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 1,951 to 2,000 of 2,408. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
Mar 1, 1991 US and Canada: $78.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $78.1K
Mar 8, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $76.7K
Dec 8, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $76.5K
Sep 7, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $76.2K
Nov 27, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $76K
Sep 18, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $74.8K
Aug 13, 2004 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $74.1K
Oct 11, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $72.8K
Sep 28, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $72.1K
Jan 12, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $72.1K
Jun 21, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $71.7K
Oct 7, 1994 US and Canada: $71.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $71.4K
Oct 6, 2000 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $71.2K
Mar 23, 2012 US and Canada: $17.8K Rest of the world: $53.1K Worldwide: $70.9K
Dec 11, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $70K
Jan 26, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $69.4K
Sep 8, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $69K
Oct 3, 2025 US and Canada: $8K Rest of the world: $60.4K Worldwide: $68.4K
Aug 3, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $68.3K
May 15, 1989 US and Canada: $67.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $67.9K
Mar 27, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $67.8K
Oct 8, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $67.2K
Dec 3, 2003 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $64.9K
Jul 26, 2017 US and Canada: $2.7K Rest of the world: $61.8K Worldwide: $64.6K
Aug 30, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $64.5K
Jul 24, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $64.4K
Sep 23, 2016 US and Canada: $60.3K Rest of the world: $3.8K Worldwide: $64.1K
Mar 29, 2002 US and Canada: $62.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $62.7K
Aug 1, 1987 US and Canada: $61.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $61.8K
Jun 19, 2001 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $61.2K
Oct 30, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $61K
Dec 20, 1970 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $60.5K
Dec 25, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $59.4K
Dec 27, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $59.3K
Jun 1, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $59K
Jan 11, 2002 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $58.8K
May 19, 2023 US and Canada: $54K Rest of the world: $3.7K Worldwide: $57.8K
Oct 4, 1995 US and Canada: $57.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $57.1K
Nov 9, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $56.9K
Jan 20, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $56.9K
Oct 1, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $56.4K
Dec 20, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $55.7K
Oct 23, 2000 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $55.5K
Nov 27, 1998 US and Canada: $25.6K Rest of the world: $29.2K Worldwide: $54.8K
Jun 10, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $54.8K Every year from 1921 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2019 leads with $15.7B, led by Avengers: Endgame (2019).