The Guardians of the Galaxy respond to a distress call from the Asgardian ship and rescue Thor. Stark and Parker sneak aboard Maw's spaceship while Wong stays behind to guard the Sanctum. Maw is unable to take the Time Stone due to an enchantment and captures Strange. Maw and Obsidian arrive to retrieve the Time Stone from Strange, drawing Peter Parker's attention. He warns Stephen Strange and Wong about Thanos' plan to destroy half of all life in the universe, and they recruit Tony Stark. Hulk crash-lands in the Sanctum Sanctorum in New York City, reverting to the form of Bruce Banner. Thanos and his lieutenants leave, destroying the ship.

Thanos also kills Heimdall after he sends Hulk to Earth using the BifrГ¶st. After subduing Thor, Thanos extracts the Space Stone from the Tesseract, overpowers the Hulk, and kills Loki. Having acquired the Power StoneвЂ“one of the six Infinity StonesвЂ“from the planet Xandar, Thanos and his lieutenants: Ebony Maw, Cull Obsidian, Proxima Midnight, and Corvus Glaive, intercept the spaceship carrying the survivors of Asgard's destruction. The sequel, Avengers: Endgame, was released in April 2019. The film's visual effects were nominated at the 91st Academy Awards, 24th Critics' Choice Awards, and 72nd British Academy Film Awards.

The film was the fourth film and the first superhero film to gross over $2 billion worldwide, breaking numerous box office records, and becoming the highest-grossing film of 2018 and the fourth-highest-grossing film of all time both worldwide and in the United States and Canada. The film received praise for Brolin's performance, visual effects, action sequences, and emotional weight, but was criticized for relying on previous MCU films for its story. With an estimated budget of $325вЂ“400В million, the film is one of the most expensive films ever made.ДЄvengers: Infinity War premiered in Los Angeles on April 23, 2018, and was released in the United States on April 27, as part of Phase Three of the MCU. Additional filming took place in Scotland, the Downtown Atlanta area, and New York City. The production lasted until July 2017, shooting back-to-back with a direct sequel, Avengers: Endgame (2019). Filming began in January 2017 at Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Fayette County, Georgia, with a large cast consisting mostly of actors reprising their roles from previous MCU films, including Brolin as Thanos. In 2016, Marvel shortened the title to Avengers: Infinity War. The Russo brothers came on board to direct in April 2015, and a month later Markus and McFeely had signed on to write the script for the film, which draws inspiration from Jim Starlin's 1991 comic book The Infinity Gauntlet and Jonathan Hickman's 2013 comic book Infinity. The film was announced in October 2014 as Avengers: Infinity War вЂ“ Part 1. In the film, the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy attempt to prevent Thanos from collecting the six all-powerful Infinity Stones as part of his quest to kill half of all life in the universe.

Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, the film features an ensemble cast including Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle, Tom Holland, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldana, Josh Brolin, and Chris Pratt. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the sequel to The Avengers (2012) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), and the 19th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Avengers: Infinity War is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers.

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