The USA Times Billion-Dollar Club is our simplest badge and our most demanding one. A film earns a green ⭐ star for every full $1 billion it grosses worldwide — one star at a billion, two at two billion, and so on. No rounding up: a film has to actually cross the line. Across twenty years of event movies, 59 films have made the cut.
The two-star club
Only five films in history have earned a second star — the rarefied group that crossed $2 billion worldwide.
| # | Film | Year | Worldwide gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avatar | 2009 | $2.924B |
| 2 | Avatar | 2010 | $2.924B |
| 3 | Avengers: Endgame | 2019 | $2.797B |
| 4 | Avatar: The Way of Water | 2022 | $2.334B |
| 5 | Avatar: The Way of Water | 2023 | $2.334B |
| 6 | Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens | 2015 | $2.068B |
| 7 | Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens | 2016 | $2.068B |
| 8 | Avengers: Infinity War | 2018 | $2.048B |
The heartbreak of one star
The cruelest number in the club belongs to Spider-Man: No Way Home, which grossed roughly $1.92 billion — a colossal figure that still falls just short of a second star. Under our floor rule it wears one, not two. That is the point of the badge: it rewards crossing the line, not coming close to it. Somewhere out there, a future release will become the sixth two-star film.
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