Marvel Studios at the box office
The third time’s a charm for the “Iron Man” franchise, with Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow reprising their roles. It’s Marvel Studios’ second film in a row to earn more than a billion dollars worldwide and kicks off the studio’s second phase. | Domestic box office: $409,013,994 | International box office: $806,426,000
Marvel Studios has turned such in-house comic book properties as Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and the Guardians of the Galaxy into lucrative crossover film franchises that make up the ever-expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe -- or MCU, for short. With “Ant-Man” in theaters and a number of new films in the pipeline through 2019, the Kevin Feige-led powerhouse is showing no signs of slowing down. Take a look back at what each of the films in the MCU has grossed, starting with 2008’s “Iron Man.”
