#1 of 368 Highest-grossing Arabic-language movie ever
2018 · Drama
$64.4M worldwide
$1.7M US & Canada · 3% $62.8M elsewhere · 97%
Arabic box office · All time
Highest-Grossing Arabic Movies of All Time, Page 5
Capernaum (2018) is the highest-grossing Arabic-language movie in our database, with $64.4M worldwide, ahead of Buried Secrets (2009) at $25.5M and Lyd (2024) at $20.6M. 368 Arabic-language films in our database report a worldwide gross, $368.8M in all, 7% of it from the US & Canada. By genre, Drama leads with $256.8M across 217 Arabic releases.
- films with a reported gross
- 368
- combined worldwide
- $368.8M
- Capernaum (2018), the #1
- $64.4M
- earned in the US & Canada
- 7%
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All 368 Arabic Movies, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 201 to 250 of 368. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada.
- 201
Dec 12, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $94.3K - 202
May 13, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $93.4K - 203
Sep 24, 2015 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $90K - 204
Nov 6, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $89.8K - 205
Nov 1, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $89.5K - 206
Apr 4, 2008 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $88K - 207
Oct 16, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $87.8K - 208
Jan 17, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $87.2K - 209
Jan 8, 2003 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $86.7K - 210
Dec 5, 2025 US and Canada: $19.4K Rest of the world: $66.7K Worldwide: $86.1K - 211
Aug 9, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $84.8K - 212
2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $84.7K - 213
Jan 8, 2016 US and Canada: $50.2K Rest of the world: $32.2K Worldwide: $82.4K - 214
May 31, 2019 US and Canada: $11.3K Rest of the world: $69.7K Worldwide: $81K - 215
Dec 11, 2007 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $80.9K - 216
Sep 6, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $80.7K - 217
Nov 4, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $79.5K - 218
May 25, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $79K - 219
Jul 11, 2025 US and Canada: $14.5K Rest of the world: $62.6K Worldwide: $77.1K - 220
Nov 2, 2022 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $76.4K - 221
Jun 8, 2011 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $74.8K - 222
Oct 3, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $74.7K - 223
Jul 15, 2022 US and Canada: $18.7K Rest of the world: $52.5K Worldwide: $71.2K - 224
May 17, 2024 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $70.6K - 225
Jul 15, 2021 US and Canada: $69.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $69.8K - 226
Sep 7, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $69K - 227
Sep 11, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $69K - 228
Jun 26, 2026 US and Canada: $56.4K Rest of the world: $11.2K Worldwide: $67.6K - 229
Oct 30, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $66.4K - 230
Sep 10, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $66.2K - 231
Jan 5, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $63.8K - 232
Dec 4, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $63.1K - 233
Mar 13, 2001 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $62.9K - 234
Oct 29, 2004 US and Canada: $58K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $58K - 235
Aug 26, 2005 US and Canada: $14.5K Rest of the world: $42.3K Worldwide: $56.9K - 236
Feb 15, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $56.1K - 237
May 20, 2019 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $55.6K - 238
Apr 20, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $54.5K - 239
Mar 4, 2022 US and Canada: $16.1K Rest of the world: $38.3K Worldwide: $54.4K - 240
Aug 20, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $52.2K - 241
Dec 9, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $51.1K - 242
Sep 9, 2016 US and Canada: $31K Rest of the world: $19.7K Worldwide: $50.7K - 243
Nov 24, 2003 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $49.8K - 244
Sep 3, 2006 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $49.1K - 245
Sep 18, 2009 US and Canada: $13.7K Rest of the world: $33.9K Worldwide: $47.6K - 246
Sep 22, 2021 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $47.6K - 247
Aug 19, 2018 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $46.6K - 248
Dec 21, 2017 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $45.6K - 249
May 18, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $45.6K - 250
Jun 19, 2026 US and Canada: $37.2K Rest of the world: $8.1K Worldwide: $45.3K
Archive
Arabic Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1965 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2018 leads with $70.6M, led by Capernaum (2018).
2020s 7 years · $84.4M
2010s 10 years · $160.9M
- 2019 $14.4M #1 The Passage (2019)
- 2018 $70.6M #1 Capernaum (2018)
- 2017 $6.6M #1 The Nile Hilton Incident (2017)
- 2016 $4.4M #1 Under Table (2016)
- 2015 $3.9M #1 Much Loved (2015)
- 2014 $7.3M #1 Vitamin (2014)
- 2013 $13.8M #1 Wadjda (2013)
- 2012 $16.4M #1 Where Do We Go Now? (2012)
- 2011 $4.1M #1 When Pigs Have Wings (2011)
- 2010 $19.3M #1 Safari (2010)
2000s 10 years · $120.9M
- 2009 $39.6M #1 Buried Secrets (2009)
- 2008 $34.7M #1 The Band's Visit (2008)
- 2007 $4.1M #1 Omar & Salma (2007)
- 2006 $11.9M #1 The Yacoubian Building (2006)
- 2005 $11.8M #1 Paradise Now (2005)
- 2004 $8.5M #1 Okal (2004)
- 2003 $5.3M #1 Divine Intervention (2003)
- 2002 $3.5M #1 Mafia (2002)
- 2001 $62.9K #1 Fatma (2001)
- 2000 $1.4M #1 Backstage (2000)