List of films based on DC Comics
Below is a list of films based on DC Comics characters and properties including its various imprints. It includes serials, live action and animated films, direct-to-video releases, television films, fan-made films, and documentary films.
Live-action films
Year | Title | Production studio(s) | Notes | ||||
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1951 | Superman and the Mole Men | Lippert Pictures | Theatrically-released pilot for the 1950s Adventures of Superman television series | ||||
1954 | Stamp Day for Superman | United States Department of the Treasury | Government-produced short film in the public domain | ||||
1966 | Batman: The Movie | 20th Century Fox | Related to the 1960s Batman television series | ||||
1978 | Superman | Dovemead Film Export A.G./International Film Productions | Won 1 Special Oscar, nominated for 3 more | ||||
1980 | Superman II | ||||||
1982 | Swamp Thing | Embassy Pictures | Based on the title character of the same name | ||||
1983 | Superman III | Cantharus Productions N.V./Dovemead Films | |||||
1984 | Supergirl | Artistry Ltd/Cantharus Productions/Pueblo Film Group | |||||
1987 | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Golan-Globus/Cannon Films. | |||||
1989 | The Return of Swamp Thing | Lightyear Entertainment | Based on the title character of the same name | ||||
Batman | Warner Bros./PolyGram Filmed Entertainment | Won 1 Oscar | |||||
1992 | Batman Returns | Nominated for 2 Oscars | |||||
1995 | Batman Forever | Nominated for 3 Oscars | |||||
1997 | Batman & Robin | ||||||
Steel | Warner Bros./DC Entertainment/QDe | ||||||
2004 | Catwoman | Warner Bros./Village Roadshow Pictures/Di Novi Pictures/Frantic Films/Maple Shade Films | Not directly based on the character of the same name | ||||
2005 | Constantine | Warner Bros./Village Roadshow Pictures/The Donners' Company/Batfilm Productions/3 Arts Entertainment | Loosely based on the Hellblazer comic | ||||
Batman Begins | Warner Bros./DC Entertainment/Legendary Pictures/Syncopy Inc./Patalex III Productions | Reboot; nominated for an Oscar | |||||
2006 | V for Vendetta | Warner Bros./Virtual Studios/Silver Pictures/Anarchos Productions | Based on the graphic novel by Alan Moore. | ||||
Superman Returns | Warner Bros./DC Entertainment/Legendary Pictures/Bad Hat Harry Productions | Somewhat related to Superman and Superman II; nominated for an Oscar. | |||||
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | Warner Bros. | Re-edited director's cut film, direct-to-video release | |||||
2008 | The Dark Knight | Warner Bros./DC Entertainment/Legendary Pictures/Syncopy Inc. | Won 2 Oscars, nominated for 6 more | ||||
2009 | Watchmen | Warner Bros./DC Entertainment/Legendary Pictures/Lawrence Gordon Productions/Cruel and Unusual Films | |||||
2010 | The Losers | Warner Bros./Dark Castle Entertainment | Based on the Vertigo title | ||||
Jonah Hex | Warner Bros./DC Entertainment/Legendary Pictures/Weed Road Pictures | Loosely based on the character of the same name | |||||
2011 | Green Lantern | Warner Bros./DC Entertainment/De Line Pictures | |||||
2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Warner Bros./DC Entertainment/Legendary Pictures/Syncopy Inc. | |||||
2013 | Man of Steel | Warner Bros./DC Entertainment/Legendary Pictures/Cruel and Unusual Films/Syncopy Inc. | Reboot; Start of the DC Extended Universe | ||||
2016 | Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Warner Bros./DC Entertainment/RatPac Entertainment/Cruel and Unusual Films/Atlas Entertainment | |||||
Upcoming | |||||||
2016 | Suicide Squad | Warner Bros./DC Entertainment/RatPac Entertainment/Atlas Entertainment | Post-production | ||||
2017 | Wonder Woman | Warner Bros./DC Entertainment/RatPac Entertainment/Atlas Entertainment/Cruel and Unusual Films | Filming | ||||
Justice League Part One | Warner Bros./DC Entertainment/RatPac Entertainment/Atlas Entertainment/Cruel and Unusual Films/Lin Pictures | ||||||
2018 | The Flash[1] | Warner Bros./DC Entertainment/RatPac Entertainment | In development | ||||
Aquaman[1] | Warner Bros./DC Entertainment/RatPac Entertainment/Cruel and Unusual Films | ||||||
2019 | Shazam[1] | Warner Bros./DC Entertainment/RatPac Entertainment/New Line Cinema | |||||
Justice League Part Two[1] | Warner Bros./DC Entertainment/RatPac Entertainment/Cruel and Unusual Films | ||||||
2020 | Cyborg[1] | Warner Bros./DC Entertainment/RatPac Entertainment | |||||
Green Lantern Corps[1] |
Serial films (1941–1952)
Year | Title | Production studio | Notes |
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1941 | Adventures of Captain Marvel | Republic Pictures | Published at that time by Fawcett Comics |
