10 Marvel Movie Records Broken In 2023

Summary

• The Marvels had the lowest-ever opening weekend for the MCU, earning just over $46 million, disappointing Marvel Studios' high box-office expectations.
• The Marvels also holds the record for the worst second-weekend drop of any Marvel movie, earning only $10.2 million - a drop of 79%, making it one of the MCU's most disastrous releases.
• Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury broke the MCU appearance record, surpassing Chris Evans' Captain America with 12 appearances after his role in The Marvels.

Over the course of 2023, Marvel movies and shows - from the Marvel Cinematic Universe and beyond - have broken a number of the franchise's cinematic records. Since the release of Iron Man in 2008, the MCU movie timeline has come to dominate each year's box office. In fact, a number of the franchise's films have broken long-standing records, including Avengers: Endgame spending a respectable stint as the highest-grossing film of all time. However, the scope of Marvel movies is actually bigger than the MCU, with many movies existing outside the flagship franchise both before and since its inception.
With the historic SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, 2023 was a landmark year for cinema. It also proved to be a landmark year for the MCU, albeit perhaps not always in the way Marvel Studios would hope. The year has seen a number of Marvel movies released as well as MCU TV shows, with each new entry further adding to the tapestry of the franchise's narrative and to its cinematic legacy. Many of 2023's releases have actually broken Marvel records, each contributing to new standards for the MCU moving forward. With that in mind, here are 10 Marvel movie records broken in 2023.