It also broke Avengers: Infinity War 's record (11 days) for the fastest film to reach $1 billion worldwide, doing so in 5 days.Īvengers: Endgame broke Avatar 's record (47 days) for the fastest film to reach $2 billion worldwide, doing so in 11 days.Īvengers: Endgame ($723.5 million) surpassed Black Panther ($700.1 million) as the highest grossing superhero film domestically. Its $1.2 billion worldwide opening weekend broke Avengers: Infinity War 's records ($640.5 million) for the highest worldwide opening weekend debut for a comic book film and of all-time. It also became the first film to gross over $300 million for an opening weekend and had the highest weekend debut of 2019. It also broke Avengers: Infinity War 's records ($257.7 million) for the highest weekend debut in April, for a spring release, a superhero film, a 3D film, a PG-13-rated film, and of all-time. Its opening day gross of $157 million broke Star Wars: The Force Awakens ' record ($119.1 million) for the highest single day and opening day gross of all-time. Us broke Ted 's record ($54.4 million) for the highest opening for an original R-rated film and A Quiet Place 's record ($50.2 million) for the highest opening for an original horror film.Īvengers: Endgame 's $60 million gross from Thursday night preview showings broke Star Wars: The Force Awakens ' record ($57 million) for the highest Thursday night gross of all-time. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden WorldĬaptain Marvel broke Wonder Woman 's record ($103.2 million) for the highest weekend debut for a female directed film. Glass became the first film in 2019 to top the box office for three consecutive weekends. Its international gross ($680 million) also surpassed The Dark Knight Rises ' ($636.8 million) as the highest grossing international gross for a film based on a DC Comics property.Īquaman became the first film in the DC Extended Universe to gross $1 billion worldwide.ĭuring the weekend, Aquaman 's worldwide total ($1.091 billion) surpassed The Dark Knight Rises ($1.084 billion) as the all-time highest-grossing film based on a DC Comics property. The 2010s was also the decade that superhero movies really came to prominence – some would argue we reached the saturation point a long time ago – and 14 of the top 50 spots go to characters from either the Marvel or DC canon of comics.Aquaman 's worldwide gross ($940 million) surpassed Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ($873.6 million) as the highest-grossing film globally in the DC Extended Universe. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) -£668.2 millionĢ4 of the 50 biggest cinemas releases of the last decade hailed from the House of Mouse (who also own Marvel Studios and Star Wars) the top three places all go to Disney, as do seven of the top 10.The Secret Life of Pets (2016) – £669.6 million.Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) – £670.9 million.The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) – £731.2.The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) – £733 million.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) – £734.4 million.Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) – £735.9 million.The Jungle Book Disney (2016) – £739.2 million.The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) – £781 million.Alice in Wonderland (2010) – £784.3 million.Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) – £799.8 million.Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) £807.7 million.The Dark Knight Rises (2012) – £829.8 million.Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) – £844.4 million.Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) – £859.5 million.Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) – £865.7 million.Captain America: Civil War (2016) – £882.1 million.The Fate of the Furious (2017) – £945.3 million.Beauty and the Beast (2017) – £966.4 million.Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) £1 billion.Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) £1 billion.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011) £1 billion.Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) – £1.1 billion.Avengers: Infinity War (2018) – £1.6 billion.Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) £1.6 billion.Avengers: Endgame (2019) – £2.1 billion.Here are the 50 highest grossing films worldwide of the 2010s: