This is a list based on comics. It includes films that are adaptations of comics, and those films whose characters originated in those comics.
As some languages and forms have been extensively adapted into films, they have their own entries:
Finnish
- Fingerpori [fi] (2019), based on Fingerpori
- Pekka and Pätkä:
- Pekka Puupää (1953)
- Pekka Puupää kesälaitumilla [fi] (1953)
- Pekka ja Pätkä lumimiehen jäljillä [fi] (1954)
- Pekka ja Pätkä puistotäteinä [fi] (1955)
- Kiinni on ja pysyy [fi] (1955)
- Pekka ja Pätkä pahassa pulassa [fi] (1955)
- Pekka ja Pätkä ketjukolarissa [fi] (1957)
- Pekka ja Pätkä salapoliiseina [fi] (1957)
- Pekka ja Pätkä sammakkomiehinä [fi] (1957)
- Pekka ja Pätkä Suezilla (1958)
- Pekka ja Pätkä miljonääreinä [fi] (1958)
- Pekka ja Pätkä mestarimaalareina [fi] (1959)
- Pekka ja Pätkä neekereinä [fi] (1960)
- Pekka & Pätkä ja tuplajättipotti [fi] (1985)
- Pekka Puupää poliisina [fi] (1986)
Italian
- 5 Is the Perfect Number (2019)
- Ada dans la jungle [fr] (1988)
- Avenger X (1967), from Mister-X [it]
- Baba Yaga (1973), from Valentina[citation needed]
- La Banda Grossi (2018), from Il brigante Grossi e la sua miserabile banda[citation needed]
- Biancaneve & Co. [it] (1982), from Biancaneve[citation needed]
- Courageous Captain Swing (1971), from Comandante Mark[citation needed]
- Corto Maltese:
- The Click (1985), from Clic[citation needed]
- Dampyr (2022), from Dampyr[citation needed]
- Diabolik
- Dylan Dog:
- Estigmas (2010), from Stigmate by Lorenzo Mattotti
- Isabella:
- I'm Still Alive (TBA)[4]
- Jesuit Joe (1991)
- Kriminal:
- The Last Man on Earth (2011), from Nessuno mi farà del male[citation needed]
- Monolith (2016)[citation needed]
- Non chiamarmi Omar [it] (1992), from magazine Tango "Nudi e Crudi"[citation needed]
- Oltretomba [it]:
- Le Parfum de l'Invisible [it] (1997), from Butterscotch
- Paz! (2002), from Massimo Zanardi[citation needed]
- Princess Cinderella (1941), from Signor Bonaventura[citation needed]
- La profezia dell'armadillo (2018)
- Satanik (1968), from Satanik[citation needed]
- Sturmtruppen:
- La terra dei figli [it] (2021)
- Tex and the Lord of the Deep (1985), from Tex[citation needed]
- Thrilling (one episode) (1965), from Sadik[citation needed]
- Zagor:
- Zora the Vampire (2000), from Zora[citation needed]
Luxembourgish
- De Superjhemp retörns [nl] (2018)
Spanish
- Alma Grande (Mexico):
- Anacleto: agente secreto (Spain, 2015)
- Atolladero [it] (Spain, 1995)
- Las aventuras de Hijitus (Argentina, 1973)
- Aventuras de Molécula y el Canguro Boxy (Spain, 1976)
- Las Aventuras de Pinín y sus amigos (Spain, 1979)
- Avivato (Argentina, 1949)
- Beto Nervio contra las fuerzas del mal [es] (Argentina, 1979)
- Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (Spain, 2015)
- Boogie (Argentina, 2009)
- Boystown (Spain, 2007)
- Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles (Spain, 2018)
- Calzonzin Inspector (Mexico, 1973)
- El caballero del antifaz (Spain, 2010)
