The Best Don Knotts Movies, Ranked
39 credits from 1960 to 2007, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The biggest box office hit is The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975) with $36.9M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Don Knotts Box Office Hits
Don Knotts's films have made $112M worldwide in total. The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975) is the biggest hit at $36.9M, ahead of Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977) ($29M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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The Apple Dumpling Gang 1975 · Comedy $36.9M $36.9M dom. - 2
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo 1977 · Action $29M $29M dom. - 3
Gus 1976 · Sport $21.9M $21.9M dom. - 4
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again 1979 · Comedy $20.9M $20.9M dom. - 5
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night 1987 · Animation $3.26M $3.26M dom.
The Best Don Knotts Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Don Knotts has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Comedy leads with 11 films, and The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975) is the pick of them.
The Latest Don Knotts Movies
The most recent films Don Knotts is credited on, newest first — starting with Hermie & Friends: Buzby and the Grumble Bees (2007). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Hermie & Friends: Buzby and the Grumble Bees 2007 · Wormie (voice) -
Air Buddies 2006 · Sniffer (voice) -
Hermie & Friends: Hermie and Wormie’s Nutty Adventure 2006 · Wormie -
Hermie & Friends: Stanley the Stinkbug Goes to Camp 2006 · Wormie (voice) -
Hermie & Friends: A Fruitcake Christmas 2005 · Wormie -
Hermie & Friends: Buzby, the Misbehaving Bee 2005 · Wormie -
Hermie & Friends: Webster the Scaredy Spider 2004 · Wormie -
Hermie & Friends: Flo the Lyin’ Fly 2004 · Wormie (voice) -
Hermie a Common Caterpillar 2003 · Wormie -
Quints 2000 · Governor Healy -
Tom Sawyer 2000 · Mutt Potter (voice) -
Jingle Bells 1999 · Kris (voice)
The Best Don Knotts Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Don Knotts films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the highest-grossing Don Knotts movie?
The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975) made the most at the box office, with $36.9M worldwide, followed by Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977) with $29M. Together, Don Knotts's films with box office figures have made $112M.
What is the best Don Knotts comedy movie?
The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975) is the best-rated of Don Knotts's comedy films. In other genres: Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (animation), Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (action) and Gus (sport).
What is the newest Don Knotts movie?
The newest film on Don Knotts's filmography is Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn (2007), with Don Knotts as Self (archive footage).
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