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Avengers: Endgame

Director(s)

Joe Russo
Anthony Russo

Writer(s)

Christopher Markus
Stephen McFeely

Producer(s)

Kevin Feige
Louis D’Esposito
James Gunn
Jon Favreau
Victoria Alonso
Michael Grillo
Trinh Tran

Composer

Alan Silvestri

Release Date

April 26, 2019
June 28, 2019 (re-release)

Running Time

181 minutes
188 minutes (re-release)

Box Office

$2.798 billion

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“This time travel thing that we’re gonna try and pull off tomorrow, it’s… it’s got me scratching my head about the survivability of it all. But then again, that’s the hero gig, right? Part of the journey is the end.”

―Iron Man

Avengers: Endgame is a 2019 superhero film, based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. The film is a sequel to The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War, Ant-Man and the Wasp, and Captain Marvel. It is the twenty-second film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the tenth installment of Phase Three. The film was released in the United States on April 26, 2019 and re-released under the title Avengers: Endgame – With Bonus Content[1] on June 28, 2019.

The film is directed by Joe Russo and Anthony Russo and stars Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye/Ronin, Don Cheadle as James Rhodes/War Machine, Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/Ant-Man, Brie Larson as Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Danai Gurira as Okoye, Benedict Wong as Wong, Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan, Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon, Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts/Rescue and Josh Brolin as Thanos.

Two more sequels are in development, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars, releasing on May 2, 2025 and May 1, 2026, respectively.

Synopsis

The grave course of events set in motion by Thanos that wiped out half the universe and fractured the Avengers ranks compels the remaining Avengers to take one final stand in Marvel Studios’ grand conclusion to twenty-two films, Avengers: Endgame.

Plot

In 2018, Clint Barton guides his daughter Lila in archery at his homestead while his wife Laura and his two sons prepare a picnic, when everyone except Clint suddenly vanishes into dust.

Twenty-three days later, Tony Stark and Nebula are adrift in space on the Benatar, their fuel and supplies dwindling. As Stark records a message for his fiancée Pepper Potts in preparation for his demise, Carol Danvers locates the spaceship and brings them back to Earth. Stark reunites with Potts, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, Bruce Banner, and James Rhodes; Rocket Raccoon joins Nebula as they mourn the fall of their fellow Guardians of the Galaxy.

It has been three weeks since Thanos decimated half the universe’s population with a snap of his fingers. Stark furiously confronts Rogers on the notion that the Avengers remained fractured during their conflict with the Mad Titan, accusing him of lying on keeping the group together before passing out due to exhaustion. With a tip from Nebula about her father’s location, along with a Snap-like energy signature from two days prior, the team head into space for the Garden, intending to take the Infinity Stones back and reverse the destruction.

They discover Thanos alone and undefended cooking a meal when they launch an ambush, but they find the Infinity Gauntlet emptied of its Stones. Thanos revealed that he had destroyed them using their own powers, which nearly killed him. Although suspected of lying by Rhodes, Nebula vouches for her father, as he is never a liar. Surprised with the affirmation, Thanos reconsiders his torturous treatment on his daughter, but he is then immediately beheaded by Thor. Although the Mad Titan is dead, they failed to accomplish their mission of resurrecting his victims. Thus, they could do no more but walk away in defeat.

Five years pass, and the surviving population have yet to cope with their losses. Rogers now runs a support group for people to try and help them come to terms with what happened. Stark and Pepper Potts are now married and are living in a remote cabin with their daughter Morgan. In San Francisco, Scott Lang escapes from the Quantum Realm when a rat activates controls left behind by the van Dyne family before they vanished. Lang struggles to comprehend the disheveled state of the city, and approaches the Wall of the Vanished, where he encounters his own name. Fearful for the fate of his daughter Cassie, Scott rushes to her house and finds her alive and well and is now a teenager. Father and daughter tearfully reunite.

At the Avengers Facility, Romanoff now commands the the team as they perform various assignments. Rhodes informs her of a recent cartel massacre carried out by Barton, expressing his concern over how far their former comrade had fallen. Lang arrives at the compound and reveals to Romanoff and Rogers that although five years had passed, he spent five hours in the realm. He proposes that they could find a way to exploit the realm’s time-bending nature to travel into the past and retrieve the Stones from different times. But since the three have no knowledge with the handling with quantum physics, they sought out Stark.

