‘Aquaman’ is the First Billion Dollar Film of 2019

The superhero movie Aquaman has officially joined the billion-dollar club at the box office.

The DC superhero pic from Warner Bros. has tallied worldwide box office gross of $1,020,261,781 as of January 12, 2019. About 72% of the gross box office receipts came from non-US countries. It is the first DC Comics title to cross $1 billion in ticket sales since Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises in 2012.

The film, which starred Jason Momoa and Amber Heard, opened on December 21, 2018 in the United States.

Director James Wan, whose 2015 film ‘Furious 7’ made it to the billion-dollar club, said in a statement:

“Firstly, massive LOVE and THANK YOU to the fans and audiences around the world. I’ll forever be indebted to Jason for turning Aquaman into one of the coolest, cinematic superheroes ever, and becoming the gold standard for this character for generations to come.”

Jason Momoa on Instagram thanked the fans and everyone who had a hand in making the movie:

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BILLION DOLLAR UNDERDOG. from baywatch to making what once was the most disrespected superhero into a billion dollar movie. no one gets to the top without the people that love them. My success is from my fans. All my aloha to everyone that had a hand in making this movie. Mahalo Zack for choosing me and mahalo James for creating this beautiful world. #grateful #lovemyfans #billiondollarunderdog #aquaman2 #cheeeehuuuuuu #hhrajahh. Aloha j

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Aquaman joins the illustrious list of 37 movies that have crossed the billion dollar gross revenues mark (gross data includes both domestic and foreign box office receipts from Box Office Mojo).

• “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two” (2011) = $1,341,693,157
• “Star Wars: Episode 1 — The Phantom Menace” (1999) = $1,027,044,677
• “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” (2011) = $1,045,713,802    
• “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” (2006) = $1,066,179,725
• “Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2003) = $1,119,929,521
• “The Dark Knight” (2008) = $1,004,934,033           
• “Aquaman” (2018) = $1,020,261,781       
• “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” (2012) = $1,021,103,568 
• “Zootopia” (2016) = $1,023,784,195
• “Alice In Wonderland” (2010) = $1,025,467,110  
• “Finding Dory” (2016) = $1,028,570,889  
• “Jurassic Park” (1993) = $1,029,528,120  
• “Despicable Me 3” (2017) = $1,034,799,409          
• “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” (2016) = $1,056,057,273               
• “Toy Story 3” (2010) = $1,066,969,703
• “The Dark Knight Rises” (2012) = $1,084,939,099
• “Transformers: Age of Extinction” (2014) = $1,104,054,072           
• “Skyfall” (2012) = $1,108,561,013
• “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” (2011) = $1,123,794,079
• “Captain America: Civil War” (2016) = $1,153,304,495      
• “Minions” (2015) = $1,159,398,397
• “Iron Man 3” (2013) = $1,214,811,252     
• “The Fate of the Furious” (2017) = $1,236,005,118            
• “Incredibles 2” (2018) = $1,242,693,333 
• “Beauty and the Beast” (2017) = $1,263,521,126
• “Frozen” (2013) = $1,276,480,335
• “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” (2018) = = $1,309,484,461         
• “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” (2017) = $1,332,539,889            
• “Black Panther” (2018) = $1,346,913,161
• “Avengers: Age of Ultron” (2015) = $1,405,403,694          
• “Furious 7” (2015) = $1,516,045,911
• “Marvel’s The Avengers” (2012) = $1,518,812,988
• “Jurassic World” (2015) = $1,671,713,208
• “Avengers: Infinity War” (2018) = $2,048,711,378
• “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (2015) = $2,068,223,624              
• “Titanic” (1997) = $2,187,463,944              
• “Avatar” (2009) = $2,787,965,087