The following table lists known estimated box office ticket sales for various high-grossing films that have sold at least 100 million tickets worldwide.
Note that some of the data are incomplete due to a lack of available admissions data from a number of box office territories. Therefore, it is not an exhaustive list of all the highest-grossing films by ticket sales, so no rankings are given.
Film | Year | Known ticket sales (est.) | Territories with known ticket sales data [lower-alpha 1] | Notes |
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Legend of the White Snake (Bai she zhuan) | 1980 | 700,000,000 | China | [1] [2] |
In-Laws (Full House of Joy) | 1981 | 650,000,000 | China | [3] [4] |
Wudang (The Undaunted Wudang) | 1983 | 610,000,000 | China | [3] |
Gunshots in the CIB (Bao mi ju de qiang sheng) | 1979 | 600,000,000 | China | [5] [6] |
Murder in 405 (405 mou sha an) | 1980 | 600,000,000 | China | [5] |
The Disciple of the Shaolin Temple (Shaolin Brothers) | 1983 | 520,000,000 | China | [3] |
Shaolin Temple | 1982 | 500,994,065 | China, Hong Kong, South Korea | [lower-alpha 2] |
Sesame Official (Qi pin zhi ma guan) | 1980 | 500,000,000 | China | [1] |
Deadly Fury (Pride's Deadly Fury) | 1984 | 500,000,000 | China | [3] |
Cong Nu Li Dao Jiang Jun | 1979 | 470,000,000 | China | [3] |
The Xi'an Incident | 1981 | 450,000,000 | China | [3] |
Mysterious Buddha (Shen mi de da fo) | 1980 | 400,000,000 | China | [5] [9] |
Titanic | 1997 | 389,792,470 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 3] |
Ji Hongchang | 1979 | 380,000,000 | China | [5] |
Kimi yo Fundo no Kawa o Watare (Manhunt) | 1976 | 363,700,000 | Japan, China, Soviet Union | [lower-alpha 4] |
Avengers: Endgame | 2019 | 351,491,996 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 5] |
Star Wars | 1977 | 338,400,000 | Worldwide | [49] |
Avatar | 2009 | 331,298,685 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 6] |
Kai Qiang, Wei Ta Song Xing | 1982 | 330,000,000 | China | [3] |
Caravan | 1971 | 319,000,000 | India, China | [lower-alpha 7] |
Tunnel War | 1965 | 300,000,000 | China | [61] |
Gone with the Wind | 1939 | 285,663,720 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 8] |
The Sound of Music | 1965 | 283,300,000 | Worldwide | [49] |
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1982 | 276,998,207 | Worldwide | [49] [67] |
Avengers: Infinity War | 2018 | 265,084,467 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 9] |
The Ten Commandments | 1956 | 262,000,000 | Worldwide | [49] |
Du Shiniang | 1981 | 260,000,000 | China | [3] |
A General Wearing the Sword (Pei jian jiang jun) | 1983 | 260,000,000 | China | [3] |
Little Heroes (Young Heroes) | 1983 | 260,000,000 | China | [75] |
Avatar: The Way of Water | 2022 | 253,466,674 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 10] |
Sholay (Embers) | 1975 | 250,021,329 | India, Soviet Union, Brazil, Europe, USA | [lower-alpha 11] |
Doctor Zhivago | 1965 | 248,200,000 | Worldwide | [49] |
Spider-Man: No Way Home | 2021 | 245,287,629 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 12] |
Jaws | 1975 | 243,277,230 | Worldwide | [49] [67] |
The Burning of Imperial Palace | 1983 | 240,000,000 | China | [3] |
Star Wars: The Force Awakens | 2015 | 239,302,925 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 13] |
Awaara (The Vagabond) | 1951 | 230,100,000 | India, Soviet Union, China, Turkey | [lower-alpha 14] |
The Lion King | 2019 | 227,008,637 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 15] |
The Exorcist | 1973 | 214,900,000 | Worldwide | [49] |
Jurassic World | 2015 | 206,287,661 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 16] |
Holy Robe of the Shaolin Temple | 1985 | 200,000,000 | China | [106] |
One Hundred and One Dalmatians | 1961 | 199,800,000 | Worldwide | [49] |
Fei lai de nü xu (Son-in-Law Flew Out of Nowhere) | 1982 | 199,500,000 | China | [75] |
Furious 7 | 2015 | 199,183,691 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 17] |
Jurassic Park | 1993 | 178,346,628 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 18] |
Frozen II | 2019 | 177,007,599 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 19] |
The Birth of a Nation | 1915 | 171,428,571 | United States | [10] |
Lan dun bao xian xiang (Blue Shield Safe) | 1983 | 170,000,000 | China | [75] |
Ben-Hur | 1959 | 168,893,565 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 20] |
The Super Mario Bros. Movie | 2023 | 168,100,000 | Worldwide | [125] |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | 1937 | 167,048,864 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 21] |
Avengers: Age of Ultron | 2015 | 166,509,843 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 22] |
The Avengers | 2012 | 166,366,729 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 23] |
