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Superhero 1978-Present Total Grosses Opening Weekends Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1 Marvel's The Avengers BV $623,357,910 4,349 $207,438,708 4,349 5/4/12 2 The Dark Knight WB $534,858,444 4,366 $158,411,483 4,366 7/18/08 3 The Dark Knight Rises WB $448,139,099 4,404 $160,887,295 4,404 7/20/12 4 Spider-Man Sony $403,706,375 3,876 $114,844,116 3,615 5/3/02 5 Spider-Man 2 Sony $373,585,825 4,166 $88,156,227 4,152 6/30/04 6 Iron Man 3 BV $340,868,034 4,253 $174,144,585 4,253 5/3/13 7 Spider-Man 3 Sony $336,530,303 4,324 $151,116,516 4,252 5/4/07 8 Iron Man Par. $318,412,101 4,154 $98,618,668 4,105 5/2/08 9 Iron Man 2 Par. $312,433,331 4,390 $128,122,480 4,380 5/7/10 10 The Amazing Spider-Man Sony $262,030,663 4,318 $62,004,688 4,318 7/3/12 11 The Incredibles BV $261,441,092 3,933 $70,467,623 3,933 11/5/04 12 Batman WB $251,188,924 2,201 $40,489,746 2,194 6/23/89 13 X-Men: The Last Stand Fox $234,362,462 3,714 $102,750,665 3,690 5/26/06 14 Hancock Sony $227,946,274 3,965 $62,603,879 3,965 7/2/08 15 X2: X-Men United Fox $214,949,694 3,749 $85,558,731 3,741 5/2/03 16 Batman Begins WB $206,852,432 3,858 $48,745,440 3,858 6/15/05 17 Superman Returns WB $200,081,192 4,065 $52,535,096 4,065 6/28/06 18 Batman Forever WB $184,031,112 2,893 $52,784,433 2,842 6/16/95 19 Thor Par. $181,030,624 3,963 $65,723,338 3,955 5/6/11 20 X-Men Origins: Wolverine Fox $179,883,157 4,102 $85,058,003 4,099 5/1/09 21 Captain America: The First Avenger Par. $176,654,505 3,715 $65,058,524 3,715 7/22/11 22 Batman Returns WB $162,831,698 2,644 $45,687,711 2,644 6/19/92 23 X-Men Fox $157,299,717 3,112 $54,471,475 3,025 7/14/00 24 Fantastic Four Fox $154,696,080 3,619 $56,061,504 3,602 7/8/05 25 Megamind P/DW $148,415,853 3,949 $46,016,833 3,944 11/5/10 26 X-Men: First Class Fox $146,408,305 3,692 $55,101,604 3,641 6/3/11 27 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles NL $135,265,915 2,377 $25,398,367 2,006 3/30/90 28 The Incredible Hulk Uni. $134,806,913 3,508 $55,414,050 3,505 6/13/08 29 Wanted Uni. $134,508,551 3,185 $50,927,085 3,175 6/27/08 30 Superman WB $134,218,018 817 $7,465,343 508 12/15/78 31 Hulk Uni. $132,177,234 3,674 $62,128,420 3,660 6/20/03 32 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Fox $131,921,738 3,963 $58,051,684 3,959 6/15/07 33 Green Lantern WB $116,601,172 3,816 $53,174,303 3,816 6/17/11 34 Ghost Rider Sony $115,802,596 3,620 $45,388,836 3,619 2/16/07 35 Superman II WB $108,185,706 1,878 $14,100,523 1,397 6/19/81 36 Watchmen WB $107,509,799 3,611 $55,214,334 3,611 3/6/09 37 Batman and Robin WB $107,325,195 2,942 $42,872,605 2,934 6/20/97 38 Daredevil Fox $102,543,518 3,474 $40,310,419 3,471 2/14/03 39 The Green Hornet Sony $98,780,042 3,584 $33,526,876 3,584 1/14/11 40 Unbreakable BV $95,011,339 2,708 $30,330,771 2,708 11/22/00 41 The Mask of Zorro Sony $94,095,523 2,515 $22,525,855 2,515 7/17/98 42 Blade II NL $82,348,319 2,707 $32,528,016 2,707 3/22/02 43 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II NL $78,656,813 2,868 $20,030,473 2,868 3/22/91 44 Hellboy II: The Golden Army Uni. $75,986,503 3,212 $34,539,115 3,204 7/11/08 45 Blade NL $70,087,718 2,389 $17,073,856 2,322 8/21/98 46 Chronicle (2012) Fox $64,575,175 2,908 $22,004,098 2,907 2/3/12 47 Sky High BV $63,946,815 2,912 $14,631,784 2,905 7/29/05 48 Superman III WB $59,950,623 1,763 $13,352,357 1,759 6/17/83 49 Hellboy SonR $59,623,958 3,043 $23,172,440 3,028 4/2/04 50 Spawn NL $54,870,175 