Top Comic Book Movies of 2024

Here are the grosses of comic book-related movies released in 2024—ranked by domestic (U.S.) box office—according to Box Office Mojo:

1. Deadpool & Wolverine: $637M ($1.34B)
2. Venom: The Last Dance: $140M ($479M)
3. The Garfield Movie: $92M ($235M)
4. Joker: Folie à Deux: $58M ($208M)
5. Madame Web: $44M ($100M)
6. Kraven the Hunter: $25M ($62M)
7. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – To the Hashira Training: $18M ($44M)
8. Here: $12M ($16M)
   
9. The Crow: $9M ($24M)
10. Spy x Family – Code: White: $8M ($60M)
11. Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle: $7M ($100M)
12. My Hero Academia: You're Next: $5M ($32M)
13. Look Back: $2M ($13M)
    
14. Robot Dreams: $875K ($4.7M)
    
15. They Shot the Piano Player: $59K ($381K) 

Once again we've put the worldwide box office figures in parentheses, where you can see that many (most?) movies now do the bulk of their business overseas. 

Aside from Deadpool & Wolverine, it was not a great year for comic book movies. Sony's decision to flood the theaters with movies based on Spider-Man villains tanked (although Venom 3 did okay internationally). And both Here and The Crow were highly publicized duds, both critically and at the box office.

Movies scheduled for release in 2025 include: Dog Man (Jan); Attack on Titan the Movie: The Last Attack (Feb); Captain America: Brave New World (Feb); Mickey 17 (Mar); Witch Watch (Mar); Thunderbolts* (May); Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye (Jun); Superman (Jul); Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory/Premature Death – The Movie (Jul); The Smurfs Movie (Jul); The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Jul); Red Sonja (Aug); Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle (Sep); Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc (Oct); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle: The Last Ronin (Dec)

Top Comic Book Movies of 2023

Here are the grosses of comic book-related movies released in 2023—ranked by domestic (U.S.) box office—according to Box Office Mojo:

1. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: $381M ($690M)
   
2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3: $358M ($846M)
3. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania: $215M ($476M)
   
4. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom: $124M ($434M)
   
5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem: $119M ($180M)
   
6. The Flash: $108M ($271M)
   
7. The Marvels: $85M ($206M)
   
8. Blue Beetle: $72M ($131M)
   
9. Shazam! Fury of the Gods: $58M ($134M)
   
10. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village: $10M ($56M)
    
11. Knights of the Zodiac: $1M ($7M)
12. Shortcomings: $0.7M ($0.7M)
    

This year we put the Worldwide box office in parentheses after the domestic box office, where you can see that Guardians 3 was the top comic book film worldwide, and many (though not all) of the movies did more business overseas than domestically. 

Movies scheduled for 2024 release include: Madame Web (Feb); They Shot the Piano Player (Feb); Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – To the Hashira Training (Feb); Robot Dreams (May); The Crow (Jun); The Garfield Movie (May); Deadpool and Wolverine (Jul); Hellboy: The Crooked Man (Jul); Kraven the Hunter (Aug Dec); Joker: Folie à Deux (Oct); Look Back (Oct); Venom 3 (Nov); Red Sonja (TBD).

Top Comic Book Movies of 2022

Here are the domestic grosses of comic book-related movies released in 2022, according to Box Office Mojo:

1. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever: $454M
2. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness: $411M
3. The Batman: $369M
4. Thor: Love and Thunder: $343M
5. Black Adam: $168M
6. DC League of Super-Pets: $94M
7. Morbius: $74M
8. Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie: $35M
9. Marry Me: $22M
10. One Piece Film: Red: $13M 

This was closer to a normal year than the previous two pandemic years, though the box office is still recovering and many high-profile comic book movies that had been planned for release in 2022 were pushed back to 2023 (or, in the case of Batgirl, cancelled all together.)

Movies coming up in 2023 include: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (Feb); Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village (Mar); Shazam! Fury of the Gods (Mar); Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (May); Knights of the Zodiac (May); Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Jun); The Flash (Jun); Shortcomings (Aug); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Aug); Blue Beetle (Aug); Kraven the Hunter (Oct); The Marvels (Nov); Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (Dec).

As always, release dates are subject to change.

