#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 21
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 1,001 to 1,050 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.
- 1001
Dec 22, 1965 US and Canada: $63.6M Rest of the world: $11.4K Worldwide: $63.6M - 1002
Aug 19, 2011 US and Canada: $21.3M Rest of the world: $42.2M Worldwide: $63.5M - 1003
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)May 7, 1993 US and Canada: $35.1M Rest of the world: $28.4M Worldwide: $63.5M
May 7, 1993 · English · Action, Biography, Drama $63.5M worldwide - 1004
Dec 22, 1989 US and Canada: $63.4M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $63.4M - 1005
Mar 29, 2013 US and Canada: $26.6M Rest of the world: $36.7M Worldwide: $63.4M - 1006
The Hundred Regiments Offensive (2015)Aug 28, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $63.2M
Aug 28, 2015 · Chinese · History, War, Drama $63.2M worldwide - 1007
Oct 6, 2017 US and Canada: $30.3M Rest of the world: $32.5M Worldwide: $62.8M - 1008
Dec 8, 2000 US and Canada: $32.6M Rest of the world: $30.2M Worldwide: $62.8M - 1009
Nov 12, 2004 US and Canada: $28.3M Rest of the world: $34.3M Worldwide: $62.7M - 1010
Jan 15, 2010 US and Canada: $24.3M Rest of the world: $38.3M Worldwide: $62.6M - 1011
Nov 15, 2019 US and Canada: $34.7K Rest of the world: $62.1M Worldwide: $62.1M - 1012
Dec 13, 2024 US and Canada: $25M Rest of the world: $37.1M Worldwide: $62.1M - 1013
Aug 18, 2006 US and Canada: $34M Rest of the world: $28M Worldwide: $62M - 1014
Oct 8, 2004 US and Canada: $61.3M Rest of the world: $694.8K Worldwide: $62M - 1015
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (2015)Aug 4, 2015 US and Canada: $8M Rest of the world: $53.8M Worldwide: $61.8M
Aug 4, 2015 · Japanese · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $61.8M worldwide - 1016
Aug 27, 1999 US and Canada: $32.7M Rest of the world: $29M Worldwide: $61.7M - 1017
Nov 25, 2009 US and Canada: $38.1M Rest of the world: $23.5M Worldwide: $61.6M - 1018
Dec 19, 2019 US and Canada: $372.6K Rest of the world: $61M Worldwide: $61.4M - 1019
Jan 10, 2014 US and Canada: $18.8M Rest of the world: $42.4M Worldwide: $61.3M - 1020
May 12, 2017 US and Canada: $45.9M Rest of the world: $15M Worldwide: $60.8M - 1021
Aug 16, 2013 US and Canada: $28.8M Rest of the world: $32M Worldwide: $60.8M - 1022
Mar 10, 2023 US and Canada: $32.1M Rest of the world: $28.7M Worldwide: $60.7M - 1023
Mar 25, 2000 US and Canada: $626.2K Rest of the world: $60.1M Worldwide: $60.7M - 1024
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2011)Jan 21, 2011 US and Canada: $174.9K Rest of the world: $60.5M Worldwide: $60.6M Jan 21, 2011 · Japanese · Action, Sci-Fi, Drama $60.6M worldwide - 1025
May 6, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $60.6M - 1026
Aug 1, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $60.6M - 1027
Jan 26, 2018 US and Canada: $11.8M Rest of the world: $48.7M Worldwide: $60.5M - 1028
Feb 6, 2009 US and Canada: $25.5M Rest of the world: $34.8M Worldwide: $60.3M - 1029
Aug 2, 1996 US and Canada: $21.2M Rest of the world: $39M Worldwide: $60.2M - 1030
Jun 1, 2018 US and Canada: $31.4M Rest of the world: $28.5M Worldwide: $59.9M - 1031
Spy x Family Code: White (2024)Apr 19, 2024 US and Canada: $8.1M Rest of the world: $51.6M Worldwide: $59.7M Apr 19, 2024 · Japanese · Animation, Action, Comedy $59.7M worldwide - 1032
Dec 13, 1991 US and Canada: $59.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $59.5M - 1033
Sep 19, 2014 US and Canada: $26.3M Rest of the world: $32.5M Worldwide: $58.8M - 1034
May 5, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $58.8M - 1035
Jan 10, 2025 US and Canada: $36M Rest of the world: $22.4M Worldwide: $58.4M - 1036
Oct 21, 2005 US and Canada: $28.2M Rest of the world: $29.9M Worldwide: $58.1M - 1037
Oct 8, 1993 US and Canada: $58.1M Rest of the world: $698 Worldwide: $58.1M - 1038
Oct 5, 1990 US and Canada: $46M Rest of the world: $11.9M Worldwide: $58M - 1039
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)Sep 17, 2004 US and Canada: $37.8M Rest of the world: $20.2M Worldwide: $57.9M Sep 17, 2004 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $57.9M worldwide - 1040
Feb 22, 2013 US and Canada: $42.9M Rest of the world: $14.9M Worldwide: $57.8M - 1041
Sep 10, 2004 US and Canada: $32M Rest of the world: $25.7M Worldwide: $57.7M - 1042
Mar 26, 2021 US and Canada: $27.6M Rest of the world: $29.9M Worldwide: $57.5M - 1043
Oct 4, 1985 US and Canada: $35.1M Rest of the world: $22.4M Worldwide: $57.5M - 1044
Jul 29, 2022 US and Canada: $865.9K Rest of the world: $56.6M Worldwide: $57.5M - 1045
Apr 19, 1996 US and Canada: $21.7M Rest of the world: $35.7M Worldwide: $57.4M - 1046
May 20, 1988 US and Canada: $57.3M Rest of the world: $2.4K Worldwide: $57.3M - 1047
Jan 26, 2007 US and Canada: $35.8M Rest of the world: $21.4M Worldwide: $57.2M - 1048
Apr 2, 2004 US and Canada: $46.4M Rest of the world: $10.8M Worldwide: $57.2M - 1049
Aug 4, 2006 US and Canada: $26M Rest of the world: $31.1M Worldwide: $57.1M - 1050
Nov 21, 1990 US and Canada: $30.7M Rest of the world: $26.5M Worldwide: $57.1M
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)