3 highest-grossing films of all time

Avatar (2009)

Worldwide box office gross: USD 2.85 billion (approximately)

Directed and written by Academy Award-winner James Cameron, this sci-fi fantasy is the highest-grossing film of all time. The story follows Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a paraplegic ex-Marine, who is deployed on Pandora, an alien planet filled with exotic and evolved Na’vi beings.

During his tenure as an ‘avatar’, a human mind in an alien body, he falls in love with one of the Na’vi women, Neytiri (Zoe Saldana). However, Jake is conflicted about following orders given to him by his seniors and protecting Pandora and its indigenous people.

Avatar also stars Sigourney Weaver and Stephen Lang in prominent roles. Cameron, who has also co-produced the movie along with Jon Landau, wrote the first draft of the film’s screenplay in 1994, according to ABC News.

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Worldwide box office gross: USD 2.80 billion (approximately)

Avengers: Endgame is said to be the finale of 22 interconnected movies of Infinity Saga (2008-2019) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

In its previous instalment, Avengers: Infinity War, evil demigod Titan Thanos (Josh Brolin) misuses his powers to ruin the earth and the universe. The repercussions of the wreckage continue in Avengers: Endgame, where even the Avengers come together to undo the damage done by Thanos.

To fight one of the biggest battles of all time against Thanos, Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Captain America (Chris Evans), Spider-Man (Tom Holland) and the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) join forces along with allies like Ant Man (Paul Rudd), Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), Black Panther (late Chadwick Boseman) and Captain Marvel (Brie Larson).

This second highest-grossing movie is directed by the famous Russo brothers, Anthony and Joe.

Titanic (1997)

Worldwide box office gross: USD 2.20 billion (approximately)

Another masterpiece by Cameron, Titanic follows Rose DeWitt Bukater, a centenarian, who shares her experience of being onboard the ‘unsinkable” R.M.S Titanic on 10 April 1912, with her granddaughter and the crew of the scientific research vessel, Keldysh.

When nineteen-year-old Rose (Kate Winslet) boards the ill-fated ship with her mother, fiancé and other aristocrats, she meets a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio), who wins third-class tickets to the luxury liner and boards with his best friend.

Through their journey, Rose gets close to Jack and learns to let loose. They eventually fall in love, but their feelings for each other are tested by the unprecedented collision of the Titanic with an iceberg in the North Atlantic.

The romantic film also stars Gloria Stuart as older Rose, Billy Zane as Cal Hockley (young Rose’s fiancé), Kathy Bates as Molly Brown and Bernard Hill as Captain Smith, among others.

Interestingly, it took about USD 200 million to make the classic film, which has etched its name among the greatest movies of all time.