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Hawkeye is the most valuable hero in theMarvel Cinematic Universebased on box office returns and reviews . Debuting in 2011’sThor , the character is one of the Original Six Avengers and help plant the foundation on which the MCU is built . Jeremy Renner has played Hawkeye in a amount of five movies so far , most of late inAvengers : Endgame . And though the Infinity Saga is wrapped up , Marvel still has program for the archer , asRenner is headline a standalone Hawkeye tv set showfor Disney+ .
While Hawkeye has his bonnie share of buff ( viewers neglect him inAvengers : Infinity War ) , he arguably isn’tthe most popular hero in the MCU- especially when compared to the likes of Iron Man , Captain America , and Thor . Those three are credibly the first superheroes that come to judgement when one thinks of the franchise , but concord to the statistics , they are n’t as worthful as Hawkeye .
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A bailiwick fromFilm Franchise Showdownexamined the MCU , reckon at movie reviews , box seat office totals , and award nomination . The solvent find that Hawkeye is the most valuable submarine sandwich , with an ROI score of 5.3 per picture appearance . Hawkeye has a tenuous edge over Thor ( 5.06 ) . Captain America ’s score is 4.9 , while Iron Man ’s is 4.8 . Star - Lord and Black Widow are also in the top five .
At first glimpse , this might be surprising , but it all pans out . Many of Hawkeye ’s roles have derive in installments wide considered to be among the salutary in the MCU , such asThe Avengers , Captain America : Civil War , andEndgame . A couple of those stony-broke box business office records during their theatrical runs , which also serve . In dividing line , Iron Man , Captain America , and Thor ’s movies have been open to far more mixed reactions . Iron Man 2andThor : The Dark Worldare two of the weakly ledger entry , particularly from a critical linear perspective . EvenCaptain America : The First Avengerranks low onFilm Franchise Showdown’slist , due to the low box situation number . TheCaptain Americatrilogy is perhaps the effective in the MCU , butThe First Avenger’ssoft commercial performance smart Steve Rogers ' ROI musical score .
Of course , the study ’s method are a little skew in Hawkeye ’s favour . All but one of his appearances have been in major team - up movies that are some of the biggest event the MCU had to put up . It is n’t much of a stretchability to say something likeEndgameorCivil Warwould rank higher than a " smaller " solo moving-picture show . The results are n’t an indication that a standalone Hawkeye celluloid is a labor Marvel should consider ; for most viewers , Hawkeye was n’t the master draw of anAvengersmovie . Still , it ’s funny to weigh there ’s a metric in which Hawkeye , who has no major power , is the most valuable hero theMCUhas to propose .
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