#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 22
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 1,051 to 1,100 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.
- 1051
Sep 23, 2011 US and Canada: $25.1M Rest of the world: $32M Worldwide: $57.1M - 1052
Jan 14, 2005 US and Canada: $24.4M Rest of the world: $32.6M Worldwide: $57M - 1053
Jul 16, 1999 US and Canada: $31.8M Rest of the world: $25.1M Worldwide: $56.9M - 1054
Dec 25, 1993 US and Canada: $56.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $56.5M - 1055
Feb 28, 2003 US and Canada: $34.7M Rest of the world: $21.8M Worldwide: $56.5M - 1056
Mar 9, 2001 US and Canada: $24.4M Rest of the world: $32M Worldwide: $56.4M - 1057
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Swordsmith Village- (2023)Mar 3, 2023 US and Canada: $10.1M Rest of the world: $46.2M Worldwide: $56.3M
Mar 3, 2023 · Japanese · Action, Adventure, Thriller $56.3M worldwide - 1058
Jan 30, 2026 US and Canada: $12.8M Rest of the world: $43.4M Worldwide: $56.2M - 1059
Apr 12, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $56.1M - 1060
Jan 27, 2017 US and Canada: $475.6K Rest of the world: $55.5M Worldwide: $56M - 1061
Dec 4, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $55.8M - 1062
Apr 10, 2009 US and Canada: $9.4M Rest of the world: $46.4M Worldwide: $55.7M - 1063
Feb 26, 2010 US and Canada: $44.9M Rest of the world: $10.7M Worldwide: $55.6M - 1064
Oct 7, 1983 US and Canada: $55.4M Rest of the world: $344 Worldwide: $55.4M - 1065
Apr 12, 2019 US and Canada: $21.9M Rest of the world: $33.2M Worldwide: $55.1M - 1066
Jun 26, 1981 US and Canada: $54.8M Rest of the world: $24.9K Worldwide: $54.8M - 1067
Apr 27, 2001 US and Canada: $32.7M Rest of the world: $22M Worldwide: $54.7M - 1068
Jan 23, 2026 US and Canada: $24.4M Rest of the world: $30.3M Worldwide: $54.7M - 1069
Apr 16, 2004 US and Canada: $33.8M Rest of the world: $20.9M Worldwide: $54.7M - 1070
Jul 10, 1998 US and Canada: $54.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $54.7M - 1071
Sep 23, 2016 US and Canada: $541.7K Rest of the world: $53.9M Worldwide: $54.5M - 1072
Confidential Assignment 2: International (2022)Sep 7, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $54.5M
Sep 7, 2022 · Korean · Action, Comedy $54.5M worldwide - 1073
Aug 26, 2015 US and Canada: $27.3M Rest of the world: $27.1M Worldwide: $54.4M - 1074
Sep 7, 2018 US and Canada: $35.4M Rest of the world: $18.5M Worldwide: $53.9M - 1075
Nov 12, 1993 US and Canada: $53.9M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $53.9M - 1076
Aug 13, 2021 US and Canada: $32.7M Rest of the world: $21.1M Worldwide: $53.8M - 1077
Dec 2, 2005 US and Canada: $25.9M Rest of the world: $27.4M Worldwide: $53.3M - 1078
Feb 21, 2014 US and Canada: $30.7M Rest of the world: $22.6M Worldwide: $53.3M - 1079
Aug 28, 2026 US and Canada: $1.5M Rest of the world: $51.7M Worldwide: $53.2M - 1080
Feb 18, 2000 US and Canada: $39.2M Rest of the world: $13.9M Worldwide: $53.2M - 1081
Oct 3, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $52.9M - 1082
Feb 5, 2010 US and Canada: $24.1M Rest of the world: $28.8M Worldwide: $52.8M - 1083
Nov 11, 2015 US and Canada: $4.4M Rest of the world: $48.4M Worldwide: $52.7M - 1084
May 1, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $52.7M - 1085
Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno (2014)Aug 1, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $52.7M Aug 1, 2014 · Japanese · Adventure, Fantasy, Drama $52.7M worldwide - 1086
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018)Jul 27, 2018 US and Canada: $29.8M Rest of the world: $22.6M Worldwide: $52.4M
Jul 27, 2018 · English · Action, Sci-Fi, Comedy $52.4M worldwide - 1087
Apr 8, 2022 US and Canada: $22.8M Rest of the world: $29.5M Worldwide: $52.3M - 1088
Dec 18, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $52.3M - 1089
Jun 26, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $52.3M - 1090
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)Jun 9, 1989 US and Canada: $52.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $52.2M Jun 9, 1989 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $52.2M worldwide - 1091
Jan 29, 2016 US and Canada: $27.6M Rest of the world: $24.5M Worldwide: $52.1M - 1092
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2011)Sep 2, 2011 US and Canada: $459.8K Rest of the world: $51.4M Worldwide: $51.9M
Sep 2, 2011 · Chinese · Action, Mystery, Thriller $51.9M worldwide - 1093
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)Aug 13, 2010 US and Canada: $33.5M Rest of the world: $18.3M Worldwide: $51.8M Aug 13, 2010 · English · Action, Adventure, Fantasy $51.8M worldwide - 1094
Oct 7, 1971 US and Canada: $51.7M Rest of the world: $8.9K Worldwide: $51.7M - 1095
May 8, 2015 US and Canada: $34.6M Rest of the world: $17.1M Worldwide: $51.7M - 1096
Dec 17, 2021 US and Canada: $36.5K Rest of the world: $51.6M Worldwide: $51.6M - 1097
Dec 21, 2016 US and Canada: $597.3K Rest of the world: $51M Worldwide: $51.6M - 1098
Jan 8, 2010 US and Canada: $30.1M Rest of the world: $21.3M Worldwide: $51.4M - 1099
May 11, 2018 US and Canada: $46.8M Rest of the world: $4.6M Worldwide: $51.4M - 1100
Nov 1, 2002 US and Canada: $33.6M Rest of the world: $17.8M Worldwide: $51.4M
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)