#1 of 361 Highest-grossing musical movie ever
2019 · Adventure, Drama
$1.7B worldwide
$543.6M US & Canada · 33% $1.1B elsewhere · 67%
Musical box office · All time
Highest-Grossing Musical Movies of All Time, Page 4
The Lion King (2019) is the highest-grossing musical movie in our database, with $1.7B worldwide, ahead of Frozen II (2019) at $1.5B and Beauty and the Beast (2017) at $1.3B. 361 musical films in our database report a worldwide gross, $27.8B in all, 47% of it from the US & Canada. 5 films crossed $1 billion and 56 crossed $100 million. By language, English leads with $26.1B across 291 musical releases.
- films with a reported gross
- 361
- combined worldwide
- $27.8B
- films crossed $100M
- 56
- earned in the US & Canada
- 47%
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All 361 Musical Movies, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 151 to 200 of 361. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 151
Jun 27, 1986 US and Canada: $13.7M Rest of the world: $1M Worldwide: $14.7M - 152
Feb 12, 1988 US and Canada: $14.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $14.5M - 153
Oct 15, 1969 US and Canada: $14.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $14.5M - 154
May 15, 1987 US and Canada: $14.4M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $14.4M - 155
Dec 9, 1985 US and Canada: $14.2M Rest of the world: $1.1K Worldwide: $14.2M - 156
Apr 15, 2016 US and Canada: $3.2M Rest of the world: $10.4M Worldwide: $13.6M - 157
Jan 23, 2015 US and Canada: $12.4M Rest of the world: $1.2M Worldwide: $13.6M - 158
Aug 29, 2003 US and Canada: $113.5K Rest of the world: $13.4M Worldwide: $13.5M - 159
Aug 7, 1987 US and Canada: $13.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $13.1M - 160
Aug 25, 2006 US and Canada: $12.6M Rest of the world: $71.8K Worldwide: $12.6M - 161
Dec 25, 1963 US and Canada: $12M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $12M - 162
Mar 19, 1999 US and Canada: $12M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $12M - 163
Jun 15, 2007 US and Canada: $695.2K Rest of the world: $11.2M Worldwide: $11.9M - 164
Jul 24, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $11.6M - 165
Oct 11, 2024 US and Canada: $9.8M Rest of the world: $966.2K Worldwide: $10.7M - 166
Nov 3, 1971 US and Canada: $10.4M Rest of the world: $3.6K Worldwide: $10.4M - 167
1982 US and Canada: $9.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $9.2M - 168
Oct 11, 1985 US and Canada: $9.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $9.1M - 169
Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986)Mar 21, 1986 US and Canada: $8.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $8.5M
Mar 21, 1986 · English · Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy $8.5M worldwide - 170
Dec 17, 2004 US and Canada: $6.3M Rest of the world: $2.1M Worldwide: $8.4M - 171
Mar 29, 2002 US and Canada: $8.4M Rest of the world: $18.2K Worldwide: $8.4M - 172
Sep 18, 2015 US and Canada: $63.7K Rest of the world: $8.2M Worldwide: $8.3M - 173
Apr 6, 1990 US and Canada: $8.3M Rest of the world: $312 Worldwide: $8.3M - 174
Aug 6, 1982 US and Canada: $8M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $8M - 175
Sep 27, 2013 US and Canada: $3.4M Rest of the world: $4.6M Worldwide: $8M - 176
Nov 10, 2023 US and Canada: $6.8M Rest of the world: $957.5K Worldwide: $7.8M - 177
Dec 18, 1968 US and Canada: $7.5M Rest of the world: $578 Worldwide: $7.5M - 178
Nov 27, 2013 US and Canada: $7M Rest of the world: $436K Worldwide: $7.5M - 179
Dec 10, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.1M - 180
Nov 17, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7M - 181
Sep 10, 2010 US and Canada: $113.6K Rest of the world: $6.7M Worldwide: $6.8M - 182
Nov 30, 2007 US and Canada: $484.1K Rest of the world: $6.3M Worldwide: $6.8M - 183
Nov 12, 2004 US and Canada: $2.9M Rest of the world: $3.8M Worldwide: $6.7M - 184
Jan 16, 2004 US and Canada: $6.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $6.5M - 185
Dec 17, 2021 US and Canada: $3.9M Rest of the world: $2.5M Worldwide: $6.4M - 186
Dec 7, 2023 US and Canada: $5.4M Rest of the world: $689.8K Worldwide: $6.1M - 187
My Little Pony: The Movie (1986)Jun 6, 1986 US and Canada: $6M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $6M Jun 6, 1986 · English · Adventure, Fantasy, Animation $6M worldwide - 188
Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (2020)Aug 28, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.7M Aug 28, 2020 · English · Adventure, Sci-Fi, Comedy $5.7M worldwide - 189
Dec 27, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5M - 190
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)May 17, 1976 US and Canada: $5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $5M May 17, 1976 · English · Family, Musical, Documentary $5M worldwide - 191
Jun 24, 2016 US and Canada: $4.2M Rest of the world: $725K Worldwide: $4.9M - 192
Jun 20, 2003 US and Canada: $4.9M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $4.9M - 193
May 22, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $4.9M - 194
Nov 15, 2013 US and Canada: $2.7M Rest of the world: $2.1M Worldwide: $4.8M - 195
Oct 16, 1954 US and Canada: $4.3M Rest of the world: $14K Worldwide: $4.4M - 196
Dec 21, 2012 US and Canada: $2.5M Rest of the world: $1.7M Worldwide: $4.2M - 197
May 12, 1989 US and Canada: $3.9M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $3.9M - 198
May 29, 2026 US and Canada: $2.6M Rest of the world: $1.2M Worldwide: $3.8M - 199
Aug 21, 2009 US and Canada: $46.6K Rest of the world: $3.7M Worldwide: $3.7M - 200
Aug 6, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $3.7M
Archive
Musical Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1929 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2019 leads with $4.8B, led by The Lion King (2019).
