The fifth Avengers film, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, could feature as many as 60 superheroes and superheroines. This would be a significant increase over the first Avengers film in 2012 that brought together the superpowers of Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Black Widow and Hawkeye to fight Loki and the 'Other'. The first Avengers film had also brought together the star power of Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, and Tom Hiddlestone as Loki, to make the feature Marvel's first billion-dollar grosser.
Director Shawn Levy, whose Deadpool & Wolverine is set to release on July 26 in the US, is reportedly in early talks with Marvel Studios to make Avengers 5.
Avengers box office
Indeed, the Avengers films have proven to be quite bankable even within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. All four Avengers films are in the Top 5 of highest-grossing superhero films. Here's a quick look at what the Avengers films made at the global box office:
The Avengers (2012) - USD 1.51 billion
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) - USD 1.4 billion
Avengers: Infinity War (2018) - USD 2.04 billion
Avengers: Endgame (2019) - USD 2.79 billion
To be sure, despite recent failed series, MCU has largely been considered a bankable franchise since 2008, when Robert Downey Jr first donned Iron Man's titanium-gold suit with the Arc Reactor core.
Avengers heroes
The last Avengers film released more than four years ago. The maximum number of superheroes that a single Avengers films has featured so far is 17 (Avengers: Endgame):
1. The Avengers
Tony Stark / Iron Man: Robert Downey Jr
Steve Rogers / Captain America: Chris Evans
Bruce Banner / Hulk: Mark Ruffalo
Thor: Chris Hemsworth
Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow: Scarlett Johansson
Clint Barton / Hawkeye: Jeremy Renner
2. Avengers: The Age of Ultron
Tony Stark / Iron Man: Robert Downey Jr
Steve Rogers / Captain America: Chris Evans
Bruce Banner / Hulk: Mark Ruffalo
Thor: Chris Hemsworth
Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow: Scarlett Johansson
James "Rhodey" Rhodes / War Machine: Don Cheadle
Pietro Maximoff: Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Wanda Maximoff: Elizabeth Olsen
Vision: Paul Bettany
Sam Wilson / Falcon: Anthony Mackie
3. Avengers: Infinity War
The Guardians of the Galaxy and T'Challa and the Wakandan forces reinforce the Avengers in the third film in the franchise. The Avengers called to action here are:
Tony Stark / Iron Man: Robert Downey Jr.
Thor: Chris Hemsworth
Bruce Banner / Hulk: Mark Ruffalo
Steve Rogers / Captain America: Chris Evans
Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow: Scarlett Johansson
Dr. Stephen Strange: Benedict Cumberbatch
James "Rhodey" Rhodes / War Machine: Don Cheadle
Peter Parker / Spider-Man: Tom Holland
T'Challa / Black Panther: Chadwick Boseman
Vision: Paul Bettany
Wanda Maximoff: Elizabeth Olsen
Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier: Sebastian Stan
4. Avengers: Endgame
Tony Stark / Iron Man: Robert Downey Jr.
Steve Rogers / Captain America: Chris Evans
Bruce Banner / Hulk: Mark Ruffalo
Thor: Chris Hemsworth
Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow: Scarlett Johansson
Clint Barton / Hawkeye: Jeremy Renner
James "Rhodey" Rhodes / War Machine: Don Cheadle
Scott Lang / Ant-Man: Paul Rudd
Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel: Brie Larson
Nebula: Karen Gillan
Rocket: Bradley Cooper
Dr. Stephen Strange: Benedict Cumberbatch
T'Challa / Black Panther: Chadwick Boseman
Peter Parker / Spider-Man: Tom Holland
Wanda Maximoff: Elizabeth Olsen
Sam Wilson / Falcon: Anthony Mackie
Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier: Sebastian Stan
If Avengers 5 ends up featuring 60 superheroes, it will be more than thrice the number seen in any Avengers film so far. Having said that, the Marvel universe has thousands of big and small heroes. And sometimes more is indeed more.
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