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Box Office History for Based on Comic/Graphic Novel

Ticket Sales and Market Share by Year


Note: Figures for 2025 are at an annualized rate.

Top-Grossing Movies 1995-2025, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

RankMovieRelease
Date
GenreMPAA
Rating
Total GrossInflation-Adjusted
Gross
1 Avengers: Endgame Apr 26, 2019 Action PG-13 $858,373,000 $1,059,847,014
2 Spider-Man: No Way Home Dec 17, 2021 Action PG-13 $814,811,535 $896,901,419
3 The Avengers May 4, 2012 Action PG-13 $623,357,910 $885,700,746
4 Black Panther Feb 16, 2018 Action PG-13 $700,059,566 $869,118,952
5 Avengers: Infinity War Apr 27, 2018 Action PG-13 $678,815,482 $842,744,575
6 The Dark Knight Jul 18, 2008 Action PG-13 $536,625,724 $841,182,752
7 Spider-Man May 3, 2002 Adventure PG-13 $405,930,363 $788,096,465
8 Spider-Man 2 Jun 30, 2004 Adventure PG-13 $375,828,527 $682,587,762
9 The Dark Knight Rises Jul 20, 2012 Action PG-13 $448,139,099 $636,740,355
10 Men in Black Jul 1, 1997 Action PG-13 $250,690,539 $617,712,457
11 Avengers: Age of Ultron May 1, 2015 Action PG-13 $459,005,868 $615,819,264
12 Iron Man 3 May 3, 2013 Action PG-13 $408,992,272 $568,967,114
13 Spider-Man 3 May 4, 2007 Adventure PG-13 $338,007,351 $554,697,645
14 Captain America: Civil War May 6, 2016 Action PG-13 $408,084,349 $533,576,179
15 Captain Marvel Mar 8, 2019 Action PG-13 $426,829,839 $527,013,699
16 Wonder Woman Jun 2, 2017 Action PG-13 $412,563,408 $520,188,645
17 Iron Man May 2, 2008 Adventure PG-13 $318,604,126 $501,840,840
18 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 May 5, 2017 Action PG-13 $389,813,101 $491,503,477
19 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Nov 11, 2022 Action PG-13 $453,829,060 $486,748,459
20 Spider-Man: Far From Home Jul 2, 2019 Action PG-13 $391,362,492 $483,026,681
21 Batman Forever Jun 16, 1995 Action PG-13 $184,190,913 $478,756,281
22 Guardians of the Galaxy Aug 1, 2014 Action PG-13 $333,714,112 $461,880,054
23 Iron Man 2 May 7, 2010 Action PG-13 $312,433,331 $447,860,709
24 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse… May 6, 2022 Action PG-13 $411,331,607 $441,800,619
25 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Mar 25, 2016 Action PG-13 $330,360,194 $431,950,728
Complete List

