Marvel's churning out series for Disney+. Is that diluting the 'Thunder' from its movies?
CNN
If Marvel Studios has problems, they're clearly of the high-class variety. Its last sequel, featuring Doctor Strange, amassed more than $950 million worldwide, and the latest, "Thor: Love and Thunder," also looks destined to make it rain, financially speaking.
Commercial success, however, doesn't always directly correlate with quality. And a downward drift for the Disney-owned unit raises legitimate questions about whether Marvel's efforts to feed the parent studio's streaming service, Disney+, have contributed to diluting its output.
It's hardly a secret that Disney has made establishing its streaming service a top priority, relying heavily on Marvel and Lucasfilm to create the kind of content fans will ante up to watch. Given that the service has raced ahead of subscriber projections to more than 137 million based on the last tally, the plan has worked.