Only 62 movies have ever hit $1 billion at the box office — here they all are

Worldwide gross: $1,001,978,080

Poor reviews didn't extremity group from seeing the 3rd "Jurassic World" outing.

It took complete 3 months, but "Jurassic World Dominion" crossed $1 cardinal worldwide. The sequel apt crossed the number acknowledgment successful portion to the original "Jurassic Park" formed returning to the large surface and teaming up pinch the newer "Jurassic World" formed successful this entry.

Worldwide gross: $1,008,287,756

Back successful July of 2008, group began speculating that Christopher Nolan's "Batman Begins" sequel starring Heath Ledger arsenic the Joker mightiness person the box-office powerfulness to group a world record.  "There are moreover whispers starting whether 'Dark Knight' tin hit the unthinkable worldwide numbers posted by the all-time $1.8 cardinal benchmark of 'Titanic,'" Deadline reported.

At the time, the movie collapsed respective box-office records, including highest-grossing opening weekend, highest Friday midnight showings, and highest-opening time record. "TDK" went connected to go the highest-grossing movie of 2008.

The film's successful viral trading campaign and box-office capacity really group the barroom for what a superhero movie could be. Many see it a blueprint for the occurrence of superhero movies that came afterwards. Unfortunately, alternatively of DC catapulting into the stratosphere from present connected out, Marvel took the lead, appearing connected this database 10 times compared to DC's four.

Worldwide gross: $1,011,157,101

"Galaxy" marks the first $1 billion-plus earner of 2026.

Following the deed original, 2023's "The Super Mario Bros. Movie," which you'll find further down this list, Nintendo and Universal teamed up for a sequel that expands the Mario Bros. universe.

Now that some "Mario" movies person crossed the $1 cardinal mark, the franchise is connected its measurement to becoming 1 of the astir lucrative animated bid successful Hollywood.

Worldwide gross: $1,016,068,388

"Michael," which stars Michael Jackson's nephew Jaafar arsenic the King of Pop, is now the highest-grossing biopic of each time.

Worldwide gross: $1,017,453,991

When Peter Jackson's first "Hobbit" movie crossed the $1 cardinal mark, it looked for illustration a bully indication that the consequent 2 sequels would execute arsenic well, if not better, astatine the container office.

But neither of the 2nd 2 "Hobbit" films coiled up crossing that box-office landmark. Both "The Desolation of Smaug" and "Battle of the Five Armies" grossed astir $960,000,000 each.

Worldwide gross: $1,023,924,909

Pixar does it again!

The beloved animation workplace released different memorable communicative from the "Toy Story" franchise successful the summertime of 2026. This time, Woody, Buzz, Jessie, and the remainder of the pack person to look their biggest title yet: The tablet.

Worldwide gross: $1,025,468,216

When Tim Burton's return connected the original Disney classical deed $1 cardinal astatine the container agency successful 2010, it was only the sixth ever movie to do so. In the years since, much than 20 different films person joined the nine — but the sequel to this live-action "Alice In Wonderland" was not among them. 2016's "Alice Through the Looking Glass" grossed complete $299 cardinal worldwide. 

Worldwide gross: $1,025,521,689

"Zootopia" became a astonishment deed for Walt Disney Animation. At the time, it group a grounds for the biggest animated March opening play of each time.

Worldwide gross: $1,028,496,499

Nineteen years aft its first 2001 release, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" managed to transverse the $1 cardinal people only aft it was fixed a theatrical re-release successful China.

Deadline reported that the movie had grossed $13.6 cardinal complete the people of three-days aft it was released successful theaters pinch a "remastered 4K 3D" version. It's the 2nd movie successful the "Harry Potter" franchise to gross much than $1 billion. 

Worldwide gross: $1,029,266,989

Moviegoers flocked backmost to theaters successful the summertime of 2016 for Disney Pixar's "Finding Nemo" sequel. It was the 2nd animated characteristic of 2016 to walk the $1 cardinal people ("Zootopia" is the other).

At the time, the box-office numbers besides made "Finding Dory" the 5th highest-grossing animated movie of each time. 

Worldwide gross: $1,034,800,131

"Despicable Me 3" was a sleeper deed of 2017. With the return of Gru, Lucy, and of people the Minions, this is the 2nd movie successful the franchise to gross complete 1 cardinal dollars. The preamble of "South Park" co-creator Trey Parker arsenic a caller villain was a smart move.

Worldwide gross: $1,038,027,526

Disney's live-action remake genre followed the dud of "Snow White" pinch this awesome success.

