In the third and final installment of the Assembling Avengers series, Dan Levine looks at how the chase to copy the Marvel Cinematic Universe by rival studios helped to empower Netflix and destroy the film industry.

Marvel’s unprecedented 2018-2019 saw the studio produce a historical-cultural moment with Black Panther, the biggest villain victory of all time in Avengers: Infinity War, and the biggest team-up of all time with Avengers: Endgame. Collectively grossing over $6 billion dollars at the box office, is this the greatest run in film history?

Marvel’s The Avengers debuted in theaters 10 years ago today. What were the ingredients that made this film so transformational? Much like the Avengers themselves, a conglomeration of talent, strategy, and circumstances culminated in a super event.

Dan Levine spins a web of speculation that Spider-Man: No Way Home can revitalize the Covid-ravaged box office and he’s got the historical receipts to back it up.