List of fastest-grossing films explained

The success of a film is assessed by trade publications (such as Box Office Mojo and Variety) primarily by its theatrical box office earnings. Although several other revenue streams also generate revenue (such as theatrical exhibition, home video, television broadcast rights and merchandising), theatrical box office earnings take prominence, mostly because of the availability of the data compared to sales figures for home video and broadcast rights, but also because of historical practice. The success at the box office is measured in a number of ways, and these look at both the total gross as well as the speed with which that gross is attained. This list focuses on the latter. Included on this list are charts showing the films that reached certain milestones in the fastest time. All charts are ranked first by the number of days they took to reach the milestone, and second by their total gross on the day they exceeded the milestone. The charts are not adjusted for inflation, which does erode the achievements of earlier films.

Fastest-grossing films – worldwide

-- intentionally not sortable --> plainrowheaders" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"	+Fastest film to reach milestones	Milestone	Date	Global release date	Title	Days to milestone	Films to hit milestone^[1]	Gross on day of milestone/$
$500 million		^[2]			>200	643.7 million
$1 billion			Avengers: Endgame		>50	1.224 billion
$1.5 billion			Avengers: Endgame		12	1.6641 billion
$2 billion			Avengers: Endgame		6	>2 billion<	-- 2.1887 billion is as of Sunday, May 5, i.e. after 12 days -->
$2.5 billion	May 13, 2019		Avengers: Endgame	20	2	billion

Fastest to $500 million

By 1980, Star Wars became the first movie to reach a $500 million worldwide gross (not adjusting for inflation).^[3] The list below is restricted to the 10 movies that reached the milestone the fastest, not taking into account early, single-show premieres.

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Date	Global release date	Title	Days to milestone	Gross on day of milestone/$
1	^[4]				643.7 million
2	^[5]	^[6]			640.9 million
3	^[7]	^[8]			600.8 million
4	^[9]	^[10]	The Fate of the Furious		541.9 million^[11]
5		^[12]			529 million
6		^[13]	Jurassic World		525.5 million
7	^[14]	^[15]	Detective Chinatown 3		551 million
9	^[16]	^[17]	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2		542.2 million
9	^[18]	^[19]			555.9 million
10	^[20]	^[21]	Deadpool & Wolverine		545.8 million^[22] <	--	-	10	^[23]	^[24]			536.7 million -->

Fastest to $1 billion

Titanic became the first movie to gross over $1 billion worldwide on March 1, 1998, in days of release.^[25] The list below is restricted to the 10 movies that reached the milestone the fastest.

-- intentionally not sortable --> plainrowheaders" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"	+Fastest-grossing films to $1 billion worldwide	Rank	Date	Global release date	Title	Days to milestone	Gross on day of milestone/$
1	^[26]				1.224 billion
2	^[27]				>1.02 billion<	-- up to Friday + Saturday in US less than: $1,130M (Saturday+Sunday internationals)974.56M after Friday per: https://web.archive.org/web/20180506132606/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=marvel0518.htm$46.63M in US on Saturday per: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=marvel0518.htm -->
3	^[28]				1.0906 billion
4	^[29]				billion
5	^[30]		Jurassic World		>1 billion^[31] <	-- https://variety.com/2015/film/news/jurassic-world-box-office-1-billion-international-1201524803/ -->
6	^[32]				1.0298 billion
7	^[33]	^[34]	Furious 7		billion
8	^[35]		The Fate of the Furious		billion
9	^[36]	^[37]			1.04 billion
10	^[38]	^[39]	Barbie		1.031 billion

Fastest to $1.5 billion

Titanic became the first movie to gross over $1.5 billion worldwide no later than June 23, 1998, within days of release.^[40] The list below is restricted to the 10 movies that reached the milestone the fastest.