Along pinch hitting the cardinal mark, the movie besides collapsed the Memorial Day opening play container agency grounds pinch $341.7 cardinal worldwide.

Worldwide gross: $1,046,515,409

"The Phantom Menace" was the first "Star Wars" movie to gain $1 billion, thanks to its 3D re-release successful theaters 13 years aft the original debut. Without that 2nd surge of summons purchases, the movie would person stayed nether $1 cardinal on pinch the original 3 movies.

Worldwide gross: $1,046,721,266

There are 4 full "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies successful the franchise — and 2 of them person joined the billion-dollar club. "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" sits down the "Dead Man's Chest" installment of this Disney franchise.

Worldwide gross: $1,054,304,000

Like galore of the Disney live-action versions of animated classics, "Aladdin" did very good astatine the container office. "Aladdin" became 1 of Disney's record-breaking 7 movies to hit $1 cardinal successful 2019.

Worldwide gross: $1,058,684,742

"Rogue One" cemented its spot successful the "Star Wars" franchise by raking successful $1 cardinal conscionable 39 days aft its world release. The spinoff became the 4th and last movie of 2016 to make $1 cardinal astatine the container office. All 4 billion-dollar movies of 2016 were Disney releases.

Worldwide gross: $1,059,242,164

In the sequel, Moana and Maui reunite to reconnect the group of the water by seeking retired a mislaid island.

Worldwide gross: $1,066,179,747

Back successful 2006, erstwhile the sequel to Disney's "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl" deed theaters, it took conscionable 3 months for the movie to make $1 cardinal astatine the container office. At that time, it was the 3rd ever movie to do so.

Worldwide gross: $1,067,316,101

The 3rd movie successful the "Toy Story" franchise crossed the $1 cardinal people successful 2010 and made Disney history arsenic Pixar's highest-grossing movie of each time. The occurrence of "Toy Story 3" helped push a 4th movie into Disney's animated movie plan.

Worldwide gross: $1,073,841,394

With "Toy Story 4" besides crossing this milestone, Disney became the first movie workplace to create 7 billion-dollar movies successful a azygous year. The movie joined its Disney comrades "Captain Marvel," "Aladdin," "Avengers: Endgame," "The Lion King," "Frozen II," and "The Rise of Skywalker."

CEO Bob Iger precocious announced a 5th "Toy Story" movie is successful the works.

Worldwide gross: $1,077,022,372

The ninth section successful the "Star Wars" Skywalker saga, "The Rise of Skywalker," crossed the $1 cardinal people connected Tuesday, January 14.

As reported by Variety, it took this movie 28 days to deed this milestone, while "The Force Awakens" did it successful 12 days and "The Last Jedi" managed it successful 19 days.

Worldwide gross: $1,078,958,629

This DC comic movie is the first R-rated movie to ever make $1 cardinal astatine the container office. Deadline announced the milestone, which came astir six weeks aft the movie premiered worldwide.

Marvel's "Deadpool" prima Ryan Reynolds snarkily congratulated "Joker" connected becoming the highest-grossing R-rated movie of each time.

Worldwide gross: $1,085,199,115

Christopher Nolan's follow-up to "The Dark Knight" had became the 13th movie successful history to scope $1 cardinal successful 2012. This accomplishment was remarkable, particularly fixed concerns that the movie's occurrence would beryllium dampened aft the Aurora theatre shooting took place during a midnight screening of the film.

Worldwide gross: 1,103,096,466

Similar to "The Phantom Menace," a 3D re-release is responsible for putting "Jurassic Park" complete the separator and into the $1 cardinal club. "Jurassic Park" wasn't primitively released successful China successful 1993, according to a study from The Wrap. But the 20th day world re-release included China — and the quality successful summons income showed.

A fewer much pandemic re-releases successful 2020 and 2022 helped nonstop it up the floor plan moreover more.

Worldwide gross: $1,105,261,713

Ah yes, the unstoppable box-office powerfulness of the "Transformers" franchise. According to The Wrap, "Age of Extinction" (the 4th movie) was made specifically pinch world audiences successful mind — and it paid off. Almost a third of the full box-office gross came from China alone.

Worldwide gross: $1,108,594,137

At the clip of its release, "Skyfall" was Sony's highest-grossing movie worldwide and the first Bond movie to surpass $1 cardinal astatine the container office. It became the second highest-grossing movie of 2012 (behind "Avengers").

It besides helped that Adele recorded a banger of a taxable opus for the film, which won the Academy Award for champion original song.

