Our Rating: 4 out of 5 - READ REVIEW - LISTEN TO PODCAST DISCUSSION Worldwide Box Office Earnings: $644 million Weaknesses: Iron Man 3 was a bit 'out there' for a lot of viewers Shane Black's approach to the material - and the BIG liberties he took with the mythos and characters - didn't fit within the range of a lot of people's expectations for a 'superhero movie.' Some view that as the film's greatest asset but just as many others feel like Marvel Phase Two started off on a bad foot, as did the entire 2013 summer superhero movie season. The result was a Marvel movie that was a departure from the formulaic films of 'Phase One,' an experiment that resulted in a huge pile of box office earnings. Iron Man 3 was definitely a big, thick, slice of summer fun, with Marvel Studios getting a little bit more generous with the budget and more bold with their filmmaking, allowing a great deal of creative control to rest in the hands of director Shane Black.

(the most bankable face in the Marvel Studios brand) front and center certainly didn't hurt prospects.

Strengths: Iron Man 3 was of course buoyed by the massive success of The Avengers - but having star Robert Downey Jr. Man of Steel was directed by Zack Snyder and starred Henry Cavill as Superman, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Diane Lane as Martha Kent, Laurence Fishburne as Perry White, and Kevin Costner as Johnathan Kent.ĭoctor Strange was directed by Scott Derrickson and starred Benedict Cumberbatch as the title character, Tilda Swinton as the Ancient One, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Baron Mordo, Rachel McAdams as Christine Palmer, Mads Mikkelsen as Kaecilius, and Benedict Wong as Wong.Our Rating: 3.5 out of 5 - READ REVIEW - LISTEN TO PODCAST DISCUSSION Worldwide Box Office Earnings: $1.2 Billion But the latter, regardless of critical popularity, continues to break records at the global box office. Whether or not Doctor Strange could surpass this number remains to be seen, but the Marvel film has proven popular over the past few months and was more critically acclaimed than Suicide Squad. This makes the Marvel and Disney property the sixth biggest opening for a superhero origin film to reach that number at the global box office.Īhead of both of the aforementioned superhero films is Suicide Squad, which has grossed over $745 million across the world.

Doctor Strange has made that amount in just a few months since being released in November. The solo Superman film came out in 2013 and had mixed reviews. Man of Steel amassed an impressive $668 million globally. The former has made an additional $2.1 million overseas, bringing its worldwide box office total to $669.7 million. Marvel’s Doctor Strange has surpassed DC’s Man of Steel at the global box office.

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