#1 of 2,438 Highest-grossing mystery movie ever
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
2011 · Adventure, Mystery
$1.3B worldwide
$381.4M US & Canada · 28% $961.1M elsewhere · 72%
Mystery box office · All time
Highest-Grossing Mystery Movies of All Time, Page 42
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) is the highest-grossing mystery movie in our database, with $1.3B worldwide, ahead of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (2010) at $1B and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) at $1B. 2,438 mystery films in our database report a worldwide gross, $75.2B in all, 40% of it from the US & Canada. 4 films crossed $1 billion and 209 crossed $100 million. By language, English leads with $60.5B across 1,358 mystery releases.
- films with a reported gross
- 2,438
- combined worldwide
- $75.2B
- films crossed $100M
- 209
- earned in the US & Canada
- 40%
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All 2,438 Mystery Movies, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 2,051 to 2,100 of 2,438. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 2051
Mysterious Circumstance: The Death of Meriwether Lewis (2022)Sep 9, 2022 US and Canada: $25.4K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $25.4K
Sep 9, 2022 · English · Thriller, Mystery, Western $25.4K worldwide - 2052
Sep 16, 1988 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25.4K - 2053
Aug 5, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25.3K - 2054
Jun 28, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25.2K - 2055
Oct 6, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25.1K - 2056
Disappearance at Clifton Hill (2020)Feb 28, 2020 US and Canada: $25.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $25.1K Feb 28, 2020 · English · Drama, Mystery, Thriller $25.1K worldwide - 2057
Disappearance at Clifton Hill (2019)Sep 5, 2019 US and Canada: $25.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $25.1K Sep 5, 2019 · English · Drama, Mystery, Thriller $25.1K worldwide - 2058
Mar 26, 1953 US and Canada: $11.2K Rest of the world: $13.8K Worldwide: $25K - 2059
Dec 13, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.9K - 2060
Feb 1, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.8K - 2061
Feb 1, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.7K - 2062
Mar 7, 1973 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.2K - 2063
Jan 16, 2026 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.1K - 2064
Sep 23, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24K - 2065
Nov 5, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24K - 2066
Jul 30, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.7K - 2067
Oct 7, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.7K - 2068
Jul 21, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.6K - 2069
Nov 15, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.3K - 2070
Apr 14, 2017 US and Canada: $23.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $23.1K - 2071
Sep 3, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.1K - 2072
Dec 21, 2017 US and Canada: $147 Rest of the world: $22.3K Worldwide: $22.4K - 2073
Oct 20, 2020 US and Canada: $22.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $22.3K - 2074
May 17, 1950 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22.3K - 2075
Oct 2, 2013 US and Canada: $22.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $22.1K - 2076
Dec 2, 2011 US and Canada: $22K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $22K - 2077
Oct 6, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22K - 2078
Mar 1, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22K - 2079
Dec 4, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.7K - 2080
Nov 24, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.6K - 2081
Aug 2, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.5K - 2082
Oct 8, 1999 US and Canada: $21.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $21.5K - 2083
Oct 20, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.1K - 2084
Mar 31, 2017 US and Canada: $21.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $21.1K - 2085
Jul 6, 1944 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21K - 2086
Feb 11, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20.8K - 2087
Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor (2023)Oct 24, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20.8K Oct 24, 2023 · English · Mystery, Horror $20.8K worldwide - 2088
Apr 15, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20.8K - 2089
Feb 7, 2003 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20.3K - 2090
Daivathinte Swantham Cleetus (2013)Sep 11, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20.3K
Sep 11, 2013 · Malayalam · Action, Drama, Mystery $20.3K worldwide - 2091
Mar 16, 2018 US and Canada: $20.1K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $20.1K - 2092
Aug 24, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20K - 2093
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)Oct 29, 1970 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.9K Oct 29, 1970 · English · Comedy, Crime, Adventure $19.9K worldwide - 2094
Apr 23, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.9K - 2095
Sep 25, 2020 US and Canada: $19.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $19.9K - 2096
Oct 3, 2019 US and Canada: $19.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $19.9K - 2097
Feb 25, 2015 US and Canada: $19.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $19.8K - 2098
Sep 21, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.8K - 2099
2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.7K - 2100
Jul 20, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $19.5K
Archive
Mystery Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1924 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2023 leads with $3.9B, led by Fast X (2023).
