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Superhero 1978-Present Total Grosses Opening Weekends Row Rank Title (click to view) Studio Opening % of Total Theaters / Avg. Total Gross Release Date 1 76 Black Mask Artisan $4,449,692 35.6% 979 $4,545 $12,504,289 5/14/99 2 1 Marvel's The Avengers Buena Vista $207,438,708 33.3% 4,349 $47,698 $623,357,910 5/4/12 3 2 Iron Man 3 Buena Vista $174,144,585 51.6% 4,253 $40,946 $337,661,977 5/3/13 4 13 The Incredibles Buena Vista $70,467,623 27.0% 3,933 $17,917 $261,441,092 11/5/04 5 39 Unbreakable Buena Vista $30,330,771 31.9% 2,708 $11,200 $95,011,339 11/22/00 6 52 Sky High Buena Vista $14,631,784 22.9% 2,905 $5,036 $63,946,815 7/29/05 7 59 Judge Dredd Buena Vista $12,291,536 35.4% 2,204 $5,576 $34,693,481 6/30/95 8 64 The Rocketeer Buena Vista $9,600,754 20.6% 1,616 $5,941 $46,704,056 6/21/91 9 79 Blankman Columbia $3,715,480 46.8% 1,615 $2,300 $7,941,977 8/19/94 10 82 Sheena Columbia $2,950,114 51.1% 1,496 $1,972 $5,778,353 8/17/84 11 8 X-Men: The Last Stand Fox $102,750,665 43.8% 3,690 $27,845 $234,362,462 5/26/06 12 11 X2: X-Men United Fox $85,558,731 39.8% 3,741 $22,870 $214,949,694 5/2/03 13 12 X-Men Origins: Wolverine Fox $85,058,003 47.3% 4,099 $20,751 $179,883,157 5/1/09 14 19 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Fox $58,051,684 44.0% 3,959 $14,663 $131,921,738 6/15/07 15 20 Fantastic Four Fox $56,061,504 36.2% 3,602 $15,563 $154,696,080 7/8/05 16 23 X-Men: First Class Fox $55,101,604 37.6% 3,641 $15,134 $146,408,305 6/3/11 17 24 X-Men Fox $54,471,475 34.6% 3,025 $18,007 $157,299,717 7/14/00 18 35 Daredevil Fox $40,310,419 39.3% 3,471 $11,613 $102,543,518 2/14/03 19 44 Chronicle (2012) Fox $22,004,098 34.1% 2,907 $7,569 $64,575,175 2/3/12 20 56 Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers Fox $13,104,788 34.3% 2,409 $5,439 $38,187,431 6/30/95 21 57 Elektra Fox $12,804,793 52.5% 3,204 $3,996 $24,409,722 1/14/05 22 66 My Super Ex-Girlfriend Fox $8,603,460 38.2% 2,702 $3,184 $22,530,295 7/21/06 23 74 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Fox $4,515,541 27.2% 1,959 $2,305 $16,624,456 7/31/92 24 81 Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie Fox $3,301,135 39.5% 2,113 $1,562 $8,363,899 3/28/97 25 87 Barb Wire Gramercy $1,844,426 48.6% 1,312 $1,405 $3,793,614 5/3/96 26 91 Super IFC $46,549 14.2% 11 $4,232 $327,716 4/1/11 27 46 Kick-Ass Lionsgate $19,828,687 41.2% 3,065 $6,469 $48,071,303 4/16/10 28 69 The Spirit Lionsgate $6,463,278 32.6% 2,509 $2,576 $19,806,188 12/25/08 29 77 Punisher: War Zone Lionsgate $4,271,451 53.1% 2,508 $1,703 $8,050,977 12/5/08 30 54 The Punisher Lions Gate $13,834,527 40.9% 2,649 $5,222 $33,810,189 4/16/04 31 84 The Meteor Man MGM $2,643,091 33.0% 1,060 $2,493 $8,016,708 8/6/93 