#1 of 6,767 Highest-grossing romance movie ever
1997 · Drama, Romance
$2.3B worldwide
$674.4M US & Canada · 30% $1.6B elsewhere · 70%
Romance box office · All time
Highest-Grossing Romance Movies of All Time, Page 41
Titanic (1997) is the highest-grossing romance movie in our database, with $2.3B worldwide, ahead of Barbie (2023) at $1.4B and Beauty and the Beast (2017) at $1.3B. 6,767 romance films in our database report a worldwide gross, $125.7B in all, 47% of it from the US & Canada. 4 films crossed $1 billion and 310 crossed $100 million. By language, English leads with $103B across 3,104 romance releases.
- films with a reported gross
- 6,767
- combined worldwide
- $125.7B
- films crossed $100M
- 310
- earned in the US & Canada
- 47%
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The Top 5,000 Romance Movies, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 2,001 to 2,050 of 5,000. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. The pages stop at the top 5,000 of 6,767 films.
- 2001
Mar 17, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.5M - 2002
Oct 22, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.5M - 2003
Oct 14, 2011 US and Canada: $1.7K Rest of the world: $5.5M Worldwide: $5.5M - 2004
Jun 16, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.5M - 2005
Oct 9, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.5M - 2006
Jan 13, 2017 US and Canada: $355.9K Rest of the world: $5.1M Worldwide: $5.4M - 2007
Nov 14, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.4M - 2008
Nov 1, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.4M - 2009
Jul 11, 2002 US and Canada: $2.7M Rest of the world: $2.7M Worldwide: $5.4M - 2010
Sep 15, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.4M - 2011
Apr 22, 2016 US and Canada: $4.3M Rest of the world: $1.2M Worldwide: $5.4M - 2012
Dec 17, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.4M - 2013
Jun 9, 1993 US and Canada: $5.4M Rest of the world: $32.9K Worldwide: $5.4M - 2014
Jul 5, 2002 US and Canada: $1.5M Rest of the world: $3.9M Worldwide: $5.4M - 2015
Mar 23, 2018 US and Canada: $91K Rest of the world: $5.3M Worldwide: $5.4M - 2016
May 14, 2004 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.4M - 2017
Sep 20, 1985 US and Canada: $5.3M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $5.3M - 2018
May 24, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.3M - 2019
Aug 18, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.3M - 2020
Jun 7, 2013 US and Canada: $4.3M Rest of the world: $1M Worldwide: $5.3M - 2021
Feb 14, 2003 US and Canada: $1M Rest of the world: $4.3M Worldwide: $5.3M - 2022
Jan 28, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.3M - 2023
Dec 28, 2001 US and Canada: $741.4K Rest of the world: $4.6M Worldwide: $5.3M - 2024
Mar 17, 2023 US and Canada: $34.8K Rest of the world: $5.3M Worldwide: $5.3M - 2025
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)Sep 27, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.3M
Sep 27, 2011 · English · Romance, Music, Drama $5.3M worldwide - 2026
Dec 6, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.3M - 2027
Feb 12, 1982 US and Canada: $5.3M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $5.3M - 2028
Aug 26, 1988 US and Canada: $5.3M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $5.3M - 2029
Feb 3, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.3M - 2030
Jan 23, 2004 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.3M - 2031
Sep 21, 2001 US and Canada: $4.3M Rest of the world: $998.2K Worldwide: $5.3M - 2032
Apr 1, 1983 US and Canada: $5.3M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $5.3M - 2033
Apr 16, 1995 US and Canada: $5.3M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $5.3M - 2034
Sep 15, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.3M - 2035
Mar 29, 2024 US and Canada: $1M Rest of the world: $4.2M Worldwide: $5.2M - 2036
Jul 18, 2003 US and Canada: $549.6K Rest of the world: $4.7M Worldwide: $5.2M - 2037
Oct 26, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.2M - 2038
Dec 2, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.2M - 2039
Oct 21, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.2M - 2040
Jan 27, 1995 US and Canada: $5.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $5.2M - 2041
Feb 12, 2016 US and Canada: $82.9K Rest of the world: $5.1M Worldwide: $5.2M - 2042
Mar 19, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.2M - 2043
Les Blagues de Toto 2 - Classe verte (2023)Aug 2, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.2M
Aug 2, 2023 · French · Drama, Comedy, Romance $5.2M worldwide - 2044
Jan 20, 1996 US and Canada: $5.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $5.2M - 2045
Jul 15, 2011 US and Canada: $3.1M Rest of the world: $2.1M Worldwide: $5.2M - 2046
Nov 6, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.2M - 2047
Aug 14, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.2M - 2048
Oct 8, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.2M - 2049
May 11, 2007 US and Canada: $3.1M Rest of the world: $2.1M Worldwide: $5.2M - 2050
Sep 12, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $5.2M
Archive
Romance Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1919 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2008 leads with $7.3B, led by Mamma Mia! (2008).
