Deadpool & Wolverine has entered the prestigious league of movies whose films have crossed the $1 billion mark in box office earnings. The film, starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, joined the ranks of Disney’s other 2024 box office animated hit, Inside Out 2.
The 2023 summer smash Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, propelled Greta Gerwig into the rankings last year 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.
Among the elite list of 55 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 55 films that have achieved this remarkable box office milestone.
1. AVATAR, 2009 – $2,923,706,026
Directed by James Cameron; starring Zoe Saldana & Sam Worthington; released in 2009
2. AVENGERS: ENDGAME, 2019 – $2,799,439,100
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
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 – $2,264,750,694
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
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
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 – $1,952,723,719
Directed by Jon Watts; starring Zendaya and Tom Holland
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8. INSIDE OUT 2, 2024 – $1,697,092,880
Directed by Kelsey Mann and Meg LeFauve; featuring the voices of Amy Poehler and Maya Hawke
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9. 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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10. 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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11. 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
12. 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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13. TOP GUN: MAVERICK, 2022 – $1,495,696,292
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
Directed by Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee; featuring the voices Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff, Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell
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15. BARBIE, 2023 – $1,446,938,421
Directed by Greta Gerwig; starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling
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16. AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON, 2015 – $1,405,018,048
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. THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE, 2023 – $1,362,566,989
Directed by Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Pierre Leduc and Fabien Polack; featuring the voices Chris Pratt and Anya Taylor-Joy
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18. BLACK PANTHER, 2018 – $1,349,926,083
Directed by Ryan Coogler; starring Chadwick Bosema, 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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19. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2, 2011 – $1,342,480,797
Directed by David Yates; starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint
20. DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE (aka DEADPOOL AND WOLVERINE, aka DEADPOOL 3), 2024 – $1,337,792,962
Directed by Shawn Levy; Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
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21. 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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22. JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM, 2018 – $1,310,469,037
Directed by J.A. Bayona; starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rafe Spall & Justice Smith
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23. FROZEN, 2013 – $1,306,450,154
Directed by Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee; featuring the voices of Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff and Josh Gad
24. IRON MAN 3, 2018 – $1,266,152,644
Directed by Shane Black; starring Robert Downey Jr.
25. 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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26. INCREDIBLES 2, 2018 – $1,243,225,667
Directed by Brad Bird; featuring the voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Huck Milner and Sarah Vowell
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27. 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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28. MINIONS, 2015 – $1,159,457,503
Directed by Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin; featuring the voices of Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton and Allison Janney
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29. CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR, 2016 – $1,155,046,416
Directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo; starring Chris Evans
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30. AQUAMAN, 2018 – $1,152,028,393
Directed by James Wan; starring Jason Momoa, Amber Heard and Willem Dafoe
31. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING, 2003 – $1,138,027,091
Directed by Peter Jackson; starring Elijah Wood, Andy Serkis and Sean Astin
32. SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME, 2019 – $1,132,705,055
Directed by Jon Watts; starring Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zendaya and Samuel L. Jackson
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33. CAPTAIN MARVEL, 2019 – $1,131,416,446
Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck; starring Brie Larson
34. TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON, 2011 – $1,123,794,079
Directed by Michael Bay; starring Shia LeBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Josh Duhamel
35. THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, 2012 – $1,114,975,066
Directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale and Tom Hardy
36. SKYFALL, 2012 – $1,108,594,137
Directed by Sam Mendes; starring Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem and Ralph Fiennes
37. TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION, 2014 – $1,105,261,713
Directed by Michael Bay; starring Bingbing Li, Stanley Tucci, Jack Reynor and Mark Wahlberg
38. JURASSIC PARK, 1993 – $1,104,379,926
Directed by Steven Spielberg; Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum and Richard Attenborough
39. JOKER, 2019 – $1,078,958,629
Directed by Todd Phillips; starring Joaquin Phoenix
40. 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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41. TOY STORY 4, 2019 – $1,073,841,394
Directed by Josh Cooley; featuring 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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42. TOY STORY 3, 2010 – $1,067,316,101
Directed by Lee Unkrich; featuring the voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen
43. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST, 2006 – $1,066,179,747
Directed by Gore Verbinski; starring Johnny Depp
44. 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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45. ALADDIN, 2019 – $1,054,304,000
Directed by Guy Ritchie; starring Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott and Will Smith
46. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES, 2011 – $1,046,721,266
Directed by Rob Marshall; starring Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz
47. 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
48. DESPICABLE ME 3, 2017 – $1,034,800,131
Directed by Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin; featuring the voice of Steve Carell
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49. FINDING DORY, 2016 – $1,029,266,989
Directed by Andrew Stanton; featuring the voice of Ellen DeGeneres
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50. HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE, 2001 – $1,026,420,907
Directed by Chris Columbus; starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint
51. ZOOTOPIA, 2016 – $1,025,521,689
Directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore; featuring the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman
52. ALICE IN WONDERLAND, 2010 – $1,025,468,216
Directed by Tim Burton; starring Anne Hathaway and Johnny Depp
53. THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, 2012 – $1,017,107,150
Directed by Peter Jackson; starring William Kircher, Graham McTavish, Martin Freeman, James Nesbitt and John Callen
54. THE DARK KNIGHT, 2008 – $1,009,041,257
Directed by Christopher Nolan; starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger
55. JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION, (aka JURASSIC WORLD 3), 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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