Top Comic Book Movies of 2021

Here are the domestic grosses of comic book-related movies released in 2021, according to Box Office Mojo:

1. Spider-Man: No Way Home: $783M
2. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: $225M
3. Venom: Let There Be Carnage: $214M
4. Black Widow: $184M
5. Eternals: $165M
6. The Addams Family 2: $56M
7. The Suicide Squad: $56M
8. Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train: $50M 
9. Old: $48M
   
10. The King's Man: $37M
11. My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission: $12M

This was another COVID-influenced year at the box office, with differing release strategies leading to different box office outcomes and expectations, as well as timing being a big factor. Besides being a highly-anticipated MCU entry, Spider-Man: No Way Home was also fortunate to have been released just before the Omicron wave hit. The Suicide Squad was released simultaneously in theaters and on HBOMax which likely contributed to its muted box office, while Black Widow was released simultaneously in theaters and VOD (which led to a lawsuit by its star). 

2022 looks to be possibly a return to a more normal year, with the following movies on the schedule: Marry Me (Feb); The Batman (Mar); Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (Mar); Morbius (Apr); Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (May); DC League of Super-Pets (May Jul); Thor: Love and Thunder (Jul); Black Adam (Jul Oct); Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Part One (Oct); The Flash (Nov); Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Nov); Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (Dec); Shazam! Fury of the Gods (Dec); Batgirl (TBD).

UPDATE (Mar 9): Warner Bros. has updated their movie slate: DC League of Super-Pets is now scheduled for July; Black Adam is now October; The Flash & Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom have been pushed back to 2023; and Shazam! Fury of the Gods has been moved up to December 2022.

Top Comic Book Movies of 2020

Here are the domestic grosses of comic book-related movies released in 2020, according to Box Office Mojo:

1. Birds of Prey: $84M
2. Wonder Woman 1984: $46M
3. The New Mutants: $24M
4. My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising: $13M
5. Bloodshot: $13M
6. The Empty Man: $3M
   
7. Lupin III: The First: $0.1M

Obviously COVID-19 restrictions played havoc with the movie release schedule in 2020. Of the movies above, only Birds of Prey was released before the pandemic lockdowns hit, with Bloodshot being particularly unlucky as it was released on March 13 right before widespread lockdowns were enacted. Most wide-release, tent-pole movies were delayed and delayed and delayed again, until 2021 (or perhaps later). Wonder Woman 1984 was released to both theaters and HBO Max on December 25, while the long-delayed The New Mutants was finally dumped into theaters in August.

Movies 'scheduled' for release in 2021 include: Demon Slayer- Kimetsu no Yaiba (April); Black Widow (July); The Suicide Squad (Aug); Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Sep); Venom: Let There Be Carnage (Sep); The Addams Family 2 (Oct); Eternals (Nov); Spider-Man: No Way Home (Dec); The King's Men (Dec).

(Moreso than previous years, this schedule is subject to change!)

Top Comic Book Movies of 2019

Here are the domestic grosses of comic book-related movies released in 2019, according to Box Office Mojo:

1. Avengers: Endgame: $858M
2. Captain Marvel: $427M
3. Spider-Man: Far From Home: $391M
4. Joker: $334M
5. Shazam!: $140M
6. The Addams Family: $97M
7. Alita: Battle Angel: $86M
8. Men in Black: International: $80M
9. X-Men: Dark Phoenix: $66M
10. Dragon Ball Super: Broly: $31M
11. Hellboy: $22M
12. The Kitchen: $12M
13. Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion: $1.3M

(The film Random Acts of Violence debuted at a film festival but as of yet is not scheduled for official release...)

Movies scheduled for release in 2020 include: Birds of Prey (Feb); Bloodshot (Mar); New Mutants (Apr); Black Widow (May); Wonder Woman 1984 (June); Morbius (Jul); The Empty Man (Aug); The King's Man (Sep); Venom 2 (Oct); The Eternals (Nov). 

Top Comic Book Movies of 2018

Here are the domestic grosses of comic book-related movies released in 2018, according to Box Office Mojo:

1. Black Panther: $700M
2. Avengers: Infinity War: $679M
3. Aquaman: $335M
4. Deadpool 2: $318M
5. Ant-Man and the Wasp: $217M
6. Venom: $214M
7. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse: $190M 
8. Teen Titans Go! To the Movies!: $30M
9. Once Upon a Deadpool: $6M
10. I Kill Giants: $0.2M

(Really unsure about that domestic box office figure for I Kill Giants; neither Box Office Mojo nor The Numbers show any U.S. box office for the film, though both are cited by Wikipedia for $183,754. Clearly the number cannot be zero as it did get a limited release in the U.S., so let's just go with the Wikipedia figure.)

