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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
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.
Year | Annual Stats | Total Movies | Average Production Budget | Combined Worldwide Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
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TBD | 165 | ||||
2031 | 1 | ||||
2029 | 5 | ||||
2027 | 1 | ||||
2026 | 3 | ||||
2025 | 18 | ||||
2024 | Annual Stats | 223 | $107,187,500 | $2,193,676,366 | Dune: Part Two |
2023 | Annual Stats | 389 | $144,388,889 | $9,041,422,677 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie |
2022 | Annual Stats | 330 | $145,250,000 | $10,972,544,042 | Avatar: The Way of Water |
2021 | Annual Stats | 261 | $124,416,670 | $10,087,021,846 | Spider-Man: No Way Home |
2020 | Annual Stats | 228 | $85,480,000 | $2,397,245,089 | Ba bai |
2019 | Annual Stats | 242 | $104,733,400 | $10,475,652,846 | Avengers: Endgame |
2018 | Annual Stats | 246 | $82,759,459 | $14,475,130,714 | Avengers: Infinity War |
2017 | Annual Stats | 248 | $88,951,511 | $12,621,677,277 | The Fate of the Furious |
2016 | Annual Stats | 234 | $78,025,806 | $9,450,487,864 | Captain America: Civil War |
2015 | Annual Stats | 218 | $62,038,868 | $12,497,821,041 | Jurassic World |
2014 | Annual Stats | 134 | $68,944,595 | $9,018,950,504 | Transformers: Age of Extinction |
2013 | Annual Stats | 96 | $83,274,194 | $7,679,939,277 | Iron Man 3 |
2012 | Annual Stats | 113 | $79,295,833 | $8,161,320,662 | The Avengers |
2011 | Annual Stats | 94 | $74,522,581 | $6,721,240,146 | Transformers: Dark of the Moon |
2010 | Annual Stats | 85 | $58,803,214 | $4,037,463,756 | Iron Man 2 |
2009 | Annual Stats | 65 | $78,243,750 | $6,490,791,999 | Avatar |
2008 | Annual Stats | 73 | $58,047,611 | $4,088,977,521 | The Dark Knight |
2007 | Annual Stats | 58 | $53,580,000 | $3,507,971,430 | Transformers |
2006 | Annual Stats | 52 | $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 | 44 | $68,694,444 | $2,694,759,884 | 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 | 33 | $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 | $3,980,624,272 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park |
1996 | Annual Stats | 36 | $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 | $1,504,151,536 | 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 | $403,651,221 | The Karate Kid | |
1983 | 21 | $23,500,000 | $538,446,320 | Octopussy | |
1982 | 21 | $15,833,333 | $689,991,030 | Rocky III | |
1981 | 19 | $11,800,000 | $386,594,880 | For Your Eyes Only | |
1980 | 12 | $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 | 13 | $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 | 4,621 | $67,268,190 | $193,610,332,913 | 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.
Index | Total Movies | Average Production Budget | Combined Worldwide Box Office | No. 1 Movie |
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1 | 12 | $63,333,333 | $148,317,965 | 16 Blocks |
2 | 12 | $68,500,000 | $376,053,491 | 2 Fast 2 Furious |
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 | 273 | $101,186,042 | $20,840,750,286 | Avatar |
B | 404 | $58,938,809 | $12,458,861,241 | Black Panther |
C | 261 | $53,811,538 | $11,556,460,815 | Captain America: Civil War |
D | 287 | $60,949,828 | $12,849,095,098 | The Dark Knight Rises |
E | 109 | $67,958,625 | $3,720,653,742 | Eternals |
F | 159 | $74,325,000 | $10,760,190,701 | Furious 7 |
G | 232 | $90,612,941 | $10,158,136,655 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 |
H | 190 | $53,181,818 | $6,125,265,589 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 |
I | 96 | $72,718,750 | $3,759,785,086 | Iron Man 3 |
J | 122 | $80,389,130 | $8,268,424,598 | Jurassic World |
K | 210 | $49,672,000 | $3,474,624,502 | Kingsman: The Golden Circle |
L | 165 | $47,372,414 | $5,532,506,943 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park |
M | 313 | $69,573,571 | $15,311,546,306 | 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 | 189 | $61,770,000 | $3,667,432,442 | Pearl Harbor |
Q | 10 | $230,000,000 | $666,145,234 | Quantum of Solace |
R | 255 | $56,195,000 | $6,700,507,692 | Rampage |
S | 465 | $61,991,152 | $15,871,964,921 | Spider-Man: No Way Home |
T | 243 | $93,420,331 | $18,400,431,371 | Top Gun: Maverick |
U | 59 | $38,332,143 | $1,437,759,942 | Under the Light (坚如磐石) |
V | 79 | $65,157,727 | $2,340,451,878 | Venom |
W | 129 | $82,942,308 | $7,074,825,736 | Wonder Woman |
X | 28 | $113,384,615 | $4,827,635,165 | X-Men: Days of Future Past |
Y | 51 | $23,500,000 | $700,337,920 | Yip Man 4 |
Z | 37 | $4,000,000 | $1,071,019,101 | Zhan Lang 2 |