DC vs Marvel: The Ultimate Movie Ranking

Last updated: November 18th 2016

How will your favourite movies fare in the DC vs Mavrel ultimate movie ranking?

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DC vs Marvel The Ultimate Movie Showdown

I’m a stats geek. I’m also a comic book geek and a movie geek.

So it was pretty much inevitable that I combined these three forms of geekery to satisfy my own curiosity.

What was my curiosity? I wanted to pit the latest DC movies against the Marvel Movie Universe to see how they’d compete; I wanted an ultimate DC vs Marvel movie showdown.

To that end I created this page. Here, I collate data from Rotten Tomatoes, IMDB and Box Office Mojo to rank the latest Marvel and DC movies.

Future Improvements

In the future, I’m thinking of expanding my criteria. I think adding the latest Marvel movies from Fox would be an awesome idea, as well as adding older Marvel and DC movies. I also think adding the Marvel and DC animated movies into the mix might also be really interesting.

If anybody has any further ideas, click here to make a suggestion on Twitter @sogeekinawesome.

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Key:

Marvel
DC
Fox

Rotten Tomatoes Score

Position Movie Rating
1 Iron Man 94%
2 Avengers 92%
3 Guardians of the Galaxy 91%
4 Captain America: Civil War 90%
4 = Doctor Strange 90%
6 Captain America: The Winter Soldier 89%
7 Captain America: First Avenger 80%
7 = Ant-Man 80%
9 Iron Man 3 79%
10 Thor 77%
11 Avengers: Age of Ultron 75%
12 Iron Man 2 72%
13 The Incredible Hulk 67%
14 Thor: The Dark World 66%
15 Man of Steel 55%
17. Batman vs Superman 27%
17 The Suicide Squad 26%
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IMDB Rating

Position Movie Rating
1 Avengers 8.1
1 = Guardians of the Galaxy 8.1
3 Captain America: Civil War 8.0
3 = Doctor Strange 8.0
5 Iron Man 7.9
6 Captain America: The Winter Soldier 7.8
7 Avengers: Age of Ultron 7.5
8 Ant-Man 7.4
9 Iron Man 3 7.3
10 Thor: The Dark World 7.1
10 = Man of Steel 7.1
12 Iron Man 2 7.0
12 = Thor 7.0
14 Captain America: First Avenger 6.8
14 = The Incredible Hulk 6.8
14 = Batman vs Superman 6.8
17 The Suicide Squad 6.6
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Domestic Box Office

Position Movie Box Office
1 Avengers $623,357,910
2 Avengers: Age of Ultron $459,005,868
3 Iron Man 3 $409,013,994
4 Captain America: Civil War $408,084,349
5 Guardians of the Galaxy $333,176,600
6 Batman vs Superman $330,360,194
7 Suicide Squad $325,039,893
8 Iron Man 2 $312,433,331
9 Man of Steel $291,045,518
10 Iron Man $263,427,551
11 Captain America: The Winter Soldier $259,766,572
12 Thor: The Dark World $206,362,140
13 Doctor Strange $205,093,475
14 Thor $181,030,624
15 Ant-Man $180,202,163
16 Captain America: First Avenger $176,654,505
17 The Incredible Hulk $134,806,913
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Foreign Box Office

Position Movie Box Office
1 Avengers: Age of Ultron $946,408,000
2 Avengers $896,200,000
3 Iron Man 3 $806,426,000
4 Captain America: Civil War $706,900,000
5 Batman vs Superman $542,900,000
6 Captain America: The Winter Soldier $454,654,931
7 Guardians of the Galaxy $440,135,799
8 Thor: The Dark World $438,240,376
9 Suicide Squad $420,500,000
10 Doctor Strange $410,900,000
11 Man of Steel $377,000,000
12 Ant-Man $339,243,000
13 Iron Man 2 $311,500,000
14 Thor $268,295,994
15 Iron Man $263,427,551
16 Captain America: First Avenger $193,915,269
17 The Incredible Hulk $128,620,638
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Worldwide Box Office

