Comicbook fans and moviegoers in Phoenix are in for a super-action packed summer. Marvel's The Avengers recently kicked the summer into high gear with ticket sales now grossing over $1 billion worldwide. Later this summer, two more comicbook related summer blockbusters will be released: The Amazing Spiderman on July 3, 2012 and The Dark Knight Rises on July 20, 2012. There is no doubt that this summer's trifecta of superhero movies will bring in hundreds of millions of dollars.
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By no means however, is this movie-going summer any different than in the past decade or so when it comes to superhero movies. Below is an inexhaustive list of comicbook-related summer blockbusters. These movies, along with a plethora of other superhero movies released over the past 12 years, have grossed in excess of $7 Billion.
Super hero Summer Blockbusters 2000 - 2011
July 2000 -- X-Men
May 2002 -- Spider-Man
May 2003 -- X-Men 2
June 2003 -- Hulk
June 2004 -- Spider-Man
June 2005 -- Batman Begins
July 2005 -- Fantastic Four
May 2006 -- X-Men: The Last Stand
June 2006 -- Superman Returns
May 2007 -- Spider-Man 3
June 2007 -- Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
May 2008 -- Iron Man
June 2008 -- The Incredible Hulk
July 2008 -- The Dark Knight
May 2009 -- X-Men Origins: Wolverine
May 2010 -- Iron Man 2
May2011 -- Thor
June 2011 -- The Green Lantern
July 2011 -- Captain America
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