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Fourth highest-grossing Star Wars film

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story  (2016) - $1.059 billion

Fourth highest-grossing Star Trek film

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Star Trek: First Contact  (1996) - $146 million

Fourth highest-grossing Marvel Comics film

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The Avengers  (2012) - $1.519 billion

Fourth highest-grossing DC Comics film

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The Dark Knight  (2008) - $1.029 billion

Third highest-grossing Star Wars film

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker  (2019) - $1.077 billion

Third highest-grossing Star Trek film

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Star Trek Beyond  (2016) - $343.5 million

Third highest-grossing Marvel Comics film

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Spider-Man: No Way Home  (2021) - $1.922 billion

Third highest-grossing DC Comics film

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Joker  (2019) - $1.079 billion

Second highest-grossing Star Wars film

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi  (2017) - $1.334 billion

Second highest-grossing Star Trek film

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Star Trek  (2009) - $385.7 million

Second highest-grossing Marvel Comics film

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Avengers: Infinity War  (2019) - $2.048 billion

Second highest-grossing DC Comics film

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The Dark Knight Rises  (2012) - $1.115 billion

Highest-grossing Star Wars film

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens  (2015) - $2.071 billion

Highest-grossing Star Trek film

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Star Trek Into Darkness  (2013) - $467.4 million

Highest-grossing Marvel Comics film

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Avengers: Endgame  (2019) - $2.8 billion

Highest-grossing DC Comics film

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Aquaman  (2018) - $1.152 billion

Debut entry of Star Wars by medium

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Novel -  Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker  (November 12, 1976) Feature film -  Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope  (May 25, 1977) Comic book -  Star Wars  #1 (April 1977) Television special -  Star Wars Holiday Special  (November 17, 1978) Radio series -  Star Wars  (March 2, 1981) Video game -  Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back  (July 1982) Television series -  Star Wars: Droids  (September 7, 1985) Short film -  Lego Star Wars: Revenge of the Brick  (May 8, 2005) Webseries -  Lego Star Wars  (August 10, 2012) Podcast -  Star Wars: Smuggler's Gambit  (November 28, 2012) Theatre production -  Kairennosuke and the Three Shining Swords  (November 28, 2019)

Debut entry of Star Trek by medium

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Television series -  Star Trek: The Original Series  (September 8, 1966) Novel -  Star Trek 1  (January 1967) Comic book -  Star Trek  #1 (July 1967) Video game -  Star Trek  (1971) Feature film -  Star Trek: The Motion Picture  (December 7, 1979) Television special -  Star Trek: The Original Series  pilot "The Cage" (October 15, 1988) Radio series -  Talk Trek and Beyond  (1990) Theatre production -  Trek in the Park  (2009) Webseries -  Star Trek: Very Short Treks  (September 8, 2023) Short film -  Star Trek: Fleet Command  short "Maia" (April 24, 2025) Podcast -  Star Trek: Khan  (September 8, 2025)

Debut entry of Marvel Comics by medium

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Comic book -  Motion Picture Funnies Weekly  #1 (April 1939) Film serial -  Captain America  (February 5, 1944) Television series -  The Marvel Super Heroes  (September 1, 1966) Radio series -  Doctor Strange  (1967) Novel -  The Avengers Battle the Earth-Wrecker  (1967) Feature film -  Spider-Man  (September 14, 1977) Short film -  Spider-Man  (July 22, 1978) Video game -  Spider-Man  (November 1982) Theatre production -  Spider-Man's Wedding  (June 5, 1987) Television special -  Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel  (August 16, 2013) Webseries -  Marvel Superheroes: What the--?!  (2009) Podcast -  Wolverine  (March 12, 2018)

Debut entry of DC Comics by medium

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Comic book - New Fun  #1 (February 1935) Radio series - The Adventures of Superman  (February 12, 1940) Film serial - Adventures of Captain Marvel  (March 28, 1941) Short film - Superman  (September 26, 1941) Novel - The Adventures of Superman  (1942) Feature film - Superman and the Mole Men  (November 6, 1951) Television series - Adventures of Superman  (September 19, 1952) Theatre production - It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman  (1966) Television special - It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman  (February 21, 1975) Video game - Superman  (September 1979) Webseries - Lobo  (2000) Podcast - Batman: The Audio Adventures  (September 18, 2021)

