#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 16
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 751 to 800 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.
- 751
Detective Conan: Black Iron Submarine (2023)Apr 14, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $106.8M
Apr 14, 2023 · Japanese · Crime, Mystery, Action $106.8M worldwide - 752
Jan 11, 2013 US and Canada: $46M Rest of the world: $59.2M Worldwide: $105.2M - 753
Aug 15, 1979 US and Canada: $96M Rest of the world: $9.1M Worldwide: $105.1M - 754
Apr 8, 2005 US and Canada: $17.1M Rest of the world: $87.8M Worldwide: $104.9M - 755
Sep 27, 2002 US and Canada: $50.5M Rest of the world: $53.8M Worldwide: $104.4M - 756
Jul 14, 1995 US and Canada: $50M Rest of the world: $54.3M Worldwide: $104.3M - 757
Sep 29, 2023 US and Canada: $40.8M Rest of the world: $63.5M Worldwide: $104.3M - 758
May 7, 2021 US and Canada: $27.5M Rest of the world: $76.5M Worldwide: $104M - 759
Oct 24, 2014 US and Canada: $50.9M Rest of the world: $52.8M Worldwide: $103.7M - 760
Apr 25, 2025 US and Canada: $65.5M Rest of the world: $37.8M Worldwide: $103.3M - 761
Jul 8, 2016 US and Canada: $560.8K Rest of the world: $102.6M Worldwide: $103.2M - 762
Apr 17, 2014 US and Canada: $23M Rest of the world: $80M Worldwide: $103M - 763
Mar 6, 2015 US and Canada: $31.6M Rest of the world: $71.2M Worldwide: $102.8M - 764
Oct 2, 2009 US and Canada: $75.6M Rest of the world: $26.8M Worldwide: $102.4M - 765
Mar 6, 1998 US and Canada: $57.2M Rest of the world: $45.2M Worldwide: $102.4M - 766
Jan 6, 2017 US and Canada: $218K Rest of the world: $102M Worldwide: $102.2M - 767
Aug 1, 2025 US and Canada: $52.6M Rest of the world: $49.5M Worldwide: $102.1M - 768
Sep 16, 1994 US and Canada: $44.9M Rest of the world: $56.8M Worldwide: $101.6M - 769
Aug 6, 2008 US and Canada: $87.3M Rest of the world: $14.3M Worldwide: $101.6M - 770
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)Mar 24, 2005 US and Canada: $48.5M Rest of the world: $52.9M Worldwide: $101.4M
Mar 24, 2005 · English · Action, Comedy, Crime $101.4M worldwide - 771
Dec 13, 1996 US and Canada: $37.8M Rest of the world: $63.6M Worldwide: $101.4M - 772
Nov 21, 2007 US and Canada: $39.7M Rest of the world: $61.6M Worldwide: $101.3M - 773
Jan 31, 2003 US and Canada: $52.8M Rest of the world: $48.4M Worldwide: $101.2M - 774
May 18, 2022 US and Canada: $812.9K Rest of the world: $100.4M Worldwide: $101.2M - 775
Apr 12, 1996 US and Canada: $59M Rest of the world: $41.8M Worldwide: $100.9M - 776
Oct 1, 2004 US and Canada: $74.5M Rest of the world: $26M Worldwide: $100.6M - 777
Feb 14, 2024 US and Canada: $43.8M Rest of the world: $56.7M Worldwide: $100.5M - 778
Mar 5, 1970 US and Canada: $100.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $100.5M - 779
Jul 28, 2017 US and Canada: $51.7M Rest of the world: $48.3M Worldwide: $100M - 780
Sep 18, 2015 US and Canada: $62.6M Rest of the world: $37.4M Worldwide: $100M - 781
Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy (2019)Aug 7, 2019 US and Canada: $296.8K Rest of the world: $99.2M Worldwide: $99.5M
Aug 7, 2019 · Cantonese · Action, Crime, Adventure $99.5M worldwide - 782
Dec 23, 1994 US and Canada: $33.4M Rest of the world: $66M Worldwide: $99.4M - 783
Apr 2, 2004 US and Canada: $59.6M Rest of the world: $39.8M Worldwide: $99.4M - 784
May 26, 2000 US and Canada: $56.9M Rest of the world: $42.3M Worldwide: $99.3M - 785
Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days (2018)Aug 1, 2018 US and Canada: $1.2M Rest of the world: $97.9M Worldwide: $99.1M
Aug 1, 2018 · Korean · Action, Drama, Fantasy $99.1M worldwide - 786
Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013)Sep 27, 2013 US and Canada: $87.8K Rest of the world: $98.7M Worldwide: $98.8M
Sep 27, 2013 · Chinese · Action, Adventure, Crime $98.8M worldwide - 787
Sep 12, 2003 US and Canada: $56.4M Rest of the world: $42.4M Worldwide: $98.8M - 788
Sep 18, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $98.7M - 789
Sep 6, 2013 US and Canada: $42M Rest of the world: $56.3M Worldwide: $98.3M - 790
Jun 12, 1987 US and Canada: $59.7M Rest of the world: $38.5M Worldwide: $98.3M - 791
Jul 6, 2016 US and Canada: $6.2M Rest of the world: $92.1M Worldwide: $98.3M - 792
Jun 4, 2010 US and Canada: $47.1M Rest of the world: $51.1M Worldwide: $98.2M - 793
Jan 8, 1999 US and Canada: $36.4M Rest of the world: $61.7M Worldwide: $98.1M - 794
Sep 16, 2022 US and Canada: $67.3M Rest of the world: $30.2M Worldwide: $97.6M - 795
Nov 22, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $97.5M - 796
Aug 17, 2018 US and Canada: $35.9M Rest of the world: $61.4M Worldwide: $97.3M - 797
Sep 20, 2013 US and Canada: $26.9M Rest of the world: $70M Worldwide: $97M - 798
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)Dec 6, 1991 US and Canada: $74.9M Rest of the world: $22M Worldwide: $96.9M Dec 6, 1991 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $96.9M worldwide - 799
Dec 11, 1985 US and Canada: $76M Rest of the world: $20.8M Worldwide: $96.8M - 800
Feb 2, 2024 US and Canada: $45.2M Rest of the world: $51M Worldwide: $96.2M
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)