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This is a list of superhero films produced by American film studios by year to the present.
Contents
1 Live-action
2 Animated
3 See also
4 References
Live-action
Year
1951
Film
Superman and the
Mole Men
1978
DC Comics
Director
Lee Sholem
Distributor
Worldwide
Gross
DC Comics
20th Century
Fox
Original
Frank Packard
Mirror
Releasing
Superman
DC Comics
Dr. Strange
MCA Home
Video
Notes
Based on
Adventures
of Superman
TV series
Lippert
Pictures Inc.
Leslie H.
Martinson
1966 Batman
1977
Publisher
$1,700,000
(est.
US/ Canada
rentals)[1]
Based on
Batman TV
series
$300,218,018
Television film
Based on the
Television film rock band
Kiss
Captain America
CBS
Television film
CBS
Sequel to
1979's
Television film Captain
America
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Superman II
DC Comics
Richard Lester
Original
1981 Condorman
Original
Charles Jarrott
Walt Disney
Pictures
$287,434
DC Comics
Wes Craven
Embassy
Pictures
$287,434
1980
Hero at Large
Supergirl
DC Comics
Richard Lester
DC Comics
TriStar
Jeannot Szwarc Pictures,
Warner Bros.
1984
The Toxic Avenger Original
1986 Howard the Duck
Superman IV: The
1987
Quest for Peace
DC Comics
The Return of
Swamp Thing
The Punisher
Teenage Mutant
Lloyd Kaufman
Batman
Warner Bros.
Sequel to
$108,185,706 1978's
Superman
DC Comics
DC Comics
Sidney J. Furie
Lloyd Kaufman
Troma
Entertainment,
Universal
Pictures
Warner Bros.
Troma
Entertainment,
$70,656,090
Sequel to
1980's
Superman II
$14,296,438
Spin-off to
1978's
Superman
$800,000
$37,962,774
$15,681,020
$792,966
Sequel to
1989's The
Toxic
Avenger Part
II
Troma
Entertainment,
$363,561
Tim Burton
Warner Bros.
$411,348,924
Jim Wynorski
Millimeter
Films
Artisan
Entertainment
New Line
Sequel to
1983's
Superman III
Sequel to
1984's The
Toxic
Avenger
Lloyd Kaufman
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Warner Bros.
$15,934,737
$192,816
Sequel to
1982's
Swamp Thing
$287,434
Direct-tovideo in North
America
$201,965,915
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Ninja Turtles
1990 Darkman
Captain America
1991
Cinema
Original
Sam Raimi
Universal
Studios
21st Century
Film
Corporation
Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles II:
The Secret of the
Ooze
Mirage Comics
Michael
Pressman
New Line
Cinema
The Guyver
Chuang Yi
Publishing
Steve Wang
New Line
Cinema
The Rocketeer
Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles III
DC Comics
Tim Burton
$48,878,502
$675,437
$78,656,813
Walt Disney
Pictures
$62,000,000
Warner Bros.
