The following is a list of highest-grossing musical films of all time, the highest-grossing musical film franchises, the biggest opening weekends for musical films, and the highest admissions at the box office.
Note that the following gross figures are nominal, not adjusted for inflation, and do not take into account rising ticket prices, or differences in ticket prices between different countries. When adjusted for inflation, the highest-grossing musical films are The Sound of Music , with an inflation-adjusted worldwide gross of $2,572,000,000; followed by Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , with an inflation-adjusted worldwide gross of $1,977,000,000 (both as of 2019). [lower-alpha 1] The top five films are among the highest-grossing films of all time.
Rank | Film | Year | Worldwide gross (US$) | Type | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Lion King | 2019 | $1,656,943,394 | Remake [lower-alpha 2] | [1] |
2 | Frozen II | 2019 | $1,450,026,933 | Original | [2] |
3 | Frozen [lower-alpha 3] | 2013 | $1,397,042,530 | [# 1] | |
4 | Beauty and the Beast | 2017 | $1,264,435,322 | Remake [lower-alpha 4] | [3] |
5 | Aladdin | 2019 | $1,050,693,953 | Remake [lower-alpha 5] | [4] |
6 | The Lion King | 1994 | $968,483,777 | Original | [5] |
7 | The Jungle Book | 2016 | $966,550,600 | Remake [lower-alpha 6] | [6] |
8 | Bohemian Rhapsody | 2018 | $903,655,259 | Jukebox musical [lower-alpha 7] | [7] |
9 | Moana | 2016 | $643,331,111 | Original | [8] |
10 | Sing | 2016 | $634,151,679 | Jukebox musical | [9] |
11 | Wonka | 2023 | $625,420,096 | Original | [10] |
12 | Mamma Mia! | 2008 | $609,881,238 | Jukebox musical [lower-alpha 8] | [11] |
13 | Tangled | 2010 | $591,794,936 | Original | [12] |
14 | The Little Mermaid | 2023 | $569,626,289 | Remake [lower-alpha 9] | [13] |
15 | Aladdin | 1992 | $504,050,219 | Original | [14] |
16 | Rio 2 | 2014 | $500,101,972 | [15] | |
17 | Rio | 2011 | $484,635,760 | [16] | |
18 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 2005 | $474,968,763 | [17] | |
19 | La La Land | 2016 | $471,990,783 | [18] | |
20 | Tarzan | 1999 | $448,191,819 | [19] | |
21 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | 2009 | $443,140,005 | Jukebox musical | [20] |
22 | Les Misérables | 2012 | $441,809,770 | Adaptation of stage musical [lower-alpha 10] | [21] |
23 | The Greatest Showman | 2017 | $434,993,183 | Original | [22] |
24 | A Star Is Born | 2018 | $434,888,866 | [23] | |
25 | Beauty and the Beast | 1991 | $424,967,620 | [24] | |
26 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | 1937 | $418,229,510 | [25] | |
27 | Sing 2 | 2021 | $401,454,720 | Jukebox musical | [26] |
28 | Grease | 1978 | $396,169,103 | Adaption of stage musical | [27] |
29 | Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! | 2018 | $394,745,881 | Jukebox musical [lower-alpha 11] | [28] |
30 | Happy Feet | 2006 | $384,335,608 | Jukebox musical | [29] |
31 | The Jungle Book | 1967 | $378,000,000 | Original | [30] |
32 | Alvin and the Chipmunks | 2007 | $361,336,633 | Jukebox musical | [31] |
33 | Mary Poppins Returns | 2018 | $349,546,142 | Original | [32] |
34 | The Lorax | 2012 | $349,304,366 | [33] | |
35 | Trolls | 2016 | $347,337,803 | Jukebox musical | [34] |
36 | Pocahontas | 1995 | $346,079,773 | Original | [35] |
37 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | 2011 | $342,695,435 | Jukebox musical | [36] |
38 | Enchanted | 2007 | $340,487,862 | Original | [37] |
39 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | 1996 | $325,338,851 | [38] | |
40 | The Polar Express | 2004 | $318,226,393 | [39] | |
41 | Chicago | 2002 | $306,776,732 | Adaptation of stage musical [lower-alpha 12] | [40] |
42 | Mulan | 1998 | $304,320,254 | Original | [41] |
43 | Pitch Perfect 2 | 2015 | $287,144,079 | Jukebox musical | [42] |
44 | The Sound of Music | 1965 | $286,214,286 | Adaption of stage musical | [43] |
45 | Saturday Night Fever | 1977 | $282,400,000 | Original | [44] |
46 | Baahubali 2: The Conclusion | 2017 | $278,000,000 | [45] | |
47 | The Princess and the Frog | 2009 | $267,045,765 | [46] | |
48 | Cinderella | 1950 | $263,591,415 | [43] | |
49 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | 2008 | $252,909,177 | [47] | |
50 | Hercules | 1997 | $252,712,101 | [48] |
The following is a list of the biggest opening weekends for musical films worldwide.
