#1 of 1,074 Highest-grossing war movie ever
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
2016 · Action, Adventure
$1.1B worldwide
$533.5M US & Canada · 50% $525.1M elsewhere · 50%
War box office · All time
Highest-Grossing War Movies of All Time, Page 2
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) is the highest-grossing war movie in our database, with $1.1B worldwide, ahead of The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021) at $902.5M and Wolf Warrior 2 (2017) at $870.3M. 1,074 war films in our database report a worldwide gross, $27.2B in all, 38% of it from the US & Canada. 1 film crossed $1 billion and 69 crossed $100 million. By language, English leads with $19.2B across 525 war releases.
- films with a reported gross
- 1,074
- combined worldwide
- $27.2B
- films crossed $100M
- 69
- earned in the US & Canada
- 38%
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All 1,074 War Movies, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 51 to 100 of 1,074. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 51
The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014)Aug 15, 2014 US and Canada: $2.6M Rest of the world: $135.8M Worldwide: $138.3M
Aug 15, 2014 · Korean · Adventure, Biography, War $138.3M worldwide - 52
Nov 8, 2013 US and Canada: $5.2M Rest of the world: $131.9M Worldwide: $137.1M - 53
May 21, 1993 US and Canada: $38.9M Rest of the world: $94.8M Worldwide: $133.8M - 54
Oct 8, 1997 US and Canada: $38M Rest of the world: $93.5M Worldwide: $131.5M - 55
Nov 18, 2009 US and Canada: $627K Rest of the world: $129.1M Worldwide: $129.7M - 56
Dec 7, 2007 US and Canada: $50.9M Rest of the world: $78.3M Worldwide: $129.3M - 57
Apr 21, 2000 US and Canada: $77.1M Rest of the world: $50.5M Worldwide: $127.7M - 58
Nov 8, 2019 US and Canada: $56.8M Rest of the world: $70.5M Worldwide: $127.4M - 59
Jan 15, 1988 US and Canada: $123.9M Rest of the world: $936 Worldwide: $123.9M - 60
Dec 27, 2002 US and Canada: $32.6M Rest of the world: $87.5M Worldwide: $120.1M - 61
Nov 23, 2016 US and Canada: $40.1M Rest of the world: $79.4M Worldwide: $119.5M - 62
Mar 1, 2002 US and Canada: $78.1M Rest of the world: $37.3M Worldwide: $115.4M - 63
Feb 5, 2010 US and Canada: $80M Rest of the world: $35M Worldwide: $115M - 64
Mar 12, 2010 US and Canada: $35.1M Rest of the world: $78.3M Worldwide: $113.4M - 65
Dec 31, 1965 US and Canada: $111.7M Rest of the world: $367.5K Worldwide: $112.1M - 66
Oct 1, 1999 US and Canada: $60.7M Rest of the world: $47.1M Worldwide: $107.8M - 67
Aug 15, 1979 US and Canada: $96M Rest of the world: $9.1M Worldwide: $105.1M - 68
Jan 6, 2017 US and Canada: $218K Rest of the world: $102M Worldwide: $102.2M - 69
Apr 12, 1996 US and Canada: $59M Rest of the world: $41.8M Worldwide: $100.9M - 70
Jan 8, 1999 US and Canada: $36.4M Rest of the world: $61.7M Worldwide: $98.1M - 71
Nov 4, 2005 US and Canada: $62.7M Rest of the world: $34.4M Worldwide: $97.1M - 72
Mar 16, 2001 US and Canada: $51.4M Rest of the world: $45.6M Worldwide: $97M - 73
Oct 18, 2019 US and Canada: $33.4M Rest of the world: $60.3M Worldwide: $93.7M - 74
Dec 14, 1979 US and Canada: $31.8M Rest of the world: $60.7M Worldwide: $92.5M - 75
Feb 18, 2005 US and Canada: $5.5M Rest of the world: $86.7M Worldwide: $92.2M - 76
Nov 30, 2001 US and Canada: $58.9M Rest of the world: $32.9M Worldwide: $91.8M - 77
May 3, 2019 US and Canada: $521.4K Rest of the world: $91.2M Worldwide: $91.7M - 78
Aug 19, 2016 US and Canada: $43M Rest of the world: $43.4M Worldwide: $86.4M - 79
Jan 25, 2008 US and Canada: $38.2M Rest of the world: $47.7M Worldwide: $85.9M - 80
Jun 26, 1981 US and Canada: $85.3M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $85.3M - 81
Dec 29, 2006 US and Canada: $37.6M Rest of the world: $46.2M Worldwide: $83.9M - 82
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)Sep 3, 2004 US and Canada: $1.1M Rest of the world: $80.3M Worldwide: $81.4M Sep 3, 2004 · Korean · Action, Drama, War $81.4M worldwide - 83
Jun 14, 2002 US and Canada: $40.9M Rest of the world: $36.7M Worldwide: $77.6M - 84
Nov 8, 2013 US and Canada: $21.5M Rest of the world: $55.1M Worldwide: $76.6M - 85
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)Sep 25, 1992 US and Canada: $75.5M Rest of the world: $674 Worldwide: $75.5M
Sep 25, 1992 · English · Action, Adventure, Romance $75.5M worldwide - 86
Jul 1, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $75.2M - 87
Nov 18, 1959 US and Canada: $74.4M Rest of the world: $6.7K Worldwide: $74.4M - 88
Apr 7, 2000 US and Canada: $61.3M Rest of the world: $10.4M Worldwide: $71.7M - 89
Nov 7, 2025 US and Canada: $14.5M Rest of the world: $56.6M Worldwide: $71.1M - 90
Oct 10, 1980 US and Canada: $69.8M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $69.8M - 91
Nov 26, 2004 US and Canada: $6.5M Rest of the world: $62.9M Worldwide: $69.4M - 92
Nov 6, 2009 US and Canada: $32.4M Rest of the world: $36.7M Worldwide: $69.1M - 93
Dec 20, 2006 US and Canada: $13.8M Rest of the world: $54.9M Worldwide: $68.7M - 94
Feb 28, 2014 US and Canada: $1M Rest of the world: $67.3M Worldwide: $68.3M - 95
Jan 19, 2018 US and Canada: $45.8M Rest of the world: $21.5M Worldwide: $67.4M - 96
Sep 28, 2007 US and Canada: $4.6M Rest of the world: $62.5M Worldwide: $67.1M - 97
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)Nov 12, 1999 US and Canada: $14.3M Rest of the world: $52.7M Worldwide: $67M Nov 12, 1999 · English · Biography, Drama, History $67M worldwide - 98
Oct 20, 2006 US and Canada: $33.6M Rest of the world: $32.3M Worldwide: $65.9M - 99
Nov 9, 2007 US and Canada: $15M Rest of the world: $49.8M Worldwide: $64.8M - 100
The Hundred Regiments Offensive (2015)Aug 28, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $63.2M
Aug 28, 2015 · Chinese · History, War, Drama $63.2M worldwide
Archive
War Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1921 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2017 leads with $3.3B, led by Wolf Warrior 2 (2017).
