About: Highest-Grossing Superhero Films of All Time

Overview of the data behind this chart

Superhero films ranked by total worldwide box office gross in billions of USD. Avengers: Endgame broke every existing box office record when it was released in 2019, ultimately grossing $2.798 billion worldwide — surpassing Avatar to briefly become the highest-grossing film of all time and demonstrating the extraordinary commercial power of Marvel's decade-long story arc culminating in a single cinematic event that fans had been building toward since 2008.

Key Findings

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Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) leads with 2 in 2021.

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Average value in 2021: 2 · median: 2.

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2018 recorded the highest combined total across all categories.

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Highest-Grossing Superhero Films of All Time

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8 categories · 5 years

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Top Value

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD) · 2019

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Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD)

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2012 – 2021

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The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Recorded 1 Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD) in 2012.

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The Avengers (2012)

Recorded 2 Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD) in 2012.

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Captain America Civil War (2016)

Recorded 1 Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD) in 2016.

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Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Recorded 2 Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD) in 2018.

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Black Panther (2018)

Recorded 1 Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD) in 2018.

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Aquaman (2018)

Recorded 1 Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD) in 2018.

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Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Recorded 3 Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD) in 2019.

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Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

Recorded 2 Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD) in 2021.

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Full Data Table

8 records across 5 years

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Category	Metric	2012	2016	2018	2019	2021
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)	Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD)	1	—	—	—	—
The Avengers (2012)	Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD)	2	—	—	—	—
Captain America Civil War (2016)	Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD)	—	1	—	—	—
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)	Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD)	—	—	2	—	—
Black Panther (2018)	Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD)	—	—	1	—	—
Aquaman (2018)	Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD)	—	—	1	—	—
Avengers: Endgame (2019)	Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD)	—	—	—	3	—
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)	Worldwide Box Office (Billion USD)	—	—	—	—	2