What is The Avengers (movie)?
{{italictitle}}{{Infobox film | name = The Avengers | image = Marvel's The Avengers logo.svg | caption = | director = [[Joss Whedon]] | producer = [[Kevin Feige]] | screenplay = Joss Whedon | story = {{Plainlist| * [[Zak Penn]] * Joss Whedon }} | based_on = {{Based on|[[Avengers (comics)|Avengers]]|[[Stan Lee]]|[[Jack Kirby]]}} | starring = {{Plainlist| <!-- Order per main titles, see [[WP:MCUFILMCAST]] --> * [[Robert Downey Jr.]] * [[Chris Evans (actor)|Chris Evans]] * [[Mark Ruffalo]] * [[Chris Hemsworth]] * [[Scarlett Johansson]] * [[Jeremy Renner]] * [[Tom Hiddleston]] * [[Stellan Skarsgård]] * [[Samuel L. Jackson]] <!-- Order per main titles, see [[WP:MCUFILMCAST]] --> }} | music = [[Alan Silvestri]] | cinematography = [[Seamus McGarvey]] | editing = {{Plainlist| * [[Jeffrey Ford (film editor)|Jeffrey Ford]] * [[Lisa Lassek]] }} | studio = [[Marvel Studios]]<!-- DO NOT INCLUDE PARAMOUNT PICTURES! SEE FOOTNOTE --> | distributor = [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Walt Disney Studios<br />Motion Pictures]] | released = {{Film date|2012|4|11|[[El Capitan Theatre]]|2012|5|4|United States}} <!-- FIRST & US RELEASES ONLY PER WP:FILMRELEASE! --> | runtime = 143 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $220–225&nbsp;million | gross = $1.519 billion }} '''''The Avengers''''' is a 2012 [[United States|American]] [[superhero movie]] based on the [[Marvel Comics]] superhero team the [[Avengers]]. It is produced by [[Marvel Studios]] and distributed by [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures]]. It is the sixth movie in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] (MCU) and the last movie of Phase One. It premiered in Los Angeles on April 11, 2012 and was released in the United States on May 4. The [[movie]] was [[screenwriter|written]] and [[movie director|directed]] by [[Joss Whedon]]. It stars [[Robert Downey Jr.]], [[Chris Evans]], [[Mark Ruffalo]], [[Chris Hemsworth]],