On several occasions in the build up to Avengers: Infinity War, we were told that Thanos would be the main character of the movie, and it turns out that was indeed the case with the Mad Titan officially enjoying more screen time than anyone else in the Marvel superhero epic.
IMDb user ninewheels0 has calculated how much screen time each character had in the movie to the nearest quarter minute, with Josh Brolin’s antagonist coming out on top with 29 minutes, followed by Gamora with 19 minutes 30 seconds.
The only other characters to enjoy ten minutes or more were Iron Man (18 minutes), Thor (14 minutes 30 seconds), Doctor Strange (11 minutes 30 seconds) and Star-Lord (10 minutes 15 seconds).
Here’s the full list:
- Thanos <29>
- Gamora <19:30>
- Tony Stark / Iron Man <18>
- Thor <14:30>
- Dr. Stephen Strange <11:30>
- Peter Quill / Star-Lord <10:15>
- Vision <9:45>
- Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch <9>
- Dr. Bruce Banner / The Hulk <8:45>
- Peter Parker / Spider-Man <7:30>
- Steve Rogers <6:45>
- Rocket <6>
- Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow <5>
- Drax <4:45>
- Mantis <4:45>
- Ebony Maw <4>
- Proxima Midnight <3:45>
- Cull Obsidian <3:45>
- Corvus Glaive <3:30>
- King T’Challa / Black Panther <3:30>
- Groot II <3:15>
- Nebula <3:15>
- Okoye <3:15>
- Loki <3:15>
- Col. James “Rhodey” Rhodes / War Machine <3>
- Eitri <2:45>
- Wong <2:45>
- Sam Wilson / Falcon <2:15>
- James “Bucky” Barnes / White Wolf <2>
- Pepper Potts <1:30>
- The Stonekeeper <1:30>
- Princess Shuri <1>
- M’Baku <1>
- Secretary Thaddeus Ross <1>
- Nick Fury <1>
- Maria Hill <:45>
- Heimdall <:45>
- Taneleer Tivan / The Collector <:45>
- Ned Leeds <:15>
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An unprecedented cinematic journey ten years in the making and spanning the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Infinity War” brings to the screen the ultimate, deadliest showdown of all time. The Avengers and their Super Hero allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.
Avengers: Infinity War stars Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther), Tom Holland (Spider-Man), Sebastian Stan (Winter Soldier), Anthony Mackie (Falcon), Paul Bettany (Vision), Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch), Don Cheadle (War Machine), Josh Brolin (Thanos), Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange), Benedict Wong (Wong), Chris Pratt (Star-Lord), Zoe Saldana (Gamora), Dave Bautista (Drax), Bradley Cooper (Rocket), Sean Gunn (Rocket), Vin Diesel (Groot), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Pom Klementieff (Mantis), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Cobie Smulders (Maria Hill), Benicio Del Toro (The Collector), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Letitia Wright (Shuri), Winston Duke (M’Baku), Terry Notary (Cull Obsidian), Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (Ebony Maw), Carrie Coon (Proxima Midnight), Michael James Shaw (Corvus Glaive) and Peter Dinklage (Eitri).
Via ComicBook
Originally published May 6, 2018. Updated July 19, 2024.
