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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 "Annual 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.

YearAnnual
Stats
Total
Movies
Average
Production
Budget
Combined
Worldwide
Box Office
No. 1 Movie
TBD    160      
2031    1      
2029    5      
2027    3  $25,000,000    
2026    3      
2025    13      
2024 Annual Stats  194  $103,214,286  $1,127,210,233  Dune: Part Two
2023 Annual Stats  387  $144,388,889  $9,034,269,121  The Super Mario Bros. Movie
2022 Annual Stats  330  $145,250,000  $10,975,313,438  Avatar: The Way of Water
2021 Annual Stats  261  $124,416,670  $10,106,590,527  Spider-Man: No Way Home
2020 Annual Stats  227  $85,480,000  $2,397,245,089  Ba bai
2019 Annual Stats  242  $104,733,400  $10,475,680,516  Avengers: Endgame
2018 Annual Stats  246  $82,759,459  $14,475,130,714  Avengers: Infinity War
2017 Annual Stats  248  $88,951,511  $12,621,825,584  The Fate of the Furious
2016 Annual Stats  234  $78,025,806  $9,450,487,864  Captain America: Civil War
2015 Annual Stats  217  $60,155,000  $11,851,601,087  Jurassic World
2014 Annual Stats  131  $67,387,500  $8,252,375,373  Transformers: Age of Extinction
2013 Annual Stats  95  $83,274,194  $7,679,939,277  Iron Man 3
2012 Annual Stats  109  $79,265,217  $7,483,397,283  The Avengers
2011 Annual Stats  92  $74,522,581  $6,721,220,557  Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2010 Annual Stats  84  $58,803,214  $4,037,302,889  Iron Man 2
2009 Annual Stats  66  $83,114,000  $7,248,469,747  Avatar
2008 Annual Stats  73  $58,047,611  $4,088,977,521  The Dark Knight
2007 Annual Stats  57  $53,580,000  $3,507,971,430  Transformers
2006 Annual Stats  51  $45,214,207  $2,957,403,105  Casino Royale
2005 Annual Stats  35  $70,277,273  $3,008,486,937  War of the Worlds
2004 Annual Stats  42  $68,694,444  $2,694,597,665  Troy
2003 Annual Stats  52  $76,027,778  $4,932,412,568  The Matrix Reloaded
2002 Annual Stats  30  $67,090,909  $2,857,380,073  Men in Black 2
2001 Annual Stats  32  $59,305,556  $2,385,851,004  Pearl Harbor
2000 Annual Stats  32  $50,332,406  $2,659,837,964  Mission: Impossible 2
1999 Annual Stats  36  $52,346,667  $1,837,551,276  The Matrix
1998 Annual Stats  35  $56,705,882  $1,885,215,491  Godzilla
1997 Annual Stats  43  $73,550,000  $3,937,532,383  The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1996 Annual Stats  35  $56,029,412  $2,516,344,372  Twister
1995 Annual Stats  30  $61,133,333  $2,244,254,024  Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1994    25  $40,272,727  $1,504,144,881  True Lies
1993    21  $33,167,833  $757,875,783  Cliffhanger
1992    22  $38,666,667  $1,364,749,427  Lethal Weapon 3
1991    34  $31,888,889  $1,047,377,370  Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1990    34  $41,671,429  $1,605,076,034  Total Recall
1989    31  $28,214,286  $1,116,657,264  Batman
1988    31  $23,083,333  $903,191,368  Crocodile Dundee 2
1987    40  $16,372,222  $663,187,410  The Living Daylights
1986    35  $18,666,667  $1,000,388,967  Top Gun
1985    32  $17,022,222  $738,710,059  Rambo: First Blood Part II
1984    25  $19,350,000  $403,650,839  The Karate Kid
1983    21  $23,500,000  $538,446,320  Octopussy
1982    20  $15,833,333  $689,991,030  Rocky III
1981    19  $11,800,000  $386,594,880  For Your Eyes Only
1980    11  $35,000,000  $128,009,698  The Final Countdown
