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

'Iron Man 3'

( AP / May 20, 2013 )

"Iron Man 3" crossed the $1-billion milestone after 23 days at the global box office, according to distributor Walt Disney Studios.

The 3-D film, directed by Shane Black and starring Robert Downey Jr., cost Disney about $200 million to produce. The third entry in the franchise is already the most successful by far of the trilogy, as "Iron Man 2" ended up with $623.9 million in ticket sales globally in 2010 and the 2008 original took in $585.2 million.

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