'Avatar' Might Save Disney From A Slump After Avengers' And 'Star Wars'

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'Avatar' Might Save Disney From A Slump After Avengers' And 'Star Wars'
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Aside from some projects reportedly in development , we can only hazard a guess at least until late April or after in July. One reason for the mystery is that we were all-but-told that James Gunn's was going to kick off summer 2020 and serve as the glorified pilot or season premiere for Phase Four and beyond. But James Gunn's firing didn't just put in jeopardy but also messed around with the continuity that would supposedly see the film pick up from .

The second burning question is whether the next batch of “new” MCU movies will be as robustly well-received as the last half-dozen or so. Yes, Ryan Coogler's eventual will likely make all the money. However, it is possible that these new movies based on superheroes that only the die-hard faithful have heard of might end up earning figures closer to .

strength of the MCU, especially as they are still the only brand to have sequels that consistently surpass their predecessors at the box office. Thus, an underperforming original might yield a bigger follow-up. However, it's an important question, since Walt Disney was so reliant last year on superhero movies. Their films earned $7 billion worldwide , but around $5.3b of that came from superhero movies like .

MCU is merely doing very well as opposed to ridiculously well? Couple that with a Walt Disney that is still struggling to launch new-to-cinema biggies (

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