All 2025 MCU Movies Surge On Disney+ Charts Despite Negative Box Office (With A Catch)

The Marvel Cinematic Universe‘s 2025 movies are finally getting a major win after disappointing box office runs, and it could lead to sequels for all three projects. 2024 was a major year for Marvel in theaters, with ᴅᴇᴀᴅpool & Wolverine, the MCU’s sole film released, grossing $1.3 billion. Sadly, 2025’s MCU movies could not match its performance, having disappointing totals.

Marvel Studios released three movies this year: Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts*, and The Fantastic Four: First Steps. The latter boasts Marvel’s best box office this year, but it is still short of expectations, at just $507.8 million at the time of writing. Thankfully, Marvel’s future movies and any possible sequels to the 2025 films just got an exciting update.

All 2025 MCU Movies Enter Disney+’s Top Ten – But There’s A Catch

The Fantastic Four standing together with their suits in The Fantastic Four: First Steps

According to FlixPatrol, all three MCU movies released in 2025 are surging on Disney+, occupying the streamer’s Top Ten Movies list worldwide. The first MCU film released this year, Captain America: Brave New World, is the lowest on the Disney+ chart, at 6th. That makes sense, as not only was it the lowest-rated of the three, but it had its streaming time to shine already.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps being the second most-watched movie on Disney+ globally is the most shocking part of the MCU’s new feat on streaming. The reason for that surprise is that not only is the movie still in theaters, but what is available on Disney+ is not the full film, but rather a Special Look, likely boosted by Thunderbolts*‘s release.

Thunderbolts* is the latest MCU movie to arrive on streaming, being released on Disney+ on August 27. While the film debuted in 3rd place, the New Avengers have since climbed the streamer’s charts, leading Disney+’s Top Ten Movies list. Based on its preview’s shocking performance, The Fantastic Four: First Steps‘ formal debut later in 2025 should follow Thunderbolts*‘s chart-topping run.

How The 3 MCU Movies Could Get Sequels Despite Disappointing Box Offices

Bucky and Yelana in Thunderbolts Post-Credits Scene MCU

There is no other way to define the 2025 MCU movies’ box office runs as anything other than disappointing. While any of these properties pᴀssing $1 billion was always going to be hard, having the best Marvel film of the year barely cross the halfway mark to that coveted milestone is not great. That said, their streaming resurgence is exciting.

All three 2025 MCU movies will see their characters play key roles in the next two Avengers movies. With their new status as streaming hits, those Marvel heroes will have more fans when they show up next year in Avengers: Doomsday. The MCU‘s Avengers movies could then boost their reach, helping sequels get made despite the initially disappointing box office runs.