Movies scheduled for release in 2019 include: Dragon Ball Super: Broly (January); Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion (February); Alita: Battle Angel (February); Captain Marvel (March); Shazam! (April); Hellboy (April); Avengers: Endgame (April); Dark Phoenix (June); Men in Black International (June); Spider-Man: Far from Home (July); The Kitchen (August); Joker (October); The Addams Family (October); Random Acts of Violence (TBD).

(Sorry this is being posted so late—I started this post way back in January, and then apparently forgot to finish it!)

Top Comic Book Movies of 2017

Here are the domestic grosses of comic book-related movies released in 2017, according to Box Office Mojo:

1. Wonder Woman: 413M
2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: 390M
3. Spider-Man: Homecoming: 334M
4. Thor: Ragnarok: 313M
5. Justice League: 227M
6. Logan: 226M
7. The LEGO Batman Movie: 176M
8. Kinsman: The Golden Circle: 100M
9. Captain Underpants: 74M
10. Atomic Blonde: 52M
11. Smurfs: The Lost Village: 45M
12. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets: 41M
13. Ghost in the Shell: 41M
14. Inhumans: 1.5M
15. My Friend Dahmer: 1.3M
16. Wilson: 0.7M
17. Sailor Moon R: 0.5M
18. Blade of the Immortal: 0.2M
19. Bad Kids of Crestview Academy: ???

(Bad Kids of Crestview Academy was released in January 2017 but I couldn't find a listing for it on BOM. I Kill Giants was released to the festival circuit in late 2017 but has not yet had a general release. Thor: Ragnarok and Justice League are still in release and their totals may change before they close.)

Movies scheduled for release in 2018 include: Accident Man (February), Black Panther (February), The New Mutants (April), Avengers: Infinity War (May), Deadpool 2 (June May), Ant-Man and the Wasp (July), Alita: Battle Angel (July), Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (July), Venom (October), X-Men: Dark Phoenix (November), Aquaman (December), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (December), The Empty Man (unknown month), I Kill Giants (unknown month).

EDIT: Deadpool 2 has been moved up to May; The New Mutants has been pushed back to February 2019.

Top Comic Book Movies of 2016

Here are the domestic grosses of comic book-related movies released in 2016, according to Box Office Mojo:

1. Captain America: Civil War: $408M
2. Deadpool: $363M
3. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: $330M
4. Suicide Squad: $325M
5. Doctor Strange: $232M
6. X-Men: Apocalypse: $155M
7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows: $82M
8. Batman: The Killing Joke: $4M (limited release)

Movies scheduled for 2017 include: Bad Kids of Crestview Academy (January), The LEGO Batman Movie (February), Logan (March), Ghost in the Shell (March), Wilson (March), Smurfs: The Lost Village (April), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (May), Captain Underpants (June), Wonder Woman (June), Spider-Man: Homecoming (July), The Coldest City (July), Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (July), Kingsman: The Golden Circle (October), Thor: Ragnarok (November), Justice League (November), Death Note (unknown month), I Kill Giants (unknown month).

Top Comic Book Movies of 2015

Here are the domestic grosses of comic book-related movies released in 2015, according to Box Office Mojo:

1. Avengers: Age of Ultron: $459
2. Ant-Man: $180M
3. The Peanuts Movie: $130M
4. Kingman: The Secret Service: $128M
5. Fantastic Four: $56M
6. The Diary of a Teenage Girl: $1.4M

Movies for 2016 include: Deadpool (February), Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (March), Captain America: Civil War (May), X-Men: Apocalypse (May), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (June), Suicide Squad (August), Gambit (October), Doctor Strange (November), The Adventures of Tintin 2: Prisoners of the Sun (December).

Stats Week: Top Comic Book Movies of 2014

Here are the domestic grosses of comic book-related movies released in 2014, according to Box Office Mojo:

1. Guardians of the Galaxy: $333M
2. Captain America: Winter Soldier: $260M
3. X-Men: Days of Future Past: $234M
4. Big Hero 6: $217M
5. The Amazing Spider-Man 2: $203M
6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: $191M
7. 300: Rise of an Empire: $107M
8. Hercules: $73M
9. I, Frankenstein: $19M
10. Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For: $14M
11. Snowpiercer: $5M

Upcoming comic movies for 2015 include: Kingsman: The Secret Service (February); Avengers: Age of Ultron (May); Ant-Man (July); The Fantastic Four (August); The Peanuts Movie (November), The Diary of a Teenage Girl (tbd).

