#1 of 19,808 Highest-grossing English-language movie ever
2009 · Action, Adventure
$2.9B worldwide
$785.2M US & Canada · 27% $2.1B elsewhere · 73%
English box office · All time
Highest-Grossing English Movies of All Time, Page 10
Avatar (2009) is the highest-grossing English-language movie in our database, with $2.9B worldwide, ahead of Avengers: Endgame (2019) at $2.8B and Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) at $2.5B. 19,808 English-language films in our database report a worldwide gross, $667B in all, 47% of it from the US & Canada. 64 films crossed $1 billion and 1,633 crossed $100 million. By genre, Adventure leads with $299.6B across 2,003 English releases.
- films with a reported gross
- 19,808
- combined worldwide
- $667B
- films crossed $100M
- 1,633
- earned in the US & Canada
- 47%
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The Top 5,000 English Movies, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 451 to 500 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 19,808 films.
- 451
Jun 23, 1995 US and Canada: $141.6M Rest of the world: $204.5M Worldwide: $346.1M - 452
May 22, 2026 US and Canada: $177.7M Rest of the world: $167.9M Worldwide: $345.6M - 453
Jul 22, 2016 US and Canada: $158.8M Rest of the world: $184.6M Worldwide: $343.5M - 454
Dec 16, 2011 US and Canada: $133.1M Rest of the world: $209.6M Worldwide: $342.7M - 455
May 27, 1994 US and Canada: $130.5M Rest of the world: $211.1M Worldwide: $341.6M - 456
Apr 6, 2018 US and Canada: $188M Rest of the world: $152.9M Worldwide: $341M - 457
Nov 21, 2007 US and Canada: $127.8M Rest of the world: $212.7M Worldwide: $340.5M - 458
May 19, 2006 US and Canada: $155M Rest of the world: $184.8M Worldwide: $339.8M - 459
Mar 7, 2014 US and Canada: $106.6M Rest of the world: $231M Worldwide: $337.6M - 460
Jun 16, 1995 US and Canada: $184.1M Rest of the world: $152.5M Worldwide: $336.6M - 461
May 28, 2010 US and Canada: $90.8M Rest of the world: $245.6M Worldwide: $336.4M - 462
Dec 25, 2008 US and Canada: $127.5M Rest of the world: $208.3M Worldwide: $335.8M - 463
Feb 10, 2012 US and Canada: $103.9M Rest of the world: $231.4M Worldwide: $335.3M - 464
Jun 7, 1996 US and Canada: $134.1M Rest of the world: $201M Worldwide: $335.1M - 465
Jun 10, 2016 US and Canada: $65.1M Rest of the world: $269.8M Worldwide: $334.9M - 466
Sep 27, 2024 US and Canada: $143.9M Rest of the world: $190.6M Worldwide: $334.5M - 467
Jul 8, 2005 US and Canada: $154.7M Rest of the world: $178.8M Worldwide: $333.5M - 468
May 23, 1984 US and Canada: $179.9M Rest of the world: $153.2M Worldwide: $333.1M - 469
Dec 19, 1997 US and Canada: $125.3M Rest of the world: $207.7M Worldwide: $333M - 470
Nov 22, 1989 US and Canada: $119.4M Rest of the world: $213.5M Worldwide: $332.9M - 471
