Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Zootopia 2 crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office today, December 14, 2025. This achievement was reached in 19 days of release, having earned $1,136,670,004 globally thus far, a pace that makes it the fastest Hollywood animated or PG-rated film in history to hit the ten-figure milestone.
The film joins a highly prestigious league of recent blockbusters, including Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch (2025), starring Maia Kealoha, Sydney Agudong, and Chris Sanders, which previously reached the billion-dollar mark, alongside the 2024 hits, Disney’s animated Inside Out 2 and Marvel’s Deadpool & Wolverine starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman.
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The 2023 summer smash Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, propelled Greta Gerwig into the rankings as the second female director to break global and US Box Office Records. Director Jennifer Lee achieved this milestone for Disney’s Frozen II (2019,) co-directing alongside Chris Buck.
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Among the elite list of 59 billion-dollar grossing films are sequels, Disney remakes, and iconic franchises such as Star Wars, Avatar, James Bond, The Lord of the Rings, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Harry Potter, The Fast & The Furious, Jurassic Park, The Dark Knight, Transformers and Disney and Pixar toons.
Here’s a look at the 59 films that have achieved this remarkable box office milestone.
1. AVATAR, 2009 – $2,923,710,708
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Directed by James Cameron; starring Zoe Saldana & Sam Worthington; released in 2009
2. AVENGERS: ENDGAME, 2019 – $2,799,439,100
Image Credit: Walt Disney/Marvel Studios /Everett Collection
Directed by Anthony Russo & Joe Russo; starring Scarlett Johansson, Danai Gurira, Don Cheadle, Brie Larson, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Karen Gillan, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner and Paul Rudd
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3. AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER, 2022 – $2,343,477,301
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Everett Collection
Directed by James Cameron; voice cast includes Sigourney Weaver, Zoe Saldana, Jamie Flatters, Britain Dalton and Sam Worthington
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4. TITANIC, 1997 – $2,264,812,968
Image Credit: 20th Century Fox Film/Everett Collection.
Directed by James Cameron; starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet
5. NE ZHA 2, 2025 – $2,150,000,000
Image Credit: CMC Pictures
Directed by Yang Yu aka Jiaozi; featuring the voices of Joseph and Mo Han
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*Estimated box office based on exchange rates
6. STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS, (aka STAR WARS: EPISODE VII – THE FORCE AWAKENS), 2015 – $$2,071,310,218
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Lucasfilm Ltd./Everett Collection
Directed by J.J. Abrams; starring John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Max von Sydow
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7. AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR, 2018 – $2,052,415,039
Image Credit: Marvel /Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures /Everett Collection
Directed by Anthony Russo & Joe Russo; starring Danai Gurira, Chadwick Boseman, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan
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8. SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME, 2021 – $1,921,426,073
Image Credit: Sony Pictures Releasing / Marvel Entertainment / Everett Collection
Directed by Jon Watts; starring Zendaya and Tom Holland
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9. INSIDE OUT 2, 2024 – $1,698,863,816
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection
Directed by Kelsey Mann and Meg LeFauve; featuring the voices of Amy Poehler and Maya Hawke
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10. JURASSIC WORLD, 2015 – $1,671,537,444
Image Credit: Universal Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection
Directed by Colin Trevorrow; starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins and Judy Greer
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11. THE LION KING, 2019 – $1,662,020,819
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Everett Collection
Directed by Jon Favreau; featuring the voices of John Oliver, JD McCrary, Donald Glover, Beyoncé, Seth Rogen and Chiwetel Ejiofor
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12. THE AVENGERS, 2012 – $1,520,538,536
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Everett Collection
Directed by Joss Whedon; starring Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo
13. FURIOUS 7, 2015 – $1,515,342,457
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Directed by James Wan; starring Vin Diesel, Dominic Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham
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14. TOP GUN: MAVERICK, 2022 – $1,495,696,292
Image Credit: Paramount Pictures / Everett Collection
Directed by Joseph Kosinski; starring Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller and Val Kilmer
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15. FROZEN II, 2019 – $1,453,683,476
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Everett Collection
Directed by Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee; featuring the voices Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff, Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell
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16. BARBIE, 2023 – $1,446,938,421
Image Credit: Warner Bros. / Everett Collection
Directed by Greta Gerwig; starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling
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17. AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON, 2015 – $1,405,018,048
Image Credit: Walt Disney Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection
Directed by Joss Whedon; starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Cobie Smulders, Anthony Mackie, Hayley Atwell, Idris Elba, Linda Cardellini, Stellan Skarsgård, James Spader, and Samuel L. Jackson
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18. ZOOTOPIA 2, 2025 – $1,136,670,004
Image Credit: Disney
Directed by Jared Bush & Byron Howard; starring of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Ke Huy Quan, Fortune Feimster, Andy Samberg, David Straithairn, Shakira, Idris Elba, Patrick Warburtno and Quinta Brunson
19. THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE, 2023 – $1,360,879,735
Image Credit: Universal Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection
Directed by Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Pierre Leduc and Fabien Polack; featuring the voices Chris Pratt and Anya Taylor-Joy
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20. BLACK PANTHER, 2018 – $1,349,926,083
Image Credit: Marvel / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures /Everett Collection
Directed by Ryan Coogler; starring Chadwick Bosema, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Sterling K. Brown, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker and Andy Serkis
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21. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2, 2011 – $1,342,505,340
Image Credit: Warner Bros./Everett Collection
Directed by David Yates; starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint
22. DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE (aka DEADPOOL AND WOLVERINE, aka DEADPOOL 3), 2024 – $1,338,073,645
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Directed by Shawn Levy; starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman
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23. STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI, (aka STAR WARS: EPISODE VIII – THE LAST JEDI), 2017 – $1,334,407,706
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Lucasfilm Ltd. /Everett Collection
Directed by Rian Johnson; starring John Boyega, Gwendoline Christie, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Kelly Marie Tran, Laura Dern, and Benicio del Toro
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24. JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM, 2018 – $1,310,469,037
Image Credit: Universal/courtesy Everett Collection
Directed by J.A. Bayona; starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rafe Spall & Justice Smith
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25. FROZEN, 2013 – $1,286,319,131
Image Credit: Walt Disney Pictures/Everett Collection
Directed by Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee; featuring the voices of Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff and Josh Gad
26. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, 2017 – $1,266,115,964
Image Credit: Walt Disney Pictures / Everett Collection
Directed by Bill Condon; starring Dan Stevens, Emma Watson, Luke Evans and Josh Gad
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27. INCREDIBLES 2, 2018 – $1,243,225,667
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Everett Collection
Directed by Brad Bird; featuring the voices of Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Huck Milner and Sarah Vowell
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28. THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS, 2017 – $1,236,009,236
Image Credit: Matt Kennedy. ©Universal Studios/Everett Collection
Directed by F. Gary Gray; starring Michelle Rodriguez, Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Scott Eastwood, Nathalie Emmanuel, Elsa Pataky, Kurt Russell and Charlize Theron
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29. IRON MAN 3, 2013 – $1,215,577,205
Image Credit: Walt Disney Pictures/Everett Collection
Directed by Shane Black; starring Robert Downey Jr.
