The Super Hero Squad

The Super Hero Squad is a 2013 animated superhero film based on the animated series of the same name. The film is based off of the Korvac Saga, a storyline from the Avengers comic books, and picks up where the show left off.

Released theatrically on September 27, 2013, the film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the animation and voice cast but criticized the story from being derivative of its source material, but was a box office success, grossing $54 million on a budget of $15 million. A sequel, Super Hero Squad Strikes Back, was announced, but has since stalled in development hell.

Box office
The Super Hero Squad grossed $29 million in the United States and Canada and $24 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $54 million against a budget of $15 million.

Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 38% based on 184 reviews, with an average rating of 5.1/10. The site's consensus reads, "The Super Hero Squad may please kiddies, but for more mature audiences, you're better off watching the live-action Marvel films instead." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 42 out of 100, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B-" on a scale of A+ to F.