Pre-Avatar in 2009, Only Three Movies Had 1 Billion+ Box office

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Nymeria said:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/

I see Jurassic Park, Phantom Menace, The Dark Knight on this list as 1 billion or greater gross.

They were all re-released after the fact to reach that point. Even Titanic didn't reach 2 Billion until 15 years later (about).