#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 7
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 301 to 350 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.
- 301
Dec 23, 1988 US and Canada: $63.8M Rest of the world: $39.2M Worldwide: $103M - 302
Sep 16, 2005 US and Canada: $48.3M Rest of the world: $54.5M Worldwide: $102.9M - 303
Nov 24, 2010 US and Canada: $32.4M Rest of the world: $70.5M Worldwide: $102.8M - 304
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)May 1, 2009 US and Canada: $55.3M Rest of the world: $47.1M Worldwide: $102.4M
May 1, 2009 · English · Fantasy, Comedy, Romance $102.4M worldwide - 305
May 5, 1995 US and Canada: $38.9M Rest of the world: $63.1M Worldwide: $102M - 306
Sep 16, 1994 US and Canada: $44.9M Rest of the world: $56.8M Worldwide: $101.6M - 307
Jan 10, 2003 US and Canada: $56.1M Rest of the world: $45.4M Worldwide: $101.6M - 308
Aug 14, 2009 US and Canada: $63.4M Rest of the world: $37.9M Worldwide: $101.3M - 309
Mar 1, 1996 US and Canada: $51.1M Rest of the world: $49.6M Worldwide: $100.7M - 310
Dec 19, 2014 US and Canada: $10.6M Rest of the world: $89.8M Worldwide: $100.4M - 311
Oct 17, 2014 US and Canada: $50.2M Rest of the world: $49.6M Worldwide: $99.8M - 312
Jul 6, 2016 US and Canada: $6.2M Rest of the world: $92.1M Worldwide: $98.3M - 313
Jun 4, 2010 US and Canada: $47.1M Rest of the world: $51.1M Worldwide: $98.2M - 314
Jul 31, 1998 US and Canada: $65.7M Rest of the world: $32.3M Worldwide: $98M - 315
Jan 21, 2005 US and Canada: $82.7M Rest of the world: $15.2M Worldwide: $97.9M - 316
Feb 14, 2013 US and Canada: $71.3M Rest of the world: $26.2M Worldwide: $97.6M - 317
Dec 20, 1996 US and Canada: $46.2M Rest of the world: $51.4M Worldwide: $97.5M - 318
Dec 11, 1985 US and Canada: $76M Rest of the world: $20.8M Worldwide: $96.8M - 319
Nov 22, 1989 US and Canada: $84.6M Rest of the world: $12.1M Worldwide: $96.8M - 320
Apr 23, 2004 US and Canada: $57.2M Rest of the world: $39.2M Worldwide: $96.5M - 321
Aug 15, 2008 US and Canada: $23.2M Rest of the world: $73.2M Worldwide: $96.4M - 322
Mar 4, 1950 US and Canada: $93.1M Rest of the world: $3.2M Worldwide: $96.4M - 323
Apr 26, 2024 US and Canada: $50.1M Rest of the world: $46M Worldwide: $96.1M - 324
Apr 20, 2012 US and Canada: $91.5M Rest of the world: $4.5M Worldwide: $96.1M - 325
Jul 17, 1981 US and Canada: $95.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $95.5M - 326
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)Aug 21, 2013 US and Canada: $31.2M Rest of the world: $64.2M Worldwide: $95.4M Aug 21, 2013 · English · Action, Adventure, Drama $95.4M worldwide - 327
Mar 1, 2002 US and Canada: $38M Rest of the world: $57.2M Worldwide: $95.1M - 328
Jan 3, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $95M - 329
Jun 12, 1992 US and Canada: $58.5M Rest of the world: $36.4M Worldwide: $94.9M - 330
Jan 26, 2001 US and Canada: $60.4M Rest of the world: $34.3M Worldwide: $94.7M - 331
Dec 5, 2014 US and Canada: $569.3K Rest of the world: $93.7M Worldwide: $94.2M - 332
Jun 22, 1955 US and Canada: $93.6M Rest of the world: $331.9K Worldwide: $93.9M - 333
Mar 19, 1999 US and Canada: $52.9M Rest of the world: $41M Worldwide: $93.9M - 334
Jul 12, 1989 US and Canada: $93.1M Rest of the world: $157.6K Worldwide: $93.3M - 335
Jun 20, 1986 US and Canada: $49.9M Rest of the world: $43.3M Worldwide: $93.2M - 336
Apr 15, 1983 US and Canada: $92.9M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $92.9M - 337
Dec 16, 2005 US and Canada: $60.1M Rest of the world: $32.8M Worldwide: $92.9M - 338
Dec 3, 2004 US and Canada: $11.1M Rest of the world: $81.8M Worldwide: $92.9M - 339
May 20, 2022 US and Canada: $44.1M Rest of the world: $48.5M Worldwide: $92.7M - 340
Jul 27, 2007 US and Canada: $43.1M Rest of the world: $49.5M Worldwide: $92.6M - 341
Mar 15, 2019 US and Canada: $45.7M Rest of the world: $46.8M Worldwide: $92.6M - 342
Mar 20, 2009 US and Canada: $71.4M Rest of the world: $20.5M Worldwide: $92M - 343
Jun 13, 1986 US and Canada: $91.3M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $91.3M - 344
May 4, 2018 US and Canada: $50.3M Rest of the world: $40.9M Worldwide: $91.2M - 345
Mar 22, 2000 US and Canada: $56M Rest of the world: $35.1M Worldwide: $91M - 346
Aug 11, 2000 US and Canada: $37.8M Rest of the world: $53M Worldwide: $90.7M - 347
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)Jul 9, 2004 US and Canada: $85.3M Rest of the world: $5.4M Worldwide: $90.7M Jul 9, 2004 · English · Comedy, Romance $90.7M worldwide - 348
Mar 25, 2016 US and Canada: $59.7M Rest of the world: $30.9M Worldwide: $90.6M - 349
Oct 24, 2025 US and Canada: $48.9M Rest of the world: $41.6M Worldwide: $90.5M - 350
Oct 20, 2000 US and Canada: $37.9M Rest of the world: $52.5M Worldwide: $90.4M
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)