List of films by box office admissions explained

The following table lists known estimated box office ticket sales for various high-grossing films that have sold at least 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.

List

FilmYearKnown ticket sales Territories with known ticket sales dataNotes
Legend of the White Snake (Bai she zhuan)1980700,000,000China[1] [2]
1981650,000,000China[3] [4]
1983610,000,000China
1979600,000,000China[5] [6]
Murder in 405 (405 mou sha an)1980600,000,000China
The Disciple of the Shaolin Temple (Shaolin Brothers)1983520,000,000China
Shaolin Temple1982China, Hong Kong, South Korea
1980500,000,000China
Deadly Fury (Pride's Deadly Fury)1984500,000,000China
Cong Nu Li Dao Jiang Jun1979470,000,000China
The Xi'an Incident1981450,000,000China
Kimi yo Fundo no Kawa o Watare (Manhunt)1976400,720,000+Japan, China[7] [8] [9]
Mysterious Buddha (Shen mi de da fo)1980400,000,000China[10]
Titanic1997Worldwide
Ji Hongchang1979380,000,000China
2019Worldwide
Star Wars1977338,400,000Worldwide[11]
Avatar2009Worldwide
Kai Qiang, Wei Ta Song Xing1982330,000,000China
Caravan1971India, China
Tunnel War1965300,000,000China[12]
Gone with the Wind1939Worldwide
The Sound of Music1965283,300,000Worldwide
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial1982276,998,207Worldwide[13]
2018Worldwide
The Ten Commandments1956262,000,000Worldwide
Du Shiniang1981260,000,000China
A General Wearing the Sword (Pei jian jiang jun)1983260,000,000China
Little Heroes (Young Heroes)1983260,000,000China[14]
2022Worldwide
Sholay (Embers)1975250,021,329India, Soviet Union, Brazil, Europe, USA
Doctor Zhivago1965248,200,000Worldwide
2021Worldwide
Jaws1975243,277,230Worldwide
The Burning of Imperial Palace1983240,000,000China
2015Worldwide
Awaara (The Vagabond)1951230,100,000India, Soviet Union, China, Turkey
The Lion King2019Worldwide
The Exorcist1973214,900,000Worldwide
Jurassic World2015Worldwide
Holy Robe of the Shaolin Temple1985200,000,000China[15]
One Hundred and One Dalmatians1961199,800,000Worldwide
Fei lai de nü xu (Son-in-Law Flew Out of Nowhere)1982199,500,000China
Furious 72015Worldwide
Jurassic Park1993Worldwide
Frozen II2019Worldwide
The Birth of a Nation1915171,428,571United States
Lan dun bao xian xiang (Blue Shield Safe)1983170,000,000China
Ben-Hur1959Worldwide
The Super Mario Bros. Movie2023168,100,000Worldwide[16]
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs1937Worldwide
2015Worldwide
The Avengers2012Worldwide
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone2001Worldwide
Juvenile Delinquents (Innocent Teenagers)1985161,000,000China[17] [18]
2018Worldwide
Wolf Warrior 22017160,322,273Canada, China, Germany, South Korea, UK, USA
Incredibles 22018Worldwide
1999Worldwide
The Lion King1994Worldwide
Barbie2023Worldwide
Black Panther2018Worldwide
2003Worldwide
Frozen2013Worldwide
2022142,865,173Worldwide
2001Worldwide
2017Worldwide
2019Worldwide
The Red Snowball Tree1974140,000,000Soviet Union[19]