Characters from Star Wars who have been part of two or more teams

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Luke Skywalker - Jedi Order, Rebel Alliance, New Republic and Resistance Han Solo - Rebel Alliance, New Republic and Resistance Leia Organa (born Leia Amidala Skywalker) - Galactic Senate, Rebel Alliance, New Republic and Resistance Obi-Wan Kenobi - Jedi Order, Galactic Republic and Rebel Alliance C-3PO - Galactic Republic, Rebel Alliance, New Republic and Resistance R2-D2 - Galactic Republic,  Rebel Alliance, New Republic and Resistance Chewbacca - Rebel Alliance and Resistance Anakin Skywalker - Jedi Order and Galactic Republic Wedge Antilles - Rebel Alliance, New Republic and Resistance Lando Calrissian - Rebel Alliance, New Republic and Resistance Yoda - Jedi Order and Galactic Empire Wicket W. Warrick - Rebel Alliance, New Republic and Resistance Sheev Palpatine - Galactic Senate and Galactic Republic Gial Ackbar - Rebel Alliance, New Republic and Resistance Mon Mothma - Galactic Senate, Galactic Republic, Rebel Alliance and New Republic Qui-Gon Jinn - Galactic Republic and Je...

Characters from Star Trek who have been part of two or more teams

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James T. Kirk - Enterprise, HMS Bounty and Enterprise-A Spock - Discovery, Enterprise, HMS Bounty and Enterprise-A Leonard McCoy - Enterprise, HMS Bounty and Enterprise-A Montgomery Scott - Enterprise, HMS Bounty and Enterprise-A Nyota Uhura - Enterprise, HMS Bounty and Enterprise-A Hikaru Sulu - Enterprise, HMS Bounty and Enterprise-A Pavel Chekov - Enterprise, HMS Bounty and Enterprise-A Saavik - Enterprise and HMS Bounty Jean-Luc Picard - Enterprise-D, Enterprise-E and La Sirena William T. Riker - Enterprise-D, Enterprise-E and Titan Geordi La Forge - Enterprise-D and Enterprise-E Worf - Enterprise-D, Deep Space Nine, Defiant and Enterprise-E Beverly Crusher - Enterprise-D and Enterprise-E Deanna Troi - Enterprise-D, Enterprise-E and Titan Data - Enterprise-D and Enterprise-E Benjamin Sisko - Deep Space Nine and Defiant Julian Bashir - Deep Space Nine and Defiant Jadzia Dax - Deep Space Nine and Defiant Miles O'Brien - Enterprise-D, Deep Space Nine and Defiant Kira Nerys - Deep ...

Characters from Marvel Comics who have been part of two or more teams

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Bruce Banner / Hulk - Avengers and Fantastic Four Tony Stark / Iron Man - Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy Pietro Maximoff / Quicksilver - Avengers and X-Men Hercules Panhellios - Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy T'Challa / Black Panther - Avengers and Fantastic Four Mantis - Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy Hank McCoy / Beast - X-Men and Avengers Heather Douglas / Moondragon - Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy Carol Danvers / Ms. Marvel, Binary, Warbird and Captain Marvel - Avengers, X-Men and Guardians of the Galaxy Greer Nelson / Tigra - Avengers and Fantastic Four Jennifer Walters / She-Hulk - Avengers and Fantastic Four Namor McKenzie / Sub-Mariner - Avengers, Fantastic Four and X-Men Ben Grimm / Thing - Fantastic Four, Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic - Fantastic Four and Avengers Sue Storm Richards / Invisible Woman - Fantastic Four and Avengers Wendell Vaughn / Quasar - Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy Peter Parker / Spid...

Characters from DC Comics who have been part of two or more teams

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Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superboy and Superman - Justice League and Legion of Superheroes Ray Palmer / Atom - Justice League and Titans Mari Jiwe McCabe / Vixen - Justice League and Suicide Squad Billy Batson / Captain Marvel aka Shazam - Justice League and Titans Kara Zor-L / Karen Starr / Power Girl - Justice League and Suicide Squad Wally West / Kid Flash and Flash - Titans and Justice League Paul Brooker / Major Disaster - Suicide Squad and Justice League Duncan Pramble / Multi-Man - Justice League and Suicide Squad Dufus P. Ratchett / Big Sur - Justice League and Suicide Squad Arthur Brown / Cluemaster - Justice League and Suicide Squad William Tockman / Clock King - Justice League and Suicide Squad Albert Rothstein / Nuklon and Atom Smasher - Suicide Squad and Justice League Kyle Rayner / Green Lantern - Titans and Justice League Barbara Gordon / Oracle and Batgirl - Justice League and Suicide Squad John Henry Irons / Steel - Justice League and Suicide Squad Jesse Chambers / Jesse Q...

