The following is a page of the highest-grossing Christmas-themed films.
Highest-grossing Christmas films
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Background shading indicates films playing in the week commencing 20 December 2024 in theaters around the world.
| Rank |
Title |
Gross |
Year |
Ref |
| 1 |
The Grinch |
$538,920,602 |
2018 |
|
| 2 |
Home Alone |
$476,684,675 |
1990 |
|
| 3 |
Alvin And The Chipmunks |
$365,352,546 |
2007 |
|
| 4 |
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York |
$358,994,850 |
1992 |
|
| 5 |
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! |
$345,823,032 |
2000 |
|
| 6 |
A Christmas Carol |
$325,286,646 |
2009 |
|
| 7 |
The Polar Express |
$315,249,768 |
2004 |
|
| 8 |
Batman Returns |
$266,831,698 |
1992 |
|
| 9 |
Love Actually |
$245,203,167 |
2003 |
|
| 10 |
Die Hard 2 |
$240,031,274 |
1990 |
|
| 11 |
Elf |
$225,097,437 |
2003 |
|
| 12 |
The Holiday |
$205,850,134 |
2006 |
|
| 13 |
The Santa Clause |
$190,539,357 |
1994 |
|
| 14 |
While You Were Sleeping |
$182,057,016 |
1995 |
|
| 15 |
Daddy's Home 2 |
$180,613,824 |
2017 |
|
| 16 |
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms |
$173,961,069 |
2018 |
|
| 17 |
The Santa Clause 2 |
$172,855,065 |
2002 |
|
| 18 |
Four Christmases |
$163,733,697 |
2008 |
|
| 19 |
Gremlins |
$153,898,890 |
1984 |
|
| 20 |
Arthur Christmas |
$147,419,472 |
2011 |
|
| 21 |
Die Hard |
$141,603,197 |
1988 |
|
| 22 |
A Bad Moms Christmas |
$130,560,428 |
2017 |
|
| 23 |
Jingle All the Way |
$129,832,389 |
1996 |
|
| 24 |
The Family Man |
$124,745,083 |
2000 |
|
| 25 |
Last Christmas |
$121,550,750 |
2019 |
|
| 26 |
Why Him? |
$118,102,725 |
2016 |
|
| 27 |
Office Christmas Party |
$114,501,299 |
2016 |
|
| 28 |
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause |
$110,768,122 |
2006 |
|
| 29 |
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past |
$102,366,815 |
2009 |
|
| 30 |
Fred Claus |
$97,838,349 |
2007 |
|
| 31 |
Christmas with the Kranks |
$96,593,018 |
2004 |
|
| 32 |
The Nightmare Before Christmas |
$95,514,188 |
1993 |
|
| 33 |
The Family Stone |
$92,884,429 |
2005 |
|
| 34 |
Serendipity |
$77,516,304 |
2001 |
|
| 35 |
Violent Night |
$76,492,442 |
2022 |
|
| 36 |
Bad Santa |
$76,488,889 |
2003 |
|
| 37 |
The Best Man Holiday |
$72,835,710 |
2013 |
|
| 38 |
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation |
$71,319,526 |
1989 |
|
| 39 |
The Star |
$62,812,974 |
2017 |
|
| 40 |
Krampus |
$61,548,707 |
2015 |
|
| 41 |
Scrooged |
$60,328,558 |
1988 |
|
| 42 |
A Madea Christmas |
$53,396,354 |
2015 |
|
| 43 |
Just Friends |
$50,912,434 |
2005 |
|
| 44 |
This Christmas |
$49,778,552 |
2007 |
|
| 45 |
Deck the Halls |
$47,231,070 |
2006 |
|
| 46 |
Miracle on 34th Street |
$46,264,384 |
1994 |
|
| 47 |
Almost Christmas |
$42,580,920 |
2016 |
|
| 48 |
Love the Coopers |
$42,426,912 |
2016 |
|
| 49 |
The Holdovers |
$38,283,988 |
2023 |
|
| 50 |
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas |
$36,192,775 |
2011 |
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Highest grossing Christmas film franchises
The following is a list of highest grossing Christmas film series and franchises. Home Alone tops the list with $914.8 million and also has the best average with $304.9 million.
Highest-grossing Christmas franchises and film series
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| Rank |
Series |
Total worldwide box office |
No. of films |
Average of films |
Highest-grossing film |
|
|
1
|
Home Alone |
$914,762,040 |
3 |
$304,920,680 |
Home Alone ($476,684,675) |
| 1 |
Home Alone (1990) |
$476,684,675
|
| 2 |
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) |
$358,994,850
|
| 3 |
Home Alone 3 (1997) |
$79,082,515 |
|
|
2
|
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! |
$872,583,664 |
2 |
$436,291,832 |
The Grinch ($526,760,632) |
| 1 |
The Grinch (2018) |
$526,760,632
|
| 2 |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) |
$345,823,032 |
|
|
3
|
The Santa Clause |
$470,125,976 |
3 |
$156,708,659 |
The Santa Clause ($189,800,000) |
| 1 |
The Santa Clause (1994) |
$189,800,000
|
| 2 |
The Santa Clause 2 (2002) |
$172,825,854
|
| 3 |
The Escape Clause (2006) |
$107,500,122 |
|
|
4
|
Die Hard |
$381,634,471 |
2 |
$190,817,236 |
Die Hard 2 ($240,031,274) |
| 1 |
Die Hard 2 (1990) |
$240,031,274
|
| 2 |
Die Hard (1988) |
$141,603,197 |
|
|
5
|
Bad Santa |
$100,568,157 |
2 |
$50,284,079 |
Bad Santa ($76,488,889) |
| 1 |
Bad Santa (2003) |
$76,488,889
|
| 2 |
Bad Santa 2 (2016) |
$24,079,268 |
|
|
6
|
Nativity |
$38,341,737 |
4 |
$9,585,434 |
Danger in the Manger ($14,433,981) |
| 1 |
Danger in the Manger (2012) |
$14,433,981
|
| 2 |
Dude, Where's My Donkey? (2014) |
$11,283,866
|
| 3 |
Nativity! (2009) |
$8,494,434
|
| 4 |
Rocks! This Ain't No Silent Night (2018) |
$4,129,456 |
|
|
7
|
Silent Night, Deadly Night |
$2,745,848 |
3 |
$915,283 |
Silent Night, Deadly Night ($2,491,460) |
| 1 |
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1983) |
$2,491,460
|
| 2 |
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987) |
$154,323
|
| 3 |
Silent Night (2012) |
$100,065 |
|
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.
| Rank |
Film |
Worldwide opening |
Year |
Ref |
| 1 |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
$55,082,330 |
2000 |
|
| 2 |
Elf |
$31,113,501 |
2003 |
|
| 3 |
The Grinch |
$67,752,855 |
2018 |
|
| 4 |
The Polar Express |
$24,341,868 |
2004 |
|
| 5 |
Love Actually |
$45,569,086 |
2003 |
|
| 6 |
Nativity! |
$2,443,493 |
2009 |
|
| 7 |
The Santa Clause 2 |
$29,008,696 |
2002 |
|
| 8 |
A Christmas Carol |
$30,051,075 |
2009 |
|
| 9 |
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms |
$20,352,491 |
2018 |
|
| 10 |
The Best Man Holiday |
$30,107,555 |
2013 |
|
| 11 |
Arthur Christmas |
$15,442,585 |
2011 |
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See also
