Box office giants
Top Grossing Comic Movies
Discover the highest-grossing comic book movies at the worldwide box office, from Marvel and DC blockbusters to big-screen adaptations from across the comic book universe. Explore the films that drew the biggest global audiences and see how the all-time comic movie box-office ranking compares.
Worldwide box office
Highest grossing movies
Ranked by worldwide theatrical box-office totals recorded in Comic Movie DB. The table updates as new figures are added, keeping the biggest comic book movies in order as their global totals change.
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Highest-grossing comic movie questions
Quick answers about the figures, publishers and how the worldwide comic book movie ranking works.
What is the highest-grossing comic book movie of all time?
The ranking above is ordered by the worldwide box-office figures currently recorded in Comic Movie DB. As figures are updated, the movie at number one and the rest of the ranking update automatically.
Are the box-office figures worldwide or domestic?
This ranking uses worldwide box-office totals, combining the global theatrical performance recorded for each movie rather than ranking films by a single country or market.
Does this list include both Marvel and DC movies?
Yes. The ranking can include comic book movies from Marvel, DC and other publishers represented in Comic Movie DB, provided a worldwide box-office figure has been recorded for the title.
How are the highest-grossing comic book movies ranked?
Movies are ordered from the largest recorded worldwide box-office total to the smallest. Updating a movie’s box-office figure automatically changes its position in the ranking when appropriate.
Are upcoming comic book movies included?
A movie needs a recorded worldwide box-office total to appear in this ranking, so unreleased and upcoming movies will not normally be included until box-office figures become available.