List of films based on comic strips

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This is a list of films based on English-language comic strips and characters first appearing in them, including single panel gag cartoons appearing in newspapers, magazines, and webcomics. The practice of creating films based on comic strips dates back to the early years of film itself. In recent years, due to advances in special effects, big budget films based on comic books have become more common.

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Feature films

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D

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J

K

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Theatrical short films

Television specials

Serial films

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Highest Grossing comic strip films

The following is a list of comic strip films that has surpassed $1 million. Superhero films and are not included as they have their own list. See List of highest grossing superhero films.

RankFilmWorldwide grossYearComic stripRef
1 The Smurfs $563,749,3232011 The Smurfs
2 Over the Hedge $339,795,8902006 Over the Hedge [6]
3 The Garfield Movie $254,769,0412024 Garfield
4 The Peanuts Movie $246,233,1132015 Peanuts [7]
5 Garfield: The Movie $203,172,4172004 Garfield [8]
6 Smurfs: The Lost Village $197,183,5462017 The Smurfs [9]
7 Dick Tracy $162,738,7261990 Dick Tracy [10]
8 Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties $143,325,9702006 Garfield [11]
9 Annie $136,853,5062014 Little Orphan Annie [12]

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 "Listngs". Boxoffice Barometer. 1937 via Google Books.
  3. Liebman, Roy (2015). Vitaphone Films: A Catalogue of the Features and Shorts. McFarland. p. 167. ISBN   978-1-4766-0936-2.
  4. Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays--Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 171. ISBN   9781476672939.
  5. Collins, Max Allan. "Official Press Release".
  6. "Over the Hedge".
  7. "The Peanuts Movie".
  8. "Garfield: The Movie".
  9. "Smurfs: The Lost Village".
  10. "Dick Tracy".
  11. "Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties".
  12. "Annie".