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Comic Book Adaptation 1978-Present Total Grosses Opening Weekends Rows: #1-100, #101-112 Row Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1 1 Marvel's The Avengers BV $623,357,910 4,349 $207,438,708 4,349 5/4/12 2 6 Iron Man 3 BV $340,868,034 4,253 $174,144,585 4,253 5/3/13 3 3 The Dark Knight Rises WB $448,139,099 4,404 $160,887,295 4,404 7/20/12 4 2 The Dark Knight WB $534,858,444 4,366 $158,411,483 4,366 7/18/08 5 7 Spider-Man 3 Sony $336,530,303 4,324 $151,116,516 4,252 5/4/07 6 9 Iron Man 2 Par. $312,433,331 4,390 $128,122,480 4,380 5/7/10 7 4 Spider-Man Sony $403,706,375 3,876 $114,844,116 3,615 5/3/02 8 13 X-Men: The Last Stand Fox $234,362,462 3,714 $102,750,665 3,690 5/26/06 9 8 Iron Man Par. $318,412,101 4,154 $98,618,668 4,105 5/2/08 10 5 Spider-Man 2 Sony $373,585,825 4,166 $88,156,227 4,152 6/30/04 11 14 X2: X-Men United Fox $214,949,694 3,749 $85,558,731 3,741 5/2/03 12 21 X-Men Origins: Wolverine Fox $179,883,157 4,102 $85,058,003 4,099 5/1/09 13 15 300 WB $210,614,939 3,280 $70,885,301 3,103 3/9/07 14 20 Thor Par. $181,030,624 3,963 $65,723,338 3,955 5/6/11 15 23 Captain America: The First Avenger Par. $176,654,505 3,715 $65,058,524 3,715 7/22/11 16 32 Hulk Uni. $132,177,234 3,674 $62,128,420 3,660 6/20/03 17 10 The Amazing Spider-Man Sony $262,030,663 4,318 $62,004,688 4,318 7/3/12 18 33 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Fox $131,921,738 3,963 $58,051,684 3,959 6/15/07 19 26 Fantastic Four Fox $154,696,080 3,619 $56,061,504 3,602 7/8/05 20 29 The Incredible Hulk Uni. $134,806,913 3,508 $55,414,050 3,505 6/13/08 21 38 Watchmen WB $107,509,799 3,611 $55,214,334 3,611 3/6/09 22 27 X-Men: First Class Fox $146,408,305 3,692 $55,101,604 3,641 6/3/11 23 22 MIB 3 Sony $179,020,854 4,248 $54,592,779 4,248 5/25/12 24 25 X-Men Fox $157,299,717 3,112 $54,471,475 3,025 7/14/00 25 35 Green Lantern WB $116,601,172 3,816 $53,174,303 3,816 6/17/11 26 19 Batman Forever WB $184,031,112 2,893 $52,784,433 2,842 6/16/95 27 17 Superman Returns WB $200,081,192 4,065 $52,535,096 4,065 6/28/06 28 18 Men in Black II Sony $190,418,803 3,641 $52,148,751 3,557 7/3/02 29 12 Men in Black Sony $250,690,539 3,180 $51,068,455 3,020 7/2/97 30 30 Wanted Uni. $134,508,551 3,185 $50,927,085 3,175 6/27/08 31 16 Batman Begins WB $206,852,432 3,858 $48,745,440 3,858 6/15/05 32 24 Batman Returns WB $162,831,698 2,644 $45,687,711 2,644 6/19/92 33 36 Ghost Rider Sony $115,802,596 3,620 $45,388,836 3,619 2/16/07 34 39 Batman and Robin WB $107,325,195 2,942 $42,872,605 2,934 6/20/97 35 11 Batman WB $251,188,924 2,201 $40,489,746 2,194 6/23/89 36 42 Daredevil Fox $102,543,518 3,474 $40,310,419 3,471 2/14/03 37 47 Oblivion Uni. $85,846,605 3,792 $37,054,485 3,783 4/19/13 38 44 Cowboys & Aliens Uni. $100,240,551 