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Box Office Record Breakers
Some films didn't just make money — they shattered records and rewrote the rules of cinema economics. Test your knowledge of the biggest box office milestones in film history.
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20 questions
~7 min
What this quiz asks
- Which film was the first to gross over $1 billion worldwide?
- Which film overtook Avatar in 2019 to become the highest-grossing film worldwide?
- Star Wars (1977) was the first film to gross over $100 million domestically.
- Which was the first film to gross over $2 billion worldwide?
- What year did Jaws become the first 'blockbuster' by earning over $100 million at the US box office?
- Which animated film was the first to gross over $1 billion worldwide?
- Which Marvel film was the first to cross $1 billion worldwide?
- Was The Dark Knight (2008) the first superhero film to gross $1 billion worldwide?
- Which film franchise has the most entries crossing $1 billion each?
- Which film became the second ever to pass $1 billion worldwide?
- Which 1982 film overtook Star Wars to become the highest-grossing film of its time?
- Select ALL films directed by James Cameron that crossed $2 billion worldwide:
- Which film had the biggest opening weekend in North America when it premiered in 2019?
- Which 1939 film held the record for highest-grossing film (adjusted for inflation) for decades?
- Jurassic Park (1993) was the first film to gross over $900 million worldwide.
- Which was the first film to open in over 4,000 North American theatres simultaneously?
- What made Shrek 2 (2004) notable at the box office?
- Which film was the first to earn more than $100 million in a single North American weekend?
- How many theatres did Titanic open in in the United States on its initial release in December 1997?
- Which film held the record for highest worldwide gross before Avatar surpassed it in 2010?