#1 of 261 #1 romance movie of 2019
2019 · Adventure, Fantasy
$1.1B worldwide · 27% of the chart's total
$355.6M US & Canada · 34% $698.7M elsewhere · 66%
Romance box office · 2019
Romance Box Office 2019: Highest-Grossing Romance Movies
Aladdin (2019) is the highest-grossing romance movie released in 2019, with $1.1B worldwide, ahead of Alita: Battle Angel (2019) at $405M and Little Women (2019) at $332.1M. 261 romance films released in 2019 report a worldwide gross, $4B in all, 27% of it from the US & Canada. 1 film crossed $1 billion and 8 crossed $100 million. That is up 36% on 2018, whose releases took $2.9B. By language, English leads with $2.9B across 73 romance releases.
- 2019 releases with a gross
- 261
- combined worldwide
- $4B
- films crossed $100M
- 8
- vs 2018
- +36%
#1 of 261 Top 5
What Were the Biggest Romance Hits of 2019?
Aladdin (2019) leads with $1.1B, 27% of the total. The top 5 together took $2.2B, 56% of what all 261 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.
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Every Romance Release of 2019, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 1 to 50 of 261. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2019.
- 1 May 24, 2019 US and Canada: $355.6M Rest of the world: $698.7M Worldwide: $1.1B
- 2 Feb 14, 2019 US and Canada: $85.8M Rest of the world: $319.1M Worldwide: $405M
- 3 Dec 25, 2019 US and Canada: $108.1M Rest of the world: $224M Worldwide: $332.1M
- 4 Nov 8, 2019 US and Canada: $1.9M Rest of the world: $225.4M Worldwide: $227.3M
- 5 Sep 20, 2019 US and Canada: $96.9M Rest of the world: $97.8M Worldwide: $194.7M
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Sep 30, 2019 US and Canada: $487.2K Rest of the world: $156.4M Worldwide: $156.9M - 7
Jun 28, 2019 US and Canada: $73.3M Rest of the world: $81.3M Worldwide: $154.6M - 8
Nov 8, 2019 US and Canada: $35.2M Rest of the world: $88.3M Worldwide: $123.4M - 9
Mar 15, 2019 US and Canada: $45.7M Rest of the world: $46.8M Worldwide: $92.6M - 10
Feb 8, 2019 US and Canada: $54.6M Rest of the world: $17.6M Worldwide: $72.2M - 11
Apr 12, 2019 US and Canada: $12.1M Rest of the world: $57.4M Worldwide: $69.5M - 12
Nov 15, 2019 US and Canada: $34.7K Rest of the world: $62.1M Worldwide: $62.1M - 13
Jun 6, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $60M - 14
Sep 13, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $57.1M - 15
Apr 12, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $56.6M - 16
May 3, 2019 US and Canada: $30.3M Rest of the world: $23.6M Worldwide: $53.9M - 17
Feb 13, 2019 US and Canada: $48.8M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $48.8M - 18
Nov 27, 2019 US and Canada: $43.8M Rest of the world: $4M Worldwide: $47.8M - 19
Sep 27, 2019 US and Canada: $24.3M Rest of the world: $21.7M Worldwide: $46M - 20
Aug 9, 2019 US and Canada: $26.4M Rest of the world: $7.4M Worldwide: $33.8M - 21
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2019)Feb 7, 2019 US and Canada: $277K Rest of the world: $33.5M Worldwide: $33.7M
Feb 7, 2019 · Japanese · Drama, Romance, Animation $33.7M worldwide - 22
Nov 15, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $32.2M - 23
Dec 20, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $27M - 24
Aug 23, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.4M - 25
Dec 20, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.4M - 26
Oct 2, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.4M - 27
May 1, 2019 US and Canada: $91.9K Rest of the world: $18.9M Worldwide: $19M - 28
Apr 17, 2019 US and Canada: $2.7M Rest of the world: $15.3M Worldwide: $18M - 29
Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel II. Lost Butterfly (2019)Jan 12, 2019 US and Canada: $420.6K Rest of the world: $16.9M Worldwide: $17.3M Jan 12, 2019 · Japanese · Fantasy, Action, Romance $17.3M worldwide - 30
Dec 20, 2019 US and Canada: $202K Rest of the world: $14.6M Worldwide: $14.8M - 31
Mar 1, 2019 US and Canada: $1M Rest of the world: $13.2M Worldwide: $14.3M - 32
Sep 11, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.2M - 33
Dec 27, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.1M - 34
Mar 15, 2019 US and Canada: $422.8K Rest of the world: $11.4M Worldwide: $11.8M - 35
Mar 8, 2019 US and Canada: $5.6M Rest of the world: $5.5M Worldwide: $11.1M - 36
Apr 19, 2019 US and Canada: $1.6M Rest of the world: $9.1M Worldwide: $10.6M - 37
Jan 31, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.2M - 38
Dec 13, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $10.1M - 39
Aug 30, 2019 US and Canada: $2M Rest of the world: $8.1M Worldwide: $10.1M - 40
Feb 14, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.9M - 41
Dec 6, 2019 US and Canada: $3.8M Rest of the world: $6.1M Worldwide: $9.9M - 42
Mar 15, 2019 US and Canada: $1.6M Rest of the world: $7.6M Worldwide: $9.2M - 43
Dec 31, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $9.1M - 44
Mar 15, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.5M - 45
Nov 5, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $8.5M - 46
Feb 8, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.9M - 47
Feb 1, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.7M - 48
Nov 1, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.6M - 49
Dec 20, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $7.1M - 50
May 17, 2019 US and Canada: $5M Rest of the world: $1.8M Worldwide: $6.8M
US & Canada vs the world
Where Did the Money Come From in 2019?
Of the top 10, What Men Want (2019) earned the biggest share at home (76% in the US & Canada), while The Climbers (2019) made 100% of its gross abroad. Across all 261 films, $1.1B (27%) came from the US & Canada.
- 1 Aladdin (2019) $1.1B $355.6M US & Canada · 34% $698.7M elsewhere · 66%
- 2 Alita: Battle Angel (2019) $405M $85.8M US & Canada · 21% $319.1M elsewhere · 79%
- 3 Little Women (2019) $332.1M $108.1M US & Canada · 33% $224M elsewhere · 67%
- 4 Better Days (2019) $227.3M $1.9M US & Canada · <1% $225.4M elsewhere · 99%
- 5 Downton Abbey (2019) $194.7M $96.9M US & Canada · 50% $97.8M elsewhere · 50%
- 6 The Climbers (2019) $156.9M $487.2K US & Canada · <1% $156.4M elsewhere · 100%
- 7 Yesterday (2019) $154.6M $73.3M US & Canada · 47% $81.3M elsewhere · 53%
- 8 Last Christmas (2019) $123.4M $35.2M US & Canada · 28% $88.3M elsewhere · 72%
- 9 Five Feet Apart (2019) $92.6M $45.7M US & Canada · 49% $46.8M elsewhere · 51%
- 10 What Men Want (2019) $72.2M $54.6M US & Canada · 76% $17.6M elsewhere · 24%
Gross bands
How Many 2019 Releases Crossed $100 Million?
8 of 261 films crossed $100M and took $2.6B between them, 67% of the total. 222 films, 85% of the list, earned under $10M.
27% 40% 26%
- $1B or more 1 film, <1% of the list $1.1B · 27% of the gross
- $500M to $1B 0 films, 0% of the list No films
- $100M to $500M 7 films, 3% of the list $1.6B · 40% of the gross
- $10M to $100M 31 films, 12% of the list $1B · 26% of the gross
- Under $10M 222 films, 85% of the list $279.6M · 7% of the gross
By release month
Which Month of 2019 Earned the Most?
May releases took the most, $1.2B from 25 films, led by Aladdin (2019). July was the quietest month ($11M). Each column is a release month and links to that month's chart.
