#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 13
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 601 to 650 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.
- 601
Aug 13, 2019 US and Canada: $41.7M Rest of the world: $106.1M Worldwide: $147.8M - 602
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)Sep 21, 2007 US and Canada: $50.6M Rest of the world: $97.1M Worldwide: $147.7M
Sep 21, 2007 · English · Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller $147.7M worldwide - 603
Apr 1, 2011 US and Canada: $54.7M Rest of the world: $92.6M Worldwide: $147.3M - 604
Jun 8, 2001 US and Canada: $69.8M Rest of the world: $77.3M Worldwide: $147.1M - 605
Oct 23, 2015 US and Canada: $27.4M Rest of the world: $119.6M Worldwide: $146.9M - 606
Aug 23, 2019 US and Canada: $69M Rest of the world: $77.6M Worldwide: $146.7M - 607
Nov 22, 1996 US and Canada: $92M Rest of the world: $54M Worldwide: $146M - 608
Aug 18, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $145.8M - 609
Oct 13, 2017 US and Canada: $34.4M Rest of the world: $111M Worldwide: $145.4M - 610
Feb 28, 2020 US and Canada: $70.4M Rest of the world: $74.1M Worldwide: $144.5M - 611
Jul 15, 1988 US and Canada: $85.9M Rest of the world: $57.8M Worldwide: $143.7M - 612
Nov 21, 2001 US and Canada: $62.4M Rest of the world: $80.7M Worldwide: $143M - 613
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)Mar 25, 2022 US and Canada: $77.2M Rest of the world: $65.6M Worldwide: $142.8M Mar 25, 2022 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $142.8M worldwide - 614
Oct 28, 2005 US and Canada: $46.5M Rest of the world: $95.9M Worldwide: $142.4M - 615
Mar 24, 2017 US and Canada: $85.4M Rest of the world: $57M Worldwide: $142.3M - 616
Jan 27, 2006 US and Canada: $70.2M Rest of the world: $71.4M Worldwide: $141.5M - 617
Apr 7, 1995 US and Canada: $65.8M Rest of the world: $75.6M Worldwide: $141.4M - 618
Jun 6, 2025 US and Canada: $58.1M Rest of the world: $82.1M Worldwide: $140.2M - 619
Dec 24, 2015 US and Canada: $1.4M Rest of the world: $137.8M Worldwide: $139.2M - 620
May 18, 1990 US and Canada: $71M Rest of the world: $67.7M Worldwide: $138.7M - 621
Aug 13, 2014 US and Canada: $82.4M Rest of the world: $55.8M Worldwide: $138.2M - 622
Oct 18, 2013 US and Canada: $25.1M Rest of the world: $112.2M Worldwide: $137.3M - 623
Jun 18, 1993 US and Canada: $50M Rest of the world: $87.3M Worldwide: $137.3M - 624
Jul 4, 2018 US and Canada: $69.5M Rest of the world: $67.6M Worldwide: $137.1M - 625
Apr 11, 1997 US and Canada: $65.9M Rest of the world: $71M Worldwide: $136.9M - 626
Dec 25, 1990 US and Canada: $66.8M Rest of the world: $70.1M Worldwide: $136.9M - 627
Sep 2, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $136.6M - 628
Sep 9, 2011 US and Canada: $75.7M Rest of the world: $60.9M Worldwide: $136.5M - 629
Mar 19, 2010 US and Canada: $67.1M Rest of the world: $69.3M Worldwide: $136.3M - 630
Apr 3, 1998 US and Canada: $69.1M Rest of the world: $67M Worldwide: $136.2M - 631
Jan 17, 2014 US and Canada: $50.6M Rest of the world: $84.9M Worldwide: $135.5M - 632
Dec 25, 2025 US and Canada: $65.1M Rest of the world: $70.3M Worldwide: $135.4M - 633
Mar 17, 2006 US and Canada: $70.5M Rest of the world: $64.2M Worldwide: $134.7M - 634
Jul 23, 1999 US and Canada: $97.4M Rest of the world: $37M Worldwide: $134.4M - 635
Sep 22, 1989 US and Canada: $46.2M Rest of the world: $88M Worldwide: $134.2M - 636
Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)Mar 17, 2023 US and Canada: $57.6M Rest of the world: $76.5M Worldwide: $134.1M Mar 17, 2023 · English · Action, Adventure, Thriller $134.1M worldwide - 637
Pokémon: The Movie 2000 (2000)Jul 21, 2000 US and Canada: $43.8M Rest of the world: $90.2M Worldwide: $133.9M Jul 21, 2000 · English · Action, Adventure, Animation $133.9M worldwide - 638
Dec 25, 2015 US and Canada: $28.8M Rest of the world: $105M Worldwide: $133.8M - 639
May 21, 1993 US and Canada: $38.9M Rest of the world: $94.8M Worldwide: $133.8M - 640
May 8, 2026 US and Canada: $66.1M Rest of the world: $67.1M Worldwide: $133.1M - 641
Dec 19, 2012 US and Canada: $95.7M Rest of the world: $37.1M Worldwide: $132.8M - 642
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012)Feb 17, 2012 US and Canada: $51.8M Rest of the world: $80.8M Worldwide: $132.6M Feb 17, 2012 · English · Action, Thriller, Fantasy $132.6M worldwide - 643
Oct 21, 2011 US and Canada: $20.4M Rest of the world: $111.9M Worldwide: $132.3M - 644
Dec 8, 2004 US and Canada: $52.4M Rest of the world: $79.6M Worldwide: $132M - 645
Aug 2, 2013 US and Canada: $75.6M Rest of the world: $56.3M Worldwide: $131.9M - 646
Aug 21, 1998 US and Canada: $70.1M Rest of the world: $61.1M Worldwide: $131.2M - 647
Jul 18, 1986 US and Canada: $85.2M Rest of the world: $45.9M Worldwide: $131.1M - 648
Apr 23, 2004 US and Canada: $77.9M Rest of the world: $52.9M Worldwide: $130.8M - 649
Aug 18, 2023 US and Canada: $72.5M Rest of the world: $58.3M Worldwide: $130.8M - 650
Nov 1, 2017 US and Canada: $72.1M Rest of the world: $58.4M Worldwide: $130.6M
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)