Romance on Lushan Mountain1980140,000,000China[20]
Ne Zha2019140,000,000China[21]
2002Worldwide
The Jungle Book1967137,915,958Worldwide
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 22011Worldwide
Disco Dancer1982135,000,000India, Soviet Union
2006134,528,334USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Brazil, Japan, South Korea
Finding Nemo2003Worldwide
A Policeman with a Special Identity1982130,000,000China
Yellow River Fighter1988130,000,000China[22]
The Godfather1972128,176,173USA, Canada, UK, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, South Korea
Spider-Man2002Worldwide
2017125,075,856India, China, USA, Canada, Europe, Japan
The Jungle Book2016USA, Canada, India, China, Europe, Morocco, South Korea
The Battle at Lake Changjin2021125,000,000China[23]
Beauty and the Beast2017
|USA, Canada, Europe, Morocco, China, Japan, South Korea, Brazil||-|Independence Day|1996|124,051,234|USA, Canada, Europe, Japan, South Korea, Brazil||-|The Sting|1973|123,048,854|USA, Canada, Europe, South Korea||-|Shrek 2|2004|123,023,527|USA, Canada, Europe, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, South Korea||-|Thunderball|1965|122,235,389|UK, USA, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Denmark, Switzerland||-|The Dark Knight Rises|2012|121,771,548|Worldwide|[24] |-||1980||USA, Canada, Europe, South Korea||-|Hi, Mom|2021|121,000,000|China|[25] |-|Great Shanghai 1937 (Da Shang Hai 1937)|1986|121,000,000|China|[17] |-||1982|120,000,000|China|[14] |-|She an|1983|120,000,000|China|[14] |-||1983||USA, Canada, Europe, South Korea||-|Grease|1978|117,075,584|Worldwide|[26] |-|Cleopatra|1963|116,470,333|USA, Canada, Soviet Union, Europe, South Korea||-|The Dark Knight|2008||Worldwide||-||2016||USA, Canada, Europe, South Korea||-|Mirage (Hai shi shen lou)|1987|113,000,000|China|[17] |-|Spider-Man 3|2007||Worldwide||-||1983|110,000,000|China|[14] |-|Aladdin|2019||USA, Canada, Europe, South Korea, China, Japan, India, Brazil||-|Raiders of the Lost Ark|1981|107,227,185|USA, Canada, Europe, Brazil, Seoul||-||2017||Worldwide||-|The Wandering Earth|2019|105,965,100|China, United States, Canada||-|Spider-Man 2|2004||Worldwide||-|Mary Poppins|1964|105,507,268|USA, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Spain||-|The Sixth Sense|1999|103,747,446|Worldwide|[27] |-||2012||Worldwide||-|Bobby|1973|||India, Soviet Union||-|Forrest Gump|1994|101,939,833|USA, Canada, Europe, South Korea, Brazil||-||2014||Worldwide||-|First Blood|1982|101,187,271|USA, Canada, China, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, South Korea||-|Goldfinger|1964|100,150,318|UK, USA, Canada, Europe, South Korea||-|Mughal-e-Azam (The Great Mughal)|1960|100,041,453|India, USA, Canada, UK||-|Mother India|1957|100,011,812|India, France, UK||-|Amphibian Man|1962|100,000,000|Soviet Union|[28] |-|Dong fang jian|1982|100,000,000|China|[14] |-|The War at Sea from Hawaii to Malaya|1942|100,000,000|Japan and its occupied territories|[29] [30] |-||1992|100,000,000|China|[5] |}

