The meteoric rise of Marvel movies

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, the latest Marvel blockbuster, cruised to a huge U.S. opening of $180 million – the biggest ever November release, usurping 2013’s The Hunger Games: Catching Fire


FIVE BIGGEST MOVIE FRANCHISES COMPARED
Cumulative domestic box office ($ billions)*

12 					$11.48bn
11 
10
9 
8 					$8.09bn
7
6					$6.13bn
5
4 					$4.34bn
3 					$3.91bn
2 
1 
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Marvel Cinematic Universe 
Star Wars
James Bond
Batman
Spider-Man


*Adjusted for inflation
                                               

Sources: The Numbers, Box Office Mojo
Picture: © 2022 Marvel
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