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | 2001 | 164,512,878 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 24] |
Juvenile Delinquents (Innocent Teenagers) | 1985 | 161,000,000 | China | [147] [148] |
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | 2018 | 160,547,160 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 25] |
Wolf Warrior 2 | 2017 | 160,322,273 | Canada, China, Germany, South Korea, UK, USA | [lower-alpha 26] |
Incredibles 2 | 2018 | 159,064,742 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 27] |
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | 1999 | 158,978,082 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 28] |
The Lion King | 1994 | 153,959,873 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 29] |
Barbie | 2023 | 151,317,164 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 30] |
Black Panther | 2018 | 149,894,217 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 31] |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 2003 | 149,735,814 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 32] |
Frozen | 2013 | 142,925,342 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 33] |
Top Gun: Maverick | 2022 | 142,865,173 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 34] |
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | 2001 | 142,597,767 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 35] |
Star Wars: The Last Jedi | 2017 | 140,827,080 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 36] |
Spider-Man: Far From Home | 2019 | 140,345,269 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 37] |
The Red Snowball Tree | 1974 | 140,000,000 | Soviet Union | [210] |
Romance on Lushan Mountain | 1980 | 140,000,000 | China | [211] |
Ne Zha | 2019 | 140,000,000 | China | [212] |
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | 2002 | 139,804,845 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 38] |
The Jungle Book | 1967 | 137,915,958 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 39] |
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | 2011 | 137,832,956 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 40] |
Disco Dancer | 1982 | 135,000,000 | India, Soviet Union | [lower-alpha 41] |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | 2006 | 134,528,334 | USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Brazil, Japan, South Korea | [lower-alpha 42] |
Finding Nemo | 2003 | 132,171,209 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 43] |
A Policeman with a Special Identity | 1982 | 130,000,000 | China | [75] |
Yellow River Fighter | 1988 | 130,000,000 | China | [235] |
The Godfather | 1972 | 128,176,173 | USA, Canada, UK, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, South Korea | [lower-alpha 44] |
Spider-Man | 2002 | 126,654,574 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 45] |
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion | 2017 | 125,075,856 | India, China, USA, Canada, Europe, Japan | [lower-alpha 46] |
The Jungle Book | 2016 | 125,061,672 | USA, Canada, India, China, Europe, Morocco, South Korea | [lower-alpha 47] |
The Battle at Lake Changjin | 2021 | 125,000,000 | China | [250] |
Beauty and the Beast | 2017 | 124,368,330 | USA, Canada, Europe, Morocco, China, Japan, South Korea, Brazil | [lower-alpha 48] |
Independence Day | 1996 | 124,051,234 | USA, Canada, Europe, Japan, South Korea, Brazil | [lower-alpha 49] |
The Sting | 1973 | 123,048,854 | USA, Canada, Europe, South Korea | [lower-alpha 50] |
Shrek 2 | 2004 | 123,023,527 | USA, Canada, Europe, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, South Korea | [lower-alpha 51] |
Thunderball | 1965 | 122,235,389 | UK, USA, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Denmark, Switzerland | [lower-alpha 52] |
The Dark Knight Rises | 2012 | 121,771,548 | Worldwide | [267] |
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back | 1980 | 121,693,138 | USA, Canada, Europe, South Korea | [lower-alpha 53] |
Hi, Mom | 2021 | 121,000,000 | China | [271] |
Great Shanghai 1937 (Da Shang Hai 1937) | 1986 | 121,000,000 | China | [147] |
At Middle Age (Ren dao zhong nian) | 1982 | 120,000,000 | China | [75] |
She an | 1983 | 120,000,000 | China | [75] |
Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi | 1983 | 118,207,387 | USA, Canada, Europe, South Korea | [lower-alpha 54] |
Grease | 1978 | 117,075,584 | Worldwide | [275] |
Cleopatra | 1963 | 116,470,333 | USA, Canada, Soviet Union, Europe, South Korea | [lower-alpha 55] |
The Dark Knight | 2008 | 116,062,961 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 56] |
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | 2016 | 113,043,258 | USA, Canada, Europe, South Korea | [lower-alpha 57] |
Mirage (Hai shi shen lou) | 1987 | 113,000,000 | China | [147] |
