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Examining MCU’s The Marvels And Why It’s Going Down As The Worst Marvel Release In History

In the realm of superhero movies the MCU has been a dominant force nobody’s been able to touch since Iron Man. Now, even the juggernaut and Kevin Feige can’t score a dominant win. What happened?

Jason Morton

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The Worst Opening in The Marvel Cinematic Universe

Until the pandemic, Marvel could seemingly do no wrong at the theaters. Kevin Feige and the MCU bigwigs had gold on their hands that raked in billions of dollars and spawned some of the most inspired YouTube reaction videos of all time. Then came the pandemic…

With this recent flop at the box office, it’s easy to blame the pandemic for slowing down theaters, but is that the real story? Or, is there something else at play that Marvel and Disney didn’t see as they kicked out one after the other in a lengthy list of movies that kept us entertained for over a decade?

First and foremost, let’s start by recognizing that Marvels: The Marvels isn’t Captain America. That’s important because, in the history of Hollywood, few performers have been the…

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