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Hit · 6.8xBudget$300M
Worldwide Gross$2.1B
Avengers: Infinity War stays neutral entertainment with a low 3/10 woke score, prioritizing cosmic action, heroism, and story over identity politics or messaging.
Avengers: Infinity War features an ensemble cast with established characters like Don Cheadle's War Machine, Chadwick Boseman's Black Panther, and Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow alongside the core white male leads, reflecting organic MCU continuity rather than deliberate swaps or mandates for this film.
The plot centers on Thanos pursuing the Infinity Stones for a cosmic balance through mass erasure, with no subplots addressing systemic oppression, identity politics, or critiques of traditional norms. Russo brothers noted hopes for greater future diversity in post-release comments, but the narrative prioritizes action, heroism, and sacrifice without activist framing or lecture moments.
Reception showed no significant backlash labeling it woke, unlike later MCU entries, with audiences and critics focusing on spectacle and stakes rather than messaging. Minor diversity in billing marks the highest for MCU films up to 2018 yet remains incidental and outnumbered by traditional elements.
We've run a full content analysis on Avengers: Infinity War and scored it 3/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into Avengers: Infinity War's overall score.
Wokeometer focuses on ideological content rather than traditional ratings (violence, language, etc.). Avengers: Infinity War is rated PG-13. For a full picture, combine our woke analysis with the age ratingto decide if it's right for your family.
We evaluate media across multiple ideological categories on a 0–10 scale. Scores of 0–3 mean story-first, 4–6 have moderate elements, and 7–10 flag heavily agenda-driven content.
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