#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 24
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 1,151 to 1,200 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.
- 1151
Dec 22, 2000 US and Canada: $33M Rest of the world: $14M Worldwide: $47.1M - 1152
My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (2021)Oct 29, 2021 US and Canada: $12.3M Rest of the world: $34.7M Worldwide: $46.9M
Oct 29, 2021 · Japanese · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $46.9M worldwide - 1153
Jan 25, 2013 US and Canada: $17.6M Rest of the world: $29.3M Worldwide: $46.9M - 1154
Aug 3, 1977 US and Canada: $46.8M Rest of the world: $37.7K Worldwide: $46.9M - 1155
Feb 19, 2016 US and Canada: $36.9M Rest of the world: $9.9M Worldwide: $46.8M - 1156
Jun 18, 1982 US and Canada: $46.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $46.7M - 1157
Jun 21, 1991 US and Canada: $46.7M Rest of the world: $850 Worldwide: $46.7M - 1158
Jan 16, 2004 US and Canada: $21.2M Rest of the world: $25.3M Worldwide: $46.5M - 1159
Jun 18, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $46.5M - 1160
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)Nov 7, 1963 US and Canada: $46.3M Rest of the world: $206 Worldwide: $46.3M
Nov 7, 1963 · English · Action, Adventure, Comedy $46.3M worldwide - 1161
The Thousand Faces of Dunjia (2017)Dec 15, 2017 US and Canada: $124.2K Rest of the world: $46.1M Worldwide: $46.3M
Dec 15, 2017 · Chinese · Action, Adventure, Fantasy $46.3M worldwide - 1162
Dec 22, 1976 US and Canada: $46.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $46.2M - 1163
Oct 14, 2005 US and Canada: $29.6M Rest of the world: $16.7M Worldwide: $46.2M - 1164
Aug 4, 2017 US and Canada: $1.1M Rest of the world: $45.1M Worldwide: $46.2M - 1165
Sep 30, 2005 US and Canada: $18.8M Rest of the world: $27.3M Worldwide: $46.1M - 1166
Aug 23, 2013 US and Canada: $26M Rest of the world: $20.1M Worldwide: $46.1M - 1167
Mar 14, 2003 US and Canada: $34.2M Rest of the world: $11.8M Worldwide: $46.1M - 1168
Jul 17, 2002 US and Canada: $17.3M Rest of the world: $28.5M Worldwide: $45.9M - 1169
Chasing the Dragon II: Wild Wild Bunch (2019)Jun 7, 2019 US and Canada: $196.6K Rest of the world: $45.5M Worldwide: $45.7M Jun 7, 2019 · Chinese · Action, Biography, Thriller $45.7M worldwide - 1170
Jun 22, 1990 US and Canada: $45.7M Rest of the world: $1.1K Worldwide: $45.7M - 1171
Aug 12, 1988 US and Canada: $45.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $45.7M - 1172
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023)Jun 30, 2023 US and Canada: $15.8M Rest of the world: $29.9M Worldwide: $45.7M Jun 30, 2023 · English · Action, Adventure, Fantasy $45.7M worldwide - 1173
Mar 25, 1994 US and Canada: $45.6M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $45.6M - 1174
Sep 3, 2010 US and Canada: $26.6M Rest of the world: $18.9M Worldwide: $45.5M - 1175
Jan 10, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $45.2M - 1176
Jan 6, 2026 US and Canada: $17.8M Rest of the world: $27.4M Worldwide: $45.2M - 1177
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)Feb 27, 1987 US and Canada: $44.8M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $44.8M Feb 27, 1987 · English · Action, Thriller, Fantasy $44.8M worldwide - 1178
Aug 4, 2010 US and Canada: $528.2K Rest of the world: $44.2M Worldwide: $44.7M - 1179
Nov 29, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $44.7M - 1180
Aug 5, 2022 US and Canada: $19.8M Rest of the world: $24.9M Worldwide: $44.7M - 1181
Jul 29, 1998 US and Canada: $44.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $44.5M - 1182
Jul 18, 1997 US and Canada: $44.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $44.5M - 1183
Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution (2025)Dec 5, 2025 US and Canada: $16.6M Rest of the world: $27.9M Worldwide: $44.5M Dec 5, 2025 · Japanese · Animation, Action, Fantasy $44.5M worldwide - 1184
Detective Conan: The Eleventh Striker (2012)Apr 14, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $44.4M Apr 14, 2012 · Japanese · Animation, Mystery, Action $44.4M worldwide - 1185
Apr 4, 2003 US and Canada: $26.7M Rest of the world: $17.6M Worldwide: $44.4M - 1186
The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)Jul 16, 2008 US and Canada: $128.5K Rest of the world: $44.1M Worldwide: $44.3M
Jul 16, 2008 · Korean · Action, Comedy, Adventure $44.3M worldwide - 1187
Aug 4, 2017 US and Canada: $33.8M Rest of the world: $10.4M Worldwide: $44.2M - 1188
Aug 1, 1990 US and Canada: $44.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $44.1M - 1189
Oct 17, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $44.1M - 1190
Nov 6, 1992 US and Canada: $44.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $44.1M - 1191
Mar 5, 2010 US and Canada: $27.2M Rest of the world: $16.9M Worldwide: $44M - 1192
Nov 26, 2003 US and Canada: $19.5M Rest of the world: $24.5M Worldwide: $43.9M - 1193
Oct 11, 2002 US and Canada: $25.3M Rest of the world: $18.6M Worldwide: $43.9M - 1194
Apr 10, 2026 US and Canada: $3.7M Rest of the world: $40.2M Worldwide: $43.9M - 1195
Jul 29, 2016 US and Canada: $181.6K Rest of the world: $43.3M Worldwide: $43.5M - 1196
Jun 5, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $43.4M - 1197
Nov 1, 2019 US and Canada: $43.1M Rest of the world: $264.9K Worldwide: $43.3M - 1198
Sep 26, 1997 US and Canada: $27.9M Rest of the world: $15.4M Worldwide: $43.3M - 1199
Aug 15, 2025 US and Canada: $21.6M Rest of the world: $21.7M Worldwide: $43.3M - 1200
Jun 13, 1967 US and Canada: $43.1M Rest of the world: $31.1K Worldwide: $43.1M
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)