Given the mega-success – and indeed the mega-profits – that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has generated to date, you’d be hard-pressed to call anything Marvel Studios are going to put out “a risk”.
However, the upcoming slate of movies – of which there are eleven leading up to 2019 – does contain a number of movies that don’t look like guaranteed box office hits on the face of it.
Sure, a number of the movies that are set to be released in the MCU are absolutely certain to generate hundreds of millions – if not billions – of dollars, but there are definitely some that might not hit those financial heights.
In this article, we’ll take a look at all of the upcoming MCU movies and assess them in terms of risk – starting with the least risky and moving towards the most risky.
Avengers: Infinity War – Parts 1 & 2
Granted, Avengers: Infinity War will actually happen over the course of two movies – Part 1 in 2018 and Part 2 in 2019, respectively – but it’s essentially the same event and both movies will have the same risk factor; that being none.
Any movie with “Avengers” in the title is a sure fire hit, as the last two Avengers offerings have amassed around one and a half billion dollars each.
The Infinity War event will pit an army of superheroes against an Infinity Gauntlet-wielding Thanos (and whoever else he brings to fight alongside him) in what will truly be an epic adventure. It is guaranteed to make a huge amount of money – each installment has a genuine chance of becoming the highest-grossing movie of all time.
