The highest-grossing film to date is 2019's Avengers: Endgame, which took in $2.79 billion. That's still way behind the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto V, which has made more than $6 billion. The big sums travel back into the games: Cyberpunk 2077, which came out last year, cost a staggering $317 million to develop; a superhero blockbuster, about $200 million.
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