This list charts the most successful films at cinemas in Spain by box office sales, in euros and admissions. It also lists the most popular Spanish productions.
The following are the highest-grossing films in Spain.
Rank | Title | Year | Gross (€m) [1] [2] [3] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Avatar | 2009 | 79.4 |
2 | Spanish Affair | 2014 | 56.2 |
3 | Avatar: The Way of Water | 2022 | 51.0 [4] |
4 | Inside Out 2 | 2024 | 45.5 |
5 | Titanic | 1998 | 42.7 |
6 | The Impossible | 2012 | 42.4 |
7 | The Lion King | 2019 | 37.2 |
8 | Spanish Affair 2 | 2015 | 36.1 |
9 | Barbie | 2023 | 33.7 [5] |
10 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 2003 | 33.6 |
The ten highest-grossing Spanish films of all time by domestic box office gross revenue are listed as follows: [6] [2] [7]
Rank | Title | Year | Domestic gross(million €) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Spanish Affair | 2014 | 56.2 |
2 | The Impossible | 2012 | 42.4 |
3 | Spanish Affair 2 | 2015 | 36.1 |
4 | The Others | 2001 | 27.3 |
5 | A Monster Calls | 2016 | 26.5 |
6 | The Orphanage | 2007 | 25.1 |
7 | Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure | 2003 | 22.8 |
8 | Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella | 2001 | 22.1 |
9 | Agora | 2009 | 21.4 |
10 | Perfect Strangers | 2017 | 21.3 |
The highest-grossing Spanish films of all time by worldwide box office gross revenue are listed as follows:
Rank | Title | Year | Language | Director | Gross(million $) | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Fast & Furious 6 | 2013 | English | Justin Lin | 788.7 | [8] |
2 | The Others | 2001 | English | Alejandro Amenábar | 209.9 | [9] |
3 | The Impossible | 2012 | English/Spanish | J. A. Bayona | 198.1 | [10] |
4 | Midnight in Paris | 2006 | English | Woody Allen | 151.7 | [11] |
5 | Mama | 2013 | English | Andy Muschietti | 146.4 | [12] |
6 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | 2006 | English | Tom Tykwer | 135.0 | [13] |
7 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | 2008 | English/Spanish | Woody Allen | 96.4 | [14] |
8 | Volver | 2006 | Spanish | Pedro Almodóvar | 85.6 | [15] |
9 | Spanish Affair | 2014 | Spanish | Emilio Martínez-Lázaro | 78.7 | [16] |
10 | The Orphanage | 2007 | Spanish | J. A. Bayona | 78.6 | [17] |
Below is the list of films that were listed in the annual yearbooks as having the highest gross since 1965. The gross reported is that by the end of the year the record was subsequently broken. The film may have continued to gross more in later years. Variety reported a gross of 577.6 million Pesetas ($3.4 million) for Gone With the Wind in 1986. [18] The official gross since 1965 at that date was 455.9 million Pesetas, [19] which suggests a gross of 121.7 million Pesetas prior to 1965.
Title | Year of record | Gross (₧) | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
Doctor Zhivago | 1966 | 203,645,611 | [20] [21] |
The Godfather | 1974 | 223,416,080 | [21] [22] |
The Towering Inferno | 1975 | 280,996,150 | [22] [23] |
Jaws | 1976 | 436,893,775 | [23] [24] |
Star Wars | 1978 | 542,047,776 | [25] [24] |
Superman | 1979 | 696,935,714 | [24] [26] |
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1983 | 1,810,278,534 | [26] [27] |
Basic Instinct | 1992 | 2,203,132,927 | [27] [28] |
Jurassic Park | 1993 | 2,922,217,164 | [28] [29] |
The Lion King | 1995 | 3,087,503,868 | [30] [31] |
Titanic | 1998 | 6,332,537,226 | [32] [33] |
Title | Year of record | Gross (€) | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
Avatar | 2010 | 74,528,952 | [34] |
Avatar (including Avatar: Special Edition) | 2010 | 76,982,912 | [34] |
Title | Year of record | Gross (₧) | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
La ciudad no es para mí | 1966 | 71,096,671 | [35] [36] |
La Residencia | 1971 | 83,026,348 | [36] [37] [38] |
No desearás al vecino del quinto | 1971 | 118,374,888 | [36] [39] |
Furtivos [a] | 1975 | 251,594,053 | [39] [40] |
La guerra de papá | 1978 | 356,531,484 | [40] [41] |
El crimen de Cuenca | 1982 | 458,147,877 | [41] [42] |
Los santos inocentes | 1984 | 523,745,360 | [42] [43] |
La vaquilla | 1987 | 526,322,389 | [43] [44] |
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | 1988 | 1,164,784,419 | [44] [45] |
