The billion-dollar box-office club

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'Iron Man 3''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,' 2012 | Hits $1-billion mark'Skyfall,' 2012 | Hits $1-billion mark'Avatar,' 2009 | $2.78 billion'Titanic,' 1997 | $2.16 billion'The Avengers,' 2012 | $1.5 billion'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2,' 2011 | $1.33 billion'Transformers: Dark of the Moon,' 2011 | $1.12 billion'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,' 2003 | $1.12 billion'The Dark Knight Rises,' 2012 | $1.08 billion'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest,' 2006 | $1.07'Toy Story 3,' 2010 | $1.06 billion'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,' 2011 | $1.04 billion'Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace,' 1999 | $1.03 billion'Alice in Wonderland,' 2010 | $1.02 billion'The Dark Knight,' 2008 | $1 billion

Christopher Nolan's final installment in his Batman film trilogy was also the highest-grossing at the worldwide box office. The film, starring Christian Bale as the Caped Crusader and Anne Hathaway as slinky Selina Kyle, cost an estimated $250 million.

'The Dark Knight Rises,' 2012 | $1.08 billion

( Warner Bros. / November 26, 2012 )

Christopher Nolan's final installment in his Batman film trilogy was also the highest-grossing at the worldwide box office. The film, starring Christian Bale as the Caped Crusader and Anne Hathaway as slinky Selina Kyle, cost an estimated $250 million.

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