Sequel to
$266,822,354 1989's
Batman
New Line
Cinema
$42,273,609
MetroGoldwynMayer
$8,023,147
Constantin
Film
Unreleased
The Crow
Miramax
Films
$144,693,129
Blankman
Original
Mike Binder
Columbia
Pictures
$7,941,977
Street and
Smith
Publications
$48,063,435
Dark Horse
Comics
Chuck Russell
New Line
Cinema
$351,583,407
Steve Wang
New Line
Cinema
1993
The Meteor Man
The Mask
Original
Chuang Yi
Guyver: Dark Hero
Publishing
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Robert
Townsend
Sequel to
1990's
Teenage
Mutant Ninja
Turtles
Sequel to
1991's
Teenage
Mutant Ninja
Turtles II
Sequel to
1991's The
Guyver
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1995
Batman Forever
DC Comics
Judge Dredd
IPC Media
Danny Cannon
Hollywood
Pictures
Tank Girl
Dark Horse
Comics
Rachel Talalay
United Artists
Sequel to
1992's
$336,529,844
Batman
Returns
$113,493,481
$4,064,495
Based on
Mighty
Morphin
Power
Rangers TV
series/
Characters
created by
Saban
Entertainment
Mighty Morphin
Power Rangers:
The Movie
Original
Bryan Spicer
20th Century
Fox
$66,433,194
Black Scorpion
Original
Jonathan
Winfrey
Showtime
Television film
Bradford May
Universal
Studios
Sequel to
Direct-to-video 1990's
Darkman
Original
Miramax
Films
$17,917,287
Barb Wire
Dark Horse
Comics
David Hogan
Universal
Studios
$3,793,614
Original
David DeCoteau
HIT
Entertainment
The Phantom
Various
Simon Wincer
Paramount
Pictures
1996
Original
Bradford May
Original
Jonathan
Winfrey
Sequel to
1994's The
Crow
$17,323,326
Universal
Studios
Sequel to
1995's
Direct-to-video Darkman II:
The Return of
Durant
Showtime
Sequel to
Television film 1995's Black
Scorpion
Sequel to
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DC Comics
$238,207,122
Spawn
Image Comics
Mark A.Z.
Dippe
$87,840,042
Steel
DC Comics
Star Kid
Original
Manny Coto
Trimark
Pictures
1998 Blade
Marvel Comics
Stephen
Norrington
New Line
Cinema
$131,183,530
Dark Horse
Comics
Kinka Usher
Universal
Pictures
$33,461,011
1997
The Crow:
Salvation
Dimension
Films
X-Men
20th Century
Fox
Lloyd Kaufman
Troma
Entertainment,
The Specials
Original
Craig Mazin
Regent
Entertainment
Unbreakable
Original
M. Night
Shyamalan
Blade II
Marvel Comics
Guillermo del
Toro
Spider-Man
Daredevil
Marvel Comics
$1,710,972
$7,029,025
Comedy film
Sequel to
1996's The
Crow: City of
Angels
$296,339,527
Sequel to
1989's The
Toxic
Avenger Part
III: The Last
Temptation
of Toxie
$13,276
Comedy film
Touchstone
Pictures
$248,118,121
Psychological
thriller
New Line
Cinema
$155,010,032
Sequel to
1998's Blade
Columbia
Pictures
$821,708,551
Mark Steven
Johnson
20th Century
Fox
$179,179,718
20th Century
Fox
$407,711,549
Hulk
Universal
Studios
$245,360,480
2002
2003
New Line
Cinema
1995's
Batman
Forever
Sequel to
2000's X-Men
The League of
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2004
Extraordinary
Gentlemen
WildStorm/DC Stephen
Comics
Norrington
20th Century
Fox
Hellboy
Dark Horse
Comics
Columbia
Pictures
The Punisher
Jonathan
Marvel Comics
Hensleigh
Lionsgate
$54,700,105
Spider-Man 2
Columbia
Pictures
Sequel to
$783,766,341 2002's
Spider-Man
Catwoman
DC Comics
Warner Bros.
$82,102,379
Blade: Trinity
New Line
Marvel Comics David S. Goyer
Cinema
Guillermo del
Toro
Pitof
Elektra
20th Century
Fox
Constantine
DC
Francis
Comics/Vertigo Lawrence
Warner Bros.
$179,265,204
$99,318,987
Reboot of The
Punisher film
franchise
Sequel to
$128,905,366 2002's Blade
II
$56,681,566
$230,884,728
Spin-off to
2003's
Daredevil
Dimension
Films
Sequel to
2000's The
Crow:
Salvation
Dark Horse
Comics
Lawrence
Guterman
New Line
Cinema
$57,552,641
Sequel to
1994's The
Mask
Original
Robert
Rodriguez
Dimension
Films/
Columbia
Pictures
$69,425,967
Comedy,
family film
Batman Begins
DC Comics
Christopher
Nolan
Warner Bros.