3,754 $36,431,290 3,750 7/29/11 39 51 Hellboy II: The Golden Army Uni. $75,986,503 3,212 $34,539,115 3,204 7/11/08 40 45 The Green Hornet Sony $98,780,042 3,584 $33,526,876 3,584 1/14/11 41 48 Blade II NL $82,348,319 2,707 $32,528,016 2,707 3/22/02 42 52 Constantine WB $75,976,178 3,006 $29,769,098 3,006 2/18/05 43 53 Sin City Dim. $74,103,820 3,230 $29,120,273 3,230 4/1/05 44 54 V for Vendetta WB $70,511,035 3,365 $25,642,340 3,365 3/17/06 45 28 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles NL $135,265,915 2,377 $25,398,367 2,006 3/30/90 46 61 TMNT WB $54,149,098 3,120 $24,255,205 3,110 3/23/07 47 58 Hellboy SonR $59,623,958 3,043 $23,172,440 3,028 4/2/04 48 34 The Mask NL $119,938,730 2,516 $23,117,068 2,360 7/29/94 49 56 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Fox $66,465,204 3,002 $23,075,892 3,002 7/11/03 50 41 Dick Tracy BV $103,738,726 2,332 $22,543,911 2,332 6/15/90 51 63 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Sony $51,774,002 3,174 $22,115,334 3,174 2/17/12 52 40 Road to Perdition DW $104,454,762 2,332 $22,079,481 1,797 7/12/02 53 46 Red Sum. $90,380,162 3,349 $21,761,408 3,255 10/15/10 54 49 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II NL $78,656,813 2,868 $20,030,473 2,868 3/22/91 55 67 Kick-Ass LGF $48,071,303 3,065 $19,828,687 3,065 4/16/10 56 60 Spawn NL $54,870,175 2,604 $19,738,749 2,536 8/1/97 57 55 Blade NL $70,087,718 2,389 $17,073,856 2,322 8/21/98 58 43 Casper Uni. $100,328,194 2,757 $16,840,385 2,714 5/26/95 59 71 Catwoman WB $40,202,379 3,117 $16,728,411 3,117 7/23/04 60 62 Blade: Trinity NL $52,411,906 2,912 $16,061,271 2,912 12/8/04 61 72 30 Days of Night Sony $39,568,996 2,859 $15,951,902 2,855 10/19/07 62 82 Priest SGem $29,136,626 2,864 $14,953,664 2,864 5/13/11 63 73 Surrogates BV $38,577,772 2,992 $14,902,692 2,951 9/25/09 64 37 Superman II WB $108,185,706 1,878 $14,100,523 1,397 6/19/81 65 76 The Punisher Lions $33,810,189 2,649 $13,834,527 2,649 4/16/04 66 57 Superman III WB $59,950,623 1,763 $13,352,357 1,759 6/17/83 67 84 Elektra Fox $24,409,722 3,204 $12,804,793 3,204 1/14/05 68 70 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III NL $42,273,609 2,087 $12,419,597 2,087 3/19/93 69 75 Judge Dredd BV $34,693,481 2,204 $12,291,536 2,204 6/30/95 70 69 Timecop Uni. $44,853,581 2,274 $12,064,625 2,228 9/16/94 71 65 The Crow Mira. $50,693,129 2,119 $11,774,332 1,573 5/13/94 72 77 The Shadow Uni. $32,063,435 1,769 $11,713,845 1,677 7/1/94 73 78 From Hell Fox $31,602,566 2,334 $11,014,818 2,305 10/19/01 74 79 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Uni. $31,524,275 2,820 $10,609,795 2,818 8/13/10 75 81 Mystery Men Uni. $29,762,011 2,142 $10,017,865 2,136 8/6/99 76 89 The Crow: City of Angels Mira. $17,917,287 2,423 $9,785,111 2,423 8/30/96 77 50 The Adventures of