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The Avengers (2012 film)

The Avengers
TheAvengers2012Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Joss Whedon
Produced by Kevin Feige
Screenplay by Joss Whedon
Story by
Based on The Avengers
by Stan Lee
Jack Kirby
Starring
Music by Alan Silvestri
Cinematography Seamus McGarvey
Edited by
Production
company
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures
Release date
  • April 11, 2012 (2012-04-11) (El Capitan Theatre)
  • May 4, 2012 (2012-05-04) (United States)
Running time
143 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $220 million
Box office $1.52 billion

Marvel's The Avengers (classified under the name Marvel Avengers Assemble in the United Kingdom and Ireland), or simply The Avengers, is a 2012 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sixth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film was written and directed by Joss Whedon and features an ensemble cast that includes Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgård, and Samuel L. Jackson. In the film, Nick Fury, director of the peacekeeping organization S.H.I.E.L.D., recruits Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk, and Thor to form a team that must stop Thor's brother Loki from subjugating Earth.


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