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Action Movie Index


Find below a breakdown of all Action movies by year and first letter.

See also: Domestic Box Office Analysis for Action Movies - Top Domestic Action Movies - Top International Action Movies - Top Worldwide Action Movies - Top Domestic Action Stars - Top International Action Stars - Top Worldwide Action Stars

  1. Index of Movies by Year
  2. Alphabetical Movie Index

The table below lists the top-grossing Action movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Action films released that year. The "Domestic Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Action movies for the year in question (this part of our archive starts in 1995). Click on the movie name to see information on the individual film.

YearDomestic StatsTotal
Movies		Average
Production
Budget		Combined
Worldwide
Box Office		No. 1 Movie
TBD    201      
2031    1      
2029    3      
2027    10      
2026 Domestic Stats  75  $133,250,000  $655,554  All You Need Is Kill
2025 Domestic Stats  303  $130,700,583  $10,241,318,794  Ne Zha 2 (哪吒之魔童闹海)
2024 Domestic Stats  345  $116,690,476  $7,021,288,568  Deadpool & Wolverine
2023 Domestic Stats  394  $133,700,000  $7,718,958,324  Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3
2022 Domestic Stats  341  $135,055,556  $11,320,212,880  Avatar: The Way of Water
2021 Domestic Stats  266  $124,416,670  $9,677,612,458  Spider-Man: No Way Home
2020 Domestic Stats  231  $78,163,636  $2,276,147,559  The Eight Hundred (八佰)
2019 Domestic Stats  242  $104,733,400  $10,391,185,528  Avengers: Endgame
2018 Domestic Stats  245  $83,113,889  $14,182,354,663  Avengers: Infinity War
2017 Domestic Stats  249  $88,951,511  $12,508,732,409  The Fate of the Furious
2016 Domestic Stats  237  $79,806,250  $9,703,420,432  Captain America: Civil War
2015 Domestic Stats  212  $62,038,868  $12,474,042,695  Jurassic World
2014 Domestic Stats  143  $70,419,737  $9,539,556,593  Transformers: Age of Extinction
2013 Domestic Stats  105  $84,421,875  $8,116,735,433  Iron Man 3
2012 Domestic Stats  115  $80,221,739  $8,031,145,814  The Avengers
2011 Domestic Stats  99  $74,522,581  $6,791,766,406  Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2010 Domestic Stats  91  $60,388,519  $4,077,743,935  Iron Man 2
2009 Domestic Stats  69  $76,114,000  $6,505,991,999  Avatar
2008 Domestic Stats  77  $58,047,611  $4,099,092,778  The Dark Knight
2007 Domestic Stats  58  $58,181,818  $3,336,331,891  Transformers
2006 Domestic Stats  60  $43,410,065  $2,965,213,033  Casino Royale
2005 Domestic Stats  42  $70,277,273  $3,008,743,397  War of the Worlds
2004 Domestic Stats  47  $71,394,737  $2,802,426,552  Troy
2003 Domestic Stats  56  $76,027,778  $5,094,339,329  The Matrix Reloaded
2002 Domestic Stats  33  $67,090,909  $2,856,571,175  Men in Black 2
2001 Domestic Stats  36  $59,305,556  $2,385,903,626  Pearl Harbor
2000 Domestic Stats  38  $50,332,406  $2,659,853,193  Mission: Impossible 2
1999 Domestic Stats  39  $52,346,667  $1,925,493,468  The Matrix
1998 Domestic Stats  36  $56,705,882  $1,885,218,034  Godzilla
1997 Domestic Stats  43  $73,550,000  $3,937,697,166  The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1996 Domestic Stats  37  $56,029,412  $2,519,875,230  Twister
1995 Domestic Stats  33  $61,133,333  $2,434,199,100  Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1994    26  $37,416,667  $1,505,350,936  True Lies
1993    25  $31,457,143  $800,213,750  Cliffhanger
1992    27  $38,666,667  $1,313,464,272  Lethal Weapon 3
1991    36  $31,200,000  $1,135,008,611  Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1990    37  $41,671,429  $1,606,368,211  Total Recall
1989    34  $28,214,286  $1,118,427,346  Batman
1988    33  $23,083,333  $903,380,332  Crocodile Dundee 2
1987    44  $16,372,222  $663,194,825  The Living Daylights
1986    37  $18,666,667  $957,664,359  Top Gun
1985    33  $17,022,222  $738,710,638  Rambo: First Blood Part II
1984    26  $19,350,000  $404,564,751  The Karate Kid
1983    23  $23,500,000  $538,468,859  Octopussy
1982    21  $14,800,000  $644,205,310  Rocky III
1981    22  $11,800,000  $394,595,366  For Your Eyes Only
1980    17  $35,000,000  $128,022,615  The Final Countdown
1979    19  $14,640,000  $507,113,673  Moonraker
1978    11  $5,000,000  $121,701,632  Hooper
1977    13  $9,500,000  $226,800,433  The Spy Who Loved Me
1976    16  $15,000,000  $161,835,186  King Kong
1975    21  $300,000  $60,266,237  Rollerball
1974    20  $7,833,333  $401,702,448  Towering Inferno
1973    20  $4,400,000  $239,830,643  Live and Let Die
1972    14    $46,782,915  The Getaway
1971    13  $4,850,000  $168,575,828  Diamonds Are Forever
1970    3  $2,100,000  $17,489,009  Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1969    7  $8,000,000  $89,100,436  On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1968    13  $5,800,000  $86,004,643  Bullitt
1967    9  $9,500,000  $147,600,000  You Only Live Twice
1966    9  $1,377,800  $170  Modesty Blaise
1965    8  $9,000,000  $157,200,000  Thunderball
1964    6  $2,500,000  $203,800,000  Goldfinger
1963    2  $1,000,000  $59,568,738  Dr. No
1962    6  $10,000,000  $50,101,355  The Longest Day
1961    2    $9,306  Yojimbo
1960    1    $3,252  Cartagine in fiamme
1959    2    $3,696,722  Pork Chop Hill
1958    3      
1957    3      
1956    3      
1955    2      
1954    3  $500,000  $1,573,919  Seven Samurai (七人の侍)
1953    1      
1952    1      
1951    5    $6,000,000  Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1950    2      
1949    2  $1,000,000  $7,803,339  Sands of Iwo Jima
1948    3    $8,000,000  The Three Musketeers
1945    2      
1944    1      
1943    3      
1942    2      
1941    1      
1940    1      
1939    3      
1937    1      
1936    1  $1,200,000    
1932    2      
1931    2    $4,000,000  Ingagi
1930    2      
1927    1    $1,208,516  Metropolis
1926    1      
1918    1      
Total  5,320  $69,656,768  $208,119,236,597  Avatar

