Before 'Endgame' arrives, a look at Marvel's box-office hits

Marvels Avengers are back to save the world, and the box office.

Avengers: Endgame arrives in theaters on April 26 with the conclusion of the fight between the galaxys greatest heroes and Thanos, who wiped out half of all life at the end of last years Avengers: Infinity War. Its one of the years biggest releases, and one that many theater owners are hoping will draw huge audiences after a sluggish start to the year at the box office.

It is the 22nd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a collection of movies that kicked off with 2008s Iron Man. Since then, Marvel films have earned 18.6 billion at the box office, with the four Avengers films accounting for nearly 5 billion of that haul. Seven of the films, including this years Captain Marvel and last years sensation Black Panther, have earned more than a billion dollars worldwide.

The following is a look at how Marvel has built its cinematic juggernaut, with the films title, release date, domestic gross and total worldwide box office, as compiled by Comscore:

Iron Man, May 2008, 318.6 million, 582 million

The Incredible Hulk, June 2008, 134.8 million, 263.3 million

Iron Man 2, May 2010, 312.4 million, 623.7 million

Thor, May 2010, 181 million, 448.7 million

Captain America: The First Avenger, July 2011, 176.7 million, 371 million

Marvels The Avengers, May 2012, 623.4 million, 1.52 billion

Iron Man 3, May 2013, 409 million, 1.2 billion

Thor: The Dark World, November 2013, 206.4 million, 645 million

Captain America: The Winter Soldier, April 2014, 260 million, 714.3 million

Guardians of the Galaxy, August 2014, 333.2 million, 773.3 million

Avengers: Age of Ultron, May 2015, 459 million, 1.4 billion

Ant-Man, July 2015, 180.2 million, 519.3 million

Captain America: Civil War, May 2016, 408.1 million, 1.15 billion

Doctor Strange, May 2016, 232.6 million, 677.6 million

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, May 2017, 390 million, 863.6 million

Spider-Man: Homecoming, July 2017, 334.2 million, 880.2 million

Thor: Ragnarok, November 2017, 315 million, 854.2 million

Black Panther, February 2018, 700 million, 1.3 billion

Avengers: Infinity War, April 2018, 679 million, 2 billion

Ant-Man & The Wasp, July 2018, 217 million, 623 million

Captain Marvel, March 2019, 387 million; 1.06 billion

Source: Comscore