The MCU’s Biggest Box Office Bomb Is The Multiverse Saga’s Most Important Film In 3 Ways

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Despite being the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s biggest financial disappointment, one recent film is turning out to be the most crucial part of the current Multiverse Saga, laying the groundwork for major future storylines. The MCU has faced challenges lately, with movies like Eternals and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania receiving a lot of criticism.

For a while there, it felt like every Marvel movie was guaranteed to make over a billion dollars at the box office, especially during the height of the Infinity Saga. But things have been tougher for Marvel lately. Looking ahead to 2025, even the most successful upcoming film, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, is only projected to earn around $521.9 million. Even though a movie doesn’t need huge box office numbers to be important, a strong release in 2023 is really key for Marvel to get back on track.

The Marvels Is The MCU’s Biggest Box Office Bomb

The Multiverse Saga has had a mixed impact on Marvel’s box office success, and unfortunately, it’s largely been negative. The latest film, The Marvels, was a particular disappointment, earning only $206.1 million worldwide – less than even The Incredible Hulk made ($265.6 million). Considering it cost around $374 million to produce, The Marvels resulted in significant financial losses for the studio.

The box office performance of The Marvels looks even worse when compared to the first Captain Marvel movie, which earned a huge $1.13 billion in 2019. While Captain Marvel benefited from being released between Avengers films and was expected to do well, the disappointing results for The Marvels were a surprise to everyone.

All 3 Reasons Why The Marvels Is The Multiverse Saga’s Most Important Movie So Far

Although The Marvels didn’t perform well in theaters, its story will still influence future Marvel Cinematic Universe films, and it introduced some ideas that other movies in the Multiverse Saga should have explored. Most notably, the post-credits scene featuring the X-Men is a major development. By stranding Monica Rambeau in a different universe, the MCU has effectively brought in the original X-Men team from the Fox universe.

Because several actors from that series are joining the cast of Avengers: Doomsday, The Marvels will have a direct connection to one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s largest films. The film’s journey into a different universe could also significantly affect the upcoming Avengers movie. Specifically, if a dimensional tear, called an incursion, brings the X-Men’s world into conflict with the main MCU, the Avengers will have a compelling reason to avoid destroying it.

This is because the X-Men’s world includes a version of Monica Rambeau’s mother, Maria. Because of this family connection, Monica, Captain Marvel, and Ms. Marvel wouldn’t let anyone destroy that universe, even to save themselves. Also, The Marvels is significant because it features characters from MCU TV shows in a movie, and it brings together heroes from across the Multiverse Saga – something the franchise hasn’t done much of recently.

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2025-11-04 20:08