Steven Spielberg has become the first moviemaker in history to gross $10 billion at the global box office.

His new release, 'Ready Player One', has taken the director past the milestone number, making him the most successful filmmaker ever.

What makes the feat even more amazing is the fact that his nearest competition is blockbuster king Michael Bay and Peter Jackson, the man behind the 'Lord of the Rings' and 'The Hobbit' movies, and they are both at least $3.5 billion behind Spielberg, whose hits have included 'Jurassic Park', 'E.T.', 'Schindler's List', 'Jaws', and the 'Indiana Jones' movies.

The new figures are just based on the films Spielberg has directed.

If you count in the projects he has produced as well, his movies have amassed an estimated $17.2 billion, according to the website.

Spielberg will soon be adding to his tally after announcing work has begun on a fifth 'Indiana Jones' movie, the last to feature Harrison Ford as the adventurous professor of archaeology.

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