List of American superhero films explained

This is a list of superhero films produced by American film studios by year.

DC and Marvel

Independents

Live-action

Live-action feature films

YearFilmPublisherDirectorDistributorWorldwide grossNotes
1937The Shadow Strikes[1] Street & SmithLynn ShoresGrand National Films Inc.Film featuring The Shadow character.
1938International CrimeCharles LamontFilm featuring The Shadow character.
1945Dick TracyDetroit MirrorWilliam BerkeRKO PicturesFilm featuring the character Dick Tracy.
1946The Shadow ReturnsStreet & SmithPhil Rosen, William BeaudineMonogram PicturesPart of The Shadow franchise.
Behind the MaskPhil KarlsonFilm featuring The Shadow character.
Dick Tracy vs. CueballDetroit MirrorGordon Douglas, James AndersonRKO PicturesFilm featuring the character Dick Tracy
The Missing LadyStreet & SmithPhil KarlsonMonogram PicturesPart of The Shadow franchise.
1947Dick Tracy's DilemmaDetroit MirrorJohn RawlinsRKO PicturesFilm featuring the character Dick Tracy
Dick Tracy Meets GruesomePart of the Dick Tracy franchise.
1956The Lone Ranger[2] WXYT (AM)Stuart HeislerWarner Bros.Theatrical ($1,550,000)Film based on The Lone Ranger television series.
1958The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of GoldLesley SelanderAmazon MGM Studios (United Artists)Sequel to The Lone Ranger.
Invisible AvengerStreet & SmithJames Wong Howe, Ben Parker, John SledgeParamount Pictures (Republic Pictures)Part of The Shadow franchise.
1966Rat Pfink a Boo BooOriginalRay Dennis StecklerCraddock Films
The Wild World of BatwomanJerry WarrenADPProductionsFilm unrelated to the Batman franchise.
Doctor Satan's RobotVariousParamount Pictures (Republic Pictures)Part of the Mysterious Doctor Satan franchise.
1967Fearless FrankPhilip KaufmanTrans American Films
1970Hercules in New York[3] Arthur Allan SeidelmanRAF IndustriesTheatrical ($300,000)
1974Black Belt Jones[4] Robert ClouseWarner Bros.
1975Street & SmithMichael AndersonFilm based on the pulp comic Doc Savage.
Dolemite[5] OriginalD'Urville MartinDimension PicturesTheatrical ($12,000,000)
1976The Human TornadoCliff RoquemoreDimension PicturesSequel to Dolemite.
1977Star Wars[6] George LucasWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)Theatrical ($775.8,000,000)
Abar, the First Black SupermanFrank PackardMirror ReleasingA blaxploitation film
Exo-ManRichard LivingUniversal Pictures (NBC)
1978Kiss Meets the Phantom of the ParkGordon HesslerHanna-Barbera, Universal Pictures (NBC)Television film
Based on the rock band Kiss, and not on pre-existing comic
1980Hero at Large[7] Martin DavidsonAmazon MGM Studios (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)Theatrical ($15,934,737)
Flash GordonKing Features SyndicateMike HodgesUniversal PicturesTheatrical ($27,107,960)Based on the comic strip by Alex Raymond
Super FuzzOriginalSergio CorbucciAmazon MGM Studios (AVCO Embassy)An American-Italian-Spanish co-production
The Empire Strikes BackIrvin KershnerWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)Theatrical ($549,000,000)Sequel to Star Wars
1981Raiders of the Lost Ark[8] Steven SpielbergParamount PicturesTheatrical ($389.9,000,000)Film featuring the character Indiana Jones.
Part of the Indiana Jones franchise.
CondormanCharles JarrottWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)Theatrical ($4,500,000)
The Cannonball Run[9] Hal NeedhamWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)Theatrical ($160,000,000)Actor Dom DeLuise plays superhero Captain Chaos.
Zorro, The Gay BladeArgosyPeter MedakTheatrical ($5.1,000,000)Film featuring the character Zorro.
The Legend of the Lone RangerWXYT (AM)William A. FrakerUniversal PicturesTheatrical ($12,617,845)Film based on the Lone Ranger radio show.
1982The Beastmaster[10] OriginalDon CoscarelliAmazon MGM Studios (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)Theatrical ($14.1,000,000)
TronSteven LisbergerWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)Theatrical ($33,001,374)
Conan the Barbarian[11] Weird TalesJohn MiliusUniversal PicturesTheatrical ($79.1,000,000)Film featuring the character Conan the Barbarian.
Swamp ThingVertigo/DCWes CravenAmazon MGM Studios (Embassy Pictures)Theatrical ($2.5,000,000)
Modesty Blaise[12] Hall SyndicateReza BadigiWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (ABC)Film based on the comic strip by Peter O'Donnell.
1983Hercules[13] OriginalLuigi CozziAmazon MGM Studios (The Cannon Group, Inc.)Theatrical ($11,000,000)Film starring Lou Ferrigno.
Return of the JediRichard MarquandWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)Theatrical ($475.1,000,000)Sequel to The Empire Strikes Back
1984The Toxic AvengerLloyd KaufmanTroma EntertainmentTheatrical ($800,000)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomSteven SpielbergParamount PicturesTheatrical ($333.1,000,000)Prequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Part of the Indiana Jones franchise.
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th DimensionW. D. RichterWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios), Sherwood ProductionsTheatrical ($6,254,148)
The Brother from Another PlanetJohn SaylesCinecomTheatrical ($4,000,000)
Cannonball Run IIHal NeedhamWarner Bros.Theatrical ($56.3,000,000)Dom Deluise reprises his role as superhero Captain Chaos.
Ghostbusters[14] Ivan ReitmanSony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)Theatrical ($295.2,00,000)
Conan the DestroyerWeird TalesRichard FleischerUniversal Pictures($31,000,000)Sequel to Conan the Barbarian.
Sheena[15] Fiction HouseJohn GuillerminSony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)Theatrical ($5,778,353)Film featuring the character Sheena, Queen of the Jungle
The TerminatorOriginalJames CameronAmazon MGM Studios (Orion Pictures)Theatrical
1985Red SonjaOriental StoriesRichard FleischerAmazon MGM Studios (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)Theatrical ($6.9,000,000)Film featuring the character Red Sonja
The Adventures of HerculesOriginalLuigi CozziAmazon MGM Studios (The Cannon Group, Inc.)Sequel to Hercules
[16] Warren Murphy, Richard SapirGuy HamiltonAmazon MGM Studios (Orion Pictures)Theatrical ($14.4,000,000)Film based on The Destroyer novel series.
1986The WraithOriginalMike MarvinNew Century Vista Film CompanyTheatrical ($3,500,000)
The Greatest American HeroineStephen J. Cannell ProductionsFailed pilot for a revival of the television series The Greatest American Hero.
Eliminators[17] Peter ManoogianEmpire International PicturesTheatrical ($4,601,256)
Captain EO[18] Francis Ford CoppolaWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)Theatrical ($23.7,000,000)Film based on an attraction at Disneyland.
[19] Richard LangWarner Bros. (Warner Bros. Television Studios)Continuation of the television series Kung Fu
1987RoboCopPaul VerhoevenAmazon MGM Studios (Orion Pictures)Theatrical ($53,424,681)
Wild Thing[20] Max ReidAmazon MGM Studios (Atlantic Entertainment Group)Theatrical ($84,000)
Masters of the UniverseMattelGary GoddardAmazon MGM Studios (The Cannon Group, Inc.)Theatrical ($17,000,000)Based on a toy franchise and television series of the same name
The Princess Bride[21] HarcourtRob ReinerWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)Theatrical ($30.9,000,000)Film based on The Princess Bride novel.
The SpiritRegister and Tribune SyndicateMichael SchultzWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (ABC)Television film
The film served as a pilot for a planned TV series.
The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic WomanOriginalRay AustinUniversal Pictures (NBC)Continuation of the television series The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman.
1988MoonwalkerVariousWarner Bros.Theatrical ($67,000,000)
1989The Return of Swamp ThingVertigo/DCJim WyrnorskiWarner Bros. (Millimeter Films)
OriginalAlan J. LeviUniversal Pictures (NBC)Continuation of the television series The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman
Nick Knight[22] Farhad MannBarry Weitz Films, Robirdie Pictures, New World PicturesFailed pilot for a television series. Inspiration for the television series Forever Knight.
The Toxic Avenger Part IILloyd KaufmanTroma EntertainmentTheatrical ($792,966)Sequel to 1984's The Toxic Avenger
Theatrical ($363,561)Sequel to 1989's The Toxic Avenger Part II
Ghostbusters IIIvan ReitmanSony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)Theatrical ($215.4,000,000)Sequel to Ghostbusters.
Part of the Ghostbusters franchise.
Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeSteven SpielbergParamount PicturesTheatrical ($474.2,000,000)Sequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Part of the Indiana Jones franchise.
Robot Ninja[23] J.R. Bookwalterstyle+"text-align:center" Theatrical ($15,000)Film featuring Batman's Burt Ward.
1990Dick TracyDetroit MirrorWarren BeattyWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Touchstone Pictures)Theatrical ($162,000,000.7)Film based on the comic Dick Tracy
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles[24] Mirage StudiosSteve BarronWarner Bros. (New Line Cinema)Theatrical ($201,965,915)
RoboCop 2OriginalIrvin KershnerAmazon MGM Studios (Orion Pictures)Theatrical ($45,681,173)Sequel to a 1987 film
DarkmanSam RaimiUniversal PicturesTheatrical ($48,878,502)
Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.Michael HerzTroma Entertainment
1991Mirage StudiosMichael PressmanWarner Bros. (New Line Cinema)Theatrical ($78,656,813)Sequel to a 1990 film
[25] OriginalJames CameronSony Pictures (TriStar Pictures)Theatrical ($520.9,000,000)Sequel to The Terminator.
