The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been a hit in cinemas since 2008. Enough to line the cast’s pockets!
Le Marvel Cinematic Universe is rich… rich in stories, rich in characters and obviously rich in dollars!
25 billion in revenue for Marvel
Since 2008, Marvel has published 28 films fit into the canon of his cinematic universe. We must add Marvel TV series, Netflix series, Marvel Studios series in live action and animation, some short films… The MCU has grossed over $25 billion in four phases at the worldwide box office. As a reminder, in cinema the four phases are broken down as follows:
Phase I (2008 – 2012) : Iron Man, L’Incroyable Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: First Avenger, Avengers
Phase II (2013 – 2015) : Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man
Phase III (2016 – 2019) : Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Les Gardiens de la Galaxie Vol. 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, Ant-Man et la Guêpe, Captain Marvel, Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Far From Home
Phase IV (2021 – 2022) : Black Widow, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, The Eternals, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Thor: Love and Thunder (13 July in cinemas in France)
The highest paid actors and actresses in the MCU
The Hollywood Reporter and Forbes cover it regularly Hollywood Actors and Actors Salaries. If we do not have accurate details of earned salaries and bonuses MCU casts film after film, we have some estimates for some works. You can find one below List of several actors and actresses with their estimated earnings for some MCU movies. Keep in mind that these are estimates, and more importantly, in most cases they do not apply to all films in which these actors have turned.
- Chadwick Boseman: at least $2 million
Black Panther : 2 million
Also appeared in: Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame
- Chris Pratt: at least $5 million
Avengers: Infinity War : 5 million
Also appeared in: Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Avengers: Endgame
- Brie Larson: at least $5 million
Captain Marvel : 5 million
Also appeared in: Avengers: Endgame
- Paul Rudd: at least $8 million
Avengers: Endgame : 8 million
Also appeared in: Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Ant-Man and the Wasp
- Benedict Cumberbatch: at least $13 million
Doctor Strange : 5.5 million
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness : 7.5 million + bonuses
Also appeared in: Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: No Way Home
- Tom Holland: at least $22.250 million
Captain America: Civil War : 250 000
Spider-Man: Homecoming : 500 000
Avengers: Infinity War : 3 million
Avengers: Endgame : 3 million
Spider-Man: Far From Home : 4 million + 1.5 million bonuses
Spider-Man: No Way Home : 10 million
- Jeremy Renner: at least $24 million
avenger : 3 million
Avengers: L’Ere d’Ultron : 6 million
Avengers: Endgame : 15 million
- Mark Ruffalo: at least $27 million
avenger : 3 million
Avengers: L’Ere d’Ultron : 3 million
Avengers: Infinity War : 6 million
Avengers: Endgame : 15 million
Also appeared in: Thor: Ragnarok
- Chris Evans: at least $68.3 million
Captain America: The First Avenger : 300 000
avenger : 3 million
Avengers: L’Ere d’Ultron : 15 million
Captain America: Civil War : 15 million
Avengers: Infinity War : 15 million
Avengers: Endgame : 20 million
Also appeared in: Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- Chris Hemsworth: at least $70.150 million
Thor : 150 000
Avengers: L’Ere d’Ultron : 5 million
Thor: Ragnarok : 15 million
Avengers: Infinity War : 15 million
Avengers: Endgame : 15 million
Thor: Love and Thunder (July 13 in cinemas in France): 20 million
Also appeared in: Avengers, Thor: The Dark World
- Scarlett Johansson: at least $89.4 million
iron man 2 : 400 000
avenger : 4 million
Avengers: L’Ere d’Ultron : 20 million
Avengers: Infinity War : 15 million
Avengers: Endgame : 15 million + 20 million bonus
Black widow : 15 million
Also appeared in: Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War
- Robert Downey Jr.: at least $295.5 million
iron man : 500 000
avenger : 10 million + 40 million bonus
Avengers: L’Ere d’Ultron : 80 million (with bonus)
Spider-Man: Homecoming : 15 million
Avengers: Infinity War : 75 million
Avengers: Endgame : 20 million + 8% bonus on the film (approx. 55 million more)
Also appeared in: The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3, Captain America: Civil War
Could the real superhero be Marvel’s accountant? Anyway, the next MCU film, Thor: Love and Thunder, hits theaters on July 13, with Chris Hemswort and Natalie Portman as headliners.
