Highest-grossing adventure movie ever
2009 · Action, Adventure
$2.9B worldwide
$785.2M US & Canada · 27% $2.1B elsewhere · 73%
Avatar (2009) is the highest-grossing adventure movie in our database, with $2.9B worldwide, ahead of Avengers: Endgame (2019) at $2.8B and Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) at $2.5B. 3,340 adventure films in our database report a worldwide gross, $323.3B in all, 38% of it from the US & Canada. 56 films crossed $1 billion and 680 crossed $100 million. By language, English leads with $299.6B across 2,003 adventure releases.
2009 · Action, Adventure
$2.9B worldwide
Ranks 501 to 550 of 3,340. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
Dec 25, 2020 US and Canada: $46.8M Rest of the world: $122.8M Worldwide: $169.6M
Mar 30, 2007 US and Canada: $97.8M Rest of the world: $71.5M Worldwide: $169.3M
Aug 6, 2021 US and Canada: $55.8M Rest of the world: $112.9M Worldwide: $168.7M
Aug 7, 2015 US and Canada: $56.1M Rest of the world: $111.8M Worldwide: $167.9M
Apr 1, 2022 US and Canada: $73.9M Rest of the world: $93.6M Worldwide: $167.5M
Apr 22, 2016 US and Canada: $48.4M Rest of the world: $116.6M Worldwide: $165M
Jun 12, 1998 US and Canada: $74.3M Rest of the world: $90.5M Worldwide: $164.8M
Feb 10, 2006 US and Canada: $82.2M Rest of the world: $81.9M Worldwide: $164.1M
Sep 23, 2016 US and Canada: $93.4M Rest of the world: $68.9M Worldwide: $162.4M
Sep 14, 2018 US and Canada: $51M Rest of the world: $109.5M Worldwide: $160.5M
Jul 18, 2003 US and Canada: $28.1M Rest of the world: $132.4M Worldwide: $160.5M
Nov 14, 1997 US and Canada: $54.9M Rest of the world: $104.4M Worldwide: $159.3M
Dec 6, 1996 US and Canada: $33M Rest of the world: $126.2M Worldwide: $159.2M
Oct 16, 2015 US and Canada: $80.1M Rest of the world: $78.2M Worldwide: $158.3M
Jan 15, 2010 US and Canada: $94.8M Rest of the world: $62.3M Worldwide: $157.1M
Sep 30, 2019 US and Canada: $487.2K Rest of the world: $156.4M Worldwide: $156.9M
Jul 14, 1989 US and Canada: $34.7M Rest of the world: $121.5M Worldwide: $156.2M
Mar 22, 2002 US and Canada: $82.3M Rest of the world: $72.7M Worldwide: $155M
Oct 1, 1993 US and Canada: $68.9M Rest of the world: $86M Worldwide: $154.9M
Jul 16, 1993 US and Canada: $77.7M Rest of the world: $76M Worldwide: $153.7M
Jun 9, 1995 US and Canada: $81M Rest of the world: $71M Worldwide: $152M
Dec 25, 2013 US and Canada: $38.4M Rest of the world: $113.4M Worldwide: $151.8M
Feb 26, 2016 US and Canada: $31.2M Rest of the world: $119.5M Worldwide: $150.7M
Feb 9, 1996 US and Canada: $70.8M Rest of the world: $79.5M Worldwide: $150.3M
Oct 3, 2008 US and Canada: $94.5M Rest of the world: $54.8M Worldwide: $149.3M
Mar 30, 2001 US and Canada: $112.7M Rest of the world: $35.2M Worldwide: $147.9M
Mar 2, 2001 US and Canada: $66.8M Rest of the world: $81M Worldwide: $147.8M
Aug 13, 2019 US and Canada: $41.7M Rest of the world: $106.1M Worldwide: $147.8M
Jul 18, 2014 US and Canada: $59.2M Rest of the world: $87.8M Worldwide: $147M
Oct 23, 2015 US and Canada: $27.4M Rest of the world: $119.6M Worldwide: $146.9M
Nov 22, 1996 US and Canada: $92M Rest of the world: $54M Worldwide: $146M
Aug 18, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $145.8M
Jun 22, 2005 US and Canada: $66M Rest of the world: $78.1M Worldwide: $144.1M
Feb 11, 2000 US and Canada: $39.8M Rest of the world: $104.3M Worldwide: $144.1M
Aug 12, 2016 US and Canada: $76.2M Rest of the world: $67.5M Worldwide: $143.7M Every year from 1923 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2019 leads with $20.5B, led by Avengers: Endgame (2019).