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Highest Grossing Superhero Movies

Try to name the top-grossing live-action movies that feature DC or Marvel superheros or supervillains.
Worldwide gross as of 25 March 2022. Source.
Live-action DC and Marvel heroes only - so The Incredibles, Hancock, etc... don't count.
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Year
Gross
Movie
2019
2.80 bil
Avengers: Endgame
2018
2.05 bil
Avengers: Infinity War
2021
1.89 bil
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2012
1.52 bil
The Avengers
2015
1.40 bil
Avengers: Age of Ultron
2018
1.34 bil
Black Panther
2013
1.22 bil
Iron Man 3
2016
1.15 bil
Captain America: Civil War
2018
1.14 bil
Aquaman
2019
1.13 bil
Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019
1.13 bil
Captain Marvel
2012
1.08 bil
The Dark Knight Rises
2019
1.07 bil
Joker
2008
0.999 bil
The Dark Knight
2007
0.895 bil
Spider-Man 3
2017
0.878 bil
Spider Man: Homecoming
2016
0.873 bil
Batman v Superman:
Dawn of Justice
2017
0.864 bil
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2018
0.856 bil
Venom
2017
0.854 bil
Thor: Ragnarok
2002
0.825 bil
Spider-Man
Year
Gross
Movie
2017
0.822 bil
Wonder Woman
2004
0.788 bil
Spider-Man 2
2018
0.785 bil
Deadpool 2
2016
0.783 bil
Deadpool
2014
0.773 bil
Guardians of the Galaxy
2012
0.758 bil
The Amazing Spider-Man
2014
0.748 bil
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2016
0.747 bil
Suicide Squad
2014
0.714 bil
Captain America: The
Winter Soldier
2014
0.709 bil
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2016
0.678 bil
Doctor Strange
2013
0.668 bil
Man of Steel
2017
0.658 bil
Justice League
2013
0.645 bil
Thor: The Dark World
2018
0.623 bil
Ant-Man and the Wasp
2010
0.621 bil
Iron Man 2
2017
0.619 bil
Logan
2022
0.608 bil
The Batman
2008
0.585 bil
Iron Man
2016
0.544 bil
X-Men: Apocalypse
2015
0.519 bil
Ant-Man
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100 Recent Comments
Quizmaster
+28
Level ∞
Dec 22, 2012
Why do we only allow DC and Marvel heroes? Because an earlier version of this quiz didn't have this restriction and there were big debates about the definition of a superhero.
MajorStranger
+2
Level 36
Jul 11, 2018
Domestic gross no longer matters. you should change it for international gross.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Apr 26, 2019
Agreed. Though, purely for tradition's sake as far as I can tell, many people still only look at domestic box office, this is really outdated thinking. Back in the 40s, 50s, and 60s, sure, the American box office was pretty much all that mattered. But these days most big movies make 60-80% of their money overseas. Big budget American films are produced and marketed with this very much in mind now.
ladycyclops
+3
Level 41
Jul 13, 2018
So surprised that X-men: First Class isn't up here. It was such a good movie
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Apr 15, 2020
Easily in the top 5 best X-Men movies, along with Logan, X2, Days of Future Past, and Deadpool.
KG2123
+1
Level 24
Dec 31, 2018
where is hancock
DarkspineSonic
+1
Level 34
Mar 13, 2019
Why don't u add Captain Marvel now?
DarkspineSonic
+1
Level 34
Apr 16, 2019
Captain Marvel
GeoDude
+5
Level 47
Apr 8, 2019
You should add Bee Movie.

Barry B. Benson is a type of superhero.

