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 2,801 to 2,850 of 3,340. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
Jun 12, 2009 US and Canada: $122.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $122.6K
Aug 9, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $122.5K
Nov 9, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $122.1K
Feb 9, 2024 US and Canada: $38.8K Rest of the world: $83.3K Worldwide: $122.1K
Jun 15, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $120.1K
Jun 2, 2000 US and Canada: $117.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $117.6K
Nov 29, 1973 US and Canada: $61K Rest of the world: $56.2K Worldwide: $117.2K
Jul 25, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $115.8K
Jun 25, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $115.5K
Feb 15, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $115.3K
Jan 10, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $115.1K
Dec 22, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $115K
Jun 25, 1965 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $114.1K
Oct 23, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $113.9K
Feb 18, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $112.9K
Aug 27, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $112.8K
Oct 31, 1941 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $112.6K
Apr 1, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $111K
Mar 23, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $110.7K
Oct 30, 1981 US and Canada: $110K Rest of the world: $401 Worldwide: $110.4K
Sep 8, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $108.9K
Sep 19, 2025 US and Canada: $107.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $107.5K
Apr 13, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $107.1K
Apr 6, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $104.8K
Jul 20, 2004 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $104.5K
Dec 7, 2018 US and Canada: $51.1K Rest of the world: $51.6K Worldwide: $102.8K
Mar 31, 1999 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $102.7K
Dec 7, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $102.4K
Nov 2, 1989 US and Canada: $100.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $100.3K
Jun 19, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $99.7K
Dec 1, 1943 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $99.2K
Feb 18, 2022 US and Canada: $97.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $97.5K
Jan 17, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $96.9K
Oct 28, 2011 US and Canada: $92.8K Rest of the world: $3.3K Worldwide: $96.1K
Mar 6, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $94.7K
Aug 20, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $92.9K
Jun 9, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $92.5K
Oct 2, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $92.4K
Jul 7, 2006 US and Canada: $68.8K Rest of the world: $23.3K Worldwide: $92.1K
Feb 25, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $92.1K
Dec 12, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $91K
Every year from 1923 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2019 leads with $20.5B, led by Avengers: Endgame (2019).