#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 51
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 2,501 to 2,550 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.
- 2501
Sep 25, 2026 US and Canada: $46.7M Rest of the world: $6M Worldwide: $52.7M - 2502
Dec 15, 2023 US and Canada: $8.7M Rest of the world: $44M Worldwide: $52.7M - 2503
Dec 17, 1976 US and Canada: $52.6M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $52.6M - 2504
Feb 15, 1991 US and Canada: $34M Rest of the world: $18.5M Worldwide: $52.5M - 2505
Jan 23, 2015 US and Canada: $35.4M Rest of the world: $17M Worldwide: $52.4M - 2506
Nov 20, 2015 US and Canada: $43M Rest of the world: $9.3M Worldwide: $52.4M - 2507
Jul 27, 2018 US and Canada: $29.8M Rest of the world: $22.6M Worldwide: $52.4M - 2508
Dec 25, 1994 US and Canada: $43.2M Rest of the world: $9.2M Worldwide: $52.4M - 2509
Nov 26, 2009 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $52.4M - 2510
Feb 22, 2002 US and Canada: $30.3M Rest of the world: $22M Worldwide: $52.3M - 2511
Apr 8, 2022 US and Canada: $22.8M Rest of the world: $29.5M Worldwide: $52.3M - 2512
Dec 18, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $52.3M - 2513
Oct 17, 1986 US and Canada: $52.3M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $52.3M - 2514
Sep 6, 1984 US and Canada: $52M Rest of the world: $295.4K Worldwide: $52.3M - 2515
Sep 19, 1968 US and Canada: $52.2M Rest of the world: $2.5K Worldwide: $52.2M - 2516
Aug 21, 2002 US and Canada: $31.6M Rest of the world: $20.6M Worldwide: $52.2M - 2517
Jun 9, 1989 US and Canada: $52.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $52.2M - 2518
Dec 25, 2017 US and Canada: $21.2M Rest of the world: $31M Worldwide: $52.2M - 2519
Dec 21, 2016 US and Canada: $31.9M Rest of the world: $20.3M Worldwide: $52.2M - 2520
Oct 14, 2005 US and Canada: $26.9M Rest of the world: $25.3M Worldwide: $52.2M - 2521
Jan 29, 2016 US and Canada: $27.6M Rest of the world: $24.5M Worldwide: $52.1M - 2522
Dec 20, 1990 US and Canada: $52.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $52.1M - 2523
Mar 20, 1998 US and Canada: $39M Rest of the world: $13.1M Worldwide: $52.1M - 2524
Aug 29, 2025 US and Canada: $15.3M Rest of the world: $36.7M Worldwide: $52M - 2525
Jan 17, 2025 US and Canada: $50.1M Rest of the world: $1.8M Worldwide: $51.9M - 2526
Jul 17, 1987 US and Canada: $20.8M Rest of the world: $31.1M Worldwide: $51.9M - 2527
Feb 18, 2000 US and Canada: $36.1M Rest of the world: $15.8M Worldwide: $51.9M - 2528
Aug 16, 2002 US and Canada: $40.4M Rest of the world: $11.5M Worldwide: $51.8M - 2529
Aug 13, 2010 US and Canada: $33.5M Rest of the world: $18.3M Worldwide: $51.8M - 2530
Oct 6, 2006 US and Canada: $39.5M Rest of the world: $12.2M Worldwide: $51.8M - 2531
Aug 10, 2018 US and Canada: $30.6M Rest of the world: $21.2M Worldwide: $51.7M - 2532
Sep 11, 2009 US and Canada: $51.7M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $51.7M - 2533
Mar 16, 1979 US and Canada: $51.7M Rest of the world: $118 Worldwide: $51.7M - 2534
Oct 7, 1971 US and Canada: $51.7M Rest of the world: $8.9K Worldwide: $51.7M - 2535
Dec 12, 2008 US and Canada: $33.4M Rest of the world: $18.3M Worldwide: $51.7M - 2536
Mar 25, 1988 US and Canada: $43.2M Rest of the world: $8.5M Worldwide: $51.7M - 2537
May 8, 2015 US and Canada: $34.6M Rest of the world: $17.1M Worldwide: $51.7M - 2538
Jan 29, 1959 US and Canada: $51.6M Rest of the world: $485 Worldwide: $51.6M - 2539
Mar 7, 2008 US and Canada: $45.6M Rest of the world: $5.9M Worldwide: $51.5M - 2540
Feb 15, 1985 US and Canada: $45.9M Rest of the world: $5.7M Worldwide: $51.5M - 2541
Jan 8, 2010 US and Canada: $30.1M Rest of the world: $21.3M Worldwide: $51.4M - 2542
May 11, 2018 US and Canada: $46.8M Rest of the world: $4.6M Worldwide: $51.4M - 2543
Nov 21, 1997 US and Canada: $35.9M Rest of the world: $15.4M Worldwide: $51.4M - 2544
Jul 11, 2008 US and Canada: $11.8M Rest of the world: $39.5M Worldwide: $51.3M - 2545
Mar 13, 1969 US and Canada: $51.3M Rest of the world: $22 Worldwide: $51.3M - 2546
Dec 31, 2008 US and Canada: $28.6M Rest of the world: $22.6M Worldwide: $51.3M - 2547
Jul 31, 1987 US and Canada: $51.2M Rest of the world: $35K Worldwide: $51.2M - 2548
Jan 9, 1965 US and Canada: $51.1M Rest of the world: $139.3K Worldwide: $51.2M - 2549
Jun 13, 2003 US and Canada: $30.9M Rest of the world: $20.2M Worldwide: $51.1M - 2550
Mar 18, 1994 US and Canada: $51.1M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $51.1M
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)