Themoviesthat have net the $ 1 billion mark at thebox officebelong to a prettyexclusive club . To date , there are only 53 member .
The New initiate is 2023’sBarbie , the Greta Gerwig – manoeuver juggernaut that hotshot Margot Robbie pitched to Warner Bros. as a moving-picture show that would net $ 1 billion . “ Which perchance I was overselling , but we had a movie to make , OK ? ! ” RobbietoldCollider last calendar month . Not only didBarbiehit $ 1 billion , it managed to do so in less than three week . ( For the record , the movie to gross $ 1 billion the fast isAvengers : Endgame , whichmanaged the featin just five days . )
Barbieisn’t the only 2023 moving picture to make the list . The Super Mario Bros. Movie , released in other April , is in 15th place with a general 144 of a little over $ 1.35 billion . As of August 7,Barbieis in 45th place , but it ’s jolly much a foregone conclusion that it wo n’t stay there . It only needs to skim in about $ 3 million more to overtakeDespicable Me 3(2017 ) .
Though both 2023 entrance are free-base on existing noetic properties , they can still be consider original celluloid , in a style — a marked difference from last year ’s course . All three 2022 picture show to make $ 1 billion at the box office were sequels : embodiment : The manner of Water , Top Gun : Maverick , andJurassic World Dominion .
Unsurprisingly , most billion - clam megahit draw from existing IP . There are more straight sequel ( 2019’sFrozen IIand 2015’sStar Wars : Episode VII - The Force Awakens ) ; live - activity remake ( 2019’sThe Lion Kingand 2017’sBeauty and the Beast ) ; adaptation of beloved novels ( 2001’sHarry Potter and the Sorcerer ’s Stone , 2012’sThe Hobbit ) ; and , of course of instruction , plenty of superhero movies .
The famous exceptions to that rule chiefly come from James Cameron , including the originalAvatarand 1997 ’s unsinkableTitanic , which grossed a hardy $ 2.26 billion . Oh , and Disney’sZootopiais also on the list . ( It ’s hard to beat a talking fox voiced by Jason Bateman . )
We ’ll have to await and see whether the other half of the ‘ Barbenheimer ’ phenomenon make it into the billion - one dollar bill club . Right now , Oppenheimer’sworldwide grossis just timid of $ 553 million .
discover out if your favourite spectacle on thesilver screenmade the listing below , and see which picture just missed it viaBox Office Mojo .
This article was publish earlier in 2023 and has been update .
