Avengers , produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures . It is the sequel to 2012's The Avengers and 2015's Avengers: Age of Ultron , and the nineteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo , written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely , and features an ensemble cast including Robert Downey Jr. , Chris Hemsworth , Mark Ruffalo , Chris Evans , Scarlett Johansson , Benedict Cumberbatch , Don Cheadle , Tom Holland, Chadwick Boseman , Paul Bettany , Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan , Danai Gurira , Letitia Wright , Dave Bautista , Zoe Saldana , Josh Brolin , and Chris Pratt . In Avengers: Infinity War , the Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy attempt to stop Thanos from collecting the Infinity Stones .
Avengers: Infinity War
Theatrical release poster Directed by
Anthony Russo
Joe Russo Produced by
Kevin Feige Screenplay by
Christopher Markus
Stephen McFeely Based on
The Avengers
by Stan Lee
Jack Kirby Starring
Robert Downey Jr.
Chris Hemsworth
Mark Ruffalo
Chris Evans
Scarlett Johansson
Benedict Cumberbatch
Don Cheadle
Tom Holland
Chadwick Boseman
Paul Bettany
Elizabeth Olsen
Anthony Mackie
Sebastian Stan
Danai Gurira
Letitia Wright
Dave Bautista
Zoe Saldana
Josh Brolin
Chris Pratt Music by
Alan Silvestri Cinematography
Trent Opaloch Edited by
Jeffrey Ford [1]
Matthew Schmidt Production
company
Marvel Studios Distributed by
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Release date
April 23, 2018 ( Dolby Theatre )
April 27, 2018 (United States) Running time
149 minutes [2] Country
United States Language
English Budget
$300–400 million [3][4]
[5] Box office
$725.5 million [6]
The film was announced in October 2014 as Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1 . The Russo brothers came on board to direct in April 2015 and by May, Markus and McFeely signed on to write the script for the film, which drew inspiration from Jim Starlin 's 1991 "The Infinity Gauntlet " comic and Jonathan Hickman 's 2013 "Infinity " comic. In 2016, Marvel shortened the title to Avengers: Infinity War . Filming began in January 2017 at Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Fayette County, Georgia, and lasted until July 2017, shooting back-to-back with a direct sequel . Additional filming took place in Scotland, England, the
Downtown Atlanta area, and New York City. With an estimated budget around $320 million, it is one of the
most expensive films ever made .
Avengers: Infinity War held its world premiere on April 23, 2018 in Los Angeles and was released in the United States on April 27, 2018, in IMAX and 3D . The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the cast, visual effects, emotional weight of the story, and action scenes, although the runtime received some criticism. It has grossed over $725 million worldwide, making it the second highest-grossing film of 2018 . In its opening weekend it grossed $641 million worldwide and $258 million in the United States and Canada, setting the records for the highest-grossing openings for both, ahead of The Fate of the Furious ($542 million) and Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($248 million), respectively. The sequel is set to be released on May 3, 2019.
Plot
Having acquired the Power Stone from the planet
Xandar , Thanos and his henchmen— Ebony Maw , Cull Obsidian , Proxima Midnight and Corvus Glaive —intercept the ship carrying the survivors of Asgard 's destruction. [N 1] Thor , Loki , Heimdall and Hulk are powerless to prevent them from extracting the Space Stone from the Tesseract , as Thor is defeated and subdued, and Thanos kills Loki and overpowers Hulk. Heimdall sends Hulk to Earth using the Bifröst before being killed. Thanos departs with his henchmen and obliterates the ship.
Hulk crash-lands at the Sanctum Sanctorum in New York City, reverting to Bruce Banner. He warns Stephen Strange and Wong about Thanos' plan to kill half of all life in the universe. In response, Strange recruits Tony Stark . Maw and Obsidian arrive to retrieve the Time Stone from Strange. After a battle including Peter Parker , Maw captures Strange; Stark and Parker pursue Maw's spaceship, Banner contacts Steve Rogers , and Wong stays behind to guard the Sanctum. In Scotland, Midnight and Glaive ambush Wanda Maximoff and
Vision . Rogers, Natasha Romanoff and Sam Wilson rescue them, and take shelter with James Rhodes at the new Avengers facility. Vision offers to sacrifice himself by having Maximoff destroy the Mind Stone in his forehead to keep Thanos from retrieving it. Rogers suggests they travel to Wakanda, which he believes has the resources to remove the stone without destroying Vision.
The Guardians of the Galaxy respond to a distress call from the Asgardian ship and rescue Thor. He surmises Thanos seeks the Reality Stone, which is in the possession of the Collector at Knowhere . Rocket and
Groot accompany Thor to Nidavellir to retrieve a weapon capable of killing Thanos. There, they and Eitri create Stormbreaker, an enchanted battle-axe. Meanwhile,
Peter Quill , Gamora , Drax , and Mantis find Thanos at Knowhere with the Reality Stone already in his possession. Thanos kidnaps Gamora, his adoptive daughter, who reveals the location of the Soul Stone to save her captive adoptive sister Nebula from torture. Thanos and Gamora travel to Vormir , a planet where
Red Skull , keeper of the Soul Stone, informs him the stone can only be retrieved by sacrificing someone he loves. Thanos reluctantly throws Gamora to her death, granting him the Soul Stone.
Nebula escapes captivity and asks the remaining Guardians to meet her on Titan , Thanos' destroyed homeworld. Stark and Parker kill Maw by
