Though a film's success isn't based solely on how much money it pulls in, box-office numbers are still crucial to determining what type of movies make it to the big screen. It's no surprise that family-friendly blockbusters, hero flicks, and animated movies bring in the most dough, but some of the films that cracked the list of the 50 highest-grossing movies of all time just may surprise you. Take a look for yourself!
- Avatar (2009): $2.7 billion
- Titanic (1997): $2.1 billion
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015): $2 billion
- Jurassic World (2015): $1.6 billion
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018) $1.6 billion
- Marvel's The Avengers (2012): $1.5 billion
- Furious 7 (2015): $1.5 billion
- Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015): $1.4 billion
- Black Panther (2018): $1.3 billion
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 2 (2011): $1.3 billion
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017): $1.3 billion
- Frozen (2013): $1.2 billion
- Beauty and the Beast (2017): $1.2 billion
- The Fate of the Furious (2017): $1.2 billion
- Iron Man 3 (2013): $1.2 billion
- Minions (2015): $1.1 billion
- Captain America: Civil War (2016): $1.1 billion
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011): $1.1 billion
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003): $1.1 billion
- Skyfall (2012): $1.1 billion
- Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014): $1.1 billion
- The Dark Knight Rises (2012): $1 billion
- Toy Story 3 (2010): $1 billion
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006): $1 billion
- Rouge One: A Star Wars Story (2016): $1 billion
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011): $1 billion
- Despicable Me 3 (2017): $1 billion
- Jurassic Park (1993): $1 billion
- Finding Dory (2016): $1 billion
- Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999): $1 billion
- Alice in Wonderland (2010): $1 billion
- Zootopia (2016): $1 billion
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012): $1 billion
- The Dark Knight (2008): $1 billion
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001): $974 million
- Despicable Me 2 (2013): $970 million
- The Lion King (1994): $968 million
- The Jungle Book (2016): $966 million
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007): $963 million
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 1 (2010): $960 million
- Jumaji: Welcome to the Jungle (2018): $959 million
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013): $958 million
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014): $956 million
- Finding Nemo (2003): $940 million
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007): $939 million
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009): $934 million
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002): $926 million
- Shrek 2 (2004): $919 million
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005): $896 million
- Spider-Man 3 (2007): $890 million
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