The RocketeerPacific ComicsJoe JohnstonWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)Theatrical ($62,000,000)
Suburban Commando[26] OriginalBurt KennedyWarner Bros. (New Line Cinema)Theatrical ($8,000,000)Film starring Hulk Hogan.
Knight Rider 2000[27] Alan J. LeviUniversal Pictures (NBC)Film based on the television series Knight Rider
Sylvio TabetWarner Bros. (New Line Cinema)Theatrical ($869,325)Sequel to The Beastmaster
The GuyverTokuma Shoten, Kadokawa ShotenScreaming Mad George, Steve WangWarner Bros. (New Line Cinema)Theatrical ($3,000,000)Film based on the manga Bio Booster Armor Guyver by Yoshiki Takaya.
1992Doctor MordridOriginalAlbert Band, Charles BandFull Moon EntertainmentDirect-to-video
Based on an old Doctor Strange script
3 Ninjas[28] Jon TurteltaubWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Touchstone Pictures)Theatrical ($29,000,000)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer[29] Fran Rubel KuzuiWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)Theatrical ($16.6,000,000)Film that inspired the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Army of Darkness[30] Sam RaimiUniversal PicturesTheatrical ($21.5,000,000)Part of the Evil Dead franchise.
Universal Soldier[31] Roland EmmerichSony Pictures (TriStar Pictures)Theatrical ($95,000,000)
1993Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IIIMirage StudiosStuart GillardWarner Bros. (New Line Cinema)Theatrical ($42,273,609)5Sequel to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
The Meteor ManOriginalRobert TownsendAmazon MGM Studios (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)Theatrical ($8,023,147)
Super Mario Bros.NintendoRocky Morton, Annabel JankelWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Hollywood Pictures)Theatrical ($38.9,000,000)Film based on the Super Mario video game.
RoboCop 3OriginalFred DekkerAmazon MGM Studios (Orion Pictures)Theatrical ($10,696,210)Sequel to 1990's RoboCop 2
3 Ninjas Knuckle UpShin Sang-okSony Pictures (TriStar Pictures)Theatrical ($407,618)Part of the 3 Ninjas film series.
Demolition Man[32] Marco BrambillaWarner Bros.Theatrical ($159.1,000,000)
Last Action Hero[33] John McTiernanSony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)Theatrical ($137.3,000,000)
1994The CrowCaliber ComicsAlex ProyasParamount Pictures (Miramax)Theatrical ($144,693,129)
Double DragonTechnōs JapanJames YukichUniversal Pictures (Gramercy Pictures)Theatrical ($4.2,000,000)Film based on the Double Dragon video game series.
Street FighterCapcomSteven E. de SouzaUniversal PicturesTheatrical ($99.4,000,000)Film based on the Street Fighter video game franchise.
Bionic Ever After?OriginalSteven StaffordParamount Pictures (CBS)Continuation of the television series The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman.
Shrunken Heads[34] Richard ElfmanParamount Pictures (Paramount Home Entertainment)Theatrical ($800,000)A Full Moon Features film.
Tokuma Shoten, Kadokawa ShotenSteve WangWarner Bros. (New Line Cinema)Sequel to The Guyver.
The ShadowStreet & SmithRussell MulcahyUniversal PicturesTheatrical ($48,063,435)
BlankmanOriginalMike BinderSony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)Theatrical ($7,941,977)
3 Ninjas Kick BackCharles T. KanganisSony Pictures (TriStar Pictures)Theatrical ($11,798,854)Part of the 3 Ninjas film series.
[35] Linda HassaniFull Moon Featuresrowspan="7"
Hercules and the Amazon WomenBill L. NortonUniversal Pictures (Universal Television)Part of the franchise.
Hercules and the Lost KingdomHarley Cokeliss
Hercules and the Circle of FireDoug Lefler
Hercules in the UnderworldBill L. Norton
Hercules in the Maze of the MinotaurJosh Becker
Knight Rider 2010Sam PillsburyUniversal Pictures (NBCUniversal Syndication Studios)Television film based on the television series Knight Rider.
1995Bradford MayUniversal Pictures (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment)Theatrical ($4,000,000)Direct-to-video
Sequel to 1990's Darkman
Mortal KombatMidway GamesPaul W. S. AndersonWarner Bros. (New Line Cinema)Theatrical ($122.2,000,000)Film based on the Mortal Kombat video game franchise.
Judge DreddRebellion DevelopmentsDanny CannonWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Hollywood Pictures)Theatrical ($113,493,481)
Fist of the North Star[36] ShueishaTony RandelFirst Look StudiosTheatrical ($6.6,000,000Film based on the manga Fist of the North Star
Black ScorpionOriginalJonathan WinfreyParamount Pictures (Showtime)Television film
[37] Douglas SchwartzArtisan EntertainmentPart of the Baywatch franchise.
[38] Russell MulcahyWestinghouse BroadcastingTheatrical ($15.6,000,000)Sequel to Highlander
Bryan SpicerWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)Theatrical ($66,433,194)Based on the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers TV series
Characters created by Saban Entertainment
The DemolitionistRobert KurtzmanTwo Moon ReleasingTheatrical ($1,000,000)
1996The PhantomStripSimon WincerParamount PicturesTheatrical ($17,323,326)
OriginalBradford MayUniversal Pictures (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment)Direct-to-video
Sequel to 1995's Darkman II: The Return of Durant
Gabrielle BeaumontUniversal Pictures (NBCUniversal Syndication Studios)Part of The Beastmaster film series.
Solo[39] Norberto BarbaSony PicturesTheatrical ($5,107,669)
Theodore Rex[40] Jonathan BetuelNew Line CinemaTheatrical ($33.5,000,000)
Caliber ComicsTim PopeParamount Pictures (Miramax)Theatrical ($17,917,287)Sequel to 1994 film
VampirellaWarren PublishingJim WynorskiConcorde Pictures[41]
1997Mortal Kombat AnnihilationMidway GamesJohn R. LeonettiWarner Bros. (New Line Cinema)Theatrical ($51.3,000,000)Sequel to Mortal Kombat
OriginalShuki Levy and David WinningWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)Theatrical ($8,363,899)Prequel to the Power Rangers Turbo TV series
Characters created by Saban Entertainment
[42] Jay RoachWarner Bros. (New Line Cinema)Theatrical ($67.7,000,000)Parody of James Bond and Jason King.
Jonathan WinfreyParamount Pictures (Showtime)Television film
Sequel to 1995's Black Scorpion
OrgazmoTrey ParkerUniversal PicturesTheatrical ($602,302)
Warriors of Virtue[43] Ronny YuAmazon MGM Studios (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)Theatrical ($6,524,620)
Drive[44] Steve Wang
1998Star KidManny CotoLionsgate Films (Trimark Pictures)Theatrical ($7,029,025)
The Mask of ZorroMartin CampbellSony Pictures (TriStar Pictures)Theatrical ($250,288,523)
Sean McNamaraTheatrical ($375,805)Part of the 3 Ninjas film series.
[45] Lawrence LanoffTroma Entertainment
Jeff WoolnoughParamount Pictures (Showtime Networks)Part of the Universal Soldier franchise.
1999Inspector GadgetDavid KelloggWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)Theatrical ($134,403,112)Based on the 1983 TV series of the same name
Heat Vision and JackBen StillerRed Hour ProductionsFailed television pilot.
The Matrix[46] The WachowskisWarner Bros.Theatrical ($466,000,000.6)
Mic RogersSony Pictures (TriStar Pictures)Theatrical ($10.7,000,000)Part of the Universal Soldier franchise.
George LucasWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)Theatrical ($1.027,000,000)Prequel to the original Star Wars films.
Jay RoachWarner Bros. (New Line Cinema)Theatrical ($312,000,000)Second installment of the Austin Powers film series.
Alien ArsenalDavid DeCoteauFull Moon FeaturesLoose remake of the film Laserblast.
2000Up, Up and AwayRobert TownsendWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Disney Channel)Television film
Caliber ComicsBharat NalluriDimension FilmsDirect-to-video
Sequel to 1996's The Crow: City of Angels
Knights of JusticeBig Bang ComicsPhillip CableTelevision film
Dungeons & Dragons[47] TSR, Inc.Courtney SolomonWarner Bros. (New Line Cinema)Theatrical ($33.8,000,000)Film based on the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons.
The SpecialsOriginalCraig MazinFluid Entertainment, Regent EntertainmentTheatrical ($13,276)
Charlie's Angels[48] McGSony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)Theatrical ($264.1,000,000)Film based on the television series Charlie's Angels.
Lloyd KaufmanTroma EntertainmentSequel to 1989's The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie
UnbreakableM. Night ShyamalanWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Touchstone Pictures)Theatrical ($248,118,121)
Pitch Black[49] David TwohyUniversal Pictures (Focus Features)Theatrical ($53.2,000,000)
Doug AarniokoskiParamount Pictures (Miramax)Theatrical ($15.8,000,000)Part of the Highlander franchise.
2001EidosSimon WestParamount PicturesTheatrical ($247.7,000,000)Film based on the Tomb Raider video game franchise.
The One[50] OriginalJames WongSony Pictures (Columbia Pictures), Revolution StudiosTheatrical ($72,689,126)
Barak EpsteinWorldWide International Picture StudiosHomage/Parody of superhero movies.
The Double-D AvengerWilliam WincklerBio-Tide Films, Elite Entertainment, King Records, William Winckler Productions
Earth vs. the Spider[51] Scott ZiehlSony Pictures (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)Horror parody of Spider-Man.
Jay and Silent Bob Strike BackKevin SmithParamount Pictures (Miramax)Theatrical ($33.8,000,000)Parody featuring the characters Jay and Silent Bob.
