Phase 3 - Civil War to Endgame (2016 - 2019) · MCU timeline #39
Thor: Ragnarok
- runtime with credits
- 2h 10m
- release date
- November 3, 2017
- #75 in release order
- #39 timeline
- Movie
- Essential
Why it is here
Taika Waititi burns Asgard down, literally and tonally. The funniest MCU film and a stealth tragedy about empire and migration.
How to watch it
Watch the stinger. It is the cold open of Infinity War and our list tracks it.
What it sets up
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Hela is the firstborn, Asgard is destroyed to deny her, and the stinger ship is the one Thanos boards in Infinity War.
Position in the MCU timeline
6d 15h 28m of Marvel screen time comes before this. Another 6d 17h 46m follows it in this sequence. It sits inside Phase 3 - Civil War to Endgame, alongside everything else released in 2017.
Where to stream it
Currently on Disney+. Availability shifts by region; our data notes say when this was last checked.
Viewers rate it 7.6/10 across 22,244 votes on TMDB.
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Where does Thor: Ragnarok fit in the Marvel timeline?
Position #39 in the MCU timeline, inside Phase 3 - Civil War to Endgame (2016 - 2019). It is #75 in factual release order.
Is Thor: Ragnarok essential watching?
Yes. The main timeline does not work without it.
How long is Thor: Ragnarok?
2h 10m including credits.