List of films based on DC Comics publications explained

DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book publishers. It produces material featuring numerous well-known superhero characters, including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Aquaman, and Green Arrow. Most of this material takes place in a shared fictional universe, which also features teams such as the Justice League, the Suicide Squad, and the Teen Titans.

Film adaptations based on DC Comics properties have included serials, live action and animated feature films, direct-to-video releases, television films, and documentary films.

Live-action films

Serials and short films

Year	Title	Production studio	Notes	Chapters
1941	Adventures of Captain Marvel	Republic Pictures	Published at that time by Fawcett Comics	12
1942	Spy Smasher			12
1943	Batman	Columbia Pictures		15
1946	Hop Harrigan			15
1947	The Vigilante			15
1948	Superman			15
	Congo Bill			15
1949	Batman and Robin			15
1950	Atom Man vs. Superman			15
1952	Blackhawk: Fearless Champion of Freedom		Published at that time by Quality Comics	15
1954	Stamp Day for Superman	United States Department of the Treasury		1

From DC imprints

Vertigo

Year	Title	Production studio	Distributor	Notes
2006	V for Vendetta	Virtual Studios/Silver Pictures/Anarchos Productions/Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg/Fünfte Babelsberg Film GmbH	Warner Bros.	Based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd.
2007	Stardust	Marv Films/Ingenious Film Partners		Based on the original miniseries by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess.
2010	The Losers	DC Comics/Dark Castle Entertainment/StudioCanal	Warner Bros.	Based on the series by Andy Diggle and Jock.
2019	The Kitchen	New Line Cinema/DC Vertigo/Bron Creative/Michael De Luca Productions		Based on the original miniseries by Ollie Masters and Ming Doyle.

Paradox Press

See main article: Paradox Press.

Year	Title	Production studio	Distributor	Notes
2002	Road to Perdition	The Zanuck Company	DreamWorks Pictures/20th Century Fox	Based on the series by Max Allan Collins. Won 1 Oscar, nominated for 5 more.
2005	A History of Violence	New Line Productions/BenderSpink/München & Company	New Line Cinema	Based on the graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke. Nominated for 2 Oscars.

WildStorm

See main article: WildStorm.

Year	Title	Production studio	Distributor	Notes
2003	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	20th Century Fox/Angry Films/International Production Company/JD Productions	20th Century Fox	Based on the series by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill.
2010	Red	DC Entertainment/Homage Entertainment/Di Bonaventura Pictures/Cheyenne Enterprises/DMG Entertainment	Summit Entertainment	Based on the miniseries by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner.
2013	Red 2	DC Entertainment/Di Bonaventura	Summit Entertainment/Lionsgate

Television films

Year	Title	Notes
1974	Wonder Woman	Pilot episode for an unproduced TV series.
1975	The New Original Wonder Woman	Pilot episode for the 1975 Wonder Woman television series.
1997	Justice League of America	Pilot episode for an unproduced TV series.

Episodes as films

Year	Title	Notes
1990	The Flash	Episodes of the 1990s The Flash television series released as direct-to-video films.
1991	The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster
	The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade

Animated films

All the feature films are produced by Warner Bros. Animation, except as indicated.

Theatrically released films

Movies produced for a theatrical release to cinemas.

Year	Title	Notes
1993		Set in the DCAU. Related to .
2018	Teen Titans Go! To the Movies	Set in the universe of the Teen Titans Go! TV series.
2022	DC League of Super-Pets	CGI animation. Produced by Warner Animation Group

Direct-to-video and streaming films

The following movies are produced primarily for release to home video and streaming. Limited theatrical screenings are noted when applicable.

