(Sometimes I get busy but Monday is what I'm committing) Refine See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc 98 titles 1. When those prices are adjusted for inflation, however, then Gone with the Windwhich was the highest-grossing film outright for twenty-five yearsis still the highest-grossing film of all time. Driving the news: "Avatar: The Way of Water" opened this week and hopes to become the 12th. Ongoing weekly drops in the totals for several countriesArgentina being the worst affectedled to a drop in the overall worldwide total. At the end of 1947 it had earned $2million, and by 1949, $8million; by 1956 it had earned $22million in rentals, representing a gross of $80million, and would have easily placed in the top ten films in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The world had to wait some 12 years for James Cameron to follow up the biggest film of all time with what would become the new biggest film of all time. It was not officially an Avengers film, butCivil War may as well have been. As of June 2022, the Marvel Cinematic Universe series was the highest-grossing film franchise with total worldwide box office revenue of 26.6 billion U.S. dollars. 13. Everyone mocked the concept of Disney turning one of their classic rides into a feature-length film. Four other films during the summer of 2019 also exceeded its one-time-record theater count. For 25 years, this film has remained relevant in pop culture through an acclaimedstage show, direct-to-video sequels, spinoffs, television series, and that mammoth re-imagination. Twelve years after the completion of the Star Warsprequel trilogy, J.J. Abrams was tasked with makingEpisode VII a monumental undertaking, and a risky one. The result is the highest-grossing domestic release to receive a Rotten score on the Tomatometer, at 53%. Traditionally, war films, musicals, and historical dramas have been the most popular genres, but franchise films have been among the best performers of the 21st century. [19] In view of what appears to be an aberration in the source, a previous figure is provided. [110] The most successful shared universe in the medium of film is the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a crossover between multiple superhero properties owned by Marvel Comics. Latest Updates: News | Daily | Weekend | All Time | International | Showdowns Glossary | User Guide | Help . Votes: 576,004 | Gross: $426.83M. [34] Which film is Gone with the Wind's nearest rival depends on the set of figures used: Guinness had Avatar in second place with $3billion, while other estimates saw Titanic in the runner-up spot with first-run worldwide earnings of almost $2.9billion at 2010 prices.[33]. Among the highest-grossing films are worlds that immerse viewers, and their IMDb scores reflect how audiences feel about the experience. [75] Despite later retracting the claim, the sum has been widely reported even though it has never been substantiated. Its $682 million overseas is the sixth-best ever for an animated film, the second-best for any Disney animated film, Pixar or otherwise. HP1The Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone reissue totals recorded by Box Office Mojo for Brazil (2020), Italy (2021), Netherlands (2021) and South Korea (2021) have been deducted from the lifetime gross due to Box Office Mojo double-counting the original release grosses in those countries. Domestically, it would ultimately come up just short ofBlack Panther, which wasreleased twomonths prior. Animated family films have performed consistently well, with Disney films enjoying lucrative re-releases prior to the home-video era. Because of the long-term effects of inflation, notably the significant increase of movie theater ticket prices, the list unadjusted for inflation gives far more weight to later films. While not quite as well-received as the first film critically (77% vs. 90% on the Tomatometer),Frozen IIvirtually demanded that parents bring their children for a second adventure. The second-bestreviewed film in the Jurassicseries(72% on the Tomatometer vs. the originals 91%), Jurassic Worldtrampled a competitive summer full of Avengers, Minions, and inner feelings, and became just the third film since Titanic in 1998 to pass $600 million in domestic box office. Click on the year number for a list of all the films released that year. Tom Cruise suited up again to play ace pilot Pete Maverick Mitchell in Joseph Kosinskis three-and-a-half-decades-later sequelTop Gun: Maverick and delivered what was easily the biggest movie of the summer (and probably the entire year), landing at N0. Though its Tomatometer score is among the lower scores in the Top 50 (69%), Todd PhillipsJokerhad the highest-opening ever in the month of October (passing the previous yearsVenom) and ultimately became thehighest-grossing film ever released in that month in North America, surpassing Alfonso CuaronsGravitydomestically. IMDb.