So we all know that Iron Man was the start of Phase 1 towards the Marvel Universe and ultimately leading up to the Avengers.
With Man of Steel being the start of Phase 1 towards the DC Universe and ultimately leading towards the Justice League, which will win the Phase 1 battle?!
Marvel Universe
Iron Man: $318,412,101
The Incredible Hulk: $134,806,913
Iron Man 2: $312,433,331
Thor: $181,030,624
Captain America: $176,654,505
The Avengers: $623,357,910
Total: $1,746,695,384
DC Universe
Man of Steel: ?
Batman movie: ?
Wonder Woman movie: ?
Green Lantern movie: ?
Flash movie: ?
Man of Steel sequel?:
The Justice League: ?
With The Avengers, they pretty much just had 4 solo films of the heroes (iron man, hulk, thor, and captain), and introduced the rest in the actual movie. Not sure what heroes Warner Brothers wants to do a solo film on, to set up the Justice League movie. Superman and Batman are a given, but what other heroes will get a solo feature before the JL film?
Anyway, the way I see it. Man of Steel needs to hit $318m or more to make this interesting.
The sheer scale of it as already as big as The Avengers. With General Zod being a Villain that is bringing A LOT on the table, what could top it? Personally, I think the Justice League fighting against Brainiac, Darkseid, or Doomsday, that would be pretty epic.
Anyway, what are your thoughts?
[Note: Neo, I know what you said, but I figured this can be an ongoing discussion with other films leading up the Justice League].