The Avengers (2012 film)

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American film Marvel Cinematic Universe film action film science fiction film superhero film

The Avengers (2012 film) is a blockbuster superhero movie that unites iconic Marvel characters like Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and the Hulk as a team to defend Earth from an alien invasion.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
The Avengers (2012 film) canonical	53
The Avengers	34
Marvel's The Avengers (2012 film)	3
Avengers Assemble	2
Avengers film series	1
Marvel Cinematic Universe film "The Avengers" (as part of Loki's scepter)	1
Marvel's The Avengers	1
Marvel’s The Avengers	1
The Avengers to locate the Tesseract	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1518104 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Avengers (2012 film)
Context triple: [Marvel Studios, notableFilm, The Avengers (2012 film)]

A. The Avengers
The Avengers is a 1960s British espionage television series blending stylish spy drama with quirky, often surreal humor and science fiction elements.
B. Avengers
The Avengers are a team of Marvel Comics superheroes who unite to combat powerful threats that no single hero can withstand alone.
C. Avengers: Age of Ultron
Avengers: Age of Ultron is a 2015 Marvel Studios superhero film in which the Avengers battle the rogue AI Ultron, serving as a major installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
D. Captain America: The First Avenger
Captain America: The First Avenger is a 2011 Marvel superhero film that tells the World War II origin story of Steve Rogers as he becomes the iconic hero Captain America.
E. Iron Man 3
Iron Man 3 is a 2013 Marvel superhero film that follows Tony Stark as he confronts a powerful terrorist threat and grapples with the psychological aftermath of the events of The Avengers.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Avengers (2012 film)
Target entity description: The Avengers (2012 film) is a blockbuster superhero movie that unites iconic Marvel characters like Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and the Hulk as a team to defend Earth from an alien invasion.

A. The Avengers
The Avengers is a 1960s British espionage television series blending stylish spy drama with quirky, often surreal humor and science fiction elements.
B. Avengers
The Avengers are a team of Marvel Comics superheroes who unite to combat powerful threats that no single hero can withstand alone.
C. Avengers: Age of Ultron
Avengers: Age of Ultron is a 2015 Marvel Studios superhero film in which the Avengers battle the rogue AI Ultron, serving as a major installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
D. Captain America: The First Avenger
Captain America: The First Avenger is a 2011 Marvel superhero film that tells the World War II origin story of Steve Rogers as he becomes the iconic hero Captain America.
E. Iron Man 3
Iron Man 3 is a 2013 Marvel superhero film that follows Tony Stark as he confronts a powerful terrorist threat and grapples with the psychological aftermath of the events of The Avengers.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ Marvel Cinematic Universe film ⓘ action film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ superhero film ⓘ
basedOn	Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers ⓘ
boxOfficeGrossUSD	1518812988 ⓘ
budgetUSD	220000000 ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Seamus McGarvey ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
director	Joss Whedon ⓘ
distributor	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures ⓘ
distributorRegion	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
editedBy	Jeffrey Ford ⓘ Lisa Lassek ⓘ
featuresGroup	The Avengers ⓘ linked to: Avengers
featuresObject	Tesseract ⓘ
featuresOrganization	S.H.I.E.L.D. ⓘ
featuresSpecies	Chitauri ⓘ
filmingLocation	Albuquerque ⓘ Cleveland ⓘ New York City ⓘ
followedBy	Avengers: Age of Ultron ⓘ
follows	Captain America: The First Avenger ⓘ Iron Man 2 ⓘ Thor (2011 film) ⓘ linked to: Thor
genre	action ⓘ science fiction ⓘ superhero ⓘ
hasPostCreditsScene	true ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainAntagonist	Loki ⓘ
mainCharacter	Black Widow ⓘ Captain America ⓘ Hawkeye ⓘ Hulk ⓘ linked to: The Incredible Hulk Iron Man ⓘ Thor ⓘ
mpaaRating	PG-13 ⓘ
musicBy	Alan Silvestri ⓘ
narrativeFocus	formation of the Avengers team ⓘ
partOfSeries	Marvel Cinematic Universe ⓘ The Avengers film series ⓘ
plotElement	alien invasion of Earth ⓘ defense of New York City ⓘ
producer	Kevin Feige ⓘ
productionCompany	Marvel Studios ⓘ
releaseDate	2012-05-04 ⓘ
releaseYear	2012 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	143 ⓘ
setIn	Helicarrier ⓘ New York City ⓘ
stars	Chris Evans ⓘ Chris Hemsworth ⓘ Clark Gregg ⓘ Cobie Smulders ⓘ Gwyneth Paltrow ⓘ Jeremy Renner ⓘ Mark Ruffalo ⓘ Robert Downey Jr. ⓘ Samuel L. Jackson ⓘ Scarlett Johansson ⓘ Stellan Skarsgård ⓘ Tom Hiddleston ⓘ
storyBy	Zak Penn ⓘ
universe	Marvel Cinematic Universe ⓘ
worldPremiereCity	Hollywood ⓘ
worldPremiereDate	2012-04-11 ⓘ
worldPremiereLocation	El Capitan Theatre ⓘ
writer	Joss Whedon ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (97)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marvel Studios → notableFilm → The Avengers (2012 film) ⓘ

Samuel L. Jackson → notableWork → The Avengers (2012 film) ⓘ

Avengers: Age of Ultron → precededBy → The Avengers ⓘ