The table below shows the highest-grossing Action movie that begins with each letter of the alphabet. Click on the name of the film to go to its page. Or click on the letter at the beginning of each row for a list of all the Action movies beginning with that letter.

IndexTotal
Movies		Average
Production
Budget		Combined
Worldwide
Box Office		No. 1 Movie
1  18  $49,000,000  $167,257,905  16 Blocks
2  14  $68,500,000  $376,053,491  2 Fast 2 Furious
3  11  $63,000,000  $845,429,259  300
4  9  $87,625,000  $228,118,305  47 Ronin
5  4  $38,000,000  $111,337,315  The 5th Wave
6  7  $116,000,000  $96,441,831  The 6th Day
7  4    $7,951,944  7 Guardians of the Tomb
8  4  $18,000,000  $1,345,645  8 Million Ways to Die
A  310  $107,613,125  $22,060,175,666  Avatar
B  474  $59,394,216  $14,052,072,127  Black Panther
C  289  $57,240,000  $10,705,742,938  Captain America: Civil War
D  338  $64,227,258  $16,768,519,542  Deadpool & Wolverine
E  136  $64,100,000  $4,472,309,273  The Eight Hundred (八佰)
F  173  $83,060,976  $12,265,004,713  Furious 7
G  261  $93,914,842  $10,544,706,175  Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2
H  224  $58,303,030  $5,841,707,042  The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
I  119  $72,718,750  $3,823,754,793  Iron Man 3
J  133  $90,780,435  $9,539,363,533  Jurassic World
K  243  $55,064,286  $4,249,972,000  Kingsman: The Golden Circle
L  203  $45,122,581  $5,672,751,664  The Lost World: Jurassic Park
M  354  $72,357,237  $15,843,553,374  Mission: Impossible—Fallout
N  104  $45,200,005  $4,398,536,575  Ne Zha 2 (哪吒之魔童闹海)
O  121  $48,650,000  $2,458,276,940  Operation Red Sea (红海行动)
P  222  $60,700,000  $4,379,235,839  Pearl Harbor
Q  10  $230,000,000  $619,882,001  Quantum of Solace
R  283  $59,035,000  $7,137,683,004  Rampage
S  528  $62,189,139  $15,033,326,084  Spider-Man: No Way Home
T  282  $94,486,632  $18,512,988,691  Top Gun: Maverick
U  69  $38,332,143  $1,454,812,019  Under the Light (坚如磐石)
V  100  $68,894,583  $2,829,272,719  Venom
W  143  $78,589,286  $8,040,292,931  Wonder Woman
X  26  $117,833,333  $4,551,122,934  X-Men: Days of Future Past
Y  61  $23,500,000  $789,883,333  Yip Man 4
Z  43  $4,000,000  $240,354,992  Zhong Kui fu mo: Xue yao mo ling