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bgcolor="#B0C4DE" align="center"
! Year
! Film
! Publisher
! Director
! Distributor
! Worldwide gross
! Notes |
1937
|The Shadow Strikes[{{cite web|first1=Reuben|last1=Baron|url=https://www.looper.com/935165/neil-mcginness-pulp-power-explores-the-art-of-the-original-superheroes-exclusive-interview/|website=www.Looper.com|title=Neil McGinness' Pulp Power Explores The Art Of The Original Superheroes- Exclusive Interview|date=21 July 2022|publisher=Static Media|access-date=9 June 2024}}]
|rowspan="2"|Street & Smith
|Lynn Shores
|rowspan="2"|Grand National Films Inc.
|rowspan="9" {{N/A}}
|Film featuring The Shadow character. |
1938
|International Crime
|Charles Lamont
|Film featuring The Shadow character. |
1945
|Dick Tracy
|Detroit Mirror
|William Berke
|RKO Pictures
|Film featuring the character Dick Tracy. |
rowspan="4"|1946
|The Shadow Returns'
|rowspan="2"|Street & Smith
|Phil Rosen, William Beaudine
|rowspan="2"|Monogram Pictures
|Part of The Shadow franchise. |
Behind the Mask' | Phil Karlson
|Film featuring The Shadow character. |
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
|Detroit Mirror
|Gordon Douglas, James Anderson
|RKO Pictures
|Film featuring the character Dick Tracy |
The Missing Lady'
|Street & Smith
|Phil Karlson
|Monogram Pictures
|Part of The Shadow franchise. |
rowspan="2"|1947
|Dick Tracy's Dilemma
|rowspan="2"|Detroit Mirror
|rowspan="2"|John Rawlins
|rowspan="2"|RKO Pictures
|Film featuring the character Dick Tracy |
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
|Part of the Dick Tracy franchise. |
1956
|The Lone Ranger[{{cite book|last1=Jewett|first1=Robert|last2=Lawrence|first2=John Shelton|author-link2=John Shelton Lawrence|title=The Myth of the American Superhero|date=2002|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing|isbn=9780802849113|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oqjiV6fOn0kC}}]
|rowspan="2"|WXYT (AM)
|Stuart Heisler
|Warner Bros.
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($1,550,000)
|Film based on The Lone Ranger television series. |
rowspan="2"|1958
|The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
|Lesley Selander
|Amazon MGM Studios (United Artists)
|rowspan="6" {{N/A}}
|Sequel to The Lone Ranger. |
Invisible Avenger'
|Street & Smith
|James Wong Howe, Ben Parker, John Sledge
|Paramount Pictures (Republic Pictures)
|Part of The Shadow franchise. |
rowspan="3"|1966
|Rat Pfink a Boo Boo
|rowspan="6" |Original
|Ray Dennis Steckler
|Craddock Films
| |
The Wild World of Batwoman
|Jerry Warren
|ADPProductions
|Film unrelated to the Batman franchise. |
Doctor Satan's Robot
|Various
|Paramount Pictures (Republic Pictures)
|Part of the Mysterious Doctor Satan franchise. |
1967
|Fearless Frank
|Philip Kaufman
|Trans American Films
| |
1970
|Hercules in New York[{{cite web|first1=Andrew|last1=Cerecedes|url=https://guardianlv.com/2014/07/hercules-a-myth-made-for-movies/|website=Guardian Liberty Voice|title=Hercules: A Myth Made for Movies|date=28 July 2014|access-date=2 August 2022}}]
|Arthur Allan Seidelman
|RAF Industries
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($300,000)
| |
1974
|Black Belt Jones[{{cite book|last1=Mirzoeff|first1=Nicholas|title=The Visual Culture Reader|date=2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9780415252225 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lcRvU3w33jsC&dq=jim+kelly+black+belt+jones+superhero&pg=PA447|access-date=14 August 2022}}]
|Robert Clouse
|rowspan="2"|Warner Bros.
|rowspan="2"{{N/A}}
| |
rowspan="2"|1975
|Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze'
|Street & Smith
|Michael Anderson
|Film based on the pulp comic Doc Savage. |
Dolemite[{{cite book|last1=Namal|first1=Adilifu|title=Super Black: American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes|date=2011|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=9780292742529 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c72oE4bM7YgC&dq=the+human+tornado+dolemite+superhero&pg=PA38|access-date=18 July 2022}}]
| rowspan="7" |Original
|D'Urville Martin
|rowspan="2"|Dimension Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($12,000,000)
| |
1976
|The Human Tornado
|Cliff Roquemore
|{{N/A}}
|Sequel to Dolemite. |
rowspan="3"|1977
|Star Wars[{{cite book|last1=Hume|first1=Lynne|last2=McPhillips|first2=Katheen|title=Popular Spiritualities: The Politics of Contemporary Enchantment|date=2006|publisher=Ashgate Publishing|isbn=9780754639992 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=exQ4Zmtjc_sC&q=Jedi+Knights+superheroes&pg=PA59|access-date=30 July 2022}}]
|George Lucas
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)
|Theatrical ($775.8,000,000)
| |
Abar, the First Black Superman
|Frank Packard
|Mirror Releasing
|rowspan="3" {{N/A}}
|A blaxploitation film |
Exo-Man
|Richard Living
|Universal Pictures (NBC)
| |
1978
|Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park
|Gordon Hessler
|Hanna-Barbera, Universal Pictures (NBC)
|Television film Based on the rock band Kiss, and not on pre-existing comic |
rowspan="4"|1980
|Hero at Large[{{cite web|first1=Tim|last1=George|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/real-life-superhero-movies-a-closer-look/|website=Den of Geek|title='Real-life' superhero movies: a closer look|date=30 March 2016|publisher=Simon Brew|access-date=7 July 2024}}]
|Martin Davidson
|Amazon MGM Studios (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($15,934,737)
| |
Flash Gordon
|King Features Syndicate
|Mike Hodges
|Universal Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($27,107,960)
|Based on the comic strip by Alex Raymond |
Super Fuzz
| rowspan="5" |Original
|Sergio Corbucci
|Amazon MGM Studios (AVCO Embassy)
|{{N/A}}
|An American-Italian-Spanish co-production| |
The Empire Strikes Back
|Irvin Kershner
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($549,000,000)
|Sequel to Star Wars |
rowspan="5"|1981
|Raiders of the Lost Ark[{{cite book|last1=Jansen|first1=Gary|title=Exercising Your Soul: Fifteen Minutes a Day to a Spiritual Life|date=9 August 2010|publisher=FaithWords|isbn=9780446557467 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zNVAIXTUzEgC&q=super+marios+bros+luigi+superhero&pg=PT57|access-date=24 July 2022}}]
|Steven Spielberg
|Paramount Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($389.9,000,000)
|Film featuring the character Indiana Jones. Part of the Indiana Jones franchise. |
Condorman
|Charles Jarrott
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($4,500,000)
| |
The Cannonball Run[{{cite book|last1=Freese|first1=Gene|title=Classic Movie Fight Scenes: 75 Years of Bare Knuckle Brawls, 1914-1989|date=11 September 2017|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=9781476629353 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=79g1DwAAQBAJ&dq=cannonball+run+captain+chaos+superhero&pg=PA280|access-date=12 July 2022}}]
|Hal Needham
|rowspan="2"|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($160,000,000)
|Actor Dom DeLuise plays superhero Captain Chaos. |
Zorro, The Gay Blade
|Argosy
|Peter Medak
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($5.1,000,000)
|Film featuring the character Zorro. |
The Legend of the Lone Ranger[
]|WXYT (AM)
|William A. Fraker
|Universal Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($12,617,845)
|Film based on the Lone Ranger radio show. |
rowspan="5"|1982
|The Beastmaster[{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=The Television Treasury: Onscreen Details from Sitcoms, Dramas and Other Scripted Series, 1947-2019|date=29 May 2020|publisher=McFarland Publishing|isbn=9781476680293 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EY3mDwAAQBAJ&dq=beastmaster+dar+superhero&pg=PA208|access-date=2 July 2020}}]
|rowspan="2"| Original
|Don Coscarelli
|Amazon MGM Studios (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($14.1,000,000)
| |
Tron
|Steven Lisberger
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($33,001,374) |
Conan the Barbarian[{{cite book|last1=Packer MD|first1=Sharon|title=Superheroes and Superegos: Analyzing the Minds Behind the Masks|date=14 December 2009|publisher=ABC-Clio|isbn=9780313355370 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1UopTvWYaYgC&q=Conan+superhero&pg=PA67|access-date=4 July 2022}}]
|Weird Tales
|John Milius
|Universal Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($79.1,000,000)
|Film featuring the character Conan the Barbarian. |
Swamp Thing
|Vertigo/DC
|Wes Craven
|Amazon MGM Studios (Embassy Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($2.5,000,000)
| |
Modesty Blaise[{{cite book|last1=Dear|first1=Pamela|title=Contemporary Authors|date=1999|publisher=Gale|isbn=9780787620066 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ChrdLNXpGVEC&q=modesty+blaise+superheroine|access-date=1 January 2023}}]
|Hall Syndicate
|Reza Badigi
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (ABC)
|{{N/A}}
|Film based on the comic strip by Peter O'Donnell. |
rowspan="2"|1983
|Hercules[{{cite book|last1=Bayman|first1=Louis|last2=Rigoletto|first2=Sergio|title=Popular Italian Cinema|date=17 January 2013|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-1-137-30565-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uW0qAAAAQBAJ&dq=hercules+lou+ferrigno+superhero&pg=PT106|access-date=22 September 2023}}]
|rowspan="8" |Original
|Luigi Cozzi
|Amazon MGM Studios (The Cannon Group, Inc.)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($11,000,000)
|Film starring Lou Ferrigno. |
Return of the Jedi
|Richard Marquand
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($475.1,000,000)
|Sequel to The Empire Strikes Back |
rowspan="9" |1984
|The Toxic Avenger
|Lloyd Kaufman
|Troma Entertainment
| style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($800,000)
| |
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
|Steven Spielberg
|Paramount Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($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 Dimension
|W. D. Richter
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios), Sherwood Productions
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($6,254,148)
| |
The Brother from Another Planet
|John Sayles
|Cinecom
|style="text-align:center |Theatrical ($4,000,000)
| |
Cannonball Run II
|Hal Needham
|Warner Bros.
