I’m Convinced That The MCU’s Lowest-Grossing Movie Set Up A Major Avengers Movie Moment For Phase 6

By Felipe Rangel

Published Sep 17, 2024

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The Marvels' cast from promoting the movie, and more that hurt its performance, The Marvels grossing only $206.1 million worldwide was bizarre.

I enjoyed the film and feel like The Marvels does not deserve to be considered one of the MCU's worst movies, no matter what its box office might lead one to believe. Brie Larson's Captain Marvel, Iman Vellani's Ms. Marvel, and Teyonah Parris' Monica Rambeau made for a fun trio full of chemistry, anchoring The Marvels' space adventure. I hope that with time, the MCU impact of The Marvels will have more fans looking back at it in a more positive light, with the Avengers movies possibly paying off a major The Marvels setup, which could help that process.

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The Marvels was all about the different relationships between its main trio of heroes. Kamala Khan looked up to Captain Marvel, hoping that her idol could be the superhero mentor that the young girl needed. On the other hand, Monica Rambeau had been in a similar role with Carol Danvers in the past, but after Carol was absent when Maria Rambeau — Monica's mother — needed her the most, the relationship between the two of them took a turn for the worse. It was interesting to see those relationships play out throughout the film, keeping the cosmic adventure grounded in hard-hitting drama.

Monica was in a new universe where a variant of her mother was alive as a superhero and a version of Kelsey Grammer's Beast from the X-Men movies appeared.

The Marvels' ending was quite emotional, with Monica locking herself in another universe to save the one where her loved ones were. I thought it was heartbreaking that Captain Marvel tried to fly as fast as she could to save Monica and was unable to reach her in time.

Maria Rambeau, aka Binary, speaks to Monica at the end of The Marvels

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Then, The Marvels' post-credits scene revealed that Monica was in a new universe where a variant of her mother was alive as a superhero and a version of Kelsey Grammer's Beast from the X-Men movies appeared. Marvel shockingly established an X-Men universe in what would be the MCU's lowest-grossing movie.

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The Marvels' Setup Could Be Paid Off In A Huge Way

With Monica trapped in another universe, Captain Marvel will not rest until she can bring her home. Since The Marvels was a major box office bomb, I don't think the MCU will end up making Captain Marvel 3. Due to that, Brie Larson's story as Carol Danvers is more likely to play out in the next two Avengers movies, 2026's Avengers: Doomsday and 2027's Avengers: Secret Wars. There are currently no announced MCU projects before the Avengers films that I could see Captain Marvel playing a major role in, so the search for Monica should be saved for them.

The Multiverse Saga already has the perfect way to bring Monica back in Avengers: Doomsday. The movie could follow several different incursions before Secret Wars is all about Battleworld. One of the Earths that collide with the main Earth-616 could be that of the X-Men seen in The Marvels.

An incursion is the event when two universes collide with one another and one or both of them are destroyed in the process.

It would be the easiest way for the MCU to bring in the mutant team, similar to what Marvel appears to be doing with the Fantastic Four. This would allow Marvel to pick and choose which Fox X-Men actors could return as their characters in the MCU, exemplified by Grammer's Beast.

I Want The Marvels To Achieve Avengers: Age Of Ultron’s Comeback MCU Status

The Team-Up Movie Could Find New Life As Fans Rewatch It

I'm convinced that The Marvels' X-Men setup could be how the movie finds new life after its initial release. The reason for that is what has happened with Avengers: Age of Ultron. The MCU movie received a lot of criticism when it was first released. However, after multiple beloved projects paid off moments and storylines that the Avengers film had set up years before, Age of Ultron is now seen by many in a much more positive light. I think The Marvels' possible impact on the next Avengers movies, and perhaps the MCU overall, could do the same for it.

The Marvels could not only be how the X-Men become part of the next two Avengers movies, but also how the mutants enter the MCU once and for all. Few MCU films have had such a major impact on the franchise like what The Marvels would have if that were to happen. As such, I'm hoping that we get the MCU's X-Men through that post-credits scene, both because I can't wait to see the team finally arrive, but also because I hope it leads to The Marvels being appreciated more in the future.