Initially declining to help them, as he believes it would mean putting his daughter Morgan in danger of being erased from existence, Stark later decides to spring into action after coming across an old photo of him and his late protégé Peter Parker. He successfully develops a time-space GPS based on an inverted Möbius strip. Stark consults with Potts on his new discovery, who encourages him to do what’s right for everyone else. Meanwhile, the other Avengers recruit Banner, who merged his intellect with the Hulk’s physique, to run time travel tests on Lang using his van. The experiment does not turn out as expected, as Lang constantly shifts between different ages. Afterwards, Stark arrives at the facility with the GPS and returns Rogers’ shield to him, signifying their reconciliation, but makes it clear he won’t sacrifice his daughter to undo what Thanos did. Rogers agrees.

The remaining Avengers begin to regroup. As Nebula returns to New York, Banner and Rocket travel to New Asgard and recruit Thor, who has become an overweight drunkard traumatized with his perceived failure to stop Thanos. Romanoff goes to Tokyo and finds Barton, who massacred a group of Yakuza as part of his vengeful crusade against criminals who survived the Snap. Rocket and Stark build a time machine, while Barton volunteers to submit himself for a test run into the past. Grabbing a baseball mitt from his homestead, he successfully carries it back to the present as evidence that their plan works.

The Avengers plan out their Time Heist, using points from their past to pinpoint destinations for Infinity Stones: the Space, Mind, and Time Stones are found in 2012 New York, the Reality Stone in 2013 Asgard, and the Power and Soul Stones on Morag and Vormir respectively in 2014. They split into three teams and travel back in time to begin their missions, mindful that they only have a finite amount of Pym Particles since Hank Pym also perished in the Snap.

Rogers, Stark, Banner and Lang arrive in an alternate 2012 in the midst of the Battle of New York. Banner approaches the New York Sanctum and finds the Ancient One, who refuses to lend the Time Stone to him. However, she relents after learning that Doctor Strange had given it away to Thanos in the future, fearing that it was done for a reason. At Stark Tower, Lang and Stark attempt to steal the Tesseract, but loses it to Loki, who uses it to teleport away. Rogers obtains the Scepter from STRIKE possession by feigning HYDRA affiliation, but is forced to fight his 2012 self who confuses him for Loki. After defeating his past self, Rogers rendezvous with Stark and Lang.

With only enough Pym Particles for one more trip each, Stark and Rogers decide to go back further to Camp Lehigh to an alternate 1970, where they have another shot to grab the Tesseract and more Pym Particles. Lang is left with the Scepter to return to the present day. At the S.H.I.E.L.D. base, Rogers stealthily obtains the Particles from Hank Pym, but runs into Peggy Carter’s office while evading security. He tearfully observes as she works in her office. Meanwhile, Stark encounters his father Howard after obtaining the Tesseract. With the latter’s wife Maria expecting a baby, Tony (under the guise of “Howard Potts”) offers parenting advice, saying that the good times he had with his father is what all that mattered. Before they part ways, Tony hugs his alternate father, having finally obtained his closure.

Arriving on Asgard in an alternate 2013, Thor experiences a panic attack after seeing his mother Frigga, recalling this is the day of her demise. Rocket attempts to encourage him to settle his grief and help him extract the Aether from Jane Foster’s body, but Thor runs away, leaving the raccoon to do it himself. Thor unsuccessfully attempts to hide from Frigga and runs into her, who knows that her alternate son is from the future. Sharing a talk, Frigga lectures her son on the importance of failure, advising him to follow his own path rather than try and live up to what he was supposed to be. Thor attempts to warn his mother about her impending death, but she silences him. As Rocket returns with the Aether in hand, Thor shares one last hug with Frigga before reaching out to retrieve Mjølnir, finding that he remains worthy of wielding the hammer.

In an alternate 2014, Barton and Romanoff board the Benatar for Vormir, while Nebula and Rhodes remain on Morag and wait for Peter Quill to arrive and lead them to the Orb’s chamber. They knock Quill out and collect the Stone, but when the two attempt to travel back, Nebula is left behind when her memories are entangled with those of her past self. The Thanos of that time uses the link to see into the future, learning that the same humans who had foiled his 2012 invasion are returning to reverse his ultimate victory. Determined to know more, Thanos captures Nebula as she attempts to warn Barton and Romanoff of his newfound involvement. Past Nebula confronts her future self and collects her GPS and Pym Particles, handing it over to her father.

