The 10 Highest-Grossing Movies of All Time
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Box-office success tells you a lot about a film. Quality, of course, is always up to interpretation. But looking at the highest-grossing movies of all time is like looking back at the biggest moments in cinema history. Say what you will about the strength of the theater business, but many of the films in the top ten premiered within the last decade. We're talking about mega blockbusters and superhero team-ups—boasting massive stars and even bigger action.
This year, there's a new film in the top ten. Inside Out 2, the sequel to the hit Pixar movie, just passed Frozen II to become the highest-grossing animated film of all time. You'll find many more sequels and franchise reboots scattered about the list as well, proving why IP is king in today's market. We're talking blue aliens, adventures through space, and superheroes galore. If you're looking to watch one of the highest-selling films of all time, look no further.
Inside Out 2 (In theaters)
The newest entry on the list, Pixar's Inside Out 2, recently became the highest-grossing animated film of all time. The film follows a group of simple emotions that steer a teenage girl through life, only to find that some feelings are a bit more complicated.
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The Lion King (2019)
DIsney's The Lion King remake boasted full CGI and a voice cast featuring Donald Glover, Beyoncé, John Oliver, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Billy Eichner, James Earl Jones, and many more as today's stars recreated the songs from the original hit.
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Jurassic World
Yes, Jurassic World. Surprisingly, the first entry from the franchise's reboot, starring Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, is the highest-grossing film in the Jurassic Park franchise. Jurassic World restored Steven Spielberg's original idea of a functioning dinosaur park, until plans went dangerously haywire.
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Spider-Man: No Way Home
Best known for bringing all three Spider-Man actors together, the multiverse film saw Tom Holland team up with Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield in one of the most fan-hyped films of the last decade.
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Avengers: Infinity War
The Marvel Cinematic Universe reached a fever pitch in Avengers: Infinity War when just about every Marvel superhero and Avenger from eighteen prior films convened on screen—just for one of the greatest supervillains of all time to destroy them.
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The third Star Wars trilogy kicked off with an all-new trio of heroes, as well as cameos from its original stars. The Force Awakens also skyrocketed the careers of Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver, and Oscar Isaac.
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Titanic
Ah, finally! A film not from the past decade. Titanic was the first film ever to cross the billion-dollar mark back in 1997, boasting a hot romance between Kate WInslet and a young Leonardo DiCaprio. Still, it was only a taste of director James Cameron's power on top of the global box office.
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Avatar: The Way of Water
The sequel to another film on this list—James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water—followed the original extraterrestrial epic with impressive underwater camerawork, new inventions in motion-capture, and a post-pandemic feeling that moviegoing was strong once again.
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Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Infinity War left fans with one of the greatest cliffhangers of the past decade. A lot was riding out on the sequel, but Marvel delivered a time-traveling superhero blockbuster that sold even better than Infinity War—and added even more heroes into the fray than ever before.
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Avatar
Still the reigning highest-grossing film of all time, James Cameron's Avatar broke audiences' brains when it first premiered in theaters in 2009. The computer-animated world of Pandora was like nothing viewers had ever seen before, reigniting the feeling that anything was possible on screen.
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