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Conditions of Use On the glass-half-full side, Jacksons first four Tolkien films grossed a combined $3.938 billion globally. Since Frozen spent 16 straight weeks in the top 10, only three films have come as close, with 13 straight weeks in that top 10:Black Panther, La La Land, and yes,Zootopia. Nevertheless, it puts a capper on a nine-episode series from 1977-2019 that grossed (with re-releases) a collective $8.71 billion. HP8Production costs were shared with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. AEThe gross for Avengers: Endgame is adjusted from the 2020 index. Well, Woody and the gang proved them all wrong. Steven Spielberg is the most represented director on the chart, with six films to his credit, occupying the top spot in 1975, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1989 and 1993. The first summer release for the Toy Storyfranchiseturned into the first $100 million opening weekend for Pixar as well asthe studiosfirst $400 domestic tally and first worldwide haul of $1 billion. Fourteen years later and deep into the superhero cinematic explosion, Birds sequel more than doubled the originals box office and became the highest-grossing animated film ever at the domestic box office. Another $745 million internationally made this the fourth MCU film to reach $1 billion. List of 2021 box office number-one films in the United States 5 languages Talk Read Edit View history Tools This is a list of films which ranked number one at the weekend box office for the year 2021. under which this service is provided to you. Some of the older films that held the record of highest-grossing film still have respectable grosses by today's standards, but no longer compete numerically against today's top-earners in an era of much higher individual ticket prices. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) Lifetime gross: $775,768,912 "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away" Thus kicked off George Lucas'. When the fourth entry of Pixars signature series opened to only $120 million, many labeled it a disappointment.Some had expectedToy Story 4to have the studios biggest opening ever, and the film was then written off by some as part of a string of failed sequels in the summer of 2019. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures. But even as it dipped below $300 million for the first time at home, its $858 million international haul was still thesixth-highest totalfor any movie outside the U.S. and Canada at the time. 6 and Disneys absorption of what used to be 21st Century Fox, Disney now occupies seven of the 10 top box office rankings of all time worldwide (eight, if you count its joint ownership of Titanic with Paramount). Other Marvel Comics adaptations have also had success with the Spider-Man and X-Men properties, while films based on Batman and Superman from DC Comics have generally performed well. Other sources state that the takings for Forever Amber ($8million) and Life with Father ($6.5million)[61] were in fact worldwide rental grosses, so it is possible this is also true of Unconquered. That was just a couple million dollars shyof his 1982 classic,E.T., but re-releases in 2-D and 3-D over the years have put the film over $400 million domestic and $1 billion worldwide. It was also the fifth stand-alone Spider-Man film (live-action or animated) to register at 90% or higher on the Tomatometer critics love their web-slinger. [84] Roger Ebert has reasoned it possibly did earn as much as $600million on paper, since mobsters owned most of the adult movie theaters during this period and would launder income from drugs and prostitution through them, so probably inflated the box-office receipts for the film.[85]. The highest-grossing films of the last 10 years, ranked by critics. The approach was to mix the old and the new, and it worked. Iron Man 3wasjust the 13th film to reach $400 million domestic in its initial run, and is the highest-grossing non-Avengers film in the MCU overseas with over $805 million. Titanic earned $1.2billion from video and DVD sales and rentals,[1] in addition to the $2.2billion it grossed in theatres. One notable example of this phenomenon is Avatar, which was also released in 3D and IMAX: almost two-thirds of tickets for that film were for 3D showings with an average price of $10, and about one-sixth were for IMAX showings with an average price over $14.50, compared to a 2010 average price of $7.61 for 2D films. TV Shows. Skyfallwas also a gold standardfor Bond beyond the box office: It stands amongst the seriestop five scores on the Tomatometer, Certified Fresh at 92%. Since Variety at the time ranked films by their U.S. and Canadian rental, they constructed a hypothetical rental figure for the Cinerama films to provide a basis for comparison to other films in their chart: in the case of This Is Cinerama, the $50million worldwide gross was reconfigured as a $12.5million U.S. rental gross; this is exactly 25% of the amount reported by Cinerama, so Variety's formula seemingly halved the gross to obtain an estimate for the U.S. share, and halved it again to simulate a rental fee. For example, in 1970, tickets cost $1.55 or about $6.68 in inflation-adjusted 2004 dollars; by 1980, prices had risen to about $2.69, a drop to $5.50 in inflation-adjusted 2004 dollars. Carol Danvers becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. (It is now 16th.) A planned two-parter turned into a full-blown trilogy and critics were feeling the bloat: While JacksonsLord of the Rings films all scored over 90% on the Tomatometer, the Hobbit films never rose above 74%, with the first film right in the middle with 64%. George Lucas returned to the directors chair aftermore than two decadesto give fans what they thought they wanted 16 years after the release of Return of the Jedi. But Guy Ritchies new version of the beloved 1992 animated film took advantage of other 2019 summerunder-performers likeGodzilla: King of the Monsters,Dark Phoenix,andMen In Black International,gobbling them all