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.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
$317,101,119
4
Hancock
$227,946,274
5
WALL·E
$223,808,164
6
Kung Fu Panda
$215,727,546
7
Twilight
$192,769,854
8
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
$180,010,950
9
Quantum of Solace
$168,368,427
10
Horton Hears a Who!
$154,529,439
11
Sex and the City
$152,647,258
12
Gran Torino
$148,095,302
13
Mamma Mia!
$144,290,968
14
Marley & Me
$143,153,751
15
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
$141,621,490
16
Slumdog Millionaire
$141,319,928
17
The Incredible Hulk
$134,806,913
18
Wanted
$134,508,551
19
Get Smart
$130,319,208
20
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
$127,509,326
21
Four Christmases
$120,146,040
22
Bolt
$114,053,579
23
Tropic Thunder
$110,515,313
24
Bedtime Stories
$110,101,975
25
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
$102,491,776
26
Journey to the Center of the Earth
$101,704,370
27
Eagle Eye
$101,440,743
28
Step Brothers
$100,468,793
29
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
$100,018,837
30
Yes Man
$97,690,976
31
10,000 BC
$94,784,201
32
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
$94,514,402
33
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
$90,559,416
34
Pineapple Express
$87,341,380
35
Valkyrie
$83,077,833
36
21
$81,159,365
37
What Happens in Vegas
$80,277,646
38
Jumper
$80,172,128
39
Cloverfield
$80,048,433
40
The Day the Earth Stood Still
$79,366,978
41
27 Dresses
$76,808,654
42
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
$75,986,503
43
Vantage Point
$72,266,306
44
The Spiderwick Chronicles
$71,195,053
45
Fool's Gold
$70,231,041
46
Seven Pounds
$69,951,824
47
Role Models
$67,294,270
48
Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
$65,281,781
49
The Happening
$64,506,874
50
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
$63,172,463
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.
