Marvel Studios
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Marvel Studios, LLC (originally known as Marvel Films from 1993 to 1996) is an American film and television production company. It is a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, which is a division of Disney Entertainment owned by the Walt Disney Company. Marvel Studios is the creator of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), a media franchise and shared universe of films and television series produced by the studio, based on characters that appear in Marvel Comics publications. The studio was founded by Avi Arad and has been led by producer Kevin Feige, who serves as its president, since 2007.
Formerly | Marvel Films (1993–1996) |
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Genre | Superhero fiction |
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Founders | Avi Arad |
Headquarters | Frank G. Wells Building, 2nd Floor 500 South Buena Vista Street, , U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Brands | Marvel Cinematic Universe |
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Website | www |
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Since 2008, Marvel Studios has released 33 films within the MCU, from Iron Man (2008) to The Marvels (2023); ten television series since 2021, from WandaVision (2021) to Echo (2024); and two television specials: Werewolf by Night (2022) and The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022). The television series What If...? (2021–present) is the studio's first animated property, created by its "mini-studio" Marvel Studios Animation.[3] These films, television series, and television specials all share continuity with each other, along with five short films called Marvel One-Shots produced by the studio that were released from 2011 to 2014. From 2013 until 2020, Marvel Television released 12 television series, which also acknowledge the MCU continuity, before that company was folded into Marvel Studios in December 2019 and became a production label.
Ten of Marvel Studios' films are among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time. These include: The Avengers (2012), Iron Man 3 (2013), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Black Panther (2018), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Captain Marvel (2019), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021);[8] Avengers: Endgame was the highest-grossing film of all time from July 2019 until March 2021.[9][10] In addition to the MCU, Marvel Studios has also been involved with the production of other Marvel-based film franchises that have grossed over $1 billion at the box office, including the X-Men and Spider-Man multi-film franchises.