Robert Downey Jr. has already exploded ovaries in four movies (five if you’re willing to acknowledge the post-credits scene in 2008’s The Incredible Hulk), and he’ll also appear in at least four more: Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, and both installments of Avengers: Infinity War. That’s eight (or nine) Marvel movies, and he’s also confirmed Iron Man 4 is in the works. Does this jibe with how many movies Robert Downey Jr says he’ll do in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
As Downey tells EW (via Screenrant), “You know, it may verge on double digits, but it will probably wind up being a little shy.”
If you don’t count The Incredible Hulk with RDJ’s total (we bet Mark Ruffalo doesn’t), Iron Man 4 would expand RDJ’s slate to nine movies total, just a little shy of double digits. So unless Marvel backs up the money truck, we may not see Iron Man in any movies other than the ones we already knew about. On the other hand, Robert Downey Jr. reportedly made $50 million on The Avengers and $40 million on Captain America: Civil War, so we know Marvel isn’t averse to keeping him around. If only there were a gigantic influx of money coming that Marvel could share with returning actors…
By the way, Avengers: Age of Ultron is on track to become the third movie in history to earn more than $2 billion at the global box office. Only Titanic and Avatar have accomplished that titanic feat *rimshot* so far. The Motley Fool crunched some numbers and predicted Avengers: Age of Ultron would only have to perform 32% better than The Avengers to smash that $2 billion ceiling. For comparison, other sequels in the MCU grossed an average of 77% more than their first installment. And the enthusiasm for Ultron is certainly there; the leaked trailer garnered 34.3 million views within 24 hours, the most first-day views for any Marvel movie by far. The record was previously held by Iron Man 3 with about 14 million views in the first day. As Marvel summarized, “Only Tony Stark can outdo Tony Stark.”
True. So maybe back up the money truck and bring the number of his movies into the double digits?
