List of films based on comics explained
This is a list based on comics. It includes films that are adaptations of comics, and those films whose characters originated in those comics.
English, French, Japanese
As some languages and forms have been extensively adapted into films, they have their own entries:
Other languages
Basque
Chinese (Cantonese)
Chinese (Mandarin)
Czech
- The Cunning Little Vixen (1995)
- The Cunning Little Vixen (2003)
- (2013)
- Pepina Rejholcová (1932)
- (1993), from Rychlé šípy
Danish
- Valhalla (1986), based on volumes one, four and five of the comic book series
- Valhalla (2019)
Dutch
Filipino
- 12 Kuba (1963)
- (1968)
- Alyas Palos (1961)
- (1959)
- Anak ng Kidlat (1959)
- Mga Anghel sa Lansangan (1959)
- Apat na Agimat (1962)
- Asintado (1959)
- Asiong Aksaya:
- Asiong Aksaya (1977)
- (1979)
- Eto na naman si Asiong Aksaya! (1980)
- Asyang ng La Loma (1963)
- Atorni Agaton:
- Atorni Agaton: Agent Law-ko (1969)
- Atorni Agaton: Abogadong de kampanilya (1990)
- Atsay (1978)
- Baby Face (1959)
- Barok
- Barok (1976)
- Sabi barok lab ko dabiana (1978)
- Tatay na barok (1979)
- Barok Goes to Hong Kong (1984)
- Basahang Ginto (1952)
- Mga Batang Bangketa (1970)
- Mga Batikan (1964)
- Bella Bandida (1971)
- Berdugo (1960)
- Bitter Sweet (1969)
- Bituing Walang Ningning (1985)
- Ang Biyenang Hindi Tumatawa (1954)
- (1966)
- Blusang Itim (1986)
- Boksingera (1956)
- Bondying
- Bondying (1954)
- Tatay Na si Bondying (1955)
- Ato ti Bondying (1973)
- Mars Ravelo's Bondying: The Little Big Boy (1989)
- Captain Barbell
- (1964)
- Captain Barbell Kontra Captain Bakal (1965)
- Captain Barbell Boom! (1973)
- Captain Barbell (1986)
- (2003)
- Cleopakwak (1969)
- Cofradia (1953)
- Dalmacio Armas (1983)(serialized in People's Journal: Carlo J. Caparas)
- Darna
-
- Dayukdok (1961)
- Dimasalang (1970)
- Dingdong (1970)
- The Dormitory (1971)
- Double Cross (1960)
- Durando (1971)
- Duwag ang Sumuko (1964)
- Dyesebel
-
- (1959)
- Galo Gimbal (1968)
- Ang Gangster at ang Birhen (1972)
- Ging (1964)
- Gorgonya (1978)
- Gorio at Tekla (1953)
- Guido Mortal (1970)
- Gumuhong bantayog (1960)
- Hagibis (1947), based on Hagibis
- Harangan Man ng Sibat (1961)
- Hiram na Mukha (1992)
- Hugo, the Sidewalk Vendor (1962)
- I Believe (1961)
- Ifugao (1954)
- Isinumpa (1959)
- Kadenang Putik (1960)
- Kaibigan Ko'ng Sto. Niño (1967)
- Kalabog en Bosyo:
- (1959)
- Kalabog en Bosyo Strike Again (1986)
- Kalabog en Bosyo (1994)
- Kambal Tuko (1952)
- Ang Kampana sa Santa Quiteria (1971)
- (1974)
- Kapit sa Patalim (1962)
- Kapitan Tornado (1962)
- Kenkoy (1950), based on Kenkoy
- Kurdapya (1950)
- Kwatang: A Star Is Born (1967)
- Lastikman
-
- Ang Lihim ni Gagamba (1964)
- Ang Limbas at ang Lawin (1967)
- Linda Mora (1959)
- Little Lucy (1961)
- Lupa sa Lupa (1960)
- Magkano ang Iyong Dangal? (1988)
- Magnong Mandurukot (1963)
- Markado (1960)
- Masikip ang Daigdig (1962)
- Ang Maton (1959)
- Nagbabagang Luha (1988)
- Ngitngit ng Pitong Whistle Bomb (1968)
- Octavia (1961)
- Paano Ba ang Mangarap? (1983)
- Padre Valiente (1971)