Spy Kids[52] Robert RodriguezDimension FilmsTheatrical ($147.9,000,000)
Pootie Tang[53] Louis C.K.Paramount PicturesTheatrical ($3.3,000,0000Film adapted from a sketch by The Chris Rock Show.
Electra Woman and Dyna GirlWarner Bros. (The WB)Unaired pilot based on the television series Electra Woman and Dyna Girl.
2002Terror ToonsJoe CastroBrain Damage Filmsstyle="[text-align:center |Theatrical ($2,300) | |- |''[[Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones]]|George Lucas|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($653.8,000,000)|Part of the Star Wars franchise.|-||Robert Rodriguez|Dimension Films|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($119.7,000,000)|Sequel to Spy Kids.|-|The Tuxedo[54] |Kevin Donovan|Universal Pictures (DreamWorks Pictures)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($104.4,000,000)||-|Undercover Brother[55] |Malcolm D. Lee|Universal Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($41.6,000,000)||-|The Master of Disguise[56] |Perry Andelin Blake|Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($43.4,000,000)||-|Austin Powers in Goldmember|Jay Roach|Warner Bros. (New Line Cinema)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($296.7,000,000)|Third installment of the Austin Powers film series.|-|rowspan="19"|2003|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen|America's Best Comics|Stephen Norrington|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)|style=text-align:center" |Theatrical ($179.3,000,000)|Film based on the comic book The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen|-|The Medallion[57] |rowspan="5"|Original|Gordon Chan|Sony Pictures (TriStar Pictures & Screen Gems)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($34.3,000,000)||-||McG|Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)|style=text-align:center" |Theatrical ($259.2,000,000)|Sequel to Charlie's Angels|-||Jonathan Mostow|Warner Bros.|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($433.4,000,000)|Part of the Terminator franchise.|-|Agent Cody Banks[58] |Harald Zwart|Amazon MGM Studios (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($58.8,000,000)||-| The Hebrew Hammer[59] ||Jonathan Kesselman|Paramount Pictures (Comedy Central), Strand Releasing|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($82,157)||-||Eidos|Jan de Bont|Paramount Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($160.1,000,000)|Sequel to .|-|Inspector Gadget 2|Original|Alex Zamm|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)|rowspan="7" |Direct-to-video sequel to 1999's Inspector Gadget|-|The Lone Ranger|WXYT (AM)|Jack Bender|Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Television)|Part of the Lone Ranger franchise.|-|Chimera|CrossGen|Jeff Sheetz|Independent||-|SpiderBabe|rowspan="12" |Original|Johnny Crash|E.I. Independent|Erotic parody of Spider-Man.|-|-||Douglas Schwartz|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Television)|Part of the Baywatch franchise.|-|The Black Ninja[60] |Clayton Prince|MTI Home Video, Singa Home Entertainment|Independent film by actor Clayton Prince.|-|Ultrachrist!|Kerry Douglas Dye|LeisureSuit Media||-|The Matrix Reloaded|rowspan="2"|The Wachowskis|rowspan="2"|Warner Bros.|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($741.,000,000.8)|Sequel to The Matrix.|-|The Matrix Revolutions|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($427,000,000.3)|Part of The Matrix franchise.|-||Robert Rodriguez|Dimension Films|style=text-align:center" |Theatrical ($197,000,000)|Part of the Spy Kids film series.|-|[61] |Quentin Tarantino|Paramount Pictures (Miramax)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($180.9,000,000)||-|Underworld[62] |Len Wiseman|Sony Pictures (Screen Gems)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($95.7,000,000)||-|rowspan="13"|2004||Bob Clark|Sony Pictures (Triumph Films)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($9,219,388)|Sequel to 1999's Baby Geniuses|-||Mike Donahue|Ariztical Entertainment|rowspan="2" ||-||Mark Hamill|Paramount Pictures (Miramax)|Mockumentary about a comic book fan.|-|Van Helsing[63] |Constable & Robinson|Stephen Sommers|Universal Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($300.2,000,000)|Film based on different classic horror movie franchises.|-||Capcom|Alexander Witt|Sony Pictures (Screen Gems)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($129.3,000,000)|Part of the Resident Evil film series.|-|My Name Is Modesty|Hall Syndicate|Scott Spiegel|rowspan="2"|Paramount Pictures (Miramax)||Film based on the comic strip by Peter O'Donnell.|-||rowspan="7"|Original|Quentin Tarantino|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($152.2,000,000)|Sequel to .|-|Thunderbirds[64] |Jonathan Frakes|rowspan="2"|Universal Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($28.3,000,000)|Film based on the television series Thunderbirds|-|The Chronicles of Riddick|David Twohy|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($115.8,000,000)|Sequel to Pitch Black.|-|Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow[65] |Kerry Conran|Paramount Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($58,000,000)||-||Kevin Allen|Amazon MGM Studios (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), Walt Disney Pictures (20th Century Studios)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($28.8,000,000)|Sequel to Agent Cody Banks.|-|[66] |David Titcher|Warner Bros. (TNT)||First installment of The Librarian film series.|-|D.E.B.S.[67] |Angela Robinson|Samuel Goldwyn Films|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($97,446)||-|rowspan="11"|2005||Caliber Comics|Lance Mungia|Dimension Films|rowspan="2"|Direct-to-video
Sequel to 2000's
The Crow: Salvation|-|Painkiller Jane|Event Comics|Sanford Bookstaver|Universal Pictures (Universal Television)|Film based on the comic book series Painkiller Jane.|-||TSR, Inc.|Gerry Lively|Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($1.7,000,000)|Sequel to the Dungeons & Dragons film.|-|The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D|rowspan="8" |Original|Robert Rodriguez|Dimension Films, Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($69,425,967)||-||George Lucas|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)|style="text-align:center| Theatrical ($868.4,000,000)|Part of the Star Wars franchise.|-|The Legend of Zorro|Martin Campbell|Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($142,400,065)|Sequel to the 1998 film The Mask of Zorro|-|Sky High|Mike Mitchell|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($86,369,815)||-|Æon Flux|Karyn Kusama|Paramount Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($52,000,000.3)|Film based on the animated series Æon Flux.|-|Die You Zombie Bastards!|Caleb Emerson|Image Entertainment|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($86,369,815)||-|Serenity[68] |Joss Whedon|Universal Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($40.4,000,000)|Continuation of the television series Firefly|-|[69] |Aaron Norris|Paramount Pictures (CBS Media Ventures)|rowspan="2"|Continuation of the original television series Walker, Texas Ranger.|-|rowspan="8" |2006|Gargantarama|AC Comics||rowspan="2" |Direct-to-video
First superhero film with a giant female monster, since
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman|-|Lightspeed|POW! Entertainment|Don E. FauntLeRoy|Nu Image|Television film
Created by Stan Lee|-|
My Super Ex-Girlfriend|rowspan="8"|Original|Ivan Reitman|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($60,984,606)||-|Ultraviolet|Kurt Wimmer|Sony Pictures (Screen Gems)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($31,070,211)||-|Special|Hal Haberman and Jeremy Passmore|Magnolia Pictures||2006 U.S. limited release|-|Zoom|Peter Hewitt|Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)| style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($12,506,362)||-||Len Wiseman|Sony Pictures (Screen Gems)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($113.4,000,000)|Part of the Underworld film series.|-||Jonathan Frakes|Warner Bros. (TNT)||Second installment of The Librarian film series.|-| rowspan="8" |2007|Bunny Whipped[70] |Rafael Riera|ThinkFilm||Direct-to-video|-|Underdog|Frederik Du Chau|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($65,270,477)|Based on the 1960s TV series of the same name|-|El Muerto|Los Cornex|Brian Cox|Peninsula Films, Three Lion Productions|rowspan="2" ||-||rowspan="3"|Original|Alex Winter|Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Television)|Television film
Based on the Cartoon Network series|-|
The Junior Defenders|Keith Spiegel|Warner Bros.|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($172,000)||-||Brett Leonard|Lionsgate Films|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($213,205)|Part of the Highlander franchise.|-|Transformers|Hasbro|Michael Bay|Paramount Pictures|style="[test-align:center" |Theatrical ($709,000,000.7) |Film based on the ''[[Transformers]] franchise.|-||Capcom|Russell Mulcahy|Sony Pictures (Screen Gems)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($147.7,000,000)|Part of the Resident Evil film series.|-| rowspan="12"|2008|Jumper|rowspan="6"|Original|Doug Liman|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($222,231,186)||-|Superhero Movie|Craig Mazin|Amazon MGM Studios (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)| style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($71,237,351)||-|Hancock|Peter Berg|Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)| style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($624,386,746)||-|Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull|Steven Spielberg|Paramount Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($790.7,000,000)|Part of the Indiana Jones franchise.|-|Get Smart[71] |Peter Segal|Warner Bros.|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($230.7,000,000)|Film based on the television series Get Smart.|-||Gil Junger|Warner Bros. (Warner Premiere)||Spin-off of the film Get Smart|-|The Spirit|Register and Tribune Syndicate|Frank Miller|Lionsgate Films|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($39,031,337)||-|The Forbidden Kingdom[72] |Wu Cheng'en|Rob Minkoff|Lionsgate Films, The Weinstein Company|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($128,000,000)|Film based on the story Journey to the West.|-|The Adventures of Food Boy|rowspan="3" |Original|Dane Cannon|Cold Spark Films|||-|Knight Rider[73] |Steve Shill|Universal Pictures (NBCUniversal Syndication Studios)|Film based on the television series Knight Rider|-||Jonathan Frakes|Warner Bros. (TNT)|Third and final installment of The Librarian film series.|-|Speed Racer[74] |Shueisha|The Wachowskis|Warner Bros.|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($93.9,000,000)|Film based on the Speed Racer franchise.|-|rowspan="15"|2009|Push|rowspan="7" |Original|Paul McGuigan|Lionsgate Films (Summit Entertainment)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($48,858,618)||-|Super Capers|Ray Griggs|Lionsgate Films (Roadside Attractions)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($30,955)||-|Defendor|Peter Stebbings|Sony Pictures (Sony Pictures Classics), Darius Films, Alliance Films| style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($44,462)|A Canadian-American film |-|Paper Man|Kieran Mulroney, Michele Mulroney|MPI Media Group|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($13,514)|Actor Ryan Reynolds plays imaginary superhero Captain Excellent.|-|Black Dynamite[75] |Scott Sanders|Apparition, Sony Pictures (Destination Films)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($296,557)|Parody of blaxploitation films co-written and starring actor Michael Jai White.|-||Alex Winter|Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Television)|rowspan="2"|Television film
