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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 9192515" data-attributes="member: 177">Problem?Not counting The Marvels, as its run is so new, MCU movies have grossed $7.2 billion since 2021.  Some do better than others, but out of the 9 films, only two of them weren't in the top 10 for gross ticket sales in their years, and all were in the top 15 for their years.  And the weakest of them got $379 million dollars gross sales worldwide.  That's $7 billion even with the admittedly and agreed tough environment.  I am not sure that counts as a "problem".  The Spider-Man movies are only nominally (as in, in name only) made by Sony.  And the Spiderverse films are the ones actually made by Sony, and are specifically not in the MCU.Yes.  We felt unseen when the only content out there was Star Wars, Trek, and pirated anime.  Now, we have a plethora, and we complain it is too much!  We are a hard bunch to satisfy.Look, I've only been to the movies three times this year, three times in 2022, and four times in 2021.  It is hard for it to not be an event, for me.  I think I have been out to see more live theater than movies this year.  I just cannot relate to this "not an event" assertion.</blockquote>