Sony and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office in five days earlier this month, becoming the second fastest film in history to hit the milestone, behind 2019’s Avengers: Endgame. Christopher Nolan’s epic, The Odyssey, also sailed into the billion-dollar threshold, making this a great year for Universal releases.
They join this year’s Lionsgate and Universal’s Michael, which passed the $1 billion mark to set a record as the most successful biopic in history and mark a historic first for Lionsgate, as well as Universal, Illumination, and Nintendo’s animated sequel The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which reached the milestone in early June. Together, these releases continue to expand the exclusive club of films to reach the $1 billion club, alongside 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie and 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home.
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Among the elite list of billion-dollar-grossing films are sequels, Disney remakes and iconic franchises such as Star Wars, Avatar, James Bond, The Lord of the Rings, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Harry Potter, The Fast & The Furious, Jurassic Park, The Dark Knight, Transformers and Disney and Pixar toons.
The 2023 summer smash Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, propelled Greta Gerwig into the rankings as the first solo female director to reach the 10-digit milestone. Jennifer Lee hit the billion level with Disney’s Frozen II (2019), co-directing alongside Chris Buck.
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Here’s a look at all of the films that have achieved this remarkable box office milestone.
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1. AVENGERS: ENDGAME, 2019 – $2,926,896,227
Image Credit: Walt Disney/Marvel Studios /Everett Collection Directed by Anthony Russo & Joe Russo; starring Scarlett Johansson, Danai Gurira, Don Cheadle, Brie Larson, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Karen Gillan, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner and Paul Rudd
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2. AVATAR, 2009 – $2,923,710,708
Image Credit: 20th Century Fox. All rights reserved/Courtesy Everett Collection Directed by James Cameron; starring Zoe Saldana & Sam Worthington; released in 2009
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3. SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY – $2,506,719,628 (through October 9)
Image Credit: Sony Pictures Releasing Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, starring Tom Holland as Spider-Man, Zendaya, Sadie Sink, Mark Ruffalo and Jon Bernthal.
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4. AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER, 2022 – $2,334,484,620
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Everett Collection Directed by James Cameron; voice cast includes Sigourney Weaver, Zoe Saldana, Jamie Flatters, Britain Dalton and Sam Worthington
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5. NE ZHA 2, 2025 – $2,260,176,370
Image Credit: CMC Pictures Directed by Yang Yu aka Jiaozi; starring the voices of Joseph and Mo Han
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*Estimated box office based on exchange rates
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6. TITANIC, 1997 – $2,264,812,968
Image Credit: 20th Century Fox Film/Everett Collection. Directed by James Cameron; starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet
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7. STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS,, 2015 – $$2,071,310,218
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Lucasfilm Ltd./Everett Collection Directed by J.J. Abrams; starring John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Max von Sydow
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8. AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR, 2018 – $2,052,415,039
Image Credit: Marvel /Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures /Everett Collection Directed by Anthony Russo & Joe Russo; starring Danai Gurira, Chadwick Boseman, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan
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9. SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, 2021 – $1,921,426,073
Image Credit: Sony Pictures Releasing / Marvel Entertainment / Everett Collection Directed by Jon Watts; starring Zendaya and Tom Holland
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10. ZOOTOPIA 2, 2025 – $1,870,309,291
Image Credit: Disney Directed by Byron Howard and Jared Bush; starring the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Ke Huy Quan, Fortune Feimster, Andy Samberg, David Straithairn, Shakira, Idris Elba, Patrick Warburtno and Quinta Brunson
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11. THE ODYSSEY, 2026 – $1,771,960,352 (through October 9)
Image Credit: Universal Pictures Directed by Christopher Nolan; starring Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Samantha Morton, Zendaya and Charlize Theron
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12. INSIDE OUT 2, 2024 – $1,698,863,816
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Kelsey Mann and Meg LeFauve; starring the voices of Amy Poehler and Maya Hawke
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13. JURASSIC WORLD, 2015 – $1,671,537,444
Image Credit: Universal Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Colin Trevorrow; starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins and Judy Greer
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14. THE LION KING, 2019 – $1,662,020,819
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Everett Collection Directed by Jon Favreau; featuring the voices of John Oliver, JD McCrary, Donald Glover, Beyoncé, Seth Rogen and Chiwetel Ejiofor
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15. THE AVENGERS, 2012 – $1,520,538,536
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Everett Collection Directed by Joss Whedon; starring Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo
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16. FURIOUS 7, 2015 – $1,515,342,457
Image Credit: Scott Garfield/©Universal Directed by James Wan; starring Vin Diesel, Dominic Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham
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17. TOP GUN: MAVERICK, 2022 – $1,503,260,455
Image Credit: Paramount Pictures / Everett Collection Directed by Joseph Kosinski; starring Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller and Val Kilmer
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18. AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH, 2025 – $1,485,999,890
Image Credit: 20th Century Studios Directed by James Cameron; starring Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldaña
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19. FROZEN II, 2019 – $1,453,683,476
