List of highest-grossing Christmas films explained

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

Highest-grossing Christmas films

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		$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	While You Were Sleeping	$182,057,016	1995	^[14]
15	Daddy's Home 2	$180,613,824	2017	^[15]
16	The Nutcracker and the Four Realms	$173,961,069	2018	^[16]
17	The Santa Clause 2	$172,855,065	2002	^[17]
18	Four Christmases	$163,733,697	2008	^[18]
19	Gremlins	$153,898,890	1984	^[19]
20	Arthur Christmas	$147,419,472	2011	^[20]
21	Die Hard	$141,603,197	1988	^[21]
22	A Bad Moms Christmas	$130,560,428	2017	^[22]
23	Jingle All the Way	$129,832,389	1996	^[23]
24	The Family Man	$124,745,083	2000	^[24]
25	Last Christmas	$121,550,750	2019	^[25]
26	Why Him?	$118,102,725	2016	^[26]
27	Office Christmas Party	$114,501,299	2016	^[27]
28		$110,768,122	2006	^[28]
29	Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	$102,366,815	2009	^[29]
30	Fred Claus	$97,838,349	2007	^[30]
31	Christmas with the Kranks	$96,593,018	2004	^[31]
32	The Nightmare Before Christmas	$95,514,188	1993	^[32]
33	The Family Stone	$92,884,429	2005	^[33]
34	Serendipity	$77,516,304	2001	^[34]
35	Violent Night	$76,492,442	2022	^[35]
36	Bad Santa	$76,488,889	2003	^[36]
37	The Best Man Holiday	$72,835,710	2013	^[37]
38	National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation	$71,319,526	1989	^[38]
39	The Star	$62,812,974	2017	^[39]
40	Krampus	$61,548,707	2015	^[40]
41	Scrooged	$60,328,558	1988	^[41]
42	A Madea Christmas	$53,396,354	2015	^[42]
43	Just Friends	$50,912,434	2005	^[43]
44	This Christmas	$49,778,552	2007	^[44]
45	Deck the Halls	$47,231,070	2006	^[45]
46	Miracle on 34th Street	$46,264,384	1994	^[46]
47	Almost Christmas	$42,580,920	2016	^[47]
48	Love the Coopers	$42,426,912	2016	^[48]
49	The Holdovers	$38,283,988	2023	^[49]
50	A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas	$36,192,775	2011	^[50]

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.

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	! scope="col" class="unsortable"	Ref^[51]
1	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	$55,082,330	2000	^[52]
2	Elf	$31,113,501	2003	^[53]
3	The Grinch	$67,752,855	2018
4	The Polar Express	$24,341,868	2004	^[54]
5	Love Actually	$45,569,086	2003	^[55]
6	Nativity!	$2,443,493	2009	^[56]
7	The Santa Clause 2	$29,008,696	2002	^[57]
8	A Christmas Carol	$30,051,075	2009	^[58]
9	The Nutcracker and the Four Realms	$20,352,491	2018
10	The Best Man Holiday	$30,107,555	2013	^[59]
11	Arthur Christmas	$15,442,585	2011

See also

• Lists of highest-grossing films
• List of Christmas films
• Santa Claus in film

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dr. Seuss' The Grinch. Box Office Mojo.
2. Web site: Home Alone. Box Office Mojo.
3. Web site: Alvin And The Chipmunks. Box Office Mojo.
4. Web site: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). The Numbers.
5. Web site: How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Box Office Mojo.
6. Web site: A Christmas Carol. Box Office Mojo.
7. Web site: The Polar Express. Box Office Mojo.
8. Web site: Batman Returns. Box Office Mojo.
9. Web site: Love Actually. Box Office Mojo.
10. Web site: Die Hard 2. Box Office Mojo.
11. Web site: Elf. Box Office Mojo.
12. Web site: The Holiday. Box Office Mojo.
13. Web site: The Santa Clause. Box Office Mojo.
14. Web site: While You Were Sleeping. Box Office Mojo.
15. Web site: Daddy's Home 2. Box Office Mojo.
16. Web site: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. Box Office Mojo.
17. Web site: The Santa Clause 2. Box Office Mojo.
18. Web site: Four Christmases. Box Office Mojo.
19. Web site: Gremlins . 2023-11-23 . Box Office Mojo.
20. Web site: Arthur Christmas. Box Office Mojo.
21. Web site: Die Hard. Box Office Mojo.
22. Web site: A Bad Moms Christmas. Box Office Mojo.
23. Web site: Jingle All the Way. Box Office Mojo.
24. Web site: The Family Man. Box Office Mojo.
25. Web site: Last Christmas. Box Office Mojo.
26. Web site: Why Him?. Box Office Mojo.
27. Web site: Office Christmas Party. Box Office Mojo.
28. Web site: The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause. Box Office Mojo.
29. Web site: Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. Box Office Mojo.
30. Web site: Fred Claus. Box Office Mojo.
31. Web site: Christmas with the Kranks. Box Office Mojo.
32. Web site: The Nightmare Before Christmas. Box Office Mojo.
33. Web site: The Family Stone. Box Office Mojo.
34. Web site: Serendipity. Box Office Mojo.
35. Web site: Violent Night .
36. Web site: Bad Santa. Box Office Mojo.
37. Web site: The Best Man Holiday. Box Office Mojo.
38. Web site: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Box Office Mojo.
39. Web site: The Star. Box Office Mojo.
40. Web site: Krampus. Box Office Mojo.
41. Web site: Scrooged. Box Office Mojo.
42. Web site: A Madea Christmas. Box Office Mojo.
43. Web site: Just Friends. Box Office Mojo.
44. Web site: This Christmas. Box Office Mojo.
45. Web site: Deck the Halls. Box Office Mojo.
46. Web site: Miracle on 34th Street. Box Office Mojo.
47. Web site: Almost Christmas. Box Office Mojo.
48. Web site: Love the Coopers. Box Office Mojo.
49. Web site: The Holdovers. Box Office Mojo.
50. Web site: A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas. Box Office Mojo.
51. Web site: All Time Worldwide Opening Records at the Box Office. www.boxofficemojo.com. 2014-10-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20110623165250/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/worldwideopenings.htm. 2011-06-23. live.
52. Web site: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) - Box Office Mojo. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905091113/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=grinch.htm. dead. September 5, 2015. September 5, 2015.
53. Web site: Elf (2003) - Box Office Mojo. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905080442/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=elf.htm. dead. September 5, 2015. September 5, 2015.
54. Web site: The Polar Express (2004) - Box Office Mojo. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905095354/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=polarexpress.htm. dead. September 5, 2015. September 5, 2015.
55. Web site: Four Christmas (2019). Box Office Mojo. August 2, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905085447/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=fourchristmases.htm. September 5, 2015. live.
56. Web site: Christmas with the Kranks (2004) - Box Office Mojo. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905201732/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=christmaswiththekranks.htm. dead. September 5, 2015. September 5, 2015.
57. Web site: September 5, 2015. The Santa Clause 2. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150819031110/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=santaclause2.htm. August 19, 2015.
58. Web site: A Christmas Carol (2009) (2009) - Box Office Mojo. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905170143/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=christmascarol09.htm. dead. September 5, 2015. September 5, 2015.
59. Web site: The Best Man Holiday (2013) - Box Office Mojo. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905091128/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=bestman2.htm. dead. September 5, 2015. September 5, 2015.