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 3,151 to 3,200 of 3,340. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
Nov 30, 1941 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.4K
Nov 27, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.3K
Nov 1, 1940 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.2K
Jun 24, 1977 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.9K
Jun 18, 1958 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.8K
Jan 8, 1987 US and Canada: $9.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $9.5K
Mar 1, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.3K
May 17, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.3K
May 31, 1956 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.3K
Mar 10, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.1K
Jul 21, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9K
Aug 9, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.9K
Jun 10, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.8K
Apr 29, 1954 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.8K
Jan 2, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.6K
May 12, 1939 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.6K
Aug 29, 2014 US and Canada: $8.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $8.5K
Apr 13, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.4K
2014 US and Canada: $8.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $8.3K
Nov 13, 1953 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.2K
Sep 2, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.1K
Oct 1, 2010 US and Canada: $7.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $7.9K
Sep 22, 2000 US and Canada: $7.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $7.8K
Mar 13, 1964 US and Canada: $7.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $7.8K
Apr 27, 2007 US and Canada: $7.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $7.5K
Nov 29, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.4K
Dec 8, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.3K
Sep 13, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.3K
Sep 9, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.3K
Nov 4, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.1K
Jun 14, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.9K
Jul 7, 1950 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.7K
Jul 21, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.4K
Oct 23, 1960 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.3K
Feb 19, 2010 US and Canada: $6.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $6.2K
Mar 21, 1941 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.2K
Nov 4, 1988 US and Canada: $6.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $6.1K
Oct 20, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.1K
Jan 25, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6K
Jul 10, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6K
Sep 27, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6K
Jul 22, 1960 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.9K
Sep 26, 1974 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.9K
Dec 3, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.8K
Jul 19, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.7K
Every year from 1923 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2019 leads with $20.5B, led by Avengers: Endgame (2019).