9 comic book films released in 2023 are catalogued in our database. The highest-rated was Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) at 8.6/10. The year included 3 MCU films, 4 DC films, and 2 films from other universes.
What happened in comic book cinema in 2023?
2023 was the year the MCU's box-office momentum visibly stalled. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, The Marvels, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 produced widely divergent commercial and critical outcomes. The Flash and Aquaman 2 closed the DCEU chapter ahead of the Gunn-Safran reboot.
The year produced 3 Marvel Cinematic Universe releases (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, The Marvels), 4 DCEU/DCU films (The Flash, Blue Beetle, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom), and 1 Sony Spider-Verse entry (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse). Across all universes, 9 films are catalogued in our database for 2023.
The year's highest-rated film in our database is Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, with an audience rating of 8.6/10. Released by Sony Pictures, it is part of the Sony Spider-Verse continuity.
Independent comic-book films released the same year include Nimona.