![]() Conclusionsīased on my analysis, Tony Stark, Thor and Steve Rogers are the obvious heart of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Finally, in terms of closeness, Tony Stark again wins, since he is closely connected to most other characters. In eigenvector centrality, Iron Man comes out on top, suggesting that his node is the most influential in the network. He’s a one man Bifrost between the worlds in the MCU. This makes sense since he is directly connected to the Avengers, Captain Marvel, Steven Strange, and all Guardians of the Galaxy. We can see that in terms of “betweeness”, Thor comes out on top. I’ve focussed on just the biggest paycheck that each actor has received for a film thus far. While exact number are hard to come by, the Hollywood Reporter and other sources provide some estimates as to how much each actor in Marvel movies takes home. The easiest way to see how much value Tony Stark brings to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is to see how much he gets paid. Armed with this raw data, I think it’s possible to see just how much of that superhero gold is due to Iron Man’s influence. The screenplay files and the computer scripts used to process them are available for others to look at here on github. ![]() Although I was unable to get complete scripts for Dr Strange and Captain Marvel, I was still able to collect detailed data on 19 of the 21 Marvel movies. To answer that question I’ve written code to parse all of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Movie scripts. Given that Avengers Endgame has grossed almost 2 billion dollars worldwide, and that the other Marvel Movies also generated billions, I wondered, how much of this success is owed to Iron Man? After all, it was Downey who started and ended the Avengers saga with those same snarky words - “I am Iron Man”. ![]() Joe and Anthony Russo have acknowledged that it was Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man who set the tone for all Marvel films. ![]()
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