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The Avengers

“Some assembly required.”

20122h 23m★ 8.1

When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins!

IMDB
Share:
8.1/10
Rating
40,365
Votes
$220.0M
Budget
$1.5B
Revenue

In the Series

How The Avengers compares

Every figure below is calculated across the whole of The Avengers, not taken from this film’s own record.

#3 of 4
Rank in the series by rating

The Avengers (2012) ranks 3rd of the 4 rated films in The Avengers series, at 8.1/10 on TMDB against a series average of 8.0/10.

The first film
Where it sits in the series

It is the film that started the series, 7 years before the most recent entry, Avengers: Endgame (2019).

31%
Share of the series audience

Its 40,362 TMDB ratings are 31% of the 128,381 cast across the series, more than any other film in it.

Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for The Avengers, comparing all 4 released films in the series. Last recalculated November 2026.

Part of a Franchise

The Avengers

The Avengers

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