30. MINIONS, 2015 – $1,159,457,503
Image Credit: Universal Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Directed by Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin; featuring the voices of Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton and Allison Janney
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31. CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR, 2016 – $1,155,046,416
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Directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo; starring Chris Evans
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32. AQUAMAN, 2018 – $1,152,028,393
Image Credit: Warner Bros./courtesy Everett Collection
Directed by James Wan; starring Jason Momoa, Amber Heard and Willem Dafoe
33. THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING, 2003 – $1,139,431,705
Image Credit: New Line/courtesy Everett Collection
Directed by Peter Jackson; starring Elijah Wood, Andy Serkis and Sean Astin
34. SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME, 2019 – $1,132,723,226
Image Credit: Jay Maidment/Columbia Pictures/Marvel /courtesy Everett Collection
Directed by Jon Watts; starring Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zendaya and Samuel L. Jackson
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35. CAPTAIN MARVEL, 2019 – $1,131,416,446
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Marvel/Everett Collection
Directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck; starring Brie Larson
36. TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON, 2011 – $1,123,794,079
Image Credit: Jamie Trueblood/Paramount Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection
Directed by Michael Bay; starring Shia LeBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Josh Duhamel
37. SKYFALL, 2012 – $1,140,426,877
Image Credit: Francois Duhamel/Columbia Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection
Directed by Sam Mendes; starring Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem and Ralph Fiennes
38. TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION, 2014 – $1,105,261,713
Image Credit: Industrial Light & Magic/Paramount Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Directed by Michael Bay; starring Bingbing Li, Stanley Tucci, Jack Reynor and Mark Wahlberg
39. JURASSIC PARK, 1993 – $1,103,096,466
Image Credit: Murray Close/Universal Studios/Everett Collection
Directed by Steven Spielberg; Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum and Richard Attenborough
40. THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, 2012 – $1,085,199,115
Image Credit: Ron Phillips/Warner Bros./Courtesy Everett Collect
Directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale and Tom Hardy
41. JOKER, 2019 – $1,078,958,629
Image Credit: Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros./Everett Collection
Directed by Todd Phillips; starring Joaquin Phoenix
42. STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, (aka STAR WARS: EPISODE IX), 2019 – $1,077,022,372
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Lucasfilm/Everett Collection
Directed by J.J. Abrams; starring Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac as and John Boyega
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43. TOY STORY 4, 2019 – $1,073,841,394
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture /Everett Collection
Directed by Josh Cooley; featuring the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Joan Cusack, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Estelle Harris, Blake Clark, Jeff Pidgeon, Bonnie Hunt, Jeff Garlin, Kristen Schaal and Timothy Dalton
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44. TOY STORY 3, 2010 – $1,067,316,101
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Directed by Lee Unkrich; featuring the voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen
45. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST, 2006 – $1,066,179,747
Image Credit: Walt Disney
Directed by Gore Verbinski; starring Johnny Depp
46: MOANA 2, 2024 – $1,059,242,164
Image Credit: Disney
Directed by David G. Derrick Jr., Jason Hand and Dana Ledoux Miller; starring Auliʻi Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Hualālai Chung, Rose Matafeo and David Fane
47. ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY, 2016 – $1,058,684,742
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Lucasfilm Ltd. /Everett Collection
Directed by Gareth Edwards; starring Felicity Jones and Diego Luna
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48. ALADDIN, 2019 – $1,054,304,000
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Directed by Guy Ritchie; starring Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott and Will Smith
49. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES, 2011 – $1,046,721,266
Image Credit: Peter Mountain/Walt Disney Pictures/verett Collection
Directed by Rob Marshall; starring Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz
50. STAR WARS: EPISODE I – THE PHANTOM MENACE, 1999 – $1,046,515,409
Image Credit: Everett Collection
Directed by George Lucas; starring Natalie Portman, Liam Neeson, Jake Lloyd and Ewan McGregor
51. LILO & STITCH, 2025 – $1,038,017,312
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp; starring
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52. DESPICABLE ME 3, 2017 – $1,034,800,131
Image Credit: Universal Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection
Directed by Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin; featuring the voice of Steve Carell
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53. FINDING DORY, 2016 – $1,029,266,989
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Everett Collection
Directed by Andrew Stanton; featuring the voice of Ellen DeGeneres
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54. HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE, 2001 – $1,028,496,499
Image Credit: Everett Collection
Directed by Chris Columbus; starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint
55. ZOOTOPIA, 2016 – $1,025,521,689
Image Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Everett Collection
Directed by Byron Howard and Rich Moore; featuring the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman
56. ALICE IN WONDERLAND, 2010 – $1,025,468,216
Image Credit: Walt Disney Pictures/Everett Collection
Directed by Tim Burton; starring Anne Hathaway and Johnny Depp
57. THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, 2012 – $1,017,453,991
Image Credit: James Fisher/Warner Bros. Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Directed by Peter Jackson; starring William Kircher, Graham McTavish, Martin Freeman, James Nesbitt and John Callen
58. THE DARK KNIGHT, 2008 – $1,008,287,756
Image Credit: Warner Bros./Everett Collection
Directed by Christopher Nolan; starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger
59. JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION, (aka JURASSIC WORLD 3), 2022 – $1,001,978,080
Image Credit: John Wilson/Universal Pictures/Everett Collection
Directed by Colin Trevorrow; starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Pratt, Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Isabella Sermon and DeWanda Wise
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