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Articles that predominantly focus on box-office grosses and admissions, sales, budgets and the general business side of the film industry will come within the scope of this task force. The task force will also endeavor to ensure that the financial information present in general film articles is correct and sourced.
Existing guidelines relating to film finances are noted here.
Provide a summary of the film's commercial performance (box office grosses), denominated in the film's national currency, if possible. Avoid terminology such as "domestic" and "international", which is used by sites such as Box Office Mojo for box office figures from the United States and Canada, and elsewhere. Also avoid terms such as "North America" which will vary in meaning among Wikipedia readers, and instead specify the countries (for example, use "United States and Canada") or indicate additional figures as outside the primary country or territory. Since countries and territories may not precisely match in count, copy the term used by the source(s) being referenced for box office coverage.
This information can be included under the release section (see above), the reception section, or if sufficient coverage exists, it is recommended that this information is placed in a "Box office" or "Theatrical run" section. In addition to worldwide box office statistics, this section may detail specific results of opening weekends, results from different English-speaking territories, the number of theaters the film was released into, and audience demographics. Coverage of a notable opening in a country not of the film's origin may be included (e.g., an article on an American film set in China may include discussion of the film's performance in that country). Box office statistics can be sourced from dedicated tracking websites such as Box Office Mojo or Deadline Hollywood, and print publications such as VarietyorThe Hollywood Reporter. Determine a consensus from objective (retrospective if possible) sources about how a film performed and why, but editors should not draw their own conclusions about the success or failure of the film.
budget and gross parameters in the infobox on film articles, see Template:Infobox film § Parameters.| Name | Online access | Type | Notes and limitations | Owner |
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| Boxoffice Pro | link | Box office performance, home video sales, news, budget figures | Boxoffice.com is the official web presenceofBoxoffice Pro magazine, a journal serving the exhibition industry since the silent era. Care should be exercised in regards to their budget figures, since it is not clear what they cover, and are usually inconsistent with other published budget figures; if you decide to use them in this capacity, it would be prudent to corroborate the data with another reliable source. | National Association of Theatre Owners |
| Box Office Mojo | link | Box office performance, home video sales, news, budget figures | IMDb, a subsidiary of Amazon.com | |
| The Numbers | link | Box office performance, home video sales, news, budget figures | Nash Information Services, LLC. | |
| Lumiere | link | Database on admissions of films released in Europe | European Audiovisual Observatory |
Additionally, Deadline Hollywood (link) can also be used to cite box office numbers of films currently releasing in theaters. Note their data may not be as precise as some of the sources listed above.
This activity is not currently supported by the task force.
The Box Office Mojo website underwent an overhaul in 2019, resulting in several bugs that led to errors in charts and grosses in the database. The full extent of the issue is explained at the IMDb Customer Community boards (archive). The second and third problems on that list (the incorrect release years and the algorithmic error in the weekend charts) have been addressed to the best of our knowledge.
However the first problem (the double counting of some release grosses) still remains and will need to be fixed manually. To take Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 as an example, the 2010 New Zealand gross is included again in the 2016 reissue gross and the 2010 Spain gross is included again in 2020 reissue gross. This means that these two grosses are counted twice (once in the original gross and again in the reissue gross), and thus artificially inflating the lifetime gross of the film.
This seems to be a common error affecting a whole slew of films that have had re-releases. The goal is to catalog the grosses that have been double-counted in the table below and liaise with Box Office Mojo staff to correct the figures. This venture is of mutual benefit to both Wikipedia and Box Office Mojo.
For more details about the issues of the top 50 highest-grossing films, see this table.
| Title | Country | Gross year | Reissue year | Mistake in numbers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parasite | Bulgaria | 2019 | 2020 | $2,057 → ? |
| Escape Room (2017) → Escape Room (2019) | Ukraine | — | 2017 → 2019 | $1,068wknd → re-release of 2019 film |
| The Addams Family (2019) | Bulgaria | 2019 | 2020 | $32,617 → $1,624 (?) |
| Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | Croatia | 2018 | 2020 | $34,296 → $1,822 (?) |
| 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 |
$1,349 (Austria) $1,028 (Netherlands) $2,331 (Slovenia) $158 (Spain) $190 (New Zealand) (?) | |||
| The Hitman's Bodyguard | South Korea | 2017 | 2020 | $16,285wknd → re-release |
| Get Out | Australia | 2017 | 2020 | $154,247 → $3,889 (?) |
| South Korea | 2017 | 2018 | $1,697 → into 2018 re-release
$6,561 → $8,096 (?) | |
| Uruguay | 2017 | 2017 | $383wknd → Original Uruguayan release | |
| Yo-kai Watch: The Movie | South Korea | 2015 | 2016 | $47,642,462 → $2,207,657 |
| While We're Young | Italy | 2015 | 2015 | $145,942 → remove |
| Annabelle | New Zealand | 2014 | 2020 | $531,621 → $359 (?) |
| Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil | Hong Kong | 2011 | 2011 | Confused with Red Riding Hood [1] (?)