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($56.3,000,000)
|Dom Deluise reprises his role as superhero Captain Chaos. |
Ghostbusters[{{cite web|url=http://onthesetofnewyork.com/superheroesofnewyorkcity.html|website=otsoNY.com|title=New York Superheroes|date=2009|publisher=Mark Rogers|access-date=17 July 2022}}]
|Ivan Reitman
|Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($295.2,00,000)
| |
Conan the Destroyer
|Weird Tales
|Richard Fleischer
|Universal Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |($31,000,000)
|Sequel to Conan the Barbarian. |
Sheena[{{cite web|first1=Myrna|last1=Oliver|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-feb-11-me-sheena11-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|title=Irish McCalla, 73; Actress Played TV's 'Sheena, Queen of the Jungle'|date=11 February 2022|access-date=16 July 2022}}]
|Fiction House
|John Guillermin
|Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($5,778,353)
|Film featuring the character Sheena, Queen of the Jungle |
The Terminator
|Original
|James Cameron
|Amazon MGM Studios (Orion Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical
| |
rowspan="3"|1985
|Red Sonja
|Oriental Stories
|Richard Fleischer
|Amazon MGM Studios (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($6.9,000,000)
|Film featuring the character Red Sonja |
The Adventures of Hercules
|Original
|Luigi Cozzi
|Amazon MGM Studios (The Cannon Group, Inc.)
|{{N/A}}
|Sequel to Hercules |
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins[{{cite book|last1=Julius|first1=Marshall|title=Action! The Ation Movie A-Z|date=1996|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0253210917 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pO17mTyuA0IC&dq=remo+williams+superhero&pg=PA167|access-date=14 August 2022}}]
|Warren Murphy, Richard Sapir
|Guy Hamilton
|Amazon MGM Studios (Orion Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($14.4,000,000)
|Film based on The Destroyer novel series. |
rowspan="5”|1986
|The Wraith
|rowspan="7" |Original
|Mike Marvin
|New Century Vista Film Company
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($3,500,000)
| |
The Greatest American Heroine
|{{N/A}}
|Stephen J. Cannell Productions
|{{N/A}}
|Failed pilot for a revival of the television series The Greatest American Hero. |
Eliminators[{{cite book|last1=Mellor|first1=Noell|title=Adventures in VHS|date=9 March 2016|publisher=Misticon Publishing|isbn=9780957515581 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HOpdDwAAQBAJ&dq=the+eliminators+1986+superhero+movie&pg=PA139|access-date=4 July 2022}}]
|Peter Manoogian
|Empire International Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($4,601,256)
| |
Captain EO[{{cite book|last1=Froelich|first1=Annette|title=Outer Space and Popular Culture: Influences and Interrelations, Part 2- Part 2|date=2022|publisher=Springer Publishing|isbn=9783030917869 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cABgEAAAQBAJ&dq=captain+eo+1986+superhero+movie&pg=PA11|access-date=10 July 2022}}]
|Francis Ford Coppola
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($23.7,000,000)
|Film based on an attraction at Disneyland. |
Kung Fu: The Movie[{{cite book|last1=Thomas|first1=Bruce|title=Bruce Lee: Fighting Spirit|date=1994|publisher=North Atlantic Books|isbn=9781883319250 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yE1HsGFasGYC&dq=kung+fu+kwai+chang+caine+superhero&pg=PA144|access-date=21 July 2022}}]
|Richard Lang
|Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Television Studios)
|{{N/A}}
|Continuation of the television series Kung Fu |
rowspan="6" |1987
|RoboCop
|Paul Verhoeven
|Amazon MGM Studios (Orion Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($53,424,681)
| |
Wild Thing[{{cite web|first1=Ed|last1=Travis|url=https://medium.com/cinapse/wild-thing-1987-i-think-i-love-you-but-i-wanna-know-for-sure-219b07e453d5|website=Medium|title=WILD THING (1987): I Think I Love You, But I Wanna Know For Sure|date=27 July 2015|publisher=Evan Williams|access-date=24 June 2023}}]
|Max Reid
|Amazon MGM Studios (Atlantic Entertainment Group)
|style="text-align:center |Theatrical ($84,000)
| |
Masters of the Universe
|Mattel
|Gary Goddard
|Amazon MGM Studios (The Cannon Group, Inc.)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($17,000,000)
|Based on a toy franchise and television series of the same name |
The Princess Bride[{{cite book|last1=Rosenberg|first1=Robin S.|title=Our Superheroes, Ourselves|date=2013|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-976581-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tdsVAAAAQBAJ&dq=princess+bride+superhero+movie&pg=PA5|access-date=19 March 2023}}]
|Harcourt
|Rob Reiner
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($30.9,000,000)
|Film based on The Princess Bride novel. |
The Spirit
|Register and Tribune Syndicate
|Michael Schultz
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (ABC)
| rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|Television film The film served as a pilot for a planned TV series. |
The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
|rowspan="2" |Original
|Ray Austin
|Universal Pictures (NBC)
|Continuation of the television series The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman. |
1988
|Moonwalker
|Various
|Warner Bros.
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($67,000,000)
| |
rowspan="8"|1989
|The Return of Swamp Thing
|Vertigo/DC
|Jim Wyrnorski
|Warner Bros. (Millimeter Films)
| |
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
|rowspan="7" |Original
|Alan J. Levi
|Universal Pictures (NBC)
|rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|Continuation of the television series The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman |
Nick Knight[{{cite book|last1=Kenneth Muir|first1=John|title=Terror Television: American Series, 1970-1999|date=9 May 2008|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476604169|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yxpDUAFrwfwC&q=Forever+Knight+tv+series+superhero&pg=PT510|access-date=17 November 2016}}]
|Farhad Mann
|Barry Weitz Films, Robirdie Pictures, New World Pictures
|Failed pilot for a television series. Inspiration for the television series Forever Knight. |
The Toxic Avenger Part II
| rowspan="2" |Lloyd Kaufman
| rowspan="2" |Troma Entertainment
| style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($792,966)
|Sequel to 1984's The Toxic Avenger |
The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($363,561)
|Sequel to 1989's The Toxic Avenger Part II |
Ghostbusters II
|Ivan Reitman
|Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($215.4,000,000)
|Sequel to Ghostbusters. Part of the Ghostbusters franchise. |
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
|Steven Spielberg
|Paramount Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($474.2,000,000)
|Sequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark. Part of the Indiana Jones franchise. |
Robot Ninja[{{cite book|last1=Heller-Nicholas|first1=Alexandra|title=Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study, 2nd Ed.|date=30 March 2021|publisher=McFarland & Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RUooEAAAQBAJ&dq=robot+ninja+1989+superhero&pg=PA61|isbn=9781476644905|access-date=29 May 2024}}]
|J.R. Bookwalter
|{{N/A}}
|style+"text-align:center" |Theatrical ($15,000)
|Film featuring Batman's Burt Ward. |
rowspan="5"|1990
|Dick Tracy
|Detroit Mirror
|Warren Beatty
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Touchstone Pictures)
|style="test-align:center" |Theatrical ($162,000,000.7)
|Film based on the comic Dick Tracy |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles[{{cite web|first1=Adam|last1=Symchuk|url=https://movieweb.com/best-live-action-superhero-movies-90s-ranked/|website=MovieWeb|title=The Best Live Action American Superhero Movies of the '90s, Ranked|date=23 June 2024|publisher=Valnet Inc.|access-date=30 June 2024}}]
|Mirage Studios
|Steve Barron
|Warner Bros. (New Line Cinema)
|style="text-align:center"|Theatrical ($201,965,915)
| |
RoboCop 2
|rowspan="3"|Original
|Irvin Kershner
|Amazon MGM Studios (Orion Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($45,681,173)
|Sequel to a 1987 film |
Darkman
|Sam Raimi
|Universal Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($48,878,502)
| |
Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.