Link Bait: Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Premiere Red Carpet Photos

Last night was the premiere of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy in Hollywood. Disney sent along a bunch photos from the red carpet, so far be it from me to not share them with you!

This is Bradley Cooper, who is the voice of Rocket in the movie. He is a movie star; you can tell he is a movie star because he is cool enough to show up to a movie premiere in a black leather jacket and unshaven. If you are a movie star you need not wear a tie if you don't want to.

This is Bradley Cooper's watch. I'm not sure why it was important to have a photo of Bradley Cooper's watch, but we have one. Is it an expensive watch? I do not know anything about watches.

This is Glenn Close, a real movie star. She has Oscar nominations. She plays Nova Prime in this movie. Roll that around in your head: Glenn Close is Nova Prime. First Marvel got Robert Redford in Captain America, now Glenn Close in Guardians of the Galaxy. How does Marvel do it?

This is Chris Pratt, who is Star-Lord Peter Quill in the movie. Note that he is wearing a tie (his mother raised him properly).

This is Chris Pratt's watch. Are men's watch pictures a thing now?

Chris Pratt is married to actress Anna Faris, star of TV's Mom. They make a cute couple, yes?

Here is Anna Faris alone. The photographer should have noticed that there's a gun growing out of her right shoulder...

This is Zoe Saldana, who stars as Gamora. She is painted up green in the movie, and from the trailers it looks like she gets to kick plenty of butt. She was blue in Avatar.

This is Nathan Fillion, who apparently has a cameo in the movie. He is not wearing a tie, but at least he has on a sport coat.

This is Karen Gillen. She plays Nebula in the movie, a role for which she shaved her head bald (as you can see, her hair is growing back...)

This is Vin Diesel, who voices Groot in the movie. Also not wearing a tie, but he could break me in two without breaking a sweat, so I'll let it slide.

This is Lee Pace, who plays the main bad guy in the movie, Ronan the Accuser. He was one of the stars of Pushing Daisies, one of the best television shows ever. He is wearing a tie.

This is Emily Osment. She is not in the movie, but is the star of the new ABC Family sitcom Young & Hungry, and was on Hannah Montana for many years. Disney sent a lot of photos of people from the premiere who I don't think are in the movie, and who I don't recognize. They should send along a cheat sheet with the photos for those of us who are celebrity challenged.

Like I have no idea who these people are. But it looks like this kid's mom took him to the Guardians of the Galaxy movie premiere, so she probably gets the Mother of the Week Award!

Elizabeth Henstridge, Ming-Na Wen, and Chloe Bennet, three of the stars of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Glenn Close looks like she is very apprehensive about meeting Bradley Cooper. Does she not realize that he is a Movie Star, like she is? But then, she has Oscar nominations, and he does not. Mr. Cooper, you are not allowed to put your hand on Ms. Close's shoulder until you have at least two Oscar nominations!

Lee Pace and Zoe Saldana look far happier to be in each other's company. As we saw from the earlier picture, Mr. Pace is wearing a tie so Ms. Saldana knows that he is an actor at a movie premiere and not a random ruffian accosting her before the premiere.

Stats Week: Top Comic Book Movies of 2013

Here are the domestic grosses of comic book-related movies released in 2013, according to Box Office Mojo:

1. Iron Man 3: $409M
2. Man of Steel: $291M
3. Thor: The Dark World: $204M
4. The Wolverine: $133M
5. 2 Guns: $76M
6. The Smurfs 2: $71M
7. Red 2: $53M
8. R.I.P.D.: $34M
9. Kick-Ass 2: $29M
10. Oldboy: $2M
11. Blue is the Warmest Color: $2M

Summer 2013 Comic Book Movies

Here are the movies releasing Summer 2013 in North America based on (in one way or another) comic book properties:

May 3: Iron Man 3

June 14: Man of Steel

July 19: RED 2
July 19: R.I.P.D.

