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 | Movie | Days to Milestone | Cumulative 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 |
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