Year	Title	Notes
1998		Set in the DCAU. Related to Batman: The Animated Series.
2000		Set in the DCAU. Related to the Batman Beyond TV series.
2003		Set in the DCAU. Related to The New Batman Adventures TV series.
2005	The Batman vs. Dracula	Set in the universe of The Batman TV series. Released first on television.
2006		Somewhat related to , but not considered to be in continuity with the DCAU.
		Set in the universe of the Teen Titans TV series. Released first on television.
2007		Loosely based on The Death of Superman.
2008		Based on the by Darwyn Cooke storyline.
		Collection of six shorts set between the events of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, which are part of the universe of The Dark Knight trilogy of live-action films, although the producers consider it not necessarily canon to it.
2009	Wonder Woman	Loosely based on the Gods and Mortals by George Pérez.
		Stand-alone, unrelated to . Adaptation of the DC Comics Green Lantern mythology.
		Based on Superman/Batman: Public Enemies storyline by Jeph Loeb.
2010		Adapted from an unused film plot meant to bridge Justice League and Justice League Unlimited. Loosely based on series by Grant Morrison.
		Loosely based on the storyline by Judd Winick.
		Sequel to . Based on the Superman/Batman: The Supergirl from Krypton storyline by Jeph Loeb.
2011	All-Star Superman	Based on the All-Star Superman series by Grant Morrison.
		Collection of six shorts.
	Batman: Year One	Based on the storyline by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli.
2012		Loosely based on the storyline by Mark Waid.
	Superman vs. The Elite	Based on the What's So Funny About Truth, Justice & the American Way? storyline by Joe Kelly.
	The Dark Knight Returns – Part 1	Based on The Dark Knight Returns series by Frank Miller.
2013	The Dark Knight Returns – Part 2
		Based on the Superman: Brainiac storyline by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank.
		First film set in the DC Animated Movie Universe. Based on Flashpoint storyline by Geoff Johns and Andy Kubert.
2014
		Second film set in the DC Animated Movie Universe. Based on The New 52's story by Geoff Johns and Jim Lee.
	Son of Batman	Third film set in the DC Animated Movie Universe. Based on the Batman and Son storyline by Grant Morrison and Andy Kubert.
		Set in the universe of the video game franchise.
2015		Fourth film set in the DC Animated Movie Universe. Based on the Throne of Atlantis, The New 52's Aquaman crossover story by Geoff Johns.
	Batman vs. Robin	Fifth film set in the DC Animated Movie Universe. Partially based on The New 52s Batman crossover story, Court of Owls by Scott Snyder.
		First film set in the universe of Batman Unlimited, a line of action figures.
		Set in the same universe as the companion microseries of shorts .
		Second film set in the universe of Batman Unlimited, a line of action figures.
2016		Sixth film set in the DC Animated Movie Universe.
	Batman: The Killing Joke	Based on the one-shot graphic novel of the same name by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland. Also received limited theatrical release^[9]
		First animated film set in the universe of the 1960s Batman TV series. Also received limited theatrical release
		Set in the DC Super Hero Girls animated shorts universe. Released first on television.
	Justice League vs. Teen Titans	Seventh film set in the DC Animated Movie Universe.
		Set in the DC Super Hero Girls animated shorts universe.
		Third film set in the universe of Batman Unlimited, a line of action figures.
2017	Justice League Dark	Eighth film set in the DC Animated Movie Universe.
		Ninth film set in the DC Animated Movie Universe. Based on The Judas Contract story arc by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez.
		Set in the DC Super Hero Girls animated shorts universe.
	Batman and Harley Quinn	Somewhat related to The New Batman Adventures, but considered to be DCAU adjacent.
	Batman vs. Two-Face	Second animated film set in the universe of the 1960s Batman TV series.
2018		First crossover with Scooby-Doo. Related to the TV series.
		Based on Gotham by Gaslight, a one-shot story by Brian Augustyn and Mike Mignola which became, retroactively, the first official Elseworlds publication.
		Tenth film set in the DC Animated Movie Universe.
	Batman Ninja	Anime produced by Kamikaze Douga, YamatoWorks and Barnum Studio.
	The Death of Superman	Eleventh film in DC Animated Movie Universe. Based on The Death of Superman storyline.
		Set in the DC Super Hero Girls animated shorts universe.
2019	Reign of the Supermen	Twelfth film in the DC Animated Movie Universe. Based on the Reign of the Supermen storyline.
	Justice League vs. the Fatal Five	Related to Justice League Unlimited, though it's canonicity is considered to be open-ended.
	Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Based on the Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book by James Tynion IV and Freddie Williams II.
	Batman: Hush	Thirteenth film in the DC Animated Movie Universe. Based on the storyline by Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee.
	Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans	A crossover film between Teen Titans Go! and the original Teen Titans animated series.
		Fourteenth film in the DC Animated Movie Universe.
2020	Superman: Red Son	Based on the comic book by Mark Millar.
		Fifteenth and last film in the DC Animated Movie Universe.
		First film in the Tomorrowverse.
2021
		Second film in the Tomorrowverse.
	Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One	Third and fourth films in the Tomorrowverse. Based on by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale.
	Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two
	Injustice	Based on video game by NetherRealm Studios, and the tie-in comics by Tom Taylor.
2022		Somewhat related to Young Justice, but considered to be canon-adjacent.
		A crossover film between Teen Titans Go! and DC Super Hero Girls animated series.
		Fifth film in the Tomorrowverse.
2023	Legion of Super-Heroes	Sixth film in the Tomorrowverse.
	Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham	Based on comic series by Mike Mignola and Richard Pace.
	Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part One	Based on RWBY/Justice League comic series by Marguerite Bennett, Aneke and Mirka Andolfo.
		Seventh film in the Tomorrowverse.
	Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too!	Second crossover with Scooby-Doo.
	Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes & Huntsmen, Part Two	Based on DC/RWBY comic series by Marguerite Bennett, Soo Lee and Meghan Hetrick.^[10]
	Merry Little Batman	^[11]
2024		Eighth, ninth, and tenth films in the Tomorrowverse. Based on Crisis on Infinite Earths storyline by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez.^[12]
	Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Two
	Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Three
		Based on the limited series by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.
Upcoming
2025		Based on the limited series by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.^[13]
TBA	Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League	Anime produced by Kamikaze Douga, YamatoWorks and Barnum Studio. Sequel to Batman Ninja.^[14]

