FASTEST TO $100–$500 MILLION
(Ties are broken by a movie's total gross on the day it crossed the milestone.)
| Rank | Title (click to view) | Studio | Days to
$300m* | Gross-to-Date | Date | Total Gross^ | Release
Date** | | 1 |
The Dark Knight |
WB |
10 |
$313,781,677 |
7/27/08 |
$533,345,358 |
7/18/08 |
| 2 |
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen |
P/DW |
14 |
$305,522,774 |
7/07/09 |
$402,111,870 |
6/24/09 |
| 3 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest |
BV |
16 |
$311,341,880 |
7/22/06 |
$423,315,812 |
7/7/06 |
| 4 |
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith |
Fox |
17 |
$300,336,979 |
6/04/05 |
$380,270,577 |
5/19/05 |
| 5 |
Shrek 2 |
DW |
18 |
$302,608,864 |
6/05/04 |
$441,226,247 |
5/19/04 |
| 6 |
Spider-Man 2 |
Sony |
19 |
$302,287,882 |
7/18/04 |
$373,585,825 |
6/30/04 |
| 7 |
Spider-Man |
Sony |
22 |
$305,073,768 |
5/24/02 |
$403,706,375 |
5/3/02 |
| 8 |
Spider-Man 3 |
Sony |
24 |
$303,977,758 |
5/27/07 |
$336,530,303 |
5/4/07 |
| 9 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
NL |
24 |
$301,788,798 |
1/09/04 |
$377,027,325 |
12/17/03 |
| 10 |
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace |
Fox |
28 |
$303,061,673 |
6/15/99 |
$431,088,301 |
5/19/99 |
| 11 |
The Passion of the Christ |
NM |
29 |
$300,753,003 |
3/24/04 |
$370,274,604 |
2/25/04 |
| 12 |
Shrek the Third |
P/DW |
34 |
$300,965,639 |
6/20/07 |
$322,719,944 |
5/18/07 |
| 13 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
NL |
34 |
$300,122,052 |
1/20/03 |
$339,789,881 |
12/18/02 |
| 14 |
Transformers |
P/DW |
39 |
$300,560,008 |
8/10/07 |
$319,246,193 |
7/3/07 |
| 15 |
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull |
Par. |
39 |
$300,085,447 |
6/29/08 |
$317,101,119 |
5/22/08 |
| 16 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End |
BV |
44 |
$300,870,959 |
7/07/07 |
$309,420,425 |
5/25/07 |
| 17 |
Titanic |
Par. |
44 |
$300,809,839 |
1/31/98 |
$600,788,188 |
12/19/97 |
| 18 |
Iron Man |
Par. |
48 |
$300,042,790 |
6/18/08 |
$318,412,101 |
5/2/08 |
| 19 |
Finding Nemo |
BV |
51 |
$301,815,991 |
7/19/03 |
$339,714,978 |
5/30/03 |
| 20 |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
WB |
52 |
$300,404,434 |
1/06/02 |
$317,575,550 |
11/16/01 |
| 21 |
Jurassic Park |
Uni. |
67 |
$300,228,025 |
8/16/93 |
$357,067,947 |
6/11/93 |
| 22 |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |
WB |
77 |
$300,011,724 |
9/29/09 |
$301,830,720 |
7/15/09 |
| 23 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl |
BV |
101 |
$300,086,778 |
10/17/03 |
$305,413,918 |
7/9/03 |
| 24 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
NL |
102 |
$300,715,498 |
3/30/02 |
$313,364,114 |
12/19/01 |
| 25 |
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones |
Fox |
104 |
$300,001,541 |
8/27/02 |
$302,191,252 |
5/16/02 |
| 26 |
Independence Day |
Fox |
115 |
$300,012,195 |
10/25/96 |
$306,169,268 |
7/3/96 |
| 27 |
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial |
Uni. |
184 |
$300,798,974 |
12/11/82 |
$359,197,037 |
6/11/82 |
| 28 |
The Lion King |
BV |
188 |
$300,352,905 |
1/02/95 |
$312,855,561 |
6/24/94 |
| 29 |
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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