When Hollywood gets taken over by Superheroes

SUPERFLICKS A LOOK AT THE SUPERHERO BOX OFFICE NUMBERS WITH SUPERMAN GETTING A NOLAN MAKEOVER IN ZACK SNYDER'S 'MAN OF STEEL', AND SUPERHERO FRANCHISES CONTINUING TO CHARM THE BOX OFFICE, COMIC BOOK FANS HAVE NEVER HAD IT BETTER. FROM THE SUPERMEN OF THE BLOCKBUSTERS TO THE LITTLE KNOWN DUDS THAT FAILED TO LIVE UP TO THEIR NAMES, HERE'S A LOWDOWN ON THE SUPERHERO CINEMA LANDSCAPE. OP 5 SUPERHERO U FRANCHISES $3.6 BATMAN SPIDERMAN $3.2 IRON MAN $2.36 X-MEN $1.8 $0.85 * SUPERMAN $1 $2 $3 $4 BOX OFFICE COLLECTION (IN BILLION) * NOT INCLUDING MAN OF STEEL THE DARK KNIGHT & THE DARK KNIGHT RISES ARE THE ONLY TWO SUPERHERO MOVIES IN A FRANCHISE TO GROSS MORE THAN $1 BILLION WORLDWIDE HIGHEST GROSSING OFALL TIME $1.5 $1.5 $1.2 $0.9 $1 $1.08 $1 $0.5 $0 SPIDER THE DARK THE DARK KNIGHT RISES IRON THE MAN 3 KNIGHT MAN 3 AVENGERS THE AVENGERS IS THE 3RD HIGHEST GROSSING FILM WORLDWIDE CAFTER AVATAR & TITANIC) BIGGEST ARENING WEEKENDS $Ə50 $207 $200 $174 $158 $160 $151 $150 $100 $50 $0 SPIDER MAN 3 IRON MAN 3 THE DARK THE PARK THE KNIGHT KNIGHT AVENGERS RISES STUDIUS RELEASES WITH MOST 19 14 10 20th CENTURY FOX SONY PICTURESTM © 2000 SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC. IRONMAN 3 AND SPIDERMAN HAVE HIGHEST RETURN ON INVESTMENT IRONMAN 3 (2013) BUDGET - $200 M EARNINGS - $1.2 B SPIDERMAN (200a) BUDGET - $140 M $821 M EARNINGS LOWES BAL TME LUW ST BUDGETS OF ALL TIME $180 $154 $150 $131 $120 $100 $90 $65 $54 $60 $45 $30 BUDGET $0 WORLDWIDE BLADE BLADE 2 HELLBOY EARNINGS BIGGEST FLOPS $180 $150 $120 $100 $80 $90 $62 $52 $60 $ 나 7 $30 $10 BUDGET WORLDWIDE $0 EARNINGS JONAH HEX CATWOMAN AEON FLUX TRIVIA MARVEL COMICS WAS INITIALLY KNOWN AS TIMELY COMICS THE WORLD'S BIGGEST SELLING COMIC BOOK IS 'X-MEN NO 1', PUBLISHED BY MARVEL (8 MILLION COPIES SOLD) THE AVENGERS, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES & IRON MAN 3, ARE THE TOP HIGHEST GROSSING SUPERHERO MOVIES OF ALL TIME ALL FIGURES ARE AS OF JUNE 13, IN US DOLLARS SOURCES: www.BOXOFFICEMOJO.COM FusionCharts www.EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/LIST_OF_AMERICAN_SUPERHERO_FILMS Data to delight... in minutes wwW.EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/LIST_OF_HIGHEST-GROSSING_FILMS www.THE-NUMBERS.COM/MOVIES/SERIES/SUPERHERO.PHP www.FILMSITE.ORG/SERIES-BOXOFFICE.HTML BUDGET & EARNINGS CIN MILLIONS) BUDGET & EARNINGS uS DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE COLLECTIONS BOX OFFICE COLLECTIONS (SNOITTIW NI) (NOITI8 NI) (SNOITTIW NI)