- Pambihirang Tatlo (1969)
- Panagupa (1969)
- Panday
-
- Pasan Ko ang Daigdig (1987)
- Paula (1969)
- Pedrong Hunyango (1965)
- Pieta (1983)
- Pistolero (1966)
- Pitong Gatang (1959)
- Pitong Sagisag (1961)
- Pobresita (1959)
- Pomposa (1968)
- Pusakal (1957)
- Ripleng de Rapido (1963)
- Roberta (1951)
- Rolling Rockers (1959)
- Rosa Mistica (1988)
- Rosa Rossini (1959)
- Rowena (1969)
- Sakay and Moy (1963)
- Sakristan Mayor (1961)
- Sandra (1959)
- Ang Sawa sa Lumang Simboryo (1952)
- Sibad (1967)
- Sidra (1966)
- La Sombra: Ang Anino (1966)
- Sugapa (1963)
- Super Gee (1973)
- Tacio (1963)
- Tagisan ng mga Agimat (1965)
- Talahib (1963)
- Talusaling (1955)
- Tanikalang Apoy (1959)
- Tatak (1959)
- Tatlong Baraha (1961)
- Tatlong Magdalena (1960)
- Thor (1962)
- Tiagong Lundag (1966)
- Tisoy:
- Tisoy (1969)
- Tisoy! (1977)
- Tough Guy (1959)
- Tubog sa Ginto (1971)
- Tuko sa Madre Kakaw (1959)
- Tulisan (1962)
- Uhaw (1970)
- Ukala: Ang walang suko (1954), based on Ukala
- Vengativo (1961)
- El Vibora (1972)
- Zsa Zsa Zaturnnah, ze Moveeh (2006)
- Zuma
- (1985)
- Anak ni Zuma (1988)
Finnish
German
Hindi
Indonesian
- (2019), from Eggnoid (comics)
- Gundala Putra Petir:
- (2019)
Italian
- 5 Is the Perfect Number (2019)
- (1988)
- Avenger X (1967), from
- Baba Yaga (1973), from Valentina
- La Banda Grossi (2018), from Il brigante Grossi e la sua miserabile banda
- (1982), from Biancaneve
- Courageous Captain Swing (1971), from Comandante Mark
- Corto Maltese:
- Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea (2002)
- Corto Maltese in South America (2002)
- Corto Maltese: Heads and Mushrooms (2002)
- Corto Maltese: Celtic Suite (2002)
- Corto Maltese and the Ethiopian (2002)
- (2002)
- Corto Maltese and the Gilded House of Samarkand (2002)
- The Click (1985), from Clic
- Dampyr (2022), from Dampyr
- Diabolik
- Dylan Dog:
- Estigmas (2010), from Stigmate by Lorenzo Mattotti
- Isabella:
- I'm Still Alive (TBA)[3]
- Jesuit Joe (1991)
- Kriminal:
- The Last Man on Earth (2011), from Nessuno mi farà del male
- Monolith (2016)
- (1992), from magazine Tango "Nudi e Crudi"
- :
- (2011)
- Catacomba (2016)
- Deep Red (1975) (episode: Il grido del capricorno)
- Murder Obsession (1981) (episode: Il grido del capricorno)
- (1997), from Butterscotch
- Paz! (2002), from Massimo Zanardi
- Princess Cinderella (1941), from Signor Bonaventura
- La profezia dell'armadillo (2018)
- Satanik (1968), from Satanik
- Sturmtruppen:
- (2021)
- Tex and the Lord of the Deep (1985), from Tex
- Thrilling (one episode) (1965), from Sadik
- Zagor:
- Zagor - Kara Bela (1971)
- Zagor kara korsan'in hazineleri (1971)
- Zora the Vampire (2000), from Zora
Korean
Luxembourgish
Malayalam
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Serbian
Spanish
- Alma Grande (Mexico):
- (Spain, 2015)
- (Spain, 1995)
- Las aventuras de Hijitus (Argentina, 1973)
- Aventuras de Molécula y el Canguro Boxy (Spain, 1976)
- Las Aventuras de Pinín y sus amigos (Spain, 1979)
- Avivato (Argentina, 1949)
- (Argentina, 1979)
- (Spain, 2015)
- Boogie (Argentina, 2009)
- Boystown (Spain, 2007)
- Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles (Spain, 2018)
- Calzonzin Inspector (Mexico, 1973)
- El caballero del antifaz (Spain, 2010)
- El Capitán Trueno y el Santo Grial (Spain, 2011)
- La casa (Spain, 2024)
- Cazador (Argentina):
- (Mexico):
- Chanoc (1967)
- Chanoc en las garras de las fieras (1970)
- Chanoc en las tarántulas (1971)
- Chanoc contra el tigre y el vampiro (1972)
- Chanoc en el foso de las serpientes (1974)
- Chanoc en la isla de los muertos (1975)
- Chanoc en el circo union (1979)
- Chanoc y el hijo del Santo contra los vampiros asesinos (1981)
- Cindy la regia (Mexico, 2020)
- La clínica del Dr. Cureta (Argentina, 1987)
- (Chile, 2017)
- Don Fulgencio (Argentina, 1950)
- Dream Team (Spain):
- Fúlmine (Argentina, 1949)
- Gaturro (Argentina, 2010)
- Goomer (Spain, 1999)
- (Mexico):
- Hermelinda Linda (1984)
- (1986)
- (Spain):
- Historias de la puta mili (1993)
- La muerte de Arensivia (2005)
- (2007), from Isidoro Cañones (Argentina)
- Lindor Covas, el cimarrón (Argentina, 1963)
- Mafalda (Argentina, 1982)
- (Spain):
- (Spain, 2000)
- María Isabel (Mexico):
- María Isabel (1967)
- (1968)
- María y yo (Spain, 2010)
- Memorias de un hombre en pijana (Spain, 2019)
- Mort & Phil (Spain):
- Mort and Phil's First Festival (1969)
- Mort and Phil's Second Festival (1969)
- (2003)
- (2008)
- Neuroworld (Spain, 2014)
- Ogu and Mampato in Rapa Nui (Chile, 2002)
- Pancho Talero (Argentina):
- El Payo (Mexico):
- El Payo - Un hombre contra el mundo (1972)
- Los caciques (1975)
- La montaña del diablo (1975)
- (Argentina):
- Patoruzito (2004)
- Patoruzito: La gran aventura (2006)
- Percal (Mexico):
- Piantadino (Argentina, 1950)
- Polar (Spain, 2019)
- Las puertitas del Sr. López (Argentina, 1988)
- Rarotonga (Mexico, 1978)
- Rubí (Mexico, 1970)
- The Silent War (Spain, 2019)
- Superlópez (Spain):
- Los Supersabios (Mexico, 1978)
- Tigre Callejero (Spain, 2021)
- Virus Tropical (Columbia, 2017)
- Wrinkles (Spain, 2011)
- Yesenia (Mexico, 1971)
- Yor, the Hunter from the Future (Argentina, 1983)
- Zipi y Zape (Spain):
- (1981)
- Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang (2013)
- Zip & Zap and the Captain's Island (2016)
- (Mexico, 1958)
Swedish
Thai
Turkish
- Karaoğlan – Altay'dan Gelen Yiğit (1965)
- Karaoğlan – Baybora'nın Oğlu (1966)
- Karaoğlan – Camoka'nın İntikamı (1966)
- Karaoğlan – Bizanslı Zorba (1967)
- Karaoğlan – Yeşil Ejder (1967)
- Karaoğlan – Samara Şeyhin Kızı (1969)
- Karaoğlan Geliyor (1972)
- Karaoğlan (2013)[5]
- The Last Ottoman (2007)
-
- Malkoçoğlu: Krallara Karşı (1967)
- Malkoçoğlu: Kara Korsan (1968)
- Malkoçoğlu: Akıncılar Geliyor (1969)
- Malkoçoğlu Cem Sultan (1969)
- Malkoçoğlu: Ölüm Fedaileri (1971)
- Malkoçoğlu: Kurt Bey (1973)
- Tarkan
Highest grossing comic book films
The following is a list of comic book films that has surpassed $1 million. Superhero films, comic strips and manga adaptations are not included as they have their own list. See List of highest grossing superhero films, Highest grossing comic strip films and Highest-grossing Manga films.