2020s 7 years · $13.7B
2010s 10 years · $24.4B
- 2019 $2.9B #1 Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)
- 2018 $2.8B #1 The Nun (2018)
- 2017 $3B #1 Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
- 2016 $2.3B #1 Now You See Me 2 (2016)
- 2015 $1.2B #1 Tomorrowland (2015)
- 2014 $1.7B #1 Gone Girl (2014)
- 2013 $2.3B #1 Gravity (2013)
- 2012 $1.4B #1 The Bourne Legacy (2012)
- 2011 $3.1B #1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
- 2010 $3.7B #1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (2010)
2000s 10 years · $24.3B
- 2009 $3.4B #1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
- 2008 $1.8B #1 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
- 2007 $3.4B #1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
- 2006 $2.7B #1 The Da Vinci Code (2006)
- 2005 $2.7B #1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
- 2004 $3.3B #1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
- 2003 $1.1B #1 The Haunted Mansion (2003)
- 2002 $2.2B #1 Signs (2002)
- 2001 $2.4B #1 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
- 2000 $1.3B #1 What Lies Beneath (2000)
1990s 10 years · $10.4B
- 1999 $3.1B #1 The Sixth Sense (1999)
- 1998 $810M #1 The X Files (1998)
- 1997 $1.2B #1 Scream 2 (1997)
- 1996 $805.2M #1 Eraser (1996)
- 1995 $974.6M #1 Seven (1995)
- 1994 $329.6M #1 The Client (1994)
- 1993 $964.2M #1 The Fugitive (1993)
- 1992 $825.1M #1 Basic Instinct (1992)
- 1991 $525.9M #1 JFK (1991)
- 1990 $868.2M #1 Ghost (1990)
1980s 10 years · $1.7B
- 1989 $195.4M #1 The 'Burbs (1989)
- 1988 $456.1M #1 Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
- 1987 $145.3M #1 No Way Out (1987)
- 1986 $182M #1 The Golden Child (1986)
- 1985 $227.7M #1 Fletch (1985)
- 1984 $104.6M #1 Tightrope (1984)
- 1983 $95.5M #1 Psycho II (1983)
- 1982 $109.4M #1 The Thing (1982)
- 1981 $103M #1 The Great Muppet Caper (1981)
- 1980 $122.9M #1 Dressed to Kill (1980)
1970s 10 years · $524.6M
- 1979 $106.8M #1 Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
- 1978 $142.2M #1 Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
- 1977 $47.4M #1 The Deep (1977)
- 1976 $2.3M #1 The Tenant (1976)
- 1975 $74.2M #1 The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
- 1974 $93.3M #1 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
- 1973 $55.8M #1 Magnum Force (1973)
- 1972 $232.4K #1 Solaris (1972)
- 1971 $2.5M #1 THX 1138 (1971)
- 1970 $19.9K #1 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
1960s 9 years · $48.6M
- 1968 $558.4K #1 Bullitt (1968)
- 1967 $38.8K #1 In the Heat of the Night (1967)
- 1966 $139.5K #1 Made in U.S.A (1966)
- 1965 $80K #1 Alphaville (1965)
- 1964 $12.4M #1 A Shot in the Dark (1964)
- 1963 $294.2K #1 Charade (1963)
- 1962 $2.9M #1 The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
- 1961 $1.2K #1 The Naked Edge (1961)
- 1960 $32.3M #1 Psycho (1960)
1950s 8 years · $53.7M
1940s 10 years · $3.6M
- 1949 $1.5M #1 The Third Man (1949)
- 1948 $13.6K #1 Rope (1948)
- 1947 $43.5K #1 Great Expectations (1947)
- 1946 $109.7K #1 The Killers (1946)
- 1945 $31.1K #1 Spellbound (1945)
- 1944 $24.8K #1 Double Indemnity (1944)
- 1943 $36.1K #1 Le Corbeau (1943)
- 1942 $15.6K #1 Keeper of the Flame (1942)
- 1941 $1.8M #1 Citizen Kane (1941)
- 1940 $114.1K #1 Rebecca (1940)