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 2,651 to 2,700 of 3,340. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
Feb 14, 2003 US and Canada: $254.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $254.7K
Nov 4, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $254.2K
Sep 25, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $253.3K
Sep 7, 2007 US and Canada: $151.1K Rest of the world: $101K Worldwide: $252.2K
Sep 16, 2016 US and Canada: $40.6K Rest of the world: $207.4K Worldwide: $247.9K
Nov 19, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $247.7K
May 10, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $245K
Sep 3, 1987 US and Canada: $10.6K Rest of the world: $232.4K Worldwide: $243K
May 23, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $241.8K
Sep 10, 2003 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $240.6K
Jun 12, 1994 US and Canada: $240.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $240.3K
Mar 21, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $239.9K
Sep 25, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $235K
Oct 13, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $234.2K
Jul 4, 1963 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $230.6K
Mar 18, 2022 US and Canada: $41.1K Rest of the world: $189.4K Worldwide: $230.5K
Aug 18, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $230K
Jun 21, 2008 US and Canada: $1.5K Rest of the world: $226.7K Worldwide: $228.2K
Feb 10, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $226.6K
Jul 29, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $222.6K
Jan 7, 2000 US and Canada: $220.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $220.5K
Oct 29, 1984 US and Canada: $220K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $220K
Oct 24, 2025 US and Canada: $219.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $219.9K
2001 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $213.5K
Sep 15, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $213.2K
Sep 25, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $211.8K
Jan 6, 2010 US and Canada: $207.5K Rest of the world: $1.7K Worldwide: $209.2K
Jul 4, 1999 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $207.5K
Feb 11, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $206.6K
May 4, 2018 US and Canada: $30.1K Rest of the world: $175.2K Worldwide: $205.4K
Dec 2, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $202.7K
Sep 18, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $202K Every year from 1923 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2019 leads with $20.5B, led by Avengers: Endgame (2019).