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| Based on | Characters published by Marvel Comics |
| Starring | See below |
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Release date | 2008–present |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | Total (23 films): $4.473–4.582 billion |
| Box office | Total (23 films): $22.587 billion |
The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films are a series of American superhero films produced by Marvel Studios based on characters that appear in publications by Marvel Comics. The MCU is the shared universe in which all of the films are set. The films have been in production since 2007, and in that time Marvel Studios has produced and released 23 films, with at least 14 more in various stages of development. It is the highest-grossing film franchise of all time, having grossed over $22.5 billion at the global box office. This includes Avengers: Endgame, which is the highest-grossing film of all time.
Kevin Feige has produced every film in the series, alongside Avi Arad for the first two releases, Gale Anne Hurd for The Incredible Hulk, Amy Pascal for the Spider-Man films, and Stephen Broussard for Ant-Man and the Wasp. The films are written and directed by a variety of individuals and feature large, often ensemble, casts. Many of the actors, including Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, and Jeremy Renner signed contracts to star in numerous films.
Marvel Studios releases its films in groups called "Phases".[1][2] Their first film is Iron Man (2008), which was distributed by Paramount Pictures. Paramount also distributed Iron Man 2 (2010), Thor (2011) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), while Universal Pictures distributed The Incredible Hulk (2008). Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures began distributing the series with the crossover film The Avengers (2012), which concluded Phase One.[2][3] Phase Two comprises Iron Man 3 (2013), Thor: The Dark World (2013), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), and Ant-Man (2015).[2]
Captain America: Civil War (2016) is the first film of Phase Three, and is followed by Doctor Strange (2016), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Black Panther (2018), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), Captain Marvel (2019), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019).[2] The first three phases are collectively known as "The Infinity Saga". The Spider-Man films are owned, financed, and distributed by Sony Pictures.
Phase Four will include Black Widow (2021), Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), Eternals (2021), the untitled Spider-Man: Far From Home sequel (2021), Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022).[4][5][6] The phase will feature these films, as well as eight announced television event series for the streaming service Disney+.[4][7] Black Panther II (2022) and the untitled Captain Marvel sequel (2022) are also in development,[8][9] along with one additional film for 2022 and four films for 2023.[10]
Films
The Infinity Saga
The films from Phase One through Phase Three are collectively known as "The Infinity Saga".[11][12]
Upcoming
| Film | U.S. release date | Director(s) | Screenwriter(s) | Producer(s) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phase Four[4][5][6][a] | |||||
| Black Widow | May 7, 2021[6] | Cate Shortland[56] | Eric Pearson[57] | Kevin Feige | Post-production |
| Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | July 9, 2021[6] | Destin Daniel Cretton[58] | David Callaham[59] | ||
| Eternals | November 5, 2021[6] | Chloé Zhao[60] | Kaz Firpo & Ryan Firpo[61] | ||
| Untitled Spider-Man: Far From Home sequel | December 17, 2021[5] | Jon Watts[62] | Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers[63] | Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal | Filming |
| Thor: Love and Thunder | February 11, 2022[64] | Taika Waititi[65] | Taika Waititi and Jennifer Kaytin Robinson[65][66] | Kevin Feige | Pre-production |
| Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | March 25, 2022[64] | Sam Raimi[67] | Jade Bartlett and Michael Waldron[68][69] | Filming | |
- ^ Phase Four also includes multiple series streaming on Disney+.[4][7]
Future
| Film | U.S. release date | Director | Screenwriter(s) | Producer(s) | Status |
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| Black Panther II | May 6, 2022[8] | Ryan Coogler[70] | Kevin Feige | In development | |
| Untitled Captain Marvel sequel | July 8, 2022[9] | Nia DaCosta[71] | Megan McDonnell[72] | ||
Marvel Studios and Kevin Feige have additional storylines planned through 2028,[73] resulting in many films "on the docket that are completely different from anything that's come before—intentionally."[74] Feige noted at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con that the studio had films scheduled to release after 2021, though they would not announce them nor the release dates at this time.[75] Disney has scheduled additional release dates for untitled Marvel Studios films on October 7, 2022, as well as February 17, May 5, July 28, and November 3, 2023.[10]
Black Panther II (2022)
By October 2018, Ryan Coogler signed to write and direct a sequel to Black Panther (2018),[70] which Kevin Feige confirmed was in development by mid-2019 with the placeholder title Black Panther II.[76][8] Plans for the film changed in August 2020 when Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman died from colon cancer,[77] with some of the main returning cast members confirmed by that November. Filming is expected to begin in July 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia, and last up to six months.[78] Black Panther II is scheduled to be released on May 6, 2022.[8]
Untitled Captain Marvel sequel (2022)