Episodes as films

Television series episodes released as direct-to-video films.

Year	Title	Notes
1996	Superman: The Last Son of Krypton	Television movies; each one is a compilation of three episodes of respectively the first and second seasons of .
1997	The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest
1999	Batman Beyond: The Movie	Compilation of the first two episodes of the Batman Beyond TV series.
2001	Justice League: Secret Origins	Television movies; each one is a compilation of respectively the first three and the last three episodes of the Justice League TV series.
2004	Justice League: Starcrossed
2017	Vixen: The Movie	Set in the Arrowverse. Both features are re-releases of both seasons of the original series with new content added.
2018	Freedom Fighters: The Ray
	Constantine: City of Demons – The Movie	Set in the DC Animated Movie Universe.
2019	DC Super Hero Girls: Sweet Justice	Television movie; compilation of the first four episodes of DC Super Hero Girls.
2020		Stand-alone.
2022		Stand-alone sequel to Aquaman. The miniseries was re-edited as a 2-hour film for its release on home media.^[15] ^[16] ^[17]

Lego versions

All films are direct-to-video, except as indicated.

Year	Title	Production studio	Notes
2013		TT Animation	Based on the video game .
2014	Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Batman Be-Leaguered	Warner Bros. Animation	Television movie.
2015
2016
2017	The Lego Batman Movie	Animal Logic	Theatrical release; spin-off of The Lego Movie.
		Warner Bros. Animation
2018
2019	Lego DC: Batman - Family Matters
2020

Short films

Theatrical

Year	Title	Production studio	Collection	Notes
1941	Superman (a.k.a. The Mad Scientist)	Fleischer Studios	Superman	Nominated for 1 Oscar.^[18] In public domain.
	The Mechanical Monsters			In public domain.
1942	Billion Dollar Limited
	The Arctic Giant
	The Bulleteers
	The Magnetic Telescope
	Electric Earthquake
	Volcano
	Terror on the Midway
	Japoteurs	Famous Studios
	Showdown
	Eleventh Hour
	Destruction, Inc.
1943	The Mummy Strikes
	Jungle Drums
	The Underground World
	Secret Agent
2018	TheLateBatsby	Warner Bros. Animation	DC Super Hero Girls	Appeared in front of Teen Titans Go! To the Movies.

