Part 5/10:
Amid declining MCU interest, "Deadpool" and "Wolverine" offered brief glimmers of hope. Their movies, particularly "Deadpool 3," resonated with adult audiences because of their irreverent tone and meta-humor, sharply contrasting the more earnest MCU offerings.
"Deadpool" and "Wolverine" stand out as exceptions, having delivered strong box office numbers—sometimes over $700 million—simply because audiences wanted to see the stars and humor that these characters offered. Their success was partly fueled by the fact that audiences showed up mainly for Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, not necessarily for the broader Marvel universe.