Per rules when it comes to possessives... if there is a possessive on the front cover. And there is here.... you look at the credit block. If the Credit Block has "Marvel's The Avengers"  it all goes in the title field. If it has Marvel's "The Avengers" (only The Avengers in quotes)... then only The Avengers goes in the title field.

So I would have to ask on your copy... what does it have on the credit block (usually on back of case)?

No quote marks at all? Then I would just go with The Avengers.

The whole title ('Marvel's The Avengers') is in quotes on my copy, the red ring he drew covers them.

So you would agree that "Marvel's The Avengers" is the original title of the movie?
I have been having this discussion with huskersports as well, and since his change to this title on one profile got downvoted with the reason that "The Avengers" was the original title he's on a mission changing every instance of it on all localities.

Was it ever released as just "The Avengers" in cinemas?

Quoting spocker:

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So you would agree that "Marvel's The Avengers" is the original title of the movie?
I have been having this discussion with huskersports as well, and since his change to this title on one profile got downvoted with the reason that "The Avengers" was the original title he's on a mission changing every instance of it on all localities.

Was it ever released as just "The Avengers" in cinemas?

I only seen this once at the theater... so until my copy arrives I have to hold off and wait to verify it. But going by my memory at least... I remember seeing "Marvel's The Avengers" not once... but twice in the credits. Once in the opening credits and once in the closing credits.

Now as I said... that is going by memory. So I can't say for sure till I see it again. Comes out later this month over here.

Kathy is talking about the Title field... not the Original Title field. The title field can vary between the releases.

The Original Title field may or may not be needed depending what is in the title field.

If a release has "Marvel's The Avengers" for a title (and the title in the film credits is "Marvel's The Avengers"... as I believe I remember) then the original title field is not used at all.

If the title of the release is only  "The Avengers"... and the credits are as I remembered.... the "Marvel's The Avengers" would belong in the Original Title field.

No... it won't necessarily be the same across the board. For films withing it's own locality we use whatever is in the credits for the Original Title (if different then the case).

This can be different then what the actual "original title" is.

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Original Title
The Original Title field serves two general purposes, but in both cases allows for the tracking of the original feature title. For profiles which have an alternate title displayed on the cover, use the title from the film's credits. For titles released outside their country of origin, use the original release title.
In cases where the title is the original title, leave the Original Title field blank.

Notice the parts I put in bold... especially the first part.

The Credits says Marvel's The Avengers (no quotes... but never seen quotes around the title in the credits before myself anyway).... then that would be the original title in it's country of Origin... no matter if it is the actual original title or not.

I see this especially with cheap releases of low budget horror titles... where there could be multiple alternate titles... and the case uses 1 alternate title... and the credits use another alternate title. In these cases the true Original Title don't get in the database as the rules are written.

So in the end... the Original Title is not necessarily going to always be the same on all releases.

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That's what my "mission" is, is to avoid that nonsense.

That "mission"... while completely understandable... may or may not be correct per the rules... depending on the release and what is actually in the credits. (Speaking generally... not necessarily on this title... though there is no way to know for sure unless you see every release for the title.)