Direct-to-video

Year	Title	Production studio	Collection	Notes
2003	Chase Me	Warner Bros. Animation		Included in Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman. Silent film; part of the DCAU.
2008	Have I Got a Story for You	Studio 4°C		Loosely canon to The Dark Knight Trilogy.
	Crossfire	Production I.G
	Field Test	Bee Train
	In Darkness Dwells	Madhouse
	Working Through Pain	Studio 4°C
	Deadshot	Madhouse
2009	Tales of the Black Freighter	Warner Bros. Animation		Included in the Watchmen home video release.
2010	Joker's Playhouse			A one-off special short, produced as part of Fisher-Price's Imaginext product line.
	The Spectre		DC Showcase	Included in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths.
	Jonah Hex			Included in Batman: Under the Red Hood.
	Green Arrow			Included in Superman/Batman: Apocalypse.
				Included in DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection.
2011	Catwoman			Included in Batman: Year One.
2015	Nightwing and Robin			Included in Justice League: Throne of Atlantis. Part of the DCAMU.
	Constantine: John Con Noir	Cool Town Claymation		Part of the promotion of the TV series Constantine.
2019	Sgt. Rock	Warner Bros. Animation	DC Showcase	Included in Batman: Hush.
	Death			Included in Wonder Woman: Bloodlines.
2020	The Phantom Stranger			Included in Superman: Red Son.
	Adam Strange			Included in Justice League Dark: Apokolips War.
				Interactive movie. Follow-up to Batman: Under the Red Hood. Based on Batman: A Death in the Family storyline by Jim Starlin and Jim Aparo.
2021	Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth!			Included in Justice Society: World War II.
	The Losers			Included in Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One.
	Blue Beetle			Included in Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two.
2022	Constantine: The House of Mystery			An long-form animated short. Sequel to Justice League Dark: Apokolips War.

Reception

Box office

Title	Distributor(s)	Release date (United States)	Budget (millions)	Box office gross^[19]
				Opening weekend (North America)	North America	Worldwide
Superman	Warner Bros.	December 10, 1978	$55	$6,535,784	$134,218,018	$300,218,018
Superman II		June 19, 1981	$54	$14,100,523	$108,185,706	$216,385,706
Swamp Thing	Embassy Pictures	February 19, 1982	$2.5
Superman III	Warner Bros.	June 17, 1983	$39	$13,352,357	$59,950,623	$80,250,623
Supergirl	TriStar Pictures	November 21, 1984	$35	$5,738,249	$14,296,438	$14,296,438
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace	Warner Bros.	July 24, 1987	$17	$5,683,122	$15,681,020	$30,281,020
The Return of Swamp Thing	Millimeter Films	May 12, 1989			$192,816	$192,816
Batman	Warner Bros.	June 23, 1989	$35	$40,489,746	$251,409,241	$411,569,241
Batman Returns		June 19, 1992	$80	$45,687,711	$162,924,631	$266,934,688
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm		December 25, 1993	$6	$1,189,975	$5,635,204	$5,848,204
Batman Forever		June 16, 1995	$100	$52,784,433	$184,069,126	$336,567,158
Batman & Robin		June 20, 1997	$125	$42,872,605	$107,353,792	$238,253,988
Steel		August 15, 1997	$16	$870,068	$1,710,972	$1,801,972
Catwoman		July 23, 2004	$100	$16,728,411	$40,202,379	$82,402,379
Constantine		February 18, 2005	$100	$29,769,098	$75,976,178	$230,884,728
Batman Begins		June 28, 2005	$150	$48,745,440	$206,863,479	$375,298,946
Superman Returns		June 20, 2006	$204	$52,535,096	$200,081,192	$391,081,192
The Dark Knight		July 18, 2008	$185	$158,411,483	$534,987,076	$1,029,266,147
Watchmen		March 6, 2009	$130	$55,214,334	$107,509,799	$185,382,813
Jonah Hex		June 18, 2010	$47	$5,379,365	$10,547,117	$10,903,312
Green Lantern		June 17, 2011	$200	$53,174,303	$116,601,172	$237,201,172
The Dark Knight Rises		July 20, 2012	$230	$160,887,295	$448,149,584	$1,114,085,030
Man of Steel		June 14, 2013	$225	$116,619,362	$291,045,518	$670,145,518
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice		March 25, 2016	$250	$166,007,347	$330,360,194	$874,362,803
Batman: The Killing Joke		July 26, 2016	$3.5		$3,775,000	$4,462,034
Suicide Squad		August 5, 2016	$175	$133,682,248	$325,100,054	$749,200,054
Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders		October 10, 2016			$56,711	$56,711
The Lego Batman Movie		February 10, 2017	$80	$53,003,578	$175,936,671	$312,336,671
Wonder Woman		June 2, 2017	$149	$103,251,471	$412,845,172	$823,970,682
Batman and Harley Quinn		August 14, 2017			$6,448	$6,448
Justice League		November 17, 2017	$300	$93,842,239	$229,024,295	$661,326,987
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies		July 27, 2018	$10	$10,411,189	$29,790,236	$52,390,236
Aquaman		December 21, 2018	$160	$67,873,522	$335,104,314	$1,152,028,393
Shazam!		April 5, 2019	$100	$53,505,326	$140,480,049	$367,799,011
Joker		October 4, 2019	$55	$96,202,337	$335,477,657	$1,078,958,282
Birds of Prey		February 7, 2020	$84.5	$33,010,017	$84,172,791	$205,372,791
Wonder Woman 1984		December 25, 2020	$200	$16,700,000	$46,801,036	$169,601,036
The Suicide Squad		August 6, 2021	$185	$26,205,415	$55,817,425	$168,717,425
The Batman		March 4, 2022	$185–200	$134,008,624	$369,345,583	$772,245,583
DC League of Super-Pets		July 29, 2022	$90	$23,003,441	$93,657,117	$207,557,117
Black Adam		October 21, 2022	$260	$67,004,323	$168,152,111	$393,452,111
Shazam! Fury of the Gods		March 17, 2023	$125	$30,111,158	$57,638,006	$134,038,006
The Flash		June 16, 2023	$200	$55,043,679	$108,133,313	$271,333,313
Blue Beetle		August 18, 2023	$104	$25,030,225	$72,488,072	$130,788,072
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom		December 22, 2023	$215	$27,686,211	$124,481,226	$434,381,226
Total			$5.082 billion	$	$	$