Rank | Film | Opening weekend | Year | Type | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Frozen II | $358,503,293 | 2019 | Original | [49] |
2 | Beauty and the Beast | $357,026,593 | 2017 | Remake [lower-alpha 13] | [50] [51] |
3 | The Lion King | $245,953,703 | 2019 | Remake [lower-alpha 14] | |
4 | Aladdin | $214,700,000 | 2019 | Remake [lower-alpha 15] | [53] [51] |
5 | The Little Mermaid | $164,300,000 | 2023 | Remake [lower-alpha 16] | [54] |
6 | The Jungle Book | $132,200,000 | 2016 | Remake [lower-alpha 17] | [55] [51] |
7 | Frozen | $110,600,000 | 2013 | Original | [56] [51] |
8 | Rio | $94,164,414 | 2011 | [57] | |
9 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $84,652,689 | 2008 | [58] | |
10 | Baahubali 2: The Conclusion | $80,771,971 | 2017 | [59] | |
11 | 2.0 | $76,035,064 | 2018 | [60] | |
12 | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | $77,852,180 | 2018 | Jukebox musical [lower-alpha 18] | [61] |
13 | Moana | $73,809,195 | 2016 | Original | [62] |
14 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $72,362,847 | 2009 | Jukebox | [63] |
15 | The Lorax | $70,580,986 | 2012 | Original | [64] |
16 | Tangled | $66,140,737 | 2010 | [65] | |
17 | Bohemian Rhapsody | $63,541,055 | 2018 | Jukebox musical [lower-alpha 19] | [66] |
18 | A Star Is Born | $57,108,051 | 2018 | Original | [67] |
19 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | $56,178,450 | 2005 | Remake [lower-alpha 20] | [68] |
20 | Encanto | $53,468,421 | 2021 | Original | [69] |
21 | Rio 2 | $49,919,485 | 2014 | [70] | |
22 | Sultan | $48,812,938 | 2016 | [71] | |
23 | Trolls | $46,581,142 | 2016 | Jukebox musical | [72] |
24 | Mary Poppins Returns | $45,616,929 | 2018 | Original | [73] |
25 | Elvis | $45,319,780 | 2022 | Jukebox musical [lower-alpha 21] | [74] |
26 | Alvin and the Chipmunks | $44,307,417 | 2007 | Jukebox musical [lower-alpha 22] | [75] |
27 | Happy Feet | $42,508,432 | 2006 | [76] | |
28 | Enchanted | $42,204,913 | 2007 | Original | [77] |
29 | The Lion King | $40,888,194 | 1994 | [5] | |
30 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | $36,563,364 | 2011 | Jukebox musical [lower-alpha 23] | [78] |
31 | Sing | $35,258,145 | 2016 | [79] | |
32 | Tarzan | $34,221,968 | 1999 | Original | [80] |
33 | Padmaavat | $32,544,470 | 2018 | [81] | |
34 | Dhoom 3 | $33,160,000 | 2013 | [82] | |
35 | Rocketman | $32,525,722 | 2018 | Jukebox musical [lower-alpha 24] | [83] |
36 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | $32,421,521 | 2009 | Original | [84] |
37 | Hairspray | $31,682,114 | 2007 | Adaption of stage musical [lower-alpha 25] | [85] |
38 | Les Misérables | $31,481,735 | 2012 | Adaption of stage musical [lower-alpha 26] | [86] |
39 | Kabali | $31,438,211 | 2016 | Original | [87] |
40 | Thugs of Hindostan | $29,903,713 | 2018 | [88] | |
41 | Sanju | $29,535,236 | 2018 | [81] | |
42 | The Muppets | $30,839,026 | 2011 | [89] | |
43 | Sarkar | $29,244,255 | 2018 | [90] | |
44 | The Lion King in 3D | $30,151,614 | 2011 | Rerelease [lower-alpha 27] | [91] |
45 | Secret Superstar | $30,000,000 | 2018 | Original | [92] |
46 | Pitch Perfect 3 | $29,728,525 | 2017 | Jukebox musical [lower-alpha 28] | [93] |
47 | Dangal | $29,561,591 | 2016 | Original | [82] |
48 | Pocahontas | $29,531,619 | 1995 | [94] | |
49 | Mamma Mia! | $29,353,886 | 2008 | Jukebox musical [lower-alpha 29] | [95] |
50 | Bajrangi Bhaijaan | $29,186,977 | 2015 | Original | [82] |
The following is a list of the biggest opening weekends for musical films worldwide.
