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Box Office by Genre

Highest-grossing films within each major genre. ← Back to leaderboards

Films often carry multiple genre tags from TMDB — an action-comedy may appear on both lists. Numbers are unadjusted lifetime grosses.

Action

Top grossing in genre

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  1. 1

    Avatar

    2009

    $2.92B
  2. 2

    Avengers: Endgame

    2019

    $2.8B
  3. 3

    Avatar: The Way of Water

    2022

    $2.35B
  4. 4

    Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    2015

    $2.07B
  5. 5

    Avengers: Infinity War

    2018

    $2.05B
  6. 6

    Spider-Man: No Way Home

    2021

    $1.92B
  7. 7

    Jurassic World

    2015

    $1.67B
  8. 8

    The Avengers

    2012

    $1.52B
  9. 9

    Furious 7

    2015

    $1.52B
  10. 10

    Top Gun: Maverick

    2022

    $1.49B

Adventure

Top grossing in genre

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  1. 1

    Avatar

    2009

    $2.92B
  2. 2

    Avengers: Endgame

    2019

    $2.8B
  3. 3

    Avatar: The Way of Water

    2022

    $2.35B
  4. 4

    Ne Zha 2

    2025

    $2.26B
  5. 5

    Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    2015

    $2.07B
  6. 6

    Avengers: Infinity War

    2018

    $2.05B
  7. 7

    Spider-Man: No Way Home

    2021

    $1.92B
  8. 8

    Zootopia 2

    2025

    $1.87B
  9. 9

    Inside Out 2

    2024

    $1.7B
  10. 10

    Jurassic World

    2015

    $1.67B

Animation

Top grossing in genre

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  1. 1

    Ne Zha 2

    2025

    $2.26B
  2. 2

    Zootopia 2

    2025

    $1.87B
  3. 3

    Inside Out 2

    2024

    $1.7B
  4. 4

    The Lion King

    2019

    $1.66B
  5. 5

    Frozen II

    2019

    $1.45B
  6. 6

    The Super Mario Bros. Movie

    2023

    $1.36B
  7. 7

    Frozen

    2013

    $1.27B
  8. 8

    Incredibles 2

    2018

    $1.24B
  9. 9

    Minions

    2015

    $1.16B
  10. 10

    Toy Story 4

    2019

    $1.07B

Comedy

Top grossing in genre

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  1. 1

    Zootopia 2

    2025

    $1.87B
  2. 2

    Inside Out 2

    2024

    $1.7B
  3. 3

    Frozen II

    2019

    $1.45B
  4. 4

    Barbie

    2023

    $1.45B
  5. 5

    The Super Mario Bros. Movie

    2023

    $1.36B
  6. 6

    Deadpool & Wolverine

    2024

    $1.34B
  7. 7

    Minions

    2015

    $1.16B
  8. 8

    Toy Story 4

    2019

    $1.07B
  9. 9

    Toy Story 3

    2010

    $1.07B
  10. 10

    Moana 2

    2024

    $1.06B

Drama

Top grossing in genre

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  1. 1

    Titanic

    1997

    $2.26B
  2. 2

    The Lion King

    2019

    $1.66B
  3. 3

    Top Gun: Maverick

    2022

    $1.49B
  4. 4

    The Dark Knight Rises

    2012

    $1.08B
  5. 5

    Joker

    2019

    $1.08B
  6. 6

    Oppenheimer

    2023

    $952M
  7. 7

    Bohemian Rhapsody

    2018

    $910.8M
  8. 8

    The Battle at Lake Changjin

    2021

    $902.5M
  9. 9

    Inside Out

    2015

    $857.6M
  10. 10

    The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

    2012

    $829.7M

Horror

Top grossing in genre

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  1. 1

    The NeedyMonster

    2025

    $800M
  2. 2

    It

    2017

    $719.8M
  3. 3

    World War Z

    2013

    $531.9M
  4. 4

    The Meg

    2018

    $530.5M
  5. 5

    The Conjuring: Last Rites

    2025

    $499.2M
  6. 6

    It Chapter Two

    2019

    $473.1M
  7. 7

    Jaws

    1975

    $470.7M
  8. 8

    Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

    2024

    $452M
  9. 9

    The Exorcist

    1973

    $441.3M
  10. 10

    The Mummy