Meanwhile, Barton and Romanoff arrive on Vormir. They meet Red Skull, who informs them that the sacrifice of a loved one must be carried out in order for one to retrieve the stone. Barton laughs at the concept, but Romanoff deduces that it is indeed the truth, as Thanos had murdered his daughter Gamora there in their time. Understanding the severity of the situation, the two struggle to decide who should give their life for the cause; while Barton insists he should do it due to the carnage he left behind in the wake of his grief, Romanoff declares that her life’s work has led her to this moment. As they dash to the cliff, they wrestle to keep each other away from sacrificing themselves. Ultimately, Romanoff makes the jump and dies, leaving the Soul Stone with Barton.

The Avengers return to the present day. Stricken with the loss of one of their own, they realize that her death cannot be undone, and that their efforts to save the universe must not leave her death in vain. They construct a new gauntlet and load the six Stones onto it. Thor attempts to volunteer to perform the snap, but Banner steps in due to the Stones’ gamma radiation. While severely scarring his arm, he successfully snaps his fingers and brings the victims of the Snap back to life. Elsewhere, Past Nebula — who traveled to the present in place of her future self — opens a time portal, allowing Thanos to bring Sanctuary II forward from 2014. The Avengers barely have time to celebrate their success when the ship abruptly opens fire on the compound with a barrage of missiles, leveling the facility to a pile of rubble.

As Thanos sends Past Nebula to retrieve the Stones, her future self reveals to Gamora their improved relationship in the future. Gamora decides to join Nebula to stop her father. Meanwhile, Rhodes, Rocket and Banner are trapped in a flooding area, forcing Lang to come and save them. Barton lands next to the gauntlet in the sewers, which is infested with Outriders. After escaping them, he unknowingly passes the apparatus to Past Nebula, who is then confronted by Gamora and Nebula; the latter kills her past self once she threatens her sister. Stark, Rogers and Thor confront Thanos on the ground, who intends to rebuild the entire universe using the Stones. After Stark and Thor are overpowered and knocked aside in the ensuing fight, Rogers wields Mjølnir against the time-displaced Titan. However, Thanos severely injures him and nearly destroys his shield with his sword.

Thanos summons the rest of his army, which include the Chitauri and the Black Order, to lay siege on Earth. Just as Rogers prepares to face them alone, a series of portals appear behind him. The Masters of the Mystic Arts have arrived with reinforcements from Kamar-Taj, Wakanda, Contraxia and New Asgard, along with the Avengers’ resurrected allies from Wakanda, Titan and San Francisco. Lang, growing to giant size, retrieves Banner, Rhodes and Rocket from the flooded depths. With the scales now balanced, Rogers calls for the Avengers to assemble and leads his allies into the battle for the fate of the universe.

Banner tells Barton that they must get the Stones back to their respective times and away from Thanos. With their main time machine destroyed in the initial attack, their only other option is the van; Ant-Man and Wasp jump to hotwire the dead vehicle. As Thanos’ forces close in on Barton. he passes the gauntlet onto Black Panther. As Thanos prepares to charge at T’Challa, he suddenly finds his path blocked by a vengeful Wanda Maximoff, seeking revenge for his 2018 self’s murder of Vision. As Wanda engages Thanos, T’Challa runs, only to become entrapped by Ebony Maw. Seeing T’Challa’s predicament, Spider-Man swoops in and snatches the gauntlet.

Meanwhile, Wanda’s attacks leave Thanos at her mercy, as she effortlessly breaks his sword and lifts him into the air, the whole time ripping chunks of armor from his body. In order to escape her grasp, Thanos orders another missile barrage from Sanctuary II (against Corvus Glaive’s protests) that deals great damage to both sides. One of the missiles takes out a dam, forcing Doctor Strange out of the fight to prevent the battlefield from flooding.

Suddenly, Sanctuary II redirects its fire to an object arriving from outer space. It was Carol Danvers, who comes to single-handedly destroy the warship. Retrieving the gauntlet from Parker, she enlists the aid of her fellow female combatants as she dashes to the now-activated van. However, Thanos uses his sword to destroy the vehicle and the quantum portal. With the gauntlet in Thanos’ reach, Stark, Rogers, Thor and Danvers make their last stand to keep it out of his hands. However, he manages to shake all of his opposition aside and equip the gauntlet. Strange informs Stark that this is the one future that ends in their victory. Determined, Stark dashes at Thanos one last time, but he is knocked aside as the Titan snaps his fingers. Nothing happens, as the Stones have been stolen by Stark and transferred onto his suit. With the very being that has haunted him for the past eleven years now at his mercy, Stark snaps his own fingers.

