Marvel Cinematic Universe

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a media franchise created by Marvel Studios, set primarily in a shared universe designated as the reality Earth-199999 within Marvel's multiverse system, with some installments also set in adjacent or branching realities.

Starting with Iron Man, the franchise is comprised mainly of films independently made by Marvel Studios, that are primarily set within this same universe, much like Marvel has done with their comics.

The franchise includes a series of short films, called Marvel One-Shots, launched with each film's Blu-ray release starting with Thor and finishing with Thor: The Dark World.

Starting with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the franchise expanded into television series, including series premiered on the ABC and Freeform channels, and on the Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ streaming platforms. The franchise also includes the news program WHiH Newsfront and the digital series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot.

Other contents include a series of tie-in Comics and video games, released as promotional material to the films and series and therefore part of the franchise, even if some of them are set on these branching realities.

Movies 

Infinity Saga

Phase One

• Iron Man (2008)

• The Incredible Hulk (2008)

• Iron Man 2 (2010)

• Thor (2011)

• Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

• The Avengers (2012)

Phase Two

• 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)

• Ant-Man (2015)

Phase Three

• Captain America: Civil War (2016)

• 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)

• Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

Post-Infinity Saga

Phase Four

• Black Widow (2021) (unreleased/post-production)

• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) (unreleased/post-production)

• Eternals (2021) (unreleased/post-production)

• Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) (unreleased/post-production)

•  Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) (unreleased/post-production)

• Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) (unreleased/filming)

• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) (unreleased/development)

• The Marvels (2022) (unreleased/filming)

• Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) (unreleased/filming)

• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) (unreleased/development)

• Fantastic Four (TBA) (unreleased/development)

• Blade (TBA) (unreleased/development)

Undetermined Phase

• Deadpool 3 (TBA) (unreleased/development)

• Captain America 4 (TBA) (unreleased/development)

Short Films

Marvel One-Shots

• The Consultant (2011)

• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to • Thor's Hammer (2011)

• Item 47 (2012)

• Agent Carter (2013)

• All Hail the King (2014)

Other

• Peter's To-Do List (2019)

• Mockumentary

•  Team Thor (2016)

• Team Thor: Part 2 (2017)

• Team Darryl (2018)

TV Series

Marvel Television Series

ABC Series

• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

> Season One (2013-2014)
> Season Two (2014-2015)
> Season Three (2015-2016)
> Season Four (2016-2017)
> Season Five (2017-2018)
> Season Six (2019)
> Season Seven (2020)

• Agent Carter

> Season One (2015)
> Season Two (2016)

• Inhumans

> Season One (2017)

Netflix Series

• Daredevil

> Season One (2015)
> Season Two (2016)
> Season Three (2018)

• Jessica Jones

> Season One (2015)
> Season Two (2018)
> Season Three (2019)

• Luke Cage

> Season One (2016)
> Season Two (2018)

• Iron Fist

> Season One (2017)
> Season Two (2018)

• The Defenders

> Season One (2017)

• The Punisher

> Season One (2017)
> Season Two (2019)

Hulu Series

• Runaways

> Season One (2017-2018)
> Season Two (2018)
> Season Three (2019)

• Helstrom

> Season One (2020)

Freeform Series

• Cloak & Dagger

> Season One (2018)
> Season Two (2019)

Marvel Disney+ Series

Phase Four

• WandaVision

> Season One (2021)

• The Falcon and The Winter Soldier

> Season One (2021)

• Loki

> Season One (2021)
>Season Two (TBA)

• What If...?