Nov 25, 2015 US and Canada: $123.1M Rest of the world: $209.1M Worldwide: $332.2M - 472
Dec 25, 2019 US and Canada: $108.1M Rest of the world: $224M Worldwide: $332.1M - 473
Aug 13, 2021 US and Canada: $121.6M Rest of the world: $209.9M Worldwide: $331.5M - 474
Jun 13, 2014 US and Canada: $191.7M Rest of the world: $139.6M Worldwide: $331.3M - 475
Oct 6, 2000 US and Canada: $166.2M Rest of the world: $164.2M Worldwide: $330.4M - 476
Jun 21, 1988 US and Canada: $156.5M Rest of the world: $173.4M Worldwide: $329.8M - 477
Dec 3, 2010 US and Canada: $107M Rest of the world: $222.4M Worldwide: $329.4M - 478
Sep 22, 1995 US and Canada: $101M Rest of the world: $227.9M Worldwide: $329M - 479
Jun 30, 2000 US and Canada: $182.6M Rest of the world: $146.1M Worldwide: $328.7M - 480
May 17, 2019 US and Canada: $171M Rest of the world: $157.3M Worldwide: $328.3M - 481
Sep 26, 1986 US and Canada: $174.8M Rest of the world: $153.4M Worldwide: $328.2M - 482
Jun 30, 2006 US and Canada: $124.7M Rest of the world: $202M Worldwide: $326.7M - 483
Jan 9, 2015 US and Canada: $89.3M Rest of the world: $237.2M Worldwide: $326.5M - 484
Jan 16, 2015 US and Canada: $76.3M Rest of the world: $249.8M Worldwide: $326.1M - 485
Jun 21, 1996 US and Canada: $100.1M Rest of the world: $225.2M Worldwide: $325.3M - 486
Nov 6, 2009 US and Canada: $137.9M Rest of the world: $187.4M Worldwide: $325.3M - 487
Feb 6, 2015 US and Canada: $163M Rest of the world: $162.2M Worldwide: $325.2M - 488
May 13, 2011 US and Canada: $169.1M Rest of the world: $155.7M Worldwide: $324.8M - 489
Jul 10, 2026 US and Canada: $126.2M Rest of the world: $197.6M Worldwide: $323.9M - 490
Jun 10, 2016 US and Canada: $102.5M Rest of the world: $220.3M Worldwide: $322.8M - 491
Dec 15, 1993 US and Canada: $96.9M Rest of the world: $225.3M Worldwide: $322.2M - 492
Nov 16, 2018 US and Canada: $85.1M Rest of the world: $236.7M Worldwide: $321.8M - 493
May 15, 1992 US and Canada: $144.7M Rest of the world: $177M Worldwide: $321.7M - 494
Aug 21, 2009 US and Canada: $120.5M Rest of the world: $200.9M Worldwide: $321.5M - 495
Nov 27, 1996 US and Canada: $136.2M Rest of the world: $184.5M Worldwide: $320.7M - 496
Jul 19, 2013 US and Canada: $137.4M Rest of the world: $183M Worldwide: $320.4M - 497
Sep 18, 1987 US and Canada: $156.6M Rest of the world: $163.5M Worldwide: $320.1M - 498
Feb 14, 2020 US and Canada: $149M Rest of the world: $170.7M Worldwide: $319.7M - 499
Jul 1, 2010 US and Canada: $131.8M Rest of the world: $187.9M Worldwide: $319.7M - 500
May 16, 2025 US and Canada: $138.3M Rest of the world: $179.6M Worldwide: $317.9M
Archive
English Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1919 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2019 leads with $28.7B, led by Avengers: Endgame (2019).
