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 1,701 to 1,750 of 2,408. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
Nov 17, 2006 US and Canada: $321.9K Rest of the world: $70.4K Worldwide: $392.3K
Sep 25, 2026 US and Canada: $158.9K Rest of the world: $232K Worldwide: $390.9K
Feb 14, 2004 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $386.9K
Sep 11, 2024 US and Canada: $36.3K Rest of the world: $347.4K Worldwide: $383.8K
May 7, 2021 US and Canada: $383.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $383.2K
Dec 25, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $383.2K
Apr 5, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $380.4K
Dec 11, 1987 US and Canada: $370.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $370.7K
Mar 15, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $367.7K
May 6, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $366K
Oct 28, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $362.1K
Apr 19, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $360K
Sep 3, 2019 US and Canada: $303.2K Rest of the world: $56.1K Worldwide: $359.4K
Jul 29, 2022 US and Canada: $358.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $358.1K
Jul 15, 1972 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $356.5K
Dec 8, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $355.3K
Oct 28, 2016 US and Canada: $328K Rest of the world: $26.7K Worldwide: $354.6K
Mar 10, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $353.8K
Feb 21, 2001 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $352.5K
Jun 12, 2026 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $348.9K
Oct 1, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $348.2K
Mar 23, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $342.6K
Aug 13, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $338.6K
Nov 22, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $333.5K
Sep 19, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $329.8K
Jun 16, 2022 US and Canada: $325K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $325K
Jan 20, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $324.3K
Nov 30, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $323.1K
Nov 4, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $322.6K
Jul 20, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $322.5K
May 13, 2022 US and Canada: $30.1K Rest of the world: $291.7K Worldwide: $321.8K
Jun 5, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $320.8K
Mar 1, 1994 US and Canada: $319.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $319.1K
Dec 3, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $318.3K
Mar 25, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $318.2K
Apr 22, 2019 US and Canada: $134.8K Rest of the world: $182.8K Worldwide: $317.5K
Oct 13, 1958 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $312.1K
Aug 19, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $311.7K
Sep 4, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $303.6K
Every year from 1921 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2019 leads with $15.7B, led by Avengers: Endgame (2019).