Spider-Man 3 | 2007 | 111,669,999 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 58] |
Our Niu Baisui (Zan men de niu bai sui) | 1983 | 110,000,000 | China | [75] |
Aladdin | 2019 | 109,617,189 | USA, Canada, Europe, South Korea, China, Japan, India, Brazil | [lower-alpha 59] |
Raiders of the Lost Ark | 1981 | 107,227,185 | USA, Canada, Europe, Brazil, Seoul | [lower-alpha 60] |
Spider-Man: Homecoming | 2017 | 106,696,120 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 61] |
The Wandering Earth | 2019 | 105,965,100 | China, United States, Canada | [lower-alpha 62] |
Spider-Man 2 | 2004 | 105,707,690 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 63] |
Mary Poppins | 1964 | 105,507,268 | USA, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Spain | [lower-alpha 64] |
The Sixth Sense | 1999 | 103,747,446 | Worldwide | [314] |
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | 2012 | 102,947,949 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 65] |
Bobby | 1973 | 102,900,000 | India, Soviet Union | [lower-alpha 66] |
Forrest Gump | 1994 | 101,939,833 | USA, Canada, Europe, South Korea, Brazil | [lower-alpha 67] |
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | 2014 | 101,523,762 | Worldwide | [lower-alpha 68] |
First Blood | 1982 | 101,187,271 | USA, Canada, China, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, South Korea | [lower-alpha 69] |
Goldfinger | 1964 | 100,150,318 | UK, USA, Canada, Europe, South Korea | [lower-alpha 70] |
Mughal-e-Azam (The Great Mughal) | 1960 | 100,041,453 | India, USA, Canada, UK | [lower-alpha 71] |
Mother India | 1957 | 100,011,812 | India, France, UK | [lower-alpha 72] |
Amphibian Man | 1962 | 100,000,000 | Soviet Union | [342] |
Dong fang jian | 1982 | 100,000,000 | China | [75] |
The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya | 1942 | 100,000,000 | Japan and its occupied territories | [343] [344] |
Zhou Enlai | 1992 | 100,000,000 | China | [5] |
The following is an overview of events in 1982 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.
Spider-Man in film dates back to 1977, the rights belonging to Marvel until 1999, when Sony bought them for $7 million. He has been Marvel's most successful character in the cinema industry ever since. After selling the Spider-Man motion picture rights to Sony, Marvel eventually founded its own studio, developing the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) based on the characters they still held the rights to. This would change in 2016, when Sony and Disney entered an agreement to include Spider-Man in the MCU. Despite some disagreements pertaining to finances and merchandising between the two parties, the agreement proved a successful endeavor for both companies. The following two Avengers sequels, finally with Spider-Man, crossed the $2 billion mark at worldwide box office for the first time. Meanwhile, Sony in association with Marvel launched the Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU), with Sony entering a 3 billion-dollar streaming agreement with Netflix and Disney.
Apache Gold, also known as Winnetou the Warrior, is a 1963 Western film directed by Harald Reinl. It is based on the story of Winnetou, a fictional Native-American Apache hero from the Winnetou series of German novels. It was a major commercial success, selling about 77 million tickets at the worldwide box office.
The Treasure of the Silver Lake is a 1962 Western film directed by Harald Reinl, loosely based on German author Karl May's 1891 novel of the same name. It was the first in a highly-successful series of films based on May's works by the West German studios Rialto and Constantin Film, starring American actor Lex Barker as the frontiersman Old Shatterhand and French actor Pierre Brice as the Apache warrior Winnetou.
近年拍摄的戏曲片《白蛇传》观众人数最多,达七亿人次、《七品芝麻官》五亿人次。[In recent years, the opera film "Legend of the White Snake" has the largest audience, reaching 700 million people, and "Sesame Official" with 500 million people.]
近四年来城乡观众人次超过 1 亿的影片有:《喜盈门》 6 亿 5 千万,《武当》 6 亿 1 千万,《少林弟子》 5 亿 2 千万,《武林志》 5 亿,《从奴隶到将军》 4 亿 7 千万,《西安事变》 4 亿 5 千万,《吉鸿昌》 3 亿 8 千万,《开枪,为他送行》 3 亿 3 千万,《杜十娘》 2 亿 6 千万,《佩剑将军》 2 亿 6 千万,《火烧圆明园》 2 亿 4 千万[In the past four years, films with more than 100 million viewers in urban and rural areas include: "Xi ying men" 650 million, "Wudang" 610 million, "Shao lin di zi" 520 million, "Wu lin zhi" 500 million, "Cong Nu Li Dao Jiang Jun" 470 million, "Xi'an Incident" 450 million, "Ji Hong Chang" 380 million, "Kai Qiang, Wei Ta Song Xing" 330 million, "Du Shiniang" 260 million, "A General Wearing the Sword" 260 million, "Burning of the Imperial Palace" 240 million]
Currently, in its sixth reissue in Japan, playing 20 theatres for a five week engagement, Gone With the Wind has grossed $1,547,277 and has played to 501,377 customers.
