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Highest Grossing Superhero Movies of All-Time

March 24, 2016 by Luke Owen

Luke Owen keeps track of the highest grossing superhero movies of all-time…

 

Still to come in 2017: Wonder Woman, Justice League, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Thor: Ragnarok.

NOTE: You can debate what classifies as a ‘superhero’ in the comments section at the bottom of the page. We’re happy to take feedback on board and add any in you feel we missed. Our Editor-in-Chief doesn’t think the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are superheros, but I think they are. See – it’s all up for debate!

# Title Domestic total
1 The Avengers $623,357,910
2 The Dark Knight $533,345,358
3 Avengers: Age of Ultron $459,005,868
4 The Dark Knight Rises $448,139,099
5 Iron Man 3 $409,013,994
6 Captain America Civil War $408,084,349
7 Spider-Man $403,706,375
8 Spider-Man 2 $373,585,825
9 Deadpool $363,070,709
10 Spider-Man 3 $336,530,303
11 Guardians of the Galaxy $333,176,600
12 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice $330,360,194
13 Suicide Squad $324,700,206
14 Iron Man $318,412,101
15 Iron Man 2 $312,433,331
16 Man of Steel $291,045,518
17 The Amazing Spider-Man $262,030,663
18 Captain America: The Winter Solider $259,766,572
19 Batman $251,188,924
20 X-Men: The Last Stand $234,362,462
21 X-Men: Days of Future Past $233,921,534
22 Logan $224,508,170
23 Big Hero 6 $222,527,828
24 X2: X-Men United $214,949,694
25 Thor: The Dark World $206,362,140
26 Batman Begins $205,343,774
27 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 $202,853,933
28 Superman Returns $200,081,192
29 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) $191,204,754
30 Doctor Strange $186,238,475
31 Batman Forever $184,031,112
32 Thor $181,030,624
33 Ant-Man $180,202,163
34 X-Men Origins: Wolverine $179,883,157
35 Captain America: The First Avenger $176,654,505
36 Batman Returns $162,831,698
37 X-Men $157,299,717
38 Fantastic Four (2005) $154,696,080
39 X-Men: Apocalypse $155,442,489
40 X-Men: First Class $146,408,305

And here’s the worldwide grosses…

# Title Worldwide total
1 The Avengers $1,519,557,910
2 Avengers: Age of Ultron $1,405,413,868
3 Iron Man 3 $1,215,439,994
4 Captain America: Civil War $1,153,293,700
5 The Dark Knight Rises $1,084,939,099
6 The Dark Knight $1,004,558,444
7 Spider-Man 3 $890,871,626
8 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice $873,260,194
9 Spider-Man $821,708,551
10 Spider-Man 2 $783,766,341
11 Deadpool $782,612,155
12 Guardians of the Galaxy $773,312,399
13 The Amazing Spider-Man $757,930,663
14 X-Men: Days of Future Past $747,862,775
15 Suicide Squad $745,200,206
16 Captain America: The Winter Solider $714,421,503
17 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 $708,982,323
18 Man of Steel $668,045,518
19 Big Hero 6 $657,818,612
20 Thor: The Dark World $644,602,516
21 Iron Man 2 $623,933,331
22 Logan $607,741,658
23 Iron Man $585,174,222
24 Doctor Strange $576,700,769
25 X-Men: Apocalypse $528,954,059
26 Ant-Man $519,445,163
27 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) $493,333,584
28 X-Men: The Last Stand $459,359,555
29 Thor $449,326,618
30 The Wolverine $414,828,246
31 Batman $411,348,924
32 X2: X-Men United $407,711,549
33 Superman Returns $391,081,192
34 Batman Begins $374,218,673
35 X-Men Origins: Wolverine $373,062,864
36 Captain America: The First Avenger $370,569,774
37 X-Men: First Class $353,624,124
38 Batman Forever $157,299,717
39 Fantastic Four (2005) $330,579,719
40 Superman: The Motion Picture $300,218,018

Updates:

  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 opened to $106 million worldwide, and will be a part of this list when its released domestically next week.

Luke Owen is the Deputy Editor of Flickering Myth and the co-host of The Flickering Myth Podcast. You can follow him on Twitter @ThisisLukeOwen.

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News, US Box Office Tagged With: Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, DC, DC Extended Universe, Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Iron Man 3, Logan, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, X-Men, X-Men: Apocalypse

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