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Everett Collection Directed by Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee; starring the voices Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff, Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell
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20. BARBIE, 2023 – $1,446,938,421
Image Credit: Warner Bros. / Everett Collection Directed by Greta Gerwig; starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling
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21. AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON, 2015 – $1,405,018,048
Directed by Joss Whedon; starring Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson and Chris Evans
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22. THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE, 2023 – $1,360,783,214
Image Credit: Universal Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Pierre Leduc and Fabien Polack; starring the voices Chris Pratt and Anya Taylor-Joy
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23. BLACK PANTHER, 2018 – $1,349,926,083
Image Credit: Marvel / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures /Everett Collection Directed by Ryan Coogler; starring Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Sterling K. Brown, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker and Andy Serkis
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24. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2, 2011 – $1,342,945,821
Image Credit: Warner Bros./Everett Collection Directed by David Yates; starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint
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25. DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE (aka DEADPOOL AND WOLVERINE, aka DEADPOOL 3), 2024 – $1,338,073,645
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Directed by Shawn Levy; starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman
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26. STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI, (aka STAR WARS: EPISODE VIII – THE LAST JEDI), 2017 – $1,334,407,706
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Lucasfilm Ltd. /Everett Collection Directed by Rian Johnson; starring John Boyega, Gwendoline Christie, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Kelly Marie Tran, Laura Dern and Benicio del Toro
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27. JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM, 2018 – $1,308,566,455
Image Credit: Universal/courtesy Everett Collection Directed by J.A. Bayona; starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rafe Spall & Justice Smith
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28. FROZEN, 2013 – $1,284,879,663
Image Credit: Walt Disney Pictures/Everett Collection Directed by Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee; starring the voices of Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff and Josh Gad
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29. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, 2017 – $1,266,115,964
Image Credit: Walt Disney Pictures / Everett Collection Directed by Bill Condon; starring Dan Stevens, Emma Watson, Luke Evans and Josh Gad
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30. INCREDIBLES 2, 2018 – $1,243,225,667
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Everett Collection Directed by Brad Bird; starring the voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Huck Milner and Sarah Vowell
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31. THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS, 2017 – $1,236,009,236
Image Credit: Matt Kennedy. ©Universal Studios/Everett Collection Directed by F. Gary Gray; starring Michelle Rodriguez, Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Scott Eastwood, Nathalie Emmanuel, Elsa Pataky, Kurt Russell and Charlize Theron
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32. IRON MAN 3, 2013 – $1,215,577,205
Image Credit: Walt Disney Pictures/Everett Collection Directed by Shane Black; starring Robert Downey Jr.
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33. MINIONS, 2015 – $1,159,457,503
Image Credit: Universal Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin; starring the voices of Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton and Allison Janney
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34. CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR, 2016 – $1,155,046,416
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo; starring Chris Evans
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35. AQUAMAN, 2018 – $1,152,028,393
Image Credit: Warner Bros./courtesy Everett Collection Directed by James Wan; starring Jason Momoa, Amber Heard and Willem Dafoe
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36: TOY STORY 5, 2026 – $1,148,032,461
Image Credit: Disney Directed by McKenna Harris & Andrew Styanton; starring the voices of Joan Cusack, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Conan O’Brien, Greta Lee and others
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37. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING, 2003 – $1,138,063,541
Image Credit: New Line/courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Peter Jackson; starring Elijah Wood, Andy Serkis and Sean Astin
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38. SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME, 2019 – $1,132,723,226
Image Credit: Jay Maidment/Columbia Pictures/Marvel /courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Jon Watts; starring Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zendaya and Samuel L. Jackson
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39. CAPTAIN MARVEL, 2019 – $1,131,416,446
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Marvel/Everett Collection Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck; starring Brie Larson
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40. TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON, 2011 – $1,123,794,079
Image Credit: Jamie Trueblood/Paramount Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Michael Bay; starring Shia LeBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Josh Duhamel
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41 SKYFALL, 2012 – $1,108,594,137
Image Credit: Francois Duhamel/Columbia Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Sam Mendes; starring Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem and Ralph Fiennes
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42. TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION, 2014 – $1,105,261,713
Image Credit: Industrial Light & Magic/Paramount Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Michael Bay; starring Bingbing Li, Stanley Tucci, Jack Reynor and Mark Wahlberg
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43. JURASSIC PARK, 1993 – $1,103,136,596
Image Credit: Murray Close/Universal Studios/Everett Collection Directed by Steven Spielberg; Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum and Richard Attenborough
