Deadpool & Wolverine has entered the celebrated league of movies whose movies have crossed the $1 billion mark in box office earnings. The movie, starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, joined the ranks of Disney’s different 2024 box office animated hit, Inside Out 2.
The 2023 summer time smash Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, propelled Greta Gerwig into the rankings final 12 months because the second feminine director to interrupt international 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 checklist of 55 billion-dollar grossing movies are sequels, Disney remakes, and iconic franchises resembling 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 take a look at the 55 movies which have achieved this outstanding box office milestone.
1. AVATAR, 2009 – $2,923,706,026
Image Credit: twentieth Century Fox. All rights reserved/Courtesy Everett Collection Directed by James Cameron; starring Zoe Saldana & Sam Worthington; launched in 2009
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 – $2,320,250,281
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Everett Collection Directed by James Cameron; voice solid contains Sigourney Weaver, Zoe Saldana, Jamie Flatters, Britain Dalton and Sam Worthington
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4. TITANIC, 1997 – $2,264,750,694
Image Credit: twentieth Century Fox Film/Everett Collection. Directed by James Cameron; starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet
5. 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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6. 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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7. SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, 2021 – $1,922,598,800
Image Credit: Sony Pictures Releasing / Marvel Entertainment / Everett Collection Directed by Jon Watts; starring Zendaya and Tom Holland
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8. 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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9. THE LION KING, 2019 – $1,663,079,059
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Everett Collection Directed by Jon Favreau; that includes the voices of John Oliver, JD McCrary, Donald Glover, Beyoncé, Seth Rogen and Chiwetel Ejiofor
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10. INSIDE OUT 2, 2024 – $1,593,756,948
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Kelsey Mann and Meg LeFauve; that includes the voices of Amy Poehler and Maya Hawke
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11. 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
12. 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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13. TOP GUN: MAVERICK, 2022 – $1,495,696,292
Image Credit: Paramount Pictures / Everett Collection Directed by Joseph Kosinski; starring Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller and Val Kilmer
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14. FROZEN II, 2019 – $1,453,683,476
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Everett Collection Directed by Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee; that includes the voices Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff, Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell
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15. BARBIE, 2023 – $1,445,638,421
Image Credit: Warner Bros. / Everett Collection Directed by Greta Gerwig; starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling
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16. AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON, 2015 – $1,405,018,048
Image Credit: Walt Disney Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Joss Whedon; starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Cobie Smulders, Anthony Mackie, Hayley Atwell, Idris Elba, Linda Cardellini, Stellan Skarsgård, James Spader, and Samuel L. Jackson
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17. BLACK PANTHER, 2018 – $1,374,959,729
Image Credit: Marvel / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures /Everett Collection Directed by Ryan Coogler; starring Chadwick Bosema, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Sterling Okay. Brown, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker and Andy Serkis
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18. THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE, 2023 – $1,361,992,475
Image Credit: Universal Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Pierre Leduc and Fabien Polack; that includes the voices Chris Pratt and Anya Taylor-Joy
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19. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2, 2011 – $1,342,480,797
Image Credit: Warner Bros./Everett Collection Directed by David Yates; starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint
20. 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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21. JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM, 2018 – $1,310,469,037
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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22. FROZEN, 2013 – $1,306,000,529
Image Credit: Walt Disney Pictures/Everett Collection Directed by Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee; that includes the voices of Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff and Josh Gad
23. 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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24. INCREDIBLES 2, 2018 – $1,243,225,667
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Everett Collection Directed by Brad Bird; that includes the voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Huck Milner and Sarah Vowell
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25. 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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26. IRON MAN 3, 2018 – $1,215,577,205
Image Credit: Walt Disney Pictures/Everett Collection Directed by Shane Black; starring Robert Downey Jr.
27. MINIONS, 2015 – $1,159,457,503
Image Credit: Universal Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin; that includes the voices of Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton and Allison Janney
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28. 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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29. 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
30. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING, 2003 – $1,151,462,071
Image Credit: New Line/courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Peter Jackson; starring Elijah Wood, Andy Serkis and Sean Astin
31. SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME, 2019 – $1,132,679,685
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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32. 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
33. 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
34. 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
35. JURASSIC PARK, 1993 – $1,104,379,926
Image Credit: Murray Close/Universal Studios/Everett Collection Directed by Steven Spielberg; Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum and Richard Attenborough
36. TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION, 2014 – $1,104,054,072
Image Credit: Industrial Light & Magic/Paramount Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Michael Bay; starring Bingbing Li, Stanley Tucci, Jack Reynor and Mark Wahlberg
37. THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, 2012 – $1,085,289,416
Image Credit: Ron Phillips/Warner Bros./Courtesy Everett Collect Directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale and Tom Hardy
38. JOKER, 2019 – $1,078,958,629
Image Credit: Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros./Everett Collection Directed by Todd Phillips; starring Joaquin Phoenix
39. 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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40. TOY STORY 4, 2019 – $1,073,841,394
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture /Everett Collection Directed by Josh Cooley; that includes 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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41. TOY STORY 3, 2010 – $1,067,316,101
Image Credit: Buena Vista Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Lee Unkrich; that includes the voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen
42. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST, 2006 – $1,066,179,747
Image Credit: Walt Disney Directed by Gore Verbinski; starring Johnny Depp
43. 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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44. 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
45. 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
46. 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
47. DESPICABLE ME 3, 2017 – $1,034,800,131
Image Credit: Universal Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection Directed by Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin; that includes the voice of Steve Carell
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48. DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE (aka DEADPOOL AND WOLVERINE, aka DEADPOOL 3), 2024 – $1,029,531,382
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Directed by Shawn Levy; Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
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49. FINDING DORY, 2016 – $1,029,266,989
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Everett Collection Directed by Andrew Stanton; that includes the voice of Ellen DeGeneres
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50. ZOOTOPIA, 2016 – $1,025,521,689
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Everett Collection Directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore; that includes the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman
51. 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
52. HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE, 2001 – $1,024,466,594
Image Credit: Everett Collection Directed by Chris Columbus; starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint
53. THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, 2012 – $1,017,106,749
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
54. THE DARK KNIGHT, 2008 – $1,008,524,647
Image Credit: Warner Bros./Everett Collection Directed by Christopher Nolan; starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger
55. 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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