#1 of 3,340 Highest-grossing adventure movie ever
2009 · Action, Adventure
$2.9B worldwide
$785.2M US & Canada · 27% $2.1B elsewhere · 73%
Adventure box office · All time
Highest-Grossing Adventure Movies of All Time, Page 67
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.
- films with a reported gross
- 3,340
- combined worldwide
- $323.3B
- films crossed $100M
- 680
- earned in the US & Canada
- 38%
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All 3,340 Adventure Movies, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 3,301 to 3,340 of 3,340. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 3301
Feb 21, 1967 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $669 - 3302
Nov 6, 1954 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $643 - 3303
Jan 12, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $561 - 3304
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974)Mar 21, 1974 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $549
Mar 21, 1974 · Japanese · Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure $549 worldwide - 3305
Mar 28, 1968 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $504 - 3306
May 1, 1980 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $501 - 3307
Jun 19, 1963 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $479 - 3308
Feb 7, 1980 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $477 - 3309
Apr 7, 1974 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $442 - 3310
Oct 23, 1960 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $416 - 3311
Jun 2, 1978 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $402 - 3312
Dec 26, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $393 - 3313
Sep 21, 1956 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $384 - 3314
Jun 27, 1956 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $353 - 3315
Dec 29, 1983 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $328 - 3316
Aug 30, 1985 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $278 - 3317
The Dark Side of the Rainbow (2000)Jul 1, 2000 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $264
Jul 1, 2000 · English · Family, Fantasy, Adventure $264 worldwide - 3318
Mar 23, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $214 - 3319
Sep 16, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $193 - 3320
Oct 24, 1927 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $158 - 3321
Nov 24, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $154 - 3322
Apr 21, 1954 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $143 - 3323
Mar 26, 1966 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $143 - 3324
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974)Apr 5, 1974 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $136 Apr 5, 1974 · English · Action, Adventure, Fantasy $136 worldwide - 3325
Nov 2, 1966 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $134 - 3326
Sep 2, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $118 - 3327
Daleks’ Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966)Aug 5, 1966 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $115 Aug 5, 1966 · English · Family, Sci-Fi, Adventure $115 worldwide - 3328
Jan 18, 1935 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $102 - 3329
Dec 25, 1957 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $91 - 3330
Jul 30, 1961 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $90 - 3331
Oct 23, 1968 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $76 - 3332
Mar 22, 1932 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $72 - 3333
Feb 12, 1932 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $71 - 3334
Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds (1987)Sep 2, 1987 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $70 Sep 2, 1987 · English · Sci-Fi, Adventure $70 worldwide - 3335
Apr 17, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $58 - 3336
Dec 10, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $54 - 3337
Oct 6, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $41 - 3338
Mar 15, 1923 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $31 - 3339
Aug 14, 1981 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17 - 3340
May 1, 2026 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7
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Adventure Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1923 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2019 leads with $20.5B, led by Avengers: Endgame (2019).
2020s 7 years · $64.6B
2010s 10 years · $150.8B
- 2019 $20.5B #1 Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- 2018 $17.2B #1 Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- 2017 $18.3B #1 Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
- 2016 $17.6B #1 Captain America: Civil War (2016)
- 2015 $18.1B #1 Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
- 2014 $13.1B #1 Transformers: Age Of Extinction (2014)
- 2013 $13.7B #1 Iron Man 3 (2013)
- 2012 $15.4B #1 The Avengers (2012)
- 2011 $8.2B #1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
- 2010 $8.6B #1 Toy Story 3 (2010)
2000s 10 years · $71.5B
- 2009 $11.9B #1 Avatar (2009)
- 2008 $7.7B #1 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
- 2007 $7.9B #1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
- 2006 $7.1B #1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
- 2005 $7.3B #1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
- 2004 $6B #1 Shrek 2 (2004)
- 2003 $7.2B #1 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- 2002 $5.9B #1 Spider-Man (2002)
- 2001 $5.9B #1 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
- 2000 $4.4B #1 Mission: Impossible II (2000)
1990s 10 years · $23B
- 1999 $4.6B #1 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
- 1998 $3.1B #1 Armageddon (1998)
- 1997 $2.7B #1 The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
- 1996 $3.5B #1 Independence Day (1996)
- 1995 $2.9B #1 Toy Story (1995)
- 1994 $2B #1 The Lion King (1994)
- 1993 $1.1B #1 Cliffhanger (1993)
- 1992 $427.5M #1 Forever Young (1992)
- 1991 $1.1B #1 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
- 1990 $1.6B #1 Dances with Wolves (1990)
1980s 10 years · $8.9B
- 1989 $1.7B #1 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- 1988 $819.3M #1 Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
- 1987 $429.9M #1 Predator (1987)
- 1986 $841.3M #1 Crocodile Dundee (1986)
- 1985 $1.4B #1 Back to the Future (1985)
- 1984 $810.9M #1 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
- 1983 $990M #1 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
- 1982 $474.1M #1 First Blood (1982)
- 1981 $590.1M #1 Superman II (1981)
- 1980 $763.7M #1 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
1970s 10 years · $3.4B
- 1979 $450.6M #1 Moonraker (1979)
- 1978 $596.2M #1 Superman (1978)
- 1977 $1.4B #1 Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
- 1976 $52.6M #1 King Kong (1976)
- 1975 $513.1M #1 Jaws (1975)
- 1974 $60.5M #1 Benji (1974)
- 1973 $35.5M #1 Live and Let Die (1973)
- 1972 $85.5M #1 The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
- 1971 $476.6K #1 The Red Tent (1971)
- 1970 $251.8M #1 The Aristocats (1970)
1960s 10 years · $759.7M
- 1969 $133.6M #1 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
- 1968 $44.6M #1 Planet of the Apes (1968)
- 1967 $274.2M #1 The Jungle Book (1967)
- 1966 $16.1K #1 The Ghost of Monk’s Island (1966)
- 1965 $115.4M #1 Thunderball (1965)
- 1964 $27.3M #1 From Russia with Love (1964)
- 1963 $74.7M #1 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
- 1962 $47.3M #1 Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- 1961 $370.7K #1 The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)
- 1960 $42.2M #1 Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
1950s 10 years · $325.9M
- 1959 $74.6M #1 Ben-Hur (1959)
- 1958 $172.8K #1 The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
- 1957 $27.2M #1 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- 1956 $42M #1 Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
- 1955 $93.9M #1 Lady and the Tramp (1955)
- 1954 $43.9K #1 Knights of the Round Table (1954)
- 1953 $87.5M #1 Peter Pan (1953)
- 1952 $352.2K #1 Les Miserables (1952)
- 1951 $1.2K #1 Alice in Wonderland (1951)
- 1950 $7.7K #1 The Flame and the Arrow (1950)