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Box Office Performance for Super Hero Movies in 2016

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RankMovieRelease
Date
GenreMPAA
Rating
2016 GrossTickets Sold
1 Captain America: Civil War May 6, 2016 Action PG-13 $408,084,349 47,177,381
2 Deadpool Feb 12, 2016 Action R $363,070,709 41,973,492
3 Batman v Superman: Dawn of … Mar 25, 2016 Action PG-13 $330,360,194 38,191,930
4 Suicide Squad Aug 5, 2016 Action PG-13 $325,100,054 37,583,821
5 Doctor Strange Nov 4, 2016 Action PG-13 $230,107,790 26,602,056
6 X-Men: Apocalypse May 27, 2016 Action PG-13 $155,442,489 17,970,229
7 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle… Jun 3, 2016 Adventure PG-13 $82,051,601 9,485,734
8 Max Steel Oct 14, 2016 Action PG-13 $3,818,664 441,464
9 Batman: The Killing Joke Jul 25, 2016 Action R $3,775,000 436,416
10 Phantom Boy Jul 15, 2016 Adventure PG $34,361 3,972
Total Gross of All Movies$1,901,845,211
Total Tickets Sold219,866,495

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2016. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2016. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.

Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).

The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office years. Each box office year starts on the first Monday of the year, so the previous year ends on the Sunday before the first Monday. For example, the "2017 box office year" started on January 2, 2017 so the "2016 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 1, 2017.