Franchise
DC Extended Universe
15 films•2013–2023•Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Pictures / DC Comics
62%average critics71%average audience$185.4Mdomestic average
Films
15
2013–2023
Domestic
$2.78B
lifetime
Worldwide
$7.20B
lifetime
Avg opening
$67.8M
3-day
Avg legs
2.81x
opening → total
Return
2.7x
on $2.66B of budget
The DC Extended Universe series runs to 15 films from Man of Steel (2013) to The Flash (2023), together grossing $2.78B domestic and $7.20B worldwide. The biggest hit is Aquaman (2018) at $1.15B worldwide; the biggest opening weekend belongs to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) at $166.0M.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Opening | Domestic | Legs | Worldwide | CinemaScore | RT | Yearly rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wonder Woman | 2017 | $103.3M | $412.6M | 3.99x | $823.0M | A | 92% | #3 |
| Aquaman | 2018 | $67.9M | $335.1M | 4.94x | $1.15B | A- | 64% | #5 |
| Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | 2016 | $166.0M | $330.4M | 1.99x | $873.6M | A- | 27% | #8 |
| Suicide Squad | 2016 | $133.7M | $325.1M | 2.43x | $749.2M | A- | 26% | #9 |
 Man of Steel | 2013 | $117.0M | $291.0M | 2.50x | $670.0M | A- | 56% | #5 |
 Justice League | 2017 | $93.8M | $229.0M | 2.44x | $661.3M | A- | 40% | #10 |
 Black Adam | 2022 | $67.0M | $168.3M | 2.50x | $393.6M | A- | 58% | #11 |
 Shazam! | 2019 | $53.5M | $140.4M | 2.63x | $366.0M | A | 90% | #21 |
 Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom | 2023 | $27.7M | $124.5M | 4.50x | $440.2M | A- | 41% | #21 |
 The Flash | 2023 | $55.0M | $108.1M | 2.00x | $271.4M | A- | 56% | #24 |
 Birds of Prey | 2020 | $33.3M | $84.2M | 2.50x | $205.5M | B+ | 79% | #3 |
 Blue Beetle | 2023 | $25.0M | $72.5M | 2.90x | $130.8M | A | 81% | #34 |
 Shazam! Fury of the Gods | 2023 | $30.1M | $57.6M | 1.90x | $134.0M | A | 58% | #44 |
 The Suicide Squad | 2021 | $26.5M | $55.1M | 2.10x | $161.1M | B+ | 90% | #23 |
 Wonder Woman 1984 | 2020 | $16.7M | $46.6M | 2.79x | $169.0M | B+ | 66% | #10 |
Click any column to sort. Yearly rank is the film’s place on its release year’s domestic chart; a film outside that year’s top 50 shows a dash.
Film by film
DomesticInternationalColumn height is worldwide · one film every 0.7 years
Profitability
Return on Budget
2.7x
$7.20B worldwide on $2.66B of production budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget
Domestic vs International Split
Domestic $2.78BInternational $4.42B
Return by film · worldwide ÷ budget
0x2.5x breakeven7.2x
Budgets are reported production costs and exclude marketing, so this is a gross-to-budget ratio rather than studio profit. Films with no reported budget are left out of this section entirely, including from the totals, rather than counted as zero.
Records held
All records →#10Best multipliersAquaman4.97x#17Biggest single daysBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice$81.6M#17Biggest PG-13 openingsBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice$166.0M#21Biggest opening weekendsBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice$166.0M#35Biggest worldwide runsAquaman$1.15B#48Biggest domestic runsWonder Woman$412.6M#50Biggest opening weekendsSuicide Squad$133.7M
7 placings across 6 all-time charts. Where a film places on the same chart in consecutive weekends, only its best placing is shown.
What’s next
Full schedule →No upcoming movies announced yet.
Connected
Studios
Counted from this filmography. The number is how many of these films each one accounts for.