The 60 Highest-Grossing Movies Of All Time: The Billion-Dollar Club

The Walt Disney Studios reached a major milestone today as 20th Century Studios’ Avatar: Fire and Ash officially crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office. James Cameron continues to redefine commercial success; with this latest entry, the Avatar series becomes one of the rarest triple-threat franchises in history, with every installment having surpassed $1 billion.

This achievement marks the third Disney-led release to hit the billion-dollar ceiling in 2025, following the success of Zootopia 2 and Lilo & Stitch, starring Maia Kealoha, Sydney Agudong, and Chris Sanders, which previously reached the billion-dollar mark, alongside the 2024 hits, Disney’s animated Inside Out 2 and Marvel’s Deadpool & Wolverine starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman.

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The 2023 summer smash Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, propelled Greta Gerwig into the rankings as the second female director to break global and US Box Office Records. Director Jennifer Lee achieved this milestone for Disney’s Frozen II (2019,) co-directing alongside Chris Buck.

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Among the elite list of 60 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.

Here’s a look at the 60 films that have achieved this remarkable box office milestone.

2. AVENGERS: ENDGAME, 2019 – $2,799,439,100

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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3. 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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4. TITANIC, 1997 – $2,264,812,968

Image Credit: 20th Century Fox Film/Everett Collection.

Directed by James Cameron; starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet
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
6. STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS, (aka STAR WARS: EPISODE VII – 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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7. AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR, 2018 – $2,052,415,039

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Directed by Anthony Russo & Joe Russo; starring Danai Gurira, Chadwick Boseman, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan

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8. 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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9. ZOOTOPIA 2, 2025 – $1,866,647,514

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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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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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13. 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
14. FURIOUS 7, 2015 – $1,515,342,457

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Directed by James Wan; starring Vin Diesel, Dominic Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham

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15. TOP GUN: MAVERICK, 2022 – $1,503,997,086

Image Credit: Paramount Pictures / Everett Collection

Directed by Joseph Kosinski; starring Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller and Val Kilmer

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16. 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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17. 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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18. 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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19. 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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20. THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE, 2023 – $1,360,879,735

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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21. 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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22. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2, 2011 – $1,342,942,050

Image Credit: Warner Bros./Everett Collection

Directed by David Yates; starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint
23. 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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24. 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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25. FROZEN, 2013 – $1,312,075,093

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
26. 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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27. 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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28. 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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29. 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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30. IRON MAN 3, 2013 – $1,215,577,205

Image Credit: Walt Disney Pictures/Everett Collection

Directed by Shane Black; starring Robert Downey Jr.
31. 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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32. 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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33. 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
34. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING, 2003 – $1,149,136,629

Image Credit: New Line/courtesy Everett Collection

Directed by Peter Jackson; starring Elijah Wood, Andy Serkis and Sean Astin
35. 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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36. 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
37. 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
38. 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
39. 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
40. JURASSIC PARK, 1993 – $1,103,110,411

Image Credit: Murray Close/Universal Studios/Everett Collection

Directed by Steven Spielberg; Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum and Richard Attenborough
41. THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, 2012 – $1,085,429,532

Image Credit: Ron Phillips/Warner Bros./Courtesy Everett Collect

Directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale and Tom Hardy
42. JOKER, 2019 – $1,078,958,629

Image Credit: Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros./Everett Collection

Directed by Todd Phillips; starring Joaquin Phoenix
43. 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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44. 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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45. 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
46. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST, 2006 – $1,066,179,747

Image Credit: Walt Disney

Directed by Gore Verbinski; starring Johnny Depp
47. 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
48. 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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49. 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
50. 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
51. 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
52. LILO & STITCH, 2025 – $1,038,027,526

Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp; starring

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53. 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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54. HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE, 2001 – $1,029,374,615

Image Credit: Everett Collection

Directed by Chris Columbus; starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint
55. 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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56. 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
57. 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
58. 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
59. THE DARK KNIGHT, 2008 – $1,008,477,382

Image Credit: Warner Bros./Everett Collection

Directed by Christopher Nolan; starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger
60. JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION, (aka JURASSIC WORLD 3), 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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