#13 All-time worldwide

#1 2012 releases

Movie profile

The Avengers

Name: The Avengers
Genre: Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
Released: 2012-04-25
Duration: 143 min

2012 · 143 min · Marvel Studios

Science Fiction Action Adventure

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8.0/10 1,555,308 user votes

69/100 Metascore

91% Tomatometer

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $1.52B

Budget $220.0M

Gross minus budget $1.30B

ROI 6.90x

Domestic gross

$637.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$880.9M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$236.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Avengers ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #13 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 2012 releases #1 Release-year chart position of 250 titles Ranked against movies released in 2012. Studio / company #4 Marvel Studios of 37 titles Position inside the mapped Marvel Studios movie set. Franchise #3 The Avengers of 4 titles Ranked against mapped movies from the same franchise. Primary genre #8 Science Fiction of 1,251 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#10 Inside Out 2 2024 · $1.70B #11 Jurassic World 2015 · $1.67B #12 The Lion King 2019 · $1.66B #14 Furious 7 2015 · $1.52B #15 Avatar: Fire and Ash 2025 · $1.49B #16 Top Gun: Maverick 2022 · $1.49B

Quick answer

How did The Avengers (2012) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Avengers (2012) earned a reported $1.52B worldwide against a reported $220.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $1.30B. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 6.90x. In this database it currently ranks #13 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #1 among 2012 releases.

Worldwide gross: $1,518,815,515
Budget: $220,000,000
Gross minus budget: $1,298,815,515
ROI: 6.90x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

Earth's mightiest heroes must come together and learn to fight as a team if they are going to stop the mischievous Loki and his alien army from enslaving humanity.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Apr 25, 2012
Production: Marvel Studios
Director: Joss Whedon
Writers: Joss Whedon, Zak Penn
Countries: US

Related indexes

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Studio / production companyMarvel Studios FranchiseThe Avengers Release year chart2012 box office Genre chartScience Fiction Genre chartAction Genre chartAdventure

Ratings

IMDb, Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes scores.

8.0/10 1,555,308 user votes

69/100 Metascore

91% Tomatometer

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AI summary

Why this movie matters

Released in 2012, The Avengers is positioned in this dataset as a Science Fiction, Action, Adventure title from Marvel Studios. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.52B, reported production budget is $220.0M, gross-minus-budget is $1.30B, ROI is 6.90x. For comparison, it currently sits #13 all-time in the current chart set and #1 among 2012 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.

Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.