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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    174      
2031    1      
2029    2      
2027    1      
2026    8      
2025    20      
2024 Annual Stats  283  $116,863,636  $3,426,351,654  Dune: Part Two
2023 Annual Stats  388  $147,000,000  $7,275,647,205  Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3
2022 Annual Stats  331  $145,250,000  $11,362,391,314  Avatar: The Way of Water
2021 Annual Stats  260  $124,416,670  $9,885,754,148  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  $10,387,026,965  Avengers: Endgame
2018 Annual Stats  245  $83,113,889  $14,177,412,003  Avengers: Infinity War
2017 Annual Stats  249  $88,951,511  $12,619,409,680  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  $12,496,244,693  Jurassic World
2014 Annual Stats  135  $68,944,595  $9,019,626,914  Transformers: Age of Extinction
2013 Annual Stats  97  $84,421,875  $7,967,855,910  Iron Man 3
2012 Annual Stats  114  $79,295,833  $8,161,376,340  The Avengers
2011 Annual Stats  95  $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  $76,114,000  $6,490,791,999  Avatar
2008 Annual Stats  75  $58,047,611  $4,097,433,265  The Dark Knight
2007 Annual Stats  59  $53,580,000  $3,507,990,224  Transformers
2006 Annual Stats  53  $45,214,207  $2,957,403,105  Casino Royale
2005 Annual Stats  36  $70,277,273  $3,008,486,937  War of the Worlds
2004 Annual Stats  44  $68,694,444  $2,695,051,482  Troy
2003 Annual Stats  52  $76,027,778  $4,932,412,568  The Matrix Reloaded
2002 Annual Stats  31  $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  $3,937,605,460  The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1996 Annual Stats  36  $56,029,412  $2,516,344,372  Twister
1995 Annual Stats  32  $61,133,333  $2,244,254,175  Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1994    25  $40,272,727  $1,504,259,954  True Lies
1993    21  $33,167,833  $757,875,783  Cliffhanger
1992    23  $38,666,667  $1,364,749,427  Lethal Weapon 3
1991    34  $31,888,889  $1,047,377,370  Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1990    36  $41,671,429  $1,606,368,357  Total Recall
1989    32  $28,214,286  $1,118,427,346  Batman
1988    31  $23,083,333  $903,191,368  Crocodile Dundee 2
1987    40  $16,372,222  $663,187,410  The Living Daylights
1986    36  $18,666,667  $1,000,388,967  Top Gun
1985    33  $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  $386,595,332  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    19  $300,000  $60,246,449  Rollerball
1974    18  $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  $86,004,184  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  $345,681  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  4,711  $67,503,782  $193,129,365,460  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  13  $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  $845,397,631  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  278  $101,186,042  $20,757,949,519  Avatar
B  409  $59,525,397  $12,837,920,290  Black Panther
C  260  $53,811,538  $11,012,843,500  Captain America: Civil War
D  296  $60,949,828  $12,857,020,872  The Dark Knight Rises
E  111  $67,958,625  $3,725,743,772  Eternals
F  162  $76,609,756  $11,052,141,143  Furious 7
G  233  $90,612,941  $10,180,218,840  Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2
H  197  $53,181,818  $6,126,422,425  The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
I  102  $72,718,750  $3,759,793,715  Iron Man 3
J  123  $80,389,130  $8,661,439,414  Jurassic World
K  213  $53,915,385  $3,885,170,587  Kingsman: The Golden Circle
L  169  $47,372,414  $5,532,859,128  The Lost World: Jurassic Park
M  324  $68,945,775  $15,324,840,064  Mission: Impossible—Fallout
N  92  $43,346,672  $2,410,257,606  No Time to Die
O  108  $36,790,476  $1,800,707,131  Oblivion
P  191  $61,770,000  $3,666,276,735  Pearl Harbor
Q  10  $230,000,000  $666,145,234  Quantum of Solace
R  262  $56,195,000  $6,725,166,920  Rampage
S  471  $61,455,816  $14,518,280,175  Spider-Man: No Way Home
T  250  $93,420,331  $18,451,603,627  Top Gun: Maverick
U  60  $38,332,143  $1,437,798,030  Under the Light (坚如磐石)
V  82  $65,157,727  $2,340,451,878  Venom
W  128  $82,942,308  $6,984,372,081  Wonder Woman
X  28  $113,384,615  $4,827,635,165  X-Men: Days of Future Past
Y  53  $23,500,000  $700,337,920  Yip Man 4
Z  39  $4,000,000  $1,071,019,101  Zhan Lang 2