#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 84
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 4,151 to 4,200 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.
- 4151
Sep 28, 2012 US and Canada: $213.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $213.5K - 4152
2001 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $213.5K - 4153
Sep 15, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $213.2K - 4154
Jan 19, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $212.9K - 4155
Jun 26, 1987 US and Canada: $210.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $210.2K - 4156
Oct 1, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $210.2K - 4157
Oct 21, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $209.5K - 4158
May 17, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $209.4K - 4159
Jun 22, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $207.9K - 4160
Mar 8, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $207.8K - 4161
May 26, 2023 US and Canada: $168.1K Rest of the world: $39K Worldwide: $207.1K - 4162
May 7, 1999 US and Canada: $206.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $206.8K - 4163
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 4: Ghost Stands Alone (2014)Sep 6, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $205.1K
Sep 6, 2014 · Japanese · Action, Animation, Crime $205.1K worldwide - 4164
Jan 19, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $205K - 4165
Dec 2, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $202.7K - 4166
Feb 9, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $202.2K - 4167
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi (2019)Nov 15, 2019 US and Canada: $177.3K Rest of the world: $24.9K Worldwide: $202.1K
Nov 15, 2019 · English · Action, Adventure, Drama $202.1K worldwide - 4168
Oct 29, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $201.8K - 4169
Apr 4, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $200.7K - 4170
Oct 23, 1987 US and Canada: $200.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $200.7K - 4171
Aug 22, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $200.6K - 4172
Sep 8, 2017 US and Canada: $170K Rest of the world: $30.2K Worldwide: $200.2K - 4173
Sep 26, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $199.5K - 4174
Mar 16, 2021 US and Canada: $146.3K Rest of the world: $52.1K Worldwide: $198.4K - 4175
Aug 6, 1959 US and Canada: $66.7K Rest of the world: $131.2K Worldwide: $197.9K - 4176
Oct 26, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $197.9K - 4177
Jul 11, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $197.9K - 4178
Oct 20, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $197.6K - 4179
Dec 31, 2004 US and Canada: $74.7K Rest of the world: $122.6K Worldwide: $197.2K - 4180
Apr 22, 2004 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $196.7K - 4181
Apr 6, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $196.4K - 4182
Sep 21, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $196K - 4183
Jul 27, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $195.3K - 4184
Apr 4, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $193.5K - 4185
Trigun: Badlands Rumble (2010)Apr 2, 2010 US and Canada: $62K Rest of the world: $131.4K Worldwide: $193.5K Apr 2, 2010 · Japanese · Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi $193.5K worldwide - 4186
Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012)Aug 28, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $193.4K Aug 28, 2012 · English · Action, Animation, Sci-Fi $193.4K worldwide - 4187
May 18, 2007 US and Canada: $126.7K Rest of the world: $66.4K Worldwide: $193.1K - 4188
Jun 26, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $193K - 4189
Nov 2, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $193K - 4190
Dec 9, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $192.9K - 4191
The Return of Swamp Thing (1989)May 12, 1989 US and Canada: $192.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $192.8K May 12, 1989 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $192.8K worldwide - 4192
Aug 17, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $192.2K - 4193
Sep 7, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $192.1K - 4194
Aug 5, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $192K - 4195
May 17, 1988 US and Canada: $191.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $191.1K - 4196
Feb 14, 2009 US and Canada: $106.5K Rest of the world: $84.5K Worldwide: $191K - 4197
Mar 1, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $190.4K - 4198
Sep 28, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $190.4K - 4199
May 16, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $190.3K - 4200
Jun 23, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $189.9K
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)