Feige confirmed a sequel to Captain Marvel (2019) was in development at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con that July,[79] with Megan McDonnell set to write the script by January 2020,[72] and Brie Larson returning as Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel.[80] The studio wanted a female director for the film rather than have Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck return from the first,[72] with Nia DaCosta hired to direct by that August.[71] The film is scheduled to be released on July 8, 2022.[9]
Blade
After Marvel Studios regained the Blade film rights from New Line Cinema,[81] they had a working script for a new film by May 2013.[82] Wesley Snipes discussed potentially reprising his role from New Line's prior film series with Marvel Studios in 2015,[83] before Mahershala Ali approached the studio with a new film he would star in after previously portraying Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes in the first season of Luke Cage.[84][85] Feige officially announced the film with Ali in the title role at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con.[85][4] Blade will be released in a future MCU phase.[86]
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
A third Guardians of the Galaxy film was planned by Marvel Studios in April 2016,[87] and James Gunn confirmed a year later that he would return to write and direct Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.[88] However, Disney and Marvel temporarily dismissed Gunn in July 2018 after the resurfacing of old controversial tweets.[89][90] Disney and Marvel reversed course that October and reinstated Gunn as the director, while production and the release were pushed back so Gunn could complete the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) film The Suicide Squad (2021) and its spin-off series first.[91][92][93] Gunn's return was revealed in early 2019 along with the five main stars' involvement,[94][95] and Feige confirmed it was in development at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con that July.[96] Filming is expected to begin in late 2021.[78] Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is expected to be released after 2021.[92]
Untitled Ant-Man and the Wasp sequel
Ahead of the release of Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), Peyton Reed said he and Marvel Studios were hopeful about a third Ant-Man film, having discussed potential story points,[97] and was confirmed to return to direct the film by November 2019, with Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lily returning as Scott Lang / Ant-Man and Hope van Dyne / Wasp.[98][99] Jeff Loveness was writing the script by April 2020.[100] Filming is expected to begin in 2021.[78] The film is expected to be released in 2022.[98][100]
Untitled Deadpool film
After the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney was announced in December 2017, Disney CEO Bob Iger said Ryan Reynolds would reprise his role as Wade Wilson / Deadpool from 20th Century Fox's X-Men film series and be integrated with the PG-13 rated MCU under Disney.[101][102] The PG-13 version of Deadpool 2 (2018), Once Upon a Deadpool, was looked at for depicting the R-rated world of Deadpool (2016) and Deadpool 2 for the MCU to have the character reside in and play around with that universe.[103][104] By December 2019, Reynolds confirmed that a third Deadpool film was in development at Marvel Studios.[105] In November 2020, Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin were hired to write the film, while Reynolds' involvement and the film's R-rating were confirmed.[106]
Untitled Fantastic Four film
At the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con in July, Feige announced that an MCU Fantastic Four film was in development,[107] and said it would bring "Marvel's first family up to the sort of platform and level they deserve", after the critical and commercial failure of 20th Century Fox's previous film adaptation.[108]
Untitled mutant-centered film
At the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con, Feige announced that Marvel Studios was developing films for mutants, which include the X-Men team,[4][109] and noted that the terms "X-Men" and "mutants" are used interchangeably while saying the MCU depiction would differ from the 20th Century Fox film series.[110]
Timeline
| External image | |
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 The Phase One Timeline infographic released by Marvel in May 2012[111] |
During Phase One of the MCU, Marvel Studios lined up some of their films' stories with references to one another, though they had no long-term plan for the shared universe's timeline at that point.[112] Iron Man 2 is set six months after the events of Iron Man,[113] and around the same time as Thor according to comments made by Nick Fury.[112] The official canon tie-in comic Fury's Big Week confirmed that The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, and Thor all took place within a week, a year before the crossover film The Avengers. Writers Chris Yost and Eric Pearson tried to follow the logic of the films' timeline when plotting the comic, and received "the seal of approval" from Feige and Marvel Studios on the final timeline.[114] As promotion for The Avengers, Marvel released an official infographic detailing this timeline in May 2012.[111]
Wanting to simplify the in-universe timeline,[112] the Phase Two films were set roughly in real time relating to The Avengers: Iron Man 3 takes place about six months later, during Christmas;[115][116] Thor: The Dark World is set one year later;[117] and Captain America: The Winter Soldier is two years after.[116] Avengers: Age of Ultron and Ant-Man ended the phase in 2015,[118][119] with several months passing between those films in-universe as in real life.[120] For Phase Three, directors the Russo brothers wanted to continue using real time, and so Captain America: Civil War begins a year after Age of Ultron,[121] with Avengers: Infinity War set two years after that.[122] However, producer Brad Winderbaum said the Phase Three films would actually "happen on top of each other" while being less "interlocked" as the Phase One films were,[123] with Black Panther and Spider-Man: Homecoming respectively beginning a week and several months after Civil War;[124][125] Thor: Ragnarok beginning four years after The Dark World and two years after Age of Ultron,[126][127] around the same time as Civil War and Homecoming;[123] Doctor Strange taking place over a whole year and ending "up to date with the rest of the MCU";[128] Ant-Man and the Wasp also set two years after Civil War and shortly before Infinity War;[129] and both Guardians of the Galaxy and its sequel Vol. 2 being explicitly set in 2014,[130][131] which Feige believed would create a four-year gap between Vol. 2 and Infinity War, though the other MCU films up to that point do not specify years onscreen.[132]
