The movie finished with $652.3 million domestic and more than $1 billion internationally for a grand total of $1.67 billion.
With director Jon Favreau at the helm, The Lion King made a stunning $1.65 billion at the box office.
It is not inconceivable that Avatar could become the first (and likely only) movie to make $3 billion at the box office.
The series, based on J.K. Rowling’s hugely successful books, had already earned billions at the box office since The Sorcerer’s Stone kicked things off in 2001.