List of highest-grossing openings for films
Biggest worldwide openings on record
This list charts films the 50 biggest worldwide openings. Since films do not open on Fridays in many markets, the 'opening' is taken to be the gross between the first day of release and the first Sunday following the movie's release.

List of highest-grossing openings for films

Section Title: Biggest worldwide openings on record
Table Section Text: This list charts films the 50 biggest worldwide openings. Since films do not open on Fridays in many markets, the 'opening' is taken to be the gross between the first day of release and the first Sunday following the movie's release.

Rank	Film	Year	Opening (USD)

1	Avengers: Endgame	2019	$1,223,641,414

2	Avengers: Infinity War	2018	$640,521,291

3	The Fate of the Furious	2017	$541,937,239

4	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	2015	$528,966,675

5	Jurassic World	2015	$524,909,010

6	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	2011	$483,189,427

7	Captain Marvel	2019	$456,718,598

8	Star Wars: The Last Jedi	2017	$450,821,889

9	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	2016	$422,507,347

10	Furious 7	2015	$397,627,459

11	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	2009	$394,022,354

12	The Avengers	2012	$392,538,708

13	Avengers: Age of Ultron	2015	$392,471,109

14	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	2011	$382,425,000

15	Spider-Man 3	2007	$381,660,892

16	Captain America: Civil War	2016	$379,539,142

17	Iron Man 3	2013	$372,553,677

18	Black Panther	2018	$371,367,531

19	Beauty and the Beast	2017	$357,026,593

20	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	2011	$350,653,677

21	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	2007	$343,972,864

22	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2	2012	$340,667,634

23	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	2007	$332,715,157

24	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1	2010	$330,017,372

25	Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith	2005	$303,949,700

26	Transformers: Age of Extinction	2014	$302,138,390

27	Deadpool 2	2018	$300,386,357

28	Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom	2018	$298,924,610

29	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1	2011	$291,022,261

30	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story	2016	$290,049,210

31	Justice League	2017	$278,842,239

32	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	2009	$274,939,137

33	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1	2014	$273,897,634

34	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	2008	$272,150,927

35	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales	2017	$271,809,637

36	Suicide Squad	2016	$266,982,248

37	Deadpool	2016	$264,711,361

38	X-Men: Days of Future Past	2014	$262,866,321

39	Spider-Man: Homecoming	2017	$256,535,853

40	Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald	2018	$253,663,104

41	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2	2017	$252,522,752

42	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	2003	$250,000,534

43	The Dark Knight Rises	2012	$248,887,295

44	Logan	2017	$247,444,337

45	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2	2015	$247,158,007

46	Transformers: The Last Knight	2017	$243,880,073

47	Fifty Shades of Grey	2015	$242,360,418

48	Avatar	2009	$241,571,046

49	Incredibles 2	2018	$235,826,976

50	The Da Vinci Code	2006	$232,074,037

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Jurassic World became the first film to gross over $500 million, ranking fifth among the highest-grossing films of all time.

final_sentence: Jurassic World became the first film to gross over $500 million, ranking fifth among the highest-grossing films of all time.