christovix

Its funny how the tides change. In the 80's and 90's DC comic based movies were crazy popular. Back then Marvel movies were absolute failures. With the exception of Nolan's Batman films, the tides have completely turned.


Overall since 1978
DC Successful Films: 17
DC Failures: 5
Marvel Successful Films: 24
Marvel Failures: 6
(To see the comprehensive list, look below.)

Overall Marvel had more movies, which is why they had more failures as well.
But what matters is failure rate.
DC Failure Rate: 22.7%
Marvel Failure Rate: 20%

All things said, they're both doing just fine. Though Marvels recent success has yielded them 3.7 billion dollars in box office sales in the last 4 years. And DC in the last 4 years... 414 milliom. Though if we go back one more year, the dark knight would ad 1 billion to that total. And this coming year, the dark knight rises will probably add another billion. Though, if they're trying to fight off Marvel, its not going to work, because The Amazing Spiderman is going to do the same thing.
My whole point is here, DC Comics needs to grab the rights to the intellectual property by the balls. They need to take control, and find filmmakers that know thier characters and stories, and can adapt them to the screen in a way that the public will really appreciate. Like Christopher Nolan did with Batman, or Joss Whedon did with The Avengers.


DC Winning Era: 1978-1997
Superman (1978) (DC) Major Success
Superman 2 (1980) (DC) Major Success
Swamp Thing (1982) (DC) Success
Superman 3 (1983) (DC) Success
Superman 4 (1987) (DC) Mild Success
Batman (1989) (DC) Major Success
Return of the Swamp Thing (1989) (DC) Failure
Batman Returns (1992) (DC) Major Success
Batman Forever (1995) (DC) Major Success
Batman and Robin (1997) (DC) Major Success

The Punisher (1989) (Marvel) Failure
Captain America (1990) (Marvel) Failure
The Fantastic Four (1994) (Marvel) Failure


The Marvel Winning Era
STEEL (1997) (DC) Failure
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) (DC) Mild Success
Catwoman (2004) (DC) Failure
Constantine (2005) (DC) Mild Success
Batman Begins (2005) (DC) Major Success
V for Vendetta (2005) (DC) Success
Superman Returns (2006) (DC) Success (major critical failure)
Dark Knight (2008) (DC) Major Success
The Spirit (2008) (DC) Failure
Watchmen (2009) (DC) Mild Success
Jonah Hex (2010) (DC) Failure
Green Lantern (2011) (DC) Mild Success (Critical Failure)

Blade (1998) (Marvel) Success
X-men (2000) (Marvel) Major Success
Blade 2 (2002) (Marvel) Success
Spiderman (2002) (Marvel) Major Success
Daredevil (2003) (Marvel) Mild Success
X-men 2 (2003) (Marvel) Major Success
Hulk (2003) (Marvel) Mild Success
The Punisher (2004) (Marvel) Failure
Spiderman 2 (2004) (Marvel) Major Success
Blade 3 (2004) (Marvel) Success
Elektra (2005) (Marvel) Failure
Fantastic 4 (2005) (Marvel) Success
X-men 3 (2006) (Marvel) Success
Ghost Rider (2007) (Marvel) Mild Success
Spiderman 3 (2007) (Marvel) Major Success
Fantastic 4 rise of the silver surfer (2007) (Marvel) Mild Success
Iron Man (2008) (Marvel) Major Success
Incredible Hulk (2008) (Marvel) Success
Punisher War zone (2008) (Marvel) Failure
Xmen Wolverine (2009) (Marvel) Success
Kick ass (2010) (Marvel) Success
Iron Man 2 (2010) (Marvel) Major Success
Thor (2011) (Marvel) Major Success
Xmen First Class (2011) (Marvel) Success
Captain America (2011) (Marvel) Major Success
Ghost Rider 2 (2012) (Marvel) Mild Success
The Avengers (2012) (Marvel) Major Success


Still to Come All of which are poised to be successful, except the always difficult to get right Superman movie. Hopefully Zack Snyder gets it right!

The Amazing Spiderman (2012) (Marvel)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) (DC)
Iron Man 3 (2013) (Marvel)
Man of Steel (2013) (DC)
The Wolverine (2013) (Marvel)
Thor 2 (2013) (Marvel)
Captain America 2 (2014) (Marvel)
Amazing Spiderman 2 (2014) (Marvel)
X-men First Class 2 (2014) (Marvel)

Recently Announced:
Wonder Woman (DC)
Justice League of America (DC)
Green Lantern 2/Reboot (DC)
Black Panther (Marvel)