The top seven highest-grossing superhero films and nine out of the top ten highest-grossing superhero films have been produced by Marvel Studios, within the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
This is a list of the highest-grossing superhero film series at the box office.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe ranks as the highest-grossing film series of all time grossing over $31.1 billion.
This list charts films the 50 biggest worldwide openings.
For example, for films like Captain Marvel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice which opened in the US-Canada market and in most other major markets during the same weekend, the 'opening' is the total gross of the film during that weekend.
Films based on DC Comics have held the record four times, films based on Marvel Comics have held it five times, and Toho films held it at least six times.
Films based on Marvel Comics have topped eighteen years, the most for a source.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe contains the most entries on the list, with four films in total.