When Spider-Man: Homecoming was being developed, director and co-writer Jon Watts was shown a scroll detailing the MCU timeline that was created by co-producer Eric Carroll when he first began working for Marvel Studios. Watts said the scroll included both where the continuity of the films lined-up and did not lineup, and when fully unfurled it extended beyond the length of a long conference table. This scroll was used as the basis to weave the continuity of Homecoming into the previous films, such as The Avengers.[133] This was labeled in the film with a title card stating that eight years pass between the end of The Avengers and the events of Civil War, which was widely criticized as a continuity error that broke the established MCU timeline, in which only four years should have passed.[134][135] Additionally, dialogue in Civil War indicates that eight years pass between the end of Iron Man and the events of that film, despite the established continuity being closer to five or six years.[136][137] Infinity War co-director Joe Russo described the Homecoming eight years time jump as "very incorrect",[138] and the mistake was ignored in Infinity War which specified that its events were taking place only six years after The Avengers.[137] The public response to the Homecoming mistake inspired Marvel Studios to release a new timeline for all three phases,[135] and in November 2018, a timeline, specifying dates for the events in each film released to that point, was included as part of the sourcebook Marvel Studios: The First 10 Years, celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the MCU.[139]
| Year(s) | Feature films |
|---|---|
| 1943–1945 | Captain America: The First Avenger |
| 2010 | Iron Man |
| 2011 | Iron Man 2, Thor |
| 2012 | The Avengers, Iron Man 3 |
| 2013 | Thor: The Dark World |
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 |
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man |
| 2016 | Captain America: Civil War |
| 2016–2017 | Doctor Strange |
| 2017 | Black Panther, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War |
| Notes: The Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and Ant-Man and the Wasp are discussed in the Marvel Studios: The First 10 Years sourcebook, but their events are not included in the timeline.[139] | |
This timeline ignores the two "eight-year" continuity errors, but also contradicts the events of Black Panther and Infinity War by placing them in 2017. Despite the latter apparent mistakes, Thomas Bacon of Screen Rant described the timeline as "the closest Marvel has yet come to making an official statement on just when the different MCU events are set", bringing "some sense of balance to the MCU continuity".[140] Following Infinity War, the Russo brothers said future films would not necessarily be set according to real time as there are "a lot of very inventive ways of where the story can go from here", with both Ant-Man and the Wasp and Captain Marvel set earlier in the timeline;[141] the latter is set in 1995.[142] Avengers: Endgame begins shortly after Infinity War and ends in 2023 after a five-year time jump. It confirms dates for several of the other films, including The Avengers in 2012, Thor: The Dark World in 2013, Guardians of the Galaxy in 2014, Doctor Strange around 2017, and Ant-Man and the Wasp in 2018 at the same time as Infinity War.[143] Spider-Man: Far From Home begins eight months after Endgame in 2024.[144]
In October 2020, the Marvel section of Disney+ was restructured to include groupings of the films by phase, as well as a grouping that put the films in timeline order.[145] This order was Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain Marvel, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Thor, The Avengers, Thor: The Dark World, Iron Man 3, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Thor: Ragnarok, Ant-Man & the Wasp, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame. Bacon felt the placement of Thor: The Dark World and Black Panther corrected "previous issues" with their placement in the November 2018 First 10 Years timeline, and was glad Disney and Marvel "recognize[d] it's possible to watch these movies in anything other than release order", "legitimiz[ing]" this viewing experience. The Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and Spider-Man: Far From Home were excluded since Disney did not have their distribution rights, but Bacon felt The Incredible Hulk could be viewed after Iron Man 2 since it is simultaneous with that film, Homecoming could come after Black Panther, and Far From Home could be viewed last.[146] Julia Alexander at The Verge agreed with Bacon that it "seems like Disney finally understands how [some viewers] want to watch Marvel movies".[145]
Additionally, Black Widow is set between Civil War and Infinity War,[147] while Eternals and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness are set after Endgame.[148][149]
Recurring cast and characters
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This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in films in multiple phases within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and have appeared in the billing block for at least two of them (see FAQ).
