The following page lists the highest-grossing superhero films of all time, the highest-grossing superheroes at the box office, and the biggest opening weekends for superhero films. The figures have not been adjusted for inflation.
Highest-grossing superhero films The top eight highest-grossing superhero films and nine out of the top ten highest-grossing superhero films have been produced by Marvel Studios, within the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: Brand New Day are the only three superhero films to surpass a $2 billion worldwide gross, with Avengers: Endgame being the highest-grossing film of all time. The top 16 are among the 50 highest-grossing films of all time. Most of the films on this list are from either Marvel or DC Comics.
Rank Film Worldwide gross Year Superhero(es) Source 1 Avengers: Endgame † $2,926,059,126 2019 Avengers Marvel 2 Spider-Man: Brand New Day † $2,506,251,053 2026 Spider-Man 3Avengers: Infinity War $2,048,359,754 2018 Avengers 4Spider-Man: No Way Home $1,922,598,800 2021 Spider-Man 5The Avengers $1,518,812,988 2012 Avengers 6Avengers: Age of Ultron $1,402,809,540 2015 7Black Panther $1,346,913,171 2018 Black Panther 8Deadpool & Wolverine $1,338,073,645 2024 Deadpool and Wolverine 9Incredibles 2 $1,242,805,359 2018 The Incredibles Pixar 10Iron Man 3 $1,215,577,205 2013 Iron Man Marvel 11Captain America: Civil War $1,153,304,495 2016 Captain America 12Aquaman $1,148,161,807 2018 Aquaman DC 13Spider-Man: Far From Home $1,131,927,996 2019 Spider-Man Marvel 14Captain Marvel $1,131,416,446 Captain Marvel 15The Dark Knight Rises $1,081,041,287 2012 Batman DC 16Joker $1,078,751,311 2019 Joker 17The Dark Knight $1,006,222,205 2008 Batman 18Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness $955,775,804 2022 Doctor Strange Marvel 19Spider-Man 3 $893,122,603 2007 Spider-Man 20Spider-Man: Homecoming $880,166,924 2017 Spider-Man 21Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice $873,634,919 2016 Batman and Superman DC 22Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 $863,756,051 2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Marvel 23Black Panther: Wakanda Forever $859,208,836 2022 Black Panther 24Venom $856,085,151 2018 Venom25Thor: Ragnarok $853,983,879 2017 Thor 26Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 $845,555,777 2023 Guardians of the Galaxy 27Wonder Woman $823,970,682 2017 Wonder Woman DC 28Spider-Man $821,708,551 2002 Spider-Man Marvel 29Spider-Man 2 $788,976,453 2004 30Deadpool 2 $785,046,920 2018 Deadpool 31Deadpool $783,112,979 2016 32Guardians of the Galaxy $773,328,629 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy33The Batman $770,836,163 2022 Batman DC 34Thor: Love and Thunder $760,928,081 2022 Thor Marvel 35The Amazing Spider-Man $757,930,663 2012 Spider-Man 36Suicide Squad $746,846,894 2016 Suicide Squad DC 37X-Men: Days of Future Past $746,045,700 2014 X-Men Marvel 38The Matrix Reloaded $741,847,937 2003 Neo The Wachowskis 39Captain America: The Winter Soldier $714,421,503 2014 Captain America Marvel 40The Amazing Spider-Man 2 $708,982,323 Spider-Man 41Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse $690,516,673 2023 42Doctor Strange $677,718,395 2016 Doctor Strange 43Man of Steel $668,045,518 2013 Superman DC 44Justice League $657,924,295 2017 Justice League 45Big Hero 6 $657,818,612 2014 Big Hero 6 Marvel 46Thor: The Dark World $644,571,402 2013 Thor 47The Incredibles $631,607,053 2004 The Incredibles Pixar 48Hancock $624,386,746 2008 Hancock Vincent Ngo 49Iron Man 2 $623,933,331 2010 Iron Man Marvel 50Ant-Man and the Wasp $622,674,139 2018 Ant-Man and Wasp
Highest-grossing film franchises
This is a list of the highest-grossing superhero film series at the box office. The Marvel Cinematic Universe ranks as the highest-grossing film series of all time grossing over $34.8 billion. Avengers has the best average with an average of $1.9 billion per film. A series must have at least two released films to qualify for this list.
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Biggest opening weekends This list charts films the 50 biggest worldwide openings. Since films do not open on Fridays in many markets, the 'opening' is taken to be the gross between the first day of release and the first Sunday following the movie's release. Figures prior to the year 2002 are not available.
Since many American films do not open in all markets at the same time, the 'opening' gross varies depending on when it was released in the US-Canada market. For example, for films like Captain Marvel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice which opened in the US-Canada market and in most other major markets during the same weekend, the 'opening' is the total gross of the film during that weekend. On the other hand, for films like Avengers: Age of Ultron and Captain America: Civil War which opened in several markets a week ahead of their respective releases in the US-Canada market, the 'opening' is the sum of the opening grosses in the markets where they were released first and the opening in the US-Canada market. In the latter case, the opening grosses from territories after the initial overseas opening are not included in the 'opening' of the film. In all cases, if a film opens in a market after its release in the US-Canada market, that opening is not included in the 'opening' of the film.