DarkspineSonic
+1
Level 34
Apr 16, 2019
It's only Marvel and DC movies.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
May 2, 2019
Assuming that you are going to update this to include mega success Avengers: Endgame, maybe consider swapping out domestic box office for international finally? Domestic numbers get less and less relevant every year. I know the list on BoxOfficeMojo that includes only superhero films uses domestic totals but I could do the research to make it an international list if you wanted me to.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
May 8, 2019
Agreed. Using international numbers now.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
May 9, 2019
well done!
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
May 9, 2019
though you should still add a caveat about only including live-action films, or add Big Hero 6.
DarkspineSonic
+1
Level 34
May 5, 2019
You have to add Avengers: Endgame, it's already second highest grossing movie of all time.
p4tr1ck
+1
Level 61
May 8, 2019
Tried to type in "The Avengers" and it wasn't accepted for Number 3, also I feel like X-Men Day's of Future Past and Venom should be here as they are Marvel and DC and are on what I believe you used as the source.
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
May 8, 2019
Sorry about that. All fixed now.
p4tr1ck
+1
Level 61
May 11, 2019
cheers!
Djilas
+1
Level 83
May 8, 2019
Any of these worth watching if I don't have any special interest in superheroes?
jmellor13
+2
Level 67
May 9, 2019
The Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy is the best of the lot, and moreso if you aren't especially partial to superhero movies. The Batman movies are more methodical and darker than the other movies on this list, and have a lot more character study than reliance on superhero cliches.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
May 9, 2019
I would second the Nolan Bat-trilogy, the last two of which make this list. So that means Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and the Dark Knight Rises. Excellent films, particularly the 2nd one, and while knowing something about the characters going in will enhance your enjoyment of the films it's not really necessary and they are much more grounded than most superhero movies. No superpowers in any of them.

Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 1 and 2 you might like if you would enjoy a goofy adventure/comedy set in space. Thor: Ragnarok maybe, as well, by the same rationale.

Deadpool 1 and 2 are both hilarious deconstructions of the superhero genre.

Mangold's The Wolverine (2013) and Logan are both really good, too, and like the Nolan Bat-films if you know about the X-Men source material before going in it will enhance your enjoyment of the films but it's not totally necessary. Very much worth checking out, but definitely skip the first one (X-Men Origins: Wolverine)

kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
May 9, 2019
I would call the Nolan films more an exploration of certain themes than they are character studies. Character, plot, and comics book lore all take a backseat to themes in these movies, especially the last one. A lot of Nolan's films do this actually and they're all great.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
May 9, 2019
Also maybe the first Iron Man film (2008). I showed that to my dad who hates superhero and fantasy films and he liked it. If you watch Iron Man and like it well enough then maybe you could try watching Captain America: The First Avenger. If you liked that well enough maybe then you could watch Thor. If you still weren't terribly bored then you could try watching the first Avengers film (Marvel's The Avengers). and who knows then maybe you'd be a Marvel convert. The best films in the MCU come in the later phases (The Winter Soldier, Civil War, Ragnarok, Infinity War, Endgame) but without the groundwork laid by the phases that preceded them, you won't get nearly as much out of them. So I'd start with Iron Man, which actually I know many people still regard as the best of all MCU films.

X-Men: First Class and X-Men: Days of Future Past are among my personal favorites but I wouldn't ever recommend them to someone who doesn't like the genre.

tschutzer
+2
Level 91
May 9, 2019
You don't need to have a special interest in superheroes to enjoy superhero movies. But if you outright dislike the concept of super powered individuals (or someone having enough gadgets, armor, and weaponry to be considered one), then you're going to have an issue whenever that deus-ex-superia appears onscreen, no matter how low-key it does so. That said, I think Logan and The Dark Knight are the ones that could very easily swap genres with just a few tweaks. They're basically Shane and Heat... but with comic book characters.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Aug 3, 2022
A few years later... now I think Joker might be the one film above that might have the best shot at appealing to someone who doesn't like, or perhaps even actively dislikes, superheroes. That film is so completely different tonally than most of these that I often forget about it as my mind skips over it when it's scanning for "superhero" films. Essentially a comic book-inspired remake of Taxi Driver.
DarkspineSonic
+1
Level 34
May 9, 2019
Yes, the marvel movies (not the x-men)

Definitely all four Avengers movies.

