#1 of 239 #1 action movie of 2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
2023 · Action, Adventure
$845.6M worldwide · 8% of the chart's total
$359M US & Canada · 42% $486.6M elsewhere · 58%
Action box office · 2023
Action Box Office 2023: Highest-Grossing Action Movies, Page 4
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) is the highest-grossing action movie released in 2023, with $845.6M worldwide, ahead of Fast X (2023) at $704.9M and The Wandering Earth II (2023) at $615M. 239 action films released in 2023 report a worldwide gross, $10B in all, 31% of it from the US & Canada. 28 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is down 11% on 2022, whose releases took $11.2B. By language, English leads with $7.6B across 91 action releases.
- 2023 releases with a gross
- 239
- combined worldwide
- $10B
- films crossed $100M
- 28
- vs 2022
- −11%
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Every Action Release of 2023, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 151 to 200 of 239. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2023.
- 151
Apr 7, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $94K - 152
Aug 10, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $94K - 153
Oct 19, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $88.3K - 154
Jan 20, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $83.6K - 155
Mar 18, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $69.8K - 156
Mar 17, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $68.7K - 157
Jan 13, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $66.5K - 158
Sep 22, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $65.5K - 159
Oct 27, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $65.1K - 160
Sep 22, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $60.7K - 161
Jan 6, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $59.7K - 162
Mar 30, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $58.3K - 163
Apr 7, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $57.3K - 164
Mar 17, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $56.6K - 165
Feb 10, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $55.9K - 166
May 12, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $54.6K - 167
Sep 28, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $53.4K - 168
Detective Knight: Independence (2023)Jan 20, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $53.3K
Jan 20, 2023 · English · Thriller, Action, Crime $53.3K worldwide - 169
Jan 13, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $52.6K - 170
Sep 15, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $52.5K - 171
Oct 13, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $51.5K - 172
Apr 27, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $45.3K - 173
Resident Evil: Death Island (2023)Jul 25, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $43.2K Jul 25, 2023 · English · Action, Adventure, Thriller $43.2K worldwide - 174
Feb 3, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $42.7K - 175
Death Is a Problem for the Living (2023)Sep 20, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $42.6K
Sep 20, 2023 · Finnish · Action, Comedy, Thriller $42.6K worldwide - 176
Oct 6, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $40.8K - 177
Jul 21, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $39.8K - 178
Mar 24, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $37.6K - 179
Oct 4, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $37.4K - 180
Jul 28, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $37.2K - 181
Sep 29, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $36.9K - 182
Apr 21, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $35.4K - 183
Dec 15, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $33.5K - 184
Apr 6, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $31.4K - 185
Aug 25, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $31.3K - 186
Mar 13, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $31.1K - 187
Aug 24, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $30K - 188
Mar 10, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $29.9K - 189
Jul 21, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $29.8K - 190
Mar 10, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $29.4K - 191
May 5, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $27.9K - 192
May 12, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $26.3K - 193
Feb 24, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $26.3K - 194
Jun 30, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.7K - 195
Jan 18, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.8K - 196
Sep 30, 2023 US and Canada: $23.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $23.6K - 197
Oct 22, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.1K - 198
Oct 20, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.5K - 199
Apr 21, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.2K - 200
May 24, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.1K
Archive
Action Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1924 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2017 leads with $20.4B, led by Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017).
2020s 7 years · $60.6B
- 2026 so far $5.2B #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 · $152.3B
- 2019 $16.5B #1 Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- 2018 $19.7B #1 Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- 2017 $20.4B #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 · $280.3M
- 1969 $30.7M #1 On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
- 1968 $3.6M #1 Coogan’s Bluff (1968)
- 1967 $43.1M #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)