Based on the Cartoon Network series|-|Wolvesbayne[76] |Griff Furst|Active Entertainment||-||Capcom|Andrzej Bartkowiak|rowspan="2"|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($12.8,000,000)|Film based on the Street Fighter video game franchise.|-|Dragonball Evolution[77] |Shueisha|James Wong|style="text-align:center"| Theatrical ($58.2,000,000)|Film based on the Dragon Ball franchise.|-||rowspan="2"|Hasbro|Michael Bay|Paramount Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($836,000,000.3)|Sequel to Transformers|-|[78] |Stephen Sommers|Paramount Pictures, Amazon MGM Studios (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)|style="text-align:"center" |Theatrical ($302.5,000,000)|Film based on the toyline .|-||Original|Patrick Tatopoulos|Sony Pictures (Screen Gems)|style="text-align:center |Theatrical ($91.4,000,000)|Prequel to Underworld.|-||rowspan="2" |Original|John Hyams|Sony Pictures (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($844,000)|Part of the Universal Soldier franchise.|-|G-Force[79] |Hoyt Yeatman|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($292.8,000,000)||-|Princess of Mars[80] |A.C. McClurg|Mark Atkins|The Asylum||Film based on the novel A Princess of Mars.|-|rowspan="9"|2010|Super|Original|James Gunn|IFC Films, StudioCanal|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($593,933)|IFC's most successful VOD film so far[81] |-|Ghost of Garganta|AC Comics||||Direct-to-video, Sequel to a 2006 film|-|Boy Wonder|rowspan="7"|Original|Michael Morissey|Lightning Entertainment|||-|The A-Team[82] |Joe Carnahan|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($177.2,000,000)|Film based on the television series The A-Team.|-|The Last Airbender[83] |M. Night Shyamalan|Paramount Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($319.7,000,000)|Film based on the animated series .|-|Machete[84] |Robert Rodriguez, Ethan Maniquis|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($44.1,000,000)|Film featuring the character Machete.|-||Joseph Kosinski|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($400,062,763)|Sequel to Tron|-|The Sorcerer's Apprentice[85] |Jon Turteltaub|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($215.3,000,000)|Film loosely based on a segment from the movie Fantasia|-|The Book of Eli[86] |Hughes Brothers|Warner Bros., Lionsgate Films (Summit Entertainment)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($157.1,000,000)||- |rowspan="12"|2011|The Green Hornet|Holyoke Publishing, NOW Comics|Michel Gondry|Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($227,817,248)||-||Sergio Bonelli Editore|Kevin Munroe|Freestyle Releasing|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($5.8,000,000)|Film based on the comic Dylan Dog|-|I Am Number Four|HarperCollins|D.J. Caruso|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Touchstone Pictures)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($149,878,437)|Based on the novel of the same name|-||Hasbro|Michael Bay|Paramount Pictures|styel="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($1,000,000.124)|Part of the Transformers film series.|-|Conan the Barbarian|Weird Tales|Marcus Nispel|Lionsgate Films|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($63,000,000.3)|Film featuring the character Conan the Barbarian.|-|Priest[87] |Daewon C.I.|Scott Stewart|Sony Pictures (Screen Gems)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($78,300,000)|Film based on the comic Priest.|-|Pizza Man|rowspan="7" | Original|Joe Eckardt|Lionsgate Films (Anchor Bay Entertainment)|stye="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($3,000,000)||-|Three Inches|Harley Peyton|Syfy||Failed pilot.|-|Immortals|Tarsem Singh|Relativity Media, Universal Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($226,000,000.5)|Film featuring characters from Greek mythology.|-|All Superheroes Must Die|Jason Trost|Image Entertainment||Also known as Vs
Sequel All Superheroes Must Die 2: The Last Superhero was released in 2016.|-||Robert Rodriguez|The Weinstein Company|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($85.6,000,000)|Part of the Spy Kids film series.|-|Cross[88] |Patrick Durham|Sony Pictures||First of an independent film series.|-|rowspan="13"|2012|Chronicle|Josh Trank|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($126,636,097)| |-|Rise of the Black Bat|Standard Comics|Scott Patrick|TomCat Films |style="text-align:center" |Direct-to-video|Co-production with Brett Kelly Entertainment and Dudez Productions.|-|Dredd|Rebellion Developments|Pete Travis|Lionsgate Films|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($41,467,606)|Reboot of the Judge Dredd film franchise|-||Original|Mans Marlind, Bjorn Stein|Sony Pictures (Screen Gems)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($160.1,000,000)|Part of Underworld|-|[89] |Grand Central Publishing|Timur Bekmambetov|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($116.4,000,000)|Film based on the novel Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter.|-||Capcom|Paul W. S. Anderson|Sony Pictures (Screen Gems)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($240.2,000,000)|Part of the Resident Evil film series.|-|John Carter|A.C. McClurg|Andrew Stanton|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)|style="text-align:center| Theatrical ($284.1,000,000)|Film based on A Princess of Mars.|-|Somebody's Hero|Original|Darin Beckstead|Amazon MGM Studios|rowspan="4" ||-|Avenging Force: The Scarab |Standard Comics|Brett Kelly|Dudez Productions|Direct-to-video|-|Elf-Man|rowspan="8" | Original|Ethan Wiley|Lionsgate Films (Anchor Bay Entertainment)|Direct-to-video
A Christmas superhero comedy film|-|Alter Egos|Jordan Galland|Phase 4 Films, SModcast|Film is distributed by the podcast, SModcast, co-hosted by Kevin Smith.|-|The Amazing Bulk|Lewis Schoenbrun|Wild Eye Releasing|style-"text-align:center"|Theatrical ($14,000)|Mockbuster of the film The Incredible Hulk.|-||John Hyams|Foresight Unilimite, Magnolia Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($1.4,000,000)|Part of the Universal Soldier franchise.|-|rowspan="8"|2013|Pacific Rim[90] |Guillermo del Toro|Warner Bros. Pictures|style="text-align:center"|Theatrical ($411,000,000)||-|Atlantic Rim|Jared Cohn|The Asylum|rowspan="3" |Direct-to-video
A mockbuster ripoff to Pacific Rim|-|Super Buddies|Robert Vince|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment)|Direct-to-video
Seventh installment in the Air Buddies franchise|-|Sparks|Chris Folino, Todd Burows|Sideshow Productions||-|The Lone Ranger|WXYT (AM)|Gore Verbinski|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)|style"[text-align:center"| Theatrical ($260,000,000.5) |Film based on the [[Lone Ranger]] radio show.|-||Hasbro|Stephen Sommers|Paramount Pictures, Amazon MGM Studios (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)|style="text-align=center" |Theatrical ($302.5,000,000)|Sequel to .|-|Riddick|rowspan="3"|Original|David Twohy|Universal Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($98.3,000,000)|Part of The Chronicles of Riddick franchise.|-|Machete Kills|Robert Rodriguez|Open Road Films|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($17.5,000,000)|Sequel to Machete.|-| rowspan="7" |2014|RoboCop|José Padilha|Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures), Amazon MGM Studios (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($242,688,965)|First reboot to the RoboCop franchise|-|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Mirage Studios|Jonathan Liebesman|Paramount Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($485,004,754)|Reboot of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film franchise|-|Birdman|Original|Alejandro González Iñárritu|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Searchlight Pictures)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($103,000,000.2)||-|Hercules|Radical Studios|Brett Ratner|Paramount Pictures, Amazon MGM Studios (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($(244.8,000,000}|Film based on the graphic novel Hercules|-|I, Frankenstein|Kevin Grevioux|Stuart Beattie|Lionsgate Films|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($76.8,000,000)|Film based on a digital-only graphic novel.|-||Hasbro|Michael Bay|Paramount Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($1,000,000.104)|Part of the Transformers film series.|-|-|The Equalizer[91] |rowspan="6" |Original|Antoine Fuqua|Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($192.3,000,000)|Film based on the television series The Equalizer.|-| rowspan="5" |2015|American Hero|Nick Love|Screen Media|style="text-align:center"|Theatrical ($1,000,000)|-||J.J. Abrams|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Lucasfilm)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($2.068,000,000)|Part of the Star Wars franchise.|-|Avengers Grimm|Jeremy M. Inman|The Asylum||Mockbuster of the film and the television series Once Upon a Time.|-|Lazer Team|Matt Hullum|Rooster Teeth|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($1,600,000)|Co-produced by YouTube Red and Fullscreen Films|-|Terminator Genisys|Alan Taylor|Paramount Pictures|style="text-align:center"| Theatrical ($440.6,000,000)|Part of the Terminator franchise.|-|rowspan="11" |2016|Code 8|Jeff Chan||||Short film, released on YouTube|-||Mirage Studios|Dave Green|Paramount Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($245,623,848)|Sequel to 2014's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|-|Hectic Knife|Original|Greg DeLiso|Troma Entertainment||a Superhero parody|-|Max Steel|Mattel|Stewart Hendler|Open Road Films|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($6,272,403)|Live-action reboot of the toyline franchise|-||Capcom|Paul W. S. Anderson|Sony Pictures (Screen Gems)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($312.2,000,000)|Part of the Resident Evil film series.|-|All Superheroes Must Die 2: The Last Superhero[92] [93] [94] |rowspan="8" |Original|Jason Trost|rowspan="2" |rowspan="2"|Sequel to 2011's All Superheroes Must Die, released on YouTube[95] |-|Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel||Sequel to .|-||Anna Foerster|Sony Pictures (Screen Gems)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($81.1,000,000)|Part of the Underworld film series.|-|Ghostbusters: Answer the Call|Paul Feig|Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($229.1,000,000)|Reboot of Ghostbusters.
