
All charts are ranked by international theatrical box-office performance where possible, excluding income derived from home video, broadcasting rights, and merchandise.

Included on the list are charts of the top box-office earners (ranked by both the nominal and real value of their revenue), a chart of high-grossing films by calendar year, a timeline showing the transition of the highest-grossing film record, and a chart of the highest-grossing film franchises and series. However, theatrical box office earnings are the primary metric for trade publications in assessing the success of a film, mostly because of the availability of the data compared to sales figures for home video and broadcast rights, but also because of historical practice. See Top 2015 Movies at the Domestic Box Office for the total domestic box office for the top 100 movies released in 2015, and Movie Index 2015 for an overview of all movies released in 2015.Gone with the Wind held the record of highest-grossing film for twenty-five years and, adjusted for inflation, has earned more than any other film.įilms generate income from several revenue streams, including theatrical exhibition, home video, television broadcast rights, and merchandising.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based on ticket sale estimates. The next year starts the following day (Monday).įor example, the "2004 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 2, 2005.

It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2015.įor example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2014 will most likely earn money in 20.Ĭlick on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.Įach box office year ends on the first Sunday of the following year. Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2015.
