When Did Avengers: Endgame Take Place in the MCU Timeline
Avengers: Endgame is the fourth Avengers film and the 22nd installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, released on April 26, 2019, by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and Marvel Studios. The movie picks up immediately after the events of Avengers: Infinity War, with the Avengers dealing with the aftermath of Thanos's snap and the decimation of half of all life across the universe Marvel Official Movie Page.
In terms of in-universe chronology, Avengers: Endgame primarily takes place in 2023, five years after the events of Avengers: Infinity War, with a major portion of the plot centered on a time heist that revisits events from 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 across multiple MCU films Marvel Official Movie Page.
Release Date, Box Office, and Global Release Windows
Avengers: Endgame premiered in Los Angeles on April 22, 2019, and was released theatrically in the United States on April 26, 2019, distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and produced by Marvel Studios and Kevin Feige Forbes Box Office Report. The film expanded to global markets over the following days, with international releases spanning from late April to early May 2019 in most major territories.
The movie grossed over 2.798 billion dollars worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of 2019 and the second highest-grossing film of all time at the time of its release, according to box office tracking data from Forbes and other industry sources Forbes Box Office Report. Its domestic opening weekend alone exceeded 357 million dollars, setting multiple records for the highest-grossing opening weekend in U.S. box office history.
MCU Placement and Narrative Time Period Compared to Other Films
Avengers: Endgame is set five years after the snap in Avengers: Infinity War and serves as the direct sequel to that film, concluding the Infinity Saga that began with Iron Man in 2008 Marvel Official Movie Page. The narrative jumps forward in time to show the long-term consequences of Thanos's actions, with the remaining Avengers scattered and struggling to cope with the loss of half of all life.
The film's time heist sequences revisit earlier MCU events, including the 2012 New York Battle of New York from The Avengers, the 2013 events of Thor: The Dark World on Asgard, the 2014 Battle of Xandar from Guardians of the Galaxy, and the 2015 events of Avengers: Age of Ultron Marvel Official Movie Page. These temporal jumps allow the characters to retrieve past Infinity Stones and reverse the damage caused by Thanos, ultimately resetting the timeline to a new status quo in 2023 before the events of Spider-Man: Far From Home and Avengers: Secret Wars.