-- intentionally not sortable --> plainrowheaders" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"	+Fastest-grossing films to $1.5 billion worldwide	Rank	Date	Global release date	Title	Days to milestone	Gross on day of milestone/$
1	^[41]				1.6641 billion
2	^[42]				>1.5 billion<	-- 1,607,000,000 is after 19 days-->^[43]
3	^[44]				1.51 billion
4	^[45]				1.5165 billion
5					billion
6	^[46]	^[47]	Avatar		>1.5 billion
7	^[48]		Jurassic World		1.522 billion
8	^[49]	^[50]	The Lion King		1.5085 billion
9	^[51]	^[52]	Inside Out 2		1.5056 billion
10	^[53]		Furious 7		1.5001 billion

Fastest to $2 billion

-- intentionally not sortable --> plainrowheaders" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"	+Fastest-grossing films to $2 billion worldwide	Rank	Date	Global release date	Title	Days to milestone	Gross on day of milestone/$
1	^[54]				>2 billion<	-- 2.1887 billion is as of Sunday, May 5, i.e. after 12 days -->
2	^[55]				2.024 billion
3	^[56]		Avatar		2.039 billion
4	^[57]				2.002 billion
5	^[58]				2.008 billion
6	^[59]	^[60]	Titanic		2.03 billion

Fastest to $2.5 billion

-- intentionally not sortable --> plainrowheaders" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"	+Fastest-grossing films to $2.5 billion worldwide	Rank	Date	Global release date	Title	Days to milestone	Gross on day of milestone/$
1	May 13, 2019^[61]			20	billion
2	^[62] ^[63]		Avatar		billion

Fastest-grossing films – US and Canada

Figures listed here do not take into account dates for limited-release premieres, but they do take into account the grosses from the previews or "midnight showings" that occur the day before the "official opening day".

On this series of charts, films are ranked first by the number of days they took to reach the milestone, and second by their total gross on the day they exceeded the milestone. The milestones used by trade publications such as Box Office Mojo or The Numbers, are multiples of $50 million. Therefore, the charts below reflect these milestones. Note that in the case of a tie, the highest-grossing film is listed as the fastest-grossing film.

-- intentionally not sortable --> plainrowheaders" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"	+Fastest films to reach milestones	Milestone (in million $)	Date	Title	Days to milestone	Gross on day of milestone	Films to hit milestone	Ref.
50			1	$157,461,641	>1800<	-- 1882 as of most recent count -->	^[64]
100		Avengers: Endgame	1	$157,461,641	>800<	-- 832 as of most recent count -->	^[65]
150		Avengers: Endgame	1	$157,461,641	>400<	-- 421 as of most recent count -->	^[66]
200		Avengers: Endgame	2	$266,725,763	>200<	-- 239 as of most recent count -->	^[67]
250		Avengers: Endgame	2	$266,725,763	>100<	-- 148 as of most recent count -->	^[68]
300		Avengers: Endgame	3	$357,115,007	>100<	-- 104 as of most recent count -->	^[69]
350		Avengers: Endgame	3	$357,115,007	69	^[70]
400		Avengers: Endgame	5	$426,889,446	47	^[71]
450		Avengers: Endgame	6	$452,913,249	27	^[72]
500		Avengers: Endgame	8	$514,558,914	21	^[73]
550		Avengers: Endgame	9	$576,158,461	16	^[74]
600		Avengers: Endgame	10	$621,277,849	15	^[75]
650		Avengers: Endgame	13	$652,935,585	10	^[76]
700			16	$720,839,583	6	^[77]
750		Star Wars: The Force Awakens	18	$750,208,942	4	^[78]
800		Star Wars: The Force Awakens	23	$800,354,043	3	^[79]
850		Star Wars: The Force Awakens	31	$852,274,958	2	^[80]
900		Star Wars: The Force Awakens	50	$900,844,232	1	^[81]

Fastest to $50 million

It is believed that the 1915 silent-era film The Birth of a Nation was the first movie that might have grossed over $50 million.^[82] Gone with the Wind is the first film to definitively gross over $50 million in the United States, taking its lifetime total to $58.3 million with its 1954 re-release. More than 1,800 films have grossed over $50 million.^[83], 55 did so during their opening day (including previews).^[64] The list below is restricted to the biggest 10 during their opening day.