Worldwide gross: $1,123,794,079

The 3rd "Transformers" movie was Paramount's first film to scope $1 cardinal astatine the container office. Similar to "Age of Extinction," the boost successful summons income came mostly from world movie audiences. This was the past "Transformers" movie which starred Shia LaBeouf. 

Worldwide gross: $1,131,416,446

And present we statesman pinch the seemingly unstoppable occurrence of Marvel beingness movies. Just complete 3 weeks aft its merchandise day and record-breaking opening weekend, "Captain Marvel" crossed the billion-dollar mark for world container agency sales.

Worldwide gross: $1,132,723,226

The Hollywood Reporter broke the news of this caller milestone for the Spider-Man franchise arsenic "Spider-Man: Far From Home" crossed the one-billion people little than a period aft its US premiere connected July 2.

Worldwide gross: $1,139,431,705

People came retired successful droves for the last installment of Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. After only 10 weeks successful theaters, "Return of the King" became the 2nd movie ever successful history to make $1 billion ("Titanic" was the first successful 1997). The movie went connected to break an Academy Award grounds by sweeping each 11 categories for which it was nominated. 

The film's 2021 re-release successful theaters during the pandemic successful nine markets, including China, helped move it a fewer spots up this list.

Worldwide gross: $1,152,028,393

"Aquaman" became the first DC superhero movie to make $1 cardinal dollars astatine the container office. The movie was already breaking records successful China earlier it had opened successful the US successful early December, and intelligibly it was each up from there.

A sequel is group for December 2023 pinch Amber Heard reportedly successful a pared-down role.

Worldwide gross: $1,155,046,416

"Captain America: Civil War" was a blockbuster deed successful 2016, and the first movie of that twelvemonth to rake successful $1 billion. The chaotic occurrence of Cap's 3rd outing came from it playing much for illustration an Avengers movie acknowledgment to a ample superhero roster, including Iron Man, and the preamble of Tom Holland's Spider-Man.

Worldwide gross: $1,159,457,503

The 2015 prequel to "Despicable Me" focused only connected the overall-wearing Minions the world had travel to love. People intelligibly appreciated the yellowish henchman's standalone film, since neither of the 2 "Despicable Me" movies person breached $1 billion. 

Worldwide gross: $1,215,577,205

Tony Stark swept distant comic fans pinch the 3rd movie of his trilogy, "Iron Man 3." It only took 23 days successful the container agency for the movie to deed $1 billion. If anyone doubted the powerfulness of Robert Downey Jr.'s  success arsenic Iron Man, this movie, which grossed astir double of the actor's 2nd solo outing arsenic the character, was the last confirmation of his captious domiciled successful Marvel's franchise.

Worldwide gross: $1,236,009,236

In April 2017, the eighth movie in "The Fast and the Furious" franchise joined the billion-dollar club.  Clearly Vin Diesel's imaginative control of these action-packed movies is paying disconnected on pinch its divers cast. This is the 2nd movie from the franchise to make much than $1 billion.

Worldwide gross: $1,243,225,667

Despite the 14-year spread betwixt the first Pixar original movie "The Incredibles" and its sequel, the critically acclaimed "Incredibles 2" created a caller grounds arsenic fastest animated movie to gross $1 billion at the container office.

Worldwide gross: $1,266,115,964

Also successful April 2017, Walt Disney Studios announced that its live-action remake of "Beauty and the Beast" had officially passed the $1 cardinal people for world box-office sales. Its full gross makes "Beauty and the Beast" the highest-grossing movie of 2017.

Worldwide gross: $1,285,319,131

"Frozen" maintained the apical spot for the highest-grossing animated characteristic of each time until the merchandise of its sequel successful 2019. The movie joined the cardinal dollar nine in the aforesaid week it nabbed 2 Oscars. 

After its first release, it became Walt Disney Pictures' 3rd highest-grossing movie of each time. According to Deadline, the movie earned a profit of complete $400 cardinal for Disney.

Worldwide gross: $1,310,469,037

The 2nd installment successful Universal's rebooted "Jurassic Park" trilogy had an awesome opening play and past quickly grossed $1 cardinal aft 2 weeks. 

Worldwide gross: $1,334,407,706

"Star Wars: The Last Jedi" crossed the $1 cardinal people just 3 weeks aft its release. This 2nd installment successful the caller franchise made $500 cardinal successful its first play unsocial — though "The Force Awakens" still holds the grounds for biggest "Star Wars" opening play of each clip pinch $529 million.

Worldwide gross: $1,338,073,645

The team-up nary 1 thought was imaginable turned retired to beryllium a rate cow.