Jacktheguy
+1
Level 90
May 9, 2019
You guys think Endgame has a shot of beating Avatar for the #1 spot?
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
May 9, 2019
It definitely has a shot but the thing that kept Avatar and Titanic at the top for so long is that they both had incredible staying power. Titanic's opening weekend was something like 22 million dollars. But it was in theaters forever. (AMAZING that it took 22 YEARS for a non-Cameron film to sink the boat! even with inflation, 3D, and IMAX)
tschutzer
+1
Level 91
May 9, 2019
I think it will get past Avatar for global box office because international now accounts for a much larger percentage of box office than in 2009. As of today, it needs around $500M more to beat it, and that seems very achievable. What it won't beat, though, is the domestic box office record of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
May 9, 2019
Avatar made 72.7% of its box office overseas. Endgame so far has made 71.6% of its box office overseas. So I don't think that's why it has a shot at beating Avatar, even though Endgame's opening in China was incredible.

I think you're probably right that it won't beat The Force Awaken's domestic total. I doubt that any Star Wars movie will break that record, either, after Disney effectively killed the franchise.

kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Aug 2, 2019
well, it did it.
jmellor13
+2
Level 67
May 9, 2019
Incredible that Endgame is already #1 on this list and has cleared $2 billion. As I write this comment, that movie has only been in theaters for twelve days. That's insane.
Jorissie
+1
Level 90
May 9, 2019
Surprised to see that Captain America The First Avengers and Batman Begins are not in this list!
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
May 9, 2019
they didn't make enough money
Chronikhiles
+1
Level 49
May 9, 2019
Needs quite a few more type in. If GOTG is accepted, BVS certainly should be.
RobNobody
+2
Level 78
May 9, 2019
I still think that either Big Hero 6 should be added (based on a Marvel comic, albeit loosely, made $657 million internationally), or there should be a note that this is only for live-action films.
IsleAuHaulte
+3
Level 89
May 10, 2019
Leave it to nerd movies to have more comments and debate than anything else.
camus
+6
Level 78
May 10, 2019
Imagine a quiz about a religious superhero movie set in Cyprus. Jetpunk would explode with comments.
Sifhraven
+3
Level 72
Jun 13, 2019
You forgot the tomato... wether it is fruit or vegatable.. Maybe the superhero is supertomato? Big and red :)
camus
+2
Level 78
May 10, 2019
I'm trying to make sense of what a "nerd movie" is. It could be anything ranging from a Hollywood classic to any non-American movie to low-budget independent dramas to obscure exploitation flicks. In fact these are more "nerdy" than superhero stuff, given that Marvel is the most mass-appealing thing in cinema right now.
Sifhraven
+3
Level 72
Jun 13, 2019
Nerd has gotten mainstream
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
May 11, 2019
Nerds are basically people who get really invested in something and so learn a lot about it. There are history nerds, geography nerds, fantasy or sci-fi nerds, comic book nerds, tech nerds, gaming nerds, movie nerds, sports nerds, music nerds, fashion nerds, and people who are deeply religious I would describe as nerds, as well. All the same type of people they just nerd out about different stuff. And, of course, these are the sort of people who come to trivia websites. Not surprising to find any of these types here.

However, this quiz has far fewer comments than many other quizzes, so, was there some special reason you felt the need to be condescending here, even if it meant stating something that's obviously not even true? The Countries of the World quiz has 1003 "recent" comments.

Sifhraven
+3
Level 72
Jun 13, 2019
I dont see him being condescending... And there are not that many quizzes that have over 200 comments..
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Aug 26, 2019
He leaves condescending comments on quizzes about popular movies all the time. He obviously thinks very little of these films or the people who enjoy them. If you haven't seen it you're not paying attention. And "very few" is still more none. This quiz does not have more comments than any other.
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 89
Mar 25, 2022
3 years later I got like 6% right.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Mar 26, 2022
proving definitively your mastery over the subject and the value contained in the many comments you've left sharing your expertise.
Algernon
+2
Level 73
May 17, 2019
"Winter solider" not acceptable as a type in?