up and staying in the top five at the box office for seven straight weeks. When all was said and done, Nolans trilogy had grossed over $2.46 billion worldwide. Included on the list are charts of the top box-office earners (ranked by both the nominal and real value of their revenue), a chart of high-grossing films by calendar year, a timeline showing the transition of the highest-grossing film record, and a chart of the highest-grossing film franchises and series. Samson and Delilah (1949) saw the beginning of a trend of increasingly expensive historical dramas set during Ancient Rome/biblical times throughout the 1950s as cinema competed with television for audiences,[44] with Quo Vadis, The Robe, The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur and Spartacus all becoming the highest-grossing film of the year during initial release, before the genre started to wane after several high-profile failures. With the advent of sound in 1927, the musicalthe genre best placed to showcase the new technologytook over as the most popular type of film with audiences, with 1928 and 1929 both being topped by musical films. The first Shrek was the No. [23] To compensate for the devaluation of the currency, some charts make adjustments for inflation, but not even this practice fully addresses the issue, since ticket prices and inflation do not necessarily parallel one another. Tolkien to give audiences the Bilbo Baggins tale. All charts are ranked by international theatrical box-office performance where possible, excluding income derived from home video, broadcasting rights, and merchandise. [113][114] The Marvel Cinematic Universe has had the most films gross over $1billion, with ten. It even fell behind the sixthFuriousfilm domestically, but did incredibly well abroad: it was the sixthfilm ever to make a cool billion outside theU.S. and Canada alone. The general moviegoing public ate it up, though. List of highest-grossing Tamil films List of highest-grossing Telugu films List of highest-grossing Kannada films List of highest-grossing Iranian films List of highest-grossing Japanese films List of highest-grossing Mexican films List of highest-grossing Nepali films List of highest-grossing Nigerian films List of highest-grossing Pakistani films In its fourth weekend of release, it became Disneys sixth billion-dollar film of 2019, pushingJumanji: Welcome to the Jungleout of the Top 50 on the same weekend that its sequelThe Next Levelopened. Will be updated every Monday. Following the outbreak of World War II, many of the foreign markets were unavailable to Hollywood so it became standard practice to just report on North American box-office performance. James Bond is one example of this. Spider-Man: No Way Home wasnt unexpected because of the film itself, which was an ambitious, multiverse-expanding entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that brought together some of the most beloved characters in the web-slingers big-screen history in a funny, heartbreaking, thrilling spectacle. (And, if you are are keeping track, it is the 12th Disney property in thetop 20.). I: The Phantom Menace. the box office gross less the exhibitor's cut). The first Marvel film released following the massive success of Joss Whedons The Avengers was also the most successful of the individual Iron Man films. The James Bondfranchise got a boost with Pierce Brosnan and an even larger one with Daniel Craig. Daily | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:. The most successful superhero film, Avengers: Endgame, is also the second-highest-grossing film on the nominal earnings chart, and there are four films in total based on the Avengers comic books charting in the top twenty. The 21st century has seen an increasing dependence on franchises and adaptations, with the box-office dominance of films based on pre-existing intellectual property at record levels.[46]. It really all came down to a final dash near the finish line. Before James Cameron owned the top two spots in all-time domestic box office (for a period), it was Steven Spielberg who had pulled off that feat. The space epic was only one of two films in 2018-19 to spend 10 straight weeks in thetop 10 (the other beingBlack Panther), and was the seventh MCU film to reach $1 billion at the box office globally. Coming on the heels of Finding Nemo, this marks the only time that animated films were the top box-office hits of back-to-back years. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones. When it took over the top spot in 2019, Avengers: Endgame became the first sequel to hold the record of highest-grossing film, and in doing so interrupted thirty-six years of Spielberg/Cameron dominance before Avatar reclaimed the top spot two years later in 2021 upon a re-release. Thor and Hulk were AWOL, sure, but Spider-Man received his welcomed introduction into the MCU, as didBlack Panther. One of the more controversial entries in the Star Wars series dont getanyone started on the casino planet sequence! In 1999, it was the first film to clear $100 million in five days, beating the previous record holder,The Lost World: Jurassic Park, which earned$98.6 million in the same amount of time. But he did. The Star Wars films are the highest-grossing series based on a single property, earning over $10billion at the box office (although the Eon James Bond films have earned over $19billion in total when adjusted to current prices). All rights reserved. [22], Another complication is release in multiple formats for which different ticket prices are charged. [83] Exact figures are not known, but testimony in a federal trial in 1976about four years into the film's releaseshowed the film had grossed over $25million. Menu. Shia LaBeouf was replacedwith Mark Wahlberg as the franchises central hero, and the fourth film from Michael Bay approached a near three-hour running time at 165 minutes. It's all thanks to the release . User Guide Fans of J.K. Rowlings fantasy series got to see its characters (and the actors who played them) grow up in front of their eyes. [39] Titanic grossed a further $762,994 during limited re-releases in 2017 and 2020, but this sum is not represented in the adjusted total.