Part of the Ghostbusters franchise.|-|Yoga Hosers[96] |Kevin Smith|Invincible Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($38,784)|Part of the True North trilogy.|-|Midnight Special[97] |Jeff Nichols|Warner Bros.|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($7.68,000,000)||-|rowspan="11"|2017|Split|M. Night Shyamalan|Universal Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($276,921,998) |Standalone sequel to 2000's Unbreakable
Co-produced with Blumhouse Productions|-|iBoy|Adam Randall|Netflix, XYZ Films|||-|Power Rangers|rowspan="2"|Hasbro|Dean Israelite|Lionsgate Films|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($142,099,154) |Reboot of the Power Rangers film franchise|-||Michael Bay|rowspan="2"|Paramount Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($605,000,000.4)|Part of the Transformers film series.|-|Ghost in the Shell[98] |Kodansha|Rupert Sanders|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($169.8,000,000)|Film based on the Ghost in the Shell franchise.|- |Sleight|rowspan="6" | Original|J. D. Dillard|WWE Studios, BH Tilt|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($3,989,705)|Co-produced with Diablo Entertainment|-||Rian Johnson|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Lucasfilm)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($1.333,000,000,000)|Sequel to .
Part of the Star Wars franchise.|-|Baywatch|Seth Gordon|Paramount Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($177.9,000,000)|Film based on the television series Baywatch.|-|The VelociPastor[99] |Brendan Steere|Wild Eye Releasing|||-|Lazer Team 2|Matt Hullum and Daniel Fabelo|Rooster Teeth|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($19,996)|Co-produced by YouTube Red and Fullscreen Films|-|Sign Gene|Emilio Insolera|Pluin Productions|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($25,000)||-|rowspan="10" |2018|Tomb Raider|Eidos|Roar Uthaug|Warner Bros., Amazon MGM Studios (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($274.7,000,000)|Film based on the Tomb Raider video game franchise.|-|Pacific Rim Uprising|Original|Steven S. DeKnight|Universal Pictures|style="text-align:center"|Theatrical ($290.9,000,000)|Sequel to Pacific Rim|-|Ninjak vs. the Valiant Universe|Valiant Comics|Aaron Schoenke|Paramount Pictures (ComicBook.com)|rowspan="3" |Based on the Valiant characters.
Originally a series for Comicbook.com and film for YouTube.|-||rowspan="5" | Original|Maximilian Elfeldt|The Asylum|Sequel to Avengers Grimm. Mockbuster of the film and the television series Once Upon a Time.|-|Higher Power|Matthew Charles Santoro|Magnet Releasing|Co-produced with Di Bonaventura Pictures and Defy Media|-|The Darkest Minds|Jennifer Yuh Nelson |Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)|style="text-align:center"|Theatrical ($41,142,379)|Based on a novel of the same name
Co-produced with 21 Laps Entertainment|-|The Equalizer 2|Antoine Fuqua|Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($190.4,000,000)|Sequel to The Equalizer.|-|Hornet|James Kondelik, Jon Kondelik|The Asylum||Direct-to-video
A mockbuster ripoff to Bumblebee.|-|Bumblebee|Hasbro|Travis Knight|Paramount Pictures|style="[text-align:center" |Theatrical ($468,000,000) |Spin-off from the ''[[Transformers (film series)|Transformers]] film series.|-|Kin[100] |Original|Jonathan and Josh Baker|Lionsgate Films (Summit Entertainment)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($10.3,000,000)||-|rowspan="12"|2019|Glass|Original|M. Night Shyamalan|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Buena Vista International), Universal Pictures|style="text-align:center"|Theatrical ($246,999,039)|Sequel to 2000's Unbreakable and 2017's Split
Co-produced with Blumhouse Productions|-|
[101] |Shueisha|Robert Rodriguez|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($405,000,000)|Film based on the manga Battle Angel Alita.|-|Kim Possible|rowspan="10"|Original|Adam Stein, Zach Lipovsky|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Disney Channel)||Live-action adaptation of the animated series Kim Possible.|-||J.J. Abrams|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Lucasfilm)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($1.074,000,000,000)|Sequel to .
Part of the
Star Wars franchise.|-|Fast Color|Julia Hart|Lionsgate Films (Codeblack Films)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($76,916)|Co-produced with LD Entertainment and Original Headquarters|-|El Chicano|Ben Hernandez Bray|Briarcliff Entertainment|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($1,404,646)|The film has been called the "first Latino superhero movie"
Co-produced with WarParty Films|-|
Brightburn|David Yarovesky|Sony Pictures (Screen Gems)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($32,893,421)|Co-produced with Stage 6 Films, Troll Court Entertainment and The H Collective
A superhero horror film|-|
Freaks|Adam Stein, Zach Lipovsky|Well Go USA Entertainment|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($335,050)|Co-produced with Amazing Incorporated and Wise Daughter Films|-|Jay and Silent Bob Reboot|Kevin Smith|Saban Films|style="text-align:center"| Theatrical ($4,691,248)|Parody featuring the characters Jay and Silent Bob
Sequel to Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.|-|
|Tim Miller|Paramount Pictures, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)|style="text-align:centers" |Theatrical ($261.1,000,000)|Part of the Terminator franchise.|-|Undercover Brother 2|Leslie Small|Universal Pictures (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment)||Sequel to Undercover Brother.|-|Charlie's Angels|Elizabeth Banks|Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($73.3,000,000)|Part of the Charlie's Angels franchise.|-|rowspan="8" |2020|Sonic the Hedgehog|Sega Sammy Group|Jeff Fowler|Paramount Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($320,954,026)|Hybrid film with both live-action and animation
Based on a franchise of the same name
Co-produced with Sega and Original Film|-||
Bloodshot|Valiant Comics|David S.F. Wilson|Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($33,502,835)|Based on a character of the same name
Co-produced with Original Film|-|
Project Power|rowspan="6"|Original|Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost|Netflix|rowspan="2" |Co-produced with Screen Arcade and Supermarché|-|Secret Society of Second-Born Royals|Anna Mastro|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Disney+)|Produced by Disney Channel|-|Archenemy|Adam Egypt Mortimer|RLJE Films|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($136,240)|Co-produced with Voltage Pictures and SpectreVision|-|Fatman[102] |Eshom Nelms, Ian Nelms|Saban Films|style="text-alignment" |Theatrical (($1.7,000,000)||-|The Unhealer[103] |Martin Guigui|Shout Factory|rowspan="4" ||-|We Can Be Heroes|Robert Rodriguez|Netflix|Co-produced with Double R Productions|-|rowspan="10"|2021|Flora & Ulysses|Candlewick Press|Lena Khan|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Disney+)|Based on a children's novel of the same name|-|Lazarus|Original|R.L. Scott|Samuel Goldwyn Films|Co-produced with Phoenix Rising Films, Overdog Entertainment and Wonder Studios|-|Mortal Kombat|Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment|Simon McQuoid|Warner Bros. (New Line Cinema)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($83.7,000,000)|Film based on the Mortal Kombat video game franchise.|-|Thunder Force|Original|Ben Falcone|Netflix||Co-produced with On the Day Productions|-|Snake Eyes|Hasbro|Robert Schwentke|Paramount Pictures, Amazon MGM Studios (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($36,871,324)|Prequel to G.I. Joe
Co-produced with Skydance Media, Entertainment One and Di Bonaventura Pictures|-|
The Green Knight[104] |Frederic Madden|David Lowery|A24|style="text-align:center |Theatrical ($20,000,000)|Film based on the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.|-|Free Guy[105] |rowspan="8"|Original|Shawn Levy|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($3331.5,000,000)||-|Malignant|James Wan|Warner Bros. (New Line Cinema)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($34,891,791)||-||Jason Reitman|Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($204.4,000,000)|Continuation of the original Ghostbusters films.
Sequel to Ghostbusters II.
Part of the Ghostbusters franchise.|-|The Matrix Resurrections|Lana Wachowski|Warner Bros.|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($156,000,000.6)|Part of The Matrix franchise.|-|rowspan="10"|2022|Fistful of Vengeance[106] |Roel Reine|Netflix|rowspan="2" |Follow-up to the television series Wu Assassins.|-|The Hyperions|Jon McDonald|The Daily Wire, Saban Films||-|Everything Everywhere All at Once[107] |Daniels|A24|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($100.9,000,000)||-|Dracula: The Original Living Vampire|Maximilian Elfeldt|The Asylum||Direct-to-video
A mockbuster ripoff to Morbius.|-|Sonic the Hedgehog 2|Sega Sammy Group|Jeff Fowler|Paramount Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($29,800,000)|Hybrid film with both live-action and animation
Sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog.