Along pinch breaking opening play records pinch its complete $440 cardinal take, its worldwide full gross makes it the highest-grossing R-rated movie of each time.

Worldwide gross: $1,342,505,340

Following the inclination of immoderate different franchises successful our apical list, the final "Harry Potter" film was the only 1 of the bunch that raked successful $1 cardinal aliases much until "Sorcerer's Stone" was fixed a theatrical merchandise successful China.

Worldwide gross: $1,349,926,083

"Black Panther" crossed this milestone successful conscionable 26 days aft breaking the grounds for champion February opening play of each time. This movie was the 16th Disney movie to gross complete 1 cardinal dollars. 

Worldwide gross: $1,360,879,735

Universal Pictures' adjustment of the Nintendo crippled crossed $1 cardinal in conscionable 26 days, making it the first movie of 2023 to transverse the period and the studio's seventh-largest film.

"The Super Mario Bros. Movie" is the 5th movie released during the pandemic to deed $1 cardinal theatrically and the first animated movie to do so.

Worldwide gross: $1,405,018,048

"Transformers," "The Dark Knight," and "Pirates of the Caribbean" are 3 franchises which each person 2 movies successful the cardinal dollar nine — and you tin adhd "The Avengers" to that list.

The 2015 follow-up ensemble movie added James Spader arsenic the terrifying caller villain, and (surprising nary one) "Age of Ultron" opened successful the number 1 spot astir the world.

Worldwide gross: $1,447,138,421

Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" has been unstoppable successful theaters since its release. Not only did the movie gain 2023's highest-grossing home opening weekend, but it besides contributed to the fourth-largest box-office play of each time.

When it crossed the billion-dollar mark successful 17 days, Gerwig became the first solo female head to person a movie transverse that threshold. Every different $1 cardinal movie directed by a female has a antheral codirector.

"Barbie" is now the highest-grossing movie of 2023.

Worldwide gross: $1,453,683,476

The highly-anticipated sequel to the highest-grossing animated movie of each time, 2013's "Frozen," easy surpassed the box-office gross of its predecessor. "Frozen II" became Disney's sixth (out of 7 total) movies to transverse $1 cardinal successful 2019 aft 24 days.

A third "Frozen" movie is presently successful the works.

Worldwide gross: $1,485,999,890

Like the 2 films earlier it, James Cameron's 3rd movie successful his "Avatar" franchise has deed the billion-dollar milestone.

Movies directed by Cameron show up 3 much times connected this list. No head has had arsenic galore billion-dollar-grossing movies arsenic Cameron.

Worldwide gross: $1,495,696,292

The highest-grossing movie of Tom Cruise's career, the sequel to the 1986 movie crossed $1 cardinal in conscionable 31 days.

Worldwide gross: $1,515,342,457

"Furious 7" collapsed records erstwhile it raced past the $1 cardinal box-office people in conscionable 17 days. As Entertainment Weekly reported "that makes 'Furious' 7 the fastest live-action movie to scope that number." But 2 different 2015 movies (coming later connected our list) yet bumped it to third place.

This was the past "Fast and Furious" movie to see Paul Walker, which immoderate judge helped boost box-office numbers.

Worldwide gross: $1,520,538,536

The first "Avengers" movie brought together an all-star formed of comic book heroes — and Marvel's efforts were rewarded astatine the container office. The movie passed $1 cardinal successful summons income successful conscionable 19 days — which intends it's tied for third place successful the database of fastest grossing movies alongside "Avatar" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two."

Worldwide gross: $1,662,020,819

"Jurassic World" collapsed each sorts of records. It bumped "Furious 7" retired of the number 1 spot for fastest movie to make $1 cardinal erstwhile it collapsed the grounds successful only 13 days. At the clip it besides stunned box-office analysts pinch the highest-grossing opening play of each time, besting "Marvel's The Avengers," pinch $208.8 million. Worldwide, it opened to complete $500 million, making it the first movie to ever ace that number opening weekend. 

That grounds didn't past long, however.

Worldwide gross: $1,671,537,444

"Jurassic World" collapsed each sorts of records. It bumped "Furious 7" retired of the number 1 spot for fastest movie to make $1 cardinal erstwhile it collapsed the grounds successful only 13 days. At the clip it besides stunned box-office analysts pinch the highest-grossing opening play of each time, besting "Marvel's The Avengers," pinch $208.8 million. Worldwide, it opened to complete $500 million, making it the first movie to ever ace that number opening weekend. 

That grounds didn't past long, however.

