Marvel Cinematic Universe

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a shared universe created by Marvel Studios, designated as Earth-199999 within Marvel's multiverse system. Starting with Iron Man, the universe is comprised mainly of films independently made by Marvel Studios, that are always set within this same universe, much like Marvel has done with their comics.

The universe includes a series of short films, called Marvel One-Shots, launched with each film's Blu-ray release starting with Thor and finishing with Thor: The Dark World. These short films were, however, eventually discontinued.

Starting with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the universe expanded into television series, including series premiered on the ABC and Freeform channels, and on the Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ streaming platforms.

The franchise also includes the news program WHiH Newsfront and the digital series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot. Other contents include a series of tie-in Comics and video games, released as promotional material to the films, all set within the same reality. However, some of them, especially video games, do not match the events featured in other products following their release and are classified as non-canonical parts of this universe.

Phase One
Iron Man (2008) The Incredible Hulk (2008) Iron Man 2 (2010) Thor (2011) Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) The Avengers (2012) 

Phase Two
Iron Man 3 (2013) Thor: The Dark World (2013)</li> Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)</li> Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)</li> Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)</li> Ant-Man (2015)</li> </ol>

Phase Three
Captain America: Civil War (2016)</li> Doctor Strange (2016)</li> Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)</li> Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)</li> Thor: Ragnarok (2017)</li> Black Panther (2018)</li> Avengers: Infinity War (2018)</li> Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)</li> Captain Marvel (2019)</li> Avengers: Endgame (2019)</li> Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)</li> </ol>

Phase Four

 * Black Widow (TBA) (unreleased/filming)
 * The Eternals (TBA) (unreleased/development)
 * Doctor Strange 2 (TBA) (unreleased/development)
 * Black Panther 2 (TBA) (unreleased/development)
 * Shang-Chi (TBA) (unreleased/development)
 * Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (TBA) (unreleased/development)
 * Thor 4 (TBA) (unreleased/development)

One Shots

 * The Consultant (2011)
 * A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer (2011)
 * Item 47 (2012)
 * Agent Carter (2013)
 * All Hail the King (2014)
 * Peter's To-Do List (2019) (unreleased)

ABC Series

 * Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
 * Season One (2013-2014)
 * Season Two (2014-2015)
 * Season Three (2015-2016)
 * Season Four (2016-2017)
 * Season Five (2017-2018)
 * Season Six (2019)
 * Season Seven (2020)
 * Agent Carter
 * Season One (2015)
 * Season Two (2016)
 * Inhumans
 * Season One (2017)

Netflix Series

 * Daredevil
 * Season One (2015)
 * Season Two (2016)
 * Season Three (2018)
 * Jessica Jones
 * Season One (2015)
 * Season Two (2018)
 * Season Three (2019)
 * Luke Cage
 * Season One (2016)
 * Season Two (2018)
 * Iron Fist
 * Season One (2017)
 * Season Two (2018)
 * The Defenders
 * Season One (2017)
 * The Punisher
 * Season One (2017)
 * Season Two (2019)

Hulu Series

 * Runaways
 * Season One (2017-2018)
 * Season Two (2018)
 * Season Three (TBA)
 * Ghost Rider
 * Season One (2020)
 * Helstrom
 * Season One (2020)

Freeform Series

 * Cloak & Dagger
 * Season One (2018)
 * Season Two (2019)

Disney+ Series

 * Falcon & Winter Soldier
 * Season One (2020)
 * Loki
 * Season One (2020/2021)
 * WandaVision
 * Season One (2020/2021)
 * Hawkeye (TBA)

Non-canon
 * What If...? (2019/2020)

Potential Series

 * New Warriors
 * Season One (TBA)
 * Damage Control (TBA)
 * Untitled John Ridley-developed TV Series (TBA)
 * Untitled comedy TV Series (TBA)

Undeveloped Series

 * Most Wanted
 * Untitled Allan Heinberg-written female-focused TV Series

Web Series

 * WHiH Newsfront
 * Season One (2015)
 * Season Two (2016)
 * Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot
 * Season One (2016)

Non-canon
 * Team Thor (2016)
 * Team Thor: Part 2 (2017)
 * Team Darryl (2018)

Behind-the-scenes features
 * Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Declassified (2013-2014)
 * Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Double Agent (2015)
 * Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Academy (2016)