Co-produced with Sega & Original Film.|-|Corrective Measures|Arcana Studio|Sean O'Reilly|Tubi|||-|Firestarter[108] |Viking Press|Keith Thomas|Universal Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($14.9,000,000)|Adaptation of the novel Firestarter by Stephen King.|-|Secret Headquarters|Original|Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman|Paramount Pictures (Paramount+)|rowspan="3" |Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer Films|-|Samaritan|Mythos Comics|Julius Avery|Amazon MGM Studios|Produced by Balboa Productions|-|Violent Night|Tommy Wirkola|Universal Pictures|style="text-alignment" |Theatrical ($25.7,000,000)||-|rowspan="9"| 2023||Russell Mulcahy||Paramount Pictures (Paramount+)||Based on the film and TV series Teen Wolf.|-||Hasbro|Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley|Paramount Pictures|style="text-alignment" |Theatrical ($350,562)|Based on the Tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons.|-|Renfield[109] |Constable & Robinson|Chris McKay|Universal Pictures|style="text-alignment" |Theatrical ($3,140,000)|Film based on the Dracula film series.|-||Hasbro|Charlie Haskell|Netflix||Continuation of the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series.|-|Knights of the Zodiac|Shueisha|Tomasz Bagiński|Sony Pictures (Stage 6 Films)|style="text-alignment" |Theatrical ($4,472,573)|Based on a manga Saint Seiya
A Japanese-American co-production.|-||Hasbro|Steven Caple Jr.|Paramount Pictures|style="text-alignment" |Theatrical ($346,188,071)|Sequel to Bumblebee
Spin-off from the Transformers film series.|-|Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny|rowspan="6"| Original|James Mangold|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures & Lucasfilm)|style="text-alignment" |Theatrical ($24,000,000)|Fifth and final installment of the Indiana Jones film series.|-|The Equalizer 3|Antoine Fuqua|Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)|style="text-alignment" |Theatrical ($13,100,000)|Sequel to The Equalizer 2.|-||Robert Rodriguez|Netflix|rowspan="2" |Reboot to the Spy Kids film series.|-|rowspan="4"|2024|The Thundermans Return|Trevor Kirschner|Paramount Pictures (Paramount+)|Continuation of the television series The Thundermans.|-||Gil Kenan|Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)|style="text-alignment" |Theatrical ($114,426,978)|Sequel to .|-|The People's Joker|Vera Drew|Altered Innocence||A Parody film to Joker|-|Borderlands|Gearbox Software|Eli Roth|Lionsgate Films (Summit Entertainment)|style="text-alignment" |Theatrical ($4,000,000)|Based on a video game of the same name|-|}

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YearFilmPublisherDirectorDistributorNotes
2024The CrowCaliber ComicsRupert SandersLionsgate FilmsReboot of the same name
Co-produced with Davis Films, Electric Shadow Co, Hassell Free Productions and Pressman Film.
Legend of the White DragonOriginalAaron SchoenkeFalling Forward Films
Sonic the Hedgehog 3Sega Sammy GroupJeff FowlerParamount PicturesHybrid film with both live-action and animation
Sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Co-produced with Sega & Original Film
Red SonjaDynamite EntertainmentM. J. BassettMillennium MediaReboot of the same name
2025OriginalJoachim RønningWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)Sequel to
Mortal Kombat 2Warner Bros. Interactive EntertainmentSimon McQuoidWarner Bros. (New Line Cinema)Sequel to Mortal Kombat.
2026Street FighterCapcomSony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)Reboot of the same name.
The Mandalorian & GroguOriginalJon FavreauWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Lucasfilm)A Sequel and Spin-off to The Mandalorian.
Masters of the UniverseMattelTravis KnightAmazon MGM Studios (United Artists)Based on a franchise of the same name
Reboot of the same name
HighlanderOriginalChad StahelskiLionsgate Films (Summit Entertainment)Reboot of the same name
Untitled Star Wars filmWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Lucasfilm)
The Toxic AvengerMacon BlairLegendary PicturesReboot of the same name
Joe MenendezParamount Pictures (Paramount+)Continuation of the television series Henry Danger.
Untitled Star Wars filmSharmeen Obaid-ChinoyWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Lucasfilm)
My Hero AcademiaShueishaShinsuke SatoNetflixBased on a manga of the same name
Co-produced with Legendary Entertainment and Toho Pictures
IncorruptibleBoom! StudiosJeymes Samuel
Irredeemable
Untitled Bloodshot SequelValiant ComicsSequel to Bloodshot
HarbingerPaul Downs ColaizzoParamount PicturesBased on the comic book of the same name
Produced by Original Film and DMG Entertainment
Harbinger WarsA crossover between Harbinger and Bloodshot
FaithBased on the comic book of the same name
Produced by Original Film and DMG Entertainment
ShadowmanReginald Hudlin
Painkiller JaneDynamite EntertainmentLotus EntertainmentReboot of the same name
BarbarellaEdgar WrightSony PicturesReboot of the same name
Django/ZorroCrossover sequel to Django Unchained & The Legend of Zorro.
BlackBlack Mask StudiosWarner Bros.Produced by Studio 8
Green Hornet and KatoHolyoke Publishing, NOW ComicsLeigh WhannellUniversal PicturesReboot of the same name
Co-produced with Amasia Entertainment
GundamBandai Namco HoldingsJordan Vogt-RobertsNetflixBased on a character of the same name
Produced by Legendary Pictures
Untitled Voltron filmWorld Events ProductionsRawson Marshall ThurberAmazon MGM StudiosBased on Voltron.
ThunderCatsOriginalAdam WingardWarner Bros.Based on the television series of the same name
Untitled Matrix filmDrew GoddardPart of The Matrix franchise.
Captain PlanetBased on the television series of the same name
HerculesGuy RitchieWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)Reboot of the same name
Produced by AGBO
Untitled Transformers/G.I. Joe crossoverHasbroParamount PicturesA Crossover between Transformers & G.I. Joe.
G.I. Joe: Ever VigilantParamount Pictures, Amazon MGM Studios (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)Third installment of the G.I. Joe film series.
Untitled Snake Eyes follow-up filma follow-up to Snake Eyes
Co-produced with Skydance Media, Entertainment One and Di Bonaventura Pictures
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last RoninMirage StudiosParamount PicturesBased on the comic book of the same name.
RoboCop ReturnsOriginalAbe ForsytheAmazon MGM Studios (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)Second reboot to the RoboCop franchise
Untitled Hancock SequelPeter BergSony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)Sequel to Hancock
Untitled Chronicle SequelWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)Sequel to Chronicle
Co-produced with Davis Entertainment
Mega ManCapcomHenry Joost and Ariel SchulmanNetflixBased on a video game franchise of the same name
Produced by Chernin Entertainment
One-Punch ManShueishaJustin LinSony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)Based on a manga of the same name
Co-produced with Arad Productions and Perfect Storm Entertainment
Tiger & BunnyBandai Namco HoldingsOpen Road FilmsBased on a franchise of the same name
Co-produced with Imagine Entertainment and Bandai Namco Arts
Astro BoyKobunshaWarner Bros. (New Line Cinema)Based on a manga of the same name
Produced by Animal Logic
OverwatchActivision BlizzardBased on a video game of the same name
Co-produced with Activision Blizzard Studios
MiraculousOriginalJeremy ZagLionsgate FilmsBased on an animated series
Co-produced with TF1 Studios, Skydance Media, Cross Creek Pictures, and ZAG Inc.
Rebel's RunArkhaven ComicsScooter DowneyViral Films MediaBased on the characters of Arkhaven Comics
Untitled Austin Powers fourth filmOriginalJay RoachWarner Bros. (New Line Cinema)Fourth installment of the Austin Powers film series.
Untitled Violent Night sequelUniversal PicturesSequel to Violent Night.
Untitled Free Guy sequelWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)Sequel to Free Guy.
TarzanSony PicturesA "total reinvention" of the character.

Movie serials

YearSerialPublisherDirectorDistributorNotes
1936Flash GordonKing Features SyndicateFrederick Stephani, Ray TaylorUniversal PicturesA 13-chapter serial based on the Flash Gordon comic strip character
1937Dick TracyDetroit MirrorAlan James, Ray TaylorRepublic PicturesA 15-chapter serial based on the comic strip Dick Tracy.
1938Flash Gordon's Trip to MarsKing Features SyndicateFord Beebe, Robert F. Hill, Frederick StephaniUniversal PicturesA 15-chapter serial based on the Flash Gordon comic strip character
The Spider's WebPopular PublicationsJames W. Horne/Ray TaylorColumbia PicturesA 15-chapter black-and-white serial based upon the Spider pulp magazine character
Dick Tracy ReturnsDetroit MirrorWilliam Witney, John EnglishRepublic PicturesFilm featuring the comic character Dick Tracy.
The Lone RangerWXYT (AM)A 15-chapter serial based on the Lone Ranger character.
1939The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Dick Tracy's G-MenDetroit MirrorA 15-chapter serial featuring the character Dick Tracy.
1940The Green HornetHolyoke Publishing, NOW ComicsFord Beebe, Ray TaylorUniversal PicturesA 13-chapter black-and-white serial based on the Green Hornet radio series
Mysterious Doctor SatanOriginalWilliam Witney, John EnglishRepublic PicturesA 15-chapter black-and-white serial.
The ShadowStreet & SmithJames W. HorneColumbia PicturesA 15-chapter seriesl featuring The Shadow character.
1941The Green Hornet Strikes Again!Holyoke Publishing, NOW ComicsFord Beebe, John RawlinsUniversal PicturesA 15-chapter black-and-white serial based on the Green Hornet radio series
The Spider ReturnsPopular PublicationsJames W. HorneColumbia Pictures15-chapter serial based on the Spider pulp comics.
Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc.Detroit MirrorWilliam Witney, John EnglishRepublic PicturesA 15-chapter serial featuring the character Dick Tracy.
1943The Masked MarvelOriginalSpencer Gordon BennetA 12-chapter black-and-white serial

Animated

YearFilmPublisherDirectorDistributorWorldwide grossNotes
1978Star Wars Holiday SpecialOriginalSteve BinderWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Television)Part of the Star Wars franchise.
1982Danilo BruniFilmationTelevision film
Based on the series of the same name
Mighty Mouse in the Great Space ChaseVariousParamount Pictures (CBS Television Distribution)Based on the character of the same name
1985The Secret of the SwordAmazon MGM Studios (Atlantic Entertainment Group)Theatrical ($6,500,000)Based on the two characters.
Bob Forward, Don HeckmanWestinghouse Broadcasting
Rainbow Brite and the Star StealerKimio YabukiWarner Bros.Theatrical ($4,000,000.9)Part of the Rainbow Brite media franchise.