2020s 7 years · $3.5B
- 2026 so far $119.7M #1 Young Washington (2026)
- 2025 $872.4M #1 Dead to Rights (2025)
- 2024 $75.6M #1 The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024)
- 2023 $793.9M #1 The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (2023)
- 2022 $161.4M #1 Hansan: Rising Dragon (2022)
- 2021 $1B #1 The Battle at Lake Changjin (2021)
- 2020 $479M #1 The Eight Hundred (2020)
2010s 10 years · $11.4B
- 2019 $1B #1 1917 (2019)
- 2018 $755.1M #1 Operation Red Sea (2018)
- 2017 $3.3B #1 Wolf Warrior 2 (2017)
- 2016 $1.6B #1 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
- 2015 $920.3M #1 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)
- 2014 $1.9B #1 American Sniper (2014)
- 2013 $412.3M #1 Lone Survivor (2013)
- 2012 $760.8M #1 Battleship (2012)
- 2011 $313.2M #1 War Horse (2011)
- 2010 $309.1M #1 Dear John (2010)
2000s 10 years · $6.8B
- 2009 $651.8M #1 Inglourious Basterds (2009)
- 2008 $1B #1 Australia (2008)
- 2007 $945M #1 300 (2007)
- 2006 $358.6M #1 Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
- 2005 $446.9M #1 Jarhead (2005)
- 2004 $680.7M #1 Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
- 2003 $889.6M #1 The Last Samurai (2003)
- 2002 $463.2M #1 The Pianist (2002)
- 2001 $893.6M #1 Pearl Harbor (2001)
- 2000 $433.4M #1 The Patriot (2000)
1990s 10 years · $2.9B
- 1999 $451.1M #1 The General's Daughter (1999)
- 1998 $713.1M #1 Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- 1997 $139.5M #1 Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
- 1996 $345M #1 The English Patient (1996)
- 1995 $469.1M #1 Braveheart (1995)
- 1994 $20M #1 The War (1994)
- 1993 $494.5M #1 Schindler's List (1993)
- 1992 $122.6M #1 The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
- 1991 $48.4M #1 For the Boys (1991)
- 1990 $54.6M #1 Memphis Belle (1990)
1980s 10 years · $1.4B
- 1989 $199.1M #1 Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
- 1988 $151.6M #1 Good Morning, Vietnam (1988)
- 1987 $92.3M #1 Full Metal Jacket (1987)
- 1986 $226.5M #1 Platoon (1986)
- 1985 $351.1M #1 Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
- 1984 $80.6M #1 Missing in Action (1984)
- 1983 $81.7M #1 Uncommon Valor (1983)
- 1982 $49.8M #1 Some Kind of Hero (1982)
- 1981 $131M #1 Stripes (1981)
- 1980 $81.3M #1 Private Benjamin (1980)
1970s 8 years · $492.9M
- 1979 $228.1M #1 Apocalypse Now (1979)
- 1978 $89M #1 The Deer Hunter (1978)
- 1977 $51.8M #1 A Bridge Too Far (1977)
- 1975 $20.4M #1 Love and Death (1975)
- 1974 $32K #1 Hearts and Minds (1974)
- 1972 $20.8K #1 Chinese Glory (1972)
- 1971 $9.4K #1 Liberation: The Last Assault (1971)
- 1970 $103.6M #1 Patton (1970)
1960s 9 years · $173.6M
- 1969 $8M #1 Where Eagles Dare (1969)
- 1968 $3.6M #1 Hell in the Pacific (1968)
- 1967 $8.1K #1 Far from Vietnam (1967)
- 1966 $1M #1 The Battle of Algiers (1966)
- 1965 $112.7M #1 Doctor Zhivago (1965)
- 1963 $230.6K #1 The Great Escape (1963)
- 1962 $46M #1 Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- 1961 $32.8K #1 The Guns of Navarone (1961)
- 1960 $1.9M #1 Spartacus (1960)
1950s 8 years · $125.1M
- 1959 $74.4M #1 Ben-Hur (1959)
- 1958 $561.3K #1 South Pacific (1958)
- 1957 $27.3M #1 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- 1956 $75.5K #1 The Burmese Harp (1956)
- 1955 $789.5K #1 The Dam Busters (1955)
- 1954 $21.8M #1 The Caine Mutiny (1954)
- 1953 $36.4K #1 From Here to Eternity (1953)
- 1952 $101.2K #1 The African Queen (1952)