Spanning almost two dozen films spread over a decade, the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Infinity Saga is one of the longest-running story-arcs in film history. The MCU continues to grow to this day, with many more shows and films soon to be released by Marvel Studios.
For new Marvel fans, there is still plenty of time to catch up on all of the big stories and characters before the release of upcoming Phase 4 films like Black Widow and Shang-Chi, but just how long will it take to watch EVERYTHING?
The Films
Twenty-three films were released as part of the Infinity Saga, starting with 2008's Iron Man and ending with 2019's Spider-Man: Far From Home. When tallying the official runtimes including the credits, it comes up to a whopping total of 49 hours and 56 minutes. The runtimes are as follows: Iron Man (2 hours, 6 minutes), The Incredible Hulk (1 hour, 52 minutes), Iron Man 2 (2 hours, 4 minutes), Thor (1 hour, 55 minutes), Captain America: The First Avenger (2 hours, 4 minutes), The Avengers (2 hours, 23 minutes), Iron Man 3 (2 hours, 10 minutes), Thor: The Dark World (1 hour, 52 minutes), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2 hours, 16 minutes), Guardians of the Galaxy (2 hours, 1 minute), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2 hours, 21 minutes), Ant-Man (1 hour, 57 minutes), Captain America: Civil War (2 hours, 27 minutes), Doctor Strange (1 hour, 55 minutes), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2 hours, 16 minutes), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2 hours, 13 minutes), Thor: Ragnarok (2 hours, 10 minutes), Black Panther (2 hours, 14 minutes), Avengers: Infinity War (2 hours, 29 minutes), Ant-Man & the Wasp (1 hour, 58 minutes), Captain Marvel (2 hours, 3 minutes), Avengers: Endgame (3 hours, 1 minute), and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2 hours, 9 minutes).
The One-Shots and Extras
From 2011 to 2014, Marvel Studios released a series of direct-to-video short films called One-Shots. These shorts further expanded the world of the MCU through stories ranging from three to fifteen minutes. A total of five were released, with the first one titled The Consultant (2011) featuring Robert Downey Jr and had a short runtime of 4 minutes. The second short, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor's Hammer (2011) with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. star Clark Gregg also clocked in at 4 minutes. Item 47 (2012), which dealt with a couple who discovers Chitauri weaponry, was significantly longer at 12 minutes. Agent Carter (2013) starring Hayley Atwell was the longest with 15 minutes, while the final short, All Hail The King (2014), featuring Ben Kingsley as Trevor Slattery ran for 14 minutes. In total, it would take 49 minutes to view all of the One-Shots.
For fans who want to dig even deeper into this humongous universe, there is also WHIH Newsfront, a digital short series chronicling news events that happen in the MCU. Leslie Bibb reprises her role as reporter Christine Everhart from the first Iron Man film, who brings viewers through the events of Ant-Man and Captain America: Civil War from the perspective of the regular, non-powered people. There were 10 episodes released in total, one of which starred Paul Rudd as Scott Lang. The episodes were quite short and total a runtime of 23 minutes and 10 seconds.
Including the One-Shots and extra content, it would take a whopping 51 hours and 20 minutes to watch the entirety of the MCU's Infinity Saga, and that number could soon be greatly expanded if we factor in future films and series that either takes place during that timeframe or show another perspective to the depicted events. Prior to the release of Avengers: Endgame, some theater chains hosted 22-film MCU marathons that ran for three days including breaks, but with the addition of Far From Home and factoring in sleep and rest, it could take up to a week to actually watch everything.