#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 14
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 651 to 700 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.
- 651
AVPR: Aliens vs Predator - Requiem (2007)Dec 25, 2007 US and Canada: $41.8M Rest of the world: $88.5M Worldwide: $130.3M
Dec 25, 2007 · English · Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller $130.3M worldwide - 652
Nov 18, 2009 US and Canada: $627K Rest of the world: $129.1M Worldwide: $129.7M - 653
May 8, 2026 US and Canada: $79.8M Rest of the world: $49.8M Worldwide: $129.6M - 654
Sep 20, 2024 US and Canada: $59.1M Rest of the world: $70.3M Worldwide: $129.4M - 655
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)Sep 10, 2004 US and Canada: $51.2M Rest of the world: $78.1M Worldwide: $129.3M Sep 10, 2004 · English · Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller $129.3M worldwide - 656
Apr 18, 2008 US and Canada: $52.1M Rest of the world: $76.7M Worldwide: $128.8M - 657
Apr 21, 2000 US and Canada: $77.1M Rest of the world: $50.5M Worldwide: $127.7M - 658
Jul 7, 1995 US and Canada: $37.6M Rest of the world: $90M Worldwide: $127.6M - 659
Nov 8, 2019 US and Canada: $56.8M Rest of the world: $70.5M Worldwide: $127.4M - 660
Apr 12, 2024 US and Canada: $68.8M Rest of the world: $58.5M Worldwide: $127.3M - 661
Jul 9, 2010 US and Canada: $52M Rest of the world: $75.2M Worldwide: $127.2M - 662
May 27, 1977 US and Canada: $126.7M Rest of the world: $13K Worldwide: $126.8M - 663
Feb 3, 2012 US and Canada: $64.6M Rest of the world: $62.1M Worldwide: $126.6M - 664
Walking with Dinosaurs (2013)Dec 20, 2013 US and Canada: $36.1M Rest of the world: $90.5M Worldwide: $126.5M Dec 20, 2013 · English · Action, Adventure, Animation $126.5M worldwide - 665
Jun 26, 2026 US and Canada: $72.4M Rest of the world: $54.1M Worldwide: $126.5M - 666
Jun 12, 2013 US and Canada: $101.5M Rest of the world: $24.6M Worldwide: $126M - 667
Dec 22, 2021 US and Canada: $37.2M Rest of the world: $88.7M Worldwide: $125.9M - 668
Jun 27, 2024 US and Canada: $18.3M Rest of the world: $107.6M Worldwide: $125.9M - 669
Jan 15, 2016 US and Canada: $474.3K Rest of the world: $125.4M Worldwide: $125.8M - 670
Aug 26, 2016 US and Canada: $21.2M Rest of the world: $104.5M Worldwide: $125.7M - 671
Nov 1, 2013 US and Canada: $61.7M Rest of the world: $63.8M Worldwide: $125.5M - 672
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)Jun 2, 2017 US and Canada: $73.9M Rest of the world: $51.5M Worldwide: $125.4M Jun 2, 2017 · English · Action, Adventure, Comedy $125.4M worldwide - 673
Oct 22, 1982 US and Canada: $47.2M Rest of the world: $78M Worldwide: $125.2M - 674
Jan 15, 2016 US and Canada: $91.2M Rest of the world: $33.4M Worldwide: $124.6M - 675
Sep 22, 2017 US and Canada: $59.4M Rest of the world: $64.4M Worldwide: $123.8M - 676
Mar 8, 2002 US and Canada: $56.8M Rest of the world: $66.9M Worldwide: $123.7M - 677
Apr 25, 1997 US and Canada: $49.3M Rest of the world: $73.5M Worldwide: $122.8M - 678
Oct 18, 2019 US and Canada: $73.1M Rest of the world: $49.7M Worldwide: $122.8M - 679
Sep 4, 2015 US and Canada: $74.1K Rest of the world: $122.5M Worldwide: $122.6M - 680
Sep 25, 2009 US and Canada: $38.6M Rest of the world: $83.9M Worldwide: $122.4M - 681
Dec 19, 1997 US and Canada: $61.9M Rest of the world: $60.5M Worldwide: $122.4M - 682
Aug 18, 1995 US and Canada: $70.5M Rest of the world: $51.7M Worldwide: $122.2M - 683
Aug 25, 2023 US and Canada: $44.4M Rest of the world: $77.6M Worldwide: $122.1M - 684
Mar 15, 1996 US and Canada: $56.6M Rest of the world: $65.4M Worldwide: $122M - 685
Sep 30, 2016 US and Canada: $61.4M Rest of the world: $60.4M Worldwide: $121.8M - 686
Aug 14, 2026 US and Canada: $54.2M Rest of the world: $67.4M Worldwide: $121.6M - 687
Nov 7, 1997 US and Canada: $54.8M Rest of the world: $66.4M Worldwide: $121.2M - 688
Jul 15, 2015 US and Canada: $8.2M Rest of the world: $112.9M Worldwide: $121.1M - 689
Dec 8, 2006 US and Canada: $50.9M Rest of the world: $69.8M Worldwide: $120.7M - 690
Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)Aug 9, 2019 US and Canada: $60.5M Rest of the world: $60.1M Worldwide: $120.6M Aug 9, 2019 · English · Action, Adventure, Family $120.6M worldwide - 691
Mar 6, 1987 US and Canada: $65.2M Rest of the world: $55M Worldwide: $120.2M - 692
Jan 12, 2018 US and Canada: $36.3M Rest of the world: $83.6M Worldwide: $119.9M - 693
Jan 25, 2019 US and Canada: $1.6M Rest of the world: $118.4M Worldwide: $119.9M - 694
Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002)Aug 7, 2002 US and Canada: $85.8M Rest of the world: $33.9M Worldwide: $119.7M Aug 7, 2002 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $119.7M worldwide - 695
Nov 23, 2016 US and Canada: $40.1M Rest of the world: $79.4M Worldwide: $119.5M - 696
Apr 8, 2005 US and Canada: $68.7M Rest of the world: $50.6M Worldwide: $119.2M - 697
May 25, 1994 US and Canada: $42.6M Rest of the world: $76.6M Worldwide: $119.2M - 698
Jul 1, 2016 US and Canada: $79.2M Rest of the world: $39.4M Worldwide: $118.6M - 699
Nov 18, 1994 US and Canada: $75.7M Rest of the world: $42.4M Worldwide: $118.1M - 700
Apr 4, 1997 US and Canada: $61.4M Rest of the world: $56.7M Worldwide: $118.1M
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)