Lista următoare cuprinde o înșirare nedefinitivată a filmelor cu cele mai mari încasări din toate timpurile. Filmele generează profit din mai multe surse de venit, inclusiv din distribuția în cinematografe, home video, drepturi de difuzare la televiziune, și comercializare. Cu toate acestea, câștigurile din box-office-ul cinematografic reprezintă principalul indicator pentru publicațiile de specialitate în evaluarea succesului unui film, în principal datorită disponibilității datelor în comparație cu cifrele de vânzări pentru home video și drepturile de difuzare, dar și datorită practicii istorice.
Cu încasări de peste 2,9 miliarde de dolari la nivel mondial, Avatar (2009) este declarat filmul cu „cele mai mari încasări”, dar astfel de afirmații se referă de obicei doar la veniturile din cinematografe, și nu iau în considerare veniturile din home video și televiziune, care pot constitui o parte semnificativă din veniturile unui film. Odată ce se iau în considerare veniturile din divertismentul la domiciliu, nu este evident care film este cel mai de succes. Titanic (1997) a câștigat 1,2 miliarde de dolari din vânzările și închirierile de casete video și DVD-uri, pe lângă cele 2,2 miliarde de dolari încasate în cinematografe. Deși nu sunt disponibile date complete privind vânzările pentru Avatar, acesta a câștigat 345 de milioane de dolari din vânzarea a șaisprezece milioane de unități DVD și Blu-ray în America de Nord, iar în final a vândut un total de treizeci de milioane de unități DVD și Blu-ray în întreaga lume.
Filmele cu cele mai mari încasări din lume +Lista filmelor cu cele mai mari încasări Loc Poziție de vârf Titlu Box-office mondial AnNote11 Avatar $2,923,706,026 200921 Avengers: Endgame $2,797,501,328 201933 Avatar: The Way of Water $2,320,250,281 202241 Titanic $ 199753 Star Wars: The Force Awakens $2,068,223,624 201564 Avengers: Infinity War $2,048,359,754 201876 Spider-Man: No Way Home $1,921,847,111 202183 Jurassic World $1,671,537,444 201597 $1,656,943,394 2019103 $1,518,815,515 2012114 Furious 7 $1,515,341,399 20151211 Top Gun: Maverick $1,495,696,292 20221310 Frozen II $1,450,026,933 20191414 Barbie $1,441,808,326 2023155 Avengers: Age of Ultron $1,402,809,540 20151615 The Super Mario Bros. Movie $1,361,943,444 2023179 Black Panther $1,347,280,838 2018183 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 $ 2011199 Star Wars: The Last Jedi $1,332,539,889 20172012 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom $ 2018215 Frozen $ 20132210 Beauty and the Beast $1,263,521,126 20172315 Incredibles 2 $1,242,805,359 20182411 $1,238,764,765 2017255 Iron Man 3 $1,214,811,252 20132610 Minions $1,159,444,662 20152712 Captain America: Civil War $1,153,337,496 20162820 Aquaman $1,148,528,393 2018292 $1,147,997,407 20033024 Spider-Man: Far From Home $1,131,927,996 20193123 Captain Marvel $1,128,274,794 2019325 Transformers: Dark of the Moon $1,123,794,079 2011337 Skyfall $1,108,569,499 20123410 Transformers: Age of Extinction $1,104,054,072 2014357 $1,081,169,825 20123631 Joker $1,074,458,282 20193732 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker $1,074,144,248 20193830 Toy Story 4 $1,073,394,593 2019394 Toy Story 3 $1,066,970,811 2010403 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $1,066,179,747 20064120 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story $ 20164234 Aladdin $1,050,693,953 2019436 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides $1,045,713,802 2011441 Jurassic Park $ 19934524 Despicable Me 3 $1,034,800,131 20174622 Finding Dory $1,028,570,942 2016472 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace $1,027,082,707 1999485 Alice in Wonderland $1,025,468,216 20104924 Zootopia $1,023,784,195 20165014 $1,017,030,651 2012
Filmele cu cele mai mari încasări din lume după an +Filme cu încasări mari în funcție de anul lansării An Titlu Box-office mondial ($) Buget ($) Note 1915The Birth of a Nation 1916Intolerance 1917Cleopatra. Cleopatra: "Domestic Rentals: $0.5; Production Cost: $0.3 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)." In: . 1918Mickey 1919The Miracle Man 1920Way Down East Cited in 1921The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. "The Four Forsemen of the Apocalypse was to become Metro's most expensive production and one of the decade's biggest box-office hits. Its production costs have been estimated at "something between $600,000 and $800,000." Variety estimated its worldwide gross at $4 million in 1925 and at $5 million in 1944; in 1991, it estimated its cumulative domestic rentals at $3,800,000." 1922Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood 1923The Covered Wagon 1924The Sea Hawk 1925The Big Parade (). "Even then, at a time when the budget for a feature averaged at around $300,000, no more than $382,000 was spent on production...According to the Eddie Mannix Ledger at MGM, it grossed $4,990,000 domestically and $1,141,000 abroad."Ben-Hur 1926For Heaven's Sake 1927Wings. "At a cost of $2 million Wings was the studio's most expensive movie of the decade, and though it did well it was not good enough to earn a profit." 1928The Singing FoolThe Jazz Singer and The Singing Fool In: . 1929The Broadway Melody In: .The Singing Fool: p. 12 . "Ego aside, Jolson was at the top of his powers in The Singing Fool. The $150,000 Warner Bros. paid him to make it, and the $388,000 it took to produce the film, were drops in the hat next to the film's world gross of $5.9 million. Its $3.8-million gross in this country set a box-office record that would not be surpassed until Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)." The Broadway Melody: p. 24 . "The Broadway Melody with a negative cost of $379,000, grossed $2.8 million in the United States, $4.8 million worldwide, and made a recorded profit of $1.6 million for MGM." Gold Diggers of Broadway: p. 58 . "It grossed an impressive $2.5 million domestically and nearly $4 million worldwide."Sunny Side Up . "Production Cost: $0.6 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)." 