Avengers: Infinity War
Avengers: Infinity War is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team, the Avengers. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the sequel to Avengers (2012) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and is the 19th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, the film includes Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle, Tom Holland and Chadwick Boseman. An ensemble cast will appear, including Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldanha, Josh Brolin and Chris Pratt. In the film, the Avengers and the Guardians try to stop Thanos from collecting the six almighty Infinity Stones as part of their quest to kill half of all life in the universe.
This film was released in October 2014 as Avengers: Infinity War - Part 1. The Russo brothers took on the role in April 2015, and a month later Markus and McFeely signed a contract to write a film inspired by Jim Starlin's 1991 Infinity Gauntlet and Jonathan Hickman's 2013 comic book. In 2016, Marvel shortened the title to Avengers: Infinity War. Filming began in January 2017 at the Studios in Pinewood, Atlanta, Fayette County, Georgia, with a large cast composed mainly of actors reinstating roles in previous MCU films, including Brolin as Thanos. Production continued until July 2017, when the direct sequel, Avengers: Endgame (2019) was filmed. Additional filming took place in Scotland, downtown Atlanta and New York. With an estimated budget of $325 million to $4 million, the film is one of the most expensive films ever made.
Avengers: Infinity War premiered in Los Angeles on April 23, 2018, and was released in the United States on April 27 as part of MCU Phase 3. The film has been praised for Brolin's acting, visuals, action sequences, and emotional weight, but has been criticized for relying on previous MCU films for its story. It became the fourth film and the first superhero film to gross over $2 billion worldwide, breaking numerous box office records and becoming the highest-grossing film of 2018, as well as the fourth-highest-grossing film worldwide and in the United States and Canada. The film's visual effects were nominated for the 91st Academy Awards, the 24th Critics' Choice Awards and the 72nd British Academy Film Awards. The sequel to Avengers: Endgame was released in April 2019.
- Gross: $2.048 billion