|Michael Herz
|Troma Entertainment
|{{N/A}}
| |
rowspan="7"|1991
|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
|Mirage Studios
|Michael Pressman
|Warner Bros. (New Line Cinema)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($78,656,813)
|Sequel to a 1990 film |
Terminator 2: Judgment Day[{{cite book|last1=D.Nelson|first1=Dana|title=Bad for Democracy: How the President Undermines the Power of the People|date=19 September 2008|publisher=University of Minnesota Press|isbn=978-1-4529-1423-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qgAWphms5oMC&dq=arnold+schwarzenegger+terminator+superhero&pg=PA29|access-date=11 August 2022}}]
|Original
|James Cameron
|Sony Pictures (TriStar Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($520.9,000,000)
|Sequel to The Terminator. |
The Rocketeer
|Pacific Comics
|Joe Johnston
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($62,000,000)
| |
Suburban Commando[{{cite web|first1=Michael|last1=McCarrick|url=https://www.cbr.com/the-undertaker-suburban-commando-explained/|website=Comic Book Resources|title=Undertaker in Suburban Commando explained|date=25 January 2020|publisher=Jonah Weiland, Valnet Inc|access-date=29 June 2022}}]
|rowspan="3"|Original
|Burt Kennedy
|Warner Bros. (New Line Cinema)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($8,000,000)
|Film starring Hulk Hogan. |
Knight Rider 2000[{{cite book|last1=McKim|first1=Jeremy|title=Doxa: Becoming a Church Worthy of His Kingdom|date=2007|publisher=Wipf and Stock|isbn=978-1-55635-172-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oelJAwAAQBAJ&dq=knight+rider+Michael+knight+superhero&pg=PA59|access-date=7 August 2022}}]
|Alan J. Levi
|Universal Pictures (NBC)
|{{N/A}}
|Film based on the television series Knight Rider |
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time
|Sylvio Tabet
|Warner Bros. (New Line Cinema)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($869,325)
|Sequel to The Beastmaster |
The Guyver
|Tokuma Shoten, Kadokawa Shoten
|Screaming Mad George, Steve Wang
|Warner Bros. (New Line Cinema)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($3,000,000)
|Film based on the manga Bio Booster Armor Guyver by Yoshiki Takaya. |
rowspan="5"|1992
|Doctor Mordrid
|rowspan="5"|Original
|Albert Band, Charles Band
|Full Moon Entertainment
|{{N/A}}
|Direct-to-video Based on an old Doctor Strange script |
3 Ninjas[{{cite book|last1=H. Dryer|first1=Philip|title=Literacy: Building on what We Know|date=1997|publisher=Clarence Reading Conference|isbn=978-0-941742-17-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_JosEXYVGOQC&q=three+ninjas+superhero+movies|access-date=4 July 2022}}]
|Jon Turteltaub
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Touchstone Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($29,000,000)
| |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer[{{cite book|last1=Mitchell|first1=Claudia|last2=Reid-Walsh|first2=Jacqueline|title=Girl Culture: An Encyclopedia [Volumes 2]- An Encyclopedia|date=20 December 2007|publisher=ABC-Clio|isbn=9780313084447 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9PRoPX3DIwgC&dq=buffy+the+vampire+slayer+kristy+swanson+superhero&pg=PA204|access-date=4 July 2022}}]
|Fran Rubel Kuzui
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($16.6,000,000)
|Film that inspired the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. |
Army of Darkness[{{cite web|last1=Suydam|first1=Arthur|last2=Templesmith|first2=Ben|last3=Perez|first3=George|last4=Scott Campbell|first4=J.|last5=Bolton|first5=John|last6=Bradshaw|first6=Nick|last7=Seely|first7=Tim|title=The Art of Army of Darkness|date=11 February 2015|publisher=Dynamite Entertainment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FnVoBgAAQBAJ&dq=Army+of+Darkness+Ash+WIlliams+superhero&pg=PT1|access-date=4 July 2022}}]
|Sam Raimi
|Universal Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($21.5,000,000)
|Part of the Evil Dead franchise. |
Universal Soldier[{{cite web|first1=Gabe|last1=Toro|url=https://theplaylist.net/review-universal-soldier-day-of-reckoning-combines-art-house-intentions-strong-action-in-a-franchise-return-to-form-20121128/|website=www.theplaylist.net|title=Review: 'Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning' Combines Art House Intentions & Strong Action In A Franchise Return To Form|date=28 November 2012|publisher=Rodrigo Perez|access-date=23 July 2022}}]
|Roland Emmerich
|Sony Pictures (TriStar Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($95,000,000)
| |
rowspan="7"|1993
|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
|Mirage Studios
|Stuart Gillard
|Warner Bros. (New Line Cinema)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($42,273,609)5
|Sequel to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze |
The Meteor Man
|Original
|Robert Townsend
|Amazon MGM Studios (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($8,023,147)
| |
Super Mario Bros.
|Nintendo
|Rocky Morton, Annabel Jankel
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Hollywood Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($38.9,000,000)
|Film based on the Super Mario video game. |
RoboCop 3
|rowspan="4"|Original
|Fred Dekker
|Amazon MGM Studios (Orion Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($10,696,210)
|Sequel to 1990's RoboCop 2 |
3 Ninjas Knuckle Up
|Shin Sang-ok
|Sony Pictures (TriStar Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($407,618)
|Part of the 3 Ninjas film series. |
Demolition Man[{{cite web|first1=Princess|last1=McDowell|url=https://chicagoreader.com/film/demolition-mans-a-black-movie-and-heres-why/|website=Chicago Reader|title=Demolition Man's a black movie and here's why|date=27 February 2019|access-date=14 August 2022}}]
|Marco Brambilla
|Warner Bros.
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($159.1,000,000)
| |
Last Action Hero[{{cite book|last1=Gazetas|first1=Aristides|title=An Introduction to World Cinema, 2d Ed.|date=28 April 2016|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=9780786451241 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CPuZ-2UtVRwC&dq=arnold+schwarzenegger+last+action+hero+superhero&pg=PA347|access-date=14 August 2022}}]
|John McTiernan
|Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($137.3,000,000)
| |
rowspan="16"|1994
|The Crow
|Caliber Comics
|Alex Proyas
|Paramount Pictures (Miramax)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($144,693,129)
| |
Double Dragon
|Technōs Japan
|James Yukich
|Universal Pictures (Gramercy Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($4.2,000,000)
|Film based on the Double Dragon video game series. |
Street Fighter
|Capcom
|Steven E. de Souza
|Universal Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($99.4,000,000)
|Film based on the Street Fighter video game franchise. |
Bionic Ever After?
|rowspan="2"|Original
|Steven Stafford
|Paramount Pictures (CBS)
|{{N/A}}
|Continuation of the television series The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman. |
Shrunken Heads[{{cite book|last1=Loretti|first1=Nicanor|title=Cult People: Tales from Hollywood's Exploitation A-List|date=27 September 2012|publisher=Headpress|isbn=9781900486941 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9o1XDwAAQBAJ&dq=shrunken+heads+movie+superhero&pg=PT171|access-date=2 July 2022}}] | Richard Elfman
|Paramount Pictures (Paramount Home Entertainment)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($800,000)
|A Full Moon Features film. |
Guyver: Dark Hero
|Tokuma Shoten, Kadokawa Shoten
|Steve Wang
|Warner Bros. (New Line Cinema)
|{{N/A}}
|Sequel to The Guyver. |
The Shadow'
|Street & Smith
|Russell Mulcahy
|Universal Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($48,063,435)
| |
Blankman
|rowspan="10"|Original
|Mike Binder
|Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($7,941,977)
| |
3 Ninjas Kick Back
|Charles T. Kanganis
|Sony Pictures (TriStar Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" | Theatrical ($11,798,854)
|Part of the 3 Ninjas film series. |
Dark Angel: The Ascent[{{cite web|first1=Linda|last1=Hassani|url=https://www.moriareviews.com/fantasy/dark-angel-the-ascent-1994.htm|website=www.moirareviews.com|title=Dark Angel: The Ascent (1994)|date=1994|publisher=Richard Scheib|access-date=5 July 2022}}]
|Linda Hassani
|Full Moon Features
|rowspan="7" {{N/A}} |
Hercules and the Amazon Women
|Bill L. Norton
|rowspan="5" |Universal Pictures (Universal Television)
|rowspan="5" |Part of the Hercules: The Legendary Journeys franchise. |
Hercules and the Lost Kingdom
|Harley Cokeliss |
Hercules and the Circle of Fire
|Doug Lefler |
Hercules in the Underworld
|Bill L. Norton |
Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur
|Josh Becker |
Knight Rider 2010
|Sam Pillsbury
|Universal Pictures (NBCUniversal Syndication Studios)
|Television film based on the television series Knight Rider. |
rowspan="9"|1995
|Darkman II: The Return of Durant
|Bradford May
|Universal Pictures (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($4,000,000)
|Direct-to-video Sequel to 1990's Darkman |
Mortal Kombat
|Midway Games
|Paul W. S. Anderson
|Warner Bros. (New Line Cinema)
|styyle="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($122.2,000,000)
|Film based on the Mortal Kombat video game franchise. |
Judge Dredd
|Rebellion Developments
|Danny Cannon
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Hollywood Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($113,493,481)
| |
Fist of the North Star[{{cite web|url=http://www.bestonnetflix.com/genre/comic-book-and-superhero-movies/g/10118/page/2|website=Best on Netflix USA|title=Comic Book and Superhero Movies on Netflix|date=8 April 2018|publisher=Netflix|access-date=3 July 2022|archive-date=August 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230812152845/http://www.bestonnetflix.com/genre/comic-book-and-superhero-movies/g/10118/page/2|url-status=dead}}]
|Shueisha
|Tony Randel
|First Look Studios
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($6.6,000,000
|Film based on the manga Fist of the North Star |
Black Scorpion
|rowspan="5"|Original
|Jonathan Winfrey
|Paramount Pictures (Showtime)
|rowspan="2"{{N/A}}
|Television film |
Baywatch the Movie: Forbidden Paradise[{{cite web|first1=Craig|last1=D. Lidnsay|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2017/05/26/one-day-theyll-say-the-baywatch-movie-was-the-day-dwayne-johnson-became-president/|website=The Village Voice|title=One Day, They'll Say The "Baywatch" Movie Was The Day Dwayne Johnson Became President|date=26 May 2017|access-date=7 August 2022}}]
|Douglas Schwartz
|Artisan Entertainment
|Part of the Baywatch franchise. |
Highlander II: The Quickening[{{cite web|first1=Gene|last1=Siskel|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-03-10-8601180411-story.html|website=Chicago Tribune|title='Highlander' Takes Low Road of Superhero Violence|date=10 March 1986|access-date=31 July 2022}}]
|Russell Mulcahy
|Westinghouse Broadcasting
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($15.6,000,000)
|Sequel to Highlander |
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
|Bryan Spicer
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($66,433,194)
|Based on the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers TV series Characters created by Saban Entertainment |
The Demolitionist
|Robert Kurtzman
|Two Moon Releasing
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($1,000,000)
| |
rowspan="7"|1996
|The Phantom
|Strip
|Simon Wincer
|Paramount Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($17,323,326)
| |
Darkman III: Die Darkman Die
|rowspan="4"|Original
|Bradford May
|Universal Pictures (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment)
|rowspan="2"{{N/A}}
|Direct-to-video Sequel to 1995's Darkman II: The Return of Durant |
Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus
|Gabrielle Beaumont
|Universal Pictures (NBCUniversal Syndication Studios)
|Part of The Beastmaster film series. |
Solo[{{cite book|last1=Young|first1=R.G.|title=The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Films: Ali Baba to Zombies|date=2000|publisher=Applause|isbn=9781557832696 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QoJ4jTghUPYC&dq=solo+mario+van+peebles+superhero&pg=PA579|access-date=17 September 2022}}]
|Norberto Barba
|Sony Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($5,107,669)
| |
Theodore Rex[{{cite web|first1=Luke|last1=Buckmaster|url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20150811-the-10-weirdest-superhero-films|website=BBC|title=The 10 Weirdest Superhero Movies|date=11 August 2015|publisher=HM Government|access-date=29 April 2023}}]
|Jonathan Betuel
|New Line Cinema
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($33.5,000,000)
| |
The Crow: City of Angels
|Caliber Comics
|Tim Pope
|Paramount Pictures (Miramax)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($17,917,287)
|Sequel to 1994 film |
Vampirella
|Warren Publishing
|Jim Wynorski
|Concorde Pictures
|{{N/A}}
|[{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/vampirella-v229787|title = Vampirella (1996) - Jim Wynorski | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie}}] |
rowspan="7"|1997
|Mortal Kombat Annihilation
|Midway Games
|John R. Leonetti
|Warner Bros. (New Line Cinema)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($51.3,000,000)
|Sequel to Mortal Kombat |
Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie
|rowspan="20"|Original
|Shuki Levy and David Winning
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($8,363,899)
|Prequel to the Power Rangers Turbo TV series Characters created by Saban Entertainment |
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery[{{cite web|first1=Nicole|last1=McEwan|url=https://bohemian.com/austin-powers-the-spy-who-shagged-me-1/|website=North Bay Bohemian|title=Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me|date=10 June 1999|publisher=Rosemary Olson|access-date=13 August 2022}}]
|Jay Roach
|Warner Bros. (New Line Cinema)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($67.7,000,000)
|Parody of James Bond and Jason King. |
Black Scorpion II: Aftershock
|Jonathan Winfrey
|Paramount Pictures (Showtime)
|{{N/A}}
|Television film Sequel to 1995's Black Scorpion |
Orgazmo
|Trey Parker
|Universal Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($602,302)
| |
Warriors of Virtue[{{cite book|last1=Hicks|first1=Chris|title=Has Hollywood Lost Its Mind? A Parent's Guide to Movie Ratings|date=7 May 2013|publisher=Familius|isbn=9781938301209 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2dC4DwAAQBAJ&dq=warriors+of+virtue+superhero&pg=PT64|access-date=15 August 2022}}]
|Ronny Yu
|Amazon MGM Studios (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($6,524,620)
| |
Drive[{{cite web|url=https://88-films.myshopify.com/collections/action/products/drive|website=88 Films|title=Drive|date=29 August 2022|publisher=Shopify|access-date=15 August 2015}}]
|Steve Wang
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
| |
rowspan="6" |1998
|Star Kid
|Manny Coto
|Lionsgate Films (Trimark Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($7,029,025)
| |
The Mask of Zorro
|Martin Campbell
| rowspan="2" |Sony Pictures (TriStar Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($250,288,523)
| |
3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain
|Sean McNamara
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($375,805)
|Part of the 3 Ninjas film series. |
The Chosen One: Legend of the Raven[{{cite magazine|first1=Troy|last1=Patterson|url=https://ew.com/article/1998/06/05/chosen-one-legend-raven-los-locos-posse-rides-again-little-indian-big-city/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|title=The Chose One: Legend of the Raven; Los Locos: Posse Rides Again; Little Indian, Big City|date=5 June 1998|access-date=6 July 2022}}]
|Lawrence Lanoff
|Troma Entertainment
|rowspan="3"{{N/A}}
| |
Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms
|rowspan="2"|Jeff Woolnough
|rowspan="2"|Paramount Pictures (Showtime Networks)
|rowspan="2"|Part of the Universal Soldier franchise. |
Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business |
rowspan="7"|1999
|Inspector Gadget
|David Kellogg
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($134,403,112)
|Based on the 1983 TV series of the same name |
Heat Vision and Jack
|Ben Stiller
|Red Hour Productions
|{{N/A}}
|Failed television pilot. |
The Matrix[{{cite book|last1=Ndalianis|first1=Angela|last2=Mackie|first2=C.J.|last3=Hashem|first3=Wendy|title=Super/heroes: From Hercules to Superman|date=2007|publisher=New Academia Publishing|isbn=9780977790845 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=deiYbEbJY3UC&dq=the+matrix+neo+superhero&pg=PA103|access-date=10 July 2022}}]
|The Wachowskis
|Warner Bros.
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($466,000,000.6)
| |
Universal Soldier: The Return
|Mic Rogers
|Sony Pictures (TriStar Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($10.7,000,000)
|Part of the Universal Soldier franchise. |
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
|George Lucas
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($1.027,000,000)
|Prequel to the original Star Wars films. |
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
|Jay Roach
|Warner Bros. (New Line Cinema)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($312,000,000)
|Second installment of the Austin Powers film series. |
Alien Arsenal
|David DeCoteau
|Full Moon Features
|rowspan="4" {{N/A}}
|Loose remake of the film Laserblast. |
rowspan="10"|2000
|Up, Up and Away
|Robert Townsend
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Disney Channel)
|Television film |
The Crow: Salvation
|Caliber Comics
|Bharat Nalluri
|Dimension Films
|Direct-to-video Sequel to 1996's The Crow: City of Angels |
Knights of Justice
|Big Bang Comics
|Phillip Cable
|{{N/A}}
|Television film |
Dungeons & Dragons[{{cite book|last1=Misiroglu|first1=Gina|title=The Superhero Book: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Comic-Book Icons and Hollywood Heroes|date=2012|publisher=Visible Ink Press|isbn=9781578593972 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RgVlCwAAQBAJ&dq=dungeons+and+dragons+characters+superheroes&pg=PA335|access-date=7 January 2023}}]
|TSR, Inc.
|Courtney Solomon
|Warner Bros. (New Line Cinema)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($33.8,000,000)
|Film based on the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. |
The Specials
|rowspan="6"|Original
|Craig Mazin
|Fluid Entertainment, Regent Entertainment
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($13,276)
| |
Charlie's Angels[{{cite book|last1=D. Cooper|first1=Allan|title=The Geography of Genocide|date=2009|publisher=University Press of America|isbn=9780761840978 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uyh8kdcuA1kC&dq=charlie%27s+angels+superheroes&pg=PA108|access-date=16 July 2022}}]
|McG
|Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($264.1,000,000)
|Film based on the television series Charlie's Angels. |
Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV
|Lloyd Kaufman
|Troma Entertainment
|{{N/A}}
|Sequel to 1989's The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie |
Unbreakable
|M. Night Shyamalan
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Touchstone Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($248,118,121)
| |
Pitch Black[{{cite web|first1=Alan|last1=Dean Foster|first2=S.A.|last2=Gordon|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/%27The+Chronicles+of+Riddick%27.-a0123926401|website=www.thefreelibrary.com|title='The Chronicles of Riddick'.|publisher=Farlex, Inc.|access-date=9 July 2022}}]
|David Twohy
|Universal Pictures (Focus Features)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($53.2,000,000)
| |
Highlander: Endgame
|Doug Aarniokoski
|Paramount Pictures (Miramax)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($15.8,000,000)
|Part of the Highlander franchise. |
rowspan="9"|2001
|Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
|Eidos
|Simon West
|Paramount Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($247.7,000,000)
|Film based on the Tomb Raider video game franchise. |
The One[{{cite web|first1=Karen|last1=Han|first2=Susanna|last2=Polo|first3=Patrick|last3=Gill|url=https://www.polygon.com/2020/7/21/21326107/best-weird-superhero-movies-not-dc-marvel-to-watch-streaming|website=Polygon|title=10 weird superhero movies that break the Marvel and DC mold|date=21 July 2020|publisher=Vox Media|access-date=23 June 2024}}]
|rowspan="15"|Original
|James Wong
|Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures), Revolution Studios
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($72,689,126)
| |
Cornman: American Vegetable Hero
|Barak Epstein
|WorldWide International Picture Studios
|rowspan="3" {{N/A}}
|Homage/Parody of superhero movies. |
The Double-D Avenger
|William Winckler
|Bio-Tide Films, Elite Entertainment, King Records, William Winckler Productions
| |
Earth vs. the Spider[{{cite web|first1=Sam|last1=Ashurst|url=https://www.yahoo.com/video/7-superhero-horror-movies-youve-probably-never-seen-125159204.html|website=Yahoo!|title=7 superhero horror movies you've probably never seen|date=20 June 2019|publisher=Jerry Yang, David Filo|access-date=30 June 2022}}]
|Scott Ziehl
|Sony Pictures (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
|Horror parody of Spider-Man. |
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
|Kevin Smith
|Paramount Pictures (Miramax)
|style="text-align:center"| Theatrical ($33.8,000,000)
|Parody featuring the characters Jay and Silent Bob. |
Spy Kids[{{cite book|last1=Willet|first1=R.|last2=Richards|first2=C.|last3=Marsh|first3=J.|last4=Burn|first4=A.|last5=Bishop|first5=J.C.|title=Children's Media and Playground Culture: Ethnographic Studies of School Playtimes|date=11 June 2013|publisher=Springer Publishing|isbn=9781137318077 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rhD4ivxmIswC&q=Spy+Kids+superheroes&pg=PA149|access-date=28 June 2022}}]
|Robert Rodriguez
|Dimension Films
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($147.9,000,000)
| |
Pootie Tang[{{cite magazine|first1=Liane|last1=Bonin|url=https://ew.com/article/2001/07/02/how-understand-pootie-tang/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|title=How to understand "Pootie Tang"|date=2 July 2001|access-date=29 June 2022}}]
|Louis C.K.
