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

Highest-grossing Christmas films

† indicates films playing in theaters around the world in the week commencing 15 November 2024.
Rank Title Gross Year Ref
1 The Grinch $511,595,957 2018 [1]
2 Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! $345,141,403 2000 [2]
3 A Christmas Carol $325,286,646 2009 [3]
4 The Polar Express $313,500,433 2004 [4]
5 Elf $220,885,524 2003 [5]
6 The Holiday $205,135,175 2006 [6]
7 The Santa Clause $189,833,357 1994 [7]
8 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms $173,961,069 2018 [8]
9 The Santa Clause 2 $172,855,065 2002 [9]
10 Four Christmases $163,733,697 2008 [10]
11 Arthur Christmas $147,419,472 2011 [11]
12 A Bad Moms Christmas $130,560,428 2017 [12]
13 Jingle All the Way $129,832,389 1996 [13]
14 Last Christmas † $121,550,750 2019 [14]
15 Office Christmas Party $114,501,299 2016 [15]
16 The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause $110,768,122 2006 [16]
17 Fred Claus $97,838,349 2007 [17]
18 Christmas with the Kranks $96,593,018 2004 [18]
19 The Nightmare Before Christmas $88,171,091 1993 [19]
20 Bad Santa $76,488,889 2003 [20]
21 The Best Man Holiday $72,835,710 2013 [21]
22 National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation $71,319,526 1989 [22]
23 The Star $62,812,974 2017 [23]
24 Krampus $61,548,707 2015 [24]
25 Scrooged $60,328,558 1988 [25]
26 A Madea Christmas $53,396,354 2015 [26]
27 This Christmas $49,778,552 2007 [27]
28 Deck the Halls $47,231,070 2006 [28]
29 Miracle on 34th Street $46,264,384 1994 [29]
30 Almost Christmas $42,580,920 2016 [30]
31 Love the Coopers $42,426,912 2016 [31]

Highest grossing Christmas film series and franchises

The following is a list of highest grossing Christmas film series and franchises. The Santa Clause tops the list with $470.1 million and also has the best average with $156.8 million.

Highest-grossing Christmas franchises and film series[§] (The films in each franchise can be viewed by selecting "show")
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[32]
1 The Grinch $67,752,855 2018 [1]
2 How the Grinch Stole Christmas $55,082,330 2000 [33]
3 Four Christmases $34,890,733 2008 [34]
4 Elf $31,113,501 2003 [35]
5 The Best Man Holiday $30,107,555 2013 [36]
6 A Christmas Carol $30,051,075 2009 [37]
7 The Santa Clause 2 $29,008,696 2002 [38]
8 The Polar Express $24,341,868 2004 [39]
9 Christmas with the Kranks $22,596,569 2004 [40]
10 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms $20,352,491 2018 [8]
11 Arthur Christmas $15,442,585 2011 [11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Dr. Seuss' The Grinch". Box Office Mojo.
  2. ^ "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". Box Office Mojo.
  3. ^ "A Christmas Carol". Box Office Mojo.
  4. ^ "The Polar Express". Box Office Mojo.
  5. ^ "Elf". Box Office Mojo.
  6. ^ "The Holiday". Box Office Mojo.
  7. ^ "The Santa Clause". Box Office Mojo.
  8. ^ a b "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms". Box Office Mojo.
  9. ^ "The Santa Clause 2". Box Office Mojo.
  10. ^ "Four Christmases". Box Office Mojo.
  11. ^ a b "Arthur Christmas". Box Office Mojo.
  12. ^ "A Bad Moms Christmas". Box Office Mojo.
  13. ^ "Jingle All the Way". Box Office Mojo.
  14. ^ "Last Christmas". Box Office Mojo.
  15. ^ "Office Christmas Party". Box Office Mojo.
  16. ^ "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause". Box Office Mojo.
  17. ^ "Fred Claus". Box Office Mojo.
  18. ^ "Christmas with the Kranks". Box Office Mojo.
  19. ^ "The Nightmare Before Christmas". Box Office Mojo.
  20. ^ "Bad Santa". Box Office Mojo.
  21. ^ "The Best Man Holiday". Box Office Mojo.
  22. ^ "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation". Box Office Mojo.
  23. ^ "The Star". Box Office Mojo.
  24. ^ "Krampus". Box Office Mojo.
  25. ^ "Scrooged". Box Office Mojo.
  26. ^ "A Madea Christmas". Box Office Mojo.
  27. ^ "This Christmas". Box Office Mojo.
  28. ^ "Deck the Halls". Box Office Mojo.
  29. ^ https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0110527/?ref_=bo_se_r_2
  30. ^ https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt4649416/?ref_=bo_se_r_1
  31. ^ https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=lovethecoopers.htm
  32. ^ "All Time Worldwide Opening Records at the Box Office". www.boxofficemojo.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-23. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  33. ^ "How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) - Box Office Mojo". web.archive.org. September 5, 2015.
  34. ^ "Four Christmas (2019)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 2, 2019. {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  35. ^ "Elf (2003) - Box Office Mojo". web.archive.org. September 5, 2015.
  36. ^ "The Best Man Holiday (2013) - Box Office Mojo". web.archive.org. September 5, 2015.
  37. ^ "A Christmas Carol (2009) (2009) - Box Office Mojo". web.archive.org. September 5, 2015.
  38. ^ "Wayback Machine". web.archive.org. September 5, 2015.
  39. ^ "The Polar Express (2004) - Box Office Mojo". web.archive.org. September 5, 2015.
  40. ^ "Christmas with the Kranks (2004) - Box Office Mojo". web.archive.org. September 5, 2015.
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