1930All Quiet on the Western FrontHell's Angels 1931Frankenstein. "It drew $1.4 million in worldwide rentals in its first run versus $1.2 million for Dracula, which had opened in February 1931."City Lights 1932The Sign of the CrossShanghai Express . "Shanghai Express was Dietrich's biggest hit in America, bringing in $1.5 million in worldwide rentals." 1933King Kong 672.55King KongI'm No Angel. "The studio released its most profitable pictures of the decade in 1933, She Done Him Wrong and I'm No Angel, written by and starring Mae West. Produced at a rock-bottom cost of $200,000 each, they undoubtedly helped Paramount through the worst patch in its history..."CavalcadeWay Down East: p. 52 . "D.W. Griffith's Way Down East (1920) was projected to return rentals of $4,000,000 on an $800,000 negative. This figure was based on the amounts earned from its roadshow run, coupled with its playoff in the rest of the country's theaters. Griffith had originally placed the potential film rental at $3,000,000 but, because of the success of the various roadshows that were running the $4,000,000 total was expected. The film showed a profit of $615,736 after just 23 weeks of release on a gross of $2,179,613." What Price Glory?: p. 112 . "What Price Glory hit the jackpot with massive world rentals of $2,429,000, the highest figure in the history of the company. Since it was also the most expensive production of the year at $817,000 the profit was still a healthy $796,000..." Cavalcade: p. 170 . "The actual cost of Cavalcade was $1,116,000 and it was most definitely not guaranteed a success. In fact, if its foreign grosses followed the usual 40 percent of domestic returns, the film would have lost money. In a turnaround, the foreign gross was almost double the $1,000,000 domestic take to reach total world rentals of $3,000,000 and Fox's largest profit of the year at $664,000." State Fair: p. 170 . "State Fair did turn out to be a substantial hit with the help of Janet Gaynor boosting Will Rogers back to the level of money-making star. Its prestige engagements helped raked in a total $1,208,000 in domestic rentals. Surprisingly, in foreign countries unfamiliar with state fairs, it still earned a respectable $429,000. With its total rentals, the film ended up showing a $398,000 profit."Cavalcade: p. 182 . "Produced by Winfield Sheehan at a cost of $1.25 million, Cavalcade won Academy Awards for best picture, director, art direction and grossed close to $4 million during its first release, much of which came from Great Britain and the Empire." Whoopee: p. 212 . "Produced by Sam Goldwyn at a cost of $1 million, the picture was an adaptation of a smash musical comedy built around Eddie Cantor...A personality-centered musical, Whoopee! made little attempt to integrate the comedy routines, songs, and story. Nonetheless, Cantor's feature-film debut grossed over $2.6 million worldwide and started a popular series that included Palmy Days (1931), The Kid from Spain (1932), and Roman Scandals (1933)."She Done Him Wrong+ In: .. "Total production cost: $274,076 (Unadjusted $s)." 1934The Merry WidowIt Happened One Night 1935Mutiny on the Bounty 1936San FranciscoThe Merry Widow: p. 361 Cost: $1,605,000. Earnings: domestic $861,000; foreign $1,747,000; total $2,608,000. Loss: $113,000. San Francisco: p. 364 Cost: $1,300,000. Earnings: domestic $2,868,000; foreign $2,405,000; total $5,273,000. Profit: $2,237,000. [Reissues in 1938–39 and 1948–49 brought profits of $124,000 and $647,000 respectively.]Grand Hotel: Production Cost $000s: 700; Distribution Cost $000s: 947; U.S. box-office $000s: 1,235; Foreign box-office $000s: 1,359; Total box-office $000s: 2,594; Profit $000s: 947. The Merry Widow: Production Cost $000s: 1,605; Distribution Cost $000s: 1,116; U.S. box-office $000s: 861; Foreign box-office $000s: 1,747; Total box-office $000s: 2,608; Profit $000s: -113. Viva Villa: Production Cost $000s: 1,022; Distribution Cost $000s: 766; U.S. box-office $000s: 941; Foreign box-office $000s: 934; Total box-office $000s: 1,875; Profit $000s: 87. Mutiny on the Bounty: Production Cost $000s: 1,905; Distribution Cost $000s: 1,646; U.S. box-office $000s: 2,250; Foreign box-office $000s: 2,210; Total box-office $000s: 4,460; Profit $000s: 909. San Francisco: Production Cost $000s: 1,300; Distribution Cost $000s: 1,736; U.S. box-office $000s: 2,868; Foreign box-office $000s: 2,405; Total box-office $000s: 5,273; Profit $000s: 2,237. 1937Snow White and the Seven DwarfsSnow White and the Seven DwarfsSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio
p. 207 . "When the budget rose from $250,000 to $1,488,423 he even mortgaged his own home and automobile. Disney had bet more than his company on the success of Snow White." p. 237 . "By the end of 1938, it had grossed more than $8 million in worldwide rentals and was ranked at the time as the second-highest-grossing film after the 1925 epic Ben-Hur". p. 255 . "On its initial release Pinocchio brought in only $1.6 million in domestic rentals (compared with Snow Whites $4.2 million) and $1.9 million in foreign rentals (compared with Snow Whites $4.3 million)." 1938You Can't Take It with You1938 You Can't Take It with You: Boys Town: In: . The Adventures of Robin Hood: