# List of fastest-grossing films
The list of fastest-grossing films ranks movies by how quickly they reach cumulative worldwide box-office milestones, usually measured in days of release rather than in total dollars. It is a companion to the all-time highest-grossing film charts: a film can set a speed record while never approaching the all-time totals, because speed measures how fast audiences turn out, not how long a film keeps earning.
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Fastest to $1 billion (record) | *Avengers: Endgame* (USA, 2019) reached $1 billion in 5 days, a Guinness World Records title confirmed by The Numbers[1](https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/386028-highest-box-office-film-gross-opening-weekend-worldwide) |
| Fastest to $1 billion (studio) | *Spider-Man: Brand New Day* (2026) crossed $1 billion six days after its debut, the fastest Sony release ever[2](https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-media-trends-bf093250-94d2-11f1-9aec-6513e37496d7) |
| Record progression to $1 billion | *Fast & Furious 7* held the record at 17 days before *Jurassic World* reached $1 billion in 13 days in June 2015[3](https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2015/6/jurassic-world-stomps-furious-7-record-for-fastest-time-for-a-movie-to-gross-1bn-385765) |
| First film to $1 billion | *Titanic* (1997) was the first film to earn $1 billion worldwide[4](https://www.axios.com/2022/12/16/highest-grossing-films-all-time) |
| Biggest global opening weekend | *Avengers: Endgame* grossed $1,195,000,000 worldwide in its opening weekend as of 28 April 2019[1](https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/386028-highest-box-office-film-gross-opening-weekend-worldwide) |
| Fastest animated film to $1 billion | *Inside Out 2* (2024) became the highest-grossing animated film of all time and the fastest to pass the billion-dollar mark worldwide[5](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2025/03/02/cinema-attendance-was-modest-in-2024-but-a-more-hopeful-2025-lies-ahead_6738730_30.html) |
| Data verification | Guinness World Records confirms box-office records using The Numbers, a database founded in 1997 by Bruce Nash covering more than 50,000 films[6](https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/partners/organisations/the-numbers) |
## How speed is measured
Fastest-grossing rankings count the days between a film's global release and its cumulative worldwide gross crossing a fixed threshold. Milestones are stepped in increments of $50 million, so a table shows, for example, the fastest films to $100 million, $500 million, or $1 billion, each with its date and days-to-milestone.[7](https://informasilengkap.com/en/List_of_fastest-grossing_films) When two films reach a milestone in the same number of days, the higher-grossing film is listed as the record holder.[7](https://informasilengkap.com/en/List_of_fastest-grossing_films)
The underlying grosses come from box-office tracking services. The Numbers, the verification service cited for most Guinness box-office records, gathers data from movie studios, retailers, and news reports into a database of more than 14 million facts about the film business; studios and investors use it to plan releases.[6](https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/partners/organisations/the-numbers) Comparisons across eras carry a caveat: because the rankings use nominal dollars, newer films benefit from higher ticket prices, so the Godfather's distinction in 1972 as the fastest film to $100 million worldwide represents a far smaller audience than the same figure would today.[4](https://www.axios.com/2022/12/16/highest-grossing-films-all-time)
## The race to $1 billion
The $1 billion threshold is the most followed speed record. *Titanic* was the first film to reach it, doing so in 1997 during its original theatrical run.[4](https://www.axios.com/2022/12/16/highest-grossing-films-all-time) *Fast & Furious 7* then held the speed record at 17 days until *Jurassic World* reached $1 billion in 13 days between 10 and 22 June 2015, according to [Guinness World Records](https://www.edgepedia.org/guinness-world-records); the same month it also took the domestic opening-weekend record with $208,806,270, surpassing the $207,438,708 of Marvel's *The Avengers* (2012).[3](https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2015/6/jurassic-world-stomps-furious-7-record-for-fastest-time-for-a-movie-to-gross-1bn-385765)
The record then passed to *[Avengers](https://www.edgepedia.org/avengers-marvel-cinematic-universe): Endgame*, which reached $1 billion in 5 days in April 2019, a title Guinness still lists for the film.[1](https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/386028-highest-box-office-film-gross-opening-weekend-worldwide) Endgame's speed rested on a synchronized worldwide rollout: its $1,195,000,000 opening weekend remains the Guinness record for the highest-grossing global opening.[1](https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/386028-highest-box-office-film-gross-opening-weekend-worldwide)