Rank | Film | Opening weekend | Year | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Frozen II | $358,503,293 | 2019 | [49] |
2 | Frozen | $110,600,000 | 2013 | [56] [51] |
3 | Rio | $94,164,414 | 2011 | [57] |
4 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | $84,652,689 | 2008 | [58] |
5 | Baahubali 2: The Conclusion | $80,771,971 | 2017 | [59] |
6 | 2.0 | $76,035,064 | 2018 | [60] |
7 | Moana | $73,809,195 | 2016 | [96] |
8 | The Lorax | $70,580,986 | 2012 | [97] |
9 | Tangled | $66,140,737 | 2010 | [65] |
10 | A Star Is Born | $57,108,051 | 2018 | [98] |
11 | Encanto | $53,468,421 | 2021 | [69] |
12 | Rio 2 | $49,919,485 | 2014 | [70] |
13 | Sultan | $48,812,938 | 2016 | [71] |
14 | Mary Poppins Returns | $45,616,929 | 2018 | [99] |
15 | Enchanted | $42,204,913 | 2007 | [77] |
16 | The Lion King | $40,888,194 | 1994 | [5] |
17 | Tarzan | $34,221,968 | 1999 | [80] |
18 | Padmaavat | $32,544,470 | 2018 | [81] |
19 | Dhoom 3 | $33,160,000 | 2013 | [82] |
20 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | $32,421,521 | 2009 | [84] |
21 | Kabali | $31,438,211 | 2016 | [87] |
22 | Thugs of Hindostan | $29,903,713 | 2018 | [88] |
23 | Sanju | $29,535,236 | 2018 | [81] |
24 | The Muppets | $30,839,026 | 2011 | [89] |
25 | Sarkar | $29,244,255 | 2018 | [90] |
26 | Secret Superstar | $30,000,000 | 2018 | [92] |
27 | Dangal | $29,561,591 | 2016 | [82] |
28 | Pocahontas | $29,531,619 | 1995 | [94] |
29 | Bajrangi Bhaijaan | $29,186,977 | 2015 | [82] |
Title | Established | Record-setting gross | Type | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Jazz Singer | 1927 | $2,625,000 R | Original | [# 2] [# 3] |
The Singing Fool | 1928 | $5,916,000 R | Jukebox [lower-alpha 30] | [# 2] [# 3] |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs [lower-alpha 31] | 1938 | $8,000,000 R | Original | [# 4] |
1940 | $8,500,000 R | [# 5] [# 6] | ||
This Is the Army | 1946 | $8,500,000 * R | Adaption of stage musical [lower-alpha 32] | [100] |
1951 | $10,445,000 R | [# 2] [# 7] | ||
White Christmas | 1954 | $12,000,000 * R | Original | [# 7] |
Awaara (The Vagabond) | 1954 | $12,100,000 | [lower-alpha 33] | |
1955 | $13,200,000 | |||
Mother India | 1957 | $17,000,000 I | [101] [102] | |
Mughal-e-Azam (The Great Mughal) | 1960 | $24,000,000 I | [103] [104] | |
White Christmas | 1960 | $30,000,000 * | [# 8] | |
South Pacific | 1961 | $30,000,000 R | Adaption of stage musical [lower-alpha 34] | [# 9] " [105] |
West Side Story | 1961 | $31,800,000 R | Adaption of stage musical [lower-alpha 35] | [# 10] |
Mary Poppins | 1966 | $44,000,000–$50,000,000 R | Original | [# 11] [# 12] [106] |
The Sound of Music | 1966 | $125,000,000 | Adaption of stage musical [lower-alpha 36] | [107] |
1978 | $286,214,076 | [# 13] | ||
Grease | 1978 | $341,000,000 | Adaption of stage musical | [# 14] |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | 1993 | $418,200,000 | Original | [# 15] |
Aladdin [lower-alpha 37] | 1993 | $504,050,219 | [# 16] [# 17] | |
The Lion King | 1994 | $768,000,000 | [# 18] | |
2002 | $783,841,776 | [# 19] | ||
2011 | $968,483,777 | [# 20] | ||
Frozen [lower-alpha 3] | 2014 | $1,287,000,000 | [# 1] | |
2017 | $1,290,000,000 | |||
The Lion King | 2019 | $1,656,943,394 | Remake [lower-alpha 38] | [1] |
R Distributor rentals. [lower-alpha 39]
* US and Canada gross only.
I India gross only.
Title | Year | Record-setting gross | type | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Awaara (The Vagabond) | 1955 | $114,000 C R | Original | [lower-alpha 33] |
Mughal-e-Azam (The Great Mughal) | 1960 | $860,000 I R | [108] [104] | |
Saturday Night Fever | 1977 | $3,878,099 * | [109] | |
Grease | 1978 | $8,941,717 * | [110] | |
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | 1982 | $11,874,268 * | Junkbox [lower-alpha 40] | [111] [112] |
Staying Alive | 1983 | $12,146,143 * | Junkbox [lower-alpha 41] | [111] [113] |
Aladdin | 1992 | $25,784,522 * | Original | [114] |
The Lion King | 1994 | $40,888,194 | [5] | |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | 2005 | $56,178,450 | Junkbox [lower-alpha 42] | [68] |
High School Musical 3: Senior Year | 2008 | $84,652,689 | Original | [58] |
Rio | 2011 | $94,164,414 | [57] | |
Frozen | 2013 | $110,600,000 | [56] | |
The Jungle Book | 2016 | $132,200,000 | Jukebox musical [lower-alpha 43] | [55] |
Beauty and the Beast | 2017 | $357,026,593 | Jukebox musical [lower-alpha 44] | [50] |
Frozen II | 2019 | $358,503,293 | Original | [49] |
R Distributor rentals.
* US and Canada gross only.
I India gross only.
C China gross only.
The following is a list of highest-grossing musical film by year. Disney tops the list 29 times. All films in Saturday Night Fever , Beauty and the Beast , The Lion King , Rio and ‘’The Little Mermaid are on the list, along with Alvin and the Chipmunks franchises are the most represented franchises each have two films on the list.