32 85 Tank Girl MGM $2,018,183 49.7% 1,341 $1,504 $4,064,495 3/31/95 33 86 Hero at Large MGM $1,850,725 11.6% 486 $3,808 $15,934,737 2/8/80 34 65 Superhero Movie MGM (Weinstein) $9,510,297 36.7% 2,960 $3,212 $25,881,068 3/28/08 35 60 The Crow Miramax $11,774,332 23.2% 1,573 $7,485 $50,693,129 5/13/94 36 63 The Crow: City of Angels Miramax $9,785,111 54.6% 2,423 $4,038 $17,917,287 8/30/96 37 70 Iron Monkey Miramax $6,014,653 40.9% 1,225 $4,909 $14,694,904 10/12/01 38 38 Blade II New Line $32,528,016 39.5% 2,707 $12,016 $82,348,319 3/22/02 39 40 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles New Line $25,398,367 18.8% 2,006 $12,661 $135,265,915 3/30/90 40 45 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II New Line $20,030,473 25.5% 2,868 $6,984 $78,656,813 3/22/91 41 47 Spawn New Line $19,738,749 36.0% 2,536 $7,783 $54,870,175 8/1/97 42 48 Blade New Line $17,073,856 24.4% 2,322 $7,353 $70,087,718 8/21/98 43 51 Blade: Trinity New Line $16,061,271 30.6% 2,912 $5,515 $52,411,906 12/8/04 44 58 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III New Line $12,419,597 29.4% 2,087 $5,950 $42,273,609 3/19/93 45 90 Orgazmo October $210,073 34.9% 94 $2,234 $602,302 10/23/98 46 6 Iron Man 2 Paramount $128,122,480 41.0% 4,380 $29,252 $312,433,331 5/7/10 47 9 Iron Man Paramount $98,618,668 31.0% 4,105 $24,024 $318,412,101 5/2/08 48 14 Thor Paramount $65,723,338 36.3% 3,955 $16,618 $181,030,624 5/6/11 49 15 Captain America: The First Avenger Paramount $65,058,524 36.8% 3,715 $17,512 $176,654,505 7/22/11 50 73 The Phantom Paramount $5,072,346 29.3% 2,159 $2,349 $17,323,326 6/7/96 51 30 Megamind Paramount (DreamWorks) $46,016,833 31.0% 3,944 $11,668 $148,415,853 11/5/10 52 41 Hellboy Sony (Revolution) $23,172,440 38.9% 3,028 $7,652 $59,623,958 4/2/04 53 75 Zoom Sony (Revolution) $4,510,408 37.6% 2,501 $1,803 $11,989,328 8/11/06 54 92 Super Capers Roadside Attractions $21,559 69.6% 80 $269 $30,955 3/20/09 55 5 Spider-Man 3 Sony / Columbia $151,116,516 44.9% 4,252 $35,540 $336,530,303 5/4/07 56 7 Spider-Man Sony / Columbia $114,844,116 28.4% 3,615 $31,768 $403,706,375 5/3/02 57 10 Spider-Man 2 Sony / Columbia $88,156,227 23.6% 4,152 $21,232 $373,585,825 6/30/04 58 16 Hancock Sony / Columbia $62,603,879 27.5% 3,965 $15,789 $227,946,274 7/2/08 59 18 The Amazing Spider-Man Sony / Columbia $62,004,688 23.7% 4,318 $14,360 $262,030,663 7/3/12 60 32 Ghost Rider Sony / Columbia $45,388,836 39.2% 3,619 $12,541 $115,802,596 2/16/07 61 37 The Green Hornet Sony / Columbia $33,526,876 33.9% 3,584 $9,355 $98,780,042 1/14/11 62 42 The Mask of Zorro Sony / Columbia $22,525,855 23.9% 2,515 $8,956 $94,095,523 7/17/98 63 43 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Sony / Columbia $22,115,334 42.7% 3,174 $6,968 $51,774,002 