Position Movie Box Office
1 Avengers $1,519,557,910
2 Avengers: Age of Ultron $1,405,413,868
3 Iron Man 3 $1,215,439,994
4 Captain America: Civil War $1,054,115,892
5 Batman vs Superman $873,260,194
6 Guardians of the Galaxy $773,312,399
7 Suicide Squad $745,539,893
8 Captain America: The Winter Soldier $714,421,503
9 Man of Steel $668,045,518
10 Thor: The Dark World $644,602,516
11 Iron Man 2 $623,933,331
12 Doctor Strange $615,993,475
13 Iron Man $585,174,222
14 Ant-Man $519,445,163
15 Thor $449,326,618
16 Captain America: First Avenger $370,569,774
17 The Incredible Hulk $263,427,551
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Profit/Loss

Position Movie Budget Box Office Profit
1 Avengers: Age of Ultron $250,000,000 $1,405,413,868 +$1,155,413,868
2 Avengers $220,000,000 $1,519,557,910 +$1,299,557,910
3 Iron Man 3 $200,000,000 $1,215,439,994 +$1,015,439,994
4 Captain America: Civil War $250,000,000 $1,054,115,892 +$804,115,892
5 Batman vs Superman $250,000,000 $873,260,194 +$623,260,194
6 Guardians of the Galaxy $170,000,000 $773,312,399 +$603,312,399
7 Captain America: The Winter Soldier $170,000,000 $714,421,503 +$544,421,503
8 The Suicide Squad $175,000,000 $678,912,503 +$503,912,503
9 Thor: The Dark World $170,000,000 $644,602,516 +$474,602,516
10 Doctor Strange $165,000,000 $615,993,475 +$450,993,475
11 Iron Man $140,000,000 $585,174,222 +$445,174,222
12 Man of Steel $225,000,000 $668,045,518 +$443,045,518
13 Iron Man 2 $200,000,000 $623,933,331 +$423,933,331
14 Ant-Man $130,000,000 $519,445,163 +$389,445,163
15 Thor $150,000,000 $449,326,618 +$299,326,618
16 Captain America: First Avenger $140,000,000 $370,569,774 +$230,569,774
17 The Incredible Hulk $150,000,000 $263,427,551 +$113,427,551

Including Marvel FOX movies

As I discussed at the top of this post, I’m always looking for ways to expand this ranking system (I want this to be THE ultimate movie ranking page after all). To that end, my first expansion will be to throw the Fox Marvel movies into the mix.

So now we’re getting:

Let’s see how that affects the DC vs Marvel rankings.

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Rotten Tomatoes Score

Position Movie Rating
1 Iron Man 94%
2 Spider-Man 2 93%
3 Avengers 92%
4 Guardians of the Galaxy 91%
5 X-Men: Days of Future Past 91%
6 Captain America: Civil War 90%
6 = Doctor Strange 90%
8 Spider-Man 89%
9 Captain America: The Winter Soldier 89%
10 X-Men 2 86%
11 X-Men: First Class 86%
12 Deadpool 84%
13 X-Men 81%
14 Captain America: First Avenger 80%
14 = Ant-Man 80%
16 Iron Man 3 79%
17 Thor 77%
18 Avengers: Age of Ultron 75%
19 Iron Man 2 72%
20 Amazing Spider-Man 72%
21 The Wolverine 69%
22 The Incredible Hulk 67%
23 Thor: The Dark World 66%
24 Spider-Man 3 63%
25 Hulk 61%
26 X-Men: Last Stand 56%
26 Man of Steel 55%
27 Amazing Spider-Man 52%
28 X-Men: Apocalypse 48%
29 Daredevil 44%
30 Fantastic Four (2005) 37%
31 X-Men Origins: Wolverine 38%
32 Fantastic Four (2005) 27%
32 = Batman vs Superman 27%
34 Ghost Rider 26%
34 = The Suicide Squad 26%
36 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance 10%
37 Elektra 10%
38 Fantastic Four (2015) 9%

As you can see, in this Rotten Tomatoes DC vs Marvel ranking there are a couple of very interesting results.

Spider-Man 2 jumps to second place in the list, X-Men: Days of Future Past jumping in at number 5. Both higher than I expected on the list, but, in retrospect, not all that surprising.

