what is the number of live-action american superhero movies released in 1978?
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col : year | film | publisher | director | distributor | worldwide gross | notes row 1 : 1966 | batman | dc comics | leslie h. martinson | 20th century fox | $1,700,000 (est.\nus/ canada rentals) | based on batman tv series row 2 : 1977 | abar, the first black superman | original | frank packard | mirror releasing |  |  row 3 : 1978 | superman | dc comics | richard donner | warner bros. | $300,218,018 |  row 4 : 1978 | dr. strange | marvel comics | philip deguere | mca home video | television film |  row 5 : 1978 | kiss meets the phantom of the park | hanna-barbera | gordon hessler | nbc | television film | based on the rock band kiss row 6 : 1980 | superman ii | dc comics | richard lester | warner bros. | $108,185,706 | sequel to 1978's superman row 7 : 1980 | hero at large | original | martin davidson | metro-goldwyn-mayer | $15,934,737 |  row 8 : 1981 | condorman | original | charles jarrott | walt disney pictures | $287,434 |  row 9 : 1983 | superman iii | dc comics | richard lester | warner bros. | $70,656,090 | sequel to 1980's superman ii row 10 : 1986 | howard the duck | marvel comics | willard huyck | universal pictures | $37,962,774 |  row 11 : 1989 | the toxic avenger part ii | original | lloyd kaufman | troma entertainment, | $792,966 | sequel to 1984's the toxic avenger row 12 : 1989 | the return of swamp thing | dc comics | jim wynorski | millimeter films | $192,816 | sequel to 1982's swamp thing row 13 : 1990 | teenage mutant ninja turtles | mirage comics | steve baron | new line cinema | $201,965,915 |  row 14 : 1991 | teenage mutant ninja turtles ii: the secret of the o | mirage comics | michael pressman | new line cinema | $78,656,813 | sequel to 1990's teenage mutant ninja turtles row 15 : 1991 | the rocketeer | pacific comics | joe johnston | walt disney pictures | $62,000,000 |  row 16 : 1992 | batman returns | dc comics | tim burton | warner bros. | $266,822,354 | sequel to 1989's batman row 17 : 1993 | the meteor man | original | robert townsend | metro-goldwyn-mayer | $8,023,147 |  row 18 : 1994 | the crow | caliber comics | alex proyas | miramax films | $144,693,129 |  row 19 : 1994 | the mask | dark horse comics | chuck russell | new line cinema | $351,583,407 |  row 20 : 1995 | tank girl | dark horse comics | rachel talalay | united artists | $4,064,495 |  row 21 : 1995 | mighty morphin power rangers: the movie | original | bryan spicer | 20th century fox | $66,433,194 | based on mighty morphin power rangers tv series/\nchar row 22 : 1995 | darkman ii: the return of durant | original | bradford may | universal studios | direct-to-video | sequel to 1990's darkman row 23 : 1996 | the crow: city of angels | caliber comics | tim pope | miramax films | $17,917,287 | sequel to 1994's the crow row 24 : 1996 | prey of the jaguar | original | david decoteau | hit entertainment |  |  row 25 : 1996 | the phantom | various | simon wincer | paramount pictures | $17,323,326 |  row 26 : 1997 | spawn | image comics | mark a.z. dippe | new line cinema | $87,840,042 |  row 27 : 2000 | the crow: salvation | caliber comics | bharat nalluri | dimension films |  | sequel to 1996's the crow: city of angels
what is the number of live-action american superhero movies released in 1978?
