Before 2023, it would have been unthinkable for a Marvel Studios film to flop at the box office. Regardless, The Marvels failed to, well, marvel audiences, earning a bleak $206.1 million worldwide, while Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania disappointed the studio with only $476.

In Captain America: Brave New World, Adamantium is discovered in the Celestial Island, and is a key part of the worldwide treaty that Harrison Ford's Thaddeus Ross is championing. In a speech at The White House he says that the metal has numerous health properties and could be the most important discovery since Vibranium.

The MCU has been in something of a reset period of late, with Captain America: Brave New World in line to be one of the projects welcoming in its new chapter. Deadpool & Wolverine felt like more of a standalone adventure — especially as its adult content meant younger Marvel fans weren't able to see it in cinemas.