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What are the most popular movies<\/strong> of all time? You may think that this is a difficult question to answer, but it’s surprisingly easy. The answer is in the box office revenue for each film. Box office revenue can indicate how well the public and its popularity have received a movie. This blog post will list 25 movies from highest to lowest based on their box office revenues, so you know which ones are worth watching!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top of the Most Popular Movies Based on Their Revenues Since Time<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This blog post is about movies that have made the most money. These films are listed based on their box office revenues, so you know which ones are worth watching!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Avatar (2009)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Avatar (2009) is one of the most highly-grossed films in Hollywood history. The movie grossed $2.7 billion worldwide and stands as the third highest-earning film ever, only surpassed by Titanic ($2.1 billion). Its release was at a time when movie tickets cost less than half what they do today, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($3.068 million).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2009 film Avatar is one of the most popular movies ever made. It was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won three; at least 30 million people have seen it in theaters worldwide to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This movie features a future Earth where humans have depleted their resources on our planet. Hence, they look to Pandora-a distant moon with an oxygen atmosphere that can be used as a new resource base because its giant trees produce powerful life energy called “unobtainium.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Titanic<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The movie Titanic is one of the most successful movies ever made, with an estimated total gross revenue of $1.8 billion worldwide!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The movie Titanic is one of the most popular movies of all time by total gross revenue. It was directed and produced in 1997, which features a love story set on board an Olympic-class passenger liner called RMS Titanic that sinks after hitting an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The film is romantic and tragic; it became so iconic that many people use it to represent romance or disaster films today, such as when Leonardo DiCaprio’s character Jack Dawson says, “I’m the king of the world!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Star Wars (1977)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

George Lucas’ Star Wars (1977) is probably one of the most highly-grossed films of all time. It has an audience rating above 8\/10 on IMDB, a Rotten Tomatoes score of 93%, and it was nominated for 11 Academy Awards with five wins to its name, including Best Picture in 1978 when it came out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is well-known that Star Wars has been one of the most highly grossing and most popular movies to date, with the original trilogy being in constant circulation and imminent prequels still a few years out. Many people don’t know about this spectacular film series are its social implications on society today as it relates to gender roles for children at an early age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Avengers: Infinity<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The success of Avengers: Infinity War has been unprecedented. It reached a box office total that is $1 billion higher than any other film in history, and it’s the fifth highest-grossing movie since 1984! We’ve come to know the blockbuster phenomenon as Avengers. This title is from Marvel comics turned live-action funhouse ride starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, and their colleagues \u2014 was successful on every level imaginable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jurassic World<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Jurassic World movies are some of the most successful, lucrative films ever made. Millions view these films, giving them billions of gross income worldwide. Their worldwide earnings top $1 billion, and it’s still showing at theaters around the world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Lion King<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Lion King is the highest-grossing animated movie of all time. It has made over $1 billion worldwide and a nominee for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The soundtrack album sold more than 16 million copies, with “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” being its best-known song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The film follows a young lion cub named Simba who gets cast out from his family by an uncle during some strife within their pride. This is when he is just born up to being years old before returning with newfound wisdom. He learns about what it means to be king to take back his throne as successor after defeating Scar, leader of those rebelling against him because they don’t want any heirs besides members of their clan on top anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial is one of the most highly-grossed films ever released, and for a good reason! It has won more awards than any other film in history, with three Oscars, four Grammys, seven Golden Globes, and two People’s Choice Awards. However, that is not all this movie offers. However, it may seem like a regular kids’ story at first glance to some viewers who have yet to see its exceptional tearjerker ending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E.T.’s themes are surprisingly deep as they explore love between children and adults on earth versus an alien child from outer space looking for his way home after getting stranded here by chance when he was searching Earthly communication waves across interstellar distances just before being discovered while trying out new tricks<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jurassic Park<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The 1993 film Jurassic Park is one of the most highly-grossed films of all time. It was a groundbreaking movie, with ground-shaking visuals and sound effects that made viewers feel like they were in the midst of their dinosaur battle scenes. The plot follows an island theme park where humans visit to see dinosaurs brought back from extinction by cloning DNA fragments found within fossilized mosquitoes buried over 200 million years ago!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The animated film “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” is one of the most highly-grossed films in history. The movie was released on December 21st, 1937, by Walt Disney Pictures. It grossed $184 million worldwide during its release year, which translates to over a billion dollars when adjusted for inflation today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs has been a staple of Disney movies<\/a> for decades, but what is it about this film that makes people want to see it over and over again? Is Snow White’s story so beautiful that we can’t help wanting more, or are there other factors at play?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Furious 7<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Furious 7 movie is one of the films with high gross income in cinema history. The film’s opening weekend domestically racked up $147 million and around $384 worldwide, a total that has surpassed Avatar with over 2 billion dollars made to date. This movie will be hard to beat for years to come, thanks to its memorable cast that includes Vin Diesel and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson kicking butt together on screen and doing so offscreen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Black Panther<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Black Panther is, without a doubt, one of the highly-grossed and most popular movies ever, and it’s not even close. Released on February 16th in 2018, Black Panther has already grossed 1.1 billion dollars domestically and 469 million overseas for an astounding worldwide total of $1.7 billion!