10 Reasons Why Marvel Will Never Make A Solo Black Widow Film

7. Financial Viability

It costs money to make money. The amount spent on producing the Avengers movies could probably have sustained a small country indefinitely, but then both of these films are currently sitting comfortably in the top ten earners of all time. Franchises live and die according to their box office earnings, although producers need to take into account just how much they cost in the first place. While the actors salaries for Avengers: Age Of Ultron haven't been officially released, figures from the first movie show that after Robert Downey, Jr., Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson are the next two highest paid performers in the franchise, both of whom undoubtedly received a raise for the sequel. Aside from the Avengers, the Iron Man films have been Marvel's biggest earners, so it makes sense that Downey Jr. is paid that much, but notice how neither Johansson or Jackson have starred in their own solo Marvel features... Another reason then that a Black Widow movie isn't viable is that Marvel aren't willing to pay Johansson the raise she would require for helming her own film. If a female-led superhero film is absolutely necessary, why pay an extortionate amount of money for this "risky" venture when an unknown or at least relatively cheaper actress could star in a Captain Marvel movie instead? Of course, the idea that only one super heroine movie can be in production at any given time is ludicrous and a high salary alone is unlikely to stop a Black Widow film being made, but it could certainly be another factor further putting Marvel studios off the idea of moving forward with this project.