    2017

    $409.2M

Science Fiction

Top grossing in genre

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  1. 1

    Avatar

    2009

    $2.92B
  2. 2

    Avengers: Endgame

    2019

    $2.8B
  3. 3

    Avatar: The Way of Water

    2022

    $2.35B
  4. 4

    Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    2015

    $2.07B
  5. 5

    Avengers: Infinity War

    2018

    $2.05B
  6. 6

    Spider-Man: No Way Home

    2021

    $1.92B
  7. 7

    Jurassic World

    2015

    $1.67B
  8. 8

    The Avengers

    2012

    $1.52B
  9. 9

    Avatar: Fire and Ash

    2025

    $1.49B
  10. 10

    Avengers: Age of Ultron

    2015

    $1.41B

Thriller

Top grossing in genre

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  1. 1

    Jurassic World

    2015

    $1.67B
  2. 2

    Furious 7

    2015

    $1.52B
  3. 3

    Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

    2018

    $1.31B
  4. 4

    The Fate of the Furious

    2017

    $1.24B
  5. 5

    Skyfall

    2012

    $1.11B
  6. 6

    The Dark Knight Rises

    2012

    $1.08B
  7. 7

    Joker

    2019

    $1.08B
  8. 8

    The Dark Knight

    2008

    $1B
  9. 9

    Spectre

    2015

    $880.7M
  10. 10

    The NeedyMonster

    2025

    $800M

Romance

Top grossing in genre

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  1. 1

    Titanic

    1997

    $2.26B
  2. 2

    Beauty and the Beast

    2017

    $1.27B
  3. 3

    Aladdin

    2019

    $1.05B
  4. 4

    Shrek 2

    2004

    $935.5M
  5. 5

    The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

    2012

    $829.7M
  6. 6

    The NeedyMonster

    2025

    $800M
  7. 7

    Wicked

    2024

    $758.8M
  8. 8

    Maleficent

    2014

    $758.5M
  9. 9

    The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

    2011

    $712.2M
  10. 10

    The Twilight Saga: New Moon

    2009

    $709.8M

Fantasy

Top grossing in genre

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  1. 1

    Ne Zha 2

    2025

    $2.26B
  2. 2

    Avatar: Fire and Ash

    2025

    $1.49B
  3. 3

    Frozen II

    2019

    $1.45B
  4. 4

    Barbie

    2023

    $1.45B
  5. 5

    The Super Mario Bros. Movie

    2023

    $1.36B
  6. 6

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

    2011

    $1.34B
  7. 7

    Frozen

    2013

    $1.27B
  8. 8

    Beauty and the Beast

    2017

    $1.27B
  9. 9

    Aquaman

    2018

    $1.15B
  10. 10

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    2003

    $1.12B

Mystery

Top grossing in genre

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  1. 1

    Zootopia 2

    2025

    $1.87B
  2. 2

    The NeedyMonster

    2025

    $800M
  3. 3

    The Batman

    2022

    $772.8M
  4. 4

    The Da Vinci Code

    2006

    $760M
  5. 5

    Detective Chinatown 3

    2021

    $686.3M
  6. 6

    Full River Red

    2023

    $673.6M
  7. 7

    The Sixth Sense

    1999

    $672.8M
  8. 8

    Detective Chinatown 2

    2018

    $544.2M
  9. 9

    Sherlock Holmes

    2009

    $524M
  10. 10

    Detective Chinatown 1900

    2025

    $500.3M

War

Top grossing in genre

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  1. 1

    The Battle at Lake Changjin

    2021

    $902.5M
  2. 2

    Wolf Warrior 2

    2017

    $870.3M
  3. 3

    The Battle at Lake Changjin II: Water Gate Bridge

    2022

    $626.2M
  4. 4

    Operation Red Sea

    2018

    $579.3M
  5. 5

    Dunkirk

    2017

    $549.1M
  6. 6

    American Sniper

    2014

    $542.3M
  7. 7

    Troy

    2004

    $497.4M
  8. 8

    War for the Planet of the Apes

    2017

    $490.7M
  9. 9

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998

    $481.8M
  10. 10

    The Eight Hundred

    2020

    $461.4M