Reboot of the
$374,218,673 Batman film
franchise
Fantastic Four
20th Century
Fox
$330,579,719
Man-Thing
Cinemax
Direct-to-video
Sky High
Original
Walt Disney
Pictures
V for Vendetta
DC
James McTeigue Warner Bros.
Comics/Vertigo
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Mike Mitchell
$86,369,815
Comedy,
family film
$132,511,035
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DC Comics
Bryan Singer
Warner Bros.
Lightspeed
Original
Don E.
FauntLeRoy
Nu Image
Films
Direct-to-video
Zoom
Original
Peter Hewitt
Sony Pictures
$12,506,188
Ghost Rider
Marvel Comics
Mark Steven
Johnson
Columbia
Pictures
$228,738,393
Columbia
Pictures
Sequel to
$890,871,626 2004's
Spider-Man 2
20th Century
Fox
Sequel to
2005's
$289,047,763
Fantastic
Four
Frederik Du
Chau
Walt Disney
Pictures
$65,270,477
Craig Mazin
MetroGoldwynMayer
$71,237,351
Spider-Man 3
2008
Sequel to
$459,359,555 2003's X2: XMen United
Alternative
sequel to
$391,081,192
1980's
Superman II
2007
20th Century
Fox
Fantastic Four:
Rise of the Silver
Surfer
Underdog
Various
Created by
Stan Lee
Superhero Movie
Original
Iron Man
Paramount
Pictures
$585,174,222
Wanted
Top Cow
Productions
Timur
Bekmambetov
Universal
Pictures
$341,433,252
Universal
Studios
Reboot of the
$263,427,551 Hulk film
franchise
Hancock
Original
Peter Berg
Columbia
Pictures
$624,386,746
Dark Horse
Comics
Guillermo del
Toro
Universal
Studios
Sequel to
$160,388,063 2004's
Hellboy
Christopher
Nolan
Sequel to
2005's
Warner Bros. $1,004,558,444
Batman
Begins
DC Comics
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Spoof film
Comedydrama
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Lionsgate
$10,100,036
The Spirit
DC Comics
Frank Miller
Lionsgate
$39,031,337
Watchmen
DC Comics
Zack Snyder
Warner Bros.
$185,258,983
Push
Original
Paul McGuigan
Summit
Entertainment
$48,808,215
20th Century
Fox
Prequel to the
$373,062,864 X-Men film
trilogy
X-Men Origins:
2009 Wolverine
2010
2011
Reboot of The
Punisher film
franchise
Sony
Pictures,
Peter Stebbings
Darius Films,
Alliance Films
Defendor
Original
Kick-Ass
Icon
Comics/Marvel Matthew Vaughn Lionsgate
Comics
Super
Original
James Gunn
Iron Man 2
Jonah Hex
DC Comics
Holyoke
Publishing/
Michel Gondry
NOW Comics
Thor
Marvel Comics
IFC Films /
StudioCanal
Paramount
Pictures
Kenneth
Branagh
$44,462
$96,188,903
$327,716
IFC's most
successful
VOD film so
far[2]
Sequel to
$623,933,331 2008's Iron
Man
$10,903,312
Columbia
Pictures
$227,817,248
Paramount
Pictures
$449,326,618
20th Century
X-Men: First Class Marvel Comics Matthew Vaughn
Fox
Prequel to the
$353,624,124 X-Men film
trilogy
Green Lantern
DC Comics
$219,851,172
Vs
Original
Jason Trost
Captain America:
The First Avenger
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Image
Entertainment
Paramount
Pictures
Reboot of the
Captain
$370,569,774
America film
franchise
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Original
Columbia
Marvel Comics Neveldine/Taylor
Pictures
The Avengers
Josh Trank
20th Century
Fox
Chronicle
Walt Disney
Studios
Motion
Pictures
Columbia
Pictures
2012
The Amazing
Spider-Man
Superhero
movie in the
$126,636,097
'foundfootage' genre
Sequel to
$132,563,930 2007's Ghost
Rider
In continuity
with 2008's
Iron Man and
The
Incredible
Hulk, 2010's
$1,518,594,910
Iron Man 2,
and 2011's
Thor and
Captain
America: The
First Avenger
Reboot of the
$752,216,557 Spider-Man
film franchise
DC Comics
Christopher
Nolan
Sequel to
Warner Bros. $1,084,439,099 2008's The
Dark Knight
Dredd
Rebellion
Pete Travis
Developments
Lionsgate
Reboot of the
Judge Dredd
film franchise
Walt Disney
Studios
Motion
Pictures
Iron Man 3
$35,626,525
Sequel to
$1,215,439,994 2010's Iron
Man 2
Man of Steel
DC Comics
Zack Snyder
Warner Bros.
