If you want the chronology to be as accurate as possible, I suggest that you take a look at this detailed timeline that dozens of people have put together:
https://www.thecomicboard.com/threads/marvel-cinematic-universe-timeline-continued.14631/
All of the canonical tv shows are also in place on this timeline that you’ll have to ignore (unless you want a 500+ hour fan edit) since you’re just focusing on the movies.
I’ve actually been looking for something like that, because I’m not a Marvel expert. Thanks!
I noticed you put Iron Man in 2010 and separated Iron Man 2, Thor, and The Incredible Hulk, whereas those three movies are usually put in the same week titled “Fury’s Big Week” according to other material. … The specifics porbably won’t matter to this fan edit unless you wanted to display the year on screen upon changing.
I do plan on showing the dates. My friend actually told me about Fury’s Big Week, although he wasn’t super specific (sorry if you’re reading this) and so I opted to put it in the order it’s in. There’s some other statement by the people who worked on the MCU I read back in 2015 or something that unless otherwise noted, the movies take place the year they come out. Obviously you can’t take that too seriously, Iron Man 2 and Thor are supposed to take place close together in time, they both came out in 2010 and 2011, yet Iron Man 2 takes place 6 months after 2008’s Iron Man 1. However, I tried following that rule where it made sense.
Obviously though if people are coming into the thread and pointing it out, Iron Man 2 and Thor taking place in the same week is probably pretty commonly accepted. I’ll fix that.
Me and my friends actually skipped Incredible Hulk while rewatching it, so I haven’t put it in yet.
So it’s been confirmed in the movies that Iron Man 1 takes place in 2008 (Happy: “I’ve been holding this ring since 2008” in Spider-Man Homecoming). Iron Man 2, Thor and Incredible Hulk comprise “Fury’s Big Week” in 2011. The beginning of IM2 starts in 2008, then, while Vanko is building his Whiplash armor, it goes from 2008 to the end of 2010. Some of this was retconned to become this way of course. The “Six Months Later” now is “Six Months Later” after it’s already been some time later. You can read all about this on the comicboard.com site referenced above, and the original thread it was continued from due to the tragic passing of the original poster. But the gist of it is as follows:
2008
May 25
Iron Man Chapter 15: “Underpowered” (1:53:22 - 1:57:07)
Iron Man 2 Chapter 1: “Across the Globe” (0:00:00 - 0:02:56)
May 26
Iron Man Chapter 15: “Underpowered” (2:05:03 - 2:05:38) (Nick Fury scene)
??? (sometime in 2008-2010)
Iron Man 2 Chapter 1: “Across the Globe” (0:02:57 - 0:04:30)
2010
November
Iron Man 2 Chapter 1: “Across the Globe” (0:04:31 - 0:05:03)
(Six Months Later)
2011
May 25
Iron Man 2 Chapter 2: “Stark Expo” (0:05:04 - 0:11:06)
etc.