Hi there! Thanks for joining us today. Our discussion in this article is about movies, especially the top grossed movies. Not every movie that is produced enjoys high viewing which in turns yield high gross income for the movie companies. Looking at the Top Grossing Movies of all Time, these are movies that captivated the minds of millions of viewers worldwide and gets the biggest audience be it at the cinema or via streaming network. Anyways, we have compiled the list of the Top Grossing Movies of all Time.
TOP GROSSING MOVIES OF ALL TIME, LIST OF TOP 10
Actually, to compile the list of the Top Grossing Movies of all Time is not easy looking at the tight competition and rate of viewers that watched these movies, however, we have managed to come up with the movies that top them all as listed the top 10 below.
- Avengers: Endgame
- Avatar
- Titanic
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Avengers: Infinity War
- Jurassic World
- The Avengers
- Furious 7
- Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Black Panther
#1. Avengers: Endgame
Initial Release: 2019
Global box office: $ 2.791 billion
Domestic box office: $781 million
Coming in at number after displacing James Cameron’s Avatar from the top spot is the Avengers: Endgame. The movie enters our list on this spot earning over $2.791 billion dollars worldwide making it the Top Grossing Movies of all Time. Avengers: Endgame is the fourth episode of the Avengers movie and also set the record for largest income in a weekend making it top the chart of the Highest-Grossing Movies Opening Weekend. The movie is an epic Sc-Fi action movie that is star-studded with various superheroes characters such as Thor, Black Widow, Captain America and Bruce Banner among others. The movie thrilled millions of viewers watched to see the avengers overcome Thanos, the demigod who destroyed the planet.
#2. Avatar
Initial Release: 2009
Global box office: $2.788 billion
Domestic box office: $760 million
Avatar is one of James Cameron’s outstanding work and was ranked number one for 10 years among the Highest Grossing Movies 2019. The movie is that of brilliance and unique storyline which depicts the disastrous and greedy nature of human, especially towards nature. The movie cost about $237 million which ended up raking in over $2 billion dollars making it one of the Highest Grossing Movies of all Time Worldwide. With an interesting storyline that captivated millions of viewers worldwide who find the story about the events that unfolded in the lush alien world of Pandora which its environment is poisonous to humans who have to develop avatars (human/Na’vi hybrids) to adapt in the alien world.
#3. Titanic
Initial Release: 1997
Global box office: $2.187 billion
Domestic box office: $659 million
back to back is another movie produced by James Cameron, Titanic. The movie is over 25 years and it is still one of the Top Grossing Movies of all Time. This is no surprise giving the movie generates over $2.1 billion worldwide aside from what it generated domestically in the United States. The movie is an epic, romance, and adventure and utter disaster when the gigantic floating titanic ship hit an iceberg which caused it to sink leading to the death of about 1, 500 people. Famous quote in this movie was “Not even God himself could sink this ship.”
#4. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Initial Release: 2015
Global box office: $2.068 billion
Domestic box office: $936 million
Coming in among the Highest Grossing Movies 2019 is one of the Star Wars franchise, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The movie is not mistaken to be enlisted here giving a new flavour and look to the Star war series. The movie is a sci-fi action-packed adventure movie which showcases the threat faced by the galaxy from the evil Kylo Ren and the First Order, thirty years after the defeat of the Galactic Empire and the story began when a defector named Finn crash-lands on a desert planet, where he met Rey, a tough scavenger whose droid contains a top-secret map.
#5. Avengers: Infinity War
Initial Release: 2018
Global box office: $2.048 billion
Domestic box office: $678 million
Another franchise of Avengers, Avengers: Infinity War rated as one of the Highest Grossing Movies of all Time Worldwide. The movie is also rated among the Highest Grossing Movies Opening Weekend been the fastest to gross $1 billion through $1.5 billion. The movie was released in high video formats such as 4DX format which many viewers appreciated and trooped in their huge numbers to watch in cinemas as well as streaming online. Avengers: Infinity War also became the first movie to reach two million admissions. The movie still showcases the adventure of the Avengers (Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk etc.) battle their most powerful enemy, the evil Thanos.
#6. Jurassic World
Initial Release: 2015
Global box office: $1.671 billion
Domestic box office: $652 million
Jurassic World is an interesting Sci-fi action paleontological franchise. The movie is suspense-filled and can’t predict what the next action will be. Jurassic World is home to different genetically engineered dinosaurs, particularly the vicious and intelligent Indominus rex. The action begins when the massive creature escapes, causing rancour and destruction of the pride and luxurious Jurassic world. The movie comes in as the sixth $1.671 billion Highest Grossing Movies of all Time Worldwide.
#7. The Avengers
Initial Release: 2012
Global box office: $1.518 billion
Domestic box office: $623 million
Avengers franchise seems to be loved by many viewers worldwide. The Avengers movie is centred on the Marvel Comics superhero team. The movie did well in the box office locally and globally as well. Typical of Avengers franchise, the movie is packed with superheroes with different abilities and techniques. The story is about Thor’s evil brother, Loki who gains access to the unlimited power of the Tesseract (Energy Cube), Nick Fury, embarks on recruiting superhero to join forces with him and defeat the unprecedented threat to Earth. The movie rose to become the Highest Grossing Movie 2012 with over $1.5 billion worldwide.
#8. Furious 7
Initial Release: 2015
Global box office: $1.516 billion
Domestic box office: $353 million
Finally have one of the Furious Franchise on the list with Furious 7 rated one of the Top Grossing Movies of all Time. Every episode of Fast and Furious is captivating with something new to expect. Furious 7 did not come as a shocker to be enlisted as among the Highest Grossing Movies of all Time Worldwide when millions of viewers troop into the cinema in their numbers while others stayed glue to online streaming platforms to enjoy this epic action thriller movie. The movie is still China’s biggest movie ever with a total of $323 million in the country. In North America, the movie is among the Highest Grossing Movies Opening Weekend.
#9. Avengers: Age of Ultron
Initial Release: 2015
Global box office: $1.405 billion
Domestic box office: $459 million
Yet another Avenger franchise on our list, Avengers: Age of Ultron is an epic action/adventure film which till date is still enjoyed by many seeing t for the first time and those that put it on replay. The movie, however, experiences a blowback and somewhat criticised too. But that doesn’t stop this second movie from the Avengers franchise from making the list as the movie grossed about $1.5 billion.
#10. Black Panther
Initial Release: 2015
Global box office: $1.342 billion
Domestic box office: $700 million
Black Panther round up our discussion on the top grossed movies of all time. The movie is an epic superheroes action-filled movie from beginning to the end. With a gross rate of over $1.3 billion dollar surpassing numerous movies that were premiered before it. The movie is sure to still fresh whenever you decide to rewatch or just watching for the first time.
Conclusion on the Top Grossing Movies of all Time, List of Top 10
There you have the movies that are the highest grossed movies of all time. Avengers franchise has the highest with four of its episodes making the list. More so, it feels good to have one of the oldies on the list, Titanic sitting at the third spot. Interestingly, all of the movies that are listed in this article are American movies which speak volume on the creativity of Hollywood, America’s movie industry which is rated to be the largest in the world.
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