#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 3
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 101 to 150 of 1,074. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 101
Aug 17, 2001 US and Canada: $25.5M Rest of the world: $36.6M Worldwide: $62.1M - 102
Feb 18, 1970 US and Canada: $61.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $61.7M - 103
Aug 19, 2005 US and Canada: $19.5M Rest of the world: $42.3M Worldwide: $61.7M - 104
Aug 1, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $60.6M - 105
Jul 29, 2022 US and Canada: $865.9K Rest of the world: $56.6M Worldwide: $57.5M - 106
Dec 15, 2023 US and Canada: $8.7M Rest of the world: $44M Worldwide: $52.7M - 107
Dec 31, 2008 US and Canada: $28.6M Rest of the world: $22.6M Worldwide: $51.3M - 108
Jun 15, 1977 US and Canada: $50.8M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $50.8M - 109
Aug 16, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $50.6M - 110
Jan 20, 2012 US and Canada: $49.9M Rest of the world: $489.1K Worldwide: $50.4M - 111
Jun 26, 1987 US and Canada: $46.4M Rest of the world: $3.8M Worldwide: $50.2M - 112
Jun 26, 2009 US and Canada: $17M Rest of the world: $32.2M Worldwide: $49.3M - 113
Dec 8, 1978 US and Canada: $49M Rest of the world: $101K Worldwide: $49.1M - 114
Jul 3, 2026 US and Canada: $47.1M Rest of the world: $75K Worldwide: $47.2M - 115
Sep 20, 2002 US and Canada: $45.3M Rest of the world: $1.1M Worldwide: $46.4M - 116
Aug 4, 2017 US and Canada: $1.1M Rest of the world: $45.1M Worldwide: $46.2M - 117
Dec 10, 1962 US and Canada: $45.3M Rest of the world: $693.9K Worldwide: $46M - 118
Jan 31, 1992 US and Canada: $21.6M Rest of the world: $22.2M Worldwide: $43.8M - 119
Dec 4, 2009 US and Canada: $28.5M Rest of the world: $14.9M Worldwide: $43.5M - 120
Dec 5, 1986 US and Canada: $42.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $42.7M - 121
Nov 7, 2008 US and Canada: $9M Rest of the world: $31.4M Worldwide: $40.4M - 122
Jul 17, 2015 US and Canada: $337.9K Rest of the world: $39.7M Worldwide: $40M - 123
Jan 11, 2019 US and Canada: $4.2M Rest of the world: $35.2M Worldwide: $39.3M - 124
Dec 17, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $39.3M - 125
Jun 6, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $39.1M - 126
Sep 22, 2023 US and Canada: $16.7M Rest of the world: $21.2M Worldwide: $37.9M - 127
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins (2012)Aug 25, 2012 US and Canada: $32.4K Rest of the world: $37.7M Worldwide: $37.7M
Aug 25, 2012 · Japanese · History, War, Adventure $37.7M worldwide - 128
Jun 20, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $36.5M - 129
Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny (2023)Jul 28, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $36.3M Jul 28, 2023 · Japanese · War, Adventure, Action $36.3M worldwide - 130
Feb 16, 2012 US and Canada: $35.7K Rest of the world: $35.8M Worldwide: $35.8M - 131
Apr 24, 2015 US and Canada: $4.2M Rest of the world: $31.2M Worldwide: $35.4M - 132
Mar 11, 2016 US and Canada: $18.7M Rest of the world: $16.6M Worldwide: $35.3M - 133
Apr 11, 2025 US and Canada: $26M Rest of the world: $9.1M Worldwide: $35.1M - 134
Jul 15, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $35M - 135
Feb 1, 1985 US and Canada: $34.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $34.7M - 136
Dec 22, 2023 US and Canada: $315.2K Rest of the world: $33.9M Worldwide: $34.2M - 137
Dec 12, 2008 US and Canada: $748.6K Rest of the world: $33.5M Worldwide: $34.2M - 138
Aug 7, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $34.1M - 139
Dec 22, 2004 US and Canada: $23.5M Rest of the world: $10.4M Worldwide: $33.9M - 140
Feb 15, 1978 US and Canada: $32.7M Rest of the world: $141 Worldwide: $32.7M - 141
Feb 15, 2002 US and Canada: $19.1M Rest of the world: $13.2M Worldwide: $32.3M - 142
Aug 4, 2005 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $32.1M - 143
Apr 7, 1995 US and Canada: $31.6M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $31.6M - 144
Dec 23, 1970 US and Canada: $31.6M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $31.6M - 145
May 29, 2026 US and Canada: $15.6M Rest of the world: $15.9M Worldwide: $31.5M - 146
Apr 13, 2007 US and Canada: $10.2M Rest of the world: $20.8M Worldwide: $31M - 147
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)Nov 11, 2016 US and Canada: $1.7M Rest of the world: $29.2M Worldwide: $30.9M
Nov 11, 2016 · English · Drama, History, Comedy $30.9M worldwide - 148
Dec 16, 1983 US and Canada: $30.5M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $30.5M - 149
Sep 20, 2002 US and Canada: $18.3M Rest of the world: $11.6M Worldwide: $29.9M - 150
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024)Apr 19, 2024 US and Canada: $20.5M Rest of the world: $9.2M Worldwide: $29.8M Apr 19, 2024 · English · Action, Drama, War $29.8M 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)