Welcome to the Marvel and DC superhero age of movies. Out of 19 films that have grossed more than US$1bil (RM3.6bil) worldwide, four of them are superhero movies – The Avengers, Iron Man 3, The Dark Knight Rises, and The Dark Knight.
By 2020, the exclusive billion dollar club could well double to 40 members (though this could be due to ever-increasing cinema tickets prices), with a slew of superhero movies from both Marvel and DC to look forward to from this year all the way to 2020, and new entries in the Star Wars, Toy Story, Avatar, Pirates Of The Caribbean, and Transformers franchise still to come.