Tobey Maguire has established Spider-Man with tremendous fame and success serving as a magnet for MCU to gain prodigious fandom. Years later, while the MCU was introducing new heroes, Robert Downey Jr’s Iron Man made his MCU debut with the 2008 movie Iron Man, the first of its franchise.
Iron Man soon rose to a breathtaking success and it was a huge surprise to the Marvel Studios. MCU’s rival DC also introduced a new Batman played by Christian Bale. Immediately, Gotham’s hero got a mammoth success. However, Iron Man and Batman fame could not beat Spider-Man in one aspect despite their engrossing box-office marvel.
Three Beloved Trendsetter Superheroes
Tobey Maguire’s first Spider-Man came out in 2002, it was the dawn of new generation superhero movies at MCU and Maguire was among the first few superheroes to be the torchbearer of the trend of MCU. Spider-Man was a huge hit under the banner of Sony and Colombia Pictures. Made with $139 million, the movie grossed over $825 million at the global box office, making more room for sequels.
MCU’s rival DC was also in the race, and who better to drive the craze for a DC hero other than Christopher Nolan? The acclaimed director reimagined Batman and built Gothom through his own point of view while letting Batman evolve in it. Batman Begins debuted in 2005 grossing over $373.7 million globally. The second installment, The Dark Knight broke all DC box office records with a collection of $1.060 Billion. The final of the trilogy The Dark Knight Rises earned $1.081 Billion. The Christian Bale-starrer trilogy has been one of the greatest of all-time superhero franchises with stupendous success.
Robert Downey Jr’s Iron Man debut is another franchise that glorified the prowess of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, Marvel executives were not in favor of making an Iron Man movie Thanks to director Jon Favreau who launched an incredible superhero franchise with a tight budget. Now, it’s impossible to imagine the MCU without Iron Man or the original Avengers is incomplete without the charismatic character. Later, Iron Man’s character served as a crucial essence of the entire MCU timeline. These three superhero characters have been among the few most valued characters among fans. They have also become part of popular culture. However, in the race for popularity, Spider-Man has always been crowned on top by fans.
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Robert Downey Jr’s Iron Man and Christian Bale’s Batman Can’t Beat Spider-Man In One Aspect
Iron Man and Batman have seen immense fandom. Of course, Batman has been played by many different actors but Bale’s Caped Crusader has always been on top, at least, many critics argue that Bale’s Batman has provided an acute origin story with a justified evolution of the character. Maguire’s Spider-Man is, yet again, one of the greatest and most popular superhero characters. In the popularity context, Spider-Man would have an easy win over Iron Man and Batman.
In another milestone, Spider-Man has been the most searched superhero on Google for the past 25 years. Of course, Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland followed the footsteps of Maguire’s Spider-Man and a few other actors played the character in the animated releases but the fame of the character remained the same. It was further enhanced after all three Spider-Man appeared in Spider-Man: No Way Home. For MCU, it was a remarkable feat as the movie reached the milestone of $1 billion in just 12 days of its release. Finally, the movie wrapped up with a whopping $1.9 billion. In this regard, Batman, Iron Man, or any other superhero can’t match the prowess of Spider-Man.
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