The asterisk goes where?
On Sunday, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2" became the biggest all-time grosser at the global box … for a film not directed by filmmaker James Cameron.
Hedge or not, that's a nice ranking.
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The Warner Bros. film has grossed $1.334 billion a the global box office through Sunday, putting it third on the list of all-time biggest grossers behind "Avatar" and its gawdy $2.782 billion and "Titanic" and its $1.843 billion.
"Deathly Hallows, Part 2" has grossed $791.1 million at the interational box office, about 70 percent of its overall revenue. It's also No. 3 on the international list behind "Avatar" ($2.021 billion) and "Titanic" ($1.242 billion)
Here's the top 10 all-time worldwide grossers:
"Avatar" ($2.782b)
"Titanic" ($1.843b)
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2" ($1.134b)
"LOTR: Return of the King" ($1.119b)
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" ($1.066b)
"Toy Story 3" ($1.063b)
"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" ($1.014b)
"Pirates of the Caribbean: "On Stranger Tides" ($1.014b)
"Alice in Wonderland" ($1.024b)
"The Dark Knight" ($1.002b)