In 2008, Iron Man saved up the start-up capital to open up the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Over the next dozen years, Marvel Studios was unstoppable, changing the rules of the game for Hollywood commercial films and becoming the object of imitation by other film giants.
By the end of 2019, marvel studios had made movies that grossed more than $21 billion worldwide, becoming a marvel in film history.
A film's success at the box office can indicate the film's popularity and cultural impact.
Let's review the filming cost and box office performance of each Marvel movie.
The calculation method of film revenue is more complicated, including theater accounting, copyright fees, public relations costs, etc., some data we do not know, so we simply calculate the revenue as: global box office minus shooting costs.
1. Iron Man (2008)
Filming cost: $140 million
Gross box office worldwide: $585 million
Revenue: $445 million
Benefit-cost ratio: 3.18
"Iron Man" is the founding father of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this movie earned the marvel cinematic universe start-up capital, without the "Iron Man" Marvel Cinematic Universe would not exist.
2. The Invincible Hulk (2008)
Filming cost: $150 million
Gross worldwide box office: $263 million
Revenue: $113 million
Benefit-cost ratio: 0.75
The success of "Iron Man" brought confidence to Marvel, and "The Invincible Hulk", released in the same year, almost extinguished the fire of Marvel's recovery with a basin of cold water.
"The Invincible Hulk" is undoubtedly marvel's most failed film and television work.
3. Iron Man 2 (2010)
Filming cost: $200 million
Gross worldwide box office: $624 million
Revenue: $424 million
Benefit-cost ratio: 2.12
Although "Iron Man 2" is the worst-rated work in the series, the box office performance is still strong.
4. Thor (2011)
Gross box office worldwide: $449 million
Revenue: $299 million
Benefit-cost ratio: 1.99
5. Captain America 1 (2011)
Gross box office worldwide: $371 million
Revenue: $231 million
Benefit-cost ratio: 1.65
After the successful filming of "Iron Man", Marvel has a relatively clear idea, and has developed the first movies of the "Captain America" and "Thor" series.
Although the box office results and word-of-mouth of the two films are average, Marvel laid the foundation for the next "Reunion 1".
6. The Avengers (2012)
Filming cost: $220 million
Gross box office worldwide: $1.512 billion
Revenue: $1,281 million
Benefit-cost ratio: 5.82
In 2012, the prototype of the Marvel Cinematic Universe began to appear, and the "Avengers" developed by Marvel Hao for 220 million yuan proved to the outside world that this kind of "theme park" movie is the future of super British science fiction movies.
7. Iron Man 3 (2013)
Gross box office worldwide: $1.215 billion
Revenue: $1.015 billion
Benefit-cost ratio: 5.07
Marvel's first independent film to gross more than $1 billion.
8. Thor 2 (2013)
Filming cost: $170 million
Gross box office worldwide: $645 million
Revenue: $475 million
Benefit-cost ratio: 2.79
Marvel's penultimate failed film, completely ending the "Shakespeare" tone of the Thor series.
9. Captain America 2 (2014)
Gross box office worldwide: $714 million
Revenue: $544 million
Benefit-cost ratio: 3.2
Although the box office is average, it is the best work in the US team series and is recognized as the best Marvel at home and abroad.
10. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Gross box office worldwide: $773 million
Revenue: $603 million
Benefit-cost ratio: 3.55
Marvel's first work to open up the world view, pure comedy tone, the audience is happy to see it, and the actors are happy to act.
11. "Reunion 2" (2015)
Filming cost: $250 million
Gross box office worldwide: $1.405 billion
Revenue: $1,155 million
Benefit-cost ratio: 4.62
"Reunion 2" is the most well-received and box office movie in the Reunion series, the skinny camel is bigger than The Horse, although the box office is the lowest in the series, but it is still larger than all independent films.
12. Ant-Man (2015)
Filming cost: $130 million
Gross box office worldwide: $519 million
Revenue: $389 million
Benefit-cost ratio: 2.99
Marvel's smallest series, but it is Marvel's most important "functional" movie, opening up the worldview, leading to the concept of "quantum space", laying the groundwork for the future "Reunion 4".
13. Captain America: Civil War (2016)
Gross box office worldwide: $1.153 billion
Revenue: $903 million
Benefit-cost ratio: 3.61
"Reunion 2.5" is the second independent film with a global box office of more than $1 billion, and the break between the US team and Iron Man lays the groundwork for the subsequent plot.
14. Doctor Strange (2016)
Filming cost: $165 million
Gross worldwide box office: $678 million
Revenue: $513 million
Benefit-cost ratio: 3.11
At this time, the Marvel production line has begun to take shape, and "Doctor Strange" is all decent in addition to visual effects. At this time, Marvel can basically guarantee that the box office of the new IP movie will be more than 500 million US dollars, and the cost is at a relatively low level.
Marvel: My success can be replicated.
15 Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (2017)
Gross worldwide box office: $864 million
Revenue: $664 million
Benefit-cost ratio: 3.32
The sequel surpassed the previous film at the box office, and the audience was very convinced of the "Sand Sculpture Loser Group" setting with tears and laughter.
16. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Filming cost: $175 million
Gross worldwide box office: $880 million
Revenue: $705 million
Benefit-cost ratio: 4.03
Sony and Marvel cooperation, Spider-Man IP in the form of shelving controversy, joint development in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, compared to other world-saving superhero movies, "Spider-Man" shooting angle is more youthful, campus.
17. Thor 3 (2017)
Filming cost: $180 million
Gross box office worldwide: $854 million
Revenue: $674 million
Benefit-cost ratio: 3.74
Completely pushing Thor onto the sand sculpture road, in a comedic way, interpreting the tragedy in the plot. The audience and the media have mixed reviews, but the plot and the image transformation of the characters are very pleasing.
18. Black Panther (2018)
Gross box office worldwide: $1.347 billion
Revenue: $1,147 million
Benefit-cost ratio: 5.735
Marvel's most lucrative independent hero film was propelled to the altar by black brothers, and foreign word of mouth was against the sky, and even received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. Won three Oscars for Marvel, achieving a breakthrough of zero.
The domestic word of mouth and box office are actually justified, which is also a general Marvel movie. However, the success of "Black Panther" in international word of mouth and box office has made domestic audiences spray Black Panther "political correctness" into "political correctness".
19. "Reunion 3" (2018)
Gross worldwide box office: $2.048 billion
Revenue: $1,798 million
Revenue-cost ratio: 7.192
The most popular Marvel movie, the unprecedented ending, is enough to hang the appetite of Marvel fans for a year.
Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
Shooting cost: $160 million
Gross worldwide box office: $623 million
Revenue: $463 million
Benefit-cost ratio: 2.89
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21. Captain Marvel (2019)
Gross worldwide box office: $1.128 billion
Revenue: $978 million
Benefit-cost ratio: 6.52
The fourth Marvel movie to gross more than $1 billion, "Avengers 3" ended with the help of easter eggs, although there are many slots, but the overall quality is medium to high.
22. "Reunion 4" (2019)
Filming cost: $356 million
Gross box office worldwide: $2.796 billion
Revenue: $2.44 billion
Benefit-cost ratio: 6.85
"Avengers 4" has achieved great success at the box office, marvel laid out the final work of 11 years, becoming the fastest film in the world at the box office of more than $1 billion, breaking the box office record of "Avatar" monopolizing film history for nearly 10 years.
"Reunion 4" also set a more bizarre record: the first film in film history to set a box office record but did not win any Oscars...
23. Spider-Man: The Hero's Quest (2019)
Gross box office worldwide: $1.131 billion
Revenue: $971 million
Benefit-cost ratio: 6.06
The world's highest-grossing Spider-Man movie, the highest-grossing film in the history of Sony Pictures, the box office hit is borrowed from the "Avengers 4", Iron Man, marvel Cinematic Universe the end of the third phase of the gale, Sony's marketing, public relations, publicity capabilities are indispensable.
The film quality is superior and the visual effects are stunning.
Marvel's highest-budgeted films are: "Avengers 4" for $356 million, and the lowest-cost film for "Ant-Man 1" for $130 million.
Marvel's highest-grossing movies were: "Avengers 4" at $2.796 billion, and the lowest-grossing movie: "The Invincible Hulk" at $263 million, more than 10 times worse. The highest-grossing indie hero film was Black Panther for $1.347 billion.
Marvel's film with the highest revenue-cost ratio is "Reunion 3", and the revenue cost reaches 7.192. The worst is that "Invincible Hulk" is estimated to lose money to vomit blood...