Thanos watches in horror as his own forces crumble to dust in front of him, only to meet that same fate soon after. Stark is mortally wounded from his usage of the Stones, and is greeted by Rhodes, Parker and Potts as he lays dying. Potts assures her husband that they are going to be alright, and allows him to rest. Stark’s Arc Reactor then permanently shuts off, Potts giving him one last kiss. Rogers and Thor mournfully watch at a distance.

The Mad Titan’s final defeat and the return of the Vanished calls for celebrations all around the world, including in Wakanda and San Francisco. At Stark’s funeral, he leaves a final holographic message for his family and closest friends, including a heartfelt goodbye for Morgan. Stark’s original Arc Reactor is set adrift in the lake outside their cabin, with the Avengers and their allies in attendance, including those who had past grievances with Stark, such as the Pym family, Wanda, and Bucky Barnes.

Outside New Asgard, Thor names Valkyrie as Asgard’s new ruler while he abdicates to join the Guardians of the Galaxy, following his mother’s advice. Meanwhile, Rogers prepares to go back in time to return the Stones and Mjølnir, bidding goodbye to Barnes. As Banner is unable to bring him back when prompted, Barnes alerts Sam Wilson to the presence of an elderly man nearby. It is an aged up Rogers, who had chosen to remain in the past and live out a full life with Peggy Carter. He presents Wilson with a new shield, passing the mantle of Captain America unto him.

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Production

On October 28, 2014, the film was announced as Avengers: Infinity War – Part II, while the third Avengers film was titled Avengers: Infinity War – Part I.[5] However, in June 2016, both films were renamed. The third film title was shortened to Avengers: Infinity War and the fourth film was simply the Untitled Avengers film. Anthony and Joe Russo explain this rename as “the movies are two very different movies”, so “it is misleading.”[6]

In April 2015, Chris Evans revealed that Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame would shoot back to back.[7] Filming started on January 23, 2017,[8] and was expected to end in October/November 2017.[9]

During a Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 event in April 2017, Zoe Saldana revealed that the title of the film was Avengers: Infinity Gauntlet.[10] Following this, James Gunn denied that was the actual title.[11]

On September 11, 2017, the production of the movie was temporarily shut down due to Hurricane Irma.[12][13]

In November 2017, Kevin Feige confirmed in an interview that Avengers: Endgame was the “finale” to the current iteration of the MCU and “everything before Avengers: Endgame and everything after” would result in “two distinct periods.” Feige also confirmed that there were plans for twenty movies after Avengers: Endgame “that are completely different from anything that’s come before.”[14]

Videos

Trailers

Marvel Studios’ Avengers – Official Trailer

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame – Official Trailer

AVENGERS 4 ENDGAME Pepper Waits For Tony Stark Arrival On Earth Trailer (NEW 2019)Superhero Movie HD

TV Spots

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame – Big Game TV Spot

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame “Honor” TV Spot

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame “Mission” Spot

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame “No Mistakes, Kids” TV Spot

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame “To the End” TV Spot

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame “Awesome” TV Spot

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame “Found” TV Spot

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame “Summer Begins” TV Spot

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame “Powerful” TV Spot

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame “Time” TV Spot

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame “Go” TV Spot

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame “Everything” TV Spot

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame Big Review TV Spot

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame “Save” TV Spot

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame Policy Trailer

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame Blitz 1 Spot

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame Thor 1 Movie TV Spot

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame Rolling Stone 1 Movie TV Spot

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame “Assemble” TV Spot

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame “Prestige” TV Spot

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame “Worldwide” TV Spot

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame “Easter Eggs” TV Spot

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame “All Day” TV Spot

Avengers Endgame – “I Won” TV Spot

Special Look

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame Special Look

Featurettes

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame “We Lost” Featurette

The Making of Avengers Endgame Filmed with IMAX® Cameras

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame “Stakes” Featurette

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame Favorite Marvel Memories

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame — Making the Hulk!

