What Is the Highest-Grossing Film of All Time?
How Endgame retook the box-office crown from Avatar, and what the top 10 looks like now.
Aditya Challa2 min read
Summary
What is the highest-grossing film of all time? As of 14 October 2026 it is Avengers: Endgame (2019), with about USD 2.94 billion worldwide according to Box Office Mojo. A re-release ahead of Avengers: Doomsday pushed it past James Cameron's Avatar (2009), which has about USD 2.92 billion. These figures are not adjusted for inflation.
What are the top 10 highest-grossing films worldwide?
Box Office Mojo's worldwide lifetime chart, checked on 14 October 2026, rounded:
- Avengers: Endgame (2019): about USD 2.94 billion
- Avatar (2009): about USD 2.92 billion
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026): about USD 2.51 billion
- Avatar: The Way of Water (2022): about USD 2.33 billion
- Ne Zha 2 (2025): about USD 2.27 billion
- Titanic (1997): about USD 2.26 billion
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015): about USD 2.07 billion
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018): about USD 2.05 billion
- Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021): about USD 1.92 billion
- Zootopia 2 (2025): about USD 1.87 billion
Totals for films still in cinemas can change week to week.
How did Endgame overtake Avatar again?
Endgame first took the record in 2019. Avatar reclaimed it after re-releases, including a 2022 run before The Way of Water. In autumn 2026 Disney re-released Endgame ahead of Avengers: Doomsday (due 18 December 2026), and NPR and Collider reported that it moved back to number one in early October.
What is the biggest film adjusted for inflation?
Guinness World Records lists Gone with the Wind (1939) as the highest-grossing film when adjusted for inflation, with an estimate of about USD 3.4 billion in 2014 money. Inflation-adjusted rankings rely on estimates, so different sources can rank films differently.
FAQ
Is Avatar still number one? No. As of 14 October 2026 it is second, by about USD 14 million.
Did Avatar: Fire and Ash beat the record? No. Box Office Mojo shows about USD 1.49 billion worldwide for the 2025 film.
What is the highest-grossing animated film? On the same chart, Ne Zha 2 (2025) is the top animated film, at about USD 2.27 billion.
Related
- Which film has won the most Oscars?
- Which movie has the most Oscar nominations?
- Who has won the most acting Oscars?
Sources
- 01boxofficemojo.com/chart/ww_top_lifetime_gross/
- 02npr.org/2026/10/06/nx-s1-5991466/avengers-endgame-highest-box-office-ever
- 03collider.com/avengers-endgame-box-office-overtakes-avatar-highest-grossing-hit-of-all-time/
- 04guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/highest-box-office-film-gross-inflation-adjusted
- 05boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1757678/
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