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.
Originally published March 24, 2016. Updated April 15, 2018.
