With a new Marvel or DC film hitting cinemas nearly every few months, comic book nerds are no longer the only ones with opinions on the age-old rivalry between Marvel and DC. But what does the cold, hard data have to reveal about this debate?
Box office battle
There are a lot of ways we could compare the film success between the two comic book publishers, but let’s start with the most obvious: box office gross. It’s helpful to look not just at how much money the films made, but at how much money they cost too.
Higher budget films usually earn more at the box office, with some notable exceptions and standouts:
Earth’s Mightiest Films
The two latest Avengers films, Avengers: Endgame (Marvel, 2019) and Avengers: Infinity War (Marvel, 2018), were the clear standouts, achieving the highest box office gross overall, while also being given the highest budget. In fact, among all Marvel and DC films, the top four highest grossing movies were the four Avengers films.
The World’s Greatest Box Office Bomb
In contrast, while Justice League (DC, 2017) cost almost the same as Avengers: Infinity War to produce, it earned barely a third of the box office gross.
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