-- intentionally not sortable --> plainrowheaders" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"	+Fastest-grossing films to $50 million	No.	Date	Title	Days to milestone	Gross on day of milestone
1			1	$157,461,641
2			1	$121,964,712
3			1	$119,119,282
4			1	$106,334,939
5			1	$104,684,491
6		Deadpool & Wolverine	1	$96,189,710
7		Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	1	$91,071,119
8		Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	1	$90,720,784
9			1	$89,615,288
10			1	$84,424,532

Fastest to $100 million

The first movie to reach $100 million at the US and Canadian box office was The Sound of Music, during its initial 1965 release.^[84] More than 800 films have crossed this threshold since, over 70 of which just during their first 3 days of release.^[65] The list below is restricted to the fastest 10.

-- intentionally not sortable --> plainrowheaders" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"	+Fastest-grossing films to $100 million	No.	Date	Title	Days to milestone	Gross on day of milestone
1			1	$157,461,641
2			1	$121,964,712
3			1	$119,119,282
4			1	$106,334,939
5			1	$104,684,491
6		Deadpool & Wolverine	2	$157,834,493
7		Jurassic World	2	$151,598,780
8		The Avengers	2	$150,371,975
9		Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	2	$148,527,634
10		Black Panther	2	$141,936,512

Fastest to $150 million

The first movie to reach $150 million at the US and Canadian box office was Gone with the Wind, during 1967 re-release. More than 400 films have crossed this threshold since, 28 of which just in their first 3 days of release.^[66] The list below is restricted to the fastest 10.

-- intentionally not sortable --> plainrowheaders" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"	+Fastest-grossing films to $150 million	No.	Date	Title	Days to milestone	Gross on day of milestone
1			1	$157,461,641
2			2	$195,905,991
3			2	$188,466,551
4			2	$187,413,486
5			2	$168,677,696
6		Deadpool & Wolverine	2	$157,834,493
7		Jurassic World	2	$151,598,780
8		The Avengers	2	$150,371,975
9		Black Panther	3	$202,003,951
10		The Lion King	3	$191,770,759

Fastest to $200 million

The first movie to reach this milestone was Jaws, on its 1976 re-release.^[85] More than 200 films have grossed over $200 million at the US and Canadian box office, 31 of which reached it in their first 7-days.^[67] The list below is restricted to the fastest 10.

-- intentionally not sortable --> plainrowheaders" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"	+Fastest-grossing films to $200 million	No.	Date	Title	Days to milestone	Gross on day of milestone
1			2	$266,725,763
2			3	$260,138,569
3			3	$257,698,183
4			3	$247,966,675
5			3	$220,009,584
6		Deadpool & Wolverine	3	$211,435,291
7		Jurassic World	3	$208,806,270
8		The Avengers	3	$207,438,708
9		Black Panther	3	$202,003,951
10		The Lion King	4	$212,820,978

Fastest to $250 million

The first movie to reach this milestone was with its 1978 reissue. More than 100 films have grossed over $250 million at the US and Canadian box office, 13 of which did so in the first week.^[68] The list below is restricted to the fastest 10.

-- intentionally not sortable --> plainrowheaders" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"	+Fastest-grossing films to $250 million	No.	Date	Title	Days to milestone	Gross on day of milestone
1			2	$266,725,763
2			3	$260,138,569
3			3	$257,698,183
4			4	$288,076,417
5		Black Panther	5	$263,013,041
6			5	$261,820,146
7		Deadpool & Wolverine	5	$261,190,114
8		Jurassic World	5	$258,493,605
9		The Lion King	6	$260,250,600
10			6	$259,209,866

Fastest to $300 million

The first movie to reach this milestone was with its 1981 reissue. More than 100 films have grossed over $300 million at the US and Canadian box office.^[69] The list below is restricted to the fastest 10.