The IMDB DC vs Marvel ranking is even more interesting.

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IMDB Rating

Position Movie Rating
1 Avengers 8.1
1 = Guardians of the Galaxy 8.1
1 = Deadpool 8.1
4 X-Men: Days of Future Past 8.0
4 = Captain America: Civil War 8.0
4 = Doctor Strange 8.0
7 Iron Man 7.9
8 X-Men: First Class 7.8
8 = Captain America: The Winter Soldier 7.8
10 X-Men 2 7.5
10 = Avengers: Age of Ultron 7.5
12 X-Men 7.4
12 = Ant-Man 7.4
14 Spider-Man 7.3
14 = Spider-Man 2 7.3
14 = Iron Man 3 7.3
17 X-Men: Apocalypse 7.2
18 Thor: The Dark World 7.1
18 = Man of Steel 7.1
20 Iron Man 2 7.0
20 = Thor 7.0
20 = The Amazing Spider-Man 7.0
23 X-Men: The Last Stand 6.8
23 = Captain America: First Avenger 6.8
23 = The Incredible Hulk 6.8
23 = Batman vs Superman 6.8
27 X-Men Origins: Wolverine 6.7
27 = The Wolverine 6.7
27 = The Amazing Spider-Man 2 6.7
30 The Suicide Squad 6.6
31 Spider-Man 3 6.2
32 Hulk 5.7
32 = Fantastic Four (2005) 5.7
34 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 5.6
35 Daredevil 5.3
36 Ghost Rider 5.2
37 Elektra 4.8
38 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance 4.3
38 = Fantastic Four (2015) 4.3

Here, Spider-Man 2 isn’t even in the top 10 of the rankings. Deadpool jumps to joint first with Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy and X-Men: Days of Future Past enters the rankings in fourth place.

Interesting. Let’s see how the DC vs Marvel rankings deal with domestic box office takings.

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Domestic Box Office with Fox Marvel Movies

Position Movie Box Office
1 Avengers: Age of Ultron $946,408,000
2 Avengers $896,200,000
3 Iron Man 3 $806,426,000
4 Captain America: Civil War $706,900,000
5 Batman vs Superman $542,900,000
6 Captain America: The Winter Soldier $454,654,931
7 Guardians of the Galaxy $440,135,799
8 Thor: The Dark World $438,240,376
9 Suicide Squad $420,500,000
10 Spider-Man $403,706,375
11 Man of Steel $377,000,000
12 Spider-Man 2 $373,585,825
13 Deadpool $363,070,709
14 Ant-Man $339,243,000
15 Spider-Man 3 $336,530,303
16 Iron Man 2 $311,500,000
17 Thor $268,295,994
18 Iron Man $263,427,551
19 The Amazing Spider-Man $262,030,663
20 X-Men: The Last Stand $234,362,462
21 X-Men: Days of Future Past $233,921,534
22 X-Men 2 $214,949,694
23 Doctor Strange $205,093,475
24 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 $202,853,933
25 Captain America: First Avenger $193,915,269
26 X-Men Origins: Wolverine $179,883,157
27 X-Men $157,299,717
28 X-Men: Apocalypse $155,442,489
29 Fantastic Four (2005) $154,696,080
30 X-Men: First Class $146,408,305
31 The Wolverine $132,556,852
32 Hulk $132,177,234
33 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer $131,921,738
34 The Incredible Hulk $128,620,638
35 Ghost Rider $115,802,596
36 Daredevil $102,543,518
37 Fantastic Four (2015) $56,117,548
38 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance $51,774,002
39 Elektra $24,409,722

Some interesting developments in the domestic box office section of the DC vs Marvel rankings here.

Only one of the Marvel Fox movies, Spider-Man, made it into the top ten and even then it placed tenth. I’m really surprised that X-Men: First Class did so poorly in the domestic box office and I actually thought Deadpool would fare much better than thirteenth.

Let’s see how the Foreign box office takings affects the DC vs Marvel rankings.

