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 2,751 to 2,800 of 3,340. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
May 8, 1987 US and Canada: $159.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $159.7K
Oct 15, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $159.6K
Jul 15, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $158.6K
Dec 7, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $158.5K
Oct 2, 2015 US and Canada: $157.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $157.8K
Dec 26, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $157.4K
May 1, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $156.4K
Jun 9, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $154.6K
Jun 5, 2026 US and Canada: $16.1K Rest of the world: $137.6K Worldwide: $153.7K
Sep 6, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $152.9K
Oct 24, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $152.2K
Aug 28, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $151.4K
Sep 9, 2016 US and Canada: $150.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $150.2K
Apr 11, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $148.8K
Apr 16, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $148.3K
May 15, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $148.2K
Aug 23, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $148K
Jun 14, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $147.9K
Mar 28, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $147.9K
Dec 11, 2020 US and Canada: $121.6K Rest of the world: $26.1K Worldwide: $147.8K
Mar 27, 1992 US and Canada: $147.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $147.7K
Sep 18, 1998 US and Canada: $146.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $146.1K
Nov 14, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $143.2K
Oct 10, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $141.3K
Jul 13, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $138.8K
Mar 30, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $138K
Oct 7, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $136.1K
Oct 6, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $135.5K
Nov 6, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $134.2K
Jun 23, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $131.5K
Jan 24, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $130.7K
Jan 18, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $128.8K
Nov 8, 2024 US and Canada: $40.8K Rest of the world: $88K Worldwide: $128.7K
Jan 31, 2003 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $128K
Nov 6, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $126.1K
Jan 21, 2014 US and Canada: $123.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $123.9K
Dec 14, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $123.6K
Every year from 1923 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2019 leads with $20.5B, led by Avengers: Endgame (2019).