-- intentionally not sortable --> plainrowheaders" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"	+Fastest-grossing films to $300 million	No.	Date	Title	Days to milestone	Gross on day of milestone
1			3	$357,115,007
2			5	$328,685,544
3			5	$325,438,146
4			5	$305,864,408
5		Deadpool & Wolverine	8	$326,875,919
6		Jurassic World	8	$325,326,090
7			8	$321,365,440
8		Black Panther	8	$320,812,422
9			8	$315,866,789
10		The Avengers	9	$342,148,409<	--	-	10		The Lion King	9	$327,249,534 -->

Fastest to $350 million

The first movie to pass this threshold was E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial on April 15, 1983, after 314 days of release.^{[86] [87]}, 69 films have grossed over $350 million at the US and Canadian box office.^[70] The list below is restricted to the fastest 10.

-- intentionally not sortable --> plainrowheaders" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"	+Fastest-grossing films to $350 million	No.	Date	Title	Days to milestone	Gross on day of milestone
1			3	$357,115,007
2			6	$363,460,329
3			6	$356,531,855
4			8	$369,760,540
5		Black Panther	9	$368,297,777
6		Deadpool & Wolverine	9	$365,175,919
7		Jurassic World	9	$364,438,555
8			9	$350,537,855
9		The Avengers	10	$373,071,647
10			10	$362,186,406

Fastest to $400 million

The first movie to reach this milestone was on Feb 7, 1997,^[88] during its 20-year anniversary re-release., 47 films have grossed over $400 million at the US and Canadian box office.^[71] The list below is restricted to the fastest 10.

-- intentionally not sortable --> plainrowheaders" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"	+Fastest-grossing films to $400 million	No.	Date	Title	Days to milestone	Gross on day of milestone
1			5	$427,099,795
2			8	$440,181,717
3			8	$405,520,983
4			9	$416,462,994
5		Black Panther	10	$403,613,257
6		Jurassic World	10	$402,800,095
7		Deadpool & Wolverine	11	$407,760,045
8			12	$423,361,767
9			13	$407,782,706
10		Inside Out 2	13	$400,782,196

Fastest to $450 million

The first movie to reach this milestone was on Mar 7, 1997,^[89] during its 20-year anniversary re-release., 27 films have grossed over $450 million at the US and Canadian box office. The list below is restricted to the fastest 10.

-- intentionally not sortable --> plainrowheaders" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"	+Fastest-grossing films to $450 million	No.	Date	Title	Days to milestone	Gross on day of milestone
1			style=text-align:right;"	6	$452,351,786
2			9	$496,913,249
3			10	$470,413,982
4			10	$453,107,350
5			14	$464,698,228
6		Jurassic World	15	$460,533,690
7		Deadpool & Wolverine	15	$455,837,382
8		Black Panther	15	$451,657,573
9		Inside Out 2	16	$451,270,367
10		Barbie	17	$459,390,060

Fastest to $500 million

The first movie to reach $500 million in the US and Canada was Titanic on March 20, 1998, after 98 days of release.^{[90] [91]}, 21 films have grossed over $500 million at the US and Canadian box office. The list below is restricted to the fastest 10.

-- intentionally not sortable --> plainrowheaders" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"	+Fastest-grossing films to $500 million	No.	Date	Title	Days to milestone	Gross on day of milestone
1			style=text-align:right;"	8	$514,631,412
2			10	$540,058,914
3			12	$516,531,392
4			15	$501,998,715
5			16	$503,651,719
6		Black Panther	17	$501,706,972
7		Jurassic World	17	$500,373,420
8		Deadpool & Wolverine	19	$506,937,007
9		Inside Out 2	21	$503,823,699
10		Barbie	22	$502,625,566

Fastest to $550 million

The first movie to reach $550 million in the US and Canada was Titanic on April 17, 1998, after 121 days of release., sixteen films have grossed over $550 million at the US and Canadian box office. The list below is restricted to the fastest 10.

