Fastest Movies to Earn $300 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.
| Rank | Date | Movie | Days to Milestone | Cumulative Gross After Passing Milestone |
| 1 |
May 12, 2012 |
Marvel's The Avengers |
9 |
$342,148,409 |
| 2 |
Jul 27, 2008 |
The Dark Knight |
10 |
$313,781,677 |
| 3 |
Jul 31, 2012 |
The Dark Knight Rises |
12 |
$304,045,972 |
| 4 |
Jul 7, 2009 |
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen |
14 |
$305,522,774 |
| 5 |
May 16, 2013 |
Iron Man 3 |
14 |
$301,891,883 |
| 6 |
Jan 1, 2010 |
Avatar |
15 |
$308,898,218 |
| 7 |
Jul 29, 2011 |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II |
15 |
$303,092,462 |
| 8 |
Jul 22, 2006 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest |
16 |
$311,341,880 |
| 9 |
Apr 8, 2012 |
The Hunger Games |
17 |
$302,450,722 |
| 10 |
Jun 4, 2005 |
Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith |
17 |
$300,336,979 |
| 11 |
Jun 5, 2004 |
Shrek 2 |
18 |
$302,608,864 |
| 12 |
Jul 5, 2010 |
Toy Story 3 |
18 |
$301,883,298 |
| 13 |
Jul 17, 2011 |
Transformers: Dark of the Moon |
19 |
$302,878,797 |
| 14 |
Jul 18, 2004 |
Spider-Man 2 |
19 |
$302,287,882 |
| 15 |
May 24, 2002 |
Spider-Man |
22 |
$305,073,768 |
| 16 |
May 27, 2007 |
Spider-Man 3 |
24 |
$303,977,758 |
| 17 |
Jan 9, 2004 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King |
24 |
$301,700,000 |
| 18 |
Jun 15, 1999 |
Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace |
28 |
$303,061,673 |
| 19 |
Apr 1, 2010 |
Alice in Wonderland |
28 |
$301,525,693 |
| 20 |
Mar 24, 2004 |
The Passion of the Christ |
29 |
$300,753,000 |
| 21 |
Jun 20, 2007 |
Shrek the Third |
34 |
$300,965,639 |
| 22 |
Jan 20, 2003 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
34 |
$300,122,052 |
| 23 |
Aug 10, 2007 |
Transformers |
39 |
$300,560,008 |
| 24 |
Jun 29, 2008 |
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull |
39 |
$300,085,447 |
| 25 |
Jun 15, 2010 |
Iron Man 2 |
40 |
$300,331,985 |
| 26 |
Jan 31, 1998 |
Titanic |
44 |
$300,809,839 |
| 27 |
Jul 9, 2007 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End |
46 |
$302,156,000 |
| 28 |
Jun 18, 2008 |
Iron Man |
48 |
$300,042,790 |
| 29 |
Jul 19, 2003 |
Finding Nemo |
51 |
$301,815,991 |
| 30 |
Jan 6, 2002 |
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
52 |
$300,404,434 |
| 31 |
Feb 18, 2013 |
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey |
67 |
$300,161,285 |
| 32 |
Jan 18, 2013 |
Skyfall |
72 |
$300,149,583 |
| 33 |
Sep 29, 2009 |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |
77 |
$300,011,724 |
| 34 |
Sep 18, 2010 |
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse |
81 |
$300,047,908 |
| 35 |
Mar 30, 2002 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |
102 |
$300,746,000 |
| 36 |
Aug 27, 2002 |
Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones |
104 |
$300,001,487 |
| 37 |
Sep 16, 2011 |
The Lion King 3D |
6,303 |
$337,459,426 |
| 38 |
Mar 22, 2002 |
ET: The Extra-Terrestrial |
7,225 |
$404,509,000 |
| 39 |
Apr 5, 2013 |
Jurassic Park |
7,239 |
$357,333,005 |
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