DC Animated Movie Universe American media franchise
The DC Animated Movie Universe (DCAMU ) is an American media franchise and shared universe of animated films distributed between 2013 and 2024 by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment . Based on characters from the DC Universe (DC Comics ), the franchise is part of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies line.
The main film series are split into two story arcs with different continuities . The first story arc began in 2013 with Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox Justice League Dark: Apokolips War Tomorrowverse ", began later that year with Superman: Man of Tomorrow Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths
The franchise comprises twenty-five films overall, with tie-in media including 5 short films, one web series and two digital comics .
Development history
The franchise is initially loosely based on a set of New 52 storylines from the DC Universe . Following a teaser in the franchise's first film Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox Darkseid War " event written by Geoff Johns , started from Justice League: War The Death of Superman Reign of the Supermen Justice League Dark: Apokolips War [ 1]
After the first story arc ended, screenwriter Ernie Altbacker teased the possibility of a new project related to that continuity. He said that "the way we ended it ... it's really like a tough balancing act: It ends something on a bittersweet yet hopeful note, and I'll just say, people who are saying, 'Oh man, we're not going to get anymore of these!' ... you're not losing something, you're gaining something new ..."[ 2]
The DC Showcase short film Constantine: The House of Mystery was released in May 2022 and is a narrative sequel to Justice League Dark: Apokolips War .[ 3]
Tomorrowverse logo Pre-production of the DCAMU's second story arc began in 2018 when Butch Lukic and Jim Krieg decided to plan out a ten-film story arc that would be set after the events of Justice League Dark: Apokolips War , which ends the first story arc with a universal reset. The arc itself originally was not planned to have the Crisis on Infinite Earths Warner Bros. Animation asked for it to serve as the finale.[ 4]
Lukic and Krieg were also unaware of the Arrowverse 's plans for their own adaptation at the time and only found out when Eric Carrasco contacted them, since he served as a writer for Justice League vs. the Fatal Five [ 5]
The franchise's second story arc has the art style and storyline being carried over to further films that were set in the same continuity. It gained the nickname of "Tomorrowverse" after the release of Superman: Man of Tomorrow [ 6]
Constantine: The House of Mystery continues certain story elements and helps set up the Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths [ 7]
Films
Cancelled projects
Short films
Web series
Digital comics
Collected editions
Extended setting
List of characters and cast members
Reception
Sales
Sales figures represent DVD and Blu-ray sales in the United States. International sales, digital sales, and rentals are not included .
Title
U.S. release date
Gross in the 1st three weeks
Gross total
Rotten Tomatoes
IGN
Ref.
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
July 30, 2013 (2013-07-30 )
$2,961,457
$5,263,783
100% (5 reviews)[ 15]
[ 16]
Justice League: War
February 4, 2014 (2014-02-04 )
$3,119,314
$5,806,863
50% (6 reviews)[ 17]
[ 18]
Son of Batman
April 22, 2014 (2014-04-22 )
$4,071,112
$7,035,303
64% (11 reviews)[ 19]
[ 20]
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis
January 13, 2015 (2015-01-13 )
$2,445,009[ 21]
$4,661,509
63% (8 reviews)[ 22]
[ 23]
Batman vs. Robin
April 7, 2015 (2015-04-07 )
$2,537,343
$4,275,014
100% (5 reviews)[ 24]
[ 25]
Batman: Bad Blood
January 20, 2016 (2016-01-20 )
$3,093,355
$4,884,919
100% (5 reviews)[ 26]
[ 27]
Justice League vs. Teen Titans
March 29, 2016 (2016-03-29 )
$2,522,134
$4,680,315
80% (5 reviews)[ 28]
[ 29]
Justice League Dark
January 24, 2017 (2017-01-24 )
$1,286,255
$3,321,532
78% (9 reviews)[ 30]
[ 31]
Teen Titans: The Judas Contract
April 4, 2017 (2017-04-04 )
$1,514,960
$3,279,855
83% (6 reviews)[ 32]
[ 33]
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay
March 27, 2018 (2018-03-27 )
$1,202,526
$2,880,096
88% (8 reviews)[ 34]
[ 35]
The Death of Superman
July 24, 2018 (2018-07-24 )
$4,219,828
$6,551,111
92% (13 reviews)[ 36]
[ 37]
Constantine: City of Demons – The Movie
October 9, 2018
$750,022
$1,699,592
NA (3 reviews)[ 38]
[ 39]
Reign of the Supermen
January 29, 2019 (2019-01-29 )
$3,797,618
NA (0 reviews)[ 40]
[ 41]
Batman: Hush
July 20, 2019 (2019-07-20 )
$2,584,555
$3,603,543
88% (17 reviews)[ 42]
[ 43]
The Death and Return of Superman
October 1, 2019 (2019-10-01 )
Wonder Woman: Bloodlines
October 5, 2019 (2019-10-05 )
$764,095
$1,723,810
88% (8 reviews)[ 44]
[ 45]
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
May 5, 2020 (2020-05-05 )
$1,563,760
$5,576,143
100% (18 reviews)[ 46]
[ 47]
Superman: Man of Tomorrow
August 23, 2020 (2020-08-23 )
93% (14 reviews)[ 48]
7/10[ 49]
Justice Society: World War II
April 27, 2021
76% (17 reviews)[ 50]
9/10[ 51]
Batman: The Long Halloween – Part One
June 22, 2021 (2021-06-22 )
100% (21 reviews)[ 52]
8/10[ 53]
Batman: The Long Halloween – Part Two
July 27, 2021 (2021-07-27 )
100% (15 reviews)[ 54]
9/10[ 55]
DC Showcase Animated Shorts – Constantine: The House of Mystery
May 3, 2022 (2022-05-03 )
Green Lantern: Beware My Power
July 25, 2022 (2022-07-25 )
56% (9 reviews)[ 56]
4/10[ 57]
Batman: The Long Halloween – Deluxe Edition
September 20, 2022 (2022-09-20 )
Legion of Super-Heroes
February 7, 2023 (2023-02-07 )
60% (5 reviews)[ 58]
Justice League: Warworld
July 25, 2023 (2023-07-25 )
50% (6 reviews)[ 59]
6/10[ 60]
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part One
January 9, 2024 (2024-01-09 )
88% (8 reviews)[ 61]
6/10[ 62]
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Two
April 23, 2024
17% (6 reviews)[ 63]
4/10[ 64]
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths – Part Three
July 16, 2024
4/10
[ 65]
Accolades
In 2019, Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay and The Death of Superman were nominated for the Golden Reel Award in the category of "Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Music, Dialogue and ADR for Non-Theatrical Animated Long Form Broadcast Media ".[ 66]
In 2020, Superman: Man of Tomorrow was nominated for a Critics' Choice Award in the category of "Best Superhero Movie ".
See also
References
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