#1 of 7,664 Highest-grossing thriller movie ever
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
2022 · Action, Adventure
$2.3B worldwide
$688.5M US & Canada · 29% $1.7B elsewhere · 71%
Thriller box office · All time
Highest-Grossing Thriller Movies of All Time, Page 40
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) is the highest-grossing thriller movie in our database, with $2.3B worldwide, ahead of Jurassic World (2015) at $1.7B and The Avengers (2012) at $1.5B. 7,664 thriller films in our database report a worldwide gross, $249B in all, 43% of it from the US & Canada. 14 films crossed $1 billion and 647 crossed $100 million. By language, English leads with $219.1B across 4,680 thriller releases.
- films with a reported gross
- 7,664
- combined worldwide
- $249B
- films crossed $100M
- 647
- earned in the US & Canada
- 43%
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The Top 5,000 Thriller Movies, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 1,951 to 2,000 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 7,664 films.
- 1951
Aug 15, 2019 US and Canada: $493.2K Rest of the world: $12.6M Worldwide: $13.1M - 1952
Sep 10, 1993 US and Canada: $12.3M Rest of the world: $813K Worldwide: $13.1M - 1953
Apr 12, 1985 US and Canada: $13.1M Rest of the world: $715 Worldwide: $13.1M - 1954
Nov 11, 2016 US and Canada: $6.9M Rest of the world: $6.2M Worldwide: $13.1M - 1955
Dec 19, 2013 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.1M - 1956
Oct 6, 1978 US and Canada: $13.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $13.1M - 1957
Apr 9, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13.1M - 1958
Feb 2, 1979 US and Canada: $13M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $13M - 1959
Jul 24, 2015 US and Canada: $1.8M Rest of the world: $11.2M Worldwide: $13M - 1960
Aug 17, 1979 US and Canada: $13M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $13M - 1961
Sep 21, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $13M - 1962
Aug 30, 2024 US and Canada: $6.7M Rest of the world: $6.3M Worldwide: $13M - 1963
Mar 4, 2016 US and Canada: $177.4K Rest of the world: $12.8M Worldwide: $13M - 1964
Mar 4, 2011 US and Canada: $129.2K Rest of the world: $12.8M Worldwide: $13M - 1965
Apr 17, 2015 US and Canada: $1.2M Rest of the world: $11.7M Worldwide: $13M - 1966
Aug 18, 2000 US and Canada: $10M Rest of the world: $2.9M Worldwide: $12.9M - 1967
Dec 26, 2018 US and Canada: $112.4K Rest of the world: $12.8M Worldwide: $12.9M - 1968
Oct 11, 2002 US and Canada: $11.7M Rest of the world: $1.1M Worldwide: $12.8M - 1969
Mar 8, 2024 US and Canada: $8.3M Rest of the world: $4.5M Worldwide: $12.8M - 1970
Oct 27, 2017 US and Canada: $5.8M Rest of the world: $7M Worldwide: $12.8M - 1971
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)Feb 27, 2009 US and Canada: $8.7M Rest of the world: $4M Worldwide: $12.8M
Feb 27, 2009 · English · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi $12.8M worldwide - 1972
Nov 22, 2024 US and Canada: $12.2M Rest of the world: $503K Worldwide: $12.7M - 1973
Mar 18, 1988 US and Canada: $12.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $12.7M - 1974
Jun 28, 2013 US and Canada: $36.9K Rest of the world: $12.6M Worldwide: $12.7M - 1975
Jan 16, 1987 US and Canada: $12.6M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $12.6M - 1976
Dec 20, 2002 US and Canada: $10.5M Rest of the world: $2.2M Worldwide: $12.6M - 1977
Mar 9, 1990 US and Canada: $12.6M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $12.6M - 1978
Oct 15, 1999 US and Canada: $12.6M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $12.6M - 1979
Jun 21, 2024 US and Canada: $4.5M Rest of the world: $8.1M Worldwide: $12.6M - 1980
Jul 16, 2004 US and Canada: $6.5M Rest of the world: $6.1M Worldwide: $12.6M - 1981
Apr 21, 2000 US and Canada: $5.1M Rest of the world: $7.5M Worldwide: $12.6M - 1982
Dec 2, 2010 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12.6M - 1983
Oct 24, 1997 US and Canada: $12.5M Rest of the world: $1.2K Worldwide: $12.5M - 1984
Aug 30, 1985 US and Canada: $12.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $12.5M - 1985
Oct 15, 1993 US and Canada: $12.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $12.5M - 1986
Jul 2, 2004 US and Canada: $5.8M Rest of the world: $6.8M Worldwide: $12.5M - 1987
May 21, 1975 US and Canada: $12.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $12.5M - 1988
Sep 8, 2014 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12.5M - 1989
Apr 5, 1991 US and Canada: $12.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $12.5M - 1990
Nov 11, 2016 US and Canada: $2.3M Rest of the world: $10.1M Worldwide: $12.4M - 1991
Mar 13, 1971 US and Canada: $12.4M Rest of the world: $519 Worldwide: $12.4M - 1992
Aug 28, 1987 US and Canada: $12.4M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $12.4M - 1993
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)Mar 20, 1981 US and Canada: $12.4M Rest of the world: $6.8K Worldwide: $12.4M Mar 20, 1981 · English · Drama, Thriller, Romance $12.4M worldwide - 1994
Feb 23, 1996 US and Canada: $5.7M Rest of the world: $6.7M Worldwide: $12.4M - 1995
Oct 18, 2002 US and Canada: $10.7M Rest of the world: $1.6M Worldwide: $12.3M - 1996
Apr 13, 2018 US and Canada: $1.4K Rest of the world: $12.3M Worldwide: $12.3M - 1997
Apr 15, 1983 US and Canada: $12.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $12.2M - 1998
Feb 17, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $12.2M - 1999
Nov 7, 2025 US and Canada: $5.5M Rest of the world: $6.7M Worldwide: $12.2M - 2000
Mar 3, 1995 US and Canada: $12.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $12.2M
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Thriller Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1920 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2015 leads with $12.8B, led by Jurassic World (2015).
