List of highest-grossing puppet films explained

This is a list of the highest-grossing puppet films. Puppet films feature puppets as lead characters. Stop motion films are not included.

Highest grossing puppet films

Rank	Film	Worldwide gross	Year	Reference ^[1]
1	The Muppets	$165,184,237	2011	^[2]
2	Gremlins	$148,168,459	1984	^[3]
3	Muppets Most Wanted	$80,383,290	2014	^[4]
4	The Muppet Movie	$65,810,475	1979	^[5]
5		$50,907,422	2004	^[6]
6	The Dark Crystal	$41,613,957	1982	^[7]
7		$41,482,207	1990	^[8]
8	Muppet Treasure Island	$34,327,391	1996	^[9]
9	The Great Muppet Caper	$31,206,251	1981	^[10]
10	The Muppet Christmas Carol	$29,192,434	1992	^[11]
11	The Happytime Murders	$27,506,452	2018	^[12]
12	The Muppets Take Manhattan	$25,534,703	1984	^[13]
13	Being John Malkovich	$22,863,596	1999	^[14]
14	Muppets from Space	$22,323,612	1999	^[15]
15		$13,961,370	1985	^[16]
16	Labyrinth	$13,723,253	1986	^[17]
17	Barney's Great Adventure	$12,218,638	1998	^[18]
18	The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland	$11,683,047	1999	^[19]

See also

• List of highest grossing films
• Lists of highest-grossing films
• List of live-action puppet films

External links

• Puppet movies on IMDb

Notes and References

1. Web site: Home - Box Office Mojo.
2. Web site: The Muppets . . 25 February 2019.
3. Web site: Gremlins . . April 30, 2006 . December 13, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181213083855/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=gremlins.htm . live .
4. Web site: Muppets Most Wanted . . 25 February 2019.
5. Web site: The Muppet Movie . . 25 February 2019.
6. Web site: Team America: World Police . . 25 February 2019.
7. Web site: The Dark Crystal . . 25 February 2019.
8. Web site: Gremlins 2: The New Batch. Box Office Mojo. 9 December 2023.
9. Web site: Muppet Treasure Island . . 25 February 2019.
10. Web site: The Great Muppet Caper . . 25 February 2019.
11. Web site: The Muppet Christmas Carol . . 9 August 2022.
12. Web site: The Happytime Murders . . 25 February 2019.
13. Web site: The Muppets Take Manhattan . . 25 February 2019.
14. Web site: Being John Malkovich . . 25 February 2019.
15. Web site: Muppets from Space . . 25 February 2019.
16. Web site: Follow that Bird (Sesame St.) . . 25 February 2019.
17. Web site: Labyrinth . . 25 February 2019.
18. Web site: Barney's Great Adventure.
19. Web site: The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland . . 25 February 2019.