Marvel Facts and Statistics for 2024 | Comics, Movies, TV and More

Last Updated on: December 27th, 2023

Here are the more interesting Marvel facts and statistics I was able to dig up. As always, I will be adding more and updating these periodically as I find new stuff. Be sure to check back regularly.

Marvel began humbly in 1939 as a way for a magazine publisher, Martin Goodman, to jump on the new, but very popular comic book trend. Around the same time as the launch of Marvel, Goodman hired a young Stanley Lieber (aka Stan Lee) as his assistant. From that point to present day, Marvel has been bringing us some of the most iconic superheroes ever including Captain America, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Hulk, Deadpool, Wolverine, Thor, Black Widow and so many more.

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Over the years, Marvel has branched out well beyond comics, bringing their popular characters and stories to the worlds of movies, toys and consumer goods. The World of Marvel experienced possibly one of its most significant changes in 2009, when it was purchased by entertainment conglomerate Disney for a reported $4 billion.

I recently sat down to find out more about Marvel’s multimedia empire. Here’s what I found…

Marvel Facts and Statistics

Total production budget for Marvel Cinematic Universe movies (2008-2022):

$5.728 billion

Last updated 2/5/17


Total global box office sales for Marvel Cinematic Universe movies (2008-2022):

$27.314 billion

Last updated 2/5/17


Total domestic box office sales for Marvel Cinematic Universe movies (2008-2022):

$4.10.651 billion

Last updated 2/5/17


Most successful Marvel Cinematic universe movie to date:

Avengers: Endgame ($2.797 billion)

Last updated 2022


Least successful Marvel Cinematic universe movie to date:

The Incredible Hulk ($265 million)

Last updated 2022


Release Years for Marvel Movies:

Movie Release Date MCU Phase
Blade 1998  
X-Men: Evolution 2000  
Spider-Man 2000  
X-Men 2000  
Blade II 2002  
Hulk 2003  
X2 2003  
Daredevil 2003  
Blade: Trinity 2004  
Spider-Man 2 2004  
The Punisher 2004  
Fantastic Four 2005  
Man-Thing 2005  
Elektra 2005  
Ultimate Avengers 2006  
X-Men: The Last Stand 2006  
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 2007  
Spider-Man 3 2007  
Ghost Rider 2007  
Punisher: War Zone 2008  
The Incredible Hulk 2008 1
Iron Man 2008 1
The Spectacular Spider-Man 2008  
X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2009  
Iron Man 2 2010 1
Captain America: The First Avenger 2011 1
Blade 2011  
Thor 2011 1
X-Men 2011  
Wolverine 2011  
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance 2011  
X-Men: First Class 2011  
The Avengers 2012 1
The Amazing Spider-Man 2012  
Thor: The Dark World 2013 2
Iron Man 3 2013 2
The Wolverine 2013  
Guardians of the Galaxy 2014 2
Captain America: The Winter Soldier 2014 2
Ant-Man 2015 2
Avengers: Age of Ultron 2015 2
Fantastic Four 2015  
Doctor Strange 2016 3
Captain America: Civil War 2016 3
Deadpool 2016  
Luke Cage 2016  
X-Men: Apocalypse 2016  
Iron Fist 2016  
Thor: Ragnarok 2017 3
Spider-Man: Homecoming 2017 3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 2017 3
Cloak & Dagger 2017  
The Defenders 2017  
Logan 2017  
Deadpool 2 2017  
Ant-Man and the Wasp 2018 3
Avengers: Infinity War 2018 3
Black Panther 2018 3
Venom 2018  
Inhumans 2019  
Avengers: Endgame 2019 3
Captain Marvel 2019 3
Spider-Man: Far From Home 2019 3
Black Widow 2021 4
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 2021 4
Eternals 2021 4
Spider-Man: No Way Home 2021 4
Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness 2022 4
Thor: Love and Thunder 2022 4
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 2022 4
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 2023 5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 2023 5
The Marvels 2023 5
Blade 2023 5
Captain America: New World Order 2024 5
Thunderbolts 2024 5
Fantastic Four 2024 6
Avengers: The Kang Dynasty 2025 6
Avengers: Secret Wars 2025 6

Marvel Facts and StatisticsMarvel Comics Facts and Statistics

Year of Marvel founding:

1939 (as Timely Comics)


First Marvel Comic Book Hero:

Human Torch


First Marvel Comic Book Villain:

Namor the Sub-Mariner


Number of copies Marvel sold of their first publication, Marvel Comics #1:

900,000 copies


Marvel’s share of the comic book market:

30.78%

Last updated August 2016


Marvel TV Statistics and Facts

Full list of TV shows based on Marvel characters (Live Action):

TV Show Air Date
Spidey Super Stories 1974–77
The Amazing Spider-Man 1977–79
The Incredible Hulk 1977–82
Spider-Man 1978–79
Mutant X 2001–04
Blade: The Series 2006
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2013–20
Agent Carter 2015–16
Daredevil 2015–18
Jessica Jones 2015–19
Luke Cage 2016-18
Inhumans 2017
Iron Fist 2017-2018
The Defenders 2017
The Punisher 2017-2019
Runaways 2017-2019
Cloak & Dagger 2018-2019
WandaVision 2021
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier 2021
Loki 2021
Hawkeye 2021
Moon Knight 2022
Ms. Marvel 2022
She-Hulk: Attorney At Law 2022
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special 2022
Secret Invasion 2023
Echo 2023
Ironheart 2023
Agatha: Coven of Chaos 2024
Daredevil: Born Again 2024
Armor Wars TBA
Wonder Man TBA

Full list of TV shows based on Marvel characters (Animated):

TV Show Air Date
The Marvel Super Heroes 1966
Fantastic Four 1967–1968
Spider-Man 1967–1970
The New Fantastic Four 1978
Fred and Barney Meet The Thing 1979
Spider-Woman 1979–1980
Spider-Man 1981–1982
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends 1981–1983
The Incredible Hulk 1982–1983
X-Men 1992–1997
Fantastic Four 1994–1996
Iron Man 1994–1996
Spider-Man 1994–1998
The Incredible Hulk 1996–1997
Silver Surfer 1998
Spider-Man Unlimited 1999–2001
The Avengers: United They Stand 1999–2000
X-Men: Evolution 2000–2003
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series 2003
Fantastic Four: World’s Greatest Heroes 2006–2007
The Spectacular Spider-Man 2008–2009
Wolverine and the X-Men 2008–2009
Iron Man: Armored Adventures 2009–2012
The Super Hero Squad Show 2009–2011
The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes 2010–2013
Marvel Anime 2010–2011 (Japan); 2011–2012 (U.S.)
Ultimate Spider-Man 2012–2017
Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. 2013–2015
Avengers Assemble 2013–2019
Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers 2014–2015 (Japan); 2015–2016 (Malaysia)
Guardians of the Galaxy 2015–2019
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2017-2020
Big Hero 6: The Series 2017-2021
M.O.D.O.K. 2021
Hit-Monkey 2021
Baymax! 2022
Spidey and His Amazing Friends 2021-present
What If…? 2021-present
I am Groot 2022
X-Men 97 2023
Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur 2023
Spider-Man: Freshman Year 2024
Marvel Zombies 2024

Other Marvel Facts

Amount Disney purchased Marvel entertainment for in 2009:

$4 billion

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