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.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
$104,386,950
28
The Expendables
$103,068,524
29
Due Date
$100,539,043
30
Yogi Bear
$100,246,011
31
Date Night
$98,711,404
32
The Social Network
$96,962,694
33
Sex and the City 2
$95,347,692
34
The Book of Eli
$94,835,059
35
The Fighter
$93,617,009
36
The Town
$92,186,262
37
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
$90,759,676
38
RED
$90,380,162
39
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
$88,768,303
40
Paranormal Activity 2
$84,752,907
41
Unstoppable
$81,562,942
42
Eat Pray Love
$80,574,010
43
Dear John
$80,014,842
44
The A-Team
$77,222,099
45
Knight and Day
$76,423,035
46
Dinner for Schmucks
$73,026,337
47
The Tourist
$67,631,157
48
The Bounty Hunter
$67,061,228
49
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
$64,003,625
50
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
$63,150,991
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.
