The following is a page of the highest-grossing Christmas-themed films.
Highest-grossing Christmas films
| Rank |
Title |
Gross |
Year |
Ref |
| 1 |
The Grinch |
$512,858,819 |
2018 |
|
| 2 |
Home Alone |
$476,684,675 |
1990 |
|
| 3 |
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York |
$358,994,850 |
1992 |
|
| 4 |
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! |
$345,823,032 |
2000 |
|
| 5 |
A Christmas Carol |
$325,286,646 |
2009 |
|
| 6 |
The Polar Express |
$315,249,768 |
2004 |
|
| 7 |
Love Actually |
$245,203,167 |
2003 |
|
| 8 |
Elf |
$225,097,437 |
2003 |
|
| 9 |
The Holiday |
$205,850,134 |
2006 |
|
| 10 |
The Santa Clause |
$190,539,357 |
1994 |
|
| 11 |
Daddy's Home 2 |
$180,613,824 |
2017 |
|
| 12 |
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms |
$173,961,069 |
2018 |
|
| 13 |
The Santa Clause 2 |
$172,855,065 |
2002 |
|
| 14 |
Four Christmases |
$163,733,697 |
2008 |
|
| 15 |
Arthur Christmas |
$147,419,472 |
2011 |
|
| 16 |
A Bad Moms Christmas |
$130,560,428 |
2017 |
|
| 17 |
Jingle All the Way |
$129,832,389 |
1996 |
|
| 18 |
Last Christmas |
$121,550,750 |
2019 |
|
| 19 |
Office Christmas Party |
$114,501,299 |
2016 |
|
| 20 |
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause |
$110,768,122 |
2006 |
|
| 21 |
Fred Claus |
$97,838,349 |
2007 |
|
| 22 |
Christmas with the Kranks |
$96,593,018 |
2004 |
|
| 23 |
The Nightmare Before Christmas |
$88,171,091 |
1993 |
|
| 24 |
Bad Santa |
$76,488,889 |
2003 |
|
| 25 |
The Best Man Holiday |
$72,835,710 |
2013 |
|
| 26 |
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation |
$71,319,526 |
1989 |
|
| 27 |
The Star |
$62,812,974 |
2017 |
|
| 28 |
Krampus |
$61,548,707 |
2015 |
|
| 29 |
Scrooged |
$60,328,558 |
1988 |
|
| 30 |
A Madea Christmas |
$53,396,354 |
2015 |
|
| 31 |
This Christmas |
$49,778,552 |
2007 |
|
| 32 |
Deck the Halls |
$47,231,070 |
2006 |
|
| 33 |
Miracle on 34th Street |
$46,264,384 |
1994 |
|
| 34 |
Almost Christmas |
$42,580,920 |
2016 |
|
| 35 |
Love the Coopers |
$42,426,912 |
2016 |
|
Highest grossing Christmas film series and franchises
The following is a list of highest grossing Christmas film series and franchises. The Santa Clause tops the list with $470.1 million and also has the best average with $156.8 million.
Highest-grossing Christmas franchises and film series
(The films in each franchise can be viewed by selecting "show")
| Rank |
Series |
Total worldwide box office |
No. of films |
Average of films |
Highest-grossing film |
|
|
1
|
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 |
|
|
2
|
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 |
|
|
3
|
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 |
|
|
4
|
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 |
The Grinch |
$67,752,855 |
2018 |
|
| 2 |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
$55,082,330 |
2000 |
|
| 3 |
Four Christmases |
$34,890,733 |
2008 |
|
| 4 |
Elf |
$31,113,501 |
2003 |
|
| 5 |
The Best Man Holiday |
$30,107,555 |
2013 |
|
| 6 |
A Christmas Carol |
$30,051,075 |
2009 |
|
| 7 |
The Santa Clause 2 |
$29,008,696 |
2002 |
|
| 8 |
The Polar Express |
$24,341,868 |
2004 |
|
| 9 |
Christmas with the Kranks |
$22,596,569 |
2004 |
|
| 10 |
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms |
$20,352,491 |
2018 |
|
| 11 |
Arthur Christmas |
$15,442,585 |
2011 |
|
See also
