There has been strong debate om if Blade movie (1998) is actually not just Marvel's first movie(quite successful). But also revive the comic book movies and open the doors for X-men movie(2000). The answer is Yes, it helped open the doors for the X-men movie(which Bryan Singer has mention before in old interviews around the release of the 1st film). People may think Blade was just a vampire movie but it clearly shows in the opening crdeit that this based on a Marvel Comics and the creator of Marv Wolfman. Blade also came on out in August of 98 with a budget of 45 million and ended its run in theatre with 70 million, thats pretty good especially for an R-rated movie(also became a huge success in Dvd sales). This movie had a lot hanging on to it, coming around time when we had unsuccessful CBM(Spawn, Steel, Batman and Robin). So to answer people's question Marvel's very first movie Blade, he may not be a known character like Spiderman or Iron Man but he helped open the doors for future Marvel movies. So people who are saying this is just a "Vampire horror" and not a Marvel movie, is just like saying Punisher movie was a "Crime Action Thriller"
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