#1
Avatar — $2.92 billion
James Cameron's effects-driven sci-fi epic briefly lost the top spot to Avengers: Endgame in 2019, then reclaimed it after a 2021 re-release in Chinese theaters pushed its total back into first place.[1]
Box office numbers, adjusted for hype — worldwide theatrical gross, not adjusted for inflation. Only seven films in history have ever crossed $2 billion.
| Rank | Film | Worldwide gross | Studio |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avatar (2009) | $2.92B | Disney |
| 2 | Avengers: Endgame (2019) | $2.80B | Disney |
| 3 | Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) | $2.32B | Disney |
| 4 | Titanic (1997) | $2.26B | Paramount |
| 5 | Ne Zha 2 (2025) | $2.22B | Beijing Enlight Pictures |
| 6 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) | $2.07B | Disney |
| 7 | Avengers: Infinity War (2018) | $2.05B | Disney |
| 8 | Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) | $1.92B | Sony |
| 9 | Inside Out 2 (2024) | $1.70B | Disney |
| 10 | Jurassic World (2015) | $1.67B | Universal |
| 11 | The Lion King (2019) | $1.66B | Disney |
| 12 | The Avengers (2012) | $1.52B | Disney |
| 13 | Furious 7 (2015) | $1.52B | Universal |
| 14 | Top Gun: Maverick (2022) | $1.49B | Paramount |
| 15 | Frozen II (2019) | $1.45B | Disney |
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James Cameron's effects-driven sci-fi epic briefly lost the top spot to Avengers: Endgame in 2019, then reclaimed it after a 2021 re-release in Chinese theaters pushed its total back into first place.[1]
The fastest film ever to cross $1 billion, hitting the mark in just five days. It capped off 22 interconnected Marvel films released over 11 years.[1]
Arriving 13 years after the original, it proved Avatar's box office power wasn't a one-off — becoming only the third film ever to cross $2 billion.[1]
Held the all-time #1 spot for 12 straight years until Avatar dethroned it in 2010 — and it's still adding to its total, thanks to periodic theatrical re-releases decades after 1997.[1]
A Chinese animated film based on the mythological figure Nezha, it became the first non-Hollywood film and the first animated film ever to cross $2 billion — almost entirely on the strength of the domestic Chinese box office.[2]