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Foreign Box Office with Fox Marvel Movies

Position Movie Box Office
1 Avengers: Age of Ultron $946,408,000
2 Avengers $896,200,000
3 Iron Man 3 $806,426,000
4 Captain America: Civil War $706,900,000
5 Spider-Man 3 $554,341,323
6 Batman vs Superman $542,900,000
7 X-Men: Days of Future Past $513,941,241
8 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 $506,128,390
9 The Amazing Spider-Man $495,900,000
10 Captain America: The Winter Soldier $454,654,931
11 Guardians of the Galaxy $440,135,799
12 Thor: The Dark World $438,240,376
13 Suicide Squad $420,500,000
14 Deadpool $419,541,446
15 Spider-Man $418,002,176
16 Doctor Strange $410,900,000
17 Spider-Man 2 $410,180,516
18 X-Men: Apocalypse $388,491,616
19 Man of Steel $377,000,000
20 Ant-Man $339,243,000
21 Iron Man 2 $311,500,000
22 The Wolverine $282,271,394
23 Thor $268,295,994
24 Iron Man $263,427,551
25 X-Men: Last Stand $224,997,093
26 X-Men: First Class $207,215,819
27 Captain America: First Avenger $193,915,269
28 X-Men Origins: Wolverine $193,179,707
29 X-Men 2 $192,761,855
30 Fantastic Four (2005) $175,883,639
31 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer $157,126,025
32 X-Men $139,039,810
33 The Incredible Hulk $128,620,638
34 Hulk $113,183,246
35 Ghost Rider $112,935,797
36 Fantastic Four (2015) $111,860,048
37 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance $80,789,928
38 Daredevil $76,636,200
39 Elektra $32,271,844
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Worldwide Box Office

Position Movie Box Office
1 Avengers $1,519,557,910
2 Avengers: Age of Ultron $1,405,413,868
3 Iron Man 3 $1,215,439,994
4 Captain America: Civil War $1,054,115,892
5 Spider-Man 3 $890,871,626
6 Batman vs Superman $873,260,194
7 Spider-Man $821,708,551
8 Spider-Man 2 $783,766,341
9 Deadpool $782,612,155
10 Guardians of the Galaxy $773,312,399
11 The Amazing Spider-Man $757,930,663
12 X-Men: Days of Future Past $747,862,775
13 Suicide Squad $745,539,893
14 Captain America: The Winter Soldier $714,421,503
15 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 $708,982,323
16 Man of Steel $668,045,518
17 Thor: The Dark World $644,602,516
18 Iron Man 2 $623,933,331
19 Doctor Strange $615,993,475
20 Iron Man $585,174,222
21 X-Men: Apocalypse $543,934,105
22 Ant-Man $519,445,163
23 X-Men: The Last Stand $459,359,555
24 Thor $449,326,618
25 The Wolverine $414,828,246
26 X-Men 2 $407,711,549
27 X-Men Origins: Wolverine $373,062,864
28 Captain America: First Avenger $370,569,774
29 X-Men: First Class $353,624,124
30 Fantastic Four (2005) $330,579,719
31 X-Men $296,339,527
32 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer $289,047,763
33 The Incredible Hulk $263,427,551
34 Hulk $245,360,480
35 Ghost Rider $228,738,393
36 Daredevil $179,179,718
37 Fantastic Four (2015) $167,977,596
38 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance $132,563,930
39 Elektra $56,681,566
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Fox Marvel Movies Profit/Loss

Let’s add the FOx Marvel movies to the Profit/Loss DC vs Marvel rankings and see how that changes things.