1942 | Spy Smasher | ||
1943 | Batman | Columbia Pictures | |
1946 | Hop Harrigan | ||
1947 | The Vigilante | ||
1948 | Superman | ||
Congo Bill | |||
1949 | Batman and Robin | ||
1950 | Atom Man vs. Superman | ||
1952 | Blackhawk | Published at that time by Quality Comics |
From DC imprints
Year | Title | Production studio | Notes | ||||
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Paradox Press | |||||||
2002 | Road to Perdition | DreamWorks/The Zanuck Company | Based on the series by Max Allan Collins. Won 1 Oscar, nominated for 5 more. | ||||
2005 | A History of Violence | New Line Cinema/New Line Productions/BenderSpink/München & Company | Based on the graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke. Nominated for 2 Oscars. | ||||
WildStorm | |||||||
2010 | RED | Summit Entertainment/Homage Entertainment/Di Bonaventura Pictures/Cheyenne Enterprises/DMG Entertainment | Based on the miniseries by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner. | ||||
2013 | RED 2 | Summit Entertainment/Lionsgate Films/Di Bonaventura Pictures |
Television films
Year | Title | Notes |
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1974 | Wonder Woman | Pilot episode for an unproduced TV series. |
1975 | It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman | TV adaptation of the 1960s Broadway musical. |
1997 | Justice League of America | Pilot episode for an unproduced TV series; never aired in the U.S. |
Episodes as films
Year | Title | Notes |
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1990 | The Flash | Episodes of the 1990's The Flash television series released as direct to video films. |
1991 | The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster | |
The Flash III: Deadly of the Nightshade |
Animated films
All the feature films are produced by Warner Bros. Animation and are released direct-to-video, except the first as indicated.
Shorts
From DC imprints
Year | Title | Production studio | Notes | ||||
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WildStorm | |||||||
2000 | Gen¹³ | Buena Vista Pictures/WildStorm Productions/Aegis Entertainment | Animated film; never released in the United States and no longer owns rights. |
Episodes as films
Television series episodes released as direct to video films.
Year | Title | Notes |
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1996 | Superman: The Last Son of Krypton | Each one compilation of three episodes originally aired during first and second season of Superman: The Animated Series. |
1997 | The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest | |
1999 | Batman Beyond: The Movie | Compilation of the first two episodes of Batman Beyond. |
2001 | Justice League: Secret Origins | Compilation of three episodes of the Justice League. |
2004 | Justice League: Starcrossed |
Lego versions
Year | Title | Production studio | Notes | ||||
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2013 | Lego Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite | TT Animation | Based on video game Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes. | ||||
2014 | The Lego Movie | Animal Logic | Theatrical release; featuring Lego versions of several DC heroes. | ||||
Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered | Warner Bros. Animation | Television movie | |||||
2015 | Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League | Direct to video | |||||
Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom | Direct to video | ||||||
2016 | Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Cosmic Clash[2] | Direct to video | |||||
Announced | |||||||
2017 | The Lego Batman Movie[3] | Animal Logic | Spin-off of The Lego Movie. | ||||
2018 | The Lego Movie Sequel[4] |
Fan and unofficial films
Year | Title | Notes |
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1964 | Batman Dracula | By Andy Warhol; it was screened only at his art exhibits |
1965 | Alyas Batman at Robin | |
1966 | James Batman | |
The Wild World of Batwoman | Jerry Warren re-released the film under the title She Was a Hippy Vampire | |
1967 | Batman Fights Dracula | |
1973 | Fight Batman Fight! | |
1991 | Alyas Batman en Robin | Spoofs the 1960s Batman TV series |
2002 | Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Special | Made with a budget of $2,400 |
2003 | Batman: Dead End | Made with a budget of $30,000; Batman is cornered into fighting Xenomorphs and Predators. |
Batman: Revenge | Premiered in 2003, nearly three years before Lego officially announced their Batman product line | |
