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Global Top 10: Highest-grossing movies of all time (2025 Update) — just one Bollywood film at #568

Top 10 best grossing films worldwide in 2025: Marvel Studios and James Cameron dominate the updated 2025 rankings, with Avatar, Avengers: Endgame, and Spider-Man: No Way Home among the top global earners.

Global Top 10 Highest Grossing Movies in the World (2025 Edition): Discover the top highest-grossing Hollywood movies of all time, the 2025 edition, showcasing box office triumphs and iconic films.

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Thousands of films are released every year, but only a select few break through the clutter to attain financial success and become box office giants, earning the title of the highest-grossing film.

As of May 2025, Box Office Mojo by IMDbPro has released the latest list of the world’s highest-grossing films of all time, revealing updated lifetime earnings and new entries into the top 10.

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This year, Marvel Studios dominates the top 10 with the list of highest-grossing films, featuring Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and Avengers: Infinity War.

According to a report by Statista, the studio’s dominance extends beyond the box office, with Spider-Man: No Way Home setting a YouTube record for trailer views—355 million on debut day.

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James Cameron’s Avatar and its sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water, have been holding the top spots every year, showcasing the director’s unparalleled success in creating visually groundbreaking and globally appealing films.

Cameron's timeless classic, Titanic, despite its release in 1997, also secured a spot this year with a lifetime gross of 4,354,882.

Cameron’s timeless classic, Titanic, despite its release in 1997, also secured a spot this year with a lifetime gross of ,264,812,968. (Photo: TitanicMovie/Twitter)

A few films achieved box office success within a year of release, like Inside Out 2, which premiered on June 14, 2024, and grossed $1,698,863,816, making it the highest-grossing animated film of all time until February 2025. It was surpassed by Ne Zha 2, a Chinese movie with a worldwide gross collection of $1,898,599,023.

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In a notable mention, Aamir Khan’s Dangal, directed by Nitesh Tiwari, is the highest-grossing Hindi movie in India and one of the many globally. With a worldwide lifetime gross of $303,726,694 and a lifetime domestic gross of $12,391,761, it ranks 568 globally, according to BoxOffice Mojo by IMDb Pro listing.

Top 10 highest-grossing movies of all time (2025 Edition)

Rank	Movie Title	Director(s)	Worldwide Gross	Domestic Gross	Release Year
1	Avatar	James Cameron	$2,923,710,708	$785,221,649	2009
2	Avengers: Endgame	Anthony & Joe Russo	$2,799,439,100	$858,373,000	2019
3	Avatar: The Way of Water	James Cameron	$2,320,250,281	$684,075,767	2022
4	Titanic	James Cameron	$2,264,812,968	$674,354,882	1997
5	Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens	J.J. Abrams	$2,071,310,218	$936,662,225	2015
6	Avengers: Infinity War	Anthony & Joe Russo	$2,052,415,039	$678,815,482	2018
7	Spider-Man: No Way Home	Jon Watts	$1,921,407,902	$814,866,759	2021
8	Ne Zha 2	Yang Yu (Jiaozi)	$2,100,000,000+	$19,625,569	2025
9	Inside Out 2	Kelsey Mann	$1,699,000,000	$652,882,941	2024
10	Jurassic World	Colin Trevorrow	$1,671,537,444	$653,406,625	2015

Source: Box Office Mojo by IMDbPro

Please Note: Data as of May 5, 16:28 PDT

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Cherry Gupta is an Assistant Manager – Content at The Indian Express. She leads the Top 10 section, curating list-based features on key national and international developments, and manages daily news content. She also produces SEO-driven articles and collaborates with the Lifestyle team to conduct interviews with notable artists and write workplace culture features. ... Read More

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