- A dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's presence has not yet been confirmed.
- A C indicates an uncredited cameo role.
- A V indicates a voice-only role.
Release
Home media
In June 2012, Marvel announced a 10-disc box set titled "Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One – Avengers Assembled", for release on September 25, 2012. The box set includes all six of the Phase One films—Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, and Marvel's The Avengers—on Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D, in a replica of Nick Fury's briefcase from The Avengers.[244] In August 2012, luggage company Rimowa GmbH, who developed the briefcase for The Avengers, filed suit against Marvel Studios and Buena Vista Home Entertainment in U.S. federal court, complaining that "Marvel did not obtain any license or authorization from Rimowa to make replica copies of the cases for any purpose."[245] The set was delayed to early 2013 for the packaging to be redesigned.[246] The box set, with a redesigned case, was released on April 2, 2013. In addition, the box set included a featurette on the then-upcoming Phase Two films, showing footage and concept art, as well as previously unreleased deleted scenes from all of the Phase One films.[247]
In July 2015, Marvel announced a 13-disc box set titled "Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two Collection", for release on December 8, 2015, exclusive to Amazon.com. The box set includes all six of the Phase Two films—Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Ant-Man—on Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D and a digital copy, in a replica of the Orb from Guardians of the Galaxy, plus a bonus disc and exclusive memorabilia. Material on the bonus disc includes all of the Marvel One-Shots with commentary, deleted scenes and pre-production creative features for each of the films, featurettes on the making of the post-credit scenes for the films, and first looks at Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.[248][249]
In September 2019, Feige indicated a box set with all 23 films of The Infinity Saga would be released, with the set including previously unreleased deleted scenes and other footage, such as an alternate take of the Nick Fury post-credits scene from Iron Man which references Spider-Man, the Hulk, and the X-Men.[250] The box set, featuring all 23 films on Ultra HD Blu-ray and Blu-ray, a bonus disc, a letter from Feige, and a lithograph art piece by Matt Ferguson, was released on November 15, 2019, exclusively at Best Buy.[251]
IMAX 10th anniversary festival
From August 30 to September 6, 2018, in conjunction with Marvel Studios' 10 year anniversary celebrations, all 20 films released at the time (Iron Man through Ant-Man and the Wasp) were screened in IMAX. The films were shown in release order, with four films per day. The final days of the festival were theme related, with one showing "origin" films (Iron Man, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Black Panther, and Doctor Strange), one showing "team-ups" (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Captain America: Civil War, The Avengers, and Avengers: Infinity War),[252][253] and the final day showing Iron Man and The Avengers as chosen by the fans via a Twitter poll.[254] The festival also saw Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, and Captain America: The First Avenger released in IMAX for the first time.[252][253]
Reception
Box office performance
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is the highest-grossing film franchise of all time worldwide, both unadjusted and adjusted-for-inflation, having grossed over $22.5 billion at the global box office. Several of its sub series such as the Avengers, Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor film series are among the most successful film series of all time.[255]