[40]. All rights reserved. The Abyss, Terminator 2, and True Lies were all the most expensive movies of their time upon release. A franchise is typically defined to be at least two works derived from a common intellectual property. The Godfather was re-released in 1973 after its success at the 45th Academy Awards, and Jaws was released again in 1976, and their grosses here most likely include earnings from those releases. The back half of the Potterfinaleset the new record for an opening weekend at the time with $169.1 million, and its $960 million international haul ranked only behind Avatar and Titanic. Pirates of the Caribbean $4.52 billion. It was Disneys first $100-plus million opening ($135 million to be precise), and the studio has had 20 more since then. Copyright Fandango. In 1984, Linda Lovelace testified to a United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on juvenile justice that the film had earned $600million;[82] this figure has been the subject of much speculation, since if it is accurate then the film would have made more money than Star Wars, and finished the 1970s as the highest-grossing film. Cecil B. DeMille (1932, 1947, 1949, 1952 and 1956) is in second place with five films and William Wyler (1942, 1946, 1959 and 1968) and James Cameron (1991, 1997, 2009 and 2022) are tied for third place with four films. Coming up shy of the first films record-breaking opening weekend note that it was stillthe second-best opening of all time when it was released the movie never matched its predecessor indollars or affection. The total listed here incorporates subsequent earnings in Japan, Nigeria, Spain, the United Kingdom and Germany up to the end of 2015 but omits earnings in Turkey, Iceland, Brazil, and Australia (2016), which amount to a few hundred thousand dollars. For example, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice belongs to not only the Batman and Superman franchises, but also to the DC Extended Universe, which is a shared universe. The Star Wars franchise has had the highest-grossing film in 8 different years since 1977. Spielberg became the first director to break his own record when Jurassic Park overtook E.T., and Cameron emulated the feat when Avatar broke the record set by Titanic. Only the final Harry Potter chapter could beat it in the summer of 2011, when they were the only films topass $300 million domestic. [36] The index is uniformly applied to the grosses in the chart published by Guinness World Records in 2014, beginning with the 2014 index. To put that into context, the second-highest-grossing franchise is Star Wars at $10 billion. [65] While it is generally accepted that Gone with the Wind took over the record of highest-grossing film on its initial releasewhich is true in terms of public exhibitionit is likely it did not overtake The Birth of a Nation in total revenue until a much later date, with it still being reported as the highest earner up until the 1960s. Once revenue from home entertainment is factored in it is not immediately clear which film is the most successful. When a film becomes not just a global phenomenon but the highest-grossing film in your canon of animated entertainment, a sequel is inevitable. [81], Another film purported to have been the highest-grosser is the 1972 pornographic film Deep Throat. 7 on the domestic charts, and enter the top 20 earners worldwide at No. [73] It was hugely popular with the Ku Klux Klan who used it to drive recruitment,[74] and at one point Variety estimated its total earnings to stand at around $50million. [52] However, it is possible this figure has been mistaken for the gross of the 1954 remake which also earned $8,000,000 in North American rentals.[53]. Latest Updates: Other Worldwide MPAA Ratings records: Top PG-13 Worldwide - Top PG Worldwide - Top G Worldwide - Top Not Rated Worldwide - Top GP Worldwide - Top NC-17 Worldwide - Top M/PG Worldwide This chart contains the top 100 R movies based on the cumulative worldwide box office. Nobody believed he was going to surpass Titanics numbers with this tale of an alien planet and the paraplegic Marine who teams up with its inhabitants in the battle for Unobtanium. Star Wars is also represented in the nominal earnings chart with five films, while the Harry Potter, Jurassic Park and Pirates of the Caribbean franchises feature prominently. Outgrossing DCsWonder Womanaround the world and at home, the breakthrough film wasembraced by critics(though its Certified Fresh score of 78% ranks 18th out ofthe MCUs23 films). Latest Updates: News | Daily | Weekend | All Time | International | Showdowns Glossary | User Guide | Help . In the era of the modern blockbuster, even a record-breaker can be front-loaded and only spend three weeks atop the charts. While inflation has eroded the achievements of most