2004 | Grayson | Original screenplay for a full-length picture is available for download at the Untamed Cinema official website |
World's Finest | ||
2005 | Batman: New Times | Intended to help sales of the Minimates toy line |
Robin's Big Date | ||
2009 | Saturday Morning Watchmen | An animated parody of Watchmen |
2010 | City of Scars | Made with a budget of $27,000 |
2011 | Superman Classic | |
Seeds of Arkham | Sequel to City of Scars. The Batmobile in the film is the 1989 replica | |
2012 | Bizarro Classic | A sequel to Superman Classic |
The Death and Return of Superman | Short film by Chronicle writer Max Landis. | |
Batman: Death Wish | Styled after the Joel Schumacher films Batman Forever and Batman & Robin. | |
Batman Revealed | ||
2015 | Electrogenesis | Based on the character Static Shock |
Reception
Box office
Title | Distributor(s) | Release date (United States) |
Budget (millions) |
Box office gross[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] | ||
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Opening weekend (North America) |
North America | Worldwide | ||||
Superman and the Mole Men | Lippert Pictures | November 23, 1951 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Batman: The Movie | 20th Century Fox | July 30, 1966 | $1.54 | Unknown | Unknown | $1,700,000 |
Superman | Warner Bros. | December 10, 1978 | $55 | $6,535,784 | $134,218,018 | $300,218,018 |
Superman II | December 4, 1980 | $54 | $14,100,523 | $108,185,706 | $108,185,706 | |
Swamp Thing | Embassy Pictures | February 19, 1982 | $3 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Superman III | Warner Bros. | June 17, 1983 | $39 | $13,352,357 | $59,950,623 | $59,950,623 |
Supergirl | TriStar | 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 | $15,681,020 |
The Return of Swamp Thing | Millimeter Films | May 12, 1989 | Unknown | Unknown | $192,816 | $192,816 |
Batman | Warner Bros. | June 23, 1989 | $35 | $40,489,746 | $251,188,924 | $411,348,924 |
Batman Returns | June 19, 1992 | $80 | $45,687,711 | $162,831,698 | $266,822,354 | |
Batman Forever | June 16, 1995 | $100 | $52,784,433 | $184,031,112 | $336,529,844 | |
Batman & Robin | June 20, 1997 | $125 | $42,872,605 | $107,325,195 | $238,207,122 | |
Steel | August 15, 1997 | $16 | $870,068 | $1,710,972 | $1,710,972 | |
Catwoman | July 23, 2004 | $100 | $16,728,411 | $40,202,379 | $82,102,379 | |
Batman Begins | June 28, 2006 | $150 | $48,745,440 | $206,852,432 | $374,218,673 | |
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 | $534,858,444 | $1,004,558,444 | |
Watchmen | March 6, 2009 | $130 | $55,214,334 | $107,509,799 | $185,258,983 | |
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 | $219,851,172 | |
The Dark Knight Rises | July 20, 2012 | $230 | $160,887,295 | $448,139,099 | $1,084,439,099 | |
Man of Steel | June 14, 2013 | $225 | $116,619,362 | $291,045,518 | $668,045,518 | |
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | March 25, 2016 | $250 | $166,007,347 | $326,205,133 | $864,405,133 | |
Total | $2.209 billion | $2,460,420,066 | $5,649,996,525 |
Critical and public reception
Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore |
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Superman and the Mole Men | |||
Batman:The Movie | 80% (30 reviews)[14] | ||
Superman | 93% (60 reviews)[15] | 86 (11 reviews)[16] | |
Superman II | 89% (45 reviews)[17] | 87 (11 reviews)[18] | |
Swamp Thing | 64% (33 reviews)[19] | ||
Superman III | 26% (43 reviews)[20] | 42 (9 reviews)[21] | |
Supergirl | 7% (27 reviews)[22] | 11 (5 reviews)[23] | |
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | 12% (41 reviews)[24] | 22 (10 reviews)[25] | C[26] |
The Return of Swamp Thing | 33% (6 reviews)[27] | ||
Batman | 72% (68 reviews)[28] | 66 (17 reviews)[29] | A[26] |
Batman Returns | 80% (70 reviews)[30] | 59 (37 reviews)[31] | B[26] |
Batman Forever | 41% (58 reviews)[32] | 51 (23 reviews)[33] | A-[26] |
Batman & Robin | 11% (85 reviews)[34] | 28 (21 reviews)[35] | C+[26] |
Steel | 12% (25 reviews)[36] | B[26] | |
Catwoman | 9% (194 reviews)[37] | 27 (35 reviews)[38] | B[26] |
Batman Begins | 85% (266 reviews)[39] | 70 (41 reviews)[40] | A[26] |
Superman Returns | 76% (258 reviews)[41] | 72 (40 reviews)[42] | B+[26] |
The Dark Knight | 94% (314 reviews)[43] | 82 (39 reviews)[44] | A[26] |
Watchmen | 65% (294 reviews)[45] | 56 (39 reviews)[46] | B[26] |
Jonah Hex | 12% (145 reviews)[47] | 33 (32 reviews)[48] | C+[26] |
Green Lantern | 26% (226 reviews)[49] | 39 (39 reviews)[50] | B[26] |
The Dark Knight Rises | 87% (326 reviews)[51] | 78 (45 reviews)[52] | A[26] |
Man of Steel | 56% (289 reviews)[53] | 55 (47 reviews)[54] | A-[26] |
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | 28% (328 reviews)[55] | 44 (51 reviews)[56] | B[26] |
List indicator(s)
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From DC imprints
Title | Distributor(s) | Release date | Rotten Tomatoes |
Metacritic | CinemaScore | Budget (million) |
Box Office |
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Road to Perdition | DreamWorks | July 12, 2002 | 81% | 72 | B+[26] | $80 | $181,001,478 |
A History of Violence | New Line Cinema | May 16, 2005 | 87% | 81 | C+[26] | $32 | $60,740,827 |
Constantine | Warner Bros. | February 18, 2005 | 46% | 50 | B[26] | $100 | $230,884,728 |
V for Vendetta | March 17, 2006 | 73% | 62 | B+[26] | $54 | $132,511,035 | |
The Losers | April 23, 2010 | 49% | 44 | $25 | $29,379,723 | ||
RED | Summit Entertainment | October 15, 2010 | 71% | 60 | A-[26] | $58 | $199,006,387 |
RED 2 | July 19, 2013 | 42% | 47 | B+[26] | $84 | $148,075,565 | |
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See also
- List of television series based on DC Comics
- Batman in film
- Superman in film
- List of American superhero films
- List of films based on Marvel Comics
- List of films based on Dark Horse Comics properties
- List of films based on comics
References
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- ↑ http://variety.com/2014/film/news/warner-bros-dc-justice-league-harry-potter-spinoff-lego-sequel-1201330734/
- ↑ http://variety.com/2014/film/news/warner-bros-dc-justice-league-harry-potter-spinoff-lego-sequel-1201330734/
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- ↑ "Box Office Mojo > Search". Retrieved September 30, 2014.
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- ↑ "Watchmen (2009) - Box Office Mojo". Retrieved September 30, 2014.
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- ↑ "Green Lantern (2011) - Box Office Mojo". Retrieved September 30, 2014.
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- ↑ "Superman II". June 19, 1981. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
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- ↑ "Swamp Thing". January 1, 1982. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ↑ "Superman III". June 17, 1983. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
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- ↑ "Supergirl". November 21, 1984. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
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- ↑ "Superman IV: The Quest for Peace". July 24, 1987. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "CinemaScore". cinemascore.com. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
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- ↑ "Batman Returns". June 19, 1992. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
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- ↑ "Batman Forever". June 16, 1995. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
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- ↑ "Batman & Robin". June 20, 1997. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
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- ↑ "Steel". August 15, 1997. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ↑ "Catwoman". July 23, 2004. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ↑ "Catwoman". Metacritic. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
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- ↑ "Superman Returns". June 28, 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ↑ "Superman Returns Reviews - Metacritic". Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ↑ "The Dark Knight". July 18, 2008. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
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- ↑ "Watchmen". March 6, 2009. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
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- ↑ "Jonah Hex". June 18, 2010. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
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- ↑ "Green Lantern". June 17, 2011. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
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- ↑ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/batman_v_superman_dawn_of_justice/
- ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/movie/batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice
External links
- DCUonDVD.com - Official Website for DC Universe Animated Movies
- Superheroes Lives - Live action movies based on DC Comics
- ComicScreen : Les super héros crèvent l'écran
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