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How Much Money has Marvel Cinematic Universe Movies made over the Years?

Here are the Rankings of the 23 Marvel Cinematic Universe Films and their Box office domestic and global earnings. Also included in this report is the budget and cost of producing each movie with brief movie synopsis

By Paul OranikaPublished 4 years ago 7 min read
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Marvel Cinematic Universe Films Box Office Earnings Rank

There are 23 great films produced to date by the Marvel Cinematic Universe. From the first MCU movie, the Iron Man to the block-buster films like Avengers: Endgame, the world is watching and can’t get enough of these classics. Have you ever wondered how much money Marvel Cinematic Universe films have made over the years? From the first MCU movie to the last I have ranked these films in line with their published earnings since they were featured in Theaters across the world. Their worldwide Box office earnings will blow your mind away. Included also is the budget cost of producing each movie. Have fun, I hope you like what you read here. Enjoy!

23. The Incredible Hulk- was released in 2008. The movie was based on Marvel Comics character-The Hulk and was directed by Louis Leterrier.

The global box office earnings: $311,021,259

The domestic box office is $169,541,300

Budget for movie: $150M

The Hulk

22. Captain America: The First Avenger Movie was released in 2011, and the film was based on Marvel Comics character-Captain America directed by Joe Johnston

Global Box Office Earnings is $418,778,325

US box office adjusted Earnings is $200,933,700

Budget for movie:$140 M

Captain America Super Hero

21. Thor Odinson was MCU fictional comics acted by Chris Hemsworth, the movie was released in 2011, and directed by Kenneth Branagh

Worldwide box office adjusted earnings: $507,780,887

US adjusted box office Earnings: $202,876,700

Budget for Movie :$150 M

Chris Hemsworth as Thor

20. Ant Man movie was released in 2015, the story was based on Marvel Comics character directed by Peyton Reed.

Adjusted Global box office Earnings: $556,964,859

Adjusted domestic box office Earnings: $197,108,000

Budget for movie: $142 M

Ant Man

19. Antman and the Wasp Marvel Universe movie was released in 2018. The story was based on Marvel Comics with Scott Lang playing the role of Ant Man while Hope Van Dyne played the role of the Wasp.

Worldwide Box office earnings: $630,348,861

US box office Earnings : $221,538,700

Budget for movie :$195 M

18. Iron Man Movie was released in 2008. The story line was based on how Anthony Edward suffered a chest injury resulting from kidnapping and was asked by his captors to build a weapon of mass destruction and instead of doing that he created a mechanized armor which helped him to escape The movie was directed by Jon Favreau

Worldwide box office: $690,898,211

U.S box office Earnings: $400,443,200

Budget for Movie:$140 M

Iron man

17. Thor : The Dark World came out in 2013, the story was based on Fictional comedic Character Thor portrayed by Chris Hemsworth.

Worldwide box office Earnings: $703,354,436

U.S box office Earning: $223,410,000

Budget for Movie:$150 M

16. Dr. Strange came out in 2016. Dr Strange learns mystic arts after a car crash that ended his career, directed by Scott Derrickson

Worldwide box office: $717,801,445

Us box office: $238,975,400

Budget for Movie:$165 M

Dr. Strange

15. Iron Man 2 came to the big screens in 2010, the movie was directed by Jon Favreau. The story line was based on superhero Marvel comic, Iron Man. This classic movie was produced by Jon Favreau

Worldwide box office Earnings : $623,933,331

U.S box office earnings: $358,204,600

Budget for Movie:$200 M

Iron Man 2

14. Captain America: The Winter Soldier was released in 2014. The story was based on how the son of a U.S Army Captain in Virginia went into the trenches with Captain America and fought Nazis , Red Skull and more. The movie was directed by Anthony and Joe Russo

Worldwide box office Earnings: $766,961,531

U.S box office Earnings : $281,694,500

Budget for Movie:$177 M

Captain America The Winter Soldier

13. Guardians of the Galaxy was released in 2014 and was directed by James Gunn,based on the story of intergalactic outlaws that joined hands to protect planetary threats and eventually saved the earth.

Worldwide box office Earnings : $830,383,567

Domestic box office Earnings: $371,833,400

Budget for Movie:$232 M

12.Thor Ragnarok came to the big screen in 2017 it was rated PG-13, and directed by Taika Waititi. It is action , adventure and Comedy movie. Thor must race to Asgard from his imprisonment to stop ruthless villain Hela from destroying the world

Worldwide box office Earnings: $885,618,037

U.S box office Earnings : $309,920,300

Budget for Movie:$180 M

Thor: Ragnarok

11. Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2 was released in 2014. The movie was directer by James Gunn. In the story line Peter Quill along with other Guardians were hired by an alien race named Sovereign to protect their important and precious batteries from being destroyed. They soon discovered that Rocket has stolen those items which they were coming to guard. An armada was dispatched for vengeance as the Guardians try to escape.

