@mad_titan: its only stronger because their hasn't been a star wars movie in a while. But overall Star wars trumps avengers. Way more fans and very iconic. When there was a 20 year or so gap between episode six and episode one, episode one still made a billion.
I actually disagree. The 20 year gap is actually precisely why Phantom Menace could make so much money. I was just finishing highschool when that movie came out, and I and all of my friends knew it; Phantom Menace could be the worst movie ever made, and it would still crush everything at the box office, because it was Star Wars. It's hard to describe just how huge that was at the time if you weren't there, but the original movies were a genuine cultural phenomenon. They basically defined a generation and heavily influenced the course of modern cinema for decades.
But then the prequels hit... and they just didn't live up the the hype. Maybe nothing really could have, but there are just so many ways the prequels could have been so obviously improved. I know there are people who liked them, especially ones that were kids when they came out, and that's fine, but I just think there is a world of difference between "hey, I liked that movie when I was a kid," and "OMG I need to build a life sized model of the Millenium Falcon in my backyard!" I'm just not really sure Millenials have the same kind of affection for Anakin or Dooku that 80's kids had for Luke and Vader.
You're right, of course, in that the fanbase is absolutely huge, but at the same time, I really think a lot of the luster has been wiped off the brand since the originals hit.
But MCU? Holy crap, that's huge right now. They are just a total cinematic juggernaut. If anything, I feel that right now MCU is much closer to the position Star Wars had back in the 80's.
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