The Top 50 Modern Box Office Blockbusters, Compared

The movie Titanic was a gigantic box office hit. Before Titanic, Disney’s The Lion King had the most box office revenue when it came out in 1994 grossing 1.1 billion worldwide. A few years later in 1997 Titanic was released by Paramount Studios and grossed a record breaking $2.20 billion in worldwide box office sales. This sweet visualization from Visual Capitalist shows the Top 50 Modern Box Office Blockbusters from 1993 to 2021.

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It includes 8 studios: Dreamworks, New Line Cinema, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, Sony, Warner Brothers, Universal and Disney. The top spot is claimed by Avatar which grossed a whopping 2.84 billion dollars in the box office worldwide since 2009. It is estimated to have cost between $280 to $310 million to make. Its director, James Cameron, was able to break his own record held by Titanic in 1997. Disney holds the most box office records with 26 films on the list. They come in 2nd with 2019’s release of Avengers Endgame which grossed $2.80 billion worldwide. The 3rd spot on the list holds strong with the first record breaking film of all time, the aforementioned 1997 hit Titanic. The 4th and 5th blockbuster films which grossed the most worldwide are Star Wars and Avengers Infinity War at $2.07 and $2.05 billion respectively. Jurassic World, released by Universal ranked 6th on the list grossing $1.67 billion. Universal has 8 films on this list of 50 and they do it with only three powerhouse franchises, Jurassic Park, Fast and the Furious, and Despicable Me.