1986The Adventures of the American RabbitFred Wolf, Nobutaka NishizawaAmazon MGM Studios (Clubhouse Pictures)Theatrical ($1,268,443)
Ray Patterson, Don Lusk, Alan ZasloveTheatrical ($1.3,0000,0000)Film featuring two Tonka toylines.
HasbroNelson ShinDe Laurentiis Entertainment Groupstyle="[test-align:center |Theatrical ($5.000,000.8) |Film based on ''[[The Transformers (TV series)|The Transformers]] television series.|-|1987||Don Jurwich|Celebrity Home Entertainment|rowspan="8"|Continuation of the television series G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero.|-|1988||Original|Tom Tataranowicz|Taurus Entertainmen|Based on the toy franchise of the same name|-|rowspan="2" |1992|Defenders of Dynatron City|Lucasfilm Games||rowspan="2" |DIC Entertainment|Failed pilot for a television series based on the video game Defenders of Dynatron City.|-|Battletoads|Rare|Kent Butterworth|Failed pilot for a television series based on the video game Battletoads.|-|1993|Jonny's Golden Quest|rowspan="3" |Original|Don Lusk, Paul Sommer|rowspan="2"|Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Television Distribution)|Television film
Based on the character of the same name|-|rowspan="4"|1995|
Jonny Quest vs. The Cyber Insects|Mario Piluso|Television film
Based on the character of the same name|-|
[110] |Various|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment)|Pilot for the television series Gargoyles.|-|Mortal Kombat: The Journey Begins|Midway Games||New Line Cinema|Prequel to the Mortal Kombat film.|-|Toy Story|rowspan="3" |Original|John Lasseter|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)|style=text-align:center |Theatrical ($394,436,586,4)|Made by Pixar|-|1997|Hercules|John Musker, Ron Clements|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)|style=text-align:center |Theatrical ($252,000,000.7)|Film featuring the character Heracles.|-|1998||Lynne Naylor|Universal Pictures (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment)||Part of the franchicse.|-|rowspan="4"|1999|The Iron Giant[111] |Faber and Faber|Brad Bird|Warner Bros.|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($31.3,000,000)|Film based on the novel The Iron Man by Ted Hughes.|-|Tarzan[112] |A.C. McClurg|Kevin Lima, Chris Buck|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)|style="text-align:center| Theatrical ($448.2,000,000)|Film featuring the character Tarzan.|-||rowspan="10"|Original|Bob Kline, Tad Stones, Phil Wenstein|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment)||Sequel to Hercules.|-|Toy Story 2|John Lasseter|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)|style=text-align:center |Theatrical ($512,000,000)|Sequel to Toy Story|-|2000||Tad Stones|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment)||Part of the Toy Story franchise.|-|2001|Osmosis Jones[113] |Various|Warner Bros.|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($14,000,000)|Live-action animated film|-|rowspan="4"|2002|The Powerpuff Girls Movie|Craig McCracken|Warner Bros.|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($16,426,471)|Based on The Powerpuff Girls TV series|-|||Fox|rowspan="8" |Failed pilot for an animated series based on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.|-|-|Inspector Gadget's Last Case|Michael Maliani|rowspan="2"|DIC Entertainment|Television film
Based on the character of the same name|-|
Groove Squad|Patrick A. Ventura|A made-for-TV film that once aired on Nickelodeon|-|rowspan="4"|2003||Steve Loter|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Buena Vista Television)|Part of the Kim Possible franchise.|-|The Animatrix|Various|Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)|Part of The Matrix franchise.|-|Those Who Walk in Darkness|Grand Central Publishing||Lightyear Entertainment|Film based on the novel Those Who Walk in Darkness by John Ridley.|-||Hasbro|Dale Carman|Paramount Pictures (Paramount Home Entertainment)|Part of the franchise.|-|rowspan="7"|2004|The Big Superhero Wish|rowspan="2"|Original|Gary Conrad, Sarah Frost|Paramount Pictures (Nickelodeon)|Television special
A special to
The Fairly Oddparents|-|The Incredibles|Brad Bird|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($631,442,092)|Made by Pixar|-||Chaos! Comics|Andy Orjuela|A.D. Vision|rowspan="14" |Film based on the comic book Lady Death by Brian Pulido.|-||Mattel|Sean Frewer|Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Television)|Part of the Max Steel franchise.|-||Constable & Robinson|Sharon Bridgeman|rowspan="2"|Universal Pictures (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment)|Prequel to the film Van Helsing|-||Original|Peter Chung|Part of The Chronicles of Riddick franchise.|-||Hasbro|Dale Carman|Paramount Pictures (Paramount Home Entertainment)|Sequel to .|-|rowspan="7"|2005|Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico|rowspan="5"|Original|Ron Hughart|Warner Bros.|Direct-to-video
Based on the show of the same name|-|
Mr. Incredible and Pals|Various|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment)|Part of The Incredibles franchise.|-|Inspector Gadget's Biggest Caper Ever|Ezekiel Norton|DIC Entertainment|Direct-to-video
Part of the
Inspector Gadget franchise|-||Steve Loter|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Buena Vista Television)|Part of the Kim Possible franchise.|-|The Golden Blaze|Bryon E. Casrson|Kidtoon Films|-|Tarzan II|A.C. McClurg|Brian Smith|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment)|Sequel to Tarzan.|-||rowspan="2"|Mattel|rowspan="2"|Sean Sullivan|rowspan="2"|Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Television)|rowspan="2"|Part of the Max Steel franchise.|-|2006||-|rowspan="8"|2007|Mosaic|POW! Entertainment|Roy Allen Smith|Lionsgate Films (Anchor Bay Entertainment)|Direct-to-video
Created by Stan Lee|-|
TMNT|Mirage Studios|Kevin Munroe|Warner Bros., The Weinstein Company|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($95,608,995)|Alternative sequel to 1991's |-|Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters[114] |Original|Various|First Look Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($5.5,000,000)|Film based on the television series Aqua Teen Hunger Force.|-|The Condor|POW! Entertainment|Steven E. Gordon|Lionsgate Films (Anchor Bay Entertainment)|rowspan="6" |Direct-to-video
Created by Stan Lee|-|
|rowspan="3"|Original|Sebastian O. Montes III, Scooter Tidwell|Warner Bros. (Cartoon Network Studios)|Television film
Based on
Ben 10 TV series|-|Phantom Planet|Butch Hartman|Paramount Pictures (Nickelodeon)|The series finale to Danny Phantom|-|Veritas, Prince of Truth|Arturo Ruiz-Esparza|Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment, Lightyear Entertainment||-||Mattel|William Lau|Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Television)|Part of the Max Steel franchise.|-|rowspan="4"|2008|Turok: Son of Stone|Valiant Comics|Curt Geda, Dan Riba, Frank Squillace, Tad Stones|Universal Pictures (Classic Media)|Direct-to-video|-|Kung Fu Panda[115] |rowspan="3"|Original|John Stevenson, Mark Osborne|Universal Pictures (DreamWorks Animation)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($631,000,000.7)||-|Star Wars: The Clone Wars|Dave Filoni|Warner Bros.|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($68.3,000,000)|Part of the Star Wars franchise.|-|Bolt|Chris Williams|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($310,000,000)||-|rowspan="6"|2009|Garfield's Pet Force|Andrews McMeel Universal|Mark A.Z. Dippé, Kyung Ho Lee|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Fox Home Entertainment)||Direct-to-video
Based on the comic strip of the same name|-|
Astro Boy|Various|David Bowers|Lionsgate Films (Summit Entertainment)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($44,093,014)|Imagi Animation Studios film loosely based on the manga series of the same name|-|Monsters vs. Aliens|Original|Conrad Vernon, Rob Letterman|Universal Pictures (DreamWorks Animation)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($381.5,000,000)||-|The Haunted World of El Superbeasto|MVCreations|Rob Zombie|Lionsgate Films (Anchor Bay Entertainment)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($10,000,000)|Film based on the comic by Rob Zombie.|-|Turtles Forever|Mirage Studios|Roy Burdine
Lloyd Goldfine|4Kids Entertainment|rowspan="2"|Television film
Crossover event, between the 1987 series and 2003 series|-|
|rowspan="9" |Original|Various|Universal Pictures (DreamWorks Animation)|Part of the Monsters vs. Aliens|-|rowspan="5"|2010|Toy Story 3|Lee Unkrich|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)|style=text-align:center |Theatrical ($1,067,000,000)|Sequel to Toy Story 2|-|Megamind|Tom McGrath|Universal Pictures (DreamWorks Animation)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($317,415,120)||-|Despicable Me|Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin|Universal Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($543.2,000,000)||-|Kung-Fu Magoo|Andres Couturier|Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($2.6,000,000)|Film featuring the animated character Mr. Magoo.|-|Kung Fu Panda Holiday|Tim Johnson|rowspan="2"|Universal Pictures (DreamWorks Animation)||Part of the Kung Fu Panda franchise.|-|rowspan="3"|2011|Kung Fu Panda 2|Jennifer Yuh Nelson|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($665.7,000,000)|Sequel to Kung Fu Panda.|-|[116] |Various|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Disney Television Animation)||Film features the superhero Perry the Platypus.|-|Puss in Boots[117] |Chris Miller|Universal Pictures (DreamWorks Animation)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($555,000,000)|Part of the Shrek franchise.|-|rowspan="5"|2012||Victor Cook|Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Television)|rowspan="2" |Television film
Based on
