On the occasion of the recent Comic-Con event held in San Diego, California, Marvel announced that its series of films in the same continuity (i.e. the MCU for Marvel Cinematic Universe) is the first cinema license to cross the threshold of 30 billion dollars in global box office revenue (for 34 films spread over 15 years).
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A level recently surpassed thanks to the success of the very latest feature film Deadpool & Wolverine which generated 96 million dollars on its first day of release on American territory and which is well on its way to being a hit in the rest of the world. As a reminder, the MCU started in 2008 with Iron Man and then enjoyed a number of critical and commercial successes, at least until the last two films Avengers: Endgame and Avengers: Infinity War.
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For comparison, and to complete the Top 5, other big cinema licenses include titles like Spider-Man (10.6 billion over 10 films) , Star Wars (10.3 billion over 11 films), Harry Potter (9.6 billion over 11 films) and James Bond (7.8 billion over 25 films).