Highest-grossing fantasy movie ever
2009 · Action, Adventure
$2.9B worldwide
$785.2M US & Canada · 27% $2.1B elsewhere · 73%
Avatar (2009) is the highest-grossing fantasy 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. 2,408 fantasy films in our database report a worldwide gross, $195.4B in all, 38% of it from the US & Canada. 36 films crossed $1 billion and 398 crossed $100 million. By language, English leads with $173.3B across 1,255 fantasy releases.
2009 · Action, Adventure
$2.9B worldwide
Ranks 101 to 150 of 2,408. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
Nov 9, 2018 US and Canada: $272.5M Rest of the world: $266.8M Worldwide: $539.3M
Jun 22, 2012 US and Canada: $237.3M Rest of the world: $301.7M Worldwide: $539M
Mar 31, 2017 US and Canada: $175M Rest of the world: $353M Worldwide: $528M
May 16, 2014 US and Canada: $200.7M Rest of the world: $324.3M Worldwide: $525M
Jul 13, 1990 US and Canada: $217.6M Rest of the world: $288.1M Worldwide: $505.7M
Nov 24, 1999 US and Canada: $245.9M Rest of the world: $251.5M Worldwide: $497.4M
Apr 1, 2010 US and Canada: $163.2M Rest of the world: $330M Worldwide: $493.2M
Dec 20, 2024 US and Canada: $236.1M Rest of the world: $256M Worldwide: $492.2M
May 18, 2001 US and Canada: $268.7M Rest of the world: $220.3M Worldwide: $489M
May 23, 2003 US and Canada: $242.8M Rest of the world: $241.8M Worldwide: $484.6M
Sep 25, 2015 US and Canada: $169.7M Rest of the world: $305.5M Worldwide: $475.2M
Sep 6, 2019 US and Canada: $211.6M Rest of the world: $261.5M Worldwide: $473.1M
Feb 7, 2014 US and Canada: $258M Rest of the world: $212.8M Worldwide: $470.8M
Mar 9, 2007 US and Canada: $210.6M Rest of the world: $245.5M Worldwide: $456.1M
Sep 6, 2024 US and Canada: $294.1M Rest of the world: $157.9M Worldwide: $452M
Nov 22, 1991 US and Canada: $219M Rest of the world: $232.3M Worldwide: $451.3M
May 6, 2011 US and Canada: $181M Rest of the world: $268.3M Worldwide: $449.3M
May 4, 2001 US and Canada: $202M Rest of the world: $241.3M Worldwide: $443.3M
Jun 10, 2016 US and Canada: $47.4M Rest of the world: $391.7M Worldwide: $439M
May 7, 1999 US and Canada: $157.1M Rest of the world: $260.5M Worldwide: $417.6M
Jul 26, 2013 US and Canada: $132.6M Rest of the world: $282.3M Worldwide: $414.8M
Jul 12, 2013 US and Canada: $101.8M Rest of the world: $309.2M Worldwide: $411M
Jun 9, 2017 US and Canada: $80.2M Rest of the world: $329M Worldwide: $409.2M
Nov 21, 2008 US and Canada: $194M Rest of the world: $214.6M Worldwide: $408.5M
Apr 7, 2017 US and Canada: $5M Rest of the world: $400.3M Worldwide: $405.3M
Nov 5, 2021 US and Canada: $164.9M Rest of the world: $237.2M Worldwide: $402.1M
Nov 22, 1995 US and Canada: $223.2M Rest of the world: $171.2M Worldwide: $394.4M
Oct 21, 2022 US and Canada: $168.2M Rest of the world: $225.3M Worldwide: $393.5M
May 25, 2018 US and Canada: $213.8M Rest of the world: $179.2M Worldwide: $392.9M
Jan 22, 2016 US and Canada: $32.8K Rest of the world: $387M Worldwide: $387.1M
Mar 27, 2015 US and Canada: $177.4M Rest of the world: $208.6M Worldwide: $386M
May 2, 2025 US and Canada: $190.3M Rest of the world: $192.2M Worldwide: $382.4M Every year from 1921 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2019 leads with $15.7B, led by Avengers: Endgame (2019).