There are A LOT of very samey films on that list. The plots are very generic. But, I guess people must like them, if they keep going to see them. Each to their own.

kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
May 19, 2019
What's a "solider?"
loganite
+2
Level 89
Mar 25, 2022
The opposite of a liquider? ;)
Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
Jun 13, 2019
I couldnt remember any of the xmen titles... looks like I am not the only one though..
RobNobody
+4
Level 78
Sep 7, 2019
Next update will have to include Spider-Man: Far from Home in the top 10, as it's made about $1.13 billion. And I'm still pulling for Big Hero 6 to be included!
ninjastar9
+1
Level 57
Mar 23, 2020
I can't believe I forgot about the X-Men...
AntiMatter8192
+2
Level 68
Mar 23, 2020
I wonder, how about supervillians like the Joker?
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 69
Apr 10, 2020
Only missed Logan and Venom. Got all the other X-Men ones
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 69
Apr 10, 2020
Sad how barely half got Deadpool
undeadwarrior
+1
Level 64
Aug 6, 2020
I can't believe that Batman Begins didn't make the cut! It was one of the best modern superhero movies that has been made in the last 20 years!
pinkysbrain
+2
Level 84
Aug 29, 2020
leave out the Dark Knight + D K rises and this could be a list of the worst movies ever , when will this glut of teeny superhero movies end , the bottom of the barrel must surely have been scraped with aquaman and antman . Is there no imagination left in Hollywood anymore.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Sep 10, 2020
I got bored with Aquaman but I thought Ant-Man was fun. Endgame was an unprecedented cinematic achievement, nothing like it before has ever been done or even attempted (10 years of blockbuster films with distinct but intertwining stories all culminating in two massive event films, what a payoff!), and it was executed so damn well, too. The Russo Brothers, Waititi, Favreau, Whedon, Branaugh, Nolan, Burton... these are some of the most talented filmmakers alive today. And Hollywood has always been pretty derivative, but, you're using these movies as an example of "no imagination?" That's actually kind of funny. I wonder if Stan Lee ever got accused of having no imagination.
pinkysbrain
+1
Level 84
Sep 13, 2020
You misunderstood what I meant .Stan Lee had a great imagination , some of his comic book stuff is great some average some bad .What I meant was Hollywood for the last while seems to concentrate on superhero stuff .there is a lack of variety in mainstream movie making. If you want to see want can be done using comics as a source the Sin City movies are a great example the first one is a classic. and the best superhero (if Batman can be classed as a super hero )adaptation was the wonderful Batman animated series with Mark Hamill voicing the joker.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Mar 7, 2021
well they like to make money.
Mair30
+1
Level 24
Jan 3, 2021
Lol I totally forgot about Antman, just like in endgame.
Animallover24678
+1
Level 15
Mar 4, 2021
LOL
Animallover24678
+1
Level 15
Mar 4, 2021
I like how every single mcu movie is on there (except the hulk)
RobNobody
+2
Level 78
Mar 18, 2021
Not quite! Captain America: The First Avenger isn't on there, either. Nor is Spider-Man: Far From Home, but that one's just because the quiz hasn't been updated to include it, because it definitely made enough to be here.
RobNobody
+1
Level 78
Mar 18, 2021
Man, really goes to show what a monster hit the 1989 Batman was that it still makes the list even without adjusting for over 30 years of inflation.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
May 6, 2021
Even more impressive: 1978's Superman used to be on this quiz before getting pushed off just a few years ago.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Mar 21, 2022
Though now both are gone.
RobNobody
+1
Level 78
Mar 25, 2022
Yup, now the oldest movie on the list is 2002's Spider-Man. Actually, the three movies in Raimi's trilogy are together the three oldest movies on here.
QuizMaster126
+2
Level 46
May 17, 2021
So I completely forgot that the X-Men movies existed....
tschutzer
+1
Level 91
Jun 18, 2021
Disney is hoping that everyone does so as soon as possible.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Jul 24, 2021
Not necessarily. What with the finale of Loki... and all the stuff that has leaked about the next Spider-Man movie... it seems like Phase 4 of the MCU is going full-on multiverse and I assume what that means is that in the MCU.. or... MCM, rather... all of these different comic book movies exist simultaneously, but those not officially canon in the MCU could now be considered as having happened in some alternate reality (or branching timeline) of the multiverse. Evan Peters showing up in WandaVision I think is another nod to this being a fact, and Deadpool is going to be showing up in the MCU, or in some MCU-adjacent film, at some point, too. I won't say what is all-but-officially-confirmed to be in Spider-Man No Way Home, in case people are trying to avoid spoilers, but I think whenever it comes out, the above theory will be shown as accurate.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Mar 26, 2022
the recent Dr. Strange trailer, with teases of the Illuminati, making my above comment even more right...
BFGeography
+2
Level 60
Aug 15, 2021
tfw no Howard the Duck (1986) :(
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Nov 15, 2021
very underrated movie
HollowYT
+2
Level 48
Oct 26, 2021
You should accept the first avenger for captain America 1
RobNobody
+1
Level 78
Mar 25, 2022
Why? It's not even an answer, not even at the time you made this comment.
3nchiladas
+1
Level 69
Mar 27, 2022
Someone doesn't know how to use google
TheKaminator
+2
Level 36
Mar 10, 2022
You needs to put Spider-Man: No Way Home on the list
realhenryb
+10
Level 96
Mar 18, 2022
Spider-Man Far From Home should be on here
LAP3UNC
+10
Level 85
Mar 18, 2022
Far From Home? It's a top 25 $$$$ movie of all time.
DarthKnight
+7
Level 80
Mar 18, 2022
WHERES FAR FROM HOME!?!?!?!?!? (plz)
kalbahamut
+4
Level 81
Mar 21, 2022
As pointed out, you're missing Far From Home. And you still haven't fixed the fact that Big Hero 6 is omitted and there's no caveat discounting animated films.
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Mar 25, 2022
Made clear live-action is needed - big hero 6 was the only possibility (but also is not often considered dc / marvel).