Ben 10 TV series|-|The Amazing Adventures of the Living Corpse|Dynamite Entertainment|Justin Paul Ritter|Shoreline Productions|[118] |-|ParaNorman[119] |rowspan="2" |Original|Sam Fell, Chris Butler|Universal Pictures (Focus Features)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($107.1,000,000)||-||Raman Hui|rowspan="2"|Universal Pictures (DreamWorks Animation)||Part of the Puss in Boots franchise.|-|Rise of the Guardians|William Joyce|Peter Ramsey|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($306,000,000.9}|Film based on the book The Guardians of Childhood.|-|rowspan="4"|2013|Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie|rowspan="2"|Original|Steve Stark|Phase 4 Films|style="test-align:center" |Theatrical ($69,000)|Adaptation from the comic book Bluntman and Chronic by Kevin Smith, originally from his film Chasing Amy.|-|Despicable Me 2|Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin|Universal Pictures|style=text-align:center" |Theatrical ($970.8,000,000)|Sequel to the film Despicable Me.|-||Hasbro|Duane Capizzi, Marsha Griffin, Steven Melching|Lionsgate Films (Entertainment One)|rowspan="3" |Conclusion of the television series.|-|Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon|Original|Michael Goguen|Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)|Part of the Scooby-Doo franchise.|-|2014|Stan Lee's Mighty 7: Beginnings|Pow! Entertainment|Lee Ningning|Cinedigm, PGS Entertainment|Aired on Hub Network|-|rowspan="6"|2015||Nickelodeon|Paul Tibbitt|Paramount Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($323,436,538)|Hybrid film with both live-action and animation
Based on the
SpongeBob SquarePants TV series
Sequel to
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie|-|Barbie in Princess Power|Mattel|Ezekiel Norton|rowspan="2"|Universal Pictures||Limited theater release/widespread video release
First superhero film with a solo female lead released in theaters since
Elektra|-|Minions|rowspan="3"|Original|Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda|style=text-align:center" |Theatrical ($1,159,398,397)|Spin off to the film Despicable Me.|-||Spike Brandt, Tony Cervone|Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)|rowspan="4" |Direct-to-video
Second superhero film based on rock band Kiss, crossover with Scooby-Doo franchise|-|
Sanjay's Super Team|Sanjay Patel|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)|-||Dynamite Entertainment|Gail Simone|Shout! Factory|Film based on the comic Red Sonja.|-|rowspan="2"|2016|[120] |Aaron Augenblick|rowspan="2" |Original|Augenblick Studios / Insurge Pictures / Red Hour Productions|Film based on the Zoolander film series.|-|Kung Fu Panda 3|Jennifer Yuh Nelson|rowspan="2"|Universal Pictures (DreamWorks Animation)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($521.1,000,000)|Third instalment of the Kung Fu Panda film series.|-|rowspan="2"|2017||Scholastic Corporation|David Soren|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($125,364,252) ||-|Despicable Me 3|rowspan="6"|Original|Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda|Universal Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($1.035,000,000)|Third installment of the Despicable Me film series.|-|rowspan="2" |2018|Incredibles 2|Brad Bird|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($1,242,693,333)|Sequel to Pixar's The Incredibles|-|Henchmen|Adam Wood|Lionsgate Films (Entertainment One)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($1,469)|Limited theater release
Based on the short film
Henchmen: Ill Suited|-|rowspan="3"|2019|The Secret Life of Pets 2[121] |Chris Renaud|Universal Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($446.3,000,000)|Sequel to The Secret Life of Pets. The film features the character, Snowball, as a superhero.|-|Toy Story 4|Josh Cooley|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)|style=text-align:center |Theatrical ($1,073,000,000)|Sequel to Toy Story 3|-|[122] |Various|Warner Bros. (Cartoon Network Studios)||Continuation of the television series Steven Universe.|-|rowspan="5"|2020|Scoob!|Hanna-Barbera|Tony Cervone|Warner Bros.|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($24,900,000)|Made by Warner Animation Group
Reboot to the Scooby-Doo Franchise|-|
|Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment|Ethan Spaulding|Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)||Film based on the Mortal Kombat video game franchise.|-||Original|Henrique Jardim and John McIntyre|Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Television)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($50,743)|Television film, released theatrically in UAE
Based on
Ben 10 TV series|-|[123] |Broderbund / The Learning Company|Jos Humphrey|Netflix|rowspan="2"|Interactive spin-off film of the Carmen Sandiego television series. |-||Original|Bob Bowen|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Disney Platform Distribution)|Film featuring the superhero Perry the Platypus|-|rowspan="2"|2021||Spin Master|Cal Brunker|Paramount Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($144,327,371)|Based on PAW Patrol
Co-produced by Nickelodeon Movies|-|
|Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment|Ethan Spaulding|Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)|rowspan="2" |Sequel to the film .|-|rowspan="8"|2022|The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild|rowspan="4"|Original|John C. Donkin|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Disney+)|Spin-off of the Ice Age franchise.|-|Lightyear|Angus MacLane|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($20,700,000)|Made by Pixar
Prequel to Toy Story|-|
|Kyle Balda|Universal Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($4,082,593)|Sequel to Minions
Spin off to the film
Despicable Me.|-|Santaman|Bret Stern|Film Mode Entertainment|rowspan="4" |A Superhero take on Santa Claus.|-||Mirage Studios|Andy Suriano
Ant Ward|Netflix|Based on Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Co-produced by Nickelodeon Movies |-|
|Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment|Rick Morales|rowspan="2" |Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)|Sequel to the film .|-||rowspan="3" |Original|Various|Film based on the television series Aqua Teen Hunger Force.|-||Joel Crawford|rowspan="2" |Universal Pictures (DreamWorks Animation)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($431.3,000,000)|Sequel to Puss in Boots|-|rowspan="9"|2023|The Trident|Matt Flynn||Part of the Puss in Boots franchise.|-|The Super Mario Bros. Movie|Nintendo|Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic|Universal Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($788,000,000)|Film based on the Super Mario video game.|-|Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken|Original|Kirk DeMicco|Universal Pictures (DreamWorks Animation)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($5,600)||-|Nimona|HarperCollins|Nick Bruno and Troy Quane|Netflix|rowspan="2" |Based on the graphic novel of the same name. |-|[124] |Original|Jackson Publick|Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)|Finale for the television series The Venture Bros.|-|[125] |Mirage Studios|Jeff Rowe|Paramount Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($10.2 Million)|Co-produced by Nickelodeon Movies and Point Grey Pictures|-|The Monkey King|Original|Anthony Stacchi|Netflix|||-||Spin Master|Cal Brunker|Paramount Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($202,231,360)|Based on PAW Patrol
Sequel to
Co-produced by Nickelodeon Movies|-|
|Warner Bros. Games|Ethan Spaulding|Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)|rowspan="3" |Sequel to the film .|-|rowspan="6" |2024|The Tiger's Apprentice|HarperCollins|Raman Hui|Paramount Pictures (Paramount+)|Based on a book of the same name.|-|Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate|rowspan="2" |Original|Eric Fogel|Universal Pictures (DreamWorks Animation Television)|Sequel to Megamind.|-|Kung Fu Panda 4|Mike Mitchell|Universal Pictures (DreamWorks Animation)|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($480,306,475)|Fourth instalment of the Kung Fu Panda film series.|-||Tsuburaya Productions|Shannon Tindle, John Aoshima|Netflix||A freature film in the Ultraman franchise.|-|Despicable Me 4|rowspan="2"|Original|Chris Renaud|Universal Pictures|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($25,474,000)|Fourth installment of the Despicable Me film series.|-||Albie Hecht|Falling Forward Films, PocketWatch, Sunlight Entertainment||a feature film for Ryan's World
Live-action-animated.|-|}

Upcoming

YearFilmPublisherDirectorDistributorNotes
2024Transformers OneHasbroJosh CooleyParamount PicturesAnimated Movie the Transformers film series
Made by Paramount Animation.
2025Dog ManScholastic CorporationPeter HastingsUniversal Pictures (DreamWorks Animation)Based on the book of the same name.
2026Aang: The Last AirbenderNickelodeonLauren MontgomeryParamount PicturesBased on the Avatar: The Last Airbender series.
Made by Paramount Animation.
Untitled The Super Mario Bros. Movie FilmNintendoUniversal PicturesSequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
Toy Story 5OriginalAndrew StantonWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)Sequel to Toy Story 4
Untitled PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie SequelSpin MasterCal BrunkerParamount PicturesBased on PAW Patrol
Sequel to
Co-produced by Nickelodeon Movies
Untitled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem SequelMirage StudiosJeff RoweSequel to
Co-produced by Nickelodeon Movies and Point Grey Pictures
2027Untitled Minions: The Rise of Gru SequelOriginalUniversal PicturesSequel to
Spin off to the film Despicable Me.
Incredibles 3Brad BirdWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)Sequel to Pixar's Incredibles 2
Relatively Super[126] Sonny DyonQiCo FilmsTelevision film
Super Day Care[127] Skydance MediaCo-production with Outlier Society Productions
Legion of 5[128] POW! EntertainmentRainmaker Entertainment
Mighty MouseTerrytoonsParamount PicturesBased on the Mighty Mouse TV series
Made by Paramount Animation

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reuben. Baron. Neil McGinness' Pulp Power Explores The Art Of The Original Superheroes- Exclusive Interview. www.Looper.com. 21 July 2022. Static Media. 9 June 2024.
  2. Book: Jewett. Robert. Lawrence. John Shelton. John Shelton Lawrence. The Myth of the American Superhero. 2002. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. 9780802849113.
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  4. Book: Mirzoeff. Nicholas. The Visual Culture Reader. 2002. Routledge. 9780415252225 . 14 August 2022.
  5. Book: Namal. Adilifu. Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes. 2011. University of Texas Press. 9780292742529 . 18 July 2022.
  6. Book: Hume. Lynne. McPhillips. Katheen. Popular Spiritualities: The Politics of Contemporary Enchantment. 2006. Ashgate Publishing. 9780754639992 . 30 July 2022.
  7. Web site: Tim. George. 'Real-life' superhero movies: a closer look. Den of Geek. 30 March 2016. Simon Brew. 7 July 2024.
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