Critical and public reception

Film	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic	CinemaScore
Batman (1966)	(reviews)^[20]	71 (4 reviews)^[21]
Superman	(reviews)^[22]	81 (20 reviews)^[23]
Superman II	(reviews)^[24]	83 (16 reviews)^[25]
Swamp Thing	(reviews)^[26]	50 (10 reviews)^[27]
Superman III	(reviews)^[28]	44 (13 reviews)^[29]
Supergirl	(reviews)^[30]	42 (12 reviews)^[31]
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace	(reviews)^[32]	24 (17 reviews)^[33]	^[34]
The Return of Swamp Thing	(reviews)^[35]	39 (9 reviews)^[36]
Batman (1989)	(reviews)^[37]	69 (21 reviews)^[38]
Batman Returns	(reviews)^[39]	68 (23 reviews)^[40]
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm	(reviews)^[41]	65 (18 reviews)^[42]
Batman Forever	(reviews)^[43]	51 (23 reviews)^[44]
Batman & Robin	(reviews)^[45]	28 (21 reviews)^[46]
Steel	(reviews)^[47]	28 (12 reviews)^[48]
Catwoman	(reviews)^[49]	27 (35 reviews)^[50]
Constantine	(reviews)^[51]	50 (41 reviews)^[52]
Batman Begins	(reviews)^[53]	70 (41 reviews)^[54]
Superman Returns	(reviews)^[55]	72 (40 reviews)^[56]
The Dark Knight	(reviews)^[57]	84 (39 reviews)^[58]
Watchmen	(reviews)^[59]	56 (39 reviews)^[60]
Jonah Hex	(reviews)^[61]	33 (32 reviews)^[62]
Green Lantern	(reviews)^[63]	39 (39 reviews)^[64]
The Dark Knight Rises	(reviews)^[65]	78 (45 reviews)^[66]
Man of Steel	(reviews)^[67]	55 (47 reviews)^[68]
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	(reviews)^[69]	44 (51 reviews)^[70]
Batman: The Killing Joke	(reviews)^[71]
Suicide Squad	(reviews)^[72]	40 (53 reviews)^[73]
Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders	(reviews)^[74]
The Lego Batman Movie	(reviews)^[75]	75 (48 reviews)^[76]
Wonder Woman	(reviews)^[77]	76 (50 reviews)^[78]
Batman and Harley Quinn	(reviews)^[79]
Justice League	(reviews)^[80]	45 (52 reviews)^[81]
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies	(reviews)^[82]	69 (25 reviews)^[83]
Aquaman	(reviews)^[84]	55 (50 reviews)^[85]
Shazam!	(reviews)^[86]	71 (53 reviews)^[87]
Joker	(reviews)^[88]	59 (58 reviews)^[89]
Birds of Prey	(reviews)^[90]	60 (59 reviews)^[91]
Wonder Woman 1984	(reviews)^[92]	60 (57 reviews)^[93]
Zack Snyder's Justice League	(reviews)^[94]	54 (45 reviews)^[95]
The Suicide Squad	(reviews)^[96]	72 (53 reviews)^[97]
The Batman	(reviews)^[98]	72 (68 reviews)^[99]
DC League of Super-Pets	(reviews)^[100]	56 (28 reviews)
Black Adam	5.1/10 (reviews)^[101]	41 (52 reviews)^[102]
Shazam! Fury of the Gods	5.8/10 (reviews)^[103]	47 (49 reviews)^[104]
The Flash	6.5/10 (reviews)^[105]	56 (54 reviews)^[106]
Blue Beetle	78% 6.4/10 (272 reviews)^[107]	61 (46 reviews)^[108]
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom	34% 4.9/10 (211 reviews)^[109]	42 (43 reviews)^[110]
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From DC imprints