Reboot of the
$668,045,518 Superman
film franchise
R.I.P.D.
Dark Horse
Comics
Robert
Schwentke
Universal
Pictures
$78,324,220
20th Century
Fox
Sequel to the
$414,828,246 X-Men film
trilogy
The Wolverine
2013
Universal
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Sequel to
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Kick-Ass 2
Super Buddies
Captain America:
The Winter Soldier
The Amazing
Spider-Man 2
2014
X-Men: Days of
Future Past
Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles
Guardians of the
Galaxy
Studios
Original
7th installment
Walt Disney
in the Air
Studios Home Direct to Video
Buddies
Entertainment
franchise
Robert Vince
Marvel Comics
Anthony and
Joseph Russo
Mirage Comics
Jonathan
Liebesman
Avengers: Age of
2015
Ultron
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Walt Disney
Studios
Motion
Pictures
$59,556,104
$629,972,697
2010's KickAss
Sequel to
2011's Thor
Walt Disney
Studios
Motion
Pictures
Sequel to
2011's
Captain
America: The
First Avenger
Columbia
Pictures
Sequel to
2012's The
Amazing
Spider-Man
20th Century
Fox
Sequel to
2011's XMen: First
Class and the
X-Men film
trilogy
Paramount
Pictures
Reboot of the
Teenage
Mutant Ninja
Turtles film
franchise
Walt Disney
Studios
Motion
Pictures
20th Century
Fox
Reboot of the
Fantastic
Four film
franchise
Walt Disney
Studios
Motion
Pictures
Sequel to
2012's The
Avengers
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Ant-Man
Walt Disney
Studios
Motion
Pictures
Walt Disney
Studios
Motion
Pictures
Sequel to
2014's
Captain
America: The
Winter
Soldier
Zack Snyder
Warner Bros.
Pictures
Crossover
team up with
Superman,
Batman and
Wonder
Woman;
sequel to
2013's Man
of Steel;
20th Century
Fox
Third Captain
America film
Untitled Man of
2016 Steel sequel
Marvel Comics
DC Comics
Anthony and
Joseph Russo
The Amazing
Spider-Man 3
Marvel Comics
Columbia
Pictures
Sequel to
2014's The
Amazing
Spider-Man 2
Untitled The
Wolverine sequel
Marvel Comics
20th Century
Fox
Sequel to The
Wolverine
20th Century
Fox
Sequel to the
reboot of the
Fantastic
Four film
franchise
Columbia
Pictures
Sequel to
2016's The
Amazing
Spider-Man 3
The Amazing
2018
Spider-Man 4[3]
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics
Animated
Year
Film
Publisher
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Distributor
Worldwide
Gross
Notes
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1993
Warner Bros.
$5,617,391
1998
DC Comics
Warner Bros.
Direct-tovideo
2000
Batman Beyond:
Return of the Joker
DC Comics
Warner Bros.
Direct-tovideo
2002
Warner Bros.