两年来,包括三种拷贝( 8.75 毫米、 16 毫米和 35 毫米)在内,观众人次最多的十几部影片是:《武当》,从 1983 年 7 月发行到 1984 年 6 月,有五亿四千四百多万观众;《武林志》,从 1983 年 8 月到 1984 年 6 月,四亿二千五百七十九万观众;第三位是"上影"的喜剧片《飞来的女婿》。 这是出乎我意料之外的,无论评论界还是领导同志,几乎没有人认为这是一部好的或者比较好的影片(当然内容上是没有问题的) ,我好象还没有看到过有什么评论提到这部影片,但是 1983 年 1 月到 1984 年 6 月,观众人次一亿九千九百五十万;另外几部影片的观众人次:《蓝盾保险箱》, 一亿七千万;《特殊身份的警官》,一亿三千万;《人到中年》,一亿二千万;《蛇案》, 1983 年 12 月到今年 6 月,一亿二千万;《东方剑》,一亿人次;《咱们的牛百岁》,一亿一千万;《小小得月楼》,八千八百万;还有两部与香港合拍的影片,《少林弟子》,四亿九千万;《自古英雄出少年》,从 1984 年 1 月到 6 月,二亿六千万。我算了一下,除两部合拍影片外,这 10 部影片中上座的情况大概是这样的:两部武打片,占九亿六千九百八十三万;四部惊险片,或叫地下斗争或侦破片,六亿三千万;另外喜剧片,三亿九千万;还有《人到中年》,一亿二千万,加上两部合拍片, 12 部影片观众人次约三十亿。[In the past two years, including three copies (8.75mm, 16mm and 35mm), the dozen films with the most audiences were: "Wudang", which was released from July 1983 to June 1984, with more than 544 million viewers; "Wu lin zhi", from August 1983 to June 1984, 425.79 million viewers; the third is the Shanghai Film Studio comedy "Fei lai de nü xu". This is beyond my expectations, no matter critics or leading comrades, almost no one thinks this is a good or relatively good film (of course there is no problem with the content), I don't seem to have seen it. What reviews mention this film, but from January 1983 to June 1984, the audience was 199.5 million; the audience for the other films: "Blue Shield Safe", 170 million; "A Policeman with a Special Identity", 130 million; "At Middle Age", 120 million; "She an", December 1983 to June this year, 120 million; "Dong Fangjian", 100 million people; "Our Niu Baisui", 110 million; "Little Deyuelou", 88 million; and two films co-produced with Hong Kong, "Shao lin di zi", 490 million; "Young Heroes", from January to June 1984, 260 million. I calculated, except for the two co-production films, the status of the top 10 films is probably like this: two martial arts films, accounting for 969.83 million; four thrilling films, or underground struggles or detective films, 630 million; comedy films, 390 million; and "At Middle Age", 120 million, plus two co-productions, 12 films with an audience of about 3 billion.]
中彩公司还对放映 529 部 35 毫米放映两年的观众人次做了统计,前 10 名国产片是《少年犯》( 1.61 亿人次)《大上海》( 1.21 亿人次)《海市蜃楼》( 1.13 亿人次)《侠女十三妹》( 8108 万人次)《红高粱》( 7684 万人次《绝处逢生》( 7348 万人次)《黑匣喋血记》( 7345 万人次《神鞭》( 6981 万人次)《绿王》( 6926 万人次)等。前 10 名进口片观众人次列为前十名的有《南北少林》(香港)《少林俗家弟子》(香港)《野鹅敢死队》(英)《鹰爪骨丹心》(香港)《警官的诺言》(法)《伦敦上空的唐》(英)《超人》(美)[The lottery company also made statistics on the number of viewers who screened 529 35mm films for two years. The top 10 domestic films were "Juvenile Delinquents" (161 million admissions), "Great Shanghai" (121 million admissions), "Mirage" (113 million admissions), "The Thirteenth Sister" (81.08 million admissions), "Red Sorghum" (76.84 million admissions), "Life in a Dead End" (73.48 million admissions), "Black Box" (73.45 million admissions), "The Whip of God" (69.81 million admissions), "The Green King" (69.26 million admissions), etc. The top 10 imported movie audiences included "Martial Arts of Shaolin" (Hong Kong), "Shaolin Secular Disciple" (Hong Kong), "Wild Goose Death Squad" (English), "Eagle Claw" (Hong Kong), "Police Officer's Promise" (France), "Don Over London" (UK), "Superman" (US)]
It has been screened in the local cinema every day since 1980 and, to date, has sold more than 140 million tickets.