Rank | Film | Worldwide gross | Year | Comic book | Source | class=unsortable | |
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1 | | $654,213,485 | 2012 | | | [6] |
2 | | $563,749,323 | 2011 | | syndication | [7] |
3 | | $456,068,181 | 2007 | | | [8] |
4 | | $441,818,803 | 2002 | The Men in Black | Malibu Comics | [9] |
5 | | $414,351,546 | 2014 | Kingsman | | [10] |
6 | | $410,902,662 | 2017 | Kingsman | image comics | [11] |
7 | | $373,994,233 | | | | [12] |
8 | | $370,541,256 | All You Need Is Kill |
9 | | $347,434,178 | 2013 | the smurfs | syndication | [13] |
10 | | $342,463,063 | 2008 | | | [14] |
11 | | $337,580,051 | 2014 | 300 | Dark Horse Comics |
12 | | $287,928,194 | 1995 | | | [15] |
13 | | $286,168,572 | 2013 | Oblivion | Unpublished | [16] |
14 | | $225,874,228 | 2017 | | | [17] |
15 | | $199,006,387 | 2010 | | | [18] |
16 | | $197,183,546 | 2017 | The Smurfs | syndication | [19] |
17 | | $181,001,478 | 2002 | |Road to Perdition |
18 | | $158,733,820 | | Dark Horse Comics | [20] |
19 | | $148,075,565 | 2013 | Red | WildStorm | [21] |
20 | | $131,940,411 | 2013 | | | [22] |
21 | | $131,856,927 | 2008 | | | [23] |
22 | | $125,897,478 | 2021 | kingsman | image comics | [24] |
23 | | $122,444,772 | 2009 | | Top Shelf Productions [25] |
24 | | $101,646,581 | 1994 | | Dark Horse Comics | [26] |
25 | | $100,014,025 | 2017 | The Coldest City | | [27] |
26 | | $78,324,220 | 2013 | Rest in Peace Department | | [28] |
27 | | $76,801,179 | 2014 | I, Frankenstein | | [29] |
28 | | $75,513,170 | 2007 | | | [30] |
29 | | $74,558,115 | 2001 | | | [31] |
30 | | $61,385,065 | 2005 | | DC Comics[32] |
31 | | $61,319,383 | 2012 | | | [33] |
32 | | $51,691,156 | 2010 | [34] |
33 | | $50,541,093 | 2022 | Marry Me | [35] |
34 | | $48,288,456 | Asterix | Dargaud | [36] |
35 | | $39,407,616 | | | [37] |
36 | | $19,000,000 | The Smurfs | 1976 | [38] | |
See also
Also related:
Bibliography
- Book: Curti, Roberto. Diabolika: Supercriminals, Superheroes and the Comic Book Universe in Italian Cinema. Midnight Marquee Press. 2016. 9781936168606.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Amidi. Amid. 5 Things You Need To Know About The Chinese/American Feature 'Rock Dog'. cartoonbrew.com. 3 August 2015 . October 3, 2015.
- Web site: Kroll. Justin. Channing Tatum's Production Banner and Tencent Pictures Team on 'Zombie Brother' (EXCLUSIVE). Variety. 29 March 2017 . March 29, 2017.
- News: 'Gomorrah' Author Roberto Saviano to Make Directorial Debut With Animation Feature 'I'm Still Alive' (EXCLUSIVE). Variety. 6 March 2023.
- Web site: 1916 – O QUIM E O MANECAS. 18 July 2014. Cinema Português. Instituto Camões. Portuguese.
- Web site: Karaoğlan . https://web.archive.org/web/20130109011615/http://www.karaoglanfilm.com/ . 2013-01-09 . www.karaoglanfilm.com.
- Malibu Comics
- Web site: The Smurfs. Box Office Mojo.
- Web site: 300. Box Office Mojo.
- Web site: Men in Black II. Box Office Mojo.
- Web site: Kingsman: The Secret Service. Box Office Mojo.
- Web site: Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Box Office Mojo.
- Web site: The Adventures of Tintin. Box Office Mojo.
- Web site: The Smurfs 2. Box Office Mojo.
- Web site: Wanted. Box Office Mojo.
- Web site: Casper. Box Office Mojo.
- Web site: Oblivion. Box Office Mojo.
- Web site: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Box Office Mojo.
- Web site: RED. Box Office Mojo.
- Web site: Smurfs: The Lost Village. Box Office Mojo.
- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sincity.htm
- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2087552513/
- Web site: 2 Guns. Box Office Mojo.
- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0463872/?ref_=bo_se_r_1 Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008)
- Web site: The King's Man. Box Office Mojo.
- https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=surrogates.htm
- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0111438/?ref_=bo_se_r_1
- Web site: Atomic Blonde. Box Office Mojo.
- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl392988161/
- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1418377/
- Web site: 30 Days of Night. Box Office Mojo.
- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl626361857/weekend/
- DC Comics
- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1597522/?ref_=bo_se_r_1
- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0446029/?ref_=bo_se_r_1
- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt10223460/
- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt8001346/
- https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3044115969/
- Web site: The Smurfs and the Magic Flute. Box Office Mojo.