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Originally Posted by trackercowe
Finally don't forget that Marvel/Disney has committed billions to these movies, and they need to make cuts where they can. Look how much Disney lost out on John Carter; these movies are major risks. There was no guarantee Avengers was going to perform this well; Green Lantern was a failure, X-Men First Class didn't meet the expectations that the first series set, Captain America fared poorly overseas, and while Thor performed the best of them, it still did not come close to matching the usual heavyweights (Transformers, Harry Potter, Pirates, etc).
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Not entirely true. Captain America grossed 191 outside of NA and 176 million within NA.