> Season One (2021)
> Season Two (TBA)

• Ms. Marvel

> Season One (2021)

• Hawkeye

> Season One (2021)

• Moon Knight

> Season One (2022)

• She-Hulk

> Season One (2022)

• Secret Invasion

> Season One (2022)

• Ironheart

> Season One (TBA)

• Armor Wars

> Season One (TBA)

• I Am Groot

> Season One (TBA)

Undetermined Phase

• Echo

> Season One (TBA)

• Untitled Wakanda TV Series (TBA)

TV Specials

• The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022)

Web Series

• WHiH Newsfront

> Season One (2015)
> Season Two (2016)

• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot

> Season One (2016)

Behind-the-Scenes Features

• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Declassified (2013-2014)
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Double Agent (2015)
• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Academy (2016)

Documentaries

• Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe (2014)

• Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe (2019)

Docuseries

• Marvel Studios: Legends

> Season One (2021)

• Marvel Studios: Assembled

> Season One (2021)

Comics

• Iron Man: Fast Friends (2008)

• Iron Man: Security Measures (2008)

• Iron Man: The Price of Doing Business (2008) (officie tie-in to Iron Man, the Videogame

• The Incredible Hulk: The Fury Files (2008)

• The Incredible Hulk: The Big Picture (2008)

• Nick Fury: Spies Like Us (2009)

• Iron Man: I Am Iron Man! (2010)

• Iron Man 2: Security Breach (2010)

• Iron Man: Will Online Evils Prevail? (2010)

• Iron Man 2: Nick Fury: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2010)

• Iron Man 2: Public Identity (2010)

• Iron Man 2: Phil Coulson: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2010)

• Iron Man: Limited Edition (2010) (no official title)

• Iron Man 2: Black Widow: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2010)

• Iron Man Royal Purple Custom Comic (2010)

• Iron Man 2: Fist of Iron (2010)

• Captain America: First Vengeance (2011)

• Captain America & Thor: Avengers! (2011)

• Thor, The Mighty Avenger (2011)

• Thor: Rescue (2011)

• Captain America: Evil Lurks Everywhere (2011)

• The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week (2012)

• The Avengers: Iron Man Mark VII (2012)

• The Avengers Prelude: Black Widow Strikes (2012)

• The Avengers: The Avengers Initiative (2012)

• Iron Man 2 Adaptation (2012)

• Iron Man 3 Prelude (2013)

• Iron Man: The Coming of the Melter (2013)

• Thor Adaptation (2013)

• Thor: The Dark World Prelude (2013)

• Thor: Crown of Fools (2013)

• Captain America: The First Avenger Adaptation (2013)

• Captain America: The Winter Soldier Infinite Comic (2014)

• Captain America: Homecoming (2014)

• Guardians of the Galaxy Prequel Infinite Comic (2014)

• Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude (2014)

• Guardians of the Galaxy: Galaxy's Most Wanted (2014)

• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Chase (2014)

• The Avengers Adaptation (2014)

• Avengers: Age of Ultron Prelude - This Scepter'd Isle (2015)

• Avengers: Age of Ultron Episode 0 (2015)

• Ant-Man Prelude (2015)

• Ant-Man - Scott Lang: Small Time (2015)

• Avengers: Operation HYDRA (2015)

• Ant-Man: Larger Than Life (2015)

• Jessica Jones (2015)

• Captain America: Civil War Prelude (2015)

• Captain America: Civil War Prelude Infinite Comic (2016)

• Captain America: Road to War (2016)

• Doctor Strange Prelude (2016)

• Doctor Strange Prelude - The Zealot (2016)

• Doctor Strange: Mystic Apprentice (2016)

• Doctor Strange: Episode 0 (2016)

• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Prelude (2017)

• Spider-Man: Homecoming Prelude (2017)

• Spider-Man: Homecoming: Fight or Flight (2017)

• Spider-Man: Homecoming: Morning Rush (2017)

• Spider-Man: Homecoming: School of Shock (2017)

• Thor: Ragnarok Prelude (2017)

• Black Panther Prelude (2017)

• Avengers: Infinity War Prelude (2018)

• Ant-Man and the Wasp Prelude (2018)

• Captain Marvel Prelude (2018)

• Avengers: Endgame Prelude (2018)

