The last two Avengers movies cost even more to make than we thought.
) Russo revealed that “each of those movies was $500 million plus.” In other words, the combined price tag for the last two Of course, it was an investment that ultimately paid off; the movies grossed a combined $4.7 billion worldwide. And that’s just the money earned in theaters; it doesn’t take into account home video, or cable rights, or any of the millions that the films earned through merchandising and licensing. Still, $1 billion on two movies is ... a lot of money.
When you surprise people, you tend to have a more profound impact on them. So if your expectations are met, you can succeed to a certain level. But if they’re subverted, you can succeed to an even higher level. The trick with that is it’s very risky, cause we’re talking about in the case of … you know, I don’t know if these numbers have ever been accurately reported but in the case of Avengers: Endgame or Infinity War, each of those movies was $500 million plus.
Russo also explained that there were some within Marvel who were very resistant to his and his brother’s preferred ending to , which involved Iron Man and Captain America coming to blows, and many of the other Avengers winding up imprisoned and others left as fugitives on the run from the law. According to Russo, the tension over whether or not to proceed with a more conventional ending resulted in he and his brother almost quitting the movie in protest.