July 26: The Wolverine

July 31: The Smurfs 2

August 2: 2 Guns
August 2: 300: Rise of an Empire

August 16: Kick-Ass 2

(Release dates subject to change, of course.)

The Avengers Premiere Photos

Disney just sent out photos from The Avengers World Premiere. I've got nothing else to post, so let's take a look at some link bait:

Stan Lee, posing with a SHIELD-mobile.

Scarlett Johansson, with a funky dress and funky hair.

I don't know who this guy is. Is he in the movie? Doesn't matter; he brought his young daughter and her friend to the premiere of The Avengers, so he gets the award for Most Awesome Dad.

Jeremy Renner in an awesome silver suit that shouldn't work, yet it does.

Samuel L. Jackson wearing a dorky hat. Because he's Sam Effing Jackson and he can wear whatever dorky thing he wants and it can't detract from his coolness.

Clark Gregg, on the other hand, can wear whatever cool suit he wants and still come off as dorky.

Hey, it's whatsername, from that show with Dr. Horrible .

"Hello ladies. I'm Chris Hemsworth.  I have blonde hair and blue eyes and broad shoulders and unbutton my shirt just enough to show off my gold chain."

Joss, we know you're a genius, so shouldn't you know better than to wear white shoes with a black suit?

The assembled cast, being rained on by confetti.

Where can I buy a SHIELD-mobile?

All-Time Top Comic Book Movies

Movies based on comics properties, ranked by Worldwide box office gross:

1. The Dark Knight ($1001.9)
2. Spider-Man 3 ($885.4)
3. Spider-Man ($806.7)
4. Spider-Man 2 ($783.6)
5. Iron Man 2 ($616.8)
6. Men in Black ($587.2)
7. Iron Man ($571.8)
8. 300 ($456.6)
9. Thor ($445.1) *
10. Men in Black II ($425.6)
11. Batman ($413.2)
12. X2 ($406.4)
13. Superman Returns ($389.6)
14. X-Men Origins: Wolverine ($374.9)
15. Batman Begins ($352.0)
16. X-Men: First Class ($346.0) *
17. Wanted ($338.8)
18. Batman Forever ($335.0)
19. Over the Hedge ($329.6)
20. Fantastic Four ($329.3)
21. The Mask ($320.9)
22. X-Men ($294.1)
23. Superman ($289.4)
24. Batman Returns ($282.8)
25. Casper ($282.3)
26. Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer ($277.5)
27. The Incredible Hulk ($254.2)
28. Hulk ($241.7)
29. Batman & Robin ($237.2)
30. Constantine ($229.5)
31. Ghost Rider ($219.7)

Box office grosses given in millions. Source: IMDb.

(Marvel: 17. DC: 9. Dark Horse: 2. Image: 1. United Media: 1. Harvey: 1.)

Movie Trailers

Surrogates, based on the comic book:




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And now, quite possibly the greatest film of 2009:

Oscar Picks

My sure-to-be-wrong Oscar picks:

Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
Actress: Kate Winslet
Actor: Mickey Rourke
Sup Actress: Penelope Cruz
Sup Actor: Heath Ledger
Director: Gus Van Sant
Adapt Screenplay: Frost/Nixon
Orig Screenplay: Milk
Animated: WALL-E
Art Direction: Benjamin Button
Cinematography: Slumdog Millionaire
Costume Design: Milk
Editing: Slumdog Millionaire
Foreign Film: The Class
Makeup: Benjamin Button
Score: Slumdog Millionaire
Song: "Down to Earth"
Sound Mixing: Slumdog Millionaire
Sound Editing: Slumdog Millionaire
Visual Effects: Benjamin Button
Animated Short: Presto
Live Short: Manon on the Asphalt
Doc Feature: Man on Wire
Doc Short: The Conscience of Nhem En

These picks of course reflect who I think will win, not necessarily who I think should win...

Satrapi on NPR

NPR's Bob Mondello interviews Persepolis author Marjane Satrapi on the event of the release of the Persepolis movie: "Story of Growing Up in Revolutionary Iran"

Enchanted

LA Times has a feature story about Disney's upcoming Enchanted, along with a video clip from the movie featuring Amy Adams singing "That's How You Know."



I was on the fence about his movie, but after seeing the clip I'm totally in. Sure, one look at the trailer and you can figure out exactly how the movie is going to play out, but it's got big all-singing all-dancing musical numbers in Central Park!