Marvel records: top & flop

Hall of Fame & Hall of Shame

The Records

First the franchise in numbers, then highs, lows and oddities — all computed straight from the wiki data.

The franchise in numbers

Titles in the archive

108

Back to back

21 days 2 h

Total box office

47,85 Mrd. $

Avg Rotten Tomatoes

69 %

Box office per year

Gold = 3-billion years. The Endgame peak of 2019, the pandemic valley of 2020 — and the NWH resurrection.

Critics average per MCU phase

The Multiverse Saga slump — marked red. Phase 6 turned it around.

Budget vs. box office · top 8

Gold = earned, gray = cost. Hover for numbers.

Top 10 (Rotten Tomatoes)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

2018 · Sony / Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023 · Sony / Spider-Verse

96 %

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Guardians Holiday Special

Flop 10

Fantastic Four (2015)

2005 · Early Marvel era

11 %

Madame Web

2024 · Sony / Spider-Verse

11 %

Howard the Duck

1986 · Early Marvel era

13 %

Kraven the Hunter

2024 · Sony / Spider-Verse

15 %

Morbius

2022 · Sony / Spider-Verse

15 %

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

2012 · Early Marvel era

2004 · Early Marvel era

25 %

Series ranking · top 5

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Box office · top 10

Avengers: Infinity War

2018 · MCU

2,05 Mrd. $

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Captain America: Civil War

2016 · MCU

1,16 Mrd. $

Spider-Man: Far From Home

2019 · MCU

1,13 Mrd. $

Universes compared

MCU

54 titles

82 %

X-Men / Fox

16 titles

59 %

Sony / Spider-Verse

13 titles

56 %

TV era

9 titles

70 %

Early Marvel era

10 titles

35 %

Critics vs. audience

Kraven the Hunter

2024 · Sony / Spider-Verse

2022 · Sony / Spider-Verse

2018 · Sony / Spider-Verse

+36

Elektra

2005 · Early Marvel era

+36

Oddities & box-office records

Longest film: Avengers: Endgame (3 h 1 min) — shortest: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (1 h 32 min).
Avengers: Endgame grossed $2.799 billion and was, for a time, the most successful film of all time.
Deadpool & Wolverine is the most successful R-rated film in history at $1.34 billion.
No Way Home ($1.9 billion) is the most successful Spider-Man film — and the biggest pandemic-era opening.
Morbius is the only film that flopped twice: Sony re-released it because of the memes.
Iron Man was financed with mortgaged character rights — had it flopped, this wiki would not exist.
Guardians Vol. 2 holds the credits record with 5 post-credit scenes.
X-Men '97 and Ms. Marvel (98% each) beat every theatrical film.
Secret Invasion cost ~$212 million for 6 episodes — at 53% RT.
Loki is the only MCU series that ever got a second season.
Howard the Duck (1986) was the very first Marvel theatrical film. Produced by George Lucas. 13%.

🥸 Excelsior — Stan Lee

Iron ManMistaken for Hugh Hefner by Tony — bathrobe blondes included.The Incredible HulkDrinks the soda with Banner's gamma blood — and keels over.Iron Man 2This time the Larry King mix-up, suspenders included.ThorTries to pull Mjölnir out of the crater with his pickup. The truck bed loses.Captain America: The First AvengerGeneral at the medal ceremony: 'I thought he'd be taller.'The AvengersIn a TV interview: 'Superheroes in New York? Give me a break!'Iron Man 3Beauty pageant judge, holds up a 10.Thor: The Dark WorldPsychiatric patient: 'Can I have my shoe back now?'Captain America: The Winter SoldierSmithsonian guard in front of the empty Cap display: 'Oh, I am SO fired.'Guardians of the GalaxyFlirts on Xandar — Rocket: 'Class-A prevert.'Avengers: Age of UltronVeteran at Thor's party; the Asgardian liquor wins.Ant-ManBartender in Luis' story cascade.Captain America: Civil WarFedEx courier at the end: 'Are you Tony Stank?'Doctor StrangeReads Aldous Huxley on the bus, laughing.Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2Tells the Watchers about his jobs — the official confirmation of the fan theory: all cameos are ONE character.Spider-Man: HomecomingNeighbor Gary, yelling from the window: 'Don't make me come down there!'Thor: RagnarokThe barber of Sakaar — cuts Thor's hair with a trembling multi-blade thing.Black PantherCasino guest, 'watching' T'Challa's chips.Avengers: Infinity WarBus driver during the invasion: 'What's the matter? You never seen a spaceship before?'Ant-Man and the WaspHis car shrinks: 'The sixties were great, but now I'm paying for it.'Captain MarvelReads his own Mallrats script on the train — the first posthumous cameo, with the 'Thank you, Stan' logo.Avengers: Endgame1970, in the car with a hippie beard: 'Make love, not war!' — his final MCU appearance.Spider-ManSaves a girl from falling debris — his first big Marvel movie cameo.Spider-Man 2Pulls someone out of the danger zone again. Routine.Spider-Man 3Tells Peter: 'One person CAN make a difference.' — ''Nuff said.'The Amazing Spider-ManLibrarian with headphones while the school gets demolished behind him — fan favorite.The Amazing Spider-Man 2Guest at Peter's graduation: 'I think I know that guy!'X-MenHot dog vendor on the beach as Senator Kelly crawls out of the sea.X-Men: The Last StandNeighbor with a garden hose whose water refuses to fall, courtesy of Jean.DeadpoolDJ in the strip club. It's the Deadpool universe.VenomPasser-by with a dog: 'Don't give up on her — either of you.' (posthumous)Spider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseComic shop clerk about the suit: 'It always fits — eventually.' The most moving of them all (posthumous).