Canon

 * Iron Man: Fast Friends (2008)
 * Iron Man: Security Measures (2008)
 * The Incredible Hulk: The Fury Files (2008)
 * The Incredible Hulk: The Big Picture (2008)
 * Nick Fury: Spies Like Us (2009)
 * Iron Man: I Am Iron Man! (2010)
 * Iron Man 2: Security Breach (2010)
 * Iron Man: Will Online Evils Prevail? (2010)
 * Iron Man 2: Nick Fury: Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2010)
 * Iron Man 2: Public Identity (2010)
 * Iron Man 2: Phil Coulson: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2010)
 * Iron Man: Limited Edition (2010) (no official title)
 * Iron Man 2: Black Widow: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2010)
 * Iron Man Royal Purple Custom Comic (2010)
 * Iron Man 2: Fist of Iron (2010)
 * Captain America: First Vengeance (2011)
 * Thor, The Mighty Avenger (2011)
 * Captain America: Evil Lurks Everywhere (2011)
 * The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week (2012)
 * The Avengers: Iron Man Mark VII (2012)
 * The Avengers Prelude: Black Widow Strikes (2012)
 * The Avengers: The Avengers Initiative (2012)
 * Iron Man 2 Adaptation (2012)
 * Iron Man 3 Prelude (2013)
 * Thor Adaptation (2013)
 * Iron Man: The Coming of the Melter (2013)
 * Thor: The Dark World Prelude (2013)
 * Thor: Crown of Fools (2013)
 * Captain America: The First Avenger Adaptation (2013)
 * Captain America: The Winter Soldier Infinite Comic (2014)
 * Captain America: Homecoming (2014)
 * Guardians of the Galaxy Prequel Infinite Comic (2014)
 * Guardians of the Galaxy Prelude (2014)
 * Guardians of the Galaxy: Galaxy's Most Wanted (2014)
 * Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Chase (2014)
 * The Avengers Adaptation (2014)
 * Avengers: Age of Ultron Prelude - This Scepter'd Isle (2015)
 * Ant-Man Prelude (2015)
 * Ant-Man - Scott Lang: Small Time (2015)
 * Avengers: Operation HYDRA (2015)
 * Ant-Man: Larger Than Life (2015)
 * Jessica Jones (2015)
 * Captain America: Civil War Prelude (2015)
 * Captain America: Civil War Prelude Infinite Comic (2016)
 * Captain America: Road to War (2016)
 * Doctor Strange Prelude (2016)
 * Doctor Strange Prelude - The Zealot (2016)
 * Doctor Strange: Mystic Apprentice (2016)
 * Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Prelude (2017)
 * Spider-Man: Homecoming Prelude (2017)
 * Thor: Ragnarok Prelude (2017)
 * Black Panther Prelude (2017)
 * Avengers: Infinity War Prelude (2018)
 * Ant-Man and the Wasp Prelude (2018)
 * Captain Marvel Prelude (2018)
 * Avengers: Endgame Prelude (2018)
 * Spider-Man: Far From Home Prelude (2019)

Non-Canon

 * Iron Man: The Price of Doing Business (2008)
 * Captain America & Thor: Avengers! (2011)
 * The Avengers: Cutting Edge (2015)
 * Avengers: Age of Ultron Episode 0 (2015)
 * Doctor Strange: Episode 0 (2016)
 * Guardians of the Galaxy: EcoSport Adventure (2017)
 * Spider-Man Homecoming: Fight or Flight (2017)
 * Spider-Man Homecoming: Morning Rush (2017)
 * Spider-Man Homecoming: School of Shock (2017)

Video Games

 * Iron Man (2008)
 * The Incredible Hulk (2008)
 * Iron Man 2 (2010)
 * Thor: God of Thunder (2011)
 * Captain America: Super Soldier (2011)
 * Iron Man 3 - The Official Game (2013)
 * Thor: The Dark World - The Official Game (2013)
 * Captain America: The Winter Soldier - The Official Game (2014)