|Paramount Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($3.3,000,0000
|Film adapted from a sketch by The Chris Rock Show. |
Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
|{{N/A}}
|Warner Bros. (The WB)
|{{N/A}}
|Unaired pilot based on the television series Electra Woman and Dyna Girl. |
rowspan="7"|2002
|Terror Toons
|Joe Castro
|Brain Damage Films
|style="[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. |
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
|Robert Rodriguez
|Dimension Films
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($119.7,000,000)
|Sequel to Spy Kids. |
The Tuxedo[{{cite web|first1=Malcolm|last1=Johnson|url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2002-09-27-0209271146-story.html|website=Hartford Courant|title=Jackie Chan Gets Behind The Wheel of Runway Film|date=26 September 2002|access-date=29 June 2022}}]
|Kevin Donovan
|Universal Pictures (DreamWorks Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($104.4,000,000)
| |
Undercover Brother[{{cite web|first1=Kerry|last1=Bennett|url=https://parentpreviews.com/movie-reviews/undercover-brother|website=Parent Previews|title=Undercover Brother Parent Guide|date=17 July 2017|publisher=One Voice Communications|access-date=30 June 2022}}]
|Malcolm D. Lee
|Universal Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($41.6,000,000)
| |
The Master of Disguise[{{cite web|first1=Jim|last1=Lane|url=https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/content/the-master-of-disguise/12844/|website=News & Review|title=The Master of Disguise|date=8 August 2002|publisher=Chico Community Publishing, Inc., Coachella Valley Independent LLC|access-date=7 January 2023}}]
|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[{{cite web|first1=Ron|last1=Weiskind|url=https://old.post-gazette.com/movies/20030822medallion0822p4.asp|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|title=The Medallion|date=22 August 2003|access-date=29 June 2022|archive-date=March 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307174421/https://old.post-gazette.com/movies/20030822medallion0822p4.asp|url-status=dead}}]
|rowspan="5"|Original
|Gordon Chan
|Sony Pictures (TriStar Pictures & Screen Gems)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($34.3,000,000)
| |
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
|McG
|Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)
|style=text-align:center" |Theatrical ($259.2,000,000)
|Sequel to Charlie's Angels |
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
|Jonathan Mostow
|Warner Bros. Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($433.4,000,000)
|Part of the Terminator franchise. |
Agent Cody Banks[{{cite book|last1=Boyd Barrett|first1=Oliver|last2=Herrera|first2=David|last3=A. Baumann|first3=James|title=Hollywood and the CIA: Cinema, Defense and Subversion|date=2011|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781136806766 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xCIff4aRn50C&dq=agent+cody+banks+superhero&pg=PA170|access-date=18 August 2022}}]
|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[{{cite book|last1=L. Blizek|first1=William|title=The Bloomsbury Companion to Religion and Film|date=17 January 2013|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=9781441138781 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MvbbBQAAQBAJ&dq=hebrew+hammer+superhero&pg=PT190|access-date=2 January 2023}}] | Jonathan Kesselman
|Paramount Pictures (Comedy Central), Strand Releasing
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($82,157)
| |
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
|Eidos
|Jan de Bont
|Paramount Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($160.1,000,000)
|Sequel to Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. |
Inspector Gadget 2
|Original
|Alex Zamm
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)
|rowspan="7" {{N/A}}
|Direct-to-video sequel to 1999's Inspector Gadget |
The Lone Ranger[
]|WXYT (AM)
|Jack Bender
|Warner Bros. Pictures (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. |
Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding
|Douglas Schwartz
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Television)
|Part of the Baywatch franchise. |
The Black Ninja[{{cite web|first1=Oktay|last1=Ege Kozak|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/black-superheroes/the-5-best-and-5-worst-black-superhero-movies/#1-the-black-ninja|website=Paste|title=The 5 Best and 5 Worst Black Superhero Movies|date=22 February 2018|access-date=30 June 2022}}]
|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. Pictures
|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. |
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
|Robert Rodriguez
|Dimension Films
|style=text-align:center" |Theatrical ($197,000,000)
|Part of the Spy Kids film series. |
Kill Bill: Volume 1[{{cite book|last1=Pollard|first1=Tom|title=Sex and Violence: The Hollywood Censorship Wars|date=17 November 2015|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781317252207 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lmHvCgAAQBAJ&dq=kill+bill+the+bride+superhero&pg=PT205|access-date=2 July 2022}}]
|Quentin Tarantino
|Paramount Pictures (Miramax)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($180.9,000,000)
| |
Underworld[{{cite book|last1=L. Grunzke|first1=Andrew|title=Education and the Female Superhero: Slayers, Cyborgs, Sorority Sisters and Schoolteachers|date=17 December 2019|publisher=Lexington Books|isbn=9781498596855 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LxXGDwAAQBAJ&dq=underworld+selene+superhero&pg=PA40|access-date=9 July 2022}}]
|Len Wiseman
|Sony Pictures (Screen Gems)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($95.7,000,000)
| |
rowspan="13"|2004
|Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
|Bob Clark
|Sony Pictures (Triumph Films)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($9,219,388)
|Sequel to 1999's Baby Geniuses |
Surge of Power: The Stuff of Heroes
|Mike Donahue
|Ariztical Entertainment
|rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
| |
Comic Book: The Movie
|Mark Hamill
|Paramount Pictures (Miramax)
|Mockumentary about a comic book fan. |
Van Helsing[{{cite book|last1=Ni Fhlainn|first1=Sorcha|title=Postmodern Vampires: Film, Fiction and Popular Culture|date=25 April 2019|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=9781137583772 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GNmUDwAAQBAJ&dq=van+helsing+hugh+jackman+superhero&pg=PA180|access-date=2 July 2022}}]
|Constable & Robinson
|Stephen Sommers
|Universal Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($300.2,000,000)
|Film based on different classic horror movie franchises. |
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
|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)
|{{N/A}}
|Film based on the comic strip by Peter O'Donnell. |
Kill Bill: Volume 2
|rowspan="7"|Original
|Quentin Tarantino
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($152.2,000,000)
|Sequel to Kill Bill: Volume 1. |
Thunderbirds[{{cite web|first1=Matt|last1=Norris|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/reviews/Thunderbirds-594.html|website=Cinemablend|title=Thunderbirds|date=2018|publisher=Gateway Blend Entertainment|access-date=5 July 2022}}]
|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[{{cite book|last1=Nemeth|first1=Jim|last2=Madison|first2=Bob|title=It Came From...The Stories and Novels Behind Classic Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction Films|date=19 May 2020|publisher=Midnight Marquee, BearManor Media|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IWZlEAAAQBAJ&dq=sky+captain+and+the+world+of+tomorrow+superhero+movie&pg=PT219|access-date=17 July 2022}}]
|Kerry Conran
|Paramount Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($58,000,000)
| |
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
|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. |
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear[{{cite web|first1=Stacye|last1=Plaisance|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/tv/noah-wyle-in-new-orleans-for-new-librarian/|website=The Seattle Times|title=Noah Wyle in New Orleans for new "Librarian"|date=31 March 2008|access-date=12 February 2023}}]
|David Titcher
|Warner Bros. Pictures (TNT)
|{{N/A}}
|First installment of The Librarian film series. |
D.E.B.S.[{{cite web|first1=Todd|last1=R. Ramlow|url=https://www.popmatters.com/debs-2005-2496235195.html|website=PopMatters|title=D.E.B.S. (2005)|date=25 March 2005|publisher=Sarah Zupko|access-date=18 August 2022}}]
|Angela Robinson
|Samuel Goldwyn Films
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($97,446)
| |
rowspan="11"|2005
|The Crow: Wicked Prayer
|Caliber Comics
|Lance Mungia
|Dimension Films
|rowspan="2"{{N/A}}
|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. |
Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God
|TSR, Inc.
