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Action Box Office 2016: Highest-Grossing Action Movies, Page 6

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%
Captain America: Civil War (2016) movie poster #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%
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Every Action Release of 2016, Ranked by Worldwide Gross

Ranks 251 to 255 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.

  1. 251 Officer Downe (2016) movie poster
    Officer Downe (2016) Nov 18, 2016 · English · Action, Sci-Fi, Comedy $850 worldwide
    Nov 18, 2016 US and Canada: $850 Rest of the world: Worldwide: $850
  2. 252 Oozham (2016) movie poster
    Oozham (2016) Sep 8, 2016 · Malayalam · Drama, Action, Thriller $624 worldwide
    Sep 8, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $624
  3. 253 Gethu (2016) movie poster
    Gethu (2016) Jan 14, 2016 · Tamil · Action, Thriller $373 worldwide
    Jan 14, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $373
  4. 254 Rekka (2016) movie poster
    Rekka (2016) Oct 7, 2016 · Tamil · Action, Romance, Comedy $282 worldwide
    Oct 7, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $282
  5. 255 Sarrainodu (2016) movie poster
    Sarrainodu (2016) Apr 8, 2016 · Telugu · Drama, Action $239 worldwide
    Apr 8, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $239
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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
2010s 10 years · $152.6B
2000s 10 years · $73.2B
1990s 10 years · $32.6B
1980s 10 years · $10.7B
1970s 10 years · $2.8B
1960s 10 years · $286.3M
1950s 7 years · $3.2M
1940s 2 years · $2.3M
1930s 2 years · $5.8K
1920s 2 years · $1.8K