How Many Underworld Movies Are There? All 5 Films

There are five Underworld movies, and all five are main saga films with no theatrical spin-offs: Underworld (2003), Underworld: Evolution, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, Underworld: Awakening and Underworld: Blood Wars. The first reached US theaters on September 19, 2003, and the last opened in Australia on December 1, 2016 before reaching the US on January 6, 2017. Kate Beckinsale plays the vampire Death Dealer Selene in four of the five, and the whole run sits inside the wider Underworld movies hub.

Underworld (2003), directed by Len Wiseman, sets up the hidden war between vampires and Lycans (werewolves). Selene notices the Lycans following a human medical resident named Michael Corvin, played by Scott Speedman, and her investigation puts her at odds with Kraven, the vampire leading the coven while the elders are away. Bill Nighy plays Viktor and Michael Sheen plays Lucian. The film cost $22 million and took roughly $96 million worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo and The Numbers.

Underworld: Evolution (2006), also directed by Len Wiseman, picks up with Selene and Michael on the run. Kraven hunts them while the ancient Marcus Corvinus, played by Tony Curran, wakes early, and Derek Jacobi appears as Alexander Corvinus. The story reaches back centuries to a raid on a werewolf village, where William Corvinus, the first werewolf, is captured and locked away, which is the root of the Corvinus bloodline. Evolution cost $45 million and grossed about $111 million worldwide.

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) is the prequel, set long before the first film. Patrick Tatopoulos directs, and Screen Daily reports it was his first feature as director, with Wiseman producing and the shoot based largely in New Zealand. Viktor keeps a line of enslaved Lycans, and Lucian, a Lycan who can take human form, falls in love with Viktor's daughter Sonja, played by Rhona Mitra. That bond between vampire and Lycan is forbidden, and it drives the film. It cost $35 million and made about $92 million worldwide.

Underworld: Awakening (2012), directed by Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein, jumps forward to a world where humans know vampires and Lycans exist and have started a violent purge to wipe out both. Selene and Michael are captured, Selene is frozen in a cryogenic tank, and she wakes many years later in a lab to a changed world. There she meets a young girl who turns out to be her daughter Eve, played by India Eisley, while Theo James plays David. It is the most expensive of the five at $70 million and the highest earner at about $160 million worldwide.

Underworld: Blood Wars (2016), directed by Anna Foerster, finds the vampire covens close to being wiped out by Lycans who are now led by Marius, played by Tobias Menzies. Both sides want Selene: the vampires want revenge for Viktor's death, and Marius wants help finding Eve, whose blood could let him build an army of hybrids. Semira (Lara Pulver) persuades the Eastern Coven council to pardon Selene if she trains its young Death Dealers, though the offer is a trap. The Czech Film Commission lists the production as shot in the Czech Republic. It cost $35 million and is the lowest grosser of the five at about $81 million worldwide.

The release order is Underworld (2003), Evolution, Rise of the Lycans, Awakening and Blood Wars, while the chronological order moves Rise of the Lycans to the front and leaves the rest unchanged. It could be argued that release order is the safer first watch, because the prequel reuses Viktor, Lucian and Kraven and reads best once you know who they become. The full breakdown, with a line on each film, is on the Underworld movies in order page, and the Underworld timeline lays out the story events one by one.

The Underworld series was a financial success on the numbers: every one of the five films grossed more than double its budget worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo and The Numbers. Awakening leads at about $160 million on a $70 million budget, and Blood Wars finished lowest at about $81 million, though it still returned more than twice its $35 million cost. Domestic grosses of Evolution and Awakening are almost level at just over $62 million each. The full table, with international figures, is on the Underworld box office page.

No sixth Underworld movie is confirmed: there is no title, cast, studio announcement or release date, and the last film remains Blood Wars. ComicBook.com reported in September 2023 that Len Wiseman said a future for Underworld was in the works and that the project he meant was a TV series, not a new film. CBR reported in January 2026 that Beckinsale said she will not return as Selene, naming the rights holders as people she could not work with. Both items are reported, not announced, and the latest status is tracked on the Underworld 6 page.

As of November 3, 2026, JustWatch data via TMDB lists all five films on Amazon Prime Video in the UK and on Stan in Australia. In the US, the first four films stream on Starz or its channel add ons, and Blood Wars streams on Netflix. Streaming lineups shift often, so check the where to watch Underworld page for the current list. For the people behind the films, see the Underworld cast and Underworld characters pages, and for Selene's rivals and allies, the guide to Underworld vampires and Lycans.

If you want opinions on the films, the Underworld movies ranked page picks a favorite and gives reasons, and the Underworld soundtrack, Underworld reviews and Underworld merchandise pages cover the rest. If you are ready to start watching, begin with the Underworld movies in order page.