The Marvels is a box office flop – stream the 5 highest grossing MCU movies on Disney Plus now

In Hollywood, money talks – and that means these are the loudest movies in the MCU

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It’s not been a great few weeks forThe Marvels: the first four weeks of its box office run have ended and it’s officially the lowest-grossing installment of the entireMarvelCinematic Universe. That doesn’t mean it’s the worst film in the franchise or even a bad film, though – just see our ranking of thebest Marvel movies.

There are lots of reasons why its box office hasn’t been brilliant, with audience burnout after what feels like eleventy billion MCU movies and TV shows being a big part of it. But it has still brought in considerably less cash than its predecessorCaptain Marvel.

But of course in movie land money talks, and that meansThe Marvelswill be compared negatively to these five box office record breakers. Which is better? You can see for yourself because four of the five are available to stream onDisney Plusright now.

Avengers: Endgame

The US numbers are big, but the global numbers are incredible. 2019’sAvengers: Endgamepulled in nearly $2.8 trillion worldwide and it’s well deserved, asAvengers:Endgameis one of the best comic book-based movies we’ve seen in years. After all,it’s the finaleof more than a decade of universe-building. While its three hour length is as bad for your buttocks as taking on the Avengers is for the bad guys, it’s an extraordinary film that combines superb spectacle with a smart script.

Avengers: Infinity War

Avengers: Endgamebroke the records previously set byAvengers: Infinity War, which raked in a massive $2 trillion worldwide.Avengers: Endgameis the better film but this one’s pretty great too. If you’re an MCU fan who’s already invested in the characters this is a layered and powerful film that’s surprisingly emotional in between the action scenes. If anything there’s a little too much going on, but the film moves so quickly and so thrillingly you’ll forgive its flaws.

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Spider-Man: No Way Homeis the only one out of this list that is not currently streaming on Disney Plus (but it is available to watch elsewhere on thebest streaming services), and it’s also the only one that isn’t an Avengers ensemble piece. It’s one of the biggest, boldest live action Spider-Mans to date (the animated movies are even wilder, of course) with superb performances by Tom Holland, Benedict Cumberbatch and Zendaya. It’s a love letter to the Spidey franchise, and while as with most such films there’s a bit of a tendency to go all Meat Loaf and make everything louder than everything else it’s still a hugely enjoyable romp with a big heart as well as big battles.

Available to stream on Starz in the US,Netflixin the UK and Foxtel Now in Australia.

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Avengers Assemble / The Avengers

Fitting for a superhero movie, this film has a double identity: it’s known in most of the world asThe Avengers, but in the UK and Ireland it was renamedAvengers Assemble. The 2012 film is an early MCU installment and it’s a flawed but fun and often very funny ensemble piece that turns the volume up to eleven, starts with a bang and then keeps adding more spectacle. It’s perhaps a little less deep than some of the latter instalments but it’s a brilliant popcorn movie with a truly exceptional climax.

Avengers: Age of Ultron

2015’sAvengers: Age of Ultronhas the lowest rating of all the movies here, coming in at a comparatively poor 76% on Rotten Tomatoes – Ultron also ranks quite low in ourMarvel movie villain ratedlist. Some critics felt it was all style and little substance, while this viewer felt that the climactic scenes were a little too heavy on the shaky fast-cut blur-o-vision that’s undoubtedly kinetic but also quite headache-inducing. It’s definitely one of those “if you like this kind of thing, this is the kind of thing you’ll like” movies. tTe sequel toThe Avengersdelivers everything you’d expect but doesn’t really live on in your mind after the closing credits have rolled.

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