Avatar Still Holds the Box Office World Record

The blue Na'vi from Avatar continue to top the list of the most successful films at the box office. The movie, which is now thirteen years old, has grossed around $2.85 billion at cinemas worldwide - just ahead of Marvel's Avengers. According to Box Office Mojo, Avengers: Endgame has so far grossed around $2.8 billion worldwide, putting it about $50 million behind. Rounding out the top three is the most famous shipwreck in history. In total, five films have so far broken the two billion USD mark at the box office - including another installment of the Avengers series, which is represented in the top 10 a total of three times.

Director James Cameron has now released the first moving images of the Avatar sequel more than a decade after its theatrical success. In the U.S., the premiere for "Avatar: The Way of Water" is set for December 16, 2022. It remains to be seen whether the second film about the blue protagonists can match the success of its predecessor.

It should be noted that the ranking shown in the chart below is not adjusted for inflation and thus heavily favors recent releases over past blockbusters. While "Avatar" and "Titanic" are the only films not released in the past decade to feature in the top 10 of the unadjusted ranking, the adjusted ranking (only available for the North American box office unfortunately) features classics such as "Gone with the Wind", the original "Star Wars" and "The Sound of Music".