The MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE Has Officially Grossed Over $9 Billion Worldwide

True believers rejoice! After twelve films, and Ant-Man's recent release in China, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has reached a major milestone by crossing the $9 billion mark worldwide, the first major film franchise to do so! So, Marvel stockholders, come and check it out!

By RohanPatel - Oct 22, 2015 03:10 PM EST

Filed Under: Marvel Comics

After the critical and commercial success of a Spider-Man trilogy and an X-Men trilogy, Marvel Studios officially launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe on May 2, 2008 with Iron Man, which, not only resurrected the career of its star Robert Downey Jr., but also kicked off something truly special when Samuel L. Jackson made a cameo appearance as Nick Fury at the tail-end of the film to set-up The Avengers.

Fast forward seven years and eleven more films and now the Marvel Cinematic Universe is more or less the belle of the ball, with many competing studios trying to mimic the success of the now Disney-owned Marvel Studios. Depending on who you ask, the quality of their films have remained fairly consistent over the years, with the extensive world-building and lovable characters often a highlight for fans of the now multi-billion dollar franchise.

Marvel's latest offering, Ant-Man, recently opened in China and received a more than warm reception grossing over $43 million in its opening weekend and well, now more numbers have come in and it seems as though Ant-Man's recent surge has helped the MCU cross a major milestone... the $9 billion mark at the worldwide box office! It's the first franchise to ever reach the landmark number.

However, it should be noted, that on a per film basis, the eight Harry Potter films & six Lord Of The Rings films have grossed a considerable amount more than the twelve Marvel films.

Check out the current worldwide grosses, courtesy of Box Office Mojo, of all twelve Marvel Studios films below:

Marvel Studios' upcoming slate includes Captain America: Civil War & Doctor Strange in 2016; Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol.2, Spider-Man, & Thor: Ragnarok in 2017; Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War - Part 1, & Ant-Man and the Wasp in 2018; Captain Marvel, Avengers: Infinity War - Part 2, & Inhumans in 2019; and three untitled Marvel films in 2020. Looking at that lineup, they should continue to reach milestone after milestone for the foreseeable future.

So, what do you guys think? Sound off with your thoughts (and/or argue amongst yourselves about money that doesn't affect you in any way, shape, or form) below!

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Invictor - 10/22/2015, 3:16 PM

JamesMann - 10/22/2015, 3:17 PM

That's a lotta money.

LEVITIKUZ - 10/22/2015, 3:17 PM

Good for them.

Money doesn't equal quality though and if it does then I guess Avatar is the best movie of all time.

Desr0w - 10/22/2015, 3:18 PM

sKeemAn - 10/22/2015, 3:23 PM

KINGPEN266FBA - 10/22/2015, 3:24 PM

SuperCat - 10/22/2015, 3:24 PM

MrMartyMarvel - 10/22/2015, 3:24 PM

Think about it, Marvel still has at least two more phases planned after this. Can you imagine how much money they'll both add to the pile? Until inflation inevitably starts working its old black magic, Marvel is gonna be on top for a LOOOOOONNNNNGGGG ass time.

SuperCat - 10/22/2015, 3:26 PM

NegativeNerd - 10/22/2015, 3:28 PM

Ha ha haters

LEVITIKUZ - 10/22/2015, 3:28 PM

@Superherodude1

Why bring up MOS? Like who give a [frick] and bring it up? It was a shit movie, we all know that, we all moved on.

Money is both the greatest thing in the world and the root of all evil. $So far all the MCU films have been great to ok but money doesn't equal quality.

@KingPatel

Thank you.

Also I hope Brady breaks his leg since the fantasy team I'm playing this week has Brady as their QB.

;D

TheBeard - 10/22/2015, 3:28 PM

SuperCat - 10/22/2015, 3:30 PM

kinghulk - 10/22/2015, 3:31 PM

that's a huge amount of cash

ANewPope - 10/22/2015, 3:31 PM

Still not over the fact that AOU was considered a "flop".

Darkknight2149 - 10/22/2015, 3:32 PM

It should be noted that the MCU is a cinematic universe made up of interconnected film franchises. The MCU itself is not a franchise.

THE AVENGERS is a franchise. The Hulk is a franchise. IRON MAN is a franchise. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY is a franchise. AGENTS OF SHIELD is a franchise. The MCU is a shared universe that franchises take place in. As great as the MCU is, it's absurd to call it "one of the highest grossing franchises of all time."

Darkknight2149 - 10/22/2015, 3:33 PM

At least, that's how I see it.

Kyos - 10/22/2015, 3:33 PM

@MCU

Jazzy4 - 10/22/2015, 3:36 PM

Disney executives are rejoycing : they bought the studio for $4 billions 5/6 years ago..

The franchise hit $9B of revenues from theatrical run in 7 years and even more with the addition of DVDS, Blu rays, TV rights.

Add the $1.7+ Billion of yearly merchandising revenues and Disney is laughing all the way to the bank !

TheManFromMars - 10/22/2015, 3:37 PM

Shenron - 10/22/2015, 3:40 PM

Superherodude1

Money is the greatest thing in the world? Really?

RT scores mean jackshit. IM3 (Lethal Weapon 5), IM2 and Age of Ultron (One Week of Ultron) were nonsense, still got some decent RT scores though. They did big bank sure. MoS made more bank than the bottom six on that list but I don't know why thats relevant in a Marvel thread?

@Omarvls

Preach. Road to Perdition. One of the best CBMs of all time by our man Sam Mendes. Watchman 'the unfilmable film' was still a great CBM despite its poor performance. Box Office is not a signifier of a great film.

CPBuff22 - 10/22/2015, 3:46 PM

MrCBM56 - 10/22/2015, 3:51 PM

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The MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE Has Officially Grossed Over $9 Billion Worldwide

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