Rank Film Gross ($ millions) Year Superhero(es) Source 1 Avengers: Endgame $1,223.6 2019 Avengers Marvel 2 Spider-Man: Brand New Day $941.7 2026 Spider-Man 3 Avengers: Infinity War $640.5 2018 Avengers 4 Spider-Man: No Way Home $600.9 2021 Spider-Man 5 Captain Marvel $456.7 2019 Captain Marvel 6 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness $450 2022 Doctor Strange 7 Deadpool & Wolverine $444.7 2024 Deadpool/Wolverine 8 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice $422.5 2016 Batman/Superman DC 9 The Avengers $392.5 2012 Avengers Marvel 10 Avengers: Age of Ultron $392.4 2015 11 Spider-Man 3 $381.7 2007 Spider-Man 12 Captain America: Civil War $379.5 2016 Captain America 13 Iron Man 3 $372.5 2013 Iron Man 14 Black Panther $371.4 2018 Black Panther 15 Thor: Love and Thunder $303.3 2022 Thor 16 Deadpool 2 $300.4 2018 Deadpool 17 Spider-Man: Far From Home $295.8 2019 Spider-Man 18 Justice League $278.8 2017 Justice League DC 19 Suicide Squad $267.0 2016 Suicide Squad 20 Deadpool $264.7 Deadpool Marvel 21 X-Men: Days of Future Past $262.9 2014 X-Men 22 Spider-Man: Homecoming $256.5 2017 Spider-Man 23 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 $252.5 Guardians of the Galaxy 24 The Dark Knight Rises $248.9 2012 Batman DC 25 Joker $248.4 2019 Joker 26 Logan $247.4 2017 Wolverine Marvel 27 Incredibles 2 $235.8 2018 The Incredibles Pixar 28 Thor: Ragnarok $231.8 2017 Thor Marvel 29 Wonder Woman $228.3 Wonder Woman DC 30 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania $225.32023Ant-Man/WaspMarvel 31 Iron Man 2 $220.8 2010 Iron Man Marvel 32 Superman $220 2025 Superman DC 33 The Fantastic Four: First Steps $216.7 2025 Fantastic Four Marvel 34 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse $208.6 2023 Miles Morales 35 Venom $207.4 2018 Venom 36 Man of Steel $202.0 2013 Superman DC 37 Iron Man $201.2 2008 Iron Man Marvel 38 Godzilla $200 2014 Godzilla Toho 39 The Dark Knight $199.7 2008 Batman DC 40 Thor: The Dark World $195.1 2013 Thor Marvel 41 Captain America: Brave New World $192.4 2025 Falcon 42 Spider-Man 2 $189.4 2004 Spider-Man 43 The Amazing Spider-Man $188.2 2012 44 Hancock $182.5 2008 Hancock Vincent Ngo 45 X-Men: The Last Stand $179.0 2006 X-Men Marvel 46 Doctor Strange $172.8 2016 Doctor Strange 47 Captain America: The Winter Soldier $170.2 2014 Captain America 48 Aquaman $166.8 2018 Aquaman DC 49 X-Men: Apocalypse $166.6 2016 X-Men Marvel 50 Thunderbolts* $162.1 2025 Thunderbolts
Timeline of gross records Highest-grossing films At least 18 films since 1964 have held the record for highest-grossing superhero film. Spider-Man has held the record twice, Batman and the Avengers have held it three times each, and Godzilla held it 9 times. Films based on DC Comics have held the record four times, films based on Marvel Comics have held it five times, and Toho films held it 9 times.
Title Year Record-setting gross Superhero(es) Source Godzilla1957 $20,000,000GodzillaTohoGodzilla Raids Again1959 $20,000,000King Kong vs. Godzilla1963 $20,000,000Mothra vs. Godzilla1964 $20,000,000Ghidorah 1965 $20,000,000 Invasion of Astro-Monster 1971 $20,000,000 Godzilla vs. Megalon 1976 $20,000,000 Godzilla vs. Gigan 1977 $20,000,000Godzilla1978 Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla1978 Superman 1978 $43,697,365 Superman DC 1979 $134,218,018 1980 $260,000,000 1981 $300,218,018 Batman 1989 $411,348,924 Batman The Matrix 1999 $463,517,383 Neo Warner Spider-Man 2002 $821,708,551 Spider-Man Marvel Spider-Man 3 2007 $890,871,626 The Dark Knight 2008 $1,004,558,444 Batman DC The Avengers 2012 $1,518,812,988 Avengers Marvel Avengers: Infinity War 2018 $2,048,359,754 Avengers: Endgame 2019 $2,797,800,564 2026 $2,926,059,126
Biggest opening weekends Fifteen films since 1965 have held the record for highest-grossing worldwide opening weekend for a superhero film. Seven of the films are based on Marvel Comics, while six films are based on DC Comics. Batman has held the record four times, while Superman, Spider-Man and the Avengers have held the record three times each.
Title Year Record-setting gross Superhero(es) Source King Kong vs. Godzilla1962$164,900 GodzillaToho1963$337,911 Godzilla vs. Megalon 1976$383,744 The Hollywood Reporter (May 12, 1976) Superman 1978$7,465,343 Superman DC Superman II 1981$14,100,523 Batman 1989$40,489,746 Batman Batman Returns 1992$45,687,711 Batman Forever 1995$52,784,433 Spider-Man 2002$125,900,000 Spider-Man Marvel X2 2003$154,800,000 X-Men Spider-Man 2 2004$189,400,000 Spider-Man Spider-Man 3 2007$381,700,000 The Avengers 2012 $392,500,000 Avengers Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 2016 $422,500,000 Batman, Superman DC Avengers: Infinity War 2018 $640,500,000 Avengers Marvel Avengers: Endgame 2019 $1,223,600,000
Highest-grossing films by year The following is a list of the highest-grossing superhero film by year since 1966. Some years have no superhero films. Batman has topped six years, while Godzilla has topped twelve years, the most of any superhero. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has topped fourteen years (every year of the 2010s, 2021–2024), the most for a franchise. Films based on Marvel Comics have topped twenty three years, the most for a source.