See also

Notes and References

  1. 1985 . Fujian xi ju: Fujianxiju . 福建省戯劇年鑑 (Fujian Drama Yearbook) . zh . . 中国戏剧家协会福建分会 (Fujian Branch of China Dramatists Association) . 1–6 . 11 . 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 people, and "Sesame Official" with people..
  2. Web site: 2014-12-29 . 回望中国电影20年 从5亿人看《少林寺》到票房1日破亿 . Looking back at Chinese movies over 20 years, from people watching "Shaolin Temple" to the box office breaking in one day . 2022-04-01 . . zh.
  3. Book: 中国电影年鉴 . 1985 . . 161 . zh . China Film Yearbook . 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.
  4. Web site: Full House of Joy (1981) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211117191516/https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=6285 . 17 November 2021 . 12 April 2020 . Hong Kong Movie Database.
  5. Book: 王伟杰 . 冲突与引导：文化资源开发中的价值选择 . January 2018 . . 978-7-5201-2573-4 . 299 . zh.
  6. Web site: Gunshot in the CIB (1980) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211117191515/https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=6068 . 17 November 2021 . 12 April 2020 . Hong Kong Movie DataBase.
  7. 1982. 興行価値 日本映画 成功するか大作2本立. Kinema Junpo. 1982年（昭和57年）4月下旬号. 180. Kinema Junposha. ja.
  8. Web site: Statistics of Film Industry in Japan . Eiren . Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan . July 24, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923234602/http://www.eiren.org/statistics_e/index.html . 23 September 2015 . live.
  9. News: 《追捕》：一代人的记忆 当年到底有多火? . "Manhunt": How hot was the memory of a generation back then? . 27 March 2022 . . 2018-01-05 . zh.
  10. Web site: Mysterious Buddha (1980) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211117191522/https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=17071 . 17 November 2021 . 12 April 2020 . Hong Kong Movie Database.
  11. Book: Guinness World Records . 2015 . 2014 . 60 . 978-1-908843-70-8 . 160–161 . Records . Guinness World . Guinness World Records .
  12. Book: 光影中国的情感结构：中国大陆电影：1978年以来 . September 2017 . Beijing Book Co. Inc. . 978-7-5520-2112-7 . 39 . zh . The Emotional Structure of Light and Shadow China: Mainland Chinese Cinema: Since 1978 . 刘春 (Liú Chūn).
  13. Web site: Top 100 USA 2020 . Inside Kino . de.
  14. Book: 中国电影年鉴 . 1985 . . 46 . zh . China Film Yearbook . 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 viewers; "Wu lin zhi", from August 1983 to June 1984, 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 ; the audience for the other films: "Blue Shield Safe", ; "A Policeman with a Special Identity", ; "At Middle Age", ; "She an", December 1983 to June this year, ; "Dong Fangjian", people; "Our Niu Baisui", ; "Little Deyuelou", ; and two films co-produced with Hong Kong, "Shao lin di zi", ; "Young Heroes", from January to June 1984, . 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 ; four thrilling films, or underground struggles or detective films, ; comedy films, ; and "At Middle Age",, plus two co-productions, 12 films with an audience of about ..
  15. Web site: The Holy Robe of the Shaolin Temple (1985) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211213154109/https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=6670 . 13 December 2021 . 13 June 2020 . Hong Kong Movie Database.
  16. News: 3 August 2023 . Examples of Initiatives to Expand the Number of People Who Have Access to Nintendo IP . 15 . Financial Results Explanatory Material: 1st Quarter of Fiscal Year Ending March 2024 . . 14 August 2023.
  17. 1999 . 电影艺朮 . Cinematic Arts . 电影艺朮 (Cinematic Arts) . zh . . 264–269 . 18 . 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" (admissions), "Great Shanghai" (admissions), "Mirage" (admissions), "The Thirteenth Sister" (admissions), "Red Sorghum" (admissions), "Life in a Dead End" (admissions), "Black Box" (admissions), "The Whip of God" (admissions), "The Green King" (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).
  18. Web site: Innocent Teenagers (1986) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211213154120/https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=6813 . 13 December 2021 . 13 June 2020 . Hong Kong Movie Database.
  19. News: Interview with Boris Pavlenok, deputy director of the USSR GosKino . . 2003 . 2012-10-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102133231/http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/370022 . 2012-11-02 . live .
  20. News: Momphard . David . 30 September 2007 . Two of a kind . . live . subscription . 12 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200412160324/http://www.scmp.com/article/609706/two-kind . 12 April 2020 . It has been screened in the local cinema every day since 1980 and, to date, has sold more than tickets..
  21. Web site: 哪吒之魔童降世 . Nézhā zhī Mótóng Jiàngshì . 24 March 2022 . Endata . EntGroup . zh.
  22. Web site: Yellow River Fighter (1988) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211213154122/https://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=7038 . 13 December 2021 . 13 June 2020 . Hong Kong Movie Database.
  23. Web site: 长津湖 . The Battle at Lake Changjin . 2022-04-01 . Endata . EntGroup . zh.
  24. Web site: Премьеры: The Dark Knight Rises, 2012 . . 29 February 2020 . ru.
  25. Web site: 你好，李焕英 . Hi, Mom . 2022-04-01 . Endata . EntGroup . zh.
  26. Web site: Grease . . 21 June 2019.
  27. Web site: Премьеры: The Sixth Sense, 1999 . . 29 February 2020 . ru.
  28. Web site: How film flourished in the USSR . . . 6 December 2017 . 3 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190204175029/https://www.humanities.ox.ac.uk/article/how-film-flourished-ussr . 4 February 2019 . live .
  29. Book: High, Peter B.. The Imperial Screen: Japanese Film Culture in the Fifteen Years' War, 1931-1945. University of Wisconsin Press. 978-0-299-18134-5. 382. Google Books. 2003.
  30. Book: Chinese and Japanese Films on the Second World War. 2014. 123. 978-1-317-65046-1. Taylor & Francis.

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