The Marvels is set to land in theaters on Nov. 10, bringing together three of the MCU’s most powerful women for an intergalactic adventure courtesy of Candyman director Nia DaCosta. Audiences will already be familiar with Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers, though if you haven’t been keeping up with Marvel Studios’ Disney Plus output you may be less familiar with Teyonah Parris’ Monica Rambeau and Iman Vellani’s Kamala Khan.
Both those new characters will need to be introduced to audiences, a fresh galactic threat will have to be established and defeated, and we need room for some barnstorming superpowered outer space action. So, how many minutes does The Marvels have to tell this expansive story?
The Marvels runtime
Sadly, right now this is a trickier question than it should be.
There are several conflicting sources on the film’s length. On the lower end, the generally reliable @Cryptic4KQual said in late August that it’s “currently” 98 minutes (93 minutes without credits). They have now revised that, claiming it will be 104 minutes and 36 seconds (which is in line with AMC Theaters), but credits will begin at the 93-minute mark:
This means The Marvels is going to be the shortest MCU movie by eight minutes. Its nearest contenders are 2008’s The Incredible Hulk and 2013’s Thor: The Dark World, each of which came in at 112 minutes.
You’d be right in wondering whether this is enough time to tell a galaxy-spanning adventure about three heroes, two of which will have to be introduced to those who didn’t watch Ms Marvel or WandaVision. Let’s hope they can make it work.
The Marvels arrives in theaters on Nov. 10 2023.
