Explore annual domestic box office rankings based on original theatrical performance. Re-releases are excluded, and each film's initial uninterrupted theatrical run is treated as a single release.
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
$305,413,918
4
The Matrix Reloaded
$281,576,461
5
Bruce Almighty
$242,829,261
6
X2: X-Men United
$214,949,694
7
Elf
$173,398,518
8
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
$150,371,112
9
The Matrix Revolutions
$139,313,948
10
Cheaper by the Dozen
$138,614,544
11
Bad Boys II
$138,608,444
12
Anger Management
$135,645,823
13
Bringing Down the House
$132,716,677
14
Hulk
$132,177,234
15
2 Fast 2 Furious
$127,154,901
16
Something's Gotta Give
$124,728,738
17
Seabiscuit
$120,277,854
18
S.W.A.T.
$116,934,650
19
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
$111,761,982
20
The Last Samurai
$111,127,263
21
Freaky Friday
$110,230,332
22
Scary Movie 3
$110,003,217
23
The Italian Job
$106,128,601
24
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
$105,813,373
25
American Wedding
$104,565,114
26
Daddy Day Care
$104,297,061
27
Daredevil
$102,543,518
28
The Cat in the Hat
$101,149,285
29
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
$100,830,111
30
Cold Mountain
$95,636,509
31
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
$93,927,920
32
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
$90,186,328
33
Mystic River
$90,135,191
34
Brother Bear
$85,336,277
35
Freddy vs. Jason
$82,622,655
36
School of Rock
$81,261,177
37
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
$80,571,655
38
The Haunted Mansion
$75,847,266
39
Old School
$75,585,093
40
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
$70,099,045
41
Holes
$67,406,573
42
Kangaroo Jack
$66,934,963
43
Big Fish
$66,809,693
44
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
$66,465,204
45
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
$65,660,196
46
Mona Lisa Smile
$63,860,942
47
Shanghai Knights
$60,476,872
48
Bad Santa
$60,060,328
49
Love Actually
$59,827,019
50
Gothika
$59,694,580
Box Office notes
Re-releases are excluded from all yearly rankings.
A film's original theatrical run is treated as a single release as long as the run remains uninterrupted.
Rankings are based on each film's original U.S. theatrical release year.
Rankings are based on domestic box office performance.
About the Domestic Box Office Rankings
Hollywood Rankings compiles annual domestic box office rankings to provide a consistent view of theatrical performance across different eras of film history. Each yearly list ranks films by their original domestic theatrical gross and applies the same release rules throughout the historical data.
Re-releases are excluded from the annual rankings. A film's initial theatrical run is treated as a single release as long as that run remains uninterrupted, while later theatrical returns are not added to the original ranking total. This approach is designed to make yearly box office results more directly comparable.
The historical archive is being expanded to include earlier decades, with particular attention given to years where complete and consistently structured annual box office rankings are difficult to find. Box office data is compiled and curated for use within the Hollywood Rankings database. More information about the underlying sources is available on the Data Sources page.