|Gerry Lively
|Warner Bros. Pictures (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)
| |
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
|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[{{cite book|last1=Estelle Frank|first1=Valerie|title=The Comics of Joss Whedon: Critical Essays|date=2015|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=9780786498857 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yobeCQAAQBAJ&dq=Firefly+River+Tam+superhero&pg=PA156|access-date=3 August 2022}}]
|Joss Whedon
|Universal Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($40.4,000,000)
|Continuation of the television series Firefly |
Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire[{{cite web|url=https://www.metrosiliconvalley.com/papers/metro/03.28.96/walker-9613.html|website=Metroactive Arts|title=Walker on the Mild Side|date=28 March 1996|publisher=Metro Publishers, Virtual Valley Inc|access-date=7 August 2022}}]
|Aaron Norris
|Paramount Pictures (CBS Media Ventures)
|rowspan="2"{{N/A}}
|Continuation of the original television series Walker, Texas Ranger. |
rowspan="8" |2006
|Gargantarama
|AC Comics
|{{N/A}}
|rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|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
|{{N/A}}
|2006 U.S. limited release |
Zoom
|Peter Hewitt
|Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)
| style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($12,506,362)
| |
Underworld: Evolution
|Len Wiseman
|Sony Pictures (Screen Gems)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($113.4,000,000)
|Part of the Underworld film series. |
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines
|Jonathan Frakes
|Warner Bros. Pictures (TNT)
|{{N/A}}
|Second installment of The Librarian film series. |
rowspan="8" |2007
|Bunny Whipped[{{cite web|first1=Rafael|last1=Riera|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/bunny-whipped/2000044822/|website=TV Guide|title=Bunny Whipped|date=2007|publisher=Walter Annenberg|access-date=13 July 2024}}]
|Rafael Riera
|ThinkFilm
|{{N/A}}
|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" {{N/A}}
| |
Ben 10: Race Against Time
|rowspan="3"|Original
|Alex Winter
|Warner Bros. Pictures (Warner Bros. Television)
|Television film Based on the Cartoon Network series |
The Junior Defenders
|Keith Spiegel
|Warner Bros. Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($172,000)
| |
Highlander: The Source
|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. |
Resident Evil: Extinction
|Capcom
|Russell Mulcahy
|Sony Pictures (Screen Gems)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($147.7,000,000)
|Part of the Resident Evil film series. |
rowspan="13"|2008
|Jumper
|rowspan="7"|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. |
You Don't Mess with the Zohan[{{cite web|first1=Peter|last1=Travis|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/you-dont-mess-with-the-zohan-118163/|website=Rolling Stone|title=You Don't Mess With The Zohan|date=26 June 2008|publisher=Brian Szejka|access-date=8 December 2024}}]
|Dennis Dugan
|Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($204,313,400)
|Co-produced with Relativity Media and Happy Madison Productions. |
Get Smart[{{cite web|first1=Sandy|last1=Cohen|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2008/05/03/flawed-superheroes-abound-in-this-summers-big-movies/|website=The Orange County Register|title=Flawed superheroes about this summer's big movies|date=3 May 2008|access-date=20 August 2022}}]
|Peter Segal
|Warner Bros. Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($230.7,000,000)
|Film based on the television series Get Smart. |
Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control
|Gil Junger
|Warner Bros. Pictures (Warner Premiere)
|{{N/A}}
|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[{{cite book|first1=Aaron|last1=Shepard|title=The Monkey King: A Superhero Tale of China, Retold from The Journey to the West: 4 (Skyhook World Classics), Paperback- 28 Mar. 2017|date=28 March 2017|publisher=Jeff Bezos|isbn=9781620352311 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dbtmEAAAQBAJ&q=monkey+king+superhero+tale+book|id={{ASIN|1620355442|country=uk}} }}]
|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
|{{N/A}}
| |
Knight Rider[{{cite magazine|first1=Adam|last1=Rogers|url=https://www.wired.com/2008/05/pl-motor-13/|magazine=Wired|title=Super Hero Rides Get a Redesign: Go, Speed Racer!|date=19 May 2008|access-date=7 August 2022}}]
|Steve Shill
|Universal Pictures (NBCUniversal Syndication Studios)
|Film based on the television series Knight Rider |
The Librarian: Curse of the Judas Chalice
|Jonathan Frakes
|Warner Bros. Pictures (TNT)
|Third and final installment of The Librarian film series. |
Speed Racer[{{cite book|first1=Bill|last1=Engvall|title=Just a Guy: Notes from a Blue Collar Life|date=29 May 2007|publisher=Macmillan Publishers|isbn=9780312362676 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2Y4LyfBBkQC&q=Speed+Racer+superhero&pg=PA13|access-date=29 June 2022}}]
|Shueisha
|The Wachowskis
|Warner Bros. Pictures
|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, Lionsgate 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[{{cite web|url=https://www.movieguide.org/reviews/black-dynamite.html|website=Movieguide|title=Parody of the 70's Movie Genre|date=16 October 2009|publisher=Ted Baehr|access-date=17 July 2022}}]
|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. |
Ben 10: Alien Swarm
|Alex Winter
|Warner Bros. Pictures (Warner Bros. Television)
|rowspan="2"{{N/A}}
|Television film Based on the Cartoon Network series |
Wolvesbayne[{{cite book|last1=Senn|first1=Bryan|title=Werewolf Filmography: 300+ Movies|date=6 February 2017|publisher=McFarland Publishing|isbn=9781476626918 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4igSDgAAQBAJ&dq=wolvesbayne+movie+superhero&pg=PT277|access-date=2 July 2022}}]
|Griff Furst
|Active Entertainment
| |
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li
|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[{{cite book|last1=Camp|first1=Brian|last2=Davis|first2=Julie|title=Anime Classics Zettai!: 100 Must See Animation Pieces|date=1 October 2011|publisher=Stone Bridge Press|isbn=9781611725193 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PLc22hQhZGwC&q=Dragon+Ball+Z+superhero+television+series&pg=PT89|access-date=28 June 2022}}]
|Shueisha
|James Wong
|style="text-align:center"| Theatrical ($58.2,000,000)
|Film based on the Dragon Ball franchise. |
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
|rowspan="2"|Hasbro
|Michael Bay
|Paramount Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($836,000,000.3)
|Sequel to Transformers |
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra[{{cite magazine|first1=Christian|last1=Holub|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/06/01/idw-revolution-hasbro-universe/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|title='IDW Revolution': Transformers, G.I. Joe, Hasbro universe come together|date=1 June 2016|access-date=3 July 2022}}]
|Stephen Sommers
|Paramount Pictures, Amazon MGM Studios (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
|style="text-align:"center" |Theatrical ($302.5,000,000)
|Film based on the toyline G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. |
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
|Original
|Patrick Tatopoulos
|Sony Pictures (Screen Gems)
|style="text-align:center |Theatrical ($91.4,000,000)
|Prequel to Underworld. |
Universal Soldier: Regeneration
|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[{{cite magazine|first1=Corrina|last1=Lawson|url=https://www.wired.com/2010/01/g-force-guinea-pig-superheroes/|magazine=Wired|title=G-Force: Guinea Pig Superheroes|date=13 January 2018|access-date=18 April 2023}}]
|Hoyt Yeatman
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($292.8,000,000)
| |
Princess of Mars[{{cite book|last1=Gilmore|first1=James|last2=Stork|first2=Matthias|title=Superhero Synergies: Comic Book Characters Go Digital|date=6 March 2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9781442232129 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UUwJAwAAQBAJ&dq=john+carter+superhero+movie&pg=PA110|access-date=11 July 2022}}]
|A.C. McClurg
|Mark Atkins
|The Asylum
|{{N/A}}
|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[{{cite web| url=http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/and-top-vod-rental-who-knows-26214?page=0,2| title=As VOD Explodes, a Flaw Exposed: You Can't Measure It| publisher=The Wrap| access-date=28 April 2011| author=Pond, Steve| date=26 April 2011| archive-date=June 9, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609150412/http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/and-top-vod-rental-who-knows-26214?page=0,2| url-status=dead}}] |
Ghost of Garganta
|AC Comics
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|Direct-to-video, Sequel to a 2006 film |
Boy Wonder
|rowspan="7"|Original
|Michael Morissey
|Lightning Entertainment
|{{N/A}}
| |
The A-Team[{{cite book|last1=Surace|first1=Bruno|last2=Jacob|first2=Frank|title=Western Japaneseness: Intercultural Translations of Japan in Western Culture [PDF]|date=2 March 2021|publisher=Vernon Art and Science Incorporated|isbn=9781648891540 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dSIGEAAAQBAJ&dq=The+A-Team+Mr.+t+superhero&pg=PA96|access-date=13 July 2022}}]
|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[{{cite web|first1=Brenton|last1=Stewart|url=https://www.cbr.com/avatar-the-last-airbender-superhero-show/#:~:text=To%20that%20end%2C%20the%20case,who%20would%20threaten%20the%20world.|website=Comic Book Resources|title=Is Avatar: The Last Airbender Technically a Superhero Show?|date=9 January 2022|publisher=Jonah Weiland, Valnet Inc.|access-date=8 July 2022}}]
|M. Night Shyamalan
|Paramount Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($319.7,000,000)
|Film based on the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. |
Machete[{{cite book|last1=Luis Aldama|first1=Frederick|title=The Cinema of Robert Rodriguez|date=15 October 2014|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=9780292761230 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1dSBBAAAQBAJ&dq=machete+superhero+movie&pg=PA124|access-date=13 August 2022}}]
|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. |
Tron: Legacy
