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The 13 movies that made $1 billion at the box office the fastest, including Marvel's 'Black Panther'

"Black Panther" joins several other Marvel films on the list of films that have grossed $1 billion at the global box office in less than a month.

This week, "Black Panther" became one of the 33 movies in history to make $1 billion at the global box office.

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It also accomplished this feat in under a month, which only 12 other films have ever done.

"Black Panther" joins several other Marvel films on this list, which we ranked by the days it took each film to gross $1 billion worldwide.

We used each film's gross on the day it passed $1 billion to break any ties.

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Here are the 13 movies that made $1 billion at the global box office in less than a month:

13. "Beauty and the Beast" — 29 days

Release date: March 17, 2017

Box office total: $1,263,521,126

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12. "Captain America: Civil War" — 24 days

Release date: April 27, 2016

Box office total: $1,153,304,495

11. "Black Panther" — 24 days

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Release date: February 16, 2018

Box office total (so far): $1,079,891,584

10. "Avengers: Age of Ultron" — 24 days

Release date: April 22, 2015

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Box office total: $1,405,403,694

9. "Iron Man 3" — 22 days

Release date: April 25, 2013

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Box office total: $1,214,811,252

8. "The Avengers" — 19 days

Release date: April 25, 2012

Box office total: $1,518,812,988

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7. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2" — 19 days

Release date: July 13, 2011

Box office total: $1,341,511,219

6. "Avatar" — 19 days

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Release date: December 16, 2009

Box office total: $2,787,965,087

5. "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" — 19 days

Release date: December 13, 2017

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Date it crossed $1 billion: December 31, 2017

Box office total: $1,331,699,278

4. "The Fate of the Furious" — 19 days

Release date: April 12, 2017

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Box office total: $1,236,005,118

3. "Furious 7" — 17 days

Release date: April 1, 2015

Box office total: $1,516,045,911

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2. "Jurassic World" — 13 days

Release date: June 10, 2015

Box office total: $1,671,713,208

1. "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" — 12 days

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Release date: December 16, 2015

Date it crossed $1 billion: December 27, 2015

Box office total: $2,068,223,624

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