• Spider-Man: Far From Home Prelude (2019)

• Spider-Man: Far From Home - Got To Hand it To Him (2019)

• Spider-Man: Far From Home - Them's The Brakes (2019)

• Black Widow Prelude (2020)

Video Games

• Iron Man (2008)

• The Incredible Hulk (2008)

• Iron Man 2 (2010)

• Thor: God of Thunder (2011)

• Captain America: Super Soldier (2011)

• Iron Man 3 - The Official Game (2013)

• Thor: The Dark World - The Official Game (2013)

• Captain America: The Winter Soldier - The Official Game (2014)

• Spider-Man: Homecoming - Virtual Reality Experience (2017)

• Spider-Man: Far From Home - Virtual Reality Experience (2019)

• Avengers: Damage Control (2019)

Undeveloped Games

• The Avengers: The Movie

Artbooks

• The Art of Iron Man (2008)

• The Art of Iron Man 2 (2010)

• The Art of Thor (2011)

• The Art of Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

• The Art of The Avengers (2012)

• The Art of Iron Man 3 (2013)

• Iron Man Manual (2013)

• The Art of Thor: The Dark World (2013)

• The Art of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

• The Art of Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season One Declassified (2014)

• The Art of Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)

• The Road to Avengers: Age of Ultron - The Art of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2015)

• Agent Carter: Season One Declassified (2015)

• The Art of Ant-Man (2015)

• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season Two Declassified (2015)

• The Art of Captain America: Civil War (2016)

• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season Three Declassified (2016)

• Agent Carter: Season Two Declassified (2016)

• The Art of Doctor Strange (2016)

• The Art of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

• Marvel: Creating the Cinematic Universe (2017)

• The Art of Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season Four Declassified (2017)

• The Art of Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

• The Art of Black Panther (2018)

• The Road to Avengers: Infinity War - The Art of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Vol. 2 (2018)

• The Art of Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

• The Art of Iron Man: 10th Anniversary Edition (2018)

• The Art of Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

• The Art of Captain Marvel (2019)

• The Road to Avengers: Endgame - The Art of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Vol. 3 (2019)

• The Art of Avengers: Endgame (2019)

• The Art of Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

• WandaVision: The Art of the Series (2021)

• The Art of Black Widow (2021)

Guidebooks

• Guidebook to the Marvel Cinematic Universe - Iron Man (2015)

• Guidebook to the Marvel Cinematic Universe - The Incredible Hulk (2015)

• Guidebook to the Marvel Cinematic Universe - Iron Man 2 (2015)

• Guidebook to the Marvel Cinematic Universe - Thor (2015)

• Guidebook to the Marvel Cinematic Universe - Captain America: The First Avenger (2016)

• Guidebook to the Marvel Cinematic Universe - The Avengers (2016)

• Guidebook to the Marvel Cinematic Universe - Iron Man 3 (2016)

• Guidebook to the Marvel Cinematic Universe - Thor: The Dark World (2016)

• Guidebook to the Marvel Cinematic Universe - Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2016)

• Guidebook to the Marvel Cinematic Universe - Ant-Man (2016)

• Guidebook to the Marvel Cinematic Universe - Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season One (2016)

• Guidebook to the Marvel Cinematic Universe - Guardians of the Galaxy (2016)

• Guidebook to the Marvel Cinematic Universe - Avengers: Age of Ultron (2016)

• Guidebook to the Marvel Cinematic Universe - Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season Two (2016)

• Guidebook to the Marvel Cinematic Universe - Marvel's Agent Carter Season One

• Guidebook to the Marvel Cinematic Universe - Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season Three (2016)

• Guidebook to the Marvel Cinematic Universe - Marvel's Agent Carter Season Two (2016)

• Guidebook to the Marvel Cinematic Universe - Captain America: Civil War (2017)

• Guidebook to the Marvel Cinematic Universe - Doctor Strange (2017)

• Guidebook to the Marvel Cinematic Universe - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