2,604 $19,738,749 2,536 8/1/97 51 Blade: Trinity NL $52,411,906 2,912 $16,061,271 2,912 12/8/04 52 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Sony $51,774,002 3,174 $22,115,334 3,174 2/17/12 53 The Crow Mira. $50,693,129 2,119 $11,774,332 1,573 5/13/94 54 Kick-Ass LGF $48,071,303 3,065 $19,828,687 3,065 4/16/10 55 The Rocketeer BV $46,704,056 1,903 $9,600,754 1,616 6/21/91 56 The Legend of Zorro Sony $46,464,023 3,520 $16,328,506 3,520 10/28/05 57 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III NL $42,273,609 2,087 $12,419,597 2,087 3/19/93 58 Catwoman WB $40,202,379 3,117 $16,728,411 3,117 7/23/04 59 Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers Fox $38,187,431 2,409 $13,104,788 2,409 6/30/95 60 Judge Dredd BV $34,693,481 2,204 $12,291,536 2,204 6/30/95 61 Darkman Uni. $33,878,502 1,833 $8,054,860 1,786 8/24/90 62 The Punisher Lions $33,810,189 2,649 $13,834,527 2,649 4/16/04 63 The Shadow Uni. $32,063,435 1,769 $11,713,845 1,677 7/1/94 64 Mystery Men Uni. $29,762,011 2,142 $10,017,865 2,136 8/6/99 65 Flash Gordon Uni. $27,107,960 - $3,934,030 823 12/5/80 66 Superhero Movie MGM/W $25,881,068 2,965 $9,510,297 2,960 3/28/08 67 Elektra Fox $24,409,722 3,204 $12,804,793 3,204 1/14/05 68 My Super Ex-Girlfriend Fox $22,530,295 2,702 $8,603,460 2,702 7/21/06 69 The Spirit LGF $19,806,188 2,509 $6,463,278 2,509 12/25/08 70 The Crow: City of Angels Mira. $17,917,287 2,423 $9,785,111 2,423 8/30/96 71 The Phantom Par. $17,323,326 2,163 $5,072,346 2,159 6/7/96 72 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Fox $16,624,456 1,981 $4,515,541 1,959 7/31/92 73 Hero at Large MGM $15,934,737 - $1,850,725 486 2/8/80 74 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace WB $15,681,020 1,511 $5,683,122 1,511 7/24/87 75 Iron Monkey Mira. $14,694,904 1,235 $6,014,653 1,225 10/12/01 76 Supergirl TriS $14,296,438 1,620 $5,738,249 1,608 11/21/84 77 The Legend of the Lone Ranger Uni. $12,617,845 - $2,945,600 1,018 5/22/81 78 Black Mask Art. $12,504,289 988 $4,449,692 979 5/14/99 79 Zoom SonR $11,989,328 2,501 $4,510,408 2,501 8/11/06 80 The Powerpuff Girls Movie WB $11,412,414 2,340 $3,583,114 2,340 7/3/02 81 Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie Fox $8,363,899 2,113 $3,301,135 2,113 3/28/97 82 Punisher: War Zone LGF $8,050,977 2,508 $4,271,451 2,508 12/5/08 83 The Meteor Man MGM $8,016,708 1,060 $2,643,091 1,060 8/6/93 84 Blankman Col. $7,941,977 1,615 $3,715,480 1,615 8/19/94 85 Sheena Col. $5,778,353 1,496 $2,950,114 1,496 8/17/84 86 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm WB $5,617,391 1,506 $1,189,975 1,506 12/25/93 87 Tank Girl MGM $4,064,495 1,363 $2,018,183 1,341 3/31/95 88 Barb Wire Gram. $3,793,614 1,312 $1,844,426 1,312 5/3/96 89 Steel WB $1,710,972 1,260 $870,068 1,260 8/15/97 90 Orgazmo Oct. $602,302 94 $210,073 94 10/23/98 91 Super IFC $327,716 39 $46,549 11 4/1/11 92 Super Capers RAtt. $30,955 80 $21,559 80 3/20/09 93 The Specials Reg. $13,276 2 n/a - 9/22/00 TOTAL (All Movies): $10,316,827,932 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $110,933,634 2,660 $36,980,436 2,680 - TOTAL (Wide Releases Only): $10,260,193,141 - - - - AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only): $119,304,571 2,874 $39,420,532 2,820 - 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 The Wolverine Fox 7/26/13 Thor: The Dark World BV 11/8/13 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 Fantastic Four Fox 3/6/15 Marvel's The Avengers Untitled Sequel BV 5/1/15 Ant-Man BV 11/6/15