The 65 Movies That Have Made More Than $1 Billion At The Global Box Office
Sony and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office in five days this year, 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 Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 5 and 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
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
Directed by James Cameron; starring Zoe Saldana & Sam Worthington; released in 2009
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3. SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY – $2,519,500,371 (through October 29)
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
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
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
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
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
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
Directed by Jon Watts; starring Zendaya and Tom Holland
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10. ZOOTOPIA 2, 2025 – $1,870,309,291
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 – $1,796,079,998 (through October 28)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Directed by James Cameron; starring Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldaña
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19. FROZEN II, 2019 – $1,453,683,476
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Directed by Shane Black; starring Robert Downey Jr.
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33. MINIONS, 2015 – $1,159,457,503
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
Directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo; starring Chris Evans
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35. AQUAMAN, 2018 – $1,152,028,393
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
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
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
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
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
Directed by Michael Bay; starring Shia LeBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Josh Duhamel
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41 SKYFALL, 2012 – $1,108,594,137
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
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
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
Directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale and Tom Hardy
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45. JOKER, 2019 – $1,078,958,629
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
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
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
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
Directed by Gore Verbinski; starring Johnny Depp
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50. MOANA 2, 2024 – $1,059,242,164
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
Directed by Gareth Edwards; starring Felicity Jones and Diego Luna
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52. ALADDIN, 2019 – $1,054,304,000
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
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
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
Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp; starring
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56. DESPICABLE ME 3, 2017 – $1,034,800,131
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
Directed by Chris Columbus; starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint
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58. FINDING DORY, 2016 – $1,029,266,989
Directed by Andrew Stanton; starring the voice of Ellen DeGeneres
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59. MICHAEL, 2026 – $1,016,068,388
Directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Jaafar Jackson as Michael Jackson
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60. ZOOTOPIA, 2016 – $1,025,521,689
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
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
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
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
Directed by Christopher Nolan; starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger
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65. JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION, 2022 – $1,001,978,080
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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