I just think context is always important because on one hand people praise Venom for how it was a massive "hit" overseas (641 million) compared to the united states (200 million)...yet Black Panther outgrossed Venom overseas (646 million) however since it was a cultural phenomenon in America (700 million), they act like 646 million isn't more than any Spider-Man, Batman, Superman movie, and more than 80% of non-Avenger MCU movies have ever grossed overseas.
So if BP 2 doesn't perform as well as BP 1, it would have to be a complete collapse for it not to be a big hit comparable to the top grossing solo MCU films. Same with Carol Danvers, even if to a lesser extent. Then you figure GotG3 and DS2 will perform comparable to their predecessors. So that's 4 movies in the next few years that are bringing butts to seats. So unless a Shang Chi or Black Widow movie has bigger budgets than BP or CM, which would be curious, MCU is in a pretty good spot moving forward.
So if BP 2 doesn't perform as well as BP 1, it would have to be a complete collapse for it not to be a big hit comparable to the top grossing solo MCU films. Same with Carol Danvers, even if to a lesser extent. Then you figure GotG3 and DS2 will perform comparable to their predecessors. So that's 4 movies in the next few years that are bringing butts to seats. So unless a Shang Chi or Black Widow movie has bigger budgets than BP or CM, which would be curious, MCU is in a pretty good spot moving forward.