#1 of 5,652 Highest-grossing action movie ever
2009 · Action, Adventure
$2.9B worldwide
$785.2M US & Canada · 27% $2.1B elsewhere · 73%
Action box office · All time
Highest-Grossing Action Movies of All Time, Page 10
Avatar (2009) is the highest-grossing action movie in our database, with $2.9B worldwide, ahead of Avengers: Endgame (2019) at $2.8B and Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) at $2.5B. 5,652 action films in our database report a worldwide gross, $333.6B in all, 38% of it from the US & Canada. 40 films crossed $1 billion and 779 crossed $100 million. By language, English leads with $289.5B across 2,844 action releases.
- films with a reported gross
- 5,652
- combined worldwide
- $333.6B
- films crossed $100M
- 779
- earned in the US & Canada
- 38%
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The Top 5,000 Action Movies, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 451 to 500 of 5,000. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. The pages stop at the top 5,000 of 5,652 films.
- 451
Jun 28, 2013 US and Canada: $73.1M Rest of the world: $132.3M Worldwide: $205.4M - 452
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)Jun 6, 2008 US and Canada: $100M Rest of the world: $104.3M Worldwide: $204.3M
Jun 6, 2008 · English · Action, Drama, Comedy $204.3M worldwide - 453
Jul 7, 2004 US and Canada: $51.9M Rest of the world: $151.7M Worldwide: $203.6M - 454
Mar 14, 2014 US and Canada: $43.6M Rest of the world: $159.7M Worldwide: $203.3M - 455
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)Mar 30, 1990 US and Canada: $135.4M Rest of the world: $66.7M Worldwide: $202.1M Mar 30, 1990 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $202.1M worldwide - 456
Dec 21, 1990 US and Canada: $91.5M Rest of the world: $110.5M Worldwide: $202M - 457
Mar 16, 2012 US and Canada: $138.4M Rest of the world: $63.1M Worldwide: $201.6M - 458
Jul 4, 2001 US and Canada: $93.4M Rest of the world: $107.3M Worldwide: $200.7M - 459
The Hunt for Red October (1990)Mar 2, 1990 US and Canada: $122M Rest of the world: $78.5M Worldwide: $200.5M Mar 2, 1990 · English · Action, Adventure, Thriller $200.5M worldwide - 460
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)Aug 7, 2013 US and Canada: $68.6M Rest of the world: $131.3M Worldwide: $199.9M Aug 7, 2013 · English · Action, Adventure, Drama $199.9M worldwide - 461
Oct 15, 2010 US and Canada: $90.4M Rest of the world: $108.6M Worldwide: $199M - 462
Dec 24, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $198.9M - 463
Mar 4, 2005 US and Canada: $113.1M Rest of the world: $85.6M Worldwide: $198.6M - 464
Aug 3, 2012 US and Canada: $58.9M Rest of the world: $139.6M Worldwide: $198.5M - 465
Dec 21, 2012 US and Canada: $19M Rest of the world: $179.1M Worldwide: $198.1M - 466
Jul 25, 2003 US and Canada: $111.8M Rest of the world: $85.3M Worldwide: $197.1M - 467
Oct 28, 1994 US and Canada: $71.6M Rest of the world: $125M Worldwide: $196.6M - 468
Nov 16, 2007 US and Canada: $82.3M Rest of the world: $114.1M Worldwide: $196.4M - 469
Aug 13, 2008 US and Canada: $110.5M Rest of the world: $85.2M Worldwide: $195.7M - 470
Feb 13, 2026 US and Canada: $103.3M Rest of the world: $92M Worldwide: $195.4M - 471
May 31, 2002 US and Canada: $118.9M Rest of the world: $75M Worldwide: $193.9M - 472
Feb 5, 2016 US and Canada: $710K Rest of the world: $193M Worldwide: $193.7M - 473
Mar 25, 2022 US and Canada: $105.3M Rest of the world: $87.6M Worldwide: $192.9M - 474
Sep 26, 2014 US and Canada: $101.5M Rest of the world: $90.8M Worldwide: $192.3M - 475
Sep 1, 2023 US and Canada: $92.4M Rest of the world: $98.7M Worldwide: $191.1M - 476
Jul 20, 2018 US and Canada: $102.1M Rest of the world: $88.3M Worldwide: $190.4M - 477
Aug 4, 2000 US and Canada: $73.2M Rest of the world: $117M Worldwide: $190.2M - 478
Mar 10, 1995 US and Canada: $67.7M Rest of the world: $122.2M Worldwide: $189.9M - 479
Jul 12, 2019 US and Canada: $609.5K Rest of the world: $188.8M Worldwide: $189.4M - 480
May 25, 1988 US and Canada: $53.7M Rest of the world: $135.3M Worldwide: $189M - 481
Sep 24, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $188.1M - 482
Jul 17, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $186.7M - 483
Aug 17, 2001 US and Canada: $84.1M Rest of the world: $102M Worldwide: $186.1M - 484
Nov 15, 2024 US and Canada: $97M Rest of the world: $89M Worldwide: $186M - 485
Mar 6, 2009 US and Canada: $107.5M Rest of the world: $77.9M Worldwide: $185.4M - 486
Nov 7, 2025 US and Canada: $91.1M Rest of the world: $93.5M Worldwide: $184.6M - 487
Feb 6, 2015 US and Canada: $47.4M Rest of the world: $136.9M Worldwide: $184.3M - 488
Mar 20, 2009 US and Canada: $80M Rest of the world: $103.7M Worldwide: $183.7M - 489
Aug 18, 2017 US and Canada: $75.5M Rest of the world: $108M Worldwide: $183.4M - 490
Jan 16, 2009 US and Canada: $146.3M Rest of the world: $37M Worldwide: $183.3M - 491
