Genre box office

Action Box Office Movies

Ranked action movies by reported worldwide gross, with budgets, gross-minus-budget and ROI where available.

Movies2,939in this genre
Total gross$322.10Bvisible records
Top movieAvatar$2.92B
Listed2,939paginated rows

Action movie chart

Sorted by worldwide gross. Records can change as metadata and financial values are reviewed.
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# Movie Year Worldwide Budget Gross - budget ROI Studio / Distributor
1153
Patriots Day poster Patriots Day WW FilmDB Financial
2016 $50.5M $45.0M $5.5M 1.12x Tik Films
1154
Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods poster Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods WW FilmDB Financial No budget
2013 $50.5M — — — Bandai Namco Games
1155
Night Watch poster Night Watch WW FilmDB Financial
2004 $50.3M $10.0M $40.3M 5.03x Bazelevs
1156
Escape from New York poster Escape from New York WW FilmDB Financial
1981 $50.2M $6.0M $44.2M 8.37x Avco Embassy Pictures
1157
Breakdown poster Breakdown WW FilmDB Financial
1997 $50.2M $36.0M $14.2M 1.39x The De Laurentiis Company
1158
The Longest Day poster The Longest Day WW FilmDB Financial
1962 $50.1M $10.0M $40.1M 5.01x Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
1159
Absolute Power poster Absolute Power WW FilmDB Financial
1997 $50.1M $50.0M $100,000 1.00x Castle Rock Entertainment
1160
National Security poster National Security WW FilmDB Financial No budget
2003 $50.1M — — — Columbia Pictures
1161
Game of Death poster Game of Death WW FilmDB Financial
1978 $50.0M $850,000 $49.2M 58.82x Orange Sky Golden Harvest
1162
Kickboxer poster Kickboxer WW FilmDB Financial
1989 $50.0M $1.5M $48.5M 33.33x Kings Road Entertainment
1163
21 Bridges poster 21 Bridges WW FilmDB Financial
2019 $49.9M $33.0M $16.9M 1.51x St Xfilms
1164
A Writer's Odyssey 2 poster A Writer's Odyssey 2 WW FilmDB Financial No budget
2025 $49.9M — — — Shanghai Maoyan Film 上海猫眼影业
1165
Space Battleship Yamato poster Space Battleship Yamato WW FilmDB Financial
2010 $49.8M $12.0M $37.8M 4.15x Abe Shuji
1166
Popeye poster Popeye WW FilmDB Financial
1980 $49.8M $20.0M $29.8M 2.49x Paramount Pictures
1167
The Boy and the Beast poster The Boy and the Beast WW FilmDB Financial No budget
2015 $49.7M — — — Nippon Television Network Corporation
1168
Push poster Push WW FilmDB Financial
2009 $49.7M $38.0M $11.7M 1.31x Summit Entertainment
1169
Operation Chromite poster Operation Chromite WW FilmDB Financial
2016 $49.2M $12.7M $36.5M 3.87x Taewon Entertainment
1170
The New Mutants poster The New Mutants WW FilmDB Financial
2020 $49.2M $67.0M -$17.8M 0.73x 20th Century Studios
1171
Breaking In poster Breaking In WW FilmDB Financial
2018 $49.1M $6.0M $43.1M 8.18x Will Packer Productions
1172
Cobra poster Cobra WW FilmDB Financial
1986 $49.0M $25.0M $24.0M 1.96x The Cannon Group
1173
War of the Arrows poster War of the Arrows WW FilmDB Financial
2011 $49.0M $8.0M $41.0M 6.13x Lotte Entertainment
1174
Tiger 3 poster Tiger 3 WW FilmDB Financial
2023 $49.0M $36.0M $13.0M 1.36x Yash Raj Films
1175
On Deadly Ground poster On Deadly Ground WW FilmDB Financial
1994 $49.0M $50.0M -$1.0M 0.98x Warner Bros. Pictures
1176
Akira poster Akira WW FilmDB Financial
1988 $49.0M $5.7M $43.3M 8.60x Mbs
1176 Akira poster
Akira 1988 · WW FilmDB · Financial Budget $5.7M · Mbs
$49.0M ROI 8.60x

Action box office FAQ

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What does the Action box office chart include?

The Action chart includes indexed movie records that currently carry the Action genre label and available worldwide box office data.

Why can genre rankings change?

Genre pages can change when movie metadata is enriched, corrected or remapped from external data sources.

Are genre pages sorted by worldwide gross?

Yes. Genre movie lists are sorted by reported worldwide gross by default, with budget, gross-minus-budget and ROI shown where available.