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 1,851 to 1,900 of 2,408. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
May 11, 2018 US and Canada: $109.9K Rest of the world: $51.4K Worldwide: $161.3K
May 8, 1987 US and Canada: $159.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $159.7K
Oct 15, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $159.6K
May 26, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $157.8K
Mar 13, 2015 US and Canada: $157.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $157.5K
Oct 1, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $156.5K
Jan 22, 2004 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $155.5K
Oct 18, 2002 US and Canada: $154.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $154.6K
Mar 7, 2007 US and Canada: $23.3K Rest of the world: $130.9K Worldwide: $154.2K
Jun 16, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $152.7K
Jun 2, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $150.3K
Jun 16, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $148.1K
Dec 21, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $146.3K
Oct 12, 2001 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $145K
Sep 8, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $144.7K
Sep 28, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $142K
Jan 25, 2013 US and Canada: $142K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $142K
Jul 5, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $141.8K
Aug 9, 2001 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $141.1K
Apr 1, 1951 US and Canada: $91.9K Rest of the world: $48.8K Worldwide: $140.7K
Jul 30, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $139K
Apr 10, 2026 US and Canada: $112.2K Rest of the world: $23.8K Worldwide: $136K
Jan 4, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $133.5K
Oct 31, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $133.5K
Dec 19, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $131.7K
Jun 1, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $131.5K
Sep 4, 2026 US and Canada: $131.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $131.3K
Aug 31, 2007 US and Canada: $63.2K Rest of the world: $67.7K Worldwide: $130.9K
Sep 30, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $129.7K
Jul 21, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $129.5K
Jan 31, 2003 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $128K
Nov 6, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $126.1K
Mar 8, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $126K
Dec 19, 2001 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $125.7K
Feb 6, 1998 US and Canada: $125.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $125.4K
Jan 8, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $124.7K
Jan 21, 2014 US and Canada: $123.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $123.9K
Jun 24, 2008 US and Canada: $123.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $123.8K
May 16, 2015 US and Canada: $12.8K Rest of the world: $105.9K Worldwide: $118.7K Every year from 1921 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2019 leads with $15.7B, led by Avengers: Endgame (2019).