List of highest-grossing Christmas films

The following is a page of the highest-grossing Christmas-themed films. The gross is not inflation adjusted.

Highest-grossing Christmas films

† Background shading indicates films playing in the week commencing 5 December 2025 in theaters around the world.

Rank	Title	Gross	Studio	Year	Ref
1	The Grinch	$538,920,602	Universal	2018	[1]
2	Home Alone	$476,684,675	20th Century Fox	1990	[2]
3	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	$358,994,850		1992	[3]
4	Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas	$345,823,032	Universal	2000	[4]
5	A Christmas Carol	$325,286,646	Disney	2009	[5]
6	The Polar Express	$315,249,768	Warner Bros. Pictures	2004	[6]
7	Batman Returns	$266,831,698		1992	[7]
8	Love Actually	$245,203,167	Universal	2003	[8]
9	Die Hard 2	$240,031,274	20th Century Studios	1990	[9]
10	Elf	$225,097,437	New Line Cinema	2003	[10]
11	The Holiday	$205,850,134	Columbia Pictures / Universal	2006	[11]
12	The Santa Clause	$190,539,357	Disney	1994	[12]
13	Red One	$184,894,014	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	2024	[13]
14	While You Were Sleeping	$182,057,016	Disney	1995	[14]
15	Daddy's Home 2	$180,613,824	Paramount Pictures	2017	[15]
16	The Nutcracker and the Four Realms	$173,961,069	Disney	2018	[16]
17	The Santa Clause 2	$172,855,065		2002	[17]
18	Four Christmases	$163,733,697	New Line Cinema	2008	[18]
19	Gremlins	$153,898,890	Warner Bros. Pictures	1984	[19]
20	Arthur Christmas	$147,419,472	Columbia Pictures	2011	[20]
21	Die Hard	$141,603,197	20th Century Fox	1988	[21]
22	A Bad Moms Christmas	$130,560,428	Universal / STXfilms	2017	[22]
23	Jingle All the Way	$129,832,389	20th Century Studios	1996	[23]
24	The Family Man	$124,745,083	Universal	2000	[24]
25	Last Christmas	$121,550,750		2019	[25]
26	Why Him?	$118,102,725	20th Century Fox	2016	[26]
27	Office Christmas Party	$114,501,299	Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures	2016	[27]
28	The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause	$110,768,122	Disney	2006	[28]
29	Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	$102,366,815	New Line Cinema	2009	[29]
30	Fred Claus	$97,838,349	Warner Bros. Pictures	2007	[30]
31	Christmas with the Kranks	$96,593,018	Columbia Pictures	2004	[31]
32	The Nightmare Before Christmas	$95,514,188	Disney	1993	[32]
33	The Family Stone	$92,884,429	20th Century Fox	2005	[33]
34	Home Alone 3	$79,082,515		1997	[34]
35	Serendipity	$77,516,304	Miramax	2001	[35]
36	Violent Night	$76,492,442	Universal	2022	[36]
37	Bad Santa	$76,488,889	Columbia Pictures / Dimension Films	2003	[37]
38	The Best Man Holiday	$72,835,710	Universal	2013	[38]
39	National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation	$71,319,526	Warner Bros. Pictures	1989	[39]
40	The Star	$62,812,974	Columbia Pictures / Affirm Films	2017	[40]
41	Krampus	$61,548,707	Universal	2015	[41]
42	Scrooged	$60,328,558	Paramount Pictures	1988	[42]
43	A Madea Christmas	$53,396,354	Lionsgate Films	2015	[43]
44	Just Friends	$50,912,434	New Line Cinema	2005	[44]
45	This Christmas	$49,778,552	Screen Gems	2007	[45]
46	Deck the Halls	$47,231,070	20th Century Fox	2006	[46]
47	Miracle on 34th Street	$46,264,384		1994	[47]
48	Almost Christmas	$42,580,920	Universal	2016	[48]
49	Love the Coopers	$42,426,912	Lionsgate Films / CBS Films	2016	[49]

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. How The Grinch Stole Christmas! follows closely behind with $872.6 million and an average of $436.2 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 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 [50]
1	The Grinch	$67,752,855	2018	[1]
2	Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas	$55,082,330	2000	[51]
3	Love Actually	$45,569,086	2003	[52]
4	Red One	$32,106,112	2024	[53]
5	Elf	$31,113,501	2003	[54]
6	The Best Man Holiday	$30,107,555	2013	[55]
7	A Christmas Carol	$30,051,075	2009	[56]
8	The Santa Clause 2	$29,008,696	2002	[57]
9	The Polar Express	$24,341,868	2004	[58]
10	The Nutcracker and the Four Realms	$20,352,491	2018	[16]

See also

• Lists of highest-grossing films
• List of Christmas films
• Santa Claus in film

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