

The movie was made on a budget of $316 million and went on to gross $2 billion worldwide. The film is a tense, overbearing experience as the heroes fail to stop Thanos, played by Josh Brolin. The script by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely gave everyone their time to shine. The big ensemble cast juggled every actor in the franchise in a runtime of 2 hours and 30 minutes. As the big payoff of the first ten years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this project required the presence of every major character in the franchise to face Thanos, the ultimate villain seeking to gather the Infinity Stones to wipe out life in half the universe. Avengers: Infinity Wars and Avengers: Endgame were filmed back to back, but their cost of production was handled separately. Related: 15 Recent Movies Many Critics Disliked, but Fans LovedĪfter proving themselves as reliable filmmakers and big earners in the franchise system of the MCU, the Russo Brothers were given the chance to handle the closing chapters of the Infinity Saga. Fans of the franchise flocked to theaters rewarding Universal's effort with a box office gross of $1.2 billion worldwide.

The film was made on a budget of $250 million, and it certainly shows in each of the high-octane stunts and thrilling car chases. In this action-packed installment, Dominic Toretto turns against his family and teams up with Cipher to attack a convoy of the Diplomatic Security Service led by Luke Hobbs to steal an EMP device he's been tasked to transport. Gary Gray, with a screenplay by Chris Morgan, and we get the whole gang back with Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, and Charlize Theron leading the way. While Disney reigned supreme in 2017 by taking the two top spots with The Last Jedi and The Beauty & The Beast, The Fate of the Furious managed to nab the third spot, which served as a reminder to House of Mickey that they are not the only ones with money making properties. Related: The Biggest Summer Blockbusters From Before the Avengers Took Over Our Screens The overblown production had a budget of $245 million and smashed box office records, grossing over $2 billion worldwide.

Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan, the studio crafted Star Wars: The Force Awakens, an underwhelming rehash of A New Hope that played things safe while erasing legacy characters and replacing them with the hollow shells of new creations that can't hold a candle to their counterparts.

Kathleen Kennedy crushed all those hopes with a single blow by immediately disregarding previous works to create something new. The possibilities were endless, especially since George Lucas had allowed for an expanded universe to build off the lore with unique stories and intricate characters set in the past and future of the original story. When Disney acquired Lucasfilm to the tune of $4 billion, the fandom was more than eager to get more Star Wars stories.
