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Dec 11, 2018 · The year 2008's The Dark Knight has been hailed as not only one of the greatest superhero movies of all time (thanks in large part to the late Heath Ledger's Oscar-winning performance as The Joker), but also as a major influence on the superhero genre today.
- Tyler Hargett
Aug 6, 2019 · Superhero movies are almost guaranteed hits at the box office, but they've also been some of the decade's biggest movie flops.
- Anthony Gramuglia
- HIT: THOR: RAGNAROK. One could say that Hulk got his third chance to shine in Thor: Ragnarok. Taika Waititi’s 2017 film about the adventures of the God of Thunder and the Hulk is easily the best film in the Thor trilogy.
- FLOPPED: HULK (2003) The MCU formula for superhero movies rarely ever fails, and that is stretching the definition of failure to include The Incredible Hulk and Thor: The Dark World.
- HIT: IRON MAN 3. On the other hand, with a worldwide gross of $1.2 billion, Iron Man 3 is MCU’s fifth-highest grossing movie. Released in May 2013, the final installment of the Iron Man trilogy received generally positive reviews, even though the fans are still mostly split about it.
- FLOPPED: THE INCREDIBLE HULK. Unfortunately, not all MCU reboots have been as successful as Spider-Man: Homecoming. In 2008, on the heels of Iron Man's success, Marvel Studios made The Incredible Hulk.
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) — $476 Million. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Where to Watch. *Availability in US. stream. rent. buy. Release Date.
- Eternals (2021) — $402 Million. Eternals. PG-13. Release Date. November 5, 2021. Director. Chloé Zhao. Cast. Gemma Chan , Angelina Jolie , Richard Madden , Salma Hayek Pinault , Kit Harington , Kumail Nanjiani.
- Black Widow (2021) — $379 Million. Black Widow. PG-13. Where to Watch. *Availability in US. stream. rent. buy. Release Date. July 9, 2021. Director. Cate Shortland. Cast.
- X-Men: First Class (2011) — $352 Million. X-Men: First Class. PG-13. Where to Watch. *Availability in US. stream. rent. buy. Release Date. June 3, 2011. Director. Matthew Vaughn.
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- Flopped: Hulk. Before Mark Ruffalo and Edward Norton portrayed Bruce Banner, otherwise known as the Incredible Hulk, Eric Bana took the mantle of the green giant in 2003's Hulk.
- Massive Hit: Spider-Man 3. Though many people credit the third instalment of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man franchise to be the one that ended the series, mostly due to its choppy narrative, it actually performed better than any other Spider-Man movie ever released, including last year's Spider-Man: Homecoming.
- Flopped: The Punisher. The 2003 R-rated Marvel movie The Punisher, starring Thomas Jane and John Travolta, did not perform as well as Lionsgate was hoping.
- Massive Hit: The Avengers. Though Marvel Studios certainly expected their 2012 ensemble movie The Avengers to be a hit, it undoubtedly performed a lot better than they had expected.
Apr 24, 2023 · 10 Green Lantern - 2011. One of the biggest box office flops based on a DC property that all but kickstarted the rebooted DCEU is 2011's Green Lantern. The film was directed by Martin Campbell and starred Ryan Reynolds as the titular DC superhero.
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Nov 21, 2023 · The Marvels recently crashed and burned at the box office, but it's far from the only superhero movie to underperform in that way. In this feature, we look back at more of the genre's biggest...