Undeveloped Games

 * The Avengers: The Movie

Artbooks

 * The Art of Iron Man (2008)
 * The Art of Iron Man 2 (2010)
 * The Art of Thor (2011)
 * The Art of Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
 * The Art of The Avengers (2012)
 * The Art of Iron Man 3 (2013)
 * Iron Man Manual (2013)
 * The Art of Thor: The Dark World (2013)
 * The Art of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
 * The Art of Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
 * Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season One Declassified (2014)
 * The Art of Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
 * The Road to Avengers: Age of Ultron - The Art of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2015)
 * Agent Carter: Season One Declassified (2015)
 * The Art of Ant-Man (2015)
 * Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season Two Declassified (2015)
 * Daredevil: Defender of Hell's Kitchen: Season One (2015)
 * The Art of Captain America: Civil War (2016)
 * The Art of Doctor Strange (2016)
 * The Art of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
 * The Art of Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
 * The Art of Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
 * The Art of Black Panther (2018)
 * The Road to Avengers: Infinity War - The Art of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Vol. 2 (2018)
 * The Art of Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
 * The Art of Iron Man: 10th Anniversary Edition (2018)
 * The Art of Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
 * The Art of Captain Marvel (2019)
 * The Art of Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
 * The Art of Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Stories Inspired by the Universe

 * Iron Man: Teen Novelization (2008)
 * Iron Man: The Junior Novel (2008)
 * Iron Man: A New Hero (2008)
 * Iron Man: I Am Iron Man! (2008)
 * Iron Man (2008)
 * The Incredible Hulk Movie Novelization (2008)
 * The Incredible Hulk: A Hero Called The Hulk (2008)
 * The Incredible Hulk: Larger Than Life! (2008)
 * The Incredible Hulk: Movie Sticker Book (2008)
 * Iron Man 2 (2010)
 * Iron Man 2: The Official Movie Storybook (2010)
 * Iron Man 2: The Junior Novel (2010)
 * Iron Man 2: Iron Man's Friends and Foes (2010)
 * Iron Man 2: Meet the Black Widow (2010)
 * Iron Man 2: Iron Man vs. Whiplash (2010)
 * Iron Man 2: Iron Man Fights Back (2010)
 * Iron Man 2: The Reusable Sticker Book (2010)
 * Thor (junior novelization) (2011)
 * Thor: Movie Storybook (2011)
 * Thor: Heroes & Villains (2011)
 * Thor: From Asgard to Earth (2011)
 * Thor: Attack on Asgard (2011)
 * Thor: Thor's Revenge (2011)
 * Captain America: The First Avenger (junior novelization) (2011)
 * Captain America: The First Avenger: Movie Storybook (2011)
 * Captain America: The First Avenger: America's Secret Weapon (2011)
 * Captain America: The First Avenger: The Hydra Files (2011)
 * Captain America: The First Avenger: Operation: Super-Soldier (2011)
 * Captain America: The First Avenger: The Great Escape (2011)
 * The Avengers: The Avengers Assemble (2012)
 * The Avengers: Movie Storybook (2012)
 * The Avengers: Battle Against Loki (2012)
