Titanic became the first movie to gross over $1 billion worldwide on March 1, 1998, in 74 days of release.
Avatar, Jurassic Park, Titanic, Star Wars... We review the 53 films that have made history after raising more than a billion dollars.
"Titanic" (1997)
The James Cameron-directed film was the first movie to cross $1 billion worldwide. At the time, it was the most expensive movie made. The film finally crossed $2 billion during its rerelease in 3D in 2012.
Tom Cruise (USA) has been credited in 30 movies that have earned over $100 million (£72 million, as of July 2021) at the worldwide box office, according to TheNumbers.com, the last eight of which have been consecutive, between Jack Reacher (USA, 2012) and Mission Impossible - Fallout (USA, 2018).
The first actor to break the $1 million threshold was Marlon Brando (USA), who was paid $1.25 million (£400,500) – equivalent today to $8.8 million; £6.1 million – for his starring role as Fletcher Christian in Mutiny on the Bounty (USA, 1962).
The Blair Witch Project would go on to earn an astounding $248 million and is widely regarded as the most profitable, widely seen low budget film of all time.
Writers, directors and editors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez spent between $35,000 and $60,000 shooting “The Blair Witch Project,” making it arguably the cheapest movie ever made.
The film gained notoriety from its gross ticket sales of only $30 on its opening run, due to its intentionally limited release at a single cinema; it is the lowest-grossing film in U.S. history in terms of box office sales.
Without adjusting for inflation, 15 superhero movies have grossed at least $1 billion at the box office. Using data from Box Office Mojo, we compiled the highest-grossing superhero movies worldwide. The list is mostly dominated by recent Marvel movies. Only four DC movies are on the list.
The first film to have a budget of US$100 million (the £64.1 million) was True Lies (US 1994), starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Keanu Reeves is the highest-paid actor in history for a single film.
Will Smith Salary. As to the data made available by various entertainment sites, Will Smith charges around $25-$35 million per movie. He is one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood and has a massive net worth of millions. In 2022, Smith was the second highest-paid actor in Hollywood.
'Avengers: Endgame' was the fastest movie to gross $1 billion (5 days), followed by 'Avengers: Infinity War' (11). 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' and 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' took 12 days each.
Avatar was officially budgeted at $237 million, due to the groundbreaking array of new visual effects Cameron achieved in cooperation with Weta Digital in Wellington. Other estimates put the cost at between $280 million and $310 million for production and at $150 million for promotion.
Only five films in history have ever grossed more than $2 billion, and all but one of them released in the past 13 years — Avatar (2009) with $2.899 billion, Avengers: Endgame (2019) with $2.794 billion, Titanic (1997) with $2.2 billion, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) with $2.06 billion, and Avengers ...