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The film might set in Africa, but that doesn’t mean only Africans are flocking to theaters–white audiences make up around 36% percent which makes them the second largest demographic behind black Americans, who make up 44%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you’re not yet convinced that Harry Potter is one of the most popular franchises to come out in recent years, then The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 should do it for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This film shattered records when its opening weekend brought in over 168 million dollars and grossed an estimated total of 1 billion worldwide. Even though some critics have called this installment “lackluster,” fans worldwide are still lining up at movie theaters so that they can see their favorite characters from JK Rowling’s famous novels on the screen once again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As one of the most popular movies of all time, Star Wars: The Last Jedi is a cultural phenomenon, argue for or against its inclusion in this list with at least one sentence to support your case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though many people have mixed opinions on this film, with some saying that there was too much humor or not enough action scenes, all fans should see this movie because you get to experience what they are up against more than ever before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is the fifth installment of a franchise ranked as one of the most highly-grossed films in history. The original was released back in 1993 and already generated over $1 billion with only half what this new release made on opening weekend alone – not to mention how much more it’ll make when people buy tickets for repeat viewings instead!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Frozen <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Disney film “Frozen” was released in 2013 and quickly became the highest-grossing animated movie. Its story follows two sisters who are named Elsa and Anna, as they struggle to navigate their new life together after losing both parents at a young age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beauty and the Beast (2017)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast received nominations for numerous Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The live-action adaptation of this classic tale features star Emma Watson as Belle, a beast, takes prisoner in his castle to teach her about love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Incredibles 2<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The production company behind this sequel to 2004’s “The Incredibles” was able to take advantage of advancements in computer animation technology over the past decade that resulted in much more detailed animation than before. Audiences are highly receptive because they find these characters very easy to identify with. They can see themselves as “superheroes” while watching these adventures unfold on screen due primarily to an excellent script by one John Lassiter (Toy Story).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Fate of The Furious<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

“The Fate of The Furious” has made over $1.2 billion worldwide and is one of the most popular movies in history, but what does it mean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This movie was just released on April 14th and already grossed more than any other film in 2017! It’s even a record-breaker for being the biggest-ever opening weekend outside North America with an incredible international box office take that saw “Fate” ‘s trailer viewed half a billion times this year alone before its release. We’re not talking about some little indie flick here. This mega-blockbuster Hollywood spectacle features on-screen chemistry between Vin Diesel (Dom) and Dwayne Johnson (Hobbs) and Charlize Theron as evil villainess Cipher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Iron Man 3<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Iron Man 3, the third installment of the Iron Man franchise, grossed a whopping $1.2 billion worldwide, making it one of the most highly-grossed films to date! The movie follows Tony Stark, who faces fighting off an enemy that wants him dead and destroying his technology for peace restoration between all nations worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The film received mixed reviews from critics but was loved by audiences everywhere which helped make it come out as such a success!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Minions <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Minions movie grossed over a billion dollars in just three days, but it’s not the only thing that makes this film memorable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Minions have been around for a while now. They are one of the most popular characters from the Despicable Me series. Universal Pictures announced out of nowhere to release an entire Minion-focused spinoff with absolutely no promotion. You can bet people were hesitant about what was going on behind closed doors at first because who would think there is enough money left after all these years? But look closer: It wasn’t merely their marketing efforts or good fortune; it was simply them being themselves as always, which turned into something magical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Captain America: Civil War<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been captivating the world since Iron Man, an iconic and successful film released in 2008. Captain America: Civil War is one of these top-grossing films that have brought people together to discuss what it means for such a historically underrepresented group – superheroes who are not white men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aquaman <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The story of Aquaman has been passed down for generations. From the time your child was born, they’ve heard about how Arthur Curry became a superhero who took on and defeated Black Manta singlehandedly to save Atlantis from impending danger. Well, now you can share this exciting tale with them once more as it becomes available at select theaters nationwide beginning December 21st!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spider-Man: Far From Home<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Spider-Man: Far From Home is one of the most entertaining and educational movies I’ve seen in a while. With an intriguing storyline that’s full of surprises and twists as well as top-notch special effects that make for some incredible action scenes, this film has everything you could want from a blockbuster summer movie. no wonder, this film belongs to the list of the most popular movies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Captain Marvel <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Captain Marvel is an upcoming American superhero action sci-fi based on comics published since 1977 written primarily by Roy Thomas and illustrated first with two comic book series. It was followed up later from 2012 to 2013 when collected into one volume under Brian Reed’s direction which also wrote her origin story, which takes place in 1995, at least 31 years before Tony Stark became Iron Man<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Transformers: Dark of the Moon <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Transformers: Dark of The Moon grossed more than Transformers or Revenge Of The Fallen due to its high number of theaters during opening weekend (4646), contributing to 76% revenue. It also had an overall higher domestic release share than other movies released that year and was No one among 11 major international markets, including Australia, where it earned around A$16 Million within two weeks following debut week’s screenings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top-grossing and most popular movies of the time are listed above. It’s interesting to see what is popular in Hollywood, and it provides a perspective on how people view these blockbusters. I hope you’ve found this post informative; let us know your thoughts below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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