Tintin Par. $77,591,831 3,087 $9,720,993 3,087 12/21/11 78 68 The Rocketeer BV $46,704,056 1,903 $9,600,754 1,616 6/21/91 79 85 The Losers WB $23,591,432 2,936 $9,406,348 2,936 4/23/10 80 64 Dennis the Menace WB $51,270,765 2,085 $9,331,139 2,085 6/25/93 81 86 Bulletproof Monk MGM $23,358,708 2,955 $8,653,542 2,955 4/16/03 82 31 Superman WB $134,218,018 817 $7,465,343 508 12/15/78 83 88 The Spirit LGF $19,806,188 2,509 $6,463,278 2,509 12/25/08 84 66 Popeye Par. $49,823,037 901 $6,310,520 901 12/12/80 85 96 Dredd LGF $13,414,714 2,557 $6,278,491 2,506 9/21/12 86 95 Virus Uni. $14,036,005 2,018 $6,013,640 2,018 1/15/99 87 74 Richie Rich WB $38,087,756 1,761 $5,830,302 1,748 12/21/94 88 93 Supergirl TriS $14,296,438 1,620 $5,738,249 1,608 11/21/84 89 92 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace WB $15,681,020 1,511 $5,683,122 1,511 7/24/87 90 97 Jonah Hex WB $10,547,117 2,825 $5,379,365 2,825 6/18/10 91 90 The Phantom Par. $17,323,326 2,163 $5,072,346 2,159 6/7/96 92 91 Howard the Duck Uni. $16,295,774 1,563 $5,070,136 1,554 8/1/86 93 94 Josie and the Pussycats Uni. $14,271,015 2,558 $4,562,455 2,556 4/11/01 94 98 Bullet to the Head WB $9,489,829 2,404 $4,548,201 2,404 2/1/13 95 99 Punisher: War Zone LGF $8,050,977 2,508 $4,271,451 2,508 12/5/08 96 83 Flash Gordon Uni. $27,107,960 - $3,934,030 823 12/5/80 97 102 Sheena Col. $5,778,353 1,496 $2,950,114 1,496 8/17/84 98 104 Tank Girl MGM $4,064,495 1,363 $2,018,183 1,341 3/31/95 99 105 Barb Wire Gram. $3,793,614 1,312 $1,844,426 1,312 5/3/96 100 103 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm WB $5,617,391 1,506 $1,189,975 1,506 12/25/93 TOTAL (All Movies): $11,632,578,683 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $105,750,715 2,700 $34,369,605 2,681 - TOTAL (Wide Releases Only): $11,591,613,190 - - - - AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only): $111,457,819 2,846 $36,975,180 2,837 - Rows: #1-100, #101-112 Total Grosses Opening Weekends If there are any movies that you think should be on this list, e-mail us at mail@boxofficemojo.com.

UPCOMING RELEASES Title (click to view) Studio Release Date Man of Steel WB 6/14/13 R.I.P.D. Uni. 7/19/13 Red 2 LG/S 7/19/13 The Wolverine Fox 7/26/13 2 Guns Uni. 8/2/13 Kick-Ass 2 Uni. 8/16/13 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For W/Dim. 10/4/13 Thor: The Dark World BV 11/8/13 I, Frankenstein LGF 1/24/14 300: Rise of An Empire WB 3/7/14 Captain America: The Winter Soldier BV 4/4/14 The Amazing Spider-Man #2 (3D) Sony 5/2/14 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) Par. 6/6/14 X-Men: Days of Future Past Fox 7/18/14 Guardians of the Galaxy BV 8/1/14 The Secret Service Fox 11/14/14 Popeye (2014) Sony 2015 The Fantastic Four Fox 3/6/15 Marvel's The Avengers Untitled Sequel BV 5/1/15 Ant-Man BV 11/6/15