|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[{{cite book|last1=R. Bahlman|first1=Andrew|title=The Mythology of the Superhero|date=13 April 2016|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=9781476662480 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PgYXDAAAQBAJ&dq=sorcerer%27s+apprentice+superhero&pg=PA27|access-date=23 December 2022}}]
|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[{{cite web|first1=Mark|last1=Jenkins|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122490436|website=NPR|title='Book Of Eli': The Diligent Pursuit Of The Word|date=14 January 2010|publisher=John Lansing|access-date=18 February 2023}}]
|Hughes Brothers
|Warner Bros. Pictures, 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)
| |
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
|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 |
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
|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[{{cite web|first1=Charles|last1=Stockdale|first2=John|last2=Harrington|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2018/07/05/24-most-forgettable-movie-superheroes/760565002/|website=USA Today|title=The 24 most forgettable superheroes in movies|date=5 July 2018|access-date=23 July 2022}}]
|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
|{{N/A}}
|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
|{{N/A}}
|Also known as Vs Sequel All Superheroes Must Die 2: The Last Superhero was released in 2016. |
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
|Robert Rodriguez
|The Weinstein Company
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($85.6,000,000)
|Part of the Spy Kids film series. |
Cross[{{cite web|first1=Patrick|last1=Durham|first2=Jonathan|last2=Sachar|first3=Tanner|last3=Wiley|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/cross/cast/2000008095/|website=TV Guide|title=Cross-Full Cast & Crew|date=2011|access-date=29 June 2022}}]
|Patrick Durham
|Sony Pictures
|{{N/A}}
|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{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
|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 |
Underworld: Awakening
|Original
|Mans Marlind, Bjorn Stein
|Sony Pictures (Screen Gems)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($160.1,000,000)
|Part of Underworld |
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter[{{cite web|first1=Gabe|last1=Toro|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2012/06/tim-burton-timur-bekmambetov-talk-the-superhero-origin-story-of-abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter-why-they-went-3d-109219/|website=IndieWire|title=Tim Burton & Timur Bekmambetov Talk The "Superhero Origin Story" of 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter & Why They Went 3D|date=20 June 2012|publisher=Penske Media Corporation|access-date=5 July 2022}}]
|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. |
Resident Evil: Retribution
|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" {{N/A}}
| |
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. |
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
|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[{{cite book|last1=Hutchison|first1=Steve|title=Superhero Films (2020)|date=23 March 2023|publisher=Tales of Terror|isbn=978-1-77887-183-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v021EAAAQBAJ&dq=pacific+rim+superheroes&pg=PT78|access-date=9 September 2023}}]
|Guillermo del Toro
|Warner Bros. Pictures
|style="text-align:center"|Theatrical ($411,000,000)
| |
Atlantic Rim
|Jared Cohn
|The Asylum
|rowspan="3" {{N/A}}
|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. |
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
|Hasbro
|Stephen Sommers
|Paramount Pictures, Amazon MGM Studios (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
|style="text-align=center" |Theatrical ($302.5,000,000)
|Sequel to G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra. |
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="8" |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 |
Godzilla
|Toho
|Gareth Edwards
|Warner Bros. Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($524,976,069)
|Produced by Legendary Pictures Reboot to the Godzilla 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. |
Transformers: Age of Extinction
|Hasbro
|Michael Bay
|Paramount Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($1,000,000.104)
|Part of the Transformers film series. |
The Equalizer[{{cite web|first1=Renaldo|last1=Matadeen|url=https://www.cbr.com/equalizer-2-denzel-washington-superhero/|website=Comic Book Resources|title=The Equalizer Movies Confirm Denzel Washington Is Indeed a Superhero|date=23 July 2018|publisher=Jonah Weiland, Valnet Inc.|access-date=18 February 2023}}]
|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) |
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
|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
|{{N/A}}
|Mockbuster of the film Avengers: Age of Ultron 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
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|{{N/A}}
|Short film, released on YouTube |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
|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
|{{N/A}}
|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 |
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
|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[{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/all_superheroes_must_die_2_the_last_superhero|title=All Superheroes Must Die 2: The Last Superhero (2016)|via=www.rottentomatoes.com}}][{{Cite web|url=https://psychodrivein.com/superheroes-must-die-2-last-superhero-2016/|title=All Superheroes Must Die 2: The Last Superhero (2016)|first=Fred L. Jr.|last=Taulbee|date=August 18, 2016|website=Psycho Drive-In}}][{{Cite web|url=https://smile.amazon.co.uk/All-Superheroes-Must-Die-Superhero/dp/B07NN8VG6Y|title=Watch All Superheroes Must Die 2: The Last Superhero | Prime Video|website=smile.amazon.co.uk}}]
|rowspan="9" |Original
|Jason Trost
|rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|rowspan="2"{{N/A}}
|Sequel to 2011's All Superheroes Must Die, released on YouTube[{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAPxQ4jZwJ-Y0Ejh3Qxiyzw|title=Jason Trost|website=YouTube}}] |
Surge of Power: Revenge of the Sequel
|{{N/A}}
|Sequel to Surge of Power: The Stuff of Heroes. |
Underworld: Blood Wars
|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[{{cite web|first1=Sean|last1=K. Cureton|url=https://screenrant.com/yoga-hosers-trailer-kevin-smith/|website=Screen Rant|title=Yoga Hosers' Trailer: Kevin Smith's Bizarre Superhero Movie|date=10 May 2016|publisher=Valnet, Inc.|access-date=24 January 2023}}]
|Kevin Smith
|Invincible Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($38,784)
|Part of the True North trilogy. |
Midnight Special[{{cite web|first1=Eric|last1=Francisco|url=https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/scifi-superhero-streaming-september-2020-midnight-special-netflix|website=Inverse|title=You need to watch the best sci-fi superhero film on Netflix before it leaves next week|date=3 September 2012|publisher=Dave Nemetz, Bustle Digital Group|access-date=14 February 2023}}]
|Jeff Nichols
|Warner Bros. Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($7.68,000,000)
| |
rowspan="12"|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
|{{N/A}}
| |
Kong: Skull Island
|Jordan Vogt-Roberts
|Warner Bros. Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($568,652,812)
|Produced by Legendary Pictures Reboot to the King Kong franchise. |
Power Rangers
|rowspan="2"|Hasbro
|Dean Israelite
|Lionsgate Films
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($142,099,154)
|Reboot of the Power Rangers film franchise |
Transformers: The Last Knight
|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[{{cite web|first1=Jordan|last1=Mintzer|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/ghost-shell-review-987891/|website=The Hollywood Reporter|title=Ghost in the Shell: Film Review|date=28 June 2017|access-date=29 June 2022}}]
|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 |
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
|Rian Johnson
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Lucasfilm)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($1.333,000,000,000)
|Sequel to Star Wars: The Force Awakens. 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[{{cite web|first1=David|last1=Gelmini|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/230289/priest-turns-dinosaur-superhero-movie-velocipastor/|website=Dread Central|title=A Priest Turns into a Dinosaur in Superhero Movie The VelociPastor|date=19 May 2017|publisher=Josh Millican, Alyse Wax|access-date=30 June 2022}}]
|Brendan Steere
|Wild Eye Releasing
|{{N/A}}
| |
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. Pictures, 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" {{N/A}}
|Based on the Valiant characters. Originally a series for Comicbook.com and film for YouTube. |
Avengers Grimm: Time Wars
|rowspan="5" | Original
|Maximilian Elfeldt
|The Asylum
|Sequel to Avengers Grimm. Mockbuster of the film Avengers: Infinity War 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
|{{N/A}}
|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. |
Kin[{{cite web|first1=Sheri|last1=Linden|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/kin-review-1135164/|website=The Hollywood Reporter|title='Kin': Film Review|date=28 August 2018|access-date=26 September 2022}}]
|Original
|Jonathan and Josh Baker
|Lionsgate Films (Summit Entertainment)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($10.3,000,000)
| |
rowspan="14"|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 |
Alita: Battle Angel[{{cite web|first1=Vicky|last1=Roach|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/arts/alita-battle-angel-review-superhero-is-pure-popcorn/news-story/3c30ce6b1134291f84edb9c5e70ed77c|website=The Daily Telegraph|title=Alita: Battle Angel review: Superhero is pure popcorn|date=10 February 2019|access-date=29 June 2021}}]
|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
|Original
|Adam Stein, Zach Lipovsky
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Disney Channel)
|{{N/A}}
|Live-action adaptation of the animated series Kim Possible. |
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
|Grosset & Dunlap
|Katt Shea
|Warner Bros. Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($623,088)