- January Jan Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel II. Lost Butterfly (2019) $47.5M Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel II. Lost Butterfly (2019)
- February Feb Alita: Battle Angel (2019) $597.4M Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
- March Mar Five Feet Apart (2019) $162.3M Five Feet Apart (2019)
- April Apr After (2019) $162.4M After (2019)
- May May Aladdin (2019) $1.2B Aladdin (2019)
- June Jun Yesterday (2019) $233.6M Yesterday (2019)
- July Jul Over Again (2019) $11M Over Again (2019)
- August Aug The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019) $85.3M The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019)
- September Sep Downton Abbey (2019) $478.7M Downton Abbey (2019)
- October Oct Crazy Romance (2019) $44.7M Crazy Romance (2019)
- November Nov Better Days (2019) $521.2M Better Days (2019)
- December Dec Little Women (2019) $465.2M Little Women (2019)
Last 10 years
How Does 2019 Compare With Previous Years?
Of these 10 years, 2010 earned the most: $4.6B from 236 films, led by The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010). 2019 took $4B.
| Year | Films | Worldwide | Change | Biggest film |
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| 2010 236 films | 236 | $4.6B | – | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) $698.5M |
| 2011 170 films · −36% | 170 | $2.9B | −36% | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011) $712.2M |
| 2012 216 films · +36% | 216 | $4B | +36% | The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012) $848.6M |
| 2013 205 films · −42% | 205 | $2.3B | −42% | The Great Gatsby (2013) $353.7M |
| 2014 216 films · +29% | 216 | $2.9B | +29% | The Fault in Our Stars (2014) $307.2M |
| 2015 248 films · +6% | 248 | $3.1B | +6% | Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) $569.7M |
| 2016 242 films · +5% | 242 | $3.3B | +5% | La La Land (2016) $509.2M |
| 2017 246 films · +14% | 246 | $3.7B | +14% | Beauty and the Beast (2017) $1.3B |
| 2018 249 films · −22% | 249 | $2.9B | −22% | A Star Is Born (2018) $436.4M |
| 2019 261 films · +36% | 261 | $4B | +36% | Aladdin (2019) $1.1B |
By language
Which Languages Do the Biggest Romance Movies Speak in 2019?
English-language romance films took $2.9B across 73 films, 72% of the total, ahead of Chinese-language romance films ($701.7M) and Japanese-language romance films ($129.9M).
2019 Romance Box Office by Language
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English $2.9B73 films · #1 Aladdin (2019) -
Chinese $701.7M15 films · #1 Better Days (2019) - Japanese $129.9M17 films · #1 I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (2019)
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Hindi $98.6M24 films · #1 Kalank (2019) -
French $44.2M17 films · #1 Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) -
Korean $35.3M10 films · #1 Crazy Romance (2019) -
Vietnamese $12.5M6 films · #1 Dreamy Eyes (2019) -
Czech $11.3M2 films · #1 Women on the Run (2019) -
Thai $10.5M3 films · #1 Friend Zone (2019) -
Spanish $8.3M8 films · #1 Cindy La Regia (2019)
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)
1920s 7 years · $10.1M
1910s 1 year · $160
FAQ
Romance Box Office 2019: Questions & Answers
The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 261 films as the chart.
What is the highest-grossing romance movie in 2019?
Aladdin (2019) leads with $1.1B worldwide, $355.6M of it in the US & Canada. Next come Alita: Battle Angel (2019) at $405M and Little Women (2019) at $332.1M.
How much did romance movies released in 2019 earn?
261 romance films released in 2019 report a worldwide gross, $4B in all, or $15.2M per film on average. 2018 releases took $2.9B.
How many romance movies released in 2019 made $1 billion?
1 film crossed $1 billion worldwide: Aladdin (2019). 8 crossed $100 million.
How is the 2019 romance box office chart ranked and where do the numbers come from?
Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in 2019. The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.
How often is the 2019 romance box office chart updated?
Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.