4. Percy Jackson Percy Jackson & the Olympians (also known as Percy Jackson ) is a two-film series based on the novel series of the same name by the author Rick Riordan . The series was distributed by 20th Century Fox , produced by 1492 Pictures and consists of two installments. The first film, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010), was directed by Chris Columbus and was released on February 12, 2010. The second installment, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters , was originally intended to be released in March 2013 but was instead pushed back to August 7, 2013, and was directed by Thor Freudenthal . While the film series was intended to match the five novel book series, and the second film laid the foundation for a third film, further films were never produced. The shortened series has grossed nearly $430 million at the worldwide box office. Th...