Year Film Publisher Director Distributor Worldwide Gross Notes
1951 Superman and the Mole Men DC Comics Lee Sholem Lippert Pictures Inc. Based on Adventures of Superman TV series
1966 Batman DC Comics Leslie H. Martinson 20th Century Fox $1,700,000 (est.\nUS/ Canada rentals) Based on Batman TV series
1977 Abar, the First Black Superman Original Frank Packard Mirror Releasing
1978 Superman DC Comics Richard Donner Warner Bros. $300,218,018
1978 Dr. Strange Marvel Comics Philip DeGuere MCA Home Video Television film
1978 Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park Hanna-Barbera Gordon Hessler NBC Television film Based on the rock band Kiss
1980 Superman II DC Comics Richard Lester Warner Bros. $108,185,706 Sequel to 1978's Superman
1980 Hero at Large Original Martin Davidson Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $15,934,737
1981 Condorman Original Charles Jarrott Walt Disney Pictures $287,434
1982 Swamp Thing DC Comics Wes Craven Embassy Pictures $287,434
1983 Superman III DC Comics Richard Lester Warner Bros. $70,656,090 Sequel to 1980's Superman II
1984 Supergirl DC Comics Jeannot Szwarc TriStar Pictures, Warner Bros. $14,296,438 Spin-off to 1978's Superman
1984 The Toxic Avenger Original Lloyd Kaufman Troma Entertainment, $800,000
1986 Howard the Duck Marvel Comics Willard Huyck Universal Pictures $37,962,774
1987 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace DC Comics Sidney J. Furie Warner Bros. $15,681,020 Sequel to 1983's Superman III
1989 The Toxic Avenger Part II Original Lloyd Kaufman Troma Entertainment, $792,966 Sequel to 1984's The Toxic Avenger
1989 The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie Original Lloyd Kaufman Troma Entertainment, $363,561 Sequel to 1989's The Toxic Avenger Part II
1989 Batman DC Comics Tim Burton Warner Bros. $411,348,924
1989 The Return of Swamp Thing DC Comics Jim Wynorski Millimeter Films $192,816 Sequel to 1982's Swamp Thing
1989 The Punisher Marvel Comics Mark Goldblatt Artisan Entertainment $287,434 Direct-to-video in North America
1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage Comics Steve Baron New Line Cinema $201,965,915
1990 Darkman Original Sam Raimi Universal Studios $48,878,502
1990 Captain America Marvel Comics Albert Pyun 21st Century Film Corporation $675,437
1991 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze Mirage Comics Michael Pressman New Line Cinema $78,656,813 Sequel to 1990's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1991 The Guyver Chuang Yi Publishing Steve Wang New Line Cinema
1991 The Rocketeer Pacific Comics Joe Johnston Walt Disney Pictures $62,000,000
1992 Batman Returns DC Comics Tim Burton Warner Bros. $266,822,354 Sequel to 1989's Batman
1993 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III Mirage Comics Stuart Gillard New Line Cinema $42,273,609 Sequel to 1991's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II
1993 The Meteor Man Original Robert Townsend Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $8,023,147
1994 The Fantastic Four Marvel Comics Oley Sassone Constantin Film Unreleased
1994 The Crow Caliber Comics Alex Proyas Miramax Films $144,693,129
1994 Blankman Original Mike Binder Columbia Pictures $7,941,977
1994 The Shadow Street and Smith Publications Russell Mulcahy Universal Studios $48,063,435
1994 The Mask Dark Horse Comics Chuck Russell New Line Cinema $351,583,407
1994 Guyver: Dark Hero Chuang Yi Publishing Steve Wang New Line Cinema Sequel to 1991's The Guyver
1995 Batman Forever DC Comics Joel Schumacher Warner Bros. $336,529,844 Sequel to 1992's Batman Returns
1995 Judge Dredd IPC Media Danny Cannon Hollywood Pictures $113,493,481
1995 Tank Girl Dark Horse Comics Rachel Talalay United Artists $4,064,495
1995 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie Original Bryan Spicer 20th Century Fox $66,433,194 Based on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers TV series/\nCharacters created by Saban Entertainment
1995 Black Scorpion Original Jonathan Winfrey Showtime Television film
1995 Darkman II: The Return of Durant Original Bradford May Universal Studios Direct-to-video Sequel to 1990's Darkman
1996 The Crow: City of Angels Caliber Comics Tim Pope Miramax Films $17,917,287 Sequel to 1994's The Crow
1996 Barb Wire Dark Horse Comics David Hogan Universal Studios $3,793,614
1996 Prey of the Jaguar Original David DeCoteau HIT Entertainment
1996 The Phantom Various Simon Wincer Paramount Pictures $17,323,326
1996 Darkman III: Die Darkman Die Original Bradford May Universal Studios Direct-to-video Sequel to 1995's Darkman II: The Return of Durant
1997 Black Scorpion II: Aftershock Original Jonathan Winfrey Showtime Television film Sequel to 1995's Black Scorpion
1997 Batman & Robin DC Comics Joel Schumacher Warner Bros. $238,207,122 Sequel to 1995's Batman Forever