- El Capitán Trueno y el Santo Grial (Spain, 2011)
- La casa (Spain, 2024)
- Cazador (Argentina):
- Cazador, la película [es] (2019)
- Chanoc [es] (Mexico):
- Chanoc (1967)
- Chanoc en las garras de las fieras (1970)
- Chanoc en las tarántulas (1971)
- Chanoc contra el tigre y el vampiro (1972)
- Chanoc en el foso de las serpientes (1974)
- Chanoc en la isla de los muertos (1975)
- Chanoc en el circo union (1979)
- Chanoc y el hijo del Santo contra los vampiros asesinos (1981)
- Cindy la regia (Mexico, 2020)
- La clínica del Dr. Cureta (Argentina, 1987)
- Condorito: La Película (Chile, 2017)
- Don Fulgencio (Argentina, 1950)
- Dream Team (Spain):
- Of Love and Lies [fr] (France, 2019)
- Fúlmine (Argentina, 1949)
- Gaturro (Argentina, 2010)
- Goomer (Spain, 1999)
- Hermelinda Linda [es] (Mexico):
- Historias de la puta mili [es] (Spain):
- Isidoro: la película [es] (2007), from Isidoro Cañones (Argentina)
- Lindor Covas, el cimarrón (Argentina, 1963)
- Mafalda (Argentina, 1982)
- Makinavaja [es] (Spain):
- Marco Antonio: Rescate en Hong Kong (Spain, 2000)
- María Isabel (Mexico):
- María y yo (Spain, 2010)
- Memorias de un hombre en pijana (Spain, 2019)
- Mort & Phil (Spain):
- Neuroworld (Spain, 2014)
- Ogu and Mampato in Rapa Nui (Chile, 2002)
- Pancho Talero (Argentina):
- El Payo (Mexico):
- El Payo - Un hombre contra el mundo (1972)
- Los caciques (1975)
- La montaña del diablo (1975)
- Patoruzito [es] (Argentina):
- Patoruzito (2004)
- Patoruzito: La gran aventura (2006)
- Percal (Mexico):
- El infierno de los pobres [es] (1951)
- Perdición de mujeres [es] (1951)
- Hombres sin alma [es] (1951)
- Piantadino (Argentina, 1950)
- Polar (Spain, 2019)
- Las puertitas del Sr. López (Argentina, 1988)
- Rarotonga (Mexico, 1978)
- Rubí (Mexico, 1970)
- The Silent War (Spain, 2019)
- Superlópez (Spain):
- Los Supersabios (Mexico, 1978)
- Tigre Callejero (Spain, 2021)
- Virus Tropical (Columbia, 2017)
- Wrinkles (Spain, 2011)
- Yesenia (Mexico, 1971)
- Yor, the Hunter from the Future (Argentina, 1983)
- Zipi y Zape (Spain):
- Zonga, el ángel diabólico [es] (Mexico, 1958)
Turkish
- Bad Cat (2016)
- Kara Murat Şeyh Gaffar'a Karşı (1976)
- Karaoğlan:
- Karaoğlan – Altay'dan Gelen Yiğit (1965)
- Karaoğlan – Baybora'nın Oğlu (1966)
- Karaoğlan – Camoka'nın İntikamı (1966)
- Karaoğlan – Bizanslı Zorba (1967)
- Karaoğlan – Yeşil Ejder (1967)
- Karaoğlan – Samara Şeyhin Kızı (1969)
- Karaoğlan Geliyor (1972)
- Karaoğlan (2013)[6]
- The Last Ottoman (2007)
- Malkoçoğlu [tr]
- Malkoçoğlu (1966)
- Malkoçoğlu: Krallara Karşı (1967)
- Malkoçoğlu: Kara Korsan (1968)
- Malkoçoğlu: Akıncılar Geliyor (1969)
- Malkoçoğlu Cem Sultan (1969)
- Malkoçoğlu: Ölüm Fedaileri (1971)
- Malkoçoğlu: Kurt Bey (1973)
- Tarkan:
The following is a list of comic book films that has surpassed $1 million. Superhero films, comic strips and manga adaptations are not included as they have their own list. See List of highest grossing superhero films, Highest grossing comic strip films and Highest-grossing Manga films.
