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Monday, May 20, 2013

Fastest Movies to Earn $400 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       MovieDays to MilestoneCumulative Gross After Passing Milestone
1 May 17, 2012 Marvel's The Avengers 14 $402,021,415
2 Aug 4, 2008 The Dark Knight 18 $400,038,494
3 Jan 9, 2010 Avatar 23 $415,090,487
4 Aug 17, 2012 The Dark Knight Rises 29 $401,898,047
5 Jun 30, 2004 Shrek 2 43 $400,978,000
6 Aug 20, 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 45 $401,253,092
7 Aug 14, 2010 Toy Story 3 58 $400,063,178
8 Feb 22, 1998 Titanic 66 $402,561,881
9 Jul 7, 2002 Spider-Man 66 $400,058,357
10 Jul 24, 1999 Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace 67 $401,344,000
11 Sep 5, 2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 74 $400,125,775
12 Jun 10, 2012 The Hunger Games 80 $400,272,535
13 Sep 30, 2011 The Lion King 3D 6,317 $400,430,991
14 Mar 22, 2002 ET: The Extra-Terrestrial 7,225 $404,509,000