The 10 fastest movies to reach a billion
Most are huge franchises
For a movie to surpass $1 billion in box office is a huge feat in itself. After all, it proves that it has gained mainstream acceptance to break the box office in such a way.
The majority of movies that have been out in the theaters for a few years never manage to do that. Now there are very few and – guess what – all of them are parts or sequels of larger and established franchises.
Another thing is to reach the $1 billion milestone as quickly as possible , because this proves that not only do people want to see her, but they want to see her…now! Just to mention that only 51 films in the history of cinema have achieved this commercial feat.
Let’s look at the 10 films in history that reached this milestone faster than any other.
10. Avatars
The James Cameron film took 19 days to reach that milestone, but it still remains the highest-grossing film of all time at $2.922 billion.
9. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The sequel to The Force Awakens carried its hype and thus reached the milestone within 19 days.
8. The Fate of the Furious
Fast & Furious 8 as it’s more popularly called was faster towards this goal taking 18 days. In total it brought in over $1.236 billion at the box office.
7. Furious 7
Furious 7 destroyed the box office carrying on its back the loss of Paul Walker. It managed to cross the billion mark in 17 days.
6. Avatar: The Way of Water
The sequel to the most commercially successful film of all time took just 14 days to reach $1.029 billion.
5. Jurassic World
The revival of the Jurassic Park franchise has been sweeping, and it was shown by the fact that within 13 days it crossed $1 billion.
4. Spider-Man: No Way Home
Among the fastest films to reach the goal with $1.055 billion in just 12 days, while the total gross exceeded $1.922 billion.
3. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The continuation of the saga after three decades was undoubtedly the cinematic event of 2015 – and one of the decade as well. It surpassed that goal in its 12th day in theaters, and overall is the 5th highest grossing film of all time with $2.068 billion.
2. Avengers: Infinity War
The “first act” of the end of the Infinity Saga broke the box office in record time. After 11 days it surpassed $1.02 billion.
1. Avengers: Endgame
Only the Infinity War sequel could break his record, and it did. Literally the whole planet suffocated the theaters because in just 5 days it reached $1.224 billion, a record that does not seem to be broken.
