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 3,051 to 3,100 of 3,340. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
Feb 1, 1990 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.2K
Oct 11, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22.7K
Nov 21, 1962 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22.5K
Apr 15, 1953 US and Canada: $21.2K Rest of the world: $1.1K Worldwide: $22.3K
Oct 20, 2020 US and Canada: $22.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $22.3K
Apr 5, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22.2K
Nov 1, 1978 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.9K
Feb 19, 2011 US and Canada: $21.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $21.6K
Oct 28, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.3K
Apr 14, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.3K
Oct 22, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.1K
Nov 11, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21K
Jan 21, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20.7K
Jun 22, 1961 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20.6K
May 20, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20.6K
Sep 1, 2014 US and Canada: $3.6K Rest of the world: $17K Worldwide: $20.6K
Jan 15, 2016 US and Canada: $20.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $20.6K
Aug 24, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20K
1996 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.5K
Jun 19, 1962 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.4K
Dec 8, 2003 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.2K
Sep 28, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.1K
Nov 5, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.9K
Feb 20, 1953 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.8K
Jan 8, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.7K
Dec 4, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18.5K
Mar 18, 2004 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $18K
Jan 7, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.8K
May 12, 2017 US and Canada: $17.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $17.8K
Jun 6, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.6K
Apr 2, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.1K
Sep 17, 1952 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.6K
May 9, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.6K
May 11, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.6K
Feb 12, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.4K
Apr 14, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.3K
Dec 5, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16.1K
Feb 28, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $16K
Apr 13, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.8K
Sep 4, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.8K
Mar 19, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.7K
Aug 23, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.5K
Mar 28, 1956 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $15.4K Every year from 1923 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2019 leads with $20.5B, led by Avengers: Endgame (2019).