| Film | U.S. release date | Box office gross | All-time ranking | Budget | Ref(s) | |||
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| U.S. and Canada | Other territories | Worldwide | U.S. and Canada | Worldwide | ||||
| Phase One | ||||||||
| Iron Man | May 2, 2008 | $319,034,126 | $266,762,121 | $585,796,247 | 74 | 170 | $140 million | [256] |
| The Incredible Hulk | June 13, 2008 | $134,806,913 | $129,964,083 | $264,770,996 | 454 | 573 | $150 million | [257] |
| Iron Man 2 | May 7, 2010 | $312,433,331 | $311,500,000 | $623,933,331 | 80 | 151 | $200 million | [258] |
| Thor | May 6, 2011 | $181,030,624 | $268,295,994 | $449,326,618 | 257 | 256 | $150 million | [259] |
| Captain America: The First Avenger | July 22, 2011 | $176,654,505 | $193,915,269 | $370,569,774 | 273 | 348 | $140 million | [260] |
| Marvel's The Avengers | May 4, 2012 | $623,357,910 | $895,457,605 | $1,518,815,515 | 8 | 8 | $220 million | [261] |
| Phase Two | ||||||||
| Iron Man 3 | May 3, 2013 | $409,013,994 | $805,797,258 | $1,214,811,252 | 32 | 20 | $178.4 million | [262][263] |
| Thor: The Dark World | November 8, 2013 | $206,362,140 | $438,421,000 | $644,783,140 | 204 | 142 | $152.7 million | [264][263] |
| Captain America: The Winter Soldier | April 4, 2014 | $259,766,572 | $454,654,931 | $714,421,503 | 119 | 117 | $177 million | [265][266] |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | August 1, 2014 | $333,176,600 | $439,601,585 | $772,778,185 | 66 | 100 | $195.9 million | [267][268] |
| Avengers: Age of Ultron | May 1, 2015 | $459,005,868 | $943,800,000 | $1,402,805,868 | 20 | 11 | $365.5 million | [269][270] |
| Ant-Man | July 17, 2015 | $180,202,163 | $339,109,802 | $519,311,965 | 255 | 209 | $109.3 million | [271][270] |
| Phase Three | ||||||||
| Captain America: Civil War | May 6, 2016 | $408,084,349 | $745,211,944 | $1,153,296,293 | 33 | 22 | $230 million | [272][273] |
| Doctor Strange | November 4, 2016 | $232,641,920 | $445,076,475 | $677,718,395 | 154 | 131 | $165 million | [274][275] |
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | May 5, 2017 | $389,813,101 | $473,942,950 | $863,756,051 | 41 | 75 | $200 million | [276] |
| Spider-Man: Homecoming | July 7, 2017 | $334,201,140 | $545,965,784 | $880,166,924 | 64 | 68 | $175 million | [277] |
| Thor: Ragnarok | November 3, 2017 | $315,058,289 | $538,918,837 | $853,977,126 | 79 | 78 | $180 million | [278] |
| Black Panther | February 16, 2018 | $700,426,566 | $646,853,595 | $1,347,280,161 | 4 | 13 | $200 million | [279][280] |
| Avengers: Infinity War | April 27, 2018 | $678,815,482 | $1,369,544,272 | $2,048,359,754 | 5 | 5 | $316–400 million | [281][282] |
| Ant-Man and the Wasp | July 6, 2018 | $216,648,740 | $406,025,399 | $622,674,139 | 181 | 153 | $162 million | [283][284] |
| Captain Marvel | March 8, 2019 | $426,829,839 | $701,445,424 | $1,128,275,263 | 25 | 26 | $150–175 million | [285][286] |
| Avengers: Endgame | April 26, 2019 | $858,373,000 | $1,939,427,564 | $2,797,800,564 | 2 | 1 | $356 million | [287] |
| Spider-Man: Far From Home | July 2, 2019 | $390,532,085 | $741,395,911 | $1,131,927,996 | 40 | 25 | $160 million | [288] |
| Total | $8,545,839,257 | $14,041,085,276 | $22,586,924,533 | 1 | 1 | $4.473–4.582 billion | [289] [290] | |
Critical and public response
| Film | Critical | Public | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore[291] | |
| Phase One | |||
| Iron Man | 94% (279 reviews)[292] | 79 (38 reviews)[293] | A |
| The Incredible Hulk | 67% (233 reviews)[294] | 61 (38 reviews)[295] | A− |
| Iron Man 2 | 72% (300 reviews)[296] | 57 (40 reviews)[297] | A |
| Thor | 77% (286 reviews)[298] | 57 (40 reviews)[299] | B+ |
| Captain America: The First Avenger | 80% (268 reviews)[300] | 66 (43 reviews)[301] | A− |
| Marvel's The Avengers | 92% (357 reviews)[302] | 69 (43 reviews)[303] | A+ |
| Phase Two | |||
| Iron Man 3 | 79% (324 reviews)[304] | 62 (44 reviews)[305] | A |