 * The Avengers: The S.H.I.E.L.D. Files (2012)
 * The Avengers: Reusable Sticker Book (2012)
 * Iron Man 3: Suits of Armor (2013)
 * Thor: The Dark World (junior novelization) (2013)
 * Captain America: The Winter Soldier: Falcon Takes Flight (2014)
 * Captain America: The Winter Soldier: Rescue at Sea (2014)
 * Guardians of the Galaxy (junior novelization) (2014)
 * Guardians of the Galaxy: Battle of Knowhere (2014)
 * Guardians of the Galaxy: Friends and Foes (2014)
 * Guardians of the Galaxy: Rocket and Groot Fight Back (2014)
 * Avengers: Age of Ultron (junior novelization) (2015)
 * Avengers: Age of Ultron: Avengers Save the Day (2015)
 * Avengers: Age of Ultron: Battle at Avengers Tower (2015)
 * Avengers: Age of Ultron: Friends and Foes (2015)
 * Avengers: Age of Ultron: Hulk to the Rescue (2015)
 * Ant-Man: I Am Ant-Man (2015)
 * Ant-Man: The Amazing Adventures of Ant-Man (2015)
 * Ant-Man: The Incredible Shrinking Suit (2015)
 * Captain America: Civil War: The Junior Novel (2016)
 * Captain America: Civil War: Avengers Declassified (2016)
 * Captain America: Civil War: Captain America Versus Iron Man (2016)
 * Captain America: Civil War: Choose A Side! (2016)
 * Captain America: Civil War: Escape From Black Panther (2016)
 * Captain America: Civil War: The Rise of Crossbones (2016)
 * Captain America: Civil War: We Are The Avengers (2016)
 * Doctor Strange (junior novelization) (2016)
 * Doctor Strange: I Am Doctor Strange (2016)
 * Doctor Strange: Strange Stickers (2016)
 * Doctor Strange: Strange Tales and Talismans (2016)
 * Doctor Strange: The Path to Enlightenment (2016)
 * Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme (2016)
 * Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (junior novelization) (2017)
 * Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Guardians Save the Day (2017)
 * Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Meet the Team! (2017)
 * Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Revenge of the Ravagers (2017)
 * Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: The Best Sticker Book in the Galaxy (2017)
 * Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: The Return of Rocket and Groot (2017)
 * Spider-Man: Homecoming (junior novelization) (2017)
 * Spider-Man: Homecoming: Mayhem at the Monument (2017)
 * Spider-Man: Homecoming: Meet Spidey (2017)
 * Spider-Man: Homecoming: The Deluxe Junior Novel (2017)
 * Spider-Man: Homecoming: The Stick-Like-Spidey Sticker Book (2017)
 * Spider-Man: Homecoming: The Tangled Web of Super Tech (2017)
 * Thor: Ragnarok: Get in the Ring! (2017)
 * Thor: Ragnarok: Into the Fire (2017)
 * Thor: Ragnarok: The Junior Novel (2017)
 * Thor: Ragnarok: Thor vs. Hulk (2017)
 * Black Panther: Meet Black Panther (2018)
 * Black Panther: On the Prowl! (2018)
 * Black Panther: The Junior Novel (2018)
 * Black Panther: The Official Movie Special (2018)
 * Avengers: Infinity War: The Heroes' Journey (2018)
 * The Cosmic Quest Volume One: Beginning (2018)
 * Ant-Man and the Wasp: Escape from School (2018)
 * Ant-Man and the Wasp: The Heroes' Journey (2018)
 * Ant-Man and The Wasp The Official Movie Special (2018)
 * Thanos: Titan Consumed (2018) (Non-Canon)
 * The Cosmic Quest Volume Two: Aftermath (2018)

