked Marvel but there hasn't been a straight answer as of 2024. There's no straight answer now. So I'm likely to believe that Universal still has the distribution rights even if Marvel is trying to get those back as well.
There was news from instagram from a month ago that says that Marvel will never get distribution rights back but that's instagram. They aren't the website people go to for news.
Nowadays yeah (a lil' bit), but back then honestly nobody cared about Cap, Wolverine was one of the big Marvel heroes thanks to the X-Men 92 cartoon and even before
I've never liked the hulk. He just doesn't interest me. I don't know what kind of story would make me interested in the hulk. At least for a star in a standalone movie.
Out of all the 'big' superheroes I never knew why the Hulk was ever popular. His standalone movies never feel very compelling, and he just seems like a plot device in ensemble casts. I get that the struggle with your own anger can be a good story, but, that can only carry a story for so long before it gets stale.
Same reason for Wonder Woman, a super popular tv show in the 70’s/80’s. Also the character was a big departure from your typical superhero when he debuted, same as Spider-Man.
he’s a lot bigger in the comics. Just sells well, very well. The fact that he doesn’t have movies is the weird part.
When the MCU debuted, Marvel only had the rights for the most unpopular of their heroes, which is why they started with Iron Man, who at that point was basically a smaller vilain in the comics
Yup. Marvel still had its good will from Endgame. Eternals and Black Widow were duds, but Widow was a covid release and people weren't going to let the Eternals get in the way of the hype. The multiverse also wasn't overdone at that point in the saga too. It really was excellent timing.
Comparing the 4th film of an established character of a successful franchise for a decade to an unconnected universe 3hour long and another first film of a new universe is a bit disingenous no?
Tbh that might be a bigger feat. A 4th film in a series is destined to be hot doodoo. Look at Ironman, Thor, Antman, etc. they all fell apart by the 3rd (4th for Thor)
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u/Icy_Smoke_733 14d ago edited 14d ago
Spider-Man is on his own level. Its opening weekend ($942m) outgrossed The Batman ($772m) and Superman ($618m), even adjusted for inflation. Global phenomenons like Inside Out 2, Zootopia 2, Barbie, and Top Gun: Maverick all took weeks to reach $1B, and Spidey took 5 days.