Avengers: Doomsday’s Revealed Runtime Breaks A Massive MCU Record
Avengers: Doomsday might still be five months away, but the Marvel Cinematic Universe movie is already breaking records, with its revealed runtime surpassing a wide range of films. Marvel Studios’ slate of projects includes quite a few exciting releases in 2026. Next up is Tom Holland’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day, with episodes of X-Men ’97 currently airing weekly on Disney+. There is even more coming, with shows like VisionQuest and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man season 2. That said, there is no denying that all eyes are on Avengers: Doomsday’s cast and story. This is the first Avengers movie in the MCU’s Multiverse Saga. As such, it absolutely needs to perform as well as everyone expects it to. It has the biggest shoes to fill. After all, Avengers: Endgame did a phenomenal job in closing the MCU’s Infinity Saga — Spider-Man: Far From Home was its epilogue — with an action-packed and emotional adventure that saw the heroes lose quite a few prominent names. In the MCU’s next Avengers movie, two of them return in a way, with Chris Evans back as Steve Rogers and Robert Downey Jr. now playing Doctor Doom.
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The Avengers first assembled in Marvel Comics in 1963. In the original comic, the team formed to battle a villain who had been manipulated by his adopted brother. Which villain brought the original Avengers together?
AUltron
BThanos
CLoki
DKang the Conqueror
✓ Correct! In Avengers #1 (September 1963), Loki manipulated the Hulk into going on a rampage, which led Iron Man, Thor, Ant-Man, and the Wasp to band together. They defeated Loki and decided to form a permanent team — the Avengers were born.
✗ Even the Hulk couldn’t smash that answer! The correct answer is Loki. In the original 1963 comic, Loki tricked the Hulk into a rampage, which brought together Iron Man, Thor, Ant-Man, and the Wasp. Ultron came later, Thanos is a cosmic threat, and Kang is a time-traveling villain.
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In the MCU, Tony Stark famously declared “I am Iron Man” at a press conference, breaking the superhero tradition of secret identities. In which year’s MCU film did Tony Stark first appear as Iron Man?
A2006
B2008
C2010
D2012
✓ Correct! Iron Man (2008) launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe and starred Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. The film’s post-credits scene with Nick Fury teased the Avengers Initiative, kicking off the most successful film franchise in history.
✗ Even the Hulk couldn’t smash that answer! The correct answer is 2008. Iron Man premiered on May 2, 2008, directed by Jon Favreau and starring Robert Downey Jr. It was the first film in the MCU and set the stage for everything that followed.
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Thanos, the Mad Titan, sought to collect all six Infinity Stones to achieve his genocidal goal. In Avengers: Infinity War, he succeeded in his plan. What did Thanos do with the completed Infinity Gauntlet?
ADestroyed the universe
BSnapped away half of all life
CBecame ruler of Earth
DTraveled back in time
✓ Correct! With a single snap of his fingers, Thanos wiped out half of all living creatures in the universe. Known as “The Blip,” this devastating act erased trillions of lives and set the stage for the Avengers’ desperate time heist in Endgame to undo the damage.
✗ Even the Hulk couldn’t smash that answer! The correct answer is that Thanos snapped away half of all life in the universe. His twisted philosophy of “balance” drove him to commit universal genocide with a single snap, making it one of the most shocking moments in cinema history.
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In Avengers: Endgame, Captain America proved worthy of wielding Thor’s enchanted hammer during the final battle against Thanos. What is the name of Thor’s hammer?
AStormbreaker
BGungnir
CMjolnir
DJarnbjorn
✓ Correct! Mjolnir, forged in the heart of a dying star, bears the inscription “Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor.” Captain America wielding it in Endgame was one of the most celebrated moments in MCU history.
✗ Even the Hulk couldn’t smash that answer! The correct answer is Mjolnir. Stormbreaker is the axe Thor forged in Infinity War, Gungnir is Odin’s spear, and Jarnbjorn is an axe Thor used in the comics before Mjolnir. Mjolnir is the iconic enchanted hammer.
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Black Widow, born Natasha Romanoff, is one of the founding MCU Avengers. Before joining S.H.I.E.L.D., she was trained as an assassin in a secret Soviet program. What is the name of this program?
AThe Red Room
BHYDRA Academy
CThe Winter Soldier Program
DDepartment X
✓ Correct! The Red Room was a covert Soviet training facility that turned young girls into elite spies and assassins known as Black Widows. Natasha was subjected to brutal conditioning and sterilization. Her escape and defection to S.H.I.E.L.D. was explored in the 2021 Black Widow film.
✗ Even the Hulk couldn’t smash that answer! The correct answer is The Red Room. HYDRA is a separate evil organization, the Winter Soldier Program created Bucky Barnes, and Department X is from the comics. The Red Room is the infamous Soviet program that forged Natasha into Black Widow.
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The Hulk was created when Dr. Bruce Banner was exposed to massive amounts of radiation during a weapons test. What type of radiation transformed Banner into the Hulk?
