Fastest Films to $250 Million at the Domestic Box Office

Fastest Movies to Earn $250 Million at the Domestic Box Office

Note: Movies are ranked first by the number of days they took to reach the milestone, and second by their total gross on the day they exceeded the milestone.

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Rank	Date	Movie	Days to Milestone	Cumulative Gross After Passing Milestone
1	May 9, 2012	Marvel's The Avengers	6	$257,627,807
2	Jul 25, 2008	The Dark Knight	8	$261,847,503
3	Jul 28, 2012	The Dark Knight Rises	9	$267,458,321
4	May 11, 2013	Iron Man 3	9	$264,188,043
5	Jul 23, 2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II	9	$258,934,716
6	Jul 2, 2009	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	9	$251,035,008
7	Jul 16, 2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	10	$258,364,766
8	May 29, 2005	Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith	11	$255,648,711
9	Apr 2, 2012	The Hunger Games	11	$253,006,396
10	Jul 10, 2011	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	12	$261,078,700
11	Jul 11, 2004	Spider-Man 2	12	$256,438,326
12	Dec 29, 2009	Avatar	12	$250,419,951
13	May 31, 2004	Shrek 2	13	$260,313,719
14	Jun 30, 2010	Toy Story 3	13	$251,344,663
15	May 16, 2007	Spider-Man 3	13	$250,433,791
16	May 17, 2002	Spider-Man	15	$252,374,308
17	Jan 1, 2004	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	16	$261,350,000
18	Mar 20, 2010	Alice in Wonderland	16	$255,505,533
19	Dec 5, 2009	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	16	$251,530,186
20	Jul 15, 2010	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	16	$251,371,417
21	Jun 3, 2007	Shrek the Third	17	$255,927,783
22	Jun 10, 2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	17	$253,441,723
23	May 23, 2010	Iron Man 2	17	$251,026,061
24	Dec 1, 2012	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2	17	$250,209,035
25	Jan 4, 2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	18	$254,290,037
26	Mar 13, 2004	The Passion of the Christ	18	$253,792,087
27	Jun 8, 2008	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	18	$253,014,750
28	Jul 21, 2007	Transformers	19	$256,587,821
29	Jun 6, 1999	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	19	$255,758,124
30	Aug 2, 2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	19	$255,672,245
31	Dec 7, 2011	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1	20	$250,457,900
32	Dec 10, 2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I	22	$251,585,745
33	Jan 4, 2013	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	22	$251,461,852
34	Aug 2, 2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	23	$251,505,177
35	May 25, 2008	Iron Man	24	$252,614,669
36	Jun 8, 2002	Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones	24	$250,707,578
37	Jun 11, 2003	The Matrix Reloaded	28	$250,730,000
38	Dec 6, 2012	Skyfall	29	$250,620,080
39	Dec 17, 2005	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	30	$250,661,379
40	Jun 29, 2003	Finding Nemo	31	$253,991,677
41	Dec 16, 2001	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	31	$253,270,000
42	Jun 28, 2009	Up	31	$250,234,554
43	Aug 16, 2010	Inception	32	$250,001,841
44	Jan 11, 2006	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	34	$250,357,188
45	Aug 5, 2012	The Amazing Spider-Man	35	$250,740,648
46	Jan 23, 1998	Titanic	36	$256,392,349
47	Jan 23, 2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	36	$250,093,000
48	Jan 27, 2005	Meet the Fockers	37	$250,346,140
49	Aug 19, 2003	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	42	$251,297,000
50	Jan 25, 2008	I am Legend	43	$250,049,656
51	Dec 30, 2000	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	44	$250,105,000
52	Jul 8, 2011	The Hangover Part II	44	$250,013,174
53	Jan 4, 2003	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	51	$250,720,000
54	Jul 30, 2009	The Hangover	56	$250,696,417
55	Jul 6, 2009	Star Trek	60	$250,088,417
56	Jul 22, 2001	Shrek	66	$251,922,192
57	Jan 17, 2005	The Incredibles	74	$256,739,602
58	Oct 18, 1999	The Sixth Sense	74	$250,208,911
59	Mar 6, 2010	The Blind Side	107	$250,181,633
60	Apr 27, 2007	Night at the Museum	127	$250,027,721
61	Dec 5, 2010	Despicable Me	150	$250,004,040
62	Dec 19, 2012	Monsters, Inc.	4,066	$256,649,085
63	Sep 16, 2011	The Lion King 3D	6,303	$337,459,426
64	Mar 22, 2002	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	7,225	$404,509,000
65	Apr 5, 2013	Jurassic Park	7,239	$357,333,005