I had never thought about that before but I think you're right.
DCUE needs Batman like MCU needs Iron Man, but WB's dependence has mainly been on having the character Batman, not so much the actor playing him.
But in MCU, the dependence on Iron Man relies specifically that Robert Downey Jr. is playing him.
Good point.
Make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

RDJ is making so much money off this it's crazy. I bet Marvel was kicking themselves when his original contract expired, and they had to start paying him $50 million for each appearance lol.
Make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

So true.
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A few questions:

1. What's the significance of $800M? Seems like an arbitrary benchmark. I never hear about movies shooting for $800M. It's a tremendous accomplishment for the studio, obviously, but I'm not sure what makes that number a significant milestone. Would it be because a more commonly used benchmark- like $500M or $750M- wouldn't work with your strawman argument?
2. Why should I care about this topic at all? It's not important to me how much money these movies make, and I'm not sure why it's important to anyone but those directly involved in the making of the film. I get nothing from a film's box office receipts, so why should I care? Are you suggesting that I should take pride in something I have no involvement in that doesn't affect me at all?
3. Why are you under the delusion that DC and Marvel are in competition with one another? They just want to make money. Their films are never in direct competition, and that's done intentionally so that both studios can make piles of money. If anything, they're working together to assure they both maximize their profits. Nothing one studio does is going to stop the other from making films. The only competition is between the studio and our wallets, and that's not much of a competition. The studios are winning handily.

I didnt bring up DCEU but since you played along with it answer the question.

Why bring the DCEU?
Why the insecurity?
Do you think DC's flaws make Marvel movies better?

So what you're saying is RDJ is more popular Batman and Superman?
And Guardians 2 will make way more than $800 million, you wait and see bub.
Dormammu, I've come to bargain.

Why bring the DCEU?
Why the insecurity?
Do you think DC's flaws make Marvel movies better?

So Justice League will make over 800 million because of Batman?

So when RDJ leaves the MCU, will Tom Holland be the next "RDJ"?

because your a DCEU fan gay that's hating on marvel because its more successful, DCs flaws do not make marvel better, they were already good to begin with.

Why bring the DCEU?
Why the insecurity?
Do you think DC's flaws make Marvel movies better?

name a DC movie that made over 800 million that didn't feature batman or superman ?

I said you are ignoring IM3, not me.

Oh so now Iron Man 3 doesnt count?
Iron Man has proven to be the only 1B dollar MCU superhero.
And you say that because of Iron Man 3..

Again ignoring IM3.

You still dont make sense because The Avengers is a team of superheroes: Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Hawkeye, Quicksilver, Scarlett Witch, Black Widow, The Vision..
And then they fight each other in Civil War with Spider-Man included.
I guess Justice League will make over 800 million
only
because of Ben Affleck/Batman..

Yes.
Iron Man has proven to be the only 1B dollar MCU superhero.

Ok so besides Iron Man 3, both Avengers and Civil War made over 800 million because of RDJ?

Iron Man 3 is the only MCU movie
starring
RDJ that made over 800 million.

Yes and it's the only solo MCU film (with no other main Avenger having a major role) that has made that much.
Oh and it was actually a mediocre film. Iron Man is just that popular.
You're a Marvel fanboy who will justify everything Marvel does, but these guys aren't idiots, they know perfectly who's their cash cow and for that reason they will used it as much as they can.

And was Iron man in Avengers and Civil War?

Oh one Iron Man sequel made over a billion. The rest were The Avengers and Civil War
So again, your statement is unsound.

But all of those movies had RDJ so my point stands.
Iron Man 3 however didn't have Hemsworth or Evans and it made over 1B, so your point is proven wrong.