• Guidebook to the Marvel Cinematic Universe - Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season Four (2018)

Stories Inspired by the Universe

• Iron Man: Teen Novelization (2008)

• Iron Man: The Junior Novel (2008)

• Iron Man: A New Hero (2008)

• Iron Man: I Am Iron Man! (2008)

• Iron Man (2008)

• The Incredible Hulk Movie Novelization (2008)

• The Incredible Hulk: A Hero Called The Hulk (2008)

• The Incredible Hulk: Larger Than Life! (2008)

• The Incredible Hulk: Movie Sticker Book (2008)

• Iron Man 2 (2010)

• Iron Man 2: The Official Movie Storybook (2010)

• Iron Man 2: The Junior Novel (2010)

• Iron Man 2: Iron Man's Friends and Foes (2010)

• Iron Man 2: Meet the Black Widow (2010)

• Iron Man 2: Iron Man vs. Whiplash (2010)

• Iron Man 2: Iron Man Fights Back (2010)

• Iron Man 2: The Reusable Sticker Book (2010)

• Thor (junior novelization) (2011)

• Thor: Movie Storybook (2011)

• Thor: Heroes & Villains (2011)

•Thor: From Asgard to Earth (2011)

• Thor: Attack on Asgard (2011)

• Thor: Thor's Revenge (2011)

• Captain America: The First Avenger (junior novelization) (2011)

• Captain America: The First Avenger: Movie Storybook (2011)

• Captain America: The First Avenger: America's Secret Weapon (2011)

• Captain America: The First Avenger: The Hydra Files (2011)

• Captain America: The First Avenger: Operation: Super-Soldier (2011)

• Captain America: The First Avenger: The Great Escape (2011)

• The Avengers: The Avengers Assemble (2012)

• The Avengers: Movie Storybook (2012)

• The Avengers: Battle Against Loki (2012)

• The Avengers: The S.H.I.E.L.D. Files (2012)

• The Avengers: Reusable Sticker Book (2012)

• Iron Man 3: Suits of Armor (2013)

• Thor: The Dark World (junior novelization) (2013)

• Captain America: The Winter Soldier: Falcon Takes Flight (2014)

• Captain America: The Winter Soldier: Rescue at Sea (2014)

• Guardians of the Galaxy: The Junior Novel (2014)

• Guardians of the Galaxy: Battle of Knowhere (2014)

• Guardians of the Galaxy: Friends and Foes (2014)

• Guardians of the Galaxy: Rocket and Groot Fight Back (2014)

• Avengers: Age of Ultron: The Junior Novel (2015)

• Avengers: Age of Ultron: Avengers Save the Day (2015)

• Avengers: Age of Ultron: Battle at Avengers Tower (2015)

• Avengers: Age of Ultron: Friends and Foes (2015)

• Avengers: Age of Ultron: Hulk to the Rescue (2015)

• Ant-Man: I Am Ant-Man (2015)

• Ant-Man: The Amazing Adventures of Ant-Man (2015)

• Ant-Man: The Incredible Shrinking Suit (2015)

• Captain America: Civil War: The Junior Novel (2016)

• Captain America: Civil War: Avengers Declassified (2016)

• Captain America: Civil War: Captain America Versus Iron Man (2016)

• Captain America: Civil War: Choose A Side! Sticker Book (2016)

• Captain America: Civil War: Escape From Black Panther (2016)

• Captain America: Civil War: The Rise of Crossbones (2016)

• Captain America: Civil War: We Are The Avengers (2016)

• Doctor Strange: The Junior Novel (2016)

• Doctor Strange: I Am Doctor Strange (2016)

• Doctor Strange: Strange Stickers (2016)

• Doctor Strange: Strange Tales and Talismans (2016)

• Doctor Strange: The Path to Enlightenment (2016)

• Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme (2016)

• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: The Junior Novel (2017)

• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Guardians Save the Day (2017)

• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Meet the Team! (2017)

• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Revenge of the Ravagers (2017)

• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: The Best Sticker Book in the Galaxy (2017)

• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: The Return of Rocket and Groot (2017)

• Spider-Man: Homecoming: The Junior Novel (2017)

• Spider-Man: Homecoming: Mayhem at the Monument (2017)

• Spider-Man: Homecoming: Meet Spidey (2017)

• Spider-Man: Homecoming: The Stick-Like-Spidey Sticker Book (2017)

• Spider-Man: Homecoming: The Tangled Web of Super Tech (2017)

• Thor: Ragnarok: Get in the Ring! (2017)

• Thor: Ragnarok: Into the Fire (2017)

• Thor: Ragnarok: The Junior Novel (2017)

• Thor: Ragnarok: Thor vs. Hulk (2017)

• Black Panther: Meet Black Panther (2018)

• Black Panther: On the Prowl! (2018)

• Black Panther: The Junior Novel (2018)

• Black Panther: The Official Movie Special (2018)

• Avengers: Infinity War: The Heroes' Journey (2018)

• The Cosmic Quest Volume One: Beginning (2018)

• Ant-Man and the Wasp: Escape from School (2018)

• Ant-Man and the Wasp: The Heroes' Journey (2018)

• Ant-Man and The Wasp The Official Movie Special (2018)

• Thanos: Titan Consumed (2018)

• The Cosmic Quest Volume Two: Aftermath (2018)

Trivia

• So far, the released movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have grossed $22,587,809,615 worldwide. It is the first major film franchise to cross the $9, $10, $11, $12, $13, $14, $15, $16, $17, $18, $19, $20, $21, and $22 billion marks. It has also become the first franchise to cross the $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, and $8 billion marks domestically in North America and is the highest-grossing franchise of all time.

• With Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is the first and currently only film franchise where more than one film grossed $2 billion worldwide.

• Due to financial difficulties Marvel faced in the past, they had to sell the film rights to several of their characters. Some of these sales are still in effect today, and thus the characters cannot be used in the MCU. Interestingly, an alternate version of the post-credits scene of Iron Man featured Nick Fury mentioning that there are "gamma accidents", "radioactive bug bites" and "assorted mutants" on the "bigger universe" Tony Stark has become part of. This version ultimately went unused from the finished film likely because both the film rights of Spider-Man and the X-Men were owned by Sony Pictures Studios (which still owns them) and 20th Century Fox at that time respectively.

• After the release of Iron Man, Marvel Studios made a deal to produce five further films with Paramount Pictures, being Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, The Avengers, and Iron Man 3. In 2009, Disney purchased Marvel and gained the distribution rights to The Avengers and Iron Man 3. In 2013, Disney gained the distribution rights to Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Thor, and Captain America: The First Avenger to close the acquisition of Marvel. The Incredible Hulk is the only MCU film not currently owned by Disney due to a separate agreement between Marvel and Universal Pictures.

• A recurring theme is that the main protagonist often isn't the one who defeats the main antagonist or needs help from an ally to do so.

• Ant-Man and Black Panther are the only protagonists who intentionally killed the antagonist.

• The Marvel Cinematic Universe was visited off-panel by the Young Avengers of Earth-616 when they traveled throughout the Multiverse looking for Speed.

• All of the films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe are shot in the widescreen 2.39:1 aspect ratio except for The Avengers and Ant-Man, which were shot in the taller 1.85:1 aspect ratio, due to vertical subject matter including Hulk in the former and the shrinking scenes in the latter. However all entries in Phase Three are presented in the 2.39:1 aspect ratio with select sequences opened up in the IMAX expanded aspect ratio of 1.90:1, except for Spider-Man: Homecoming which was presented in 2.39:1 throughout. Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame were filmed with IMAX cameras and were presented in the 1.90:1 expanded aspect ratio throughout both films only in IMAX theaters.