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1. The Dark Knight (2008) - $533 million: Christopher Nolan's sequel set a new psychological standard for the genre. And the public - men and women, geeks and non-geeks - embraced it.
2. Spider-Man (2002) - $403 million: The first movie to cross the $100 million mark in a three-day opening weekend.
3. Spider-Man 2 (2004) - $373 million: Nothing could match the hype of the original. But the follow-up, which was a better film, came close.
4. Spider-Man 3 (2007) - $336 million: A lot of money, yes. But the law of diminishing returns - and escalating costs - gave Sony reason to pull the reboot switch for 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man.
5. Iron Man (2008) - $318 million: The first film from Marvel Studios (which had until now only licensed its characters).
6. Iron Man 2 (2010) - $312 million: Nobody really loved this follow-up, but they went to it in droves anyway.
7. X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) - $234 million: Charles Xavier's students enjoyed a steady build over three movies, thanks to terrific word of mouth. But this sequel, plagued by behind-the-scenes defections (first director Bryan Singer and then director Matthew Vaughn), was a let-down - meaning it's up to X-Men: First Class (produced by Singer and directed by Vaughn, ironically) to reinvigorate the brand.
8. X2: X-Men United (2003) - $214 million: A more generous budget from Fox than what it gave the original meant more mutant action on screen; audiences approved.
9. Batman Begins (2005) - $205 million: A solid rebound after near-franchise-killer Batman and Robin.
10. Superman Returns (2006) - $200 million: The studio wanted Spidey-sized grosses. It got less than that. Thus the reboot, Man of Steel, due next year.
5 biggest comic-book film flops
Just because you dress funny and beat up people doesn't mean you should get your own movie. As these characters proved when leaping from the page to screen.
The Punisher: Poor Frank Castle. First his family is slain by criminals. Then Dolph Lundgren stars in his life story. Yes, in 1989 Lundgren became the first of three big-screen Punishers. He was followed in 2003 by Thomas Jane, who faced off against mobster John Travolta in a movie that transplanted the character from the slums of New York City to Florida, where the greatest public menace is elderly Canadians who drive with their turn signals on. (Box office: $33 million.) And in 2008, Punisher: War Zone grossed an embarrassing $8 million. Put him out of his misery already.
Jonah Hex: Josh Brolin played a wild west anti-hero with supernatural powers and a mangled grimace in this 2010 dud. Box office haul: $10 million.
The Spirit: After Sin City (which had Robert Rodriguez behind the camera), comics creator Frank Miller decided to direct a film on his own. The result? A paltry $19 million.
Elektra: Shouldn't you only make spin-offs of popular movies? Nevertheless, post-Daredevil, Jennifer Garner's assassin got her own vehicle. Not surprisingly, it topped out at $24 million.
Catwoman: Despite Halle Berry's hot bod, this $100-million hairball -- which wasn't a spin-off of the Batman franchise -- only managed to cough up $40 million at the box office.