ACosmic Rays
BPym Particles
CGamma Radiation
DTerrigen Mist
✓ Correct! Dr. Bruce Banner was caught in the blast of a gamma bomb he designed, absorbing a massive dose of gamma radiation. This transformed him into the Hulk — a being of near-limitless strength whose power increases with his rage. Gamma radiation remains central to the Hulk’s mythology.
✗ Even the Hulk couldn’t smash that answer! The correct answer is Gamma Radiation. Cosmic Rays gave the Fantastic Four their powers, Pym Particles are Ant-Man’s shrinking technology, and Terrigen Mist activates Inhuman abilities. Gamma radiation is what created the Incredible Hulk.
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In the MCU, after Steve Rogers retired as Captain America, he passed his shield to a new hero to carry on the legacy. Who became the new Captain America?
ABucky Barnes
BSam Wilson
CJohn Walker
DIsaiah Bradley
✓ Correct! At the end of Avengers: Endgame, an elderly Steve Rogers chose Sam Wilson — the Falcon — to carry on the Captain America legacy. Sam’s journey to embrace the shield was explored in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier series, and he fully took up the mantle as Captain America.
✗ Even the Hulk couldn’t smash that answer! The correct answer is Sam Wilson. While Bucky Barnes was Captain America in the comics, Steve chose Sam in the MCU. John Walker was temporarily given the shield by the government, and Isaiah Bradley was a forgotten super soldier from the past.
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Ultron is an artificial intelligence who becomes one of the Avengers’ deadliest enemies. In the MCU’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, which Avenger inadvertently created Ultron?
ABruce Banner
BHank Pym
CTony Stark
DVision
✓ Correct! Tony Stark created the Ultron program as a global peacekeeping AI, using technology from Loki’s scepter (which contained the Mind Stone). The AI became sentient and immediately decided humanity needed to be eradicated. In the comics, Hank Pym created Ultron, but the MCU shifted this to Stark.
✗ Even the Hulk couldn’t smash that answer! The correct answer is Tony Stark. While Hank Pym created Ultron in the comics, the MCU changed this to Tony Stark. Bruce Banner assisted but it was Tony’s initiative. Vision was actually created from Ultron’s technology, not the other way around.
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The lead-up to Avengers: Doomsday’s release has been an interesting one. Marvel released four brief character-focused teasers in theaters with Avatar: Fire and Ash, but no trailer as of now. Story details are also scarce. That said, we just had confirmation of a major question related to the movie, with Avengers: Doomsday’s runtime finally revealed, and it involves an MCU record being broken.
Avengers: Doomsday Breaks A Multiverse Saga Record
Robert Downey Jr. in an Avengers Doomsday promotional video
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the first tickets for Avengers: Doomsday will go on sale on Monday, July 20. Those will be for the theaters that Disney has labeled with their Infinity Vision denomination, which comes as a way of boosting premium-format screens since Avengers: Doomsday lost IMAX to Dune: Part Three. The report also revealed that the current runtime for Avengers: Doomsday is 165 minutes, or 2 hours and 45 minutes. That is subject to change, given how we are still five months away from the MCU movie’s release. That said, THR claims it can only be slightly changed due to ticket sales. Based on that reveal and the fact that Avengers: Doomsday’s final runtime should not differ too much, the next Avengers movie takes the top spot in the MCU’s Multiverse Saga. It is now the longest release in this chapter of the Marvel franchise, with its 2 hours and 45 minutes standing above Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s 2 hours and 41 minutes, and Eternals’ 2 hours and 37 minutes. It makes sense that Avengers: Doomsday will be the longest movie in the Multiverse Saga, as Doctor Doom was not properly set up before it and this is a giant crossover with MCU and multiverse characters.
How Avengers: Doomsday’s Runtime Compares To The Other MCU Avengers Movies
Despite all the work it has to do to establish Downey’s Doctor Doom, bring back Evans’ Steve Rogers, and set up the multiversal conflict that brings in the New Avengers, Captain America’s Avengers, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men together, Avengers: Doomsday’s runtime is not the longest for Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. That record will continue to belong to 2019’s Avengers: Endgame for the foreseeable future. The last Avengers movie of the Infinity Saga clocked in at 3 hours and 1 minute. As such, Avengers: Doomsday does not come close to topping it.
Still, the upcoming Avengers movie ranks higher than all three other entries in the crossover franchise. Avengers: Doomsday beats Infinity War’s 2 hours and 29 minutes, The Avengers’ 2 hours and 23 minutes, and Age of Ultron’s 2 hours and 21 minutes. In 2027, Marvel Studios will once again have a shot at Avengers: Endgame’s title with the release of Avengers: Secret Wars. Given how that movie is not only set to end the Multiverse Saga, but also reboot the MCU in some form, likely with several returning characters and multiverse cameos, it could end up as the longest Marvel movie to date.
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Diterbitkan : 2026-07-14 14:35:00
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