Marvel released three films in 2025. And for my money, one stood head and shoulders above the other two, even if the box-office results didn’t necessarily back that up: Thunderbolts* .

As much an action film as a character study about super-powerful loners and misfits, the movie established a new team of heroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe , led by Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova, and featuring the likes of Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes, Wyatt Russell’s U.S. Agent, David Harbour’s Red Guardian, and Hannah John-Kamen’s Ghost, the film got some of Marvel’s best reviews since Avengers: Endgame — and stumbled badly at the box office anyway, grossing just $382 million worldwide.

Pinpointing the reasons why it flopped can be left for another time. All that matters right now is the

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