This also means that the top 50 highest grossing movies worldwide have all taken over $1 Billion at the box office.
The first movie to do this was Titanic back in 1997, which stood as the highest grossing movie for 10 years until Avatar took over.
Avatar is still the highest grossing movie of all time to this day, despite giving up the crown to Avengers Endgame for a time in 2019.
There was a time a few years back when movies in franchises like the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Fast & Furious were almost guaranteed to over a Billion but the COVID-19 pandemic has changes things and in the last 2 years only Top Gun Maverick and Spider Man: No Way Home has gone over the landmark figure, with Spider Man: No Way Home getting close to $2 Billion.
And talking of $2 Billion, 5 movie have crossed this landmark, Avatar, Avengers Endgame, Titanic, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Avengers: Infinity War.
Take a look at the top 100 all time grossing movies worldwide.
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