Airbag | 1998 | 1,198,425,511 | [46] |
Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law | 1998 | 1,811,710,690 | [47] [48] [33] |
Title | Year of record | Gross (€) | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella | 2001 | 22,050,842 | [49] [47] |
The Others | 2001 | 27,254,163 | [49] [50] |
The Impossible | 2012 | 42,408,164 | [50] [51] |
Spanish Affair | 2014 | 55,379,948 | [51] [52] |
The following are the films with the most cinema admissions in Spain since 1965 as at the end of 2023. [b]
Rank | Title | Year | Admissions [54] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Titanic | 1998 | 11,417,167 |
2 | Avatar | 2009 | 9,489,978 |
3 | Spanish Affair | 2014 | 9,397,647 |
4 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1982 | 7,728,164 |
5 | Doctor Zhivago | 1966 | 7,258,351 |
6 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | 2001 | 7,153,941 |
7 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 2003 | 6,929,263 |
8 | Star Wars | 1977/1997 | 6,901,869 |
9 | The Sixth Sense | 1999 | 6,762,590 |
10 | Avatar: The Way of the Water | 2022 | 6,737,482 |
The following are the Spanish films with the most cinema admissions in Spain since 1965 as at the end of 2023.
Rank | Title | Year | Admissions [54] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Spanish Affair | 2014 | 9,397,647 |
2 | The Others | 2001 | 6,410,785 |
3 | The Impossible | 2012 | 6,129,976 |
4 | Spanish Affair 2 | 2015 | 5,693,198 |
5 | For A Few Dollars More | 1966 | 5,521,025 |
6 | Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella | 2001 | 5,321,969 |
7 | Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure | 2003 | 4,985,983 |
8 | A Monster Calls | 2016 | 4,613,696 |
9 | The Orphanage | 2007 | 4,420,987 |
10 | No desearás al vecino del quinto | 1970 | 4,371,624 |
Below is the list of films that were listed in the annual yearbooks as having the most admissions since 1965. The admissions reported below are those by the end of the year the record was set. The film may have had further admissions in future years. Until 1981, Peliculas varias (English: Various movies) was listed as the film with the most admissions with over 7 million. It was again listed at the top in 1990. The first yearbook with this data was 1975 which listed El Padrecito as second after Peliculas varias however, in the 1976 yearbook, Doctor Zhivago, which was missing from the 1975 list, was listed above El Padrecito and its admissions for 1976 suggest that it had more admissions as at the end of 1975.
Title | Year of record | Admissions | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
Doctor Zhivago | 1975 | 6,070,003 | [55] |
El Padrecito | 1980 | 6,181,018 | [56] |
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1983 | 6,875,209 | [57] |
Titanic | 1998 | 10,653,520 | [58] |
Title | Year of record | Admissions | Ref |
---|---|---|---|
La ciudad no es para mí | 1966 | 4,280,409 | [59] |
For a Few Dollars More | 1978 | 4,422,378 | [60] |
The Others | 2001 | 6,242,330 | [61] |
Spanish Affair | 2014 | 9,346,292 | [51] |
This lists the highest-grossing films in Spain per year based on their gross for the calendar year as per the data published annually by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. The highest-grossing Spanish productions are listed separately.
The Love of Captain Brando is a 1974 Spanish drama film written and directed by Jaime de Armiñán, starring Ana Belén, Fernando Fernán Gómez, and Jaime Gamboa.
La ciudad no es para mí is a 1966 Spanish comedy film directed by Pedro Lazaga and based on the play of the same name by Fernando Lázaro Carreter published under the pen name Fernando Ángel Lozano. It stars Paco Martínez Soria as Agustín Valverde, an old widower peasant from the Aragonese village of Calacierva who decides to go to Madrid to live with his son and daughter-in-law.
Malena Is a Name from a Tango is a 1996 drama film directed by Gerardo Herrero from a screenplay by Senel Paz based on the novel by Almudena Grandes. It stars Ariadna Gil.
Torment is a 1974 Spanish drama film directed by Pedro Olea based on the novel of the same name by Benito Pérez Galdós which stars Ana Belén, Francisco Rabal, Concha Velasco, and Javier Escrivá.