

With this in mind, here are the 10 Marvel Movies That Completely Flopped (And 10 That Became Massive Hits).īy general standards, Avengers: Age of Ultron was far from a box office flop. While a good portion of these Marvel movies did manage to earn back their budget by the end of their box office run, the general rule in Hollywood is that a movie needs to earn back over twice its budget, otherwise it is a total flop in the eyes of the studio. In fact, for every Marvel movie that went on to become a total success at the box office, there was arguably another Marvel movie that completely bombed in the same arena. Some of these Marvel movies that flopped stopped franchises in their tracks, whereas others hoped to spawn a franchise but ultimately failed to even get one good movie off of the ground. A number of Marvel movies were met with bad reviews, whereas a large number of others ultimately became total flops at the box office. Unfortunately, the longevity of Marvel and the current success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe does not necessarily mean that every Marvel movie ever produced has been a big hit.


Though Marvel is currently at the height of its popularity in cinema, movies have been made based on Marvel comics for decades, with the first Marvel movie being made back in 1944, back when Marvel was known as Timely Comics. However, even non-MCU Marvel movies tend to leave some sort of mark at the box office, such as the Deadpool franchise and a few other X-Men movies. Marvel movies have become some of the most dominant forces at the box office over the past decade, with a good portion of their success being credited to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