More information Rank, Film ...
Rank | Film | Worldwide gross | Year | Comic book | Source | Ref |
1 | Men in Black 3 | $654,213,485 | 2012 | The Men in Black | Malibu Comics | [7] |
2 | The Smurfs | $563,749,323 | 2011 | The Smurfs | syndication | [8] |
3 | 300 | $456,068,181 | 2007 | 300 | Dark Horse Comics | [9] |
4 | Men in Black II | $441,818,803 | 2002 | The Men in Black | Malibu Comics | [10] |
5 | Kingsman: The Secret Service | $414,351,546 | 2014 | Kingsman | Image Comics | [11] |
6 | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | $410,902,662 | 2017 | Kingsman | image comics | [12] |
7 | The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn | $373,994,233 | The Adventures of Tintin | Casterman | Shueisha | [13] |
8 | Edge of Tomorrow | $370,541,256 | All You Need Is Kill |
9 | The Smurfs 2 | $347,434,178 | 2013 | the smurfs | syndication | [14] |
10 | Wanted | $342,463,063 | 2008 | Wanted | | [15] |
11 | 300: Rise of an Empire | $337,580,051 | 2014 | 300 | Dark Horse Comics |
12 | Casper | $287,928,194 | 1995 | Casper the Friendly Ghost | Harvey Comics | [16] |
13 | Oblivion | $286,168,572 | 2013 | Oblivion | Unpublished | [17] |
14 | Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | $225,874,228 | 2017 | Valérian and Laureline | Dargaud | [18] |
15 | Red | $199,006,387 | 2010 | Red | WildStorm | [19] |
16 | Smurfs: The Lost Village | $197,183,546 | 2017 | The Smurfs | syndication | [20] |
17 | Road to Perdition | $181,001,478 | 2002 | Road to Perdition |
18 | Sin city | $158,733,820 | Sin City | Dark Horse Comics | [21] |
19 | Red 2 | $148,075,565 | 2013 | Red | WildStorm | [22] |
20 | 2 Guns | $131,940,411 | 2013 | 2 Gun | Boom! Studios | [23] |
21 | Asterix at the Olympic Games | $131,856,927 | 2008 | Asterix | Dargaud | [24] |
22 | The King's Man | $125,897,478 | 2021 | kingsman | image comics | [25] |
23 | Surrogates | $122,444,772 | 2009 | The Surrogates | Top Shelf Productions[26] |
24 | Timecop | $101,646,581 | 1994 | Timecop | Dark Horse Comics | [27] |
25 | Atomic Blonde | $100,014,025 | 2017 | The Coldest City | | [28] |
26 | R.I.P.D. | $78,324,220 | 2013 | Rest in Peace Department | | [29] |
27 | I, Frankenstein | $76,801,179 | 2014 | I, Frankenstein | Kevin Grevioux | [30] |
28 | 30 Days of Night | $75,513,170 | 2007 | 30 Days of Night | IDW | [31] |
29 | From Hell | $74,558,115 | 2001 | From Hell | Knockabout Comics | [32] |
30 | A History of Violence | $61,385,065 | 2005 | A History of Violence | DC Comics[33] |
31 | Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia | $61,319,383 | 2012 | Asterix | Dargaud | [34] |
32 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | $51,691,156 | 2010 | [35] |
33 | Marry Me | $50,541,093 | 2022 | Marry Me | [36] |
34 | Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion | $48,288,456 | Asterix | Dargaud | [37] |
35 | Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | $39,407,616 | A Dame to Kill For | Dark Horse Comics | [38] |
36 | Virus | $30,652,005 | Virus | Dark Horse comics | [39] |
37 | The Smurfs and the Magic Flute | $19,000,000 | The Smurfs | 1976 | [40] |
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