Marvel Studios

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Marvel Studios, LLC[5] (originally known as Marvel Films from 1993 to 1996) is an American film and television production company that is a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, which is owned by the Walt Disney Company. Marvel Studios produces the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films and series, based on characters that appear in Marvel Comics publications.[6]

Quick facts: Formerly, Type, Industry, Genre, Founded...
Marvel Studios, LLC
FormerlyMarvel Films (1993–1996)
TypeSubsidiary
Industry
GenreSuperhero fiction
Founded
  • December 7, 1993; 29 years ago (1993-12-07) (as Marvel Films)
  • August 1996; 26 years ago (1996-08) (as Marvel Studios)
Founders
HeadquartersFrank G. Wells Building 2nd Floor
500 South Buena Vista Street, ,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products
BrandsMarvel Cinematic Universe
OwnerThe Walt Disney Company
(2009–present)
Parent
DivisionsMarvel Television
(production label)
Subsidiaries
Websitewww.marvel.com/movies
Footnotes / references
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Since 2008, Marvel Studios has released 32 films within the MCU, from Iron Man (2008) to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), eight television series since 2021, from WandaVision (2021) to She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022), and two television specials, Werewolf by Night (2022) and The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022). The television series What If...? (2021) is the studio's first animated property, created by its "mini-studio" Marvel Studios Animation.[1] These films, television series, and television specials all share continuity with each other, along with the One-Shots short films produced by the studio. The television series produced by Marvel Television also acknowledge the continuity.

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) are all among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time, with Avengers: Endgame becoming the highest-grossing film of all time from July 2019 until March 2021. In addition to the MCU, Marvel Studios was also involved with the production of other Marvel-character film franchises that have exceeded $1 billion in North American box office revenue, including the X-Men and Spider-Man multi-film franchises.