> ALL TIME BOX OFFICE

FASTEST TO $100–$500 MILLION
 (Ties are broken by a movie's total gross on the day it crossed the milestone.)


RankTitle (click to view)StudioDays to
$300m*		Gross-to-DateDateTotal Gross^Release
Date**
1 Marvel's The Avengers BV 9 $342,148,409 5/12/12 $623,357,910 5/4/12
2 The Dark Knight WB 10 $313,781,677 7/27/08 $533,345,358 7/18/08
3 The Dark Knight Rises WB 12 $304,045,972 7/31/12 $448,139,099 7/20/12
4 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen P/DW 14 $305,522,774 7/07/09 $402,111,870 6/24/09
5 Iron Man 3 BV 14 $301,891,883 5/16/13 $337,073,000 5/3/13
6 Avatar Fox 15 $308,898,218 1/01/10 $749,766,139 12/18/09
7 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 WB 15 $303,092,462 7/29/11 $381,011,219 7/15/11
8 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest BV 16 $311,341,880 7/22/06 $423,315,812 7/7/06
9 The Hunger Games LGF 17 $302,450,722 4/08/12 $408,010,692 3/23/12
10 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Fox 17 $300,336,979 6/04/05 $380,270,577 5/19/05
11 Shrek 2 DW 18 $302,608,864 6/05/04 $441,226,247 5/19/04
12 Toy Story 3 BV 18 $301,883,298 7/05/10 $415,004,880 6/18/10
13 Transformers: Dark of the Moon P/DW 19 $302,878,797 7/17/11 $352,390,543 6/29/11
14 Spider-Man 2 Sony 19 $302,287,882 7/18/04 $373,585,825 6/30/04
15 Spider-Man Sony 22 $305,073,768 5/24/02 $403,706,375 5/3/02
16 Spider-Man 3 Sony 24 $303,977,758 5/27/07 $336,530,303 5/4/07
17 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King NL 24 $301,788,798 1/09/04 $377,027,325 12/17/03
18 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Fox 28 $303,061,673 6/15/99 $431,088,295 5/19/99
19 Alice in Wonderland (2010) BV 28 $301,525,693 4/01/10 $334,191,110 3/5/10
20 The Passion of the Christ NM 29 $300,753,003 3/24/04 $370,274,604 2/25/04
21 Shrek the Third P/DW 34 $300,965,639 6/20/07 $322,719,944 5/18/07
22 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers NL 34 $300,122,052 1/20/03 $339,789,881 12/18/02
23 Transformers P/DW 39 $300,560,008 8/10/07 $319,246,193 7/3/07
24 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Par. 39 $300,085,447 6/29/08 $317,101,119 5/22/08
25 Iron Man 2 Par. 40 $300,331,985 6/15/10 $312,433,331 5/7/10
26 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End BV 44 $300,870,959 7/07/07 $309,420,425 5/25/07
27 Titanic Par. 44 $300,809,839 1/31/98 $600,788,188 12/19/97
28 Iron Man Par. 48 $300,042,790 6/18/08 $318,412,101 5/2/08
29 Finding Nemo BV 51 $301,815,991 7/19/03 $339,714,978 5/30/03
30 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone WB 52 $300,404,434 1/06/02 $317,575,550 11/16/01
31 Jurassic Park Uni. 67 $300,228,025 8/16/93 $357,067,947 6/11/93
32 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey WB 67 $300,161,285 2/18/13 $303,003,568 12/14/12
33 Skyfall Sony 71 $300,149,583 1/18/13 $304,360,277 11/9/12
34 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince WB 77 $300,011,724 9/29/09 $301,959,197 7/15/09
35 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Sum. 81 $300,047,908 9/18/10 $300,531,751 6/30/10
36 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl BV 101 $300,086,778 10/17/03 $305,413,918 7/9/03
37 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring NL 102 $300,715,498 3/30/02 $313,364,114 12/19/01
38 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Fox 104 $300,001,541 8/27/02 $302,191,252 5/16/02
39 Independence Day Fox 115 $300,012,195 10/25/96 $306,169,268 7/3/96
40 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Uni. 184 $300,798,974 12/11/82 $359,197,037 6/11/82
41 The Lion King BV 188 $300,352,905 1/02/95 $312,855,561 6/24/94
42 Forrest Gump Par. 193 $300,000,000 1/14/95 $329,694,499 7/6/94

CHART NOTES
* If daily gross is not availabe, the number of days is calculated as of the weekly or weekend gross cume date.
^ Gross does not include additional releases, if any. Preview grosses are included but not counted as an additional day(s).
** Release Date is the day the movie went into wide release (600+ theaters).

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