Year | Title | Worldwide gross | Budget | Type | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1927 | The Jazz Singer | $2,600,000 | $422,000 | Original | [115] |
1928 | The Singing Fool | $5,916,000 | $388,000 | [116] [117] | |
1929 | Gold Diggers of Broadway | $3,967,000 | $532,000 | [117] [118] | |
1930 | Animal Crackers | $3,100,000 R | TBA | [119] | |
1931 | Cracked Nuts | $617,000 | $261,000 | [120] | |
1932 | The Kid from Spain | $2,621,000 | TBA | [121] | |
1933 | Gold Diggers of 1933 | $3,231,000 R | $433,000 | [122] [117] [123] [119] | |
1934 | One Night of Love | $2,500,000 R | $500,000 | [124] | |
1935 | Naughty Marietta | $2,100,000 | $782,000 | [125] | |
1936 | San Francisco | $5,300,000 | $1,300,000 | [126] [125] | |
1937 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | $418,200,000 ($8,000,000) R | $1,488,423 | [# 15] [# 4] | |
1938 | Alexander's Ragtime Band | $3,600,000 | $1,200,000–$2,275,000 | Jukebox musical | [127] [128] [129] |
1939 | The Wizard of Oz | $25,637,669 | $2,800,000 | Original | [130] |
1943 | This Is the Army | $10,445,000 R ($8,500,000) * | TBD | Adaption of stage musical [lower-alpha 45] | [# 2] [# 7] |
1951 | Awaara (The Vagabond) | $30,660,000 ($4,830,000) I | TBD | Original | [lower-alpha 33] |
1952 | Aan (The Savage Princess) | $6,042,410 ($5,880,000) I | TBD | [lower-alpha 46] | |
1953 | Peter Pan | $145,000,000 ($7,000,000) | $3,000,000–4,000,000 | [# 21] | |
1954 | White Christmas | $30,000,000 ($12,000,000) * R | TBD | [# 7] [# 8] | |
1955 | Oklahoma! | $7,100,000 R * | $6,800,000 | [# 22] | |
Guys and Dolls | $9,063,000 R | $5,500,000 | Adaption of stage musical [lower-alpha 47] | [# 23] | |
Shree 420 (Mr. 420) | $10,380,000 ($8,190,000) I | TBD | Original | [lower-alpha 48] | |
Lady and the Tramp | $187,000,000 ($6,500,000) * R | $4,000,000 | [# 24] [# 25] | ||
1956 | The King and I | $21,300,000 * | $4,550,000 | Adaption of stage musical [lower-alpha 49] | [# 26] [# 27] |
1957 | Mother India | $17,000,000 I | $1,300,000 | Original | [101] [131] [102] |
1958 | South Pacific | $30,000,000 R ($6,400,000) * | $5,610,000 | Adaption of stage musical. [lower-alpha 50] | [# 9] [132] |
1959 | Sleeping Beauty | $51,600,000 * ($5,300,000) R | $6,000,000 | original | [# 28] [# 29] [# 30] [# 31] |
1960 | Mughal-e-Azam (The Great Mughal) | $24,000,000 I | $2,250,000 | [103] [104] | |
1961 | West Side Story | $31,800,000 R | $7,000,000 | Adaption of stage musical [lower-alpha 51] | [# 10] |
1962 | The Music Man | $14,953,846 * | TBD | Adaption of stage musical [lower-alpha 52] | [133] |
1963 | The Sword in the Stone | $22,182,353 * R ($13,050,777) * R | $3,000,000 | Original | [# 32] [# 33] [# 34] |
