#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 82
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 4,051 to 4,100 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.
- 4051
Apr 27, 1991 US and Canada: $261.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $261.7K - 4052
Aug 22, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $261.3K - 4053
Jan 2, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $260.8K - 4054
Dec 8, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $260.2K - 4055
Jan 12, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $260K - 4056
Oct 15, 2021 US and Canada: $8.3K Rest of the world: $251.2K Worldwide: $259.5K - 4057
Sep 24, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $259.3K - 4058
Oct 19, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $259.1K - 4059
Rampage: Capital Punishment (2014)Jul 19, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $258.9K
Jul 19, 2014 · English · Action, Thriller, Crime $258.9K worldwide - 4060
Sep 29, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $258.5K - 4061
Jan 5, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $257.2K - 4062
Jun 19, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $256.3K - 4063
Jun 26, 2003 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $256.3K - 4064
Mar 28, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $256.2K - 4065
Nov 1, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $255.8K - 4066
Dec 30, 2003 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $255K - 4067
Jan 15, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $254.7K - 4068
Nov 20, 2009 US and Canada: $83.5K Rest of the world: $171K Worldwide: $254.5K - 4069
May 29, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $254.5K - 4070
Jan 7, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $254.4K - 4071
Jan 17, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $254.4K - 4072
Jan 22, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $254.3K - 4073
Jun 18, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $253.9K - 4074
Sep 4, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $253.7K - 4075
Dec 2, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $253.3K - 4076
Jun 18, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $253.1K - 4077
Jul 18, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $252.9K - 4078
Sep 25, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $252.3K - 4079
Sep 7, 2007 US and Canada: $151.1K Rest of the world: $101K Worldwide: $252.2K - 4080
Feb 9, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $249.1K - 4081
Dec 11, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $249K - 4082
Nov 17, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $248.3K - 4083
Sep 16, 2016 US and Canada: $40.6K Rest of the world: $207.4K Worldwide: $247.9K - 4084
Nov 1, 2024 US and Canada: $247.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $247.6K - 4085
Home Sweet Home: Rebirth (2025)Mar 20, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $245.4K Mar 20, 2025 · English · Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy $245.4K worldwide - 4086
Dec 15, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $245K - 4087
Jan 10, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $244.7K - 4088
May 4, 2001 US and Canada: $10.8K Rest of the world: $233.2K Worldwide: $244K - 4089
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun: Graduation (2016)Mar 5, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $244K
Mar 5, 2016 · Japanese · Action, Romance $244K worldwide - 4090
Jul 8, 2007 US and Canada: $243.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $243.8K - 4091
May 24, 2013 US and Canada: $148.4K Rest of the world: $94.8K Worldwide: $243.2K - 4092
Aug 28, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $242.9K - 4093
Jan 9, 2015 US and Canada: $236K Rest of the world: $6.5K Worldwide: $242.5K - 4094
Jan 28, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $240.8K - 4095
Sep 30, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $240.5K - 4096
Ghost in the Shell Arise - Border 1: Ghost Pain (2013)Jun 22, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $240.5K Jun 22, 2013 · Japanese · Action, Sci-Fi, Animation $240.5K worldwide - 4097
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 2: Ghost Whispers (2013)Nov 29, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $240.5K Nov 29, 2013 · Japanese · Sci-Fi, Animation, Action $240.5K worldwide - 4098
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 3: Ghost Tears (2014)Jun 28, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $240.5K Jun 28, 2014 · Japanese · Action, Animation, Sci-Fi $240.5K worldwide - 4099
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 5: Pyrophoric Cult (2015)Aug 26, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $240.5K Aug 26, 2015 · Japanese · Crime, Sci-Fi, Animation $240.5K worldwide - 4100
Sep 24, 1999 US and Canada: $240.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $240.1K
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)