Every Time Marvel & DC Movies Opened In The Same Month (& Who Won)

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Superhero movies from Marvel and DC have been released in the same month seven times previously, and July 2025 will mark the eighth. Marvel and DC have often been considered to be in competition, and this has never been more evident as it is when movies from both studios are released within weeks of each other. Even outside the MCU and the newly-rebooted DC Universe, Marvel and DC have often competed directly for the top rankings, and the highest-grossing movies of those months have varied massively.
The first time Marvel and DC released movies in the same month was back in 2011, and since then, six more pairs have been released very close to each other. 2025 will mark the eighth time this has occurred, as the DCU"s Superman reboot and the MCU"s The Fantastic Four: First Steps reboot will both be released in July. While the studios wait to see which franchise will come out on top in 2025, it"s worth looking back at whether Marvel or DC has been more successful when directly competing in the past.
8 X-Men: First Class & Green Lantern X-Men: First Class Won In June 2011 Close Released on June 3 and June 17, 2011, respectively, X-Men: First Class and Green Lantern were both set outside the mainstream superhero franchises of the MCU and the then-yet-to-begin DCEU. First Class was the fifth movie in 20th Century Fox"s X-Men franchise, and was the first prequel movie in what would become the franchise"s revised timelines. First Class" connection to the wider X-Men franchise, more-star-filled cast and better overall quality surely contributed to the movie"s higher success when compared to Green Lantern.
Ryan Reynolds had previously appeared as Wade Wilson in 2009"s X-Men Origins: Wolverine before starring in Green Lantern, he later reinvented the character of Deadpool in a far-more-successful eponymous 2016 movie.
On a budget of between $140 and 160 million, X-Men: First Class earned $353 million at the global box office, while Green Lantern only brought in $237.2 million on a budget of $200 million. Warner Bros. originally planned for the Ryan Reynolds-led Green Lantern to kick off DC"s live-action superhero franchise, but these plans were scrapped after the movie underperformed. It has since been regarded as one of the worst superhero movies ever, while X-Men: First Class is considered to be one of Fox"s best.
7 The Dark Knight Rises & The Amazing Spider-Man The Dark Knight Rises Won In July 2012 Close A year after X-Men: First Class beat Green Lantern, it was DC who took the top spot when 2012"s The Dark Knight Rises and Sony"s The Amazing Spider-Man went head-to-head. The Dark Knight Rises, released on July 20, marked the end of Christopher Nolan"s Dark Knight Trilogy, as Christian Bale"s Batman went up against Tom Hardy"s Bane. The Dark Knight Rises racked up a whopping $1.115 billion at the box office, becoming the highest-grossing Batman movie to date and the seventh-highest-grossing movie ever at its time of release.

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