1964 | Mary Poppins | $102,272,727 * ($30,000,000) R | $4,400,000–$4,600,000 | Original | [134] [135] [106] |
1965 | The Sound of Music | $286,214,076 ($20,000,000) * R | $8,000,000 | Adaption of stage musical [lower-alpha 53] | [# 13] [# 10] [136] |
1966 | Phool Aur Patthar | $24,680,000 | TBD | Original | [lower-alpha 54] |
1967 | The Jungle Book | $378,000,000 ($23,800,000) R | $4,000,000 | [30] [# 35] [142] | |
1968 | Funny Girl | $52,000,000 * | $14,100,000 | Adaption of stage musical [lower-alpha 55] | [143] [144] |
1969 | Paint Your Wagon | $31,700,000 * | $20,000,000 | Adaption of stage musical [lower-alpha 56] | [145] |
1970 | The Aristocats | $191,000,000 ($26,462,000) R | $4,000,000 | Original | [30] [146] |
Hello Dolly! | $26,000,000 R | $25,000,000 | Adaption of stage musical [lower-alpha 57] | [# 36] [# 37] | |
1971 | Fiddler on the Roof | $83,387,607 | $9,000,000 | Adaption of stage musical [lower-alpha 58] | [147] |
1972 | Cabaret | $41,326,446 | $2,300,000 | Adaption of stage musical [lower-alpha 59] | [133] [148] |
1973 | Bobby | $39,000,000 | TBD | Original | [149] [150] |
1974 | That's Entertainment! | $26,890,200 | TBD | Jukebox musical [lower-alpha 60] | [151] |
1975 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | $112,892,319 | $1,400,000 | Adaption of stage musical [lower-alpha 61] | [152] [151] [153] |
1976 | A Star is Born | $80,000,000 | $6,000,000 | Remake [lower-alpha 62] | [154] |
1977 | Saturday Night Fever | $282,400,000 | $3,500,000 | Jukebox musical [lower-alpha 63] | [44] [155] |
1978 | Grease | $395,452,066 ($341,000,000) | $6,000,000 | Original | [# 38] [# 14] [# 39] |
1979 | The Muppet Movie | $76,657,000 ($65,000,000) * | $8,000,000 | [156] [157] | |
1980 | The Blues Brothers | $115,229,890 | $30,000,000 | Jukebox musical [lower-alpha 64] | [158] |
1981 | The Fox and the Hound | $63,456,988 * ($39,900,000) * | $12,000,000 | Original | [# 40] [# 41] |
1982 | Disco Dancer | $106,000,000 | TBD | [149] [159] | |
1983 | Staying Alive | $64,892,670 | $22,000,000 | Jukebox musical [lower-alpha 65] | [160] [161] |
1984 | Footloose | $80,035,402 | $8,200,000 | Original | [162] |
1985 | Ram Teri Ganga Maili | $15,400,000 I | TBD | [163] [164] | |
1986 | Little Shop of Horrors | $38,982,260 | $25,000,000 | Adaption of stage musical [lower-alpha 66] | [165] |
1987 | Dirty Dancing | $214,577,242 | $6,000,000 | Original | [166] |
1988 | Oliver and Company | $121,000,000+ ($100,000,000)+ | $31,000,000 | [# 42] [# 43] [# 44] | |
1989 | The Little Mermaid | $233,000,000 ($84,355,863) * | $40,000,000 | [30] [# 45] [# 46] | |
1990 | Dil | $10,300,000 I | TBD | [167] [168] | |
1991 | Beauty and the Beast | $424,967,620 ($351,863,363) | $25,000,000 | [# 47] | |