-- intentionally not sortable --> plainrowheaders" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"	+Fastest-grossing films to $550 million	No.	Date	Title	Days to milestone	Gross on day of milestone
1			9	$576,158,461
2			11	$571,420,943
3			14	$557,577,074
4			18	$552,716,088
5			22	$555,486,075
6		Black Panther	24	$561,697,180
7		Jurassic World	24	$556,538,010
8		Inside Out 2	28	$551,844,077
9		Barbie	29	$552,141,482
10			30	$552,898,972

Fastest to $600 million

The first movie to reach $600 million in the US and Canada was Titanic on August 28, 1998, after 255 days of release., fifteen films have grossed over $600 million at the US and Canadian box office. The list below is restricted to the fastest 10.

-- intentionally not sortable --> plainrowheaders" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"	+Fastest-grossing films to $600 million	No.	Date	Title	Days to milestone	Gross on day of milestone
1			10	$621,277,849
2			12	$600,949,526
3			17	$613,600,664
4			26	$601,381,683
5		Black Panther	31	$605,027,218
6		Jurassic World	36	$603,031,100
7			37	$602,589,476
8			40	$601,998,602
9		Inside Out 2	40	$600,969,628
10		Barbie	43	$601,394,608

Fastest to $650 million

-- intentionally not sortable --> plainrowheaders" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"	+Fastest-grossing films to $650 million	No.	Date	Title	Days to milestone	Gross on day of milestone
1			13	$652,935,585
2			14	$651,965,583
3			23	$658,870,933
4				$652,709,699
5		Black Panther	45	$650,923,549
6		Avatar	58	$651,346,762
7			62	$650,432,427
8			66	$650,311,290
9		Jurassic World	104	$650,010,785
10		Titanic	5237	$650,017,614

Fastest to $700 million

-- intentionally not sortable --> plainrowheaders" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"	+Fastest-grossing films to $700 million	No.	Date	Title	Days to milestone	Gross on day of milestone
1			16	$720,729,671
2			16	$704,178,577
3			32	$702,574,237
4		Avatar	72	$702,621,374
5			102	$701,250,369
6		Black Panther	171	$700,006,415

Fastest to $750 million

-- intentionally not sortable --> plainrowheaders" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"	+Fastest-grossing films to $750 million	No.	Date	Title	Days to milestone	Gross on day of milestone
1			18	$750,208,942
2			23	$761,769,075
3			54	$750,429,025
4		Avatar	253	$750,999,186

Fastest to $800 million

-- intentionally not sortable --> plainrowheaders" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"	+Fastest-grossing films to $800 million	No.	Date	Title	Days to milestone	Gross on day of milestone
1			23	$800,329,495
2			32	$803,395,591
3			100	$800,029,736

Fastest to $850 million

-- intentionally not sortable --> plainrowheaders" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"	+Fastest-grossing films to $850 million	No.	Date	Title	Days to milestone	Gross on day of milestone
1			31	$852,274,958
2			78	$850,108,592

Fastest to $900 million

-- intentionally not sortable --> plainrowheaders" style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"	+Fastest-grossing films to $900 million	No.	Date	Title	Days to milestone	Gross on day of milestone
1			50	$900,844,232

See also

• List of highest-grossing films
• List of highest-grossing openings for films
• Lists of highest-grossing films

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29. Web site: Tartaglione. Nancy. 2021-12-26. 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Dashes To $1B+ Global For Pandemic-Era First, Is Top 2021 Title WW – International Box Office. 2021-12-27. Deadline Hollywood. en-US. Spider-Man: No Way Home is having a joyous holiday as it is now officially the first movie of the pandemic era to pass the $1B mark at the global box office. [...] No Way Home got to the mark in just 12 days, ultimately crossing early Sunday [...] This lifts the offshore cume in 61 overseas markets to $587.1M for the No. 5 spot of the year. The drop over the Christmas frame was 57%, and there’s plenty of runway ahead globally, along with Japan which releases on January 7. The domestic cume is $467.3M..
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