2020s 7 years · $38.5B
- 2026 so far $2.6B #1 Project Hail Mary (2026)
- 2025 $7.7B #1 Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
- 2024 $5.7B #1 Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)
- 2023 $7.9B #1 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
- 2022 $7.1B #1 Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
- 2021 $5.5B #1 No Time to Die (2021)
- 2020 $2B #1 Bad Boys for Life (2020)
2010s 10 years · $93.9B
- 2019 $8.6B #1 Joker (2019)
- 2018 $10B #1 Venom (2018)
- 2017 $10.2B #1 The Fate of the Furious (2017)
- 2016 $7.6B #1 Captain America: Civil War (2016)
- 2015 $12.8B #1 Jurassic World (2015)
- 2014 $8.5B #1 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
- 2013 $10.5B #1 Iron Man 3 (2013)
- 2012 $12B #1 The Avengers (2012)
- 2011 $5B #1 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)
- 2010 $8.6B #1 Inception (2010)
2000s 10 years · $67.5B
- 2009 $8.6B #1 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
- 2008 $8.5B #1 The Dark Knight (2008)
- 2007 $8.8B #1 Spider-Man 3 (2007)
- 2006 $7B #1 The Da Vinci Code (2006)
- 2005 $5.8B #1 War of the Worlds (2005)
- 2004 $6.7B #1 Spider-Man 2 (2004)
- 2003 $6.6B #1 The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
- 2002 $5.2B #1 Die Another Day (2002)
- 2001 $5.3B #1 Ocean's Eleven (2001)
- 2000 $5B #1 Mission: Impossible II (2000)
1990s 10 years · $36B
- 1999 $5.2B #1 The Sixth Sense (1999)
- 1998 $4.2B #1 Armageddon (1998)
- 1997 $5.1B #1 The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
- 1996 $5B #1 Independence Day (1996)
- 1995 $3.9B #1 Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
- 1994 $2.9B #1 True Lies (1994)
- 1993 $2.3B #1 The Fugitive (1993)
- 1992 $2.3B #1 Basic Instinct (1992)
- 1991 $2.2B #1 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- 1990 $3B #1 Ghost (1990)
1980s 10 years · $9.2B
- 1989 $1.8B #1 Batman (1989)
- 1988 $995.3M #1 Rambo III (1988)
- 1987 $1.7B #1 Fatal Attraction (1987)
- 1986 $571.7M #1 Aliens (1986)
- 1985 $908.2M #1 Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
- 1984 $822.8M #1 Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
- 1983 $1.2B #1 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
- 1982 $608M #1 First Blood (1982)
- 1981 $397.1M #1 For Your Eyes Only (1981)
- 1980 $291.5M #1 The Shining (1980)
1970s 10 years · $3.5B
- 1979 $452.1M #1 Moonraker (1979)
- 1978 $674.5M #1 Superman (1978)
- 1977 $161.1M #1 The Deep (1977)
- 1976 $200.3M #1 All the President's Men (1976)
- 1975 $589.1M #1 Jaws (1975)
- 1974 $352.9M #1 The Towering Inferno (1974)
- 1973 $509M #1 The Exorcist (1973)
- 1972 $334.9M #1 The Godfather (1972)
- 1971 $141.7M #1 The French Connection (1971)
- 1970 $120.3M #1 Airport (1970)
1960s 10 years · $273.6M
- 1969 $24.3M #1 On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
- 1968 $3.7M #1 Coogan’s Bluff (1968)
- 1967 $43.9M #1 You Only Live Twice (1967)
- 1966 $47.4K #1 Blow-Up (1966)
- 1965 $114.9M #1 Thunderball (1965)
- 1964 $34.5M #1 From Russia with Love (1964)
- 1963 $16.6M #1 Dr. No (1963)
- 1962 $2.9M #1 The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
- 1961 $69.7K #1 Yojimbo (1961)
- 1960 $32.7M #1 Psycho (1960)
1950s 10 years · $52.7M
- 1959 $215.4K #1 North by Northwest (1959)
- 1958 $10.7M #1 Vertigo (1958)
- 1957 $27.4K #1 The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
- 1956 $18.2K #1 The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
- 1955 $2.3M #1 Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
- 1954 $38.5M #1 Rear Window (1954)
- 1953 $46.2K #1 The Wages of Fear (1953)
- 1952 $26K #1 Sudden Fear (1952)
- 1951 $52K #1 Strangers on a Train (1951)
- 1950 $816.7K #1 Shadow on the Wall (1950)
1940s 10 years · $12.3M
- 1949 $1.5M #1 The Third Man (1949)
- 1948 $464.6K #1 The Fallen Idol (1948)
- 1947 $79K #1 Odd Man Out (1947)
- 1946 $10M #1 Cloak and Dagger (1946)
- 1945 $94.2K #1 Dead of Night (1945)
- 1944 $23.6K #1 Double Indemnity (1944)
- 1943 $37K #1 Le Corbeau (1943)
- 1942 $47.5K #1 Went the Day Well? (1942)
- 1941 $19 #1 Suspicion (1941)
- 1940 $114.1K #1 Rebecca (1940)