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Why are comic book movies so popular?
From X-Men's modest $296 million box office total to Avengers: Endgame's $2 billion, it's easy to see that comic book movies have become box office juggernauts over the last two decades. But why now? Comics have been around since World War II, so why are movies based on comics just now becoming popular? What, if anything, has changed?
Comic book movies have always been popular.
Comic book movies have, with few exceptions, always been box office hits. The recent boom in comic book movies is simply a result of studios being more willing to make diverse superhero movies with characters other than Batman, Spider-Man, and Superman.
Comic book movies are only recently becoming popular.
Comic book movies have only recently become popular. There are a few cases of superhero movies being cultural phenomena in the 1900s, but the genre has never seen success like it is seeing now.