1979    14  $16,940,000  $648,206,845  Moonraker
1978    9  $5,000,000  $121,690,536  Hooper
1977    13  $15,000,000  $277,600,433  The Spy Who Loved Me
1976    13  $23,000,000  $136,835,110  King Kong
1975    18  $300,000  $60,246,449  Rollerball
1974    17  $10,500,000  $373,300,713  Towering Inferno
1973    17  $4,400,000  $239,829,743  Live and Let Die
1972    13    $46,782,659  The Getaway
1971    12  $4,850,000  $168,575,690  Diamonds Are Forever
1970    2  $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    12  $5,800,000  $86,809,986  Bullitt
1967    7  $9,500,000  $111,600,000  You Only Live Twice
1966    7  $1,377,800  $170  Modesty Blaise
1965    5  $9,000,000  $157,200,000  Thunderball
1964    6  $2,500,000  $203,800,000  Goldfinger
1963    2  $1,000,000  $59,569,093  Dr. No
1962    4  $10,000,000  $50,100,000  The Longest Day
1961    2    $5,844  Yojimbo
1960    1    $3,252  Cartagine in fiamme
1959    2    $3,696,722  Pork Chop Hill
1958    3      
1957    3      
1956    3  $500,000  $303,251  Shichinin no samurai
1955    2      
1954    1      
1953    1      
1952    1      
1951    3    $6,000,000  Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
1950    1      
1949    1  $1,000,000  $7,803,339  Sands of Iwo Jima
1948    3    $8,000,000  The Three Musketeers
1945    2      
1943    3      
1942    2      
1941    1      
1940    1      
1939    2      
1937    1      
1936    1  $1,200,000    
1932    2      
1931    2    $4,000,000  Ingagi
1930    2      
1927    1    $1,206,834  Metropolis
1926    1      
1918    1      
Total  4,560  $67,152,393  $191,181,666,996  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  11  $63,333,333  $148,317,965  16 Blocks
2  13  $112,333,333  $1,133,731,239  2012
3  11  $63,000,000  $845,265,055  300
4  8  $87,625,000  $228,109,132  47 Ronin
5  4  $38,000,000  $111,337,315  The 5th Wave
6  6  $116,000,000  $96,441,831  The 6th Day
7  3    $7,951,944  7 Guardians of the Tomb
8  3  $18,000,000  $1,341,279  8 Million Ways to Die
A  268  $101,186,042  $20,797,009,931  Avatar
B  399  $58,938,809  $12,451,007,771  Black Panther
C  258  $53,811,538  $11,455,002,283  Captain America: Civil War
D  286  $60,949,828  $12,720,642,296  The Dark Knight Rises
E  107  $67,958,625  $3,720,222,286  Eternals
F  155  $74,325,000  $10,631,381,238  Furious 7
G  230  $89,379,968  $9,628,718,169  Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2
H  183  $46,333,333  $4,034,357,815  Hancock
I  94  $72,718,750  $3,759,356,241  Iron Man 3
J  122  $80,389,130  $8,268,424,598  Jurassic World
K  208  $49,672,000  $3,468,024,502  Kingsman: The Golden Circle
L  164  $47,372,414  $5,532,218,722  The Lost World: Jurassic Park
M  310  $69,573,571  $15,288,674,254  Mission: Impossible—Fallout
N  91  $43,346,672  $2,410,193,831  No Time to Die
O  105  $34,409,524  $1,810,508,106  Ocean’s 8
P  186  $61,770,000  $3,647,742,407  Pearl Harbor
Q  10  $230,000,000  $666,145,234  Quantum of Solace
R  249  $56,195,000  $6,635,743,256  Rampage
S  456  $61,991,152  $15,865,143,465  Spider-Man: No Way Home
T  239  $93,420,331  $18,356,844,960  Top Gun: Maverick
U  60  $38,332,143  $1,437,759,942  Under the Light (坚如磐石)
V  77  $65,157,727  $2,340,451,878  Venom
W  128  $82,942,308  $7,074,824,606  Wonder Woman
X  29  $113,384,615  $4,835,515,165  X-Men: Days of Future Past
Y  51  $23,500,000  $700,329,179  Yip Man 4
Z  36  $4,000,000  $1,071,019,101  Zhan Lang 2