#1 of 255 #1 action movie of 2016
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
2016 · Action, Adventure
$1.2B worldwide · 7% of the chart's total
$408.1M US & Canada · 35% $747M elsewhere · 65%
Action box office · 2016
Action Box Office 2016: Highest-Grossing Action Movies, Page 5
Captain America: Civil War (2016) is the highest-grossing action movie released in 2016, with $1.2B worldwide, ahead of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) at $1.1B and Zootopia (2016) at $1B. 255 action films released in 2016 report a worldwide gross, $16.5B in all, 29% of it from the US & Canada. 3 films crossed $1 billion and 43 crossed $100 million. That is down 1% on 2015, whose releases took $16.7B. By language, English leads with $13.3B across 107 action releases.
- 2016 releases with a gross
- 255
- combined worldwide
- $16.5B
- films crossed $100M
- 43
- vs 2015
- −1%
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Every Action Release of 2016, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 201 to 250 of 255. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2016.
- 201
Jul 21, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $60.2K - 202
Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016)Oct 10, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $56.7K
Oct 10, 2016 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $56.7K worldwide - 203
Jul 17, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $51.7K - 204
Oct 28, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $41.7K - 205
Nov 18, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $39K - 206
Mar 26, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $35.2K - 207
Oct 14, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $34.8K - 208
May 13, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $34.7K - 209
This Giant Papier-Mâché Boulder Is Actually Really Heavy (2016)Feb 12, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $32.1K Feb 12, 2016 · English · Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi $32.1K worldwide - 210
Aug 20, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $28.2K - 211
Sep 23, 2016 US and Canada: $25.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $25.5K - 212
May 13, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25.4K - 213
Feb 4, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.2K - 214
Jan 29, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24K - 215
Oct 2, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.2K - 216
Apr 3, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.7K - 217
Feb 18, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.4K - 218
Jan 22, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.8K - 219
Mar 11, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $17.2K - 220
Apr 15, 2016 US and Canada: $13.2K Rest of the world: $2.2K Worldwide: $15.4K - 221
Aug 2, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.8K - 222
Dec 23, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12.7K - 223
Feb 18, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12.6K - 224
Mar 4, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.8K - 225
Jul 15, 2016 US and Canada: $11.7K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $11.7K - 226
Jan 14, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.6K - 227
Aug 26, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.3K - 228
Sep 22, 2016 US and Canada: $11.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $11.2K - 229
Apr 8, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.1K - 230
Jul 22, 2016 US and Canada: $10.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $10.1K - 231
Feb 12, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.1K - 232
Feb 25, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.8K - 233
Apr 1, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.5K - 234
Sep 22, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.4K - 235
Jan 14, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.4K - 236
Sep 2, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.1K - 237
Apr 7, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.9K - 238
May 20, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.5K - 239
Dec 9, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7K - 240
Oct 20, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $6.1K - 241
Sep 30, 2016 US and Canada: $4.2K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $4.2K - 242
May 20, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.9K - 243
Max Steel Team Turbo: Fusion Tek (2016)Oct 9, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3K Oct 9, 2016 · English · Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure $3K worldwide - 244
Sep 23, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.5K - 245
Apr 9, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $2.1K - 246
Aug 12, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.7K - 247
May 9, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.6K - 248
Nov 18, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.2K - 249
Aug 12, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.1K - 250
Jan 13, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $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)