Trivia

 * So far, the released movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have grossed $22,285,909,976 worldwide. It is the first major film franchise to cross the $9, $10, $11, $12, $13, $14, $15, $16, $17, $18, $19, $20, $21, and $22 billion marks. It has also become the first franchise to cross the $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, and $8 billion marks domestically in North America and is the highest-grossing franchise of all time.
 * With Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is the first and currently only film franchise where more than one film grossed $2 billion worldwide
 * Due to financial difficulties Marvel faced in the past, they had to sell the film rights to several of their characters. Some of these sales are still in effect today, and thus the characters cannot be used in the MCU.
 * Due to owning the rights to the ' and ' franchises, the X-Men films and its television series (' and ') and the Fantastic Four films all took place in different universes separate from the MCU.
 * Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch fell under both companies rights, as in the comics they are mutants by origin but are heavily associated with the Avengers. However, both companies had certain limitations:
 * Fox couldn't make any reference to the Twins' involvement with the Avengers.
 * Marvel couldn't make any reference to the Twins being mutants, the children of, or their association with the X-Men.
 * Similar to Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, the Skrulls' film rights have been confirmed by Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn to fall under Marvel Studios and 20th Century Fox as they are associated with the Fantastic Four, but are an important part of the Marvel Universe and play prominent roles in the Kree-Skrull War and Secret Invasion events. As such, the Skrull race can be used in the MCU, while some specific Skrulls couldn't be used due to of Fox's sole ownership over them (such as ).
 * However in 2017, Marvel has announced that the Skrulls will be the main antagonists of Captain Marvel.
 * Although they debuted in a Fantastic Four comic, the Watchers appeared in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, implying that both Marvel and Fox share the film rights to those characters.
 * X-Men producer has expressed interest in having the X-Men join the MCU. Kevin Feige admitted that whenever he talks about it, it would result in "15 headlines" and that there hasn't been any movement on a deal and it was the "same thing, same status". Feige has said "Yeah, of course" when asked if he wanted to see the X-Men and Fantastic Four in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
 * As of December 2017, Disney has announced plans to acquire the film and television divisions of 20th Century Fox, which includes the rights to the X-Men, Fantastic Four, and, which means that Marvel Studios will be able to use those characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe following the deal.
 * Similarly, Spider-Man's film rights are owned by Sony Pictures Studios, and both the and  were set separate from the MCU; although after the last movie in the latter franchise, a deal was made between the two companies, resulting in another reboot of the series, this time set in the MCU.
 * The initial indication of an element of cooperation between Sony and Disney was when Sony gave permission for Disney to use the Oscorp Tower in a background cameo in The Avengers, however, due to budget and time constraints, the idea was abandoned.
 * On February 10, 2015, it was announced that Sony and Disney had struck a deal for setting Spider-Man in the MCU. The character, portrayed by Tom Holland, made his first appearance in the MCU in Captain America: Civil War followed by the second reboot of the franchise, a solo film entitled Spider-Man: Homecoming, which was released on July 7, 2017. Additionally, it was announced that Sony had full creative control over the character and the franchise whilst setting it in the MCU, allowing characters from other MCU properties to appear in it and vice-versa. Additionally, the planned spin-offs to the franchise by Sony are also reportedly in development, but have since abandoned after the cancellation of .
 * Sony movies such as ', and ' are being developed separately from Marvel Studios and take place in Sony's Universe of Marvel Characters, though Amy Pascal said that although you won't see those characters appear in the MCU, these films take place "in the same reality."
 * Similar to the Watchers, Kingpin was featured in the production , implying that Marvel and Sony share the rights for Kingpin.
 * The cinematic rights to currently lie with Marvel Studios, but due to "older contracts with other parties" it seems they couldn't use them yet.
 * As of June 2016, the film rights to Namor now lies with Marvel Studios, and can be used in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
 * The film rights to Man-Thing lie with Marvel Studios, while they originally used to lie with and thus he couldn't be used in the MCU at that time.
 * After the release of Iron Man, Marvel Studios made a deal to produce five further films with, being Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, The Avengers, and Iron Man 3. In 2009, Disney purchased Marvel and gained the distribution rights to The Avengers and Iron Man 3. In 2013, Disney gained the distribution rights to Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Thor, and Captain America: The First Avenger to close the acquisition of Marvel. The Incredible Hulk is the only MCU film not currently owned by Disney due to a separate agreement between Marvel and Universal Pictures.
 * A recurring theme in the solo films is that the main protagonist often isn't the one who defeats the main antagonist or needs help from an ally to do so.
 * Iron Monger and Aldrich Killian were killed by Pepper Potts, and War Machine helped Iron Man defeat Whiplash, who ends up committing suicide.
 * Thor's fight with Loki was interrupted by Odin, Malekith was killed by Erik Selvig, and Hela was killed by Surtur.
 * Red Skull was vanished by the Tesseract to Vormir for many years, Nick Fury shot Alexander Pierce, Captain America's fight with Winter Soldier ended as a stalemate, and Black Panther stopped Helmut Zemo from killing himself.
 * Dormammu took with him Kaecilius to the Dark Dimension as he left Earth.
 * Though, Doctor Strange did force Dormammu to leave Earth with the Zealots after trapping him in a time loop.
 * Vulture's flying suit overloaded and exploded, leaving him powerless against Spider-Man whereas Mysterio accidentally caused his own Stark Industries Combat Drones to gun him down while trying to take down Spidey.
 * Shuri aided Black Panther in killing Erik Killmonger.
 * However, Black Panther wanted to spare Erik Killmonger's life.
 * Hulk and Ant-Man are currently the only exceptions, as they defeated Abomination and Yellowjacket respectively by themselves.
 * On the other hand, the Supreme Intelligence is so far the only main antagonist who doesn't get defeated by anyone, yet Captain Marvel anyway frustrates her plans.
 * The Marvel Cinematic Universe was visited off-panel by the Young Avengers when they traveled throughout the Multiverse looking for Speed.
 * All of the films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe are shot in the widescreen 2.39:1 aspect ratio except for The Avengers and Ant-Man, which were shot in the taller 1.85:1 aspect ratio, due to vertical subject matter including Hulk in the former and the shrinking scenes in the latter. However all entries in Phase Three are presented in the 2.39:1 aspect ratio with select sequences opened up in the IMAX expanded aspect ratio of 1.90:1, except for Spider-Man: Homecoming which was presented in 2.39:1 throughout. Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame were filmed with IMAX cameras and were presented in the 1.90:1 expanded aspect ratio throughout both films only in IMAX theatres.