"Universal has the rights, and for some reason, they don't know how to play well with Marvel. "A standalone 'Hulk' movie will never happen," Ruffalo said to Variety in 2017. Making solo Hulk movies isn't easy, according to Mark Ruffalo himself. Disney recently completed its $71.3 billion acquisition of Fox's entertainment assets, including the X-Men, Deadpool and the Fantastic Four. And despite its decision to go R-rated, the film has often been praised for its boldness and originality, especially at a time when the X-Men movies have started to feel stale. "Logan" grossed over $619 million worldwide on a $97 million budget in 2017, according to Box Office Mojo. "Logan" was the final film in the Hugh Jackman "Wolverine" era, distributed by Twentieth Century Fox. Back in the early 2000s, when the two Hulk movies were released through Universal, Marvel had not yet been acquired by Disney, a deal that was struck in 2009 for over $4 billion. "There's a broader acceptance of the character now, thanks to what Mark Ruffalo, Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios brought to him."Īlthough Marvel owns the character rights to the Hulk, Universal owns the rights to any solo picture. "We're in a very different era of Marvel movies than when either of the previous films opened," Robbins said.
He cited better timing and more popularity for the big green character.
Despite the poor box-office earnings and mediocre-to- rotten reviews, it may be time to give Bruce Banner and his alter ego another go, said Shawn Robins, chief analyst for. Neither film had Mark Ruffalo as the lead.
Both films had production budgets around $130 million to $150 million. Ang Lee's 2003 "Hulk" grossed a little more than $245 million worldwide, and Louis Leterrier's 2008 "The Incredible Hulk" grossed just over $263 million worldwide.
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