Which is the highest-grossing film of all time?

Avatar opened in December 2009 and became the first film to earn more than 2 billion dollars, helped by the boom in 3D cinemas. Avengers: Endgame overtook it in July 2019 with about 2.8 billion dollars, but a re-release of Avatar in China in 2021 pushed it back to the top. Cameron also directed Titanic (1997) and Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), both of which have passed 2.2 billion dollars, giving him three of the top four spots. The Chinese animated film Ne Zha 2 became the highest-grossing animated film ever in 2025, earning over 2 billion dollars. These figures are not adjusted for inflation; adjusted, Gone with the Wind (1939) would likely rank first.