Position Movie Budget Box Office Profit
1 Avengers: Age of Ultron $139,000,000 $1,405,413,868 +$1,155,413,868
2 Avengers $220,000,000 $1,519,557,910 +$1,299,557,910
3 Iron Man 3 $200,000,000 $1,215,439,994 +$1,015,439,994
4 Captain America: Civil War $250,000,000 $1,054,115,892 +$804,115,892
5 Spider-Man $139,000,000 $821,708,551 +$682,708,551
6 Spider-Man 3 $258,000,000 $890,871,626 +$632,871,626
7 Batman vs Superman $250,000,000 $873,260,194 +$623,260,194
8 Deadpool $58,000,000 $782,612,155 +$604,612,155
9 Guardians of the Galaxy $170,000,000 $773,312,399 +$603,312,399
10 Spider-Man 2 $200,000,000 $783,766,341 +$583,766,341
11 X-Men: Days of Future Past $200,000,000 $747,862,775 +$547,862,775
12 Captain America: The Winter Soldier $170,000,000 $714,421,503 +$544,421,503
13 The Amazing Spider-Man $230,000,000 $757,930,663 +$527,930,663
14 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 $200,000,000 $708,982,323 +$508,982,323
15 The Suicide Squad $175,000,000 $678,912,503 +$503,912,503
16 Thor: The Dark World $170,000,000 $644,602,516 +$474,602,516
17 Iron Man $140,000,000 $585,174,222 +$445,174,222
18 Man of Steel $225,000,000 $668,045,518 +$443,045,518
19 Iron Man 2 $200,000,000 $623,933,331 +$423,933,331
20 Ant-Man $130,000,000 $519,445,163 +$389,445,163
21 X-Men: Apocalypse $178,000,000 $543,934,105 +$365,934,105
22 Thor $150,000,000 $449,326,618 +$299,326,618
23 X-Men 2 $110,000,000 $407,711,549 +$297,711,549
24 The Wolverine $120,000,000 $414,828,246 +$294,828,246
25 X-Men: The Last Stand $210,000,000 $459,359,555 +$249,359,555
26 Fantastic Four (2005) $100,000,000 $330,579,719 +$230,579,719
27 X-Men: First Class $160,000,000 $353,624,124 +$193,624,124
28 Captain America: First Avenger $140,000,000 $370,569,774 +$230,569,774
29 X-Men Origins: Wolverine $150,000,000 $373,062,864 +$223,062,864
30 X-Men $75,000,000 $296,339,527 +$221,339,527
32 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer $130,000,000 $289,047,763 +$159,047,763
33 Ghost Rider $110,000,000 $228,738,393 +$118,738,393
34 The Incredible Hulk $150,000,000 $263,427,551 +$113,427,551
35 Hulk $137,000,000 $245,360,480 +$108,360,480
36 Daredevil $78,000,000 $179,179,718 +$101,179,718
37 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance $57,000,000 $132,563,930 +$75,563,930
38 Fantastic Four (2015) $120,000,000 $167,977,596 +$47,977,596
39 Elektra $43,000,000 $56,681,566 +$13,681,566

The List with Older DC Movies

In this version of the DC vs Marvel Movie Ranking list, I’m adding older DC movies. To start with, I’m add the three Christopher Nolan Batman movies.

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Rotten Tomatoes Score

Position Movie Rating
1 Iron Man 94%
2 The Dark Knight 94%
2 Spider-Man 2 93%
3 Avengers 92%
4 Guardians of the Galaxy 91%
5 X-Men: Days of Future Past 91%
6 Captain America: Civil War 90%
6 = Doctor Strange 90%
8 Spider-Man 89%
9 Captain America: The Winter Soldier 89%
10 The Dark Knight Rises 87%
10 X-Men 2 86%
11 X-Men: First Class 86%
12 Batman Begins 84%
12 Deadpool 84%
13 X-Men 81%
14 Captain America: First Avenger 80%
14 = Ant-Man 80%
16 Iron Man 3 79%
17 Thor 77%
18 Avengers: Age of Ultron 75%
19 Iron Man 2 72%
20 Amazing Spider-Man 72%
21 The Wolverine 69%
22 The Incredible Hulk 67%
23 Thor: The Dark World 66%
24 Spider-Man 3 63%
25 Hulk 61%
26 X-Men: Last Stand 56%
26 Man of Steel 55%
27 Amazing Spider-Man 52%
28 X-Men: Apocalypse 48%
29 Daredevil 44%
30 Fantastic Four (2005) 37%
31 X-Men Origins: Wolverine 38%
32 Fantastic Four (2005) 27%
32 = Batman vs Superman 27%
34 Ghost Rider 26%
34 = The Suicide Squad 26%
36 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance 10%
37 Elektra 10%
38 Fantastic Four (2015) 9%