Year by Year Market Share

YearMovies in
Release
Market
Share
GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
Top-Grossing MovieGross that Year
1995 4 4.21% $223,943,244 51,481,203 $582,252,406 Batman Forever $184,137,034
1996 5 0.69% $39,668,561 8,974,785 $101,504,818 The Crow: City of Angels $17,897,671
1997 4 6.69% $414,641,668 90,335,873 $1,021,698,724 Men in Black $250,650,052
1998 2 1.03% $70,079,051 14,942,228 $168,996,599 Blade $70,001,065
1999 3 0.61% $45,374,182 8,931,926 $101,020,083 Mystery Men $29,762,011
2000 1 2.08% $157,299,717 29,183,621 $330,066,754 X-Men $157,299,717
2001 4 0.53% $43,038,239 7,603,929 $86,000,437 From Hell $31,507,144
2002 8 8.60% $784,772,058 135,072,644 $1,527,671,604 Spider-Man $403,706,375
2003 6 5.91% $545,149,844 90,406,276 $1,022,494,982 X-Men 2 $214,949,694
2004 8 6.93% $650,536,948 104,756,352 $1,184,794,341 Spider-Man 2 $373,524,485
2005 8 6.37% $562,305,165 87,723,114 $992,148,419 Batman Begins $205,343,774
2006 10 7.86% $723,903,133 110,519,563 $1,249,976,258 X-Men: The Last Stand $234,362,462
2007 8 9.19% $888,734,693 129,176,554 $1,460,986,826 Spider-Man 3 $336,530,303
2008 11 12.55% $1,225,800,860 170,724,353 $1,930,892,432 The Dark Knight $531,001,578
2009 8 3.56% $378,493,836 50,465,844 $570,768,696 Monsters vs. Aliens $198,351,526
2010 10 5.26% $550,221,846 69,736,609 $788,721,048 Iron Man 2 $312,433,331
2011 13 9.29% $946,379,711 119,341,704 $1,349,754,672 Thor $181,030,624
2012 9 14.38% $1,552,414,960 195,027,004 $2,205,755,415 The Avengers $623,357,910
2013 15 11.60% $1,269,393,014 156,136,904 $1,765,908,384 Iron Man 3 $408,992,272
2014 16 14.05% $1,468,876,414 179,789,036 $2,033,413,997 Guardians of the Galaxy $332,965,525
2015 15 8.57% $962,876,073 114,220,175 $1,291,830,179 Avengers: Age of Ultron $459,005,868
2016 14 13.56% $1,544,253,266 178,526,387 $2,019,133,437 Captain America: Civil War $408,084,349
2017 16 17.72% $1,955,916,897 218,050,935 $2,466,156,075 Wonder Woman $412,563,408
2018 16 16.19% $1,918,003,985 210,538,307 $2,381,188,252 Black Panther $700,059,566
2019 12 22.80% $2,567,801,276 280,327,651 $3,170,505,733 Avengers: Endgame $858,373,000
2020 10 7.53% $160,082,518 17,438,183 $197,225,850 Birds of Prey (And the Fant… $84,158,461
2021 15 29.92% $1,351,116,857 132,853,182 $1,502,569,488 Spider-Man: No Way Home $572,984,769
2022 16 30.97% $2,289,617,968 217,437,605 $2,459,219,313 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever $436,499,646
2023 20 16.70% $1,512,058,698 138,213,774 $1,563,197,784 Spider-Man: Across the Spid… $381,311,319
2024 34 3.19% $274,320,373 24,254,674 $274,320,363 The Garfield Movie $91,956,547
2025 18 16.18% $1,278,277,642 113,021,897 $1,278,277,655 Superman $354,184,465

Upcoming Releases

Release DateMovie GenreDomestic
Box Office
to Date
Trailer
December 2025
December 5 100 Nights of Hero (Wide) Drama $250,701  
March 2026
March 31 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The … (Special Engagement) Action $78,656,813  
April 2026
April 17 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank (Wide) Black Comedy    
June 2026
June 26 Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (Wide) Action    
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (IMAX) Action    
July 2026
July 31 Spider-Man: Brand New Day (Wide) Action    
September 2026
September 11 Clayface (Wide) Horror    
November 2026
November 1 V for Vendetta (Special Engagement) Action $70,511,035  
December 2026
December 18 Avengers: Doomsday (Wide) Action    
June 2027
June 18 Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (Wide) Action    
July 2027
July 9 Man of Tomorrow (Wide) Action    
September 2027
September 17 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 (Wide) Action    
October 2027
October 1 The Batman: Part II (Wide) Action    
The Batman: Part II (IMAX) Action    
December 2027
December 17 Avengers: Secret Wars (Wide) Action    
June 2028
June 30 Dynamic Duo (Wide) Adventure    

Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).

The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office years. Each box office year starts on the first Monday of the year, so the previous year ends on the Sunday before the first Monday. For example, the "2017 box office year" started on January 2, 2017 so the "2016 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 1, 2017.