The top 20 commercial juggernauts of all-time. Figures are in $US and are not inflation adjusted. Grosses are worldwide.
UPDATED: January 2016
1. Avatar
2009 | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction | 20th Century Fox | USA
Directed and written by James Cameron
Starring Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi, Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana
$2,788 million
2. Titanic
1997 | Romance, Adventure, Historical | Paramount Studios | USA
Directed and written by James Cameron
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Bill Paxton
$2,187 million
3. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 | Science Fiction, Adventure | Walt Disney | USA
Directed by J.J. Abrams
Starring Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Domhnall Gleeson, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Max von Sydow, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Gwendoline Christie
$1,767 million
4. Jurassic World
2015 | Adventure, Sci-Fi | Universal | USA
Directed and written by Colin Trevorrow
Starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jake Johnson, Nick Robinson, Ty Simpkins, BD Wong
$1,545 million
5. The Avengers
2012 | Superhero, Adventure | Disney | USA
Directed and written by Joss Whedon
Starring Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård
$1,520 million
6. Fast & Furious 7
2015 | Action | Universal | USA
Directed and written by James Wan
Starring Vin Diesel, Jason Statham, Dwayne Johnson, Kurt Russell, Michelle Rodriguez, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Djimon Hounsou, Lucas Black
$1,512 million
7. Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015 | Superhero, Adventure | Disney | USA
Directed and written by Joss Whedon
Starring Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Samuel L. Jackson
$1,396 million
8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
2011 | Adventure, Fantasy | Warner Brothers | USA, UK
Directed by David Yates
Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham Carter, David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson, Rhys Ifans
$1,342 million
9. Frozen
2013 | Animated | Walt Disney | USA
Directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee
Starring Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Tom Kane, Santino Fontana
$1,274 million
10. Iron Man 3
2013 | Superhero, Adventure | Disney | USA
Directed by Shane Black
Starring Robert Downey Jr., Guy Pearce, Don Cheadle, Gwyneth Paltrow, Rebecca Hall, Ben Kingsley, Jon Favreau
$1,215 million
11. Minions
2015 | Animated, Family | Universal | USA
Directed by Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda
Starring Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Steve Carell, Hiroyuki Sanada, Pierre Coffin
$1,157 million
12. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011 | Science Fiction, Adventure | Paramount Studios / DreamWorks | USA
Directed by Michael Bay
Starring Shia LaBeouf, John Malkovich, Josh Duhamel, Hugo Weaving, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, John Turturro, Frances McDormand
$1,124 million
13. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003 | Fantasy, Adventure | New Line | USA, New Zealand
Directed by Peter Jackson
Starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Miranda Otto, Cate Blanchett, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Andy Serkis
$1,120 million
14. Skyfall
2012 | Action | Sony | UK, USA
Directed by Sam Mendes
Starring Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, Albert Finney
$1,109 million
15. Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014 | Science Fiction, Adventure | Paramount Studios / DreamWorks | USA
Directed by Michael Bay
Starring Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Jack Reynor, T.J. Miller, Bingbing Li
$1,104 million
16. The Dark Knight Rises
2012 | Superhero, Action | Warner Bros. | USA
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Starring Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard
$1,084 million
17. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
2006 | Adventure | Disney | USA
Directed by Gore Verbinski
Starring Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Bill Nighy
$1,066 million
18. Toy Story 3
2010 | Animated | Disney | USA
Directed by Lee Unkrich
Starring Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Don Rickles, Ned Beatty, Estelle Harris
$1,063 million
19. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011 | Adventure | Disney | USA
Directed by Rob Marshall
Starring Johnny Depp, Ian McShane, Penélope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush, Richard Griffiths, Gemma Ward
$1,046 million
20. Jurassic Park
1993 | Sci-fi, Adventure | Universal | USA
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Samuel L. Jackson