2020s 7 years · $105.1B
2010s 10 years · $261B
- 2019 $28.7B #1 Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- 2018 $28.3B #1 Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- 2017 $27.9B #1 Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
- 2016 $27.3B #1 Captain America: Civil War (2016)
- 2015 $27.1B #1 Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
- 2014 $24.6B #1 Transformers: Age Of Extinction (2014)
- 2013 $26B #1 Frozen (2013)
- 2012 $26B #1 The Avengers (2012)
- 2011 $24.2B #1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
- 2010 $21B #1 Toy Story 3 (2010)
2000s 10 years · $170.2B
- 2009 $23B #1 Avatar (2009)
- 2008 $20B #1 The Dark Knight (2008)
- 2007 $20.4B #1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
- 2006 $17.7B #1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
- 2005 $16.6B #1 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
- 2004 $15.9B #1 Shrek 2 (2004)
- 2003 $17.1B #1 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
- 2002 $13.9B #1 Spider-Man (2002)
- 2001 $13.4B #1 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
- 2000 $12.2B #1 Mission: Impossible II (2000)
1990s 10 years · $84.5B
- 1999 $12.9B #1 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
- 1998 $10B #1 Armageddon (1998)
- 1997 $11.8B #1 Titanic (1997)
- 1996 $9.2B #1 Independence Day (1996)
- 1995 $8.9B #1 Toy Story (1995)
- 1994 $7.3B #1 The Lion King (1994)
- 1993 $6.3B #1 Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
- 1992 $5.5B #1 The Bodyguard (1992)
- 1991 $5.9B #1 Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- 1990 $6.5B #1 Ghost (1990)
1980s 10 years · $33.4B
- 1989 $6B #1 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- 1988 $4.3B #1 Rain Man (1988)
- 1987 $3.7B #1 Fatal Attraction (1987)
- 1986 $3.3B #1 Top Gun (1986)
- 1985 $3.5B #1 Back to the Future (1985)
- 1984 $3.4B #1 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
- 1983 $2.6B #1 Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
- 1982 $2.2B #1 Tootsie (1982)
- 1981 $2.1B #1 Superman II (1981)
- 1980 $2.3B #1 Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
1970s 10 years · $9.6B
- 1979 $2B #1 Moonraker (1979)
- 1978 $1.5B #1 Grease (1978)
- 1977 $2.1B #1 Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
- 1976 $624.6M #1 A Star Is Born (1976)
- 1975 $955.1M #1 Jaws (1975)
- 1974 $694.9M #1 Blazing Saddles (1974)
- 1973 $928.9M #1 The Exorcist (1973)
- 1972 $369.2M #1 The Godfather (1972)
- 1971 $182.9M #1 The French Connection (1971)
- 1970 $346.9M #1 The Aristocats (1970)
1960s 10 years · $1.4B
- 1969 $244.6M #1 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
- 1968 $147.2M #1 Funny Girl (1968)
- 1967 $342.7M #1 The Jungle Book (1967)
- 1966 $28.1M #1 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
- 1965 $227.4M #1 Doctor Zhivago (1965)
- 1964 $241M #1 Mary Poppins (1964)
- 1963 $75.1M #1 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
- 1962 $49.6M #1 Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
- 1961 $952.7K #1 Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
- 1960 $42.4M #1 Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
1950s 10 years · $770.2M
- 1959 $126.4M #1 Ben-Hur (1959)
- 1958 $5.1M #1 Touch of Evil (1958)
- 1957 $31.3M #1 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- 1956 $149.5M #1 The Ten Commandments (1956)
- 1955 $95.8M #1 Lady and the Tramp (1955)
- 1954 $70.6M #1 Rear Window (1954)
- 1953 $150.9M #1 Peter Pan (1953)
- 1952 $38.6M #1 The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
- 1951 $4.4M #1 Ace in the Hole (1951)
- 1950 $97.5M #1 Cinderella (1950)
1940s 10 years · $662.1M
- 1949 $1.7M #1 The Third Man (1949)
- 1948 $707.7K #1 The Fallen Idol (1948)
- 1947 $1.4M #1 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
- 1946 $96.2M #1 Song of the South (1946)
- 1945 $22M #1 The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945)
- 1944 $117.4K #1 Henry V (1944)
- 1943 $6M #1 Casablanca (1943)
- 1942 $2M #1 Reunion in France (1942)
- 1941 $4.2M #1 Charley’s Aunt (1941)
- 1940 $527.8M #1 Gone with the Wind (1940)
1930s 10 years · $217.4M
- 1939 $26.3M #1 The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- 1938 $185.2M #1 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938)
- 1937 $27.1K #1 Stage Door (1937)
- 1936 $4.6M #1 After the Thin Man (1936)
- 1935 $602.9K #1 Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
- 1934 $37.5K #1 It Happened One Night (1934)
- 1933 $588.1K #1 Baby Face (1933)
- 1932 $40K #1 The Old Dark House (1932)
- 1931 $299 #1 Transgression (1931)
- 1930 $1.2K #1 Madam Satan (1930)