$16,426,471
2003
Batman: Mystery of
the Batwoman
DC Comics
Warner Bros.
Direct-tovideo
Original
Walt Disney
Pictures
DC Comics
Warner Bros.
Direct-tovideo
Hellboy: Sword of
Storms
Dark Horse
Comics
IDT
Entertainment
Direct-tovideo
Series
Ultimate Avengers
Marvel
Comics
Lionsgate
Direct-tovideo
Marvel Animation
Warner Bros.
Direct-tovideo
Lionsgate
Direct-tovideo
Marvel Animation/sequel to
Ultimate Avengers.
Warner Bros.
Direct-tovideo
2006
Superman: Brainiac
DC Comics
Attacks
Ultimate Avengers 2
Marvel
Comics
Mosaic
POW
Anchor Bay
Entertainment
Direct-tovideo
Marvel
Comics
Lionsgate
Direct-tovideo
Marvel Animation
Dark Horse
Comics
IDT
Entertainment
Direct-tovideo
Series
Mirage
Comics
Warner Bros.,
The Weinstein
Company
$95,608,995
2007 TMNT
The Condor
POW
Anchor Bay
Entertainment
Direct-tovideo
Lionsgate
Direct-tovideo
Marvel Animation
Superman:
Doomsday
Warner Bros.
Direct-tovideo
DC Comics
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2009
Direct-tovideo
Warner Bros.
Direct-tovideo
Next Avengers:
Marvel
Heroes of Tomorrow Comics
Lionsgate
Direct-tovideo
Marvel Animation
Hulk Vs
Marvel
Comics
Lionsgate
Direct-tovideo
Wonder Woman
DC Comics
Warner Bros.
Direct-tovideo
Warner Bros.
Direct-tovideo
Superman/Batman:
Public Enemies
DC Comics
Warner Bros.
Direct-tovideo
Planet Hulk
Marvel
Comics
Lionsgate
Direct-tovideo
Marvel Animation
Warner Bros.
Direct-tovideo
Warner Bros.
Direct-tovideo
Direct-tovideo
Batman: Gotham
Knight
DC Comics
Justice League:
DC Comics
Crisis on Two Earths
Batman: Under the
2010 Red Hood
2011
DC Comics
Warner Bros.
Superman/Batman:
Apocalypse
DC Comics
Warner Bros.
Megamind
Original
Paramount
Pictures
All-Star Superman
DC Comics
Warner Bros.
Direct-tovideo
Thor: Tales of
Asgard
Marvel
Comics
Lionsgate
Direct-tovideo
Marvel Animation
Green Lantern:
Emerald Knights
DC Comics
Warner Bros.
Direct-tovideo
DC Comics
Warner Bros.
Direct-tovideo
Justice League:
Doom
DC Comics
Warner Bros.
Direct-tovideo
DC Comics
Warner Bros.
Direct-tovideo
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Warner Bros.
Direct-tovideo
Warner Bros.
Direct-tovideo
Marvel
Comics
Sony Pictures
Entertainment
Direct-tovideo
Madhouse
Marvel
Comics
Marvel
Animation
Studios
Direct-tovideo
Marvel Animation
Warner Bros.
Direct-tovideo
Warner Bros.
Direct-tovideo
Warner Bros.
Direct-tovideo
Avengers
Confidential: Black
Widow & Punisher
Marvel
Comics
Sony Pictures
Entertainment
Direct-tovideo
Madhouse
DC Comics
Warner Bros.
Direct-tovideo
Marvel
Comics
Walt Disney
Pictures
Marvel
Animation
Studios
Marvel Animation
Direct-tovideo
Marvel Animation
See also
List of films based on English-language comics
References
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2. ^ Pond, Steve. "As VOD Explodes, a Flaw Exposed: You Can't Measure It"
(http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/and-top-vod-rental-who-knows-26214?page=0,2). The Wrap.
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3. ^ http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JoshWildingNewsAndReviews/news/?a=81740
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