Vertigo

Title	Distributor(s)	Release date	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic	CinemaScore	Budget (million)	Box office
V for Vendetta	Warner Bros.	March 17, 2006	73% (248 reviews)^[111]	62 (39 reviews)^[112]		$54	$132,511,035
Stardust	Paramount Pictures	August 10, 2007	77% (196 reviews)	66 (33 reviews)		$70–88.5	$137,022,245
The Losers	Warner Bros.	April 23, 2010	49% (167 reviews)^[113]	44 (32 reviews)^[114]		$25	$29,863,840
The Kitchen		August 9, 2019	23% (230 reviews)^[115]	35 (42 reviews)^[116]		$38	$15,980,032

Paradox Press

Title	Distributor(s)	Release date	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic	CinemaScore	Budget (million)	Box office
Road to Perdition	DreamWorks/20th Century Fox	July 12, 2002	81% (216 reviews)^[117]	72	B+	$80	$181,001,478
A History of Violence	New Line Cinema	May 16, 2005	87% (214 reviews)^[118]	81	C+	$32	$60,740,827

+ WildStorm	Title	Distributor(s)	Release date	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic	CinemaScore	Budget (million)	Box office
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	20th Century Fox	July 11, 2003	17% (185 reviews)^[119]	30	B−	$78	$179,265,204
RED	Summit Entertainment	October 15, 2010	72% (211 reviews)^[120]	60	A−	$58	$199,006,387
RED 2		July 19, 2013	44% (151 reviews)^[121]	47	B+	$84	$148,075,565

See also

• List of television series based on DC Comics publications
• List of video games based on DC Comics
• List of films based on Marvel Comics publications
• List of television series based on Marvel Comics publications
• Batman in film
• Superman in film
• DC Extended Universe
• List of unproduced DC Comics projects
  • List of unproduced films based on DC Comics imprints

External links

• Movies at DC.com

Notes and References

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2. Web site: 'Batman v Superman' Ultimate Edition Early Buzz, Plus Watch the First 10 Minutes Right Now . Anderton . Ethan . . June 28, 2016 . May 21, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200624224110/https://www.slashfilm.com/batman-v-superman-ultimate-edition-reviews/ . June 24, 2020 . live .
3. Web site: "It Will Be an Entirely New Thing": Zack Snyder's $20M-Plus 'Justice League' Cut Plans Revealed . Borys . Kit . . May 20, 2020 . May 20, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200523145649/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/justice-league-snyder-cut-plans-revealed-it-will-be-an-new-thing-1295102 . May 23, 2020 . live .
4. Web site: 'Zack Snyder's Justice League' Will Be Made Available Worldwide In All Markets Day And Date With The US On Thursday, March 18. February 18, 2021.
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