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Frequently asked questions

Q: Why are the Raimi and Webb Spider-Man films, and the X-Men and Fantastic Four films (from 2000–2019) not listed in this article?
- A: This article is for all the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), which are films independently owned and produced by Marvel Studios. The Spider-Man films before the February 2015 agreement between Sony Pictures and Marvel are not part of the MCU. The rights to the X-Men and Fantastic Four franchises were controlled by 20th Century Fox until the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney was completed in March 2019. Any future film in either franchise will be added if they are reliably sourced to be existing in the MCU.

Q: Why are some characters who have appeared (or will appear) in multiple films, like Phil Coulson, not included in the Recurring cast and characters table?
- A: The cast and characters included in this table are ones that have appeared or are scheduled to appear in multiple phases of the MCU and have appeared in the billing block for at least three films. For example, Nick Fury has appeared in Phases One through Three, and has been in the billing block more than thrice. The billing block is the text that appears at the bottom of the theatrical poster indicating the starring actors and actresses for such films, as seen by their inclusion in the infobox for each film. Thus, Phil Coulson, who has appeared in many films but only been in the billing block for two, is excluded. For the complete list of cast and characters, please see List of Marvel Cinematic Universe film actors, and for more specialized recurring tables for each phase, see the Recurring cast and characters sections on the Phase One, Phase Two, Phase Three, Phase Four, Phase Five, and Phase Six articles.

Drafts for upcoming films

A listing of all current draft articles for upcoming future MCU films, can be found at Talk:Marvel Cinematic Universe/Drafts. Thank you. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 16:35, 24 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanos

When it lists characters and their actors, shouldn't it include Thanos? He shows up in the Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy films. In the Avengers films he is played by Damion Poitier and Josh Brolin, and in Guardians of the Galaxy he is played by Josh Brolin. Damion Poitier played him in the Avengers, and Josh Brolin plays him in Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War, and going to be in Avengers 4.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4].2600:1700:F940:3470:A0AD:37E4:736B:AE49 (talk) 12:29, 2 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please see the FAQ, at the top of the page.--TriiipleThreat (talk) 12:50, 2 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References

Box office section - budget

Why are both the "gross" and "net" budgets listed for 4 of the movies in the box office performance table? Surely for the sake of consistency, only the gross figure should be listed (which is what the other 15 movies give). The figures exist for comparison purposes do they not? Need an element of consistency in there so I suggest removing the net budget figure from this particular table (of course it can still remain wherever else the figure is, such as on the movies own pages). Just a thought. TheMysteriousEditor (talk) 16:57, 6 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Albeit gross or net figures, I think there should definitely be consistency. On that note; between the different MCU articles there is also inconsistency concerning the budget amounts. What is stated in film article itself does not always match amount stated in this article - Infinity War even has several amounts within the article itself. What can we do to better this?SassyCollins (talk) 12:02, 10 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I think just listing the net should be the case. With the “most expensive films ever” article, Ultron has its $365M figure listed, not the $444. Since they all surely had gross costs brought down by incentives and taxes, it should be an all or none case. I vote to only list one number per film. TropicAces (talk) 01:12, 12 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If only one is used, I do think some form of note would be necessary for those with 2 budgets currently, telling readers that this is the net (and potentially also stated the gross in the note), and to deter editors from trying to adjust the single figure. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 13:27, 14 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Favre1fan93, TriiipleThreat, TropicAces, Adamstom.97: To me the most recent revision to the box office stats of A:IW does not seem to be an improvement (if nothing else, it's certainly no longer aesthetically pleasing). The link to BOM has also been removed, in contrast to the other 18 films. Could you guys weigh in on this? (BP is also a range of 200-210) SassyCollins (talk) 10:00, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

SassyCollins I added the Infinity War BOM and Black Panther budget range links. That being said, I think the range in this circumstance can be a bit disingenuous, but so is putting the mean average ($205 for BP and $358 for IW) since those technical figures aren’t the ones given so we may just be boxed into a corner here, not sure how I feel about it. Maybe if we put the average just include a note like Favre said? TropicAces (talk) 13:13, 9 June 2018 (UTC)tropicAces[reply]

TropicAces Much obliged. I feel having a single figure here is most appropriate, so am all for including a note. That being said, when more accurate figures eventually become available, I will happily adjust the table. A question I still have is: why are there now four references for A:IW? Are these all necessary? SassyCollins (talk) 15:31, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

probably not, I trimmed it. The 3 sources was to justify the range, but since the Variety article says “$300-400m” I think for these purposes it’ll suffice as lone budget source TropicAces (talk) 15:41, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nice. Added range to top info-box. SassyCollins (talk) 17:55, 9 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Avi Arad

Shouldn't we mention he served as executive producer of Spider-Man: Homecoming in addition to serving as producer of Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk. --LegerPrime (talk) 18:49, 16 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

We generally don't mention EPs.--TriiipleThreat (talk) 18:53, 16 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Rotten Tomatoes references

This article lists the critics' ratings for each movie in the MCU from the website Rotten Tomatoes. Right now it lists 19 different references for that information, with a separate link to the Rotten Tomatoes pages of each movie. But Rotten Tomatoes has a single page where it consolidates the information for all the movies of the MCU, and that page also has links to the individual pages for each movie. I suggest we replace the 19 different references with a single reference to the page with information for all the movies. But when I made the revision, along with adding a ton of other information, someone reverted my edit and demanded that we have a discussion about it here. For some reason. - 173.171.160.127 (talk) 19:36, 18 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttp://marvelcinematicuniverse.wikia.com/wiki/Thanos

[2] ttp://marvelcinematicuniverse.wikia.com/wiki/Josh_Brolin

[3] ttp://marvelcinematicuniverse.wikia.com/wiki/Damion_Poitier

[4] ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanos

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