Also added Far From Home, not sure why QM missed this one.

kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Mar 25, 2022
but when a single word caveat eliminates the controversy, why not
RobNobody
+2
Level 78
Mar 25, 2022
Why wouldn't it count? I mean, the point is moot since the "live-action" caveat was finally added, but Big Hero 6 was based on a main-continuity (though admittedly obscure) Marvel superhero comic. It even had Stan Lee in it!
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Mar 26, 2022
because if QM doesn't know about something it is assumed that nobody else does, either.
cmr0
+1
Level 71
Mar 25, 2022
Far from home dude
WelshWizard
+5
Level 85
Mar 25, 2022
Absolutely astounded that Aquaman did as well as that.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Mar 25, 2022
indeed. Aggressively mediocre movie.
AlexDixon
+1
Level 37
Mar 28, 2022
especially since Shazam, which in my opinion stands out as the only great dceu movie, didnt make the list
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Apr 6, 2022
Just my own opinion but... Batman v. Superman > Man of Steel > THE Suicide Squad > Shazam! > Wonder Woman > Zack Snyder's Justice League > who cares all the rest were terrible. Though Aquaman may have been the least terrible of the terrible ones. Possibly even better than the Snyder cut of Justice League... which was better than the horrendous theatrical cut in some ways, but also worse in other ways, and still not actually a good movie.
flatcap
+2
Level 36
Jun 9, 2022
why are there supervillain/villain movies in this?

i clearly remember the title saying superhero movies

Espere
+2
Level 22
Jun 9, 2022
Where is Morbius ??! 1!1111?!/1/!
nick270502
+2
Level 55
Dec 8, 2022
other people have probably commented this but joker should not be incuded on this list. not a criticism of quizmaker as technically it is of course, but i think everyone knows that it's not.l
AJFSPPRDRTYTS
+1
Level 37
Dec 8, 2022
Surprised that none of the Superman movies are on here.
IamTheSam
+1
Level 43
Jun 15, 2023
There are some baaaad movies on here. Hang your head in shame if you paid money to put Thor 2 & 4, Iron Man 2 & 3, or those Avenger movies on the list.
Lambdaspicot
+1
Level 53
Mar 9, 2024
All Avengers movies are considered pretty good, especially Infinity War

Iron Man 3 was good in my opinion

But Iron Man 2, Thor 2 and 4, Captain Marvel, Far from Home, No way Home... holy those are garbage

MashedTomatoes
+2
Level 23
Jul 26, 2023
The Joker isnt a super hero movie
SDN
+1
Level 19
Sep 6, 2024
some of these movies didnt deserve to make that much money
SDN
+1
Level 19
Oct 3, 2024
like suicide squad justice lague and dark world
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