Is The MCU The Greatest Franchise Of All Time?

[DoomRulz]

If we're talking cumulative box office revenue, yes.

 

[psylockolussus]

$11 billion worldwide gross under 33 films!

 

[FlareKnight]

It certainly had the potential to be that. At this point all you can say is "well it's made money." Which is something you could also say about the Transformers film franchise...

The MCU has tainted their legacy with crashing hard into the ground. It's still a franchise to remember and worth praising as a whole. The great stuff during the Infinity Saga will remain a testament to building a massive film universe and the potential that can bring. But once you start harming a franchise the legacy is tainted.

 

[Bayne]

It certainly had the potential to be that. At this point all you can say is "well it's made money." Which is something you could also say about the Transformers film franchise...

The MCU has tainted their legacy with crashing hard into the ground. It's still a franchise to remember and worth praising as a whole. The great stuff during the Infinity Saga will remain a testament to building a massive film universe and the potential that can bring. But once you start harming a franchise the legacy is tainted.

Hasn't every franchise been 'tainted' by that standard? I mean, what long running (more than a decade and a half now) global megahit hasn't hit a period where people said they were harming the franchise?

Also, if we're going to use money as any sort of yardstick then we definitely can't say that the Transformers have made anywhere near as much money as the MCU in its entirety. That's not even remotely true.

 

[psylockolussus]

Bringing up the Transformers is an odd comparison... MCU has at least ten movies with great critical reception. Transformers has 1 with the Bumblebee spin off and it was hardly as popular as the most acclaimed MCU films.

BoX office wise, Transformers isn't even close.

Also in terms of impact, I can't think of any long lasting impact Transformers did to the movie industry, when their movies were still popular? Mcu pretty much defined the 2010s decade in movies, with its popularity. Remember the time when other studios were trying to launch their cinematic extended world.