Clips

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame Film Clip

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame “Hulk Out” Exclusive Clip

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How to Prepare for Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame Earth’s Mightiest Show

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame LIVE Red Carpet World Premiere

Benedict Wong’s Marvel Journey LIVE at the Avengers Endgame Premiere

Hiroyuki Sanada joins the MCU LIVE from the Avengers Endgame Premiere

Avengers Endgame Executive Producer Louis D’Esposito LIVE at the Red Carpet Premiere

Composer Alan Silvestri on the Final Avengers Score LIVE at the Avengers Endgame Premiere

Karen Gillan talks Nebula’s Journey LIVE from the Avengers Endgame Premiere

Taika Waititi Brings the Party to the LIVE Avengers Endgame Premiere

Laurence Fishburne on growing up reading Marvel Comics at the Avengers Endgame Premiere

Kevin Feige talks the expansive MCU LIVE at the Avengers Endgame Premiere

Don Cheadle talks what makes a real world hero LIVE at the Avengers Endgame Premiere

Danai Gurira and Paul Rudd Talk the Snap LIVE from the Avengers Endgame Premiere

Elizabeth Olsen on Scarlet Witch and Vision LIVE at the Avengers Endgame Premiere

Linda Cardellini talks keeping secrets at the LIVE Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame Premiere

Scarlett Johansson & Chris Pratt take over at Avengers Endgame LIVE Premiere

Neal Kirby talks about his father, Jack Kirby’s, Marvel Legacy at the Avengers Endgame Premiere

Robert Downey Jr & Jon Favreau talk 10 years of Iron Man at the Avengers Endgame Premiere

Danai Gurira talks working with the surviving Avengers LIVE from the Avengers Endgame Premiere

Bob Iger on the legacy of Marvel LIVE at the Avengers Endgame Premiere

Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely (Screenwriters) LIVE from the Avengers Endgame Red Carpet

Anthony Mackie talks Falcon’s fate LIVE at the Avengers Endgame Premiere

Benedict Cumberbatch on working with the Russo Brothers LIVE on the Avengers Endgame Red Carpet

Brie Larson talks Captain Marvel joining the team LIVE from the Avengers Endgame Premiere

Paul Rudd hopes Ant-Man is in Avengers Endgame

Gwyneth Paltrow on Pepper Potts through the years at the Avengers Endgame Premiere

Directors Anthony and Joe Russo on a journey’s end LIVE at the Avengers Endgame Premiere

Vin Diesel feels his “Groot-ness” LIVE at the Avengers Endgame Premiere

Tessa Thompson on suriving the snap at the Avengers Endgame Premiere

Clark Gregg looks back on Coulson LIVE at the Avengers Endgame Premiere

Letitia Wright reacts to Shuri getting snapped by Thanos LIVE from the Avengers Endgame Premiere

Emma Lahana and Ally Maki bring the Mayhem LIVE at the Avengers Endgame Premiere

David Dastmalchian LIVE from the Avengers Endgame Red Carpet Premiere

Cobie Smulders Talks About Maria Hill’s Connecting Role LIVE at the Avengers Endgame Premiere

Natalie Portman talks girl power in the Marvel Universe LIVE from the Avengers Endgame Premiere

Letitia Wright and Pom Klementieff talk filming LIVE from the Avengers Endgame Premiere

S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Henry Simmons LIVE at the Avengers Endgame Premier

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Natalia Cordova-Buckley LIVE from the Avengers Endgame Premiere

Thanos Creator Jim Starlin LIVE at the Avengers Endgame Premiere

Sean Gunn LIVE from the Avengers Endgame Red Carpet Premiere

Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth & Anthony Mackie Try Not to Spoil Avengers Endgame at the Red Carpet

Sebastian Stan talks the end of the line LIVE at the Avengers Endgame Premiere

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Ming-Na Wen LIVE at the Avengers Endgame Premiere

Incredible LEGO Installations at the Avengers Endgame Premiere

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame “Don’t Do It”

WRITING AVENGERS ENDGAME Comic Con 2019 Full Panel (Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely)

Marvel Studios’ Avengers Endgame — Making the Cap vs. Cap fight!

Avengers Endgame Cast Sings “We Didn’t Start the Fire”

(Chris Pratt) Avengers Endgame – “Illegal” Behind the Scenes video

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