2/17/12 64 50 The Legend of Zorro Sony / Columbia $16,328,506 35.1% 3,520 $4,638 $46,464,023 10/28/05 65 71 Supergirl TriStar $5,738,249 40.1% 1,608 $3,568 $14,296,438 11/21/84 66 17 Hulk Universal $62,128,420 47.0% 3,660 $16,974 $132,177,234 6/20/03 67 21 The Incredible Hulk Universal $55,414,050 41.1% 3,505 $15,810 $134,806,913 6/13/08 68 28 Wanted Universal $50,927,085 37.9% 3,175 $16,040 $134,508,551 6/27/08 69 36 Hellboy II: The Golden Army Universal $34,539,115 45.5% 3,204 $10,780 $75,986,503 7/11/08 70 61 The Shadow Universal $11,713,845 36.5% 1,677 $6,985 $32,063,435 7/1/94 71 62 Mystery Men Universal $10,017,865 33.7% 2,136 $4,690 $29,762,011 8/6/99 72 67 Darkman Universal $8,054,860 23.8% 1,786 $4,510 $33,878,502 8/24/90 73 78 Flash Gordon Universal $3,934,030 14.5% 823 $4,780 $27,107,960 12/5/80 74 83 The Legend of the Lone Ranger Universal $2,945,600 23.3% 1,018 $2,893 $12,617,845 5/22/81 75 3 The Dark Knight Rises Warner Bros. $160,887,295 35.9% 4,404 $36,532 $448,139,099 7/20/12 76 4 The Dark Knight Warner Bros. $158,411,483 29.7% 4,366 $36,283 $533,345,358 7/18/08 77 22 Watchmen Warner Bros. $55,214,334 51.4% 3,611 $15,291 $107,509,799 3/6/09 78 25 Green Lantern Warner Bros. $53,174,303 45.6% 3,816 $13,935 $116,601,172 6/17/11 79 26 Batman Forever Warner Bros. $52,784,433 28.7% 2,842 $18,572 $184,031,112 6/16/95 80 27 Superman Returns Warner Bros. $52,535,096 26.3% 4,065 $12,923 $200,081,192 6/28/06 81 29 Batman Begins Warner Bros. $48,745,440 23.7% 3,858 $12,634 $205,343,774 6/15/05 82 31 Batman Returns Warner Bros. $45,687,711 28.1% 2,644 $17,279 $162,831,698 6/19/92 83 33 Batman and Robin Warner Bros. $42,872,605 39.9% 2,934 $14,612 $107,325,195 6/20/97 84 34 Batman Warner Bros. $40,489,746 16.1% 2,194 $18,454 $251,188,924 6/23/89 85 49 Catwoman Warner Bros. $16,728,411 41.6% 3,117 $5,366 $40,202,379 7/23/04 86 53 Superman II Warner Bros. $14,100,523 13.0% 1,397 $10,093 $108,185,706 6/19/81 87 55 Superman III Warner Bros. $13,352,357 22.3% 1,759 $7,590 $59,950,623 6/17/83 88 68 Superman Warner Bros. $6,535,784 4.9% 806 $8,108 $134,218,018 12/15/78 89 72 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace Warner Bros. $5,683,122 36.2% 1,511 $3,761 $15,681,020 7/24/87 90 80 The Powerpuff Girls Movie Warner Bros. $3,583,114 31.4% 2,340 $1,531 $11,412,414 7/3/02 91 88 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Warner Bros. $1,189,975 21.2% 1,506 $790 $5,617,391 12/25/93 92 89 Steel Warner Bros. $870,068 50.9% 1,260 $690 $1,710,972 8/15/97 AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only, 88 titles): $39,046,842 33.4% 2,797 $13,960 $116,973,763 - Note: Only movies with opening weekend grosses are listed on this chart. 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