|Reboot of the Nancy Drew film series. featuring the character Nancy Drew. |
Fast Color
|rowspan="3"|Original
|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 |
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
|Toho
|Michael Dougherty
|Warner Bros. Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($387,300,138)
|Produced by Legendary Pictures Sequel to Godzilla. |
Freaks
|rowspan="6"|Original
|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. |
Terminator: Dark Fate
|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)
|{{N/A}}
|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. |
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
|J.J. Abrams
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Lucasfilm)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($1.074,000,000,000)
|Sequel to Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Part of the Star Wars franchise. |
rowspan="9" |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="5"|Original
|Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost
|Netflix
|rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|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[{{cite web|first1=Derke|last1=Faraci|url=https://www.cbr.com/santa-claus-superhero/#:~:text=The%20jolly%20old%20man%20who,Man%2C%20Santa%20is%20a%20superhero.|website=Comic Book Resources|title=10 Things That Prove Santa Claus Is A Superhero|date=24 December 2020|publisher=Jonah Weiland, Valnet Inc.|access-date=8 December 2022}}]
|Eshom Nelms, Ian Nelms
|Saban Films
|style="text-alignment" |Theatrical (($1.7,000,000)
| |
The Unhealer[{{cite web|first1=E.L.|last1=Meszaros|url=https://www.cbr.com/new-sci-fi-fantasy-movies-june-2021/|website=Comic Book Resources|title=8 New Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movies to Watch in June 2021|date=27 May 2021|publisher=Jonah Weiland, Valnet Inc.|access-date=2 February 2024}}]
|Martin Guigui
|Shout Factory
|{{N/A}}
| |
Monster Hunter
|Capcom
|Paul W. S. Anderson
|Sony Pictures (Screen Gems)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($42,145,959)
|Based on a video game of the same name Co-produced with Constantin Film, Tencent Pictures, Toho and AB2 Digital Pictures |
We Can Be Heroes
|Original
|Robert Rodriguez
|Netflix
|rowspan="3" {{N/A}}
|Co-produced with Double R Productions |
rowspan="11"|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 |
Godzilla vs. Kong
|Toho
|Adam Wingard
|Warner Bros. Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($470,116,094)
|Produced by Legendary Pictures crossover to Godzilla & King Kong. |
Mortal Kombat
|Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
|Simon McQuoid
|Warner Bros. Pictures (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
|{{N/A}}
|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[{{cite web|first1=Jessie|last1=Nguyen|url=https://collider.com/superhero-movies-critics-love-audience-hate-ranked/|website=Collider|title=10 Superhero Movies That Critics Love but Audiences Hate, Ranked|date=31 March 2023|publisher=Steve Weintraub, Valnet Inc.|access-date=3 April 2023}}]
|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[{{cite web|first1=Gemma|last1=Peplow|url=https://news.sky.com/story/free-guy-ryan-reynolds-on-gaming-original-films-and-creating-a-new-kind-of-superhero-12377900|website=Sky News|title=Free Guy: How Ryan Reynolds created a new kind of superhero|date=16 August 2021|publisher=Sky Group, NBCUniversal, David Rhodes|access-date=1 April 2023}}]
|rowspan="3"|Original
|Shawn Levy
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (20th Century Studios)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($331,500,000)
| |
Malignant
|James Wan
|Warner Bros. Pictures (New Line Cinema)
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($34,891,791)
| |
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
|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
|rowspan="5"|Original
|Lana Wachowski
|Warner Bros. Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($156,000,000.6)
|Part of The Matrix franchise. |
rowspan="10"|2022
|Fistful of Vengeance[{{cite web|first1=Gene|last1=Ching|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/how-fistful-of-vengeance-connects-to-wu-assassins/#:~:text=Fistful%20of%20Vengeance%20is%20the,a%20lot%20of%20martial%20arts.)|website=Den of Geek|title=How Fistful of Vengeance Connects to Wu Assassins|date=17 February 2022|publisher=Simon Brew, DoG Tech LLC, Dennis Publishing|access-date=21 August 2022}}]
|Roel Reine
|Netflix
|rowspan="2" {{N/A}}
|Follow-up to the television series Wu Assassins. |
The Hyperions
|Jon McDonald
|The Daily Wire, Saban Films
| |
Everything Everywhere All at Once[{{cite web|first1=Tonya|last1=Mosley|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/04/25/1094606858/michelle-yeoh-everything-everywhere-all-at-once|website=National Public Radio|title=Actor Michelle Yeoh wants to change the way we thing about superheroes|date=25 April 2022|publisher=John Lansing|access-date=26 September 2022}}]
|Daniels
|A24
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($100.9,000,000)
| |
Dracula: The Original Living Vampire
|Maximilian Elfeldt
|The Asylum
|{{N/A}}
|Direct-to-video A mockbuster ripoff to Morbius. |
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
|Sega Sammy Group
|Jeff Fowler
|Paramount Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($405,421,518)
|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
|{{N/A}}
| |
Firestarter[{{cite web|first1=Anthony|last1=Breznican|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/05/firestarter-stephen-king-movie-remake|website=Vanity Fair|title=Where There's Smoke: Stephen King Revisits 'Firestarter'|date=13 May 2022|access-date=13 July 2022}}]
|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="2" {{N/A}}
|Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer Films |
Samaritan
|Mythos Comics
|Julius Avery
|Amazon MGM Studios
|Produced by Balboa Productions |
Violent Night
|rowspan="2" |Original
|Tommy Wirkola
|Universal Pictures
|style="text-alignment" |Theatrical ($25.7,000,000)
| |
rowspan="10"| 2023
|Teen Wolf: The Movie
|Russell Mulcahy | Paramount Pictures (Paramount+)
|{{N/A}}
|Based on the film and TV series Teen Wolf. |
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
|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[{{cite web|first1=Spencer|last1=Bollittieri|url=https://screenrant.com/renfield-dark-universe-monsters-suicide-squad-copy/|website=Screen Rant|title=Renfield Can Resurrect The Dark Universe By Being Its Own Suicide Squad|date=9 January 2023|publisher=Valnet Inc.|access-date=11 January 2023}}]
|Constable & Robinson
|Chris McKay
|Universal Pictures
|style="text-alignment" |Theatrical ($3,140,000)
|Film based on the Dracula film series. |
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always
|Hasbro
|Charlie Haskell
|Netflix
|{{N/A}}
|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. |
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
|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="7"| Original
|James Mangold
|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Walt Disney Pictures & Lucasfilm)
|style="text-alignment" |Theatrical ($383,963,057)
|Fifth and final installment of the Indiana Jones film series. |
Gray Matter
|Meko Winbush
|Warner Bros. Pictures (Max)
|{{N/A}}
| |
The Equalizer 3
|Antoine Fuqua
|Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)
|style="text-alignment" |Theatrical ($13,100,000)
|Sequel to The Equalizer 2. |
Spy Kids: Armageddon
|Robert Rodriguez
|Netflix
|rowspan="3" {{N/A}}
|Reboot to the Spy Kids film series. |
rowspan="9"|2024
|The Painter
|Kimani Ray Smith
|Paramount Pictures (Republic Pictures)
|Produced by SP Media Group |
The Thundermans Return
|Trevor Kirschner
|Paramount Pictures (Paramount+)
|Continuation of the television series The Thundermans. |
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
|Gil Kenan
|Sony Pictures (Columbia Pictures)
|style="text-alignment" |Theatrical ($114,426,978)
|Sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife. |
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
|Toho
|Adam Wingard
|Warner Bros. Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($571,750,016)
|Produced by Legendary Pictures Sequel to Godzilla vs. Kong. |
The People's Joker
|Original
|Vera Drew
|Altered Innocence
|{{N/A}}
|A Parody film to Joker |
Borderlands[{{cite web|first1=Alexa|last1=Chapman|url=https://www.petaluma360.com/article/entertainment/borderlands-video-game-movie-fantasy-characters/|website=Argus-Courier|title=Big Screen video game adaptation is 'peak escapist fantasy'|date=10 August 2024|publisher=Emily Charrier|access-date=29 September 2024}}]
|Gearbox Software
|Eli Roth
|Lionsgate Films (Summit Entertainment)
|style="text-alignment" |Theatrical ($32,687,932)
|Based on a video game of the same name |
The Crow
|Caliber Comics
|Rupert Sanders
|Lionsgate Films
|style="text-alignment" |Theatrical ($21,105,349)
|Reboot of the same name Co-produced with Media Capital Technologies, FilmNation Entertainment, Hassell Free Productions, Electric Shadow Co, Davis Films, Pressman Film, 30West and Ashland Hill Media Finance. |
Red One
|Original
|Jake Kasdan
|Amazon MGM Studios (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
|style="text-alignment" |Theatrical ($185,900,759)
|Produced by Seven Bucks Productions |
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
|Sega Sammy Group
|Jeff Fowler
|Paramount Pictures
|style="text-alignment" |Theatrical ($491,603,986)
|Hybrid film with both live-action and animation Sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Co-produced with Sega & Original Film |
rowspan="3"|2025
|Henry Danger: The Movie
|Original
|Joe Menendez
|Paramount Pictures (Paramount+)
|{{N/A}}
|Continuation of the television series Henry Danger. |
In the Lost Lands
|DAW Books
|Paul W. S. Anderson
|Vertical
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($2,213,365)
|Produced by Constantin Film |
Novocaine[{{cite web|first1=Michelle|last1=McCue|url=https://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2024/12/jack-quaid-plays-a-superhero-in-first-look-at-novocaine/|website=www.wearemoviegeeks.com|title=Jack Quaid Plays A Superhero In First Look At NOVOCAINE|date=12 December 2024|publisher=Lanier Media|access-date=21 December 2024}}]
|Original
|Dan Berk and Robert Olsen
|Paramount Pictures
|style="text-align:center" |Theatrical ($11,349,008)
| |