1997 Spawn Image Comics Mark A.Z. Dippe New Line Cinema $87,840,042
1997 Steel DC Comics Kenneth Johnson Warner Bros. $1,710,972
1997 Star Kid Original Manny Coto Trimark Pictures $7,029,025
1998 Blade Marvel Comics Stephen Norrington New Line Cinema $131,183,530
1999 Mystery Men Dark Horse Comics Kinka Usher Universal Pictures $33,461,011 Comedy film
2000 The Crow: Salvation Caliber Comics Bharat Nalluri Dimension Films Sequel to 1996's The Crow: City of Angels
2000 X-Men Marvel Comics Bryan Singer 20th Century Fox $296,339,527
2000 Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger Part IV Original Lloyd Kaufman Troma Entertainment, Sequel to 1989's The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie
2000 The Specials Original Craig Mazin Regent Entertainment $13,276 Comedy film
2000 Unbreakable Original M. Night Shyamalan Touchstone Pictures $248,118,121 Psychological thriller
2002 Blade II Marvel Comics Guillermo del Toro New Line Cinema $155,010,032 Sequel to 1998's Blade
2002 Spider-Man Marvel Comics Sam Raimi Columbia Pictures $821,708,551
2003 Daredevil Marvel Comics Mark Steven Johnson 20th Century Fox $179,179,718
2003 X2: X-Men United Marvel Comics Bryan Singer 20th Century Fox $407,711,549 Sequel to 2000's X-Men
2003 Hulk Marvel Comics Ang Lee Universal Studios $245,360,480
2003 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen WildStorm/DC Comics Stephen Norrington 20th Century Fox $179,265,204
2004 Hellboy Dark Horse Comics Guillermo del Toro Columbia Pictures $99,318,987
2004 The Punisher Marvel Comics Jonathan Hensleigh Lionsgate $54,700,105 Reboot of The Punisher film franchise
2004 Spider-Man 2 Marvel Comics Sam Raimi Columbia Pictures $783,766,341 Sequel to 2002's Spider-Man
2004 Catwoman DC Comics Pitof Warner Bros. $82,102,379
2004 Blade: Trinity Marvel Comics David S. Goyer New Line Cinema $128,905,366 Sequel to 2002's Blade II
2005 Elektra Marvel Comics Rob Bowman 20th Century Fox $56,681,566 Spin-off to 2003's Daredevil
2005 Constantine DC Comics/Vertigo Francis Lawrence Warner Bros. $230,884,728
2005 The Crow: Wicked Prayer Caliber Comics Lance Mungia Dimension Films Sequel to 2000's The Crow: Salvation
2005 Son of the Mask Dark Horse Comics Lawrence Guterman New Line Cinema $57,552,641 Sequel to 1994's The Mask
2005 The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D Original Robert Rodriguez Dimension Films/\nColumbia Pictures $69,425,967 Comedy, family film
2005 Batman Begins DC Comics Christopher Nolan Warner Bros. $374,218,673 Reboot of the Batman film franchise
2005 Fantastic Four Marvel Comics Tim Story 20th Century Fox $330,579,719
2005 Man-Thing Marvel Comics Brett Leonard Cinemax Direct-to-video
2005 Sky High Original Mike Mitchell Walt Disney Pictures $86,369,815 Comedy, family film
2005 V for Vendetta DC Comics/Vertigo James McTeigue Warner Bros. $132,511,035
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand Marvel Comics Brett Ratner 20th Century Fox $459,359,555 Sequel to 2003's X2: X-Men United
2006 Superman Returns DC Comics Bryan Singer Warner Bros. $391,081,192 Alternative sequel to 1980's Superman II
2006 Lightspeed Original Don E. FauntLeRoy Nu Image Films Direct-to-video Created by Stan Lee
2006 Zoom Original Peter Hewitt Sony Pictures $12,506,188
2007 Ghost Rider Marvel Comics Mark Steven Johnson Columbia Pictures $228,738,393
2007 Spider-Man 3 Marvel Comics Sam Raimi Columbia Pictures $890,871,626 Sequel to 2004's Spider-Man 2
2007 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Marvel Comics Tim Story 20th Century Fox $289,047,763 Sequel to 2005's Fantastic Four
2007 Underdog Various Frederik Du Chau Walt Disney Pictures $65,270,477
2008 Superhero Movie Original Craig Mazin Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $71,237,351 Spoof film
2008 Iron Man Marvel Comics Jon Favreau Paramount Pictures $585,174,222
2008 Wanted Top Cow Productions Timur Bekmambetov Universal Pictures $341,433,252
2008 The Incredible Hulk Marvel Comics Louis Leterrier Universal Studios $263,427,551 Reboot of the Hulk film franchise
2008 Hancock Original Peter Berg Columbia Pictures $624,386,746 Comedy-drama
2008 Hellboy II: The Golden Army Dark Horse Comics Guillermo del Toro Universal Studios $160,388,063 Sequel to 2004's Hellboy
2008 The Dark Knight DC Comics Christopher Nolan Warner Bros. $1,004,558,444 Sequel to 2005's Batman Begins
2008 Punisher: War Zone Marvel Comics Lexi Alexander Lionsgate $10,100,036 Reboot of The Punisher film franchise
2008 The Spirit DC Comics Frank Miller Lionsgate $39,031,337
2009 Watchmen DC Comics Zack Snyder Warner Bros. $185,258,983
2009 Push Original Paul McGuigan Summit Entertainment $48,808,215
2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine Marvel Comics Gavin Hood 20th Century Fox $373,062,864 Prequel to the X-Men film trilogy