Ownership history of Star Wars

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1976-present - Lucasfilm 1977-2011 - News Corporation 1985-1986 - Nelvana 2003-2013 - Time Warner 2012-present - The Walt Disney Company 2015-2019 - Bad Robot

Ownership history of Star Trek

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1966-1968 - Desilu 1966-1974 - Norway Productions 1968-1989 - Gulf+Western 1989-1994 - Paramount Communications 1994-2006 - Viacom 2006-2019 - CBS Corporation (television side) 2006-2019 - Viacom (film side) 2009-2016 - Bad Robot 2017-present - Secret Hideout 2017-present - Roddenberry Entertainment 2019-2022 - Viacom CBS 2022-2025 - Paramount Global 2025-present - Paramount Skydance Corporation

Ownership history of Marvel Comics

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1939-1947 - Timely Comics 1947-1968 - Magazine Management (Timely Comics was renamed Atlas Comics in 1951, Atlas Comics was renamed Goodman Comics in 1957 and Goodman Comics was renamed Marvel Comics in 1961) 1968-1986 - Cadence Industries 1986-1989 - New World Pictures 1989-1993 - Andrews Group 1993-1997 - Marvel Holdings, Inc. 1997-1998 - Icahn Enterprises 1998-2005 - Marvel Enterprises 2005-2009 - Marvel Entertainment 2009-present - The Walt Disney Company

Ownership history of DC Comics

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1934-1936 - National Allied Publications 1936-1938 - Nicholson Publishing 1936-1946 - Detective Comics (Nicholson Publishing was merged into Detective Comics in 1938) 1939-1946 - All-American Publications 1946-1961 - National Comics Publications (Detective Comics and All-American Publications were merged to become National Comics Publications) 1961-1967 - National Periodical Publications 1967-1972 - Kinney Services Inc. 1972-1990 - Warner Communications (National Comics Publications was rebranded as DC Comics in 1977) 1990-2001 - Time Warner 2001-2003 - AOL Time Warner 2003-2018 - Time Warner 2018-2022 - Warner Media 2022-present - Warner Bros. Discovery

First Star Wars film to gross $100+ million

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$100 million - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope  (1977) $200 million -  Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope  (1977) $300 million -  Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope  (1977) $400 million -  Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope  (1977) $500 million -  Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope  (1977); 1982 reissue $600 million - Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope  (1977); 1997 Special Edition release $700 million -  Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope  (1977); 1997 Special Edition release $800 million - Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace  (1999) $900 million -  Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace  (1999) $1 billion -  Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace  (1999); 2012 3D release $1.1 billion - Star Wars: The Force Awakens  (2015) $1.2 billion -  Star Wars: The Force Awakens  (2015) $1.3 billion -  Star Wars: The Force Awakens  (2015) $1.4 billion -  Star Wars: The Force Awakens  ...

First Star Trek film to gross $100+ million

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$100 million - Star Trek: The Motion Picture  (1979) $200 million - Star Trek  (2009) $300 million - Star Trek  (2009) $400 million - Star Trek  (2009)

First Marvel Comics film to gross $100+ million

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$100 million - Blade  (1998) $200 million - X-Men  (2000) $300 million - Spider-Man  (2002) $400 million - Spider-Man  (2002) $500 million - Spider-Man  (2002) $600 million - Spider-Man  (2002) $700 million - Spider-Man  (2002) $800 million - Spider-Man  (2002) $900 million - The Avengers  (2012) $1 billion - The Avengers  (2012) $1.1 billion - The Avengers  (2012) $1.2 billion - The Avengers  (2012) $1.3 billion - The Avengers  (2012) $1.4 billion - The Avengers  (2012) $1.5 billion - The Avengers  (2012) $1.6 billion - Avengers: Infinity War  (2018) $1.7 billion - Avengers: Infinity War  (2018) $1.8 billion - Avengers: Infinity War  (2018) $1.9 billion - Avengers: Infinity War  (2018) $2 billion - Avengers: Infinity War  (2018) $2.1 billion - Avengers: Endgame  (2019) $2.2 billion -  Avengers: Endgame  (2019) $2.3 billion -  Avengers: Endgame  (2019) $2.4 billio...

First DC Comics film to gross $100+ million

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$100 million -  Superman: The Movie  (1978) $200 million -  Superman: The Movie  (1978) $300 million -  Superman: The Movie  (1978) $400 million -  Batman  (1989) $500 million -  The Dark Knight  (2008) $600 million -  The Dark Knight  (2008) $700 million -  The Dark Knight  (2008) $800 million -  The Dark Knight  (2008) $900 million -  The Dark Knight  (2008) $1 billion -  The Dark Knight  (2008) $1.1 billion -  The Dark Knight Rises  (2012)