Worldwide gross: $1,698,863,816

After relegating titles for illustration "Luca" and "Turning Red" to direct-to-streaming releases during the pandemic, which led to frustration and low morale wrong the company, Pixar is backmost connected top.

"Inside Out 2" deed the $1 cardinal world people successful 19 days, the fastest ever for an animated movie. It's besides the only movie released successful 2024 that has crossed the $1 cardinal mark.

We wouldn't beryllium shocked if Pixar is already crafting different sequel for Joy, Anxiety, and each of Riley's different feelings.

Worldwide gross: $1,866,647,950

Some sequels tin get wounded astatine the container agency for coming retired truthful agelong aft the original. Not this Disney title.

Released almost a decade aft the first "Zootopia" movie, audiences rushed backmost to watch Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps spell connected different case.

After opening pinch a immense $559.5 cardinal world take, making it the biggest world opening for an animated movie ever, it deed the $1 cardinal people successful conscionable 17 days, becoming the 2nd 2025 merchandise to deed the cardinal milestone (the different being Disney's "Lilo & Stitch").

Worldwide gross: $1,921,426,073

Spider-Man collapsed the pandemic curse. "No Way Home" became the first movie since 2019's "The Rise of Skywalker" to transverse $1 cardinal astatine the container office. The Tom Holland-starring movie crossed $1 cardinal successful conscionable 12 days and go the highest-grossing movie of 2021.

According to Forbes, it's only the 5th movie to transverse $1 cardinal without a China release. If it ever does unfastened there, it will apt transverse $2 billion. 

Worldwide gross: $2,052,415,039

The 3rd "Avengers" movie broke the all-time world record pinch a $630 cardinal opening weekend, proving the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise is stronger than ever. By mid-June, "Avengers: Infinity War" became only the 4th movie to ever ace the two-billion dollar ceiling arsenic well.

Worldwide gross: $2,071,310,218

The seventh movie successful the "Star Wars" franchise collapsed the "Jurassic World" records erstwhile box-office numbers tallied $1 cardinal aft only 12 days. And it didn't extremity location — "The Force Awakens" went connected rake successful much than $2 billion, solidifying its number 4 spot connected our database and becoming the highest-grossing "Star Wars" movie of each time.

Worldwide gross: $2,264,812,968

More than 2 decades since its release, James Cameron's "Titanic" is holding dependable arsenic 1 of the biggest box-office hits of each time. The movie made astir $1.8 cardinal during its first 1997 merchandise and past topped $2 cardinal aft it was rereleased successful 3D successful grant of the 100-year day of the iconic ship's sinking.

Worldwide gross: $2,343,477,301

Two weeks aft its premiere successful movie theaters, Cameron's first "Avatar" sequel had already grossed much than $1 cardinal astatine the container office, a uncommon feat during the COVID-19 pandemic.

It past became the second-fastest movie to cross $2 cardinal successful conscionable 39 days.

While discussing the integer merchandise of "Avatar: The Way of Water," out March 28, shaper Jon Landau told Insider he and Cameron wondered if the sequel to the 2009 movie would scope the number "Titanic" crossed astatine the container office.

"I was ne'er tense that group would suffer liking because I didn't deliberation they needed to person interest. I thought we were making a caller movie," Landau said erstwhile asked if he was tense that audiences whitethorn suffer liking successful an "Avatar" sequel aft waiting much than a decade for it.

"I looked astatine this almost for illustration an original portion of contented that happened to beryllium pinch known characters successful a known world, but we were showing them successful a caller way. So I was tense astir really the movie would do because erstwhile you extremity being nervous, you extremity caring. But I was ne'er worried," Landau added of the movie's beardown box-office performance.

Worldwide gross: $2,799,439,100

Marvel's awesome endcap to its tally of 22 comic-book-based films collapsed the grounds for the fastest movie to scope $1 cardinal dollars successful world box-office totals.

On the Sunday of its opening weekend, Disney estimated "Avengers: Endgame" had made $1.2 billion within the first 5 days of its world debut. 

It became the highest-grossing movie of each clip until Disney rereleased "Avatar" successful China successful 2021.

Worldwide gross: $2,923,710,708

With adjacent to $3 cardinal successful box-office revenue, Cameron's "Avatar" was miles up of different films connected the list.

Disney's epic Marvel escapade "Avengers: Endgame" knocked it retired of the apical spot successful the summertime of 2019.

However, "Avatar" retook the apical spot erstwhile Disney (which now owns the authorities aft the Fox acquisition) rereleased the movie successful China successful outpouring 2021.