1992 | Aladdin | $504,050,219 | $28,000,000 | [# 48] [# 17] | |
1993 | The Nightmare Before Christmas | $81,877,069 ($50,003,043) * | $18,000,000 | [# 49] [# 50] | |
1994 | The Lion King | $968,483,777 ($766,964,132) | $45,000,000 | [# 51] | |
1995 | Pocahontas | $346,079,773 | $55,000,000 | [94] | |
1996 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | $325,338,851 | $100,000,000 | [169] | |
1997 | Hercules | $252,712,101 | $85,000,000 | [170] | |
1998 | Mulan | $304,320,254 | $90,000,000 | [171] | |
1999 | Tarzan | $448,191,819 | $130,000,000 | [172] | |
2000 | Coyote Ugly | $113,916,474 | $45,000,000 | [173] | |
2001 | Moulin Rouge! | $179,213,434 | $50,000,000 | [174] | |
2002 | Chicago | $306,776,732 | $45,000,000 | Adaption of stage musical [lower-alpha 67] | [175] |
2003 | Brother Bear | $250,397,798 | $46,000,000 | Original | [176] |
2004 | The Polar Express | $314,215,454 ($286,000,505) | $165,000,000 | [177] | |
2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | $474,968,763 | $150,000,000 | Remake | [178] |
2006 | Happy Feet | $384,335,608 | $100,000,000 | Jukebox musical [lower-alpha 68] | [76] |
2007 | Alvin and the Chipmunks | $361,336,633 | $60,000,000 | [75] | |
2008 | Mamma Mia! | $609,881,238 | $52,000,000 | Jukebox musical [lower-alpha 69] | [95] |
2009 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | $443,140,005 | $75,000,000 | Jukebox musical [lower-alpha 70] | [63] |
2010 | Tangled | $591,794,936 | $260,000,000 | Original | [65] |
2011 | Rio | $484,635,760 | $90,000,000 | [57] | |
2012 | Les Misérables | $441,809,770 | $61,000,000 | Adaption of stage musical [lower-alpha 71] | [179] |
2013 | Frozen | $1,290,000,000 ($1,287,000,000) | $150,000,000 | Original | [# 1] |
2014 | Rio 2 | $500,101,972 | $103,000,000 | [70] | |
2015 | Pitch Perfect 2 | $287,144,079 | $29,000,000 | Jukebox musical [lower-alpha 72] | [180] |
2016 | The Jungle Book | $966,550,600 | $175,000,000 | Remake [lower-alpha 73] | [55] |
2017 | Beauty and the Beast | $1,263,521,126 | $160,000,000 | Remake [lower-alpha 74] | [50] |
2018 | Bohemian Rhapsody | $903,655,259 | $52,000,000 | Jukebox musical [lower-alpha 75] | [181] |
2019 | The Lion King | $1,656,943,394 | $260,000,000 | [lower-alpha 76] | [52] |
2020 | Tanhaji | $52,000,000 | $21,000,000 | Original | [lower-alpha 77] [ verification needed ] |
2021 | Encanto | $252,423,364 | $150,000,000 | [183] | |
2022 | Elvis | $288,670,284($287,740,048) | $85,000,000 | Jukebox musical [lower-alpha 78] | [184] |
2023 | The Little Mermaid | $569,626,289 | $195,000,000–200,000,000 | Remake [lower-alpha 79] | [185] [186] |
Note that the following gross figures are nominal, not adjusted for inflation, and do not take into account increasing ticket prices.
