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> GENRES

COMIC BOOKS COME TO LIFE
1978-Present*

Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

Rank

Title

Studio

Adjusted Gross

Unadjusted Gross

Release Date

1

Spider-Man Sony

$418,993,019

$403,706,375

5/3/02

2

Batman

WB

$379,616,347

$251,188,924

6/23/89

3

Superman

WB

$345,041,591

$134,218,018

12/15/78

4

Men in Black

Sony

$329,338,552

$250,690,539

7/2/97

5

Batman Forever

WB

$255,105,196

$184,031,112

6/16/95

6

Batman Returns

WB

$236,596,419

$162,831,698

6/19/92

7

Superman II

WB

$234,661,801

$108,185,706

6/19/81

8

X2: X-Men United

Fox

$214,949,694

$214,949,694

2/14/03

9

Men in Black II

Sony

$197,629,154

$190,418,803

7/3/02

10

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

NL

$192,825,878

$135,265,915

3/30/90

11

X-Men

Fox

$175,977,236

$157,299,718

7/14/00

12

The Mask

NL

$173,021,661

$119,938,730

7/29/94

13

Dick Tracy

Dis.

$147,882,865

$103,738,726

6/15/90

14

Batman & Robin

WB  

$140,995,844

$107,325,195

6/20/97

15

Casper

Uni.

$139,075,634

$100,328,194

5/26/95

16

Hulk

Uni.

$132,177,234

$132,177,234

6/20/03

17

Annie

Col.

$117,029,179

$57,059,003

5/21/82

18

Superman III

WB

$114,762,621

$59,950,623

6/17/83

19

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II

NL

$112,660,471

$78,656,813

3/22/91

20

Popeye

Par.

$111,685,098

$49,823,037

12/12/80

21

Road to Perdition

DW

$108,410,020

$104,454,762

7/12/02

22

Daredevil

Fox

$102,543,518

$102,543,518

2/14/03

23

Blade

NL

$90,123,396

$70,095,974

8/21/98

24

Blade II NL

$84,882,113

$82,348,319

3/22/02

25

Dennis the Menace

WB

$74,676,984

$51,270,765

6/25/93

26

The Crow

Dim.

$73,127,001

$50,691,685

5/13/94

27

Spawn

NL  

$72,214,917

$54,969,564

8/1/97

28

The Rocketeer

Dis.

$66,894,408

$46,704,056

6/21/91

29

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Fox

$66,465,204

$66,465,204

7/11/03

30

Timecop

Uni.

$64,705,046

$44,853,581

9/16/94

31

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III

NL

$61,572,431

$42,273,609

3/19/93

32

Flash Gordon

Uni.

$60,766,171

$27,107,960

12/5/80

33

Hellboy

Sony

$60,000,000

$60,000,000

4/2/04

34

Richie Rich

WB

$54,904,124

$38,059,575

12/21/94

35

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Uni.

$53,397,725

$21,671,241

3/30/79

36

Judge Dredd

Dis.

$48,092,481

$34,693,581

6/30/95

37

The Shadow

Uni.  

$46,254,190

$32,063,435

7/1/94

38

Mystery Men

Uni.

$35,327,741

$29,762,011

8/6/99

39

From Hell

Fox

$33,668,459

$31,602,566

10/19/01

40

The Punisher

Lions

$33,500,000

$33,500,000

4/16/04

41

Howard the Duck

Uni.

$26,486,123

$16,295,774

8/1/86

42

Supergirl

Tri.

$25,657,001

$14,296,438

11/21/84

43

The Crow: City of Angels

Dim.

$24,443,719

$17,917,287

8/30/96

44

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

WB

$24,183,260

$15,681,020

7/24/87

45

Bulletproof Monk

MGM

$23,358,708

$23,358,708

4/16/03

46

The Phantom

Par.

$23,633,256

$17,323,216

6/7/96

47

Virus

Uni.

$16,660,849

$14,036,005

1/15/99

48

Josie and the Pussycats

Uni.

$15,203,926

$14,271,015

4/11/01

49

Sheena

Col.

$10,370,080

$5,778,353

8/17/84

50

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

WB

$8,181,852

$5,617,391

12/25/93

51

Ghost World

MGM

$6,621,997

$6,215,672

7/20/01

52

Tank Girl

MGM

$5,611,151

$4,047,846

3/31/95

53

Barb Wire

Gram.

$5,175,451

$3,793,614

5/3/96

54

Steel

WB

$2,247,748

$1,710,972

8/15/97

55

Little Nemo

Hem.

$1,987,720

$1,368,000

8/21/92

56

Brenda Starr

Triu.

$98,628

$67,878

4/15/92

Total: $5,681,472,892
Average: $101,454,873
(Hellboy and Punisher total grosses are projections.)

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