May 20, 1994 US and Canada: $101.6M Rest of the world: $81.4M Worldwide: $183M - 492
Mar 13, 1998 US and Canada: $57M Rest of the world: $126M Worldwide: $183M - 493
Feb 6, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $181.7M - 494
May 12, 2006 US and Canada: $60.7M Rest of the world: $121M Worldwide: $181.7M - 495
Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)Mar 26, 2004 US and Canada: $84.2M Rest of the world: $97M Worldwide: $181.2M Mar 26, 2004 · English · Action, Adventure, Mystery $181.2M worldwide - 496
Jul 31, 1991 US and Canada: $69.5M Rest of the world: $111.6M Worldwide: $181.1M - 497
May 3, 2024 US and Canada: $92.9M Rest of the world: $88.2M Worldwide: $181.1M - 498
Oct 10, 2003 US and Canada: $70.1M Rest of the world: $110.8M Worldwide: $180.9M - 499
Apr 19, 2002 US and Canada: $91M Rest of the world: $89.6M Worldwide: $180.6M - 500
Nov 22, 2006 US and Canada: $64M Rest of the world: $116.5M Worldwide: $180.6M
Archive
Action Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1924 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2017 leads with $20.6B, led by Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017).
2020s 7 years · $61.4B
- 2026 so far $6B #1 Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)
- 2025 $11.9B #1 Zootopia 2 (2025)
- 2024 $8.7B #1 Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
- 2023 $10B #1 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
- 2022 $11.2B #1 Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
- 2021 $10.3B #1 Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
- 2020 $3.4B #1 The Eight Hundred (2020)
2010s 10 years · $152.6B
- 2019 $16.5B #1 Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- 2018 $19.7B #1 Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- 2017 $20.6B #1 Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
- 2016 $16.5B #1 Captain America: Civil War (2016)
- 2015 $16.7B #1 Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
- 2014 $16.1B #1 Transformers: Age Of Extinction (2014)
- 2013 $12.5B #1 Iron Man 3 (2013)
- 2012 $13.8B #1 The Avengers (2012)
- 2011 $10.7B #1 Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
- 2010 $9.3B #1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (2010)
2000s 10 years · $73.2B
- 2009 $12.5B #1 Avatar (2009)
- 2008 $9.7B #1 The Dark Knight (2008)
- 2007 $7.5B #1 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
- 2006 $6.7B #1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
- 2005 $5.5B #1 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
- 2004 $6.8B #1 Spider-Man 2 (2004)
- 2003 $8.7B #1 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- 2002 $5.6B #1 Spider-Man (2002)
- 2001 $5.5B #1 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- 2000 $4.7B #1 Mission: Impossible II (2000)
1990s 10 years · $32.6B
- 1999 $4.4B #1 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
- 1998 $4.3B #1 Armageddon (1998)
- 1997 $5.1B #1 The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
- 1996 $4.2B #1 Independence Day (1996)
- 1995 $3.6B #1 Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
- 1994 $2.9B #1 True Lies (1994)
- 1993 $1.6B #1 The Fugitive (1993)
- 1992 $2B #1 The Bodyguard (1992)
- 1991 $2.1B #1 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- 1990 $2.5B #1 Total Recall (1990)
1980s 10 years · $10.7B
- 1989 $1.8B #1 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- 1988 $1.2B #1 Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
- 1987 $1B #1 Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
- 1986 $1.1B #1 Top Gun (1986)
- 1985 $931.7M #1 Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
- 1984 $1.4B #1 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
- 1983 $1.1B #1 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
- 1982 $653.6M #1 First Blood (1982)
- 1981 $544.5M #1 Superman II (1981)
- 1980 $1B #1 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
1970s 10 years · $2.8B
- 1979 $524.3M #1 Moonraker (1979)
- 1978 $509.4M #1 Superman (1978)
- 1977 $1B #1 Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
- 1976 $104.8M #1 Silver Streak (1976)
- 1975 $28.9M #1 The Eiger Sanction (1975)
- 1974 $238.7M #1 The Towering Inferno (1974)
- 1973 $84.1M #1 Magnum Force (1973)
- 1972 $94.5M #1 The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
- 1971 $112.6M #1 The French Connection (1971)
- 1970 $119.5M #1 Airport (1970)
1960s 10 years · $286.3M
- 1969 $30.7M #1 On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
- 1968 $3.6M #1 Coogan’s Bluff (1968)
- 1967 $49.1M #1 You Only Live Twice (1967)
- 1966 $31.4K #1 Django (1966)
- 1965 $115.3M #1 Thunderball (1965)
- 1964 $24.8M #1 From Russia with Love (1964)
- 1963 $62.5M #1 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
- 1962 $88.9K #1 Sanjuro (1962)
- 1961 $88.8K #1 Yojimbo (1961)
- 1960 $13.1K #1 Exodus (1960)