Skip to main content

films, television & the people who make them

LoginComing Soon

Poster for Thor: The Dark World

Sign in to rateBe the first to rate

+ write a review

Official Trailer

Thor: The Dark World(2013)

Released

2013 · FILM

Thor: The Dark World

is drawn into the cosmic upheaval when the Aether—a mysterious and destructive force—awakens inside her, forcing Thor, Loki, and a band of unlikely allies to race across the Convergence to stop Malekith from reclaiming the Aether and destroying the Nine Realms.

“Delve into the darkness.”

Directed by

Alan Taylor, Glen Carroll

Written by

Christopher Yost, Christopher Markus

Rated

MPA · PG-13

Runtime

112 min

ActionAdventureAnimation

Streaming on

Synopsis

Thor musters to restore order in the cosmos as an ancient race, led by the vengeful Malekith, returns to bring darkness upon the universe. Confronting an enemy even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor embarks on his most perilous and personal journey yet. This quest reunites him with Jane Foster and compels him to sacrifice everything to save the universe.

Credits

Actors

Editor

Production Designer

Director of Photography

Kramer Morgenthau

Writers

Directors

Related titles

No curated related titles yet. Use the edit affordance to add "More from this director", "Same franchise", or "Adaptation source material" entries — every change goes through the wiki review queue.

How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 863+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Dan LebentalShot by Kramer MorgenthauScored by Brian TylerDesigned by Charles WoodSound by David AcordCostumes by Wendy Partridge

Box Office

2013 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.8× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$644.8M

Budget$170.0M

Worldwide gross$644.8M

break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $206.4M — 32% of worldwide · International: $438.4M (68%)

Opening weekend: $85.7M — 42% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $108.5M — 53% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,841 theaters

Compare across the franchise →

Full synopsis

Also known as

Thor - The Dark Kingdomde
Thor 2 - The Dark Kingdomde
Thor 2en
Thor: Un Mundo Oscuroes
Thor : Le Monde des ténèbresfr
(English)Thor: The Dark World
(Bulgarian)ТОР: Светът на мрака

Release dates around the world4 countries · show

United KingdomOct 22, 2013
BelgiumOct 30, 2013
FinlandOct 30, 2013
FranceOct 30, 2013

Companies

ProductionMarvel Studios

DistributionWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, B&H Film Distribution, Feelgood Entertainment, Forum Hungary, Huaxia Film Distribution

Special effectsThe Third Floor, 4DMax, Double Negative (DNEG), Luma Pictures, Blur Studio

Other companies4K London, 5th Kind, Abbey Road Studios, Access Bookings, Alexa

Community tags

Be the first to tag this page — tags appear right away. Try a theme, capability, or subject (e.g. WWII, heist, slow burn, time travel, A24).

More in Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Two

View franchise →