The 26 WORLD MOVIE HEAVY WEIGHTS OF ALL TIME

The film business is one with a two fold objective - provide awesome entertainment and make a ton of money while at it. It is a matter of fact that not all made movies are awesome (some really suck), so while some make some money, a few go on to make that ton of money and fewer still just just break the money mold. This has given rise to a club - the billion dollar club, granting access to only a select few that have made the billion dollar mark. This club is so elite only 26 films have ever earned its most coveted membership. And they are:

RANK	TITLE	STUDIO	GROSS	YEAR
1	Avatar	Fox	$2,788.0	2009
2	Titanic	Paramount	$2,186.8	1997
3	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Buena Vista	$2,067.0	2015
4	Jurassic World	Universal	$1,670.4	2015
5	Marvel’s The Avengers	Buena Vista	$1,519.6	2012
6	Furious 7	Universal	$1,516.0	2015
7	Avengers: Age of Ultron	Buena Vista	$1,405.4	2015
8	Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2	Warner Bros	$1,341.5	2011
9	Frozen	Buena Vista	$1,276.5	2013
10	Iron Man 3	Buena Vista	$1,215.4	2013
11	Minions	Universal	$1,159.4	2015
12	Captain America: Civil War	Buena Vista	$1,136.6	2016
13	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Paramount/Dreamworks	$1,123.4	2011
14	The Lord of the Ring: The Return of the King	New Line	$1,119.9	2003
15	Skyfall	Sony	$1,108.6	2012
16	Transformers: Age of Extinction	Paramount	$1,104.1	2014
17	The Dark Knight Rises	Warner Bros.	$1,084.9	2012
18	The Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest	Buena Vista	$1,066.2	2006
19	Toy Story 3	Buena Vista	$1,063.2	2010
20	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tide	Buena Vista	$1,045.7	2011
21	Jurassic Park	Universal	$1,029.2	1993
22	Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace	Fox	$1,027.0	1999
23	Alice in Wonderland	Buena Vista	$1,025.5	2014
24	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Warner Bros./New Line	$1,004.6	2012
25	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	$1,004.6	2008
26	Zootopia	Buena Vista	$1,001.1	2016

Events however, continue to show that new inductees - Captain America: Civil and Zootopia, not yet at the end of their run and still bringing in the benjamins, may be primed for the further displacement of older members and moving up to occupy their positions.

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