films from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, there are franchises originating from that period that are still active. After two successful Despicable Mefilms it was time to give Grus kooky supportingyellow folk their own story. Traditionally, the work has a tautological relationship with the property, but this is not a prerequisite. Disney movies dominate the list. Black Widow - $380 Million Available to stream on Disney+ The projections for Black Widow were a lot higher than what it finally made for several reasons. The Oscar-winning song that has tortured parents for nearly a decadewas just part of what madeFrozen the highest-grossing animated film in history. [1] Number-one films [ edit] Highest-grossing films [ edit] Calendar gross [ edit] Highest-grossing films of 2021 by Calendar Gross [56] Since . King Solomon's Mines (1950) Adventurer Allan Quartermain leads an expedition into uncharted African territory in an attempt to locate an explorer who went missing during his search for the fabled diamond mines of King Solomon. On this chart, films are ranked by the revenues from theatrical exhibition at their nominal value, along with the highest positions they attained. The Birth of a Nation, Gone with the Wind, The Godfather, Jaws, Star Wars, E.T., and Avatar all increased their record grosses with re-releases. On an Apple device? WhileAvengers: Endgame andAvatar recently duked it out for bragging rights as the all-time highest-grossing movie, 2021 surprised everyone to an extent with the success of Spider-Man: No Way Home, which blew everyone away, setting new records and entertaining fans all over the world even as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to wreak havoc on the industry. [56] In keeping with this new approach, the North American rental for Gone with the Wind was revised to $21million in 1947 ($11million lower than the previous figure),[58] and as of 1953following the 1947 re-releaseVariety was reporting earnings of $26million. These are the 25 highest-grossing movies of all time: 25. With a 2021 re-release in China,Avatar did ultimately take back the crown, but it doesnt diminish the incredible achievement ofEndgame. Titanic (1997) PG-13 | 194 min | Drama, Romance 7.9 Rate 75 Metascore A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. All rights reserved. Even if it came up a bit short internationally, it still became the fourth billion-dollar grosser in Pixars history and their third-highestgrossing film overall. Speaking of gathering Marvel characters for an epic showdown, 2021 provided an unexpected box office champion that would swing triumphantly into the top 10. If there was one movie in all of 2021 or, hell, even going back as far as 2020 that moviegoers were willing to risk going to the theater for, it was absolutelyNo Way Home, and boy did they ever show up. (Spider-Man appeared in four of the MCUs other members of the $1 Billion Club). Also, it is just one of four films on this list to receive a Tomatometer score of 97%. Smart move. That made The Lion King the fourth highest-grossing film ever (not counting re-releases) and the number 1 domestic animated release of all time, a title it held for nine years until Finding Nemo. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of . The Magnificent Seven-like story was an instant favorite for some and an average side-trip for others. The movie featuredone of the gutsiest cliffhangers in any franchises history, leaving audiences to wait in shock for an entire year to discover how Phase 3 of the epic series would end. News | All Time | Audiences were hungry forrepresentation on screenand looking for a thrilling re-introduction to the character, and in Ryan Cooglers action-packed, beautiful-looking epic, they got both. Minionshad thelargest opening for Illumination Entertainment ever, earning $115.7 million on its first weekend. For the list below, weve included global box office performance, as well as domestic, and release date. The Transformers series was beginning to show its age in North America in 2014, but around the world it was more popular than ever. Disney also enjoyed later success with films such as Frozen and Frozen II, Zootopia, and The Lion King (with its computer-animated remake as the highest-grossing animated film), as well as its Pixar brand, of which Incredibles 2, Toy Story 3 and 4, and Finding Dory have been the best performers. That is to say, the success of Having found success withitslive-action re-imaginings ofThe Jungle BookandBeauty and the Beast, Disney tripled down in 2019 with three new remakes. The director ofThe Hangoverfilms wanted to make an origin story out of Batmans most infamous nemesis. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, On an Apple device? and But it was the full embrace of the series now-signature bombast, as well as the untimely death of Paul Walker, that brought the combo of curiosity and tribute that helped make James WansFurious 7the franchises most successful entry. The film became not only the highest-grossing Spider-Man movie ever made, but also the most successful movie ever released by Sony Pictures en route to dominating 2021 and settling into the top 10 here. This chart contains the top movies based on the cumulative worldwide box office. The movie went on to outgross the third film by over $12 million domestically. Its $116.1 million start was the sixth-largest movie opening ever at the time and the second-highest for Disney behind the second Pirates film.