Contemporary · North America · Culture

2018

Avengers: Infinity War opens

April 14, 2018

Marvel Studios stitched together a decade and twenty films into a single billion-dollar cinematic event in which half the universe vanished at a villain's snap. Audiences gasped in unison from Tokyo to Tegucigalpa. The franchise model, the cinematic universe, the post-credits scene: a Hollywood paradigm reached its peak watering hole, and the box office receipts proved it.

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Before and after in North America

Before: October 5, 2017: #MeToo erupts
After: April 10, 2019: First image of a black hole

Before and after in Culture

Before: October 5, 2017: #MeToo erupts
After: May 17, 2019: Game of Thrones ends

Era

Contemporary (2001–2026), one of 196 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Avengers: Infinity War