The following is a page of the highest-grossing Christmas-themed films. The gross is not inflation adjusted.
Highest-grossing Christmas films
Rank Title Worldwide gross Studio Year Ref 1 The Grinch $552,976,825Universal 2018 2 Home Alone $476,684,675 20th Century 1990 3 Alvin and the Chipmunks $365,352,546 2007 https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0952640/ 4 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York $358,994,850 1992 5 Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas $350,474,504 Universal 2000 6 A Christmas Carol $325,286,646 Disney 2009 7 The Polar Express $315,249,768 Warner Bros. 2004 8 Batman Returns $266,831,698 1992 9 Love Actually $245,203,167 Universal 2003 10 Die Hard 2 $240,031,274 20th Century Fox 1990 11 Elf $225,097,437 New Line 2003 12 The Holiday $205,850,134 Sony / Universal 2006 13 The Santa Clause $190,539,357 Disney 1994 14 Red One $184,894,014 Amazon MGM 2024 15 While You Were Sleeping $182,057,016 Disney 1995 16 Daddy's Home 2 $180,613,824 Paramount 2017 17 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms $173,961,069 Disney 2018 18 The Santa Clause 2 $172,855,065 2002 19 Four Christmases $163,733,697 Warner Bros./New Line 2008 20 Gremlins $153,898,890 Warner Bros. 1984 21 Arthur Christmas $147,419,472 Sony 2011 22 Die Hard $141,603,197 20th Century 1988 23 A Bad Moms Christmas $130,560,428 Universal / STXfilms 2017 24 Jingle All the Way $129,832,389 20th Century 1996 25 The Family Man $124,745,083 Universal 2000 26 Last Christmas $121,550,750 2019 27 Why Him? $118,102,725 20th Century 2016 28 Office Christmas Party $114,501,299 Paramount / DreamWorks 2016 29 The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause $110,768,122 Disney 2006 30 The Nightmare Before Christmas $108,777,663Disney 1993 31 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past $102,366,815 Warner Bros./New Line 2009 32 Fred Claus $97,838,349 Warner Bros. 2007 33 Christmas with the Kranks $96,593,018 Sony 2004 34 The Family Stone $92,884,429 20th Century 2005 35 National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation $78,914,670Warner Bros. 1989 36 Serendipity $77,516,304 Miramax 2001 37 Violent Night $76,492,442 Universal 2022 38 Bad Santa $76,488,889 Sony / Dimension Films 2003 39 The Best Man Holiday $72,835,710 Universal 2013 40 The Star $62,812,974 Sony / Affirm Films 2017 41 Krampus $61,548,707 Universal 2015 42 Scrooged $60,328,558 Paramount 1988 43 The Preacher's Wife $56,432,646 Buena Vista Pictures 1996 https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Preachers-Wife-The-(1996) 44 A Madea Christmas $53,396,354 Lionsgate 2015 45 Just Friends $50,912,434 New Line 2005 46 This Christmas $49,778,552 Sony 2007 47 The Holdovers $48,828,052 Universal 2023 48 Deck the Halls $47,231,070 20th Century 2006 49 Miracle on 34th Street $46,264,384 1994 50 Almost Christmas $42,580,920 Universal 2016
Highest-grossing Christmas film franchises
The following is a list of highest-grossing Christmas film series and franchises. How the Grinch Stole Christmas tops the list with $866.6 million and also has the best average with $443.3 million. Home Alone follows closely behind with $835.6 million and an average of $417.8 million. While the first three Home Alone films had theatrical releases, the third film is excluded due to it not being set during Christmas.
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Biggest worldwide openings for Christmas films
This list charts the largest opens for Christmas films worldwide. Since Christmas films do not open on Fridays in many markets, the 'opening' is taken to be the gross between the first day of release and the first Sunday.
Figures are given in United States dollars (USD).
This list does not take into account country-by-country variations in release dates. Therefore, in some cases opening weekend grosses from many, or even most countries may not be included.
RankFilm Worldwide opening YearRef 1 The Grinch $67,752,855 2018 2 Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas $55,082,330 2000 3 Love Actually $45,569,086 2003 4 Red One $32,106,112 2024 5 Elf $31,113,501 2003 6 The Best Man Holiday $30,107,555 2013 7 A Christmas Carol $30,051,075 2009 8 The Santa Clause 2 $29,008,696 2002 9 The Polar Express $24,341,868 2004 10 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms $20,352,491 2018 11 Arthur Christmas $15,442,585 2011
See also Lists of highest-grossing films List of Christmas films Santa Claus in film
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