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 3 January 2025 in theaters around the world.
Rank Title Gross Year Ref
1 The Grinch $538,920,602 2018 [1]
2 Home Alone $476,684,675 1990 [2]
3 Alvin And The Chipmunks $365,352,546 2007 [3]
4 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York $358,994,850 1992 [4]
5 Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! $345,823,032 2000 [5]
6 A Christmas Carol $325,286,646 2009 [6]
7 The Polar Express $315,249,768 2004 [7]
8 Batman Returns $266,831,698 1992 [8]
9 Love Actually $245,203,167 2003 [9]
10 Die Hard 2 $240,031,274 1990 [10]
11 Elf $225,097,437 2003 [11]
12 The Holiday $205,850,134 2006 [12]
13 The Santa Clause $190,539,357 1994 [13]
14 Red One $184,894,014 2024 [13]
15 While You Were Sleeping $182,057,016 1995 [14]
16 Daddy's Home 2 $180,613,824 2017 [15]
17 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms $173,961,069 2018 [16]
18 The Santa Clause 2 $172,855,065 2002 [17]
19 Four Christmases $163,733,697 2008 [18]
20 Gremlins $153,898,890 1984 [19]
21 Arthur Christmas $147,419,472 2011 [20]
22 Die Hard $141,603,197 1988 [21]
23 A Bad Moms Christmas $130,560,428 2017 [22]
24 Jingle All the Way $129,832,389 1996 [23]
25 The Family Man $124,745,083 2000 [24]
26 Last Christmas $121,550,750 2019 [25]
27 Why Him? $118,102,725 2016 [26]
28 Office Christmas Party $114,501,299 2016 [27]
29 The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause $110,768,122 2006 [28]
30 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past $102,366,815 2009 [29]
31 Fred Claus $97,838,349 2007 [30]
32 Christmas with the Kranks $96,593,018 2004 [31]
33 The Nightmare Before Christmas $95,514,188 1993 [32]
34 The Family Stone $92,884,429 2005 [33]
35 Home Alone 3 $79,082,515 1997 [34]
36 Serendipity $77,516,304 2001 [35]
37 Violent Night $76,492,442 2022 [36]
38 Bad Santa $76,488,889 2003 [37]
39 The Best Man Holiday $72,835,710 2013 [38]
40 National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation $71,319,526 1989 [39]
41 The Star $62,812,974 2017 [40]
42 Krampus $61,548,707 2015 [41]
43 Scrooged $60,328,558 1988 [42]
44 A Madea Christmas $53,396,354 2015 [43]
45 Just Friends $50,912,434 2005 [44]
46 This Christmas $49,778,552 2007 [45]
47 Deck the Halls $47,231,070 2006 [46]
48 Miracle on 34th Street $46,264,384 1994 [47]
49 Almost Christmas $42,580,920 2016 [48]
50 Love the Coopers $42,426,912 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.

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[50]
1 The Grinch $67,752,855 2018 [1]
2 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

References

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