List of highest-grossing Christmas films

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The following is a page of the highest-grossing Christmas-themed films.

Highest-grossing Christmas films

† Background shading indicates films playing in the week commencing 26 April 2024 in theaters around the world.
Rank Title Gross Year Ref
1 The Grinch $538,920,602 2018
2 Home Alone $476,684,675 1990
3 Alvin And The Chipmunks $365,352,546 2007
4 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York $358,994,850 1992
5 Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! $345,823,032 2000
6 A Christmas Carol $325,286,646 2009
7 The Polar Express $315,249,768 2004
8 Batman Returns $266,831,698 1992
9 Love Actually $245,203,167 2003
10 Die Hard 2 $240,031,274 1990
11 Elf $225,097,437 2003
12 The Holiday $205,850,134 2006
13 The Santa Clause $190,539,357 1994
14 While You Were Sleeping $182,057,016 1995
15 Daddy's Home 2 $180,613,824 2017
16 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms $173,961,069 2018
17 The Santa Clause 2 $172,855,065 2002
18 Four Christmases $163,733,697 2008
19 Gremlins $153,898,890 1984
20 Arthur Christmas $147,419,472 2011
21 Die Hard $141,603,197 1988
22 A Bad Moms Christmas $130,560,428 2017
23 Jingle All the Way $129,832,389 1996
24 The Family Man $124,745,083 2000
25 Last Christmas $121,550,750 2019
26 Why Him? $118,102,725 2016
27 Office Christmas Party $114,501,299 2016
28 The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause $110,768,122 2006
29 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past $102,366,815 2009
30 Fred Claus $97,838,349 2007
31 Christmas with the Kranks $96,593,018 2004
32 The Nightmare Before Christmas † $95,514,188 1993
33 The Family Stone $92,884,429 2005
34 Serendipity $77,516,304 2001
35 Violent Night $76,492,442 2022
36 Bad Santa $76,488,889 2003
37 The Best Man Holiday $72,835,710 2013
38 National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation $71,319,526 1989
39 The Star $62,812,974 2017
40 Krampus $61,548,707 2015
41 Scrooged $60,328,558 1988
42 A Madea Christmas $53,396,354 2015
43 Just Friends $50,912,434 2005
44 This Christmas $49,778,552 2007
45 Deck the Halls $47,231,070 2006
46 Miracle on 34th Street $46,264,384 1994
47 Almost Christmas $42,580,920 2016
48 Love the Coopers $42,426,912 2016
49 The Holdovers $38,283,988 2023
50 A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas $36,192,775 2011

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.

Highest-grossing Christmas franchises and film series -
Rank Series Total worldwide box office No. of films Average of films Highest-grossing film

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 How the Grinch Stole Christmas $55,082,330 2000
2 Elf $31,113,501 2003
3 The Grinch $67,752,855 2018
4 The Polar Express $24,341,868 2004
5 Love Actually $45,569,086 2003
6 Nativity! $2,443,493 2009
7 The Santa Clause 2 $29,008,696 2002
8 A Christmas Carol $30,051,075 2009
9 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms $20,352,491 2018
10 The Best Man Holiday $30,107,555 2013
11 Arthur Christmas $15,442,585 2011

See also

References

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