2020s 7 years · $9.1B
2010s 10 years · $33.7B
- 2019 $4B #1 Aladdin (2019)
- 2018 $2.9B #1 A Star Is Born (2018)
- 2017 $3.7B #1 Beauty and the Beast (2017)
- 2016 $3.3B #1 La La Land (2016)
- 2015 $3.1B #1 Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
- 2014 $2.9B #1 The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
- 2013 $2.3B #1 The Great Gatsby (2013)
- 2012 $4B #1 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)
- 2011 $2.9B #1 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)
- 2010 $4.6B #1 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
2000s 10 years · $45.5B
- 2009 $6.6B #1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
- 2008 $7.3B #1 Mamma Mia! (2008)
- 2007 $4.1B #1 Enchanted (2007)
- 2006 $3.7B #1 Happy Feet (2006)
- 2005 $5.5B #1 King Kong (2005)
- 2004 $4.5B #1 Meet the Fockers (2004)
- 2003 $3.7B #1 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
- 2002 $3.1B #1 My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
- 2001 $3.9B #1 Pearl Harbor (2001)
- 2000 $3.2B #1 What Women Want (2000)
1990s 10 years · $25.7B
- 1999 $3.1B #1 Notting Hill (1999)
- 1998 $3.6B #1 Armageddon (1998)
- 1997 $4.2B #1 Titanic (1997)
- 1996 $2.3B #1 The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
- 1995 $2.5B #1 Pocahontas (1995)
- 1994 $2.7B #1 Forrest Gump (1994)
- 1993 $1.8B #1 Indecent Proposal (1993)
- 1992 $2B #1 The Bodyguard (1992)
- 1991 $1.6B #1 Beauty and the Beast (1991)
- 1990 $1.8B #1 Ghost (1990)
1980s 10 years · $8.3B
- 1989 $958.8M #1 Look Who's Talking (1989)
- 1988 $1.4B #1 Coming to America (1988)
- 1987 $933.1M #1 Dirty Dancing (1987)
- 1986 $1.2B #1 Top Gun (1986)
- 1985 $739.4M #1 Out of Africa (1985)
- 1984 $850.6M #1 Romancing the Stone (1984)
- 1983 $551.9M #1 Terms of Endearment (1983)
- 1982 $542.5M #1 Tootsie (1982)
- 1981 $688.4M #1 Superman II (1981)
- 1980 $438.9M #1 The Blue Lagoon (1980)
1970s 10 years · $1.8B
- 1979 $342.1M #1 10 (1979)
- 1978 $628.2M #1 Grease (1978)
- 1977 $424.9M #1 Saturday Night Fever (1977)
- 1976 $141M #1 A Star Is Born (1976)
- 1975 $15.7M #1 Once Is Not Enough (1975)
- 1974 $117M #1 Benji (1974)
- 1973 $81.3M #1 The Way We Were (1973)
- 1972 $1.4M #1 Bombay to Goa (1972)
- 1971 $10.5M #1 Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
- 1970 $18.7M #1 Getting Straight (1970)
1960s 10 years · $620.8M
- 1969 $15M #1 Paint Your Wagon (1969)
- 1968 $52.3M #1 Funny Girl (1968)
- 1967 $109.5M #1 The Graduate (1967)
- 1966 $146.4K #1 A Man and a Woman (1966)
- 1965 $272.3M #1 The Sound of Music (1965)
- 1964 $83.8M #1 My Fair Lady (1964)
- 1963 $62.7M #1 Cleopatra (1963)
- 1962 $600.8K #1 Jules and Jim (1962)
- 1961 $5.7M #1 Mother and a Guest (1961)
- 1960 $18.9M #1 The Apartment (1960)
1950s 10 years · $378.8M
- 1959 $52M #1 Sleeping Beauty (1959)
- 1958 $10.7M #1 Vertigo (1958)
- 1957 $4M #1 An Affair to Remember (1957)
- 1956 $63.5M #1 Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
- 1955 $94.2M #1 Lady and the Tramp (1955)
- 1954 $13.8M #1 An Inspector Calls (1954)
- 1953 $3.6M #1 Dangerous When Wet (1953)
- 1952 $38.5M #1 The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
- 1951 $2.1M #1 The Girl on the Bridge (1951)
- 1950 $96.4M #1 Cinderella (1950)
1940s 10 years · $456.6M
- 1949 $88.8K #1 The Passionate Friends (1949)
- 1948 $191.5K #1 The Red Shoes (1948)
- 1947 $1M #1 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
- 1946 $44.9M #1 The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
- 1945 $684.7K #1 Meet Me in St. Louis (1945)
- 1944 $6 #1 The Uninvited (1944)
- 1943 $4.7M #1 Casablanca (1943)
- 1942 $1.9M #1 Reunion in France (1942)
- 1941 $25.5K #1 The Lady Eve (1941)
- 1940 $403M #1 Gone with the Wind (1940)
1930s 10 years · $188.1M
- 1939 $931.5K #1 Wuthering Heights (1939)
- 1938 $185.2M #1 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938)
- 1937 $17.5K #1 Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
- 1936 $1.4M #1 Born to Dance (1936)
- 1935 $528.1K #1 Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
- 1934 $46.8K #1 It Happened One Night (1934)
- 1933 $2.5K #1 42nd Street (1933)
- 1932 $1.2K #1 Trouble in Paradise (1932)
- 1931 $8.3K #1 Marius (1931)
- 1930 $1.2K #1 Madam Satan (1930)