Worldwide box office Earnings: $895,759,283

U.S box office Earnings : $393,315,500

Budget for Movie:$200 M

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2

10.Spider-Man:Homecoming: was released in 2017 the movie was directed by Jon Watts. A high school student in Queens New York with a superhero alter ego named Spider Man is on a new menace trail over the skies of New York City

Worldwide box office Earnings: $912,778,200

U.S domestic box office Earnings: $337,886,200

Budget for Movie:$175 M

9. Captain Marvel 2019 — This movie is Still in theaters. Superhero Captain Marvel is the story of American superhero based on Marvel Comics character Carol Danvers.Danvers became Captain Marvel following the galactic confrontation of two alien civilizations

Worldwide box office Earnings as at now: $1,120,844,503

U.S box office Earnings as at now $421,451,815

Budget for Movie:$175 M

8. Spider Man 2: Far from Home- Directed by Jon Watts, this movie was released in 2019. It is American Superhero movie based on Marvel Comics character the Spider-Man. It is a sequel to first Spider-Man film of 2017.

Worldwide Box office Earnings:$ 1,120,000,000

Budget for Movie: $160 M

Spider-Man Far From Home

7. Captain America: Civil War (2016) Directors Anthony and Joe Russo did a great job through this story where Steve Rogers led the new Avengers team in an effort to save humanity. An incidence involving the Avengers gave rise to a collateral damage and political pressure mounted to implement a system of accountability led by the governing body. Avengers was fractured into two camps one led by Steve Rogers and the other was led by Tony Stark.

Worldwide box office Earnings: $1,221,515,660

U.S Box office Earnings: $422,199,800

Budget for Movie:$250 M

Captain America

6. Iron Man 3 (2013) director Jon Favreau's storyline matched Tony Stark/Iron Man against an unscrupulous enemy that destroyed his world, he then made an ultimate decision to pursue a journey to discover those responsible

Worldwide box office Earnings: $1,325,598,500

U.S box office earnings: $441,109,200

Budget for Movie:$200 M

5. Black Panther came to the big screen in 2018 the movie was directed by Ryan Coogler and Produced by Marvel Studios. Starring Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa / Black Panther, after his father the king of Wakanda died, Black Panther decided to return home and succeed his father on the throne as a king. An old enemy reappears leading to an inescapable conflict. Black Panther had no choice other than to rally his allies to fight and ultimately defeat his enemies

Worldwide box office Earnings: $1,363,514,435

U.S box office Earnings: $688,739,000

Budget for Movie:$200 M

Black Panther

4. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) was directed by Joss Whedon. This is an American Superhero story based on Marvel comics Character and a sequel to the 2012 Avengers film. Tony Stark and Bruce Banner made efforts to jump-start Ultron dormant peace keeping program and unfortunately for them things happened in the unanticipated and opposite direction. Now the pending task is to stop the enactment of the plan.

Worldwide box office Earnings: $1,507,302,977

U.S box office Earnings: $483,348,000

Budget for Movie:$306 M

3.The Avengers (2012). Joss Whedon is the director of the movie it is an incredible film. This is the most action packed movie full of humor. Thor's evil brother Loki (Tom Middleton) gained unlimited energy power (Tesseract energy cube) and joined forces with other Superhero characters to defeat the huge threat to the planet

Worldwide box office Earnings: $1,681,600,125

U.S box office Earnings: $694,237,400

Budget for Movie:$220 M

The Avengers

2. Avengers: Infinity War (2018) Directors Anthony Russo, Joe Russo set out to create another action packed film. It is a sequel to the Avengers 2012 movie and the Avengers: Age of Ultron, (2015) movie. The super marvel movie features many super hero film characters in the cast including Chris Hemsworth, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle and Chris Evans and others.

Worldwide box office Earnings: $2,073,606,654

U.S. box office earnings: $653,950,200

Budget for Movie:$400 M

Avengers Infinity wars

1. Avengers: Endgame 2019 is the ultimate movie despite the fact that it is still in theaters as we speak, has earned more money than other MCU films. New York Times said the "Avengers Endgame has taken over the world" It was directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo. Chris Evans played the role of Captain America in Avengers: Endgame. This movie served as the conclusion episode, also it serves as the end of some of the roles played by some MCU characters at that point.

Worldwide box office Earnings to this point: $2,272,706,419

U.S box office Earnings to this point: $644,506,419

Budget for Movie:$356 M

Avengers Endgame

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