In 2026, *Spider-Man: Brand New Day* crossed $1 billion six days after its debut, the fastest Sony film ever and one of five 2026 releases to pass the billion-dollar mark, the most in a single year since before the pandemic.[2](https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-media-trends-bf093250-94d2-11f1-9aec-6513e37496d7) Its six days trail Endgame's five, so the all-time speed record stood, but the film set its own pace markers: a domestic opening weekend of $360,091,572, ahead of Endgame's $357,115,007, and $1.67 billion worldwide in just 10 days of release.[8](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_opening_weekend/) • [9](https://apnews.com/article/4fe684597b2d272bbe45db9f78089a24) Domestic opening speed is also tracked on its own: Endgame held the domestic opening-weekend record for years, and Brand New Day's opening edged past it only in 2026.[8](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_opening_weekend/)
## Speed against total gross
Speed records and all-time records are related but distinct. Endgame's 5-day run to $1 billion came alongside a near-$2.8 billion lifetime total, which made it briefly the highest-grossing film ever before *Avatar* reclaimed the title through re-releases.[10](https://apnews.com/article/5fedc5f84142d1a36fe28ae22f738c47) A fast start does not guarantee a record total: a film's final ranking depends on how long it keeps selling tickets after the opening, which is why trackers also follow a film's multiplier, the ratio of total gross to opening weekend.[9](https://apnews.com/article/4fe684597b2d272bbe45db9f78089a24)
Genre and format records follow the same logic within narrower categories. *Inside Out 2* (2024) became both the highest-grossing animated film of all time and the fastest animated film to pass $1 billion worldwide.[5](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2025/03/02/cinema-attendance-was-modest-in-2024-but-a-more-hopeful-2025-lies-ahead_6738730_30.html) [Christopher Nolan](https://www.edgepedia.org/christopher-nolan)'s *[The Odyssey](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-odyssey-2026-film)* (2026) crossed $1 billion around three weeks after its debut and went on to become [Universal Pictures](https://www.edgepedia.org/universal-pictures)' biggest film ever and the highest-grossing IMAX release, showing that a mid-20th-century-feeling original epic can post near-record speeds as well.[2](https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-media-trends-bf093250-94d2-11f1-9aec-6513e37496d7) • [11](https://www.nbcuniversal.com/article/christopher-nolans-odyssey-reaches-1677-billion-global-box-office-become-universal-pictures-biggest)
## References
1. [Highest-grossing film at the global box office (opening weekend), Guinness World Records](https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/386028-highest-box-office-film-gross-opening-weekend-worldwide)
2. [Axios Media Trends: Risky TV bet, Axios](https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-media-trends-bf093250-94d2-11f1-9aec-6513e37496d7)
3. [Jurassic World stomps Furious 7 record for fastest time for a movie to gross $1bn, Guinness World Records](https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2015/6/jurassic-world-stomps-furious-7-record-for-fastest-time-for-a-movie-to-gross-1bn-385765)
4. [The highest-grossing films of all time, Axios](https://www.axios.com/2022/12/16/highest-grossing-films-all-time)
5. [Cinema attendance was modest in 2024, but a more hopeful 2025 lies ahead, Le Monde](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2025/03/02/cinema-attendance-was-modest-in-2024-but-a-more-hopeful-2025-lies-ahead_6738730_30.html)
6. [The Numbers, Guinness World Records partner profile](https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/partners/organisations/the-numbers)
7. [List of fastest grossing films, Informasi Lengkap](https://informasilengkap.com/en/List_of_fastest-grossing_films)
8. [Opening Weekends, Box Office Mojo](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_opening_weekend/)
9. ['Spider-Man: Brand New Day' keeps record pace, 'The Odyssey' sets new high for Nolan, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/4fe684597b2d272bbe45db9f78089a24)
10. ['Avengers: Endgame' retakes box office crown, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/5fedc5f84142d1a36fe28ae22f738c47)
11. [Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey Reaches $1.677 Billion At The Global Box Office, NBCUniversal](https://www.nbcuniversal.com/article/christopher-nolans-odyssey-reaches-1677-billion-global-box-office-become-universal-pictures-biggest)
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