Marvel Studios has been ambitious in making not just one, but two Summer blockbusters with Avengers Infinity War, released on April 26, and Deadpool 2, released May 16.
Fans have flocked to cinemas to catch the latest action - with multiple post-credit scenes in both blockbusters to quench their superhero thirst.
Which Marvel movie raked in more?
Some of the most successful films in the last 10 years have been from Marvel Studios, raking in more than $16 billion in worldwide ticket sales.
While Avengers: Infinity War is one of the most expensive movies ever made, it has brought in more than $1.3 billion dollars in its opening two weeks.
In North America, the Marvel movie opened to more than $250 million, blowing past Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ $247.9 million.
When combined with $380 million at the foreign box office, that’s more than $630 million — the biggest opening of all time.
Deadpool 2 smashed through previous records for an R-rated movie’s opening day.
The second instalment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s favourite antihero debuted at $53.3 million dollars.
The Marvel movie made $18 million in its preview to beat the record’s previous owner, Stephen King’s horror It, which made $13.5 million.
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Whilst Deadpool 2 was released a few weeks later than Avengers: Infinity War, it doesn’t look like it will catch up to the Avengers: Infinity War’s monumental financial success at Box Office.
With both Avengers: Infinity War and Deadpool 2 have an extensive list of cameos, which Marvel movie had a better cast?
Across 10 years and 19 blockbuster movies, Marvel has collected a significant cast list of A-list actors and these two movies are no exception.
Avengers Infinity War was a massive team-up movie, bringing in the most popular characters together for one dramatic movie.
Of course, whilst any Avengers movie wouldn’t be the same without staple characters from various Marvel movies, a whole host of other smaller characters and cameos filled the entire cast list to 90 billed actors, more than double the average character list for most films.
Here are the Marvel characters reprising their roles:
- Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man
- Chris Hemsworth as Thor
- Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk
- Chris Evans as Captain America
- Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow
- Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Strange
- Don Cheadle as War Machine
- Tom Holland as Spiderman
- Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther
- Paul Bettany as Vision
- Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch
- Anthony Mackie as Falcon
- Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes
- Danai Gurira as Okoye
- Letitia Wright as Shuri
- Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer
- Zoe Saldana as Gamora
- Josh Brolin as Thanos
- Chris Pratt as Star-Lord
Whilst noticeably smaller, Deadpool 2 still had an a distinguished cast with some special all-star cameos:
- Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool/Wade Wilson
- Josh Brolin as Cable
- Morcena Baccarat as Vanessa
- Julian Dennison as Firefist
- Zadie Beetz as Domino
- Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead
- Cameos included:
- Brad Pitt as The Vanisher
- Matt Damon and Alan Tudyk as Rednecks
- Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
Even screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick played a helicopter pilot and cameraman.