The Marvel Cinematic Universe 's final movie of the year has already become a streaming hit, showing how the franchise and superhero movies in general might have a saving grace. The Infinity Saga was Marvel's most popular period, where Thanos was the franchise's main villain and most of the best MCU movies were released. Key stars appeared in new projects nearly every year.

With the start of the Multiverse Saga, things changed. The MCU started to deal with a lot of criticism, which was in part due to the elevated number of projects on the MCU slate due to a streaming push on Disney+, as well as more movies being released in theaters every year. After some box office disappointments, the superhero genre's saving grace is clear.

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