| Thor: The Dark World | 66% (279 reviews)[306] | 54 (44 reviews)[307] | A− |
| Captain America: The Winter Soldier | 90% (301 reviews)[308] | 70 (48 reviews)[309] | A |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | 91% (328 reviews)[310] | 76 (53 reviews)[311] | A |
| Avengers: Age of Ultron | 76% (367 reviews)[312] | 66 (49 reviews)[313] | A |
| Ant-Man | 83% (328 reviews)[314] | 64 (44 reviews)[315] | A |
| Phase Three | |||
| Captain America: Civil War | 91% (414 reviews)[316] | 75 (53 reviews)[317] | A |
| Doctor Strange | 89% (373 reviews)[318] | 72 (49 reviews)[319] | A |
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | 85% (413 reviews)[320] | 67 (48 reviews)[321] | A |
| Spider-Man: Homecoming | 92% (390 reviews)[322] | 73 (51 reviews)[323] | A |
| Thor: Ragnarok | 93% (424 reviews)[324] | 74 (51 reviews)[325] | A |
| Black Panther | 96% (510 reviews)[326] | 88 (55 reviews)[327] | A+ |
| Avengers: Infinity War | 85% (471 reviews)[328] | 68 (54 reviews)[329] | A |
| Ant-Man and the Wasp | 87% (425 reviews)[330] | 70 (56 reviews)[331] | A− |
| Captain Marvel | 79% (522 reviews)[332] | 64 (56 reviews)[333] | A |
| Avengers: Endgame | 94% (528 reviews)[334] | 78 (57 reviews)[335] | A+ |
| Spider-Man: Far From Home | 90% (440 reviews)[336] | 69 (55 reviews)[337] | A |
Repurposed projects
These projects were in development as films from Marvel Studios before becoming television series under Marvel Television:
- Inhumans: In April 2013, Feige mentioned the Inhumans as a property out of which he was "confident" a film would be made.[338] Inhumans as a concept would first be introduced to the MCU in 2014 through the second season of the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.[339] By August 2014, the studio was ready to move forward in development with the film, with a screenplay written by Joe Robert Cole.[340] In October 2014, the film was announced for Phase Three[341] and scheduled for release July 2019.[342] By October 2015, Cole was no longer involved with the film and any potential drafts that he may have written would not be used.[343] In April 2016, Inhumans was removed from the release schedule,[344] and would no longer be a part of Phase Three.[345] In July 2016, Feige said Inhumans would "certainly" be a part of the discussion regarding the film ideas for 2020 and 2021,[346] adding the following November that he was still optimistic the film could be released in Phase Four.[347] In November 2016, Marvel Television announced the series Marvel's Inhumans, which premiered on ABC in September 2017, after the first two episodes were screened in IMAX.[348] The series was not intended to be a reworking of the film.[349] ABC canceled Inhumans after one season in May 2018.[350]
- Runaways: A film based on the Runaways went through a number of iterations. Brian K. Vaughan was originally hired to write a screenplay based on the property in May 2008.[351] In April 2010, Marvel hired Peter Sollett to direct the film,[352] and Drew Pearce was hired to write a script in May.[353] The following October, development on the film was put on hold,[354] with Pearce revealing in September 2013 that the Runaways film had been shelved in favor of The Avengers, with the earliest it could release being Phase Three.[355] In October 2014, after announcing all of Marvel's Phase Three films without Runaways, Feige stated the project was "still an awesome script that exists in our script vault", adding, "We'd love to do something with Runaways some day. In our television and future film discussions, it's always one that we talk about, because we have a solid draft there. But again, we can't make them all."[356] In August 2016, Marvel Television announced Marvel's Runaways from the streaming service Hulu,[357] with the series receiving a full season order in May 2017.[358] It premiered in November 2017.[359] Hulu announced in November 2019 that the third season of Runaways would be its last.[360]