#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 17
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 801 to 850 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.
- 801
Apr 16, 2010 US and Canada: $48.1M Rest of the world: $48.1M Worldwide: $96.2M - 802
Nov 17, 2000 US and Canada: $34.6M Rest of the world: $61.5M Worldwide: $96.1M - 803
Apr 11, 2025 US and Canada: $40.8M Rest of the world: $55.2M Worldwide: $96M - 804
Sep 19, 2003 US and Canada: $52M Rest of the world: $43.7M Worldwide: $95.7M - 805
Mar 23, 2007 US and Canada: $47M Rest of the world: $48.7M Worldwide: $95.7M - 806
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)Aug 21, 2013 US and Canada: $31.2M Rest of the world: $64.2M Worldwide: $95.4M
Aug 21, 2013 · English · Action, Adventure, Drama $95.4M worldwide - 807
Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet (2021)Apr 16, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $95.4M
Apr 16, 2021 · Japanese · Crime, Animation, Thriller $95.4M worldwide - 808
Sep 29, 2006 US and Canada: $55M Rest of the world: $40M Worldwide: $95M - 809
Sep 18, 2015 US and Canada: $1.2M Rest of the world: $93.2M Worldwide: $94.4M - 810
In the Heart of the Sea (2015)Dec 11, 2015 US and Canada: $25M Rest of the world: $69.3M Worldwide: $94.3M Dec 11, 2015 · English · Action, Adventure, Biography $94.3M worldwide - 811
Aug 19, 2016 US and Canada: $26.4M Rest of the world: $67.7M Worldwide: $94.1M - 812
May 9, 2008 US and Canada: $43.9M Rest of the world: $50M Worldwide: $93.9M - 813
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time (2021)Aug 13, 2021 US and Canada: $810.7K Rest of the world: $93.1M Worldwide: $93.9M Aug 13, 2021 · Japanese · Action, Sci-Fi, Drama $93.9M worldwide - 814
May 13, 2016 US and Canada: $12K Rest of the world: $93.6M Worldwide: $93.6M - 815
Apr 3, 1998 US and Canada: $32.9M Rest of the world: $60.2M Worldwide: $93.1M - 816
Dec 3, 2004 US and Canada: $11.1M Rest of the world: $81.8M Worldwide: $92.9M - 817
Dec 1, 2023 US and Canada: $15M Rest of the world: $77.8M Worldwide: $92.9M - 818
Jul 22, 2016 US and Canada: $2.1M Rest of the world: $90.6M Worldwide: $92.8M - 819
Dec 14, 1979 US and Canada: $31.8M Rest of the world: $60.7M Worldwide: $92.5M - 820
Aug 12, 2005 US and Canada: $74.5M Rest of the world: $17.9M Worldwide: $92.4M - 821
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)Jan 23, 2009 US and Canada: $45.8M Rest of the world: $46.4M Worldwide: $92.2M Jan 23, 2009 · English · Action, Adventure, Thriller $92.2M worldwide - 822
Jul 24, 2015 US and Canada: $52.4M Rest of the world: $39.5M Worldwide: $92M - 823
Jul 12, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $91.9M - 824
Nov 30, 2001 US and Canada: $58.9M Rest of the world: $32.9M Worldwide: $91.8M - 825
May 3, 2019 US and Canada: $521.4K Rest of the world: $91.2M Worldwide: $91.7M - 826
Jul 12, 2019 US and Canada: $39M Rest of the world: $52.5M Worldwide: $91.5M - 827
Sep 20, 2019 US and Canada: $44.8M Rest of the world: $46.7M Worldwide: $91.5M - 828
Jun 22, 1984 US and Canada: $91.1M Rest of the world: $60.1K Worldwide: $91.1M - 829
Mar 22, 2000 US and Canada: $56M Rest of the world: $35.1M Worldwide: $91M - 830
Dec 25, 1999 US and Canada: $71.6M Rest of the world: $19.1M Worldwide: $90.7M - 831
Aug 9, 1989 US and Canada: $55M Rest of the world: $35.5M Worldwide: $90.5M - 832
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018)Jul 27, 2018 US and Canada: $263K Rest of the world: $89.8M Worldwide: $90M
Jul 27, 2018 · Chinese · Action, Adventure, Drama $90M worldwide - 833
Mar 25, 2011 US and Canada: $36.4M Rest of the world: $53.4M Worldwide: $89.8M - 834
Oct 11, 1996 US and Canada: $33.4M Rest of the world: $56M Worldwide: $89.5M - 835
Mar 28, 2025 US and Canada: $37M Rest of the world: $52.4M Worldwide: $89.4M - 836
Apr 14, 2022 US and Canada: $2.9M Rest of the world: $86.2M Worldwide: $89.1M - 837
Sep 2, 2005 US and Canada: $43.1M Rest of the world: $46M Worldwide: $89.1M - 838
Feb 7, 2003 US and Canada: $60.5M Rest of the world: $27.8M Worldwide: $88.3M - 839
Aug 11, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $88.2M - 840
Dec 20, 2013 US and Canada: $8M Rest of the world: $80M Worldwide: $88M - 841
Sep 29, 2017 US and Canada: $456.9K Rest of the world: $87.5M Worldwide: $88M - 842
Jul 2, 2014 US and Canada: $30.6M Rest of the world: $57.4M Worldwide: $87.9M - 843
Aug 1, 1997 US and Canada: $54.9M Rest of the world: $33M Worldwide: $87.8M - 844
Dec 22, 2017 US and Canada: $5.6M Rest of the world: $81.8M Worldwide: $87.3M - 845
Apr 26, 2013 US and Canada: $49.9M Rest of the world: $37.4M Worldwide: $87.3M - 846
Oct 12, 2012 US and Canada: $685.8K Rest of the world: $86.4M Worldwide: $87.1M - 847
Oct 17, 2008 US and Canada: $40.7M Rest of the world: $46.4M Worldwide: $87.1M - 848
Sep 28, 2007 US and Canada: $47.5M Rest of the world: $39.5M Worldwide: $87M - 849
Jun 27, 2014 US and Canada: $4.6M Rest of the world: $82.2M Worldwide: $86.8M - 850
Mar 30, 1984 US and Canada: $76.6M Rest of the world: $10M Worldwide: $86.6M
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)