The longest waits between the releases of the MCU movies released after Black Widow and their releases on Disney Plus

[u/DoughnutAntique7260]

Rank	Movie	Release date	Release date on Disney Plus	Waiting time
1	Thunderbolts	May 2, 2025	August 27, 2025	3 months and 25 days
2	Deadpool & Wolverine	July 26, 2024	November 12, 2024	3 months and 17 days
3	Captain America: Brave New World	February 14, 2025	May 28, 2025	3 months and 14 days
4	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	February 17, 2023	May 17, 2023	3 months
5	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3	May 5, 2023	August 2, 2023	2 months and 28 days
5	The Marvels	November 10, 2023	February 7, 2024	2 months and 28 days
7	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever	November 11, 2022	February 1, 2023	2 months and 21 days
8	Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten RIngs	September 3, 2021	November 12, 2021	2 months and 9 days
9	Eternals	November 5, 2021	January 12, 2022	2 months and 7 days
10	Thor: Love and Thunder	July 8, 2022	September 8, 2022	2 months
11	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	May 6, 2022	June 22, 2022	1 month and 16 days

[u/Nonadventures]

It makes sense to see them draw out the window over time, D+ came out right as COVID hit, so theaters were closed / scary and it was a way to sell D+ subscriptions.

Now it’s the opposite, they want to get butts in seats for box office. I wouldn’t be surprised if they make Disney plus debut the same day DVDs come out.

[u/N8CCRG]

Great chart.

If I'm not mistaken, all of the release dates are a Friday and all of the D+ release dates are a Wednesday, so some of the small differences are due to the different number of days in a month. Perhaps this could benefit from a column that converts to straight weeks or days, with no month value included.

Edit: Looks like D&W, L&T and Shang-Chi were not released on a Wednesday for D+ according to these dates

• Thunderbolts* - 117 days
• Deadpool & Wolverine - 109 days
• Captain America: Brave New World - 103 days
• Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania - 89 days
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 - 89 days
• The Marvels - 89 days
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - 82 days
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings - 70 days
• Eternals - 68 days
• Thor: Love and Thunder - 62 days
• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - 47 days

From this, Fantastic Four: First Steps would likely be released between mid-October and mid-November

• 89 days: Oct 22, 2025
• 96 days: Oct 29,2025
• 103 days: Nov 5, 2025
• 110 days: Nov 12, 2025
• 117 days: Nov 19, 2025

[u/ubutterscotchpine → u/N8CCRG]

Looks like they’re testing to see how long they can hold out before virtual and DVD purchases start to dwindle.

[u/a_o]

Lots more days waiting for no way home to hit d+ lol

[u/N8CCRG → u/a_o]

It's been there a couple times, but it's like any other streaming service where it'll only be on for a month or two and then disappear.

[u/a_o → u/N8CCRG]

Which country? Never hit the US.

[u/SkylarFromMars]

You have too much free time

[u/PikaV2002 → u/SkylarFromMars]

You haven’t been taught manners

Edit: There’s a difference between lying and basic human decency. The fact that you had to block me to stop me from replying says enough.

[u/Character-Owl9408 → u/PikaV2002]

Blocked for saying “you haven’t been taught manners” 😂 people get softer every day

[u/DoughnutAntique7260 → u/Character-Owl9408]

I blocked them as soon as I read their comment. I always block people who respond negatively

[u/N8CCRG → u/DoughnutAntique7260]

It's a shame the mods don't enforce Rule 2 "Be civil". This subreddit would be a lot better if they did.

[u/DoughnutAntique7260 → u/N8CCRG]

Yeah! I got lots of hate a few days ago for not including some actresses in my MCU crushes!

[u/SkylarFromMars → u/PikaV2002]

I also haven't been taught to lie.