Is there reason to be worried about the Marvel Universe?

@omega I guess I agree with you there. to me they have seemed to do a good job of following source meterial and making good movies. Except the Mandarin. Tony actually creates Ultron in one of the stories. @highflyer I agree, but the fact is that it didn't really make a lot of money.. It would have had higher ratings had the hulk and abomination had better CGI. Even though he looked cool it was video game esk.

I'm sure Thor will do good.

Flop, huh...

Well, So far marvel films from highest to lowest gross is:
The Avengers 1.5b 3D
Iron Man 3 1.2b 3D
Iron Man 2 623m 2D
Iron Man 1 585m 2D
Thor 449m 3D
CA:TFA 368m 3D
The Incredible Hulk 263m 2D
The Incredible Hulk did officially FLOP. Evidence of which is that we're not getting another Hulk film...

If you're gona be worried about anything, I'd worry about how the MCU will fare without Robert Downey Jr. Especially since the only Marvel Studio Films that broke the $500 mil mark have starred RDJ. Thor 2 will be the test for that. If the General audience shows up for Thor 2, then Cap 2 and GOTG will probably do well also. However, If Thor 2 doesn't make at least as Much as Iron Man 2, which wasn't even in 3d, then, I'd definitely worry about the MCU.

I agree with everyone above about Ant-Man. Avengers 2, Will be a hit though as it stars RDJ.

No

What makes a film a flop? Box office performance? Or if YOU just don't like it? Everyone (majority of people, not all of you) just can't be happy. Enjoy the damn movie.

Well said Fangz.

well,
TIH wasn't bad, it was cool
Iron man was good, not that great
Iron man 2 was a bad movie
Thor was not good but also not that bad, just need more asgard
CA:TFA was a very good movie, very underrated

Avengers was good ONLY because people love RDJ and Loki, that's all, they didn't care about the others

Iron Man 3 was a very bad movie to me, special FX were cool, but that's all I can talk good 'bout this movie

Thor dark world: I don't know yet but because everyone loves Loki it will get over MOS, I'm sure of that

anyone who actually liked the first cap movie is also entitled to their opinion, and its not a terrible movie. but its a bad cap movie. sooo much more drama than necessary. the first act was great after that it became a terrible film. sooo slow and boring. the action wasnt even clever. the montage was ridiculous. buckys death was done terribly, the scene where bucky gets rescued wasnt played offf well enough to where you should notice that he got probed with something.

the dialogue was sooooo weak.

Some of you fanboys are smart enough to realize that the timing of the release of Ant-Man could kill it at the box office, but evidently aren't smart enough to realize that the exact same thing applies to Thor. Thor is not going to beat MoS, only Marvel fanboys who are blindly loyal would think otherwise. If it had been released in the summer it might have done so (for example, if it had been released at the end of July instead of Wolverine), but this November release is going to hurt it. Especially with "Hunger Games: Catching Fire" being released 2 weeks later. "Ender's Game" comes out the week before, & while I doubt it will pose much competition for Thor, it will probably hurt it a little. There is an animated movie coming out the week before, and a couple of other potentially big non-comic movies coming out as well during that time period (in particular, "The Wolf of Wall Street" with Leonardo Dicaprio that comes out the week after Thor.) Basically, Thor has 2 weeks to really pull in the money, then it's going to be seriously eclipsed. The first Hunger Games made nearly $700 million, which is about $250 million more than the first Thor movie. So "Thor: The Dark World" is probably gonna get its butt kicked. "Catching Fire" will probably beat MoS, Thor won't.

And, ummm.....since when are sequels expected to, and how many sequels actually have, done better than the original? A sequel doing better than the original is the exception, not the rule. It really only happens with the most popular franchises, and is often a result of higher ticket prices ( and with long-running franchises, it ends up often going back-and-forth, not always straight up.) The fate of the MCU does not rest with Thor, and no, it doesn't have to make over $700 million to be a success. $400-$500 million will be good enough, and that's pretty much what I predict for it.

The first Thor did better than Captain America, but I could see that reversing this time. Captain America has a better release date, and I just have a better vibe about it. As for a flop, yes that will happen eventually as Marvel tries to use C-list characters. My guess is that either GotG or Ant-Man will flop, or both. GotG will probably depend on if they get the CGI characters (these raccoon and tree characters) right. As of now, I predict Ant-Man will flop big time, will end up being Marvel's Lone Ranger/John Carter. It has a terrible release date, and quite frankly he's a dumb character, who I don't believe will be accepted be general audiences.

@lhornbk - what sequels have made more than the original films???
Blade 2
Xmen 2
Spiderman 2
Pirates of tha carribean 2
Transformers 2
The Dark Knight
Iron Man 2
I mean really dude... Hardly exceptions to the rule...

All I'm trying to say is that if movies not starring RDJ don start pulling in $500mil+, then Marvel/Disney may be less inclined to introduce more characters... At least on the big screen....

...and the reason I say $500mil is this. Marvel Studio films are usually budgeted at $150mil for production. Since these movies are wide releases, the price easily goes up to $225+ with distribution and advertising. The gross box office intake ratio varies depending on the studios contract with the theatre chain, also the cut from overseas box office is generally less. But, on average it comes to about 50/50 split between theatres and the studio.

Take all that intp perspevtive and Marvel Studios barely made money, if any at all on Thor 1... And they actually lost money on Cap and TIH...