Comic Book Movies
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The phenomenon of superhero movies began with the incipient 1941 Superman cartoons by the Fleischer Bros., and has blossomed into the record-setting money-making feature films of the 20th and 21st century.
Earnings
Comic Book Movie Money February 21, 2023 numbers
Films playing worldwide
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania at $359,300,000 worldwide earnings [Production budget of estimated at $200 million].
Avatard The Way O' Water at $2,244,856,991 worldwide earnings [Production budget of estimated between $250-$400 million].
Black Panther Wakanda Forever at $855,154,977 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $200 million].
Everything Everywhere All at Once at $107,366,679 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $25 million].
Compare with recent films:
Black Adam at $392,952,111 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $195 million].
DC League of Super-Pets at $203,658,039 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $90 million].
Bullet Train at $239,220,735 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $90 million].
Top Gun II Maverick at $1,486,657,763 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $152 million].
Thor: Love and Thunder at $760,745,764 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $250 million].
Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero closed at $79,982,582 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $90 million].
Elvis closed at $285,945,604 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $85 million].
Jurassic World: Dominion closed at $997,814,080 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $185 million].
Lightyear closed at $226,414,635 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $200 million].
Doctor Strange II: Madness of the Multiverse ended with $954,863,075 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $200 million].
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 ended with $401,872,904 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $110 million].
Morbius ended with $163,865,530 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $75 million].
Spider-Man No Way Home ended with $1,901,231,491 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $200 million].
The Northman ended with $68,544,035 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $90 million].
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledork ended with $405,161,334 worldwide [Production budget reported at $200 million].
The Batman ended with $770,345,583 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $180 million].
Dune Buggy ended with $400,668,094 worldwide [Production budget reported at $160 million].
Data from BoxOfficeMojo and production budget information from Wikipedia.
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Original Page October 2020 | Updated November 14, 2022