2020s 7 years · $5.7B
2010s 10 years · $12.9B
- 2019 $4.8B #1 The Lion King (2019)
- 2018 $1.6B #1 The Grinch (2018)
- 2017 $1.9B #1 Beauty and the Beast (2017)
- 2016 $2.6B #1 The Jungle Book (2016)
- 2015 $69.5M #1 Ricki and the Flash (2015)
- 2014 $528.5M #1 Into the Woods (2014)
- 2013 $60.6M #1 The Sapphires (2013)
- 2012 $534.8M #1 Les Miserables (2012)
- 2011 $82.6M #1 Footloose (2011)
- 2010 $688.7M #1 Tangled (2010)
2000s 10 years · $3.2B
- 2009 $402.2M #1 The Princess and the Frog (2009)
- 2008 $986.7M #1 Mamma Mia! (2008)
- 2007 $839.8M #1 Enchanted (2007)
- 2006 $217.5M #1 Dreamgirls (2006)
- 2005 $99.8M #1 The Producers (2005)
- 2004 $41.4M #1 De-Lovely (2004)
- 2003 $210.1M #1 The Jungle Book 2 (2003)
- 2002 $121.5M #1 8 Women (2002)
- 2001 $188.9M #1 Moulin Rouge! (2001)
- 2000 $68M #1 Dancer in the Dark (2000)
1990s 10 years · $3.1B
- 1999 $95.1M #1 South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999)
- 1998 $359.5M #1 The Prince of Egypt (1998)
- 1997 $143.4M #1 Anastasia (1997)
- 1996 $548.6M #1 The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
- 1995 $381.4M #1 Pocahontas (1995)
- 1994 $979.4M #1 The Lion King (1994)
- 1993 $143.5M #1 The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
- 1992 $2.8M #1 Newsies (1992)
- 1991 $451.3M #1 Beauty and the Beast (1991)
- 1990 $28.6M #1 Jetsons: The Movie (1990)
1980s 10 years · $844M
- 1989 $3.9M #1 Earth Girls Are Easy (1989)
- 1988 $88.7M #1 Oliver & Company (1988)
- 1987 $31.7M #1 Ishtar (1987)
- 1986 $194.9M #1 An American Tail (1986)
- 1985 $46.2M #1 The Care Bears Movie (1985)
- 1984 $151.1M #1 Purple Rain (1984)
- 1983 $15.6M #1 The Meaning of Life (1983)
- 1982 $209.6M #1 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
- 1981 $31.2M #1 The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
- 1980 $71M #1 Popeye (1980)
1970s 8 years · $809.3M
- 1979 $119.6M #1 The Muppet Movie (1979)
- 1978 $437.7M #1 Grease (1978)
- 1977 $56M #1 Pete's Dragon (1977)
- 1976 $7.8M #1 That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
- 1975 $150.1M #1 The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
- 1974 $26.9M #1 That's Entertainment! (1974)
- 1972 $83.3K #1 Cabaret (1972)
- 1971 $11.1M #1 Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
1960s 7 years · $631.5M
1950s 9 years · $266.2M
- 1959 $51.6M #1 Sleeping Beauty (1959)
- 1957 $2.2K #1 Funny Face (1957)
- 1956 $21.3M #1 The King and I (1956)
- 1955 $4.2K #1 Guys and Dolls (1955)
- 1954 $7.3M #1 A Star Is Born (1954)
- 1953 $87.4M #1 Peter Pan (1953)
- 1952 $2.1M #1 Singin' in the Rain (1952)
- 1951 $1.2K #1 Alice in Wonderland (1951)
- 1950 $96.4M #1 Cinderella (1950)