A series must have at least two theatrically released films. Frozen sits top grossing $2.7 billion it also has the average with $1.4 billion per film.
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The following table lists known estimated box-office ticket sales for various high-grossing musical films that have sold at least 75 million tickets worldwide.
Note that some of the data are incomplete due to a lack of available admissions data from a number of countries. Therefore, it is not an exhaustive list of all the highest-grossing musical films by ticket sales, so no rankings are given.
Film | Year | Known ticket sales (est.) | Source | Ref |
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Beauty and the Beast | 2017 | 123,766,498 | Use songs for the Original film | [lower-alpha 125] |
The Jungle Book | 2016 | 123,663,450 | Use songs for the Original film | [lower-alpha 126] |
Grease | 1978 | 117,075,584 | Based on the musical of the same name | [221] |
The Lion King | 2019 | 116,060,166 | Use songs for the original film | [lower-alpha 127] |
Aladdin | 2019 | 97,106,238 | Use songs for the original film | [lower-alpha 128] |
Bohemian Rhapsody | 2018 | 80,322,547 | Featring songs by Queen | [lower-alpha 129] |
Worldwide – $1,282,147,791 (total as of August 8, 2014; including Japanese gross up to August 3, Spain gross up to July 27 and omitting Nigerian gross)
On its initial release Pinocchio brought in only $1.6 million in domestic rentals (compared with Snow White's $4.2 million) and $1.9 million in foreign rentals (compared with Snow White's $4.3 million)."
In its initial run, Poppins garnered an astounding $44 million in worldwide rentals and became the company's first Best Picture Oscar contender.In: Block & Wilson 2010.
Despite the fact that Grease was well on its way to becoming the highest-grossing movie musical in the world, and eventually grossed over $341 million...
By now, it has grossed about $330 million worldwide – so it remains one of the most popular films ever made.
1987 release – $46,594,212; 1993 release – $41,634,471
Total after IMAX reissue but before 3D re-release: $783,841,776
Total after IMAX reissue but before 3D re-release: $783,841,776
The Jungle Book $378 million; One Hundred and One Dalmatians $303 million; Lady and the Tramp $187 million
...the first animated feature film to pass the $100 million watermark worldwide (excluding Disney's re-releases).
1996 re-release $20.9 million
Worldwide: $968,483,777; Production Budget: $45 million
North America: $15,686,215; Overseas: $1,191,429
$783,841,776
The Disney Renaissance was a period from 1989 to 1999 during which Walt Disney Feature Animation returned to producing critically and commercially successful animated films. These were mostly musical adaptations of well-known stories, similar to the films produced during the era of Walt Disney from the 1930s to 1960s. The resurgence allowed Disney's animated films to become a powerhouse of successes at the domestic and foreign box office, earning much greater profits than most of the Disney films of previous eras.
In only 2 months after the 1987 re-release, the film grossed another $45 million—giving it a total gross to date of about $375 million!(Online copy at Google Books)
North American box-office: $46,594,719
North American box-office: $41,634,791
Meanwhile, audiences made it [The Muppet Movie] one of the most profitable films of the decade, grossing over $65 million in its initial release—not a bad return on [Lew] Grade's initial $8 million investment.
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