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44. THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, 2012 – $1,085,429,692
Image Credit: Ron Phillips/Warner Bros./Courtesy Everett Collect Directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale and Tom Hardy
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45. JOKER, 2019 – $1,078,958,629
Image Credit: Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros./Everett Collection Directed by Todd Phillips; starring Joaquin Phoenix
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46. STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, (aka STAR WARS: EPISODE IX), 2019 – $1,077,022,372
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Lucasfilm/Everett Collection Directed by J.J. Abrams; starring Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac as and John Boyega
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47. TOY STORY 4, 2019 – $1,073,841,394
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture /Everett Collection Directed by Josh Cooley; starring the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Joan Cusack, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Estelle Harris, Blake Clark, Jeff Pidgeon, Bonnie Hunt, Jeff Garlin, Kristen Schaal and Timothy Dalton
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48. TOY STORY 3, 2010 – $1,067,316,101
Image Credit: Buena Vista Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Lee Unkrich; starring the voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen
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49. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST, 2006 – $1,066,179,747
Image Credit: Walt Disney Directed by Gore Verbinski; starring Johnny Depp
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50. MOANA 2, 2024 – $1,059,242,164
Image Credit: Disney Directed by David G. Derrick Jr., Jason Hand and Dana Ledoux Miller; starring the voices of Auliʻi Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Hualālai Chung, Rose Matafeo and David Fane
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51. ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY, 2016 – $1,058,684,742
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Lucasfilm Ltd. /Everett Collection Directed by Gareth Edwards; starring Felicity Jones and Diego Luna
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52. ALADDIN, 2019 – $1,054,304,000
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Directed by Guy Ritchie; starring Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott and Will Smith
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53. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES, 2011 – $1,046,721,266
Image Credit: Peter Mountain/Walt Disney Pictures/verett Collection Directed by Rob Marshall; starring Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz
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54. STAR WARS: EPISODE I – THE PHANTOM MENACE, 1999 – $1,046,515,409
Image Credit: Everett Collection Directed by George Lucas; starring Natalie Portman, Liam Neeson, Jake Lloyd and Ewan McGregor
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55. LILO & STITCH, 2025 – $1,038,027,526
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp; starring
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56. DESPICABLE ME 3, 2017 – $1,034,800,131
Image Credit: Universal Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin; starring the voice of Steve Carell
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57. HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE, 2001 – $1,034,720,602
Image Credit: Everett Collection Directed by Chris Columbus; starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint
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58. FINDING DORY, 2016 – $1,029,266,989
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Everett Collection Directed by Andrew Stanton; starring the voice of Ellen DeGeneres
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59. MICHAEL, 2026 – $1,016,068,388
Image Credit: Lionsgate Directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Jaafar Jackson as Michael Jackson
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60. ZOOTOPIA, 2016 – $1,025,521,689
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Everett Collection Directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore; starring the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman
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61. ALICE IN WONDERLAND, 2010 – $1,025,468,216
Image Credit: Walt Disney Pictures/Everett Collection Directed by Tim Burton; starring Anne Hathaway and Johnny Depp
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62. THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, 2012 – $1,017,453,991
Image Credit: James Fisher/Warner Bros. Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Peter Jackson; starring William Kircher, Graham McTavish, Martin Freeman, James Nesbitt and John Callen
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63. THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE, 2026 – $1,012,608,467
Image Credit: Nintendo/Universal/Illumination Directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic; featuring the voices of Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Benny Safdie, Donald Glover, Issa Rae, Luis Guzmán, Kevin Michael Richardson, Brie Larson, Glen Powell
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64. THE DARK KNIGHT, 2008 – $1,008,480,529
Image Credit: Warner Bros./Everett Collection Directed by Christopher Nolan; starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger
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65. JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION, 2022 – $1,001,978,080
Image Credit: John Wilson/Universal Pictures/Everett Collection Directed by Colin Trevorrow; starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt, Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Isabella Sermon and DeWanda Wise
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Proof that just because a movie makes a ton of money, it doesn’t mean it’s any good.
Avatar $4.57 Billion in today’s dollars
Im not a movie person or someone who watches in theatres but having been born in 1967 I grew up with Michael, The bee gees and ABBA. This is by far the best movie I have ever watched. Normally after half an hour or so I would have to have a break from watching. I didn’t leave my seat for the entire movie. I fell in love with Jafaar and it was reliving my teenage years all over again. Jafaar’s uncanny resemblance of Michael just blew my mind. I have watched it twice at the theatre and will watch it again if it comes out on dvd.
will be interesting to see The Odyssey creep up this chart in the coming weeks. Somewhere in the twenties seems a good end point.
And if Gone with the Wind was adjusted for inflation? Where would it be on this list?
Rocky Horror Picture?