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Film Industry: Marketing - Marvel Cinematic Universe

 1) How many films were there in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) at the time of this article?

According to the article there were 22 films  in the MCU

2) How much money have the MCU films made in total according to this article?

At the time The MCU films made $18.2bn (£13.7bn) according to this article

3) Why did Marvel create the Avengers films?

In 2007, Marvel was recovering from bankruptcy and had sold off the film rights to some of the company's most popular characters like the X-Men and Spider-Man.

Marvel still owned the superheroes who form the core Avengers team - Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor and Captain America - so used the early MCU films to introduce these heroes.


4) Who owns the rights to Spiderman and why is the character now appearing in Marvel films?


 Sony and Marvel have now agreed a partnership that allows Tom Holland's Spider-Man to appear in MCU films, while Sony retains the rights to the character.

5) Which company owns the rights to the Fantastic Four and the X-Men?

The Fantastic Four series and the X-Men were sold to 20th Century Fox, though Marvel Studios expect to regain the rights to both properties this year due to a merger between Disney and Fox

6) Look at the very end of the article. What has Disney announced regarding TV shows on their new streaming service Disney+

Disney has also announced plans for several new Marvel TV series, including one based on Thor's adopted brother Loki, on their new streaming service, Disney+, so there'll be plenty more Marvel content to watch in future.

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