2009 Defendor Original Peter Stebbings Sony Pictures, Darius Films, Alliance Films $44,462
2010 Kick-Ass Icon Comics/Marvel Comics Matthew Vaughn Lionsgate $96,188,903
2010 Super Original James Gunn IFC Films / StudioCanal $327,716 IFC's most successful VOD film so far
2010 Iron Man 2 Marvel Comics Jon Favreau Paramount Pictures $623,933,331 Sequel to 2008's Iron Man
2010 Jonah Hex DC Comics Jimmy Hayward Warner Bros. $10,903,312
2011 The Green Hornet Holyoke Publishing/\nNOW Comics Michel Gondry Columbia Pictures $227,817,248
2011 Thor Marvel Comics Kenneth Branagh Paramount Pictures $449,326,618
2011 X-Men: First Class Marvel Comics Matthew Vaughn 20th Century Fox $353,624,124 Prequel to the X-Men film trilogy
2011 Green Lantern DC Comics Martin Campbell Warner Bros. $219,851,172
2011 Vs Original Jason Trost Image Entertainment
2011 Captain America: The First Avenger Marvel Comics Joe Johnston Paramount Pictures $370,569,774 Reboot of the Captain America film franchise
2012 Chronicle Original Josh Trank 20th Century Fox $126,636,097 Superhero movie in the 'found-footage' genre
2012 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Marvel Comics Neveldine/Taylor Columbia Pictures $132,563,930 Sequel to 2007's Ghost Rider
2012 The Avengers Marvel Comics Joss Whedon Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures $1,518,594,910 In continuity with 2008's Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, 2010's Iron Man 2,\nand 2011's Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger
2012 The Amazing Spider-Man Marvel Comics Marc Webb Columbia Pictures $752,216,557 Reboot of the Spider-Man film franchise
2012 The Dark Knight Rises DC Comics Christopher Nolan Warner Bros. $1,084,439,099 Sequel to 2008's The Dark Knight
2012 Dredd Rebellion Developments Pete Travis Lionsgate $35,626,525 Reboot of the Judge Dredd film franchise
2013 Iron Man 3 Marvel Comics Shane Black Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures $1,215,439,994 Sequel to 2010's Iron Man 2
2013 Man of Steel DC Comics Zack Snyder Warner Bros. $668,045,518 Reboot of the Superman film franchise
2013 R.I.P.D. Dark Horse Comics Robert Schwentke Universal Pictures $78,324,220
2013 The Wolverine Marvel Comics James Mangold 20th Century Fox $414,828,246 Sequel to the X-Men film trilogy
2013 Kick-Ass 2 Marvel Comics Jeff Wadlow Universal Studios $59,556,104 Sequel to 2010's Kick-Ass
2013 Super Buddies Original Robert Vince Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Direct to Video 7th installment in the Air Buddies franchise
2013 Thor: The Dark World Marvel Comics Alan Taylor Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures $629,972,697 Sequel to 2011's Thor
2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier Marvel Comics Anthony and Joseph Russo Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Sequel to 2011's Captain America: The First Avenger
2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Marvel Comics Marc Webb Columbia Pictures Sequel to 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man
2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past Marvel Comics Bryan Singer 20th Century Fox Sequel to 2011's X-Men: First Class and the X-Men film trilogy
2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirage Comics Jonathan Liebesman Paramount Pictures Reboot of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film franchise
2014 Guardians of the Galaxy Marvel Comics James Gunn Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2015 The Fantastic Four Marvel Comics Josh Trank 20th Century Fox Reboot of the Fantastic Four film franchise
2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron Marvel Comics Joss Whedon Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Sequel to 2012's The Avengers
2015 Ant-Man Marvel Comics Edgar Wright Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2016 Third Captain America film Marvel Comics Anthony and Joseph Russo Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Sequel to 2014's Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2016 Untitled Man of Steel sequel DC Comics Zack Snyder Warner Bros. Pictures Crossover team up with Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman; sequel to 2013's Man of Steel;
2016 X-Men: Apocalypse Marvel Comics Bryan Singer 20th Century Fox Sequel to X-Men: Days of Future Past
2016 The Amazing Spider-Man 3 Marvel Comics Columbia Pictures Sequel to 2014's The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2017 Untitled The Wolverine Sequel Marvel Comics 20th Century Fox Sequel to The Wolverine
2017 Untitled The Fantastic Four Sequel Marvel Comics 20th Century Fox Sequel to the reboot of the Fantastic Four film franchise
2018 The Amazing Spider-Man 4 Marvel Comics Columbia Pictures Sequel to 2016's The Amazing Spider-Man 3
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