$6,817,189 → $190,233 (?) |
| Drive | South Korea | 2011 | 2020 | $210,615 → $25,198 (?) |
| Knight and Day | South Korea | 2010 | 2008 (?) | $59,333 → remove |
| The Ugly Truth | Slovenia | 2009 | 2009 | $25,243 → remove (Gola resnica film)
$116,383,693 → remove, $300,482 → original release |
| Day Watch | 2006 | 2006 | $38,411,815 → $34,267,145 (orig. release)
$4,506,117 → original release | |
| Out of the Blue | 2006 | 2006 | $731,039 → $723,690 (orig. release)
$8,826 → original release | |
| Pierrepoint | 2006 | 2006 | $614,906 → $429,706 (orig. release)
$209,950 → original release | |
| Requiem | 2006 | 2006 | $252,860 → $5,095 (orig. release)
$260,877 → original release | |
| Eleven Men Out | 2005 | 2005 | $221,655 → $165,922 (orig. release)
$56,733 → $57,035 → original release | |
| Revolver | 2005 | 2005 | $6,727,187 → $6,383,305 (orig. release)
$428,620 → original release | |
| The Amateurs | 2006 | 2005 | $47,919 → $9,308 (orig. release)
$54,945 → original release | |
| Water | 2005 | 2006 | $4,893,243 → $2,300,674 (international) | |
| Mountain Patrol | 2005 | 2005 | $26,460 → $10,383 (orig. release)
$159,460 → original release | |
| 20 Centimeters | 2005 | 2005 | $422,000 → $415,765 (orig. release)
$17,632 → original release | |
| Il ne faut jurer... de rien! | 2005 | 2005 | $6,019,125 → $5,886,689 (orig. release)
$155,878 → original release | |
| Dark Water (2005) / Dark Water (2002) | 2005 | 2005 | $24,010,000 (int.) → include int. grosses from "re-release"
$25,473,352 (dom.) → original release, $18,873,727 → remove | |
| Taiwan | — | 2005 → 2002 | $651,029 → 2002 film | |
| Black | 2005 | 2003 (?) | $3,141 → remove
$1,263,200 → original release | |
| The New World | 2005 | 2005 | $17,823,920 → $269,908 (Dutch release in 2006, not 2003)
$31,510,855 + $269,908 → original release | |
| Night Watch | 2004 | 2004 | $32,396,890 → $15,875,743 (orig. release)
$17,939,389 → original release | |
| The Chorus | 2004 | 2004 | $82,032,134 (orig. release)
$6,353,810 → $1,548,036 (re-release) | |
| Dead Man's Shoes | 2004 | 2004 | $191,673 → $186,304 (orig. release)
$11,777 → original release | |
| Games of Love and Chance | 2004 | 2004 | $1,332,709 → $1,167,771
$249,616 → $8,085 (?) $164,938 → remove (?) | |
| Kamikaze Girls | 2004 | 2004 | $5,151,609 → $5,046,894 (orig. release)
$139,139 → original release | |
| Three... Extremes | Taiwan | 2004 | 2004 | $1,602 → $247,059 (?) |
| 2005 | $84,976 → original release | |||
| The Overture | 2004 | 2004 | $1,300,586 → $1,297,100 (orig. release)
$5,740 → original release | |
| Wondrous Oblivion | 2004 | 2004 | $802,740 (orig. release)
$571,562 → $88,560 → original release | |
| The Room (2003) / The Room (2019) | — | 2003 | $4,971,497 → $1,301,103 | |
| — | 2019 | $3,453,912 → $1,483,424
$216,482 $41,412 | ||
| Memento | South Korea | 2001 | 2020 | $247,290 → $39,547 (?) |
| Gladiator | Netherlands | 2000 | 2020 | $4,777,216 → $15,186 (?) |
| Beauty and the Beast (1991) | 1991 | 2010 | $14,410,056 → $2,893,870 | |
| The Little Mermaid (2018) → The Little Mermaid (1989) | New Zealand | — | 2018 → 2020 | $17wknd → re-release |
| Dirty Dancing | Germany | 2007 ("1997") | $50,683 ("1997") → 2007 re-release, $310,033 ("1997") — remove | |
| The Shining | Italy | — | 2020 | $190,216 → $4,940 (?) |
| United Kingdom | — | 2020 | $278,202 → $49,725 (?) | |
| Some Like It Hot (1959) | Australia | — | 2020 | $115,084 → $1,400 (?) |
| New Zealand | — | 2016 → 2016 | $3,103 → 2016 film | |
| Avengers: Endgame | 2019 | — | Total grosses: $2,799,439,100 → $2,797,501,328 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | |
| Avengers: Infinity War | 2018 | — | Total grosses: $2,052,415,039 → $2,048,359,754 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | |
| Avengers: Age of Ultron | 2015 | — | Total grosses: $1,405,018,048 → $1,402,809,540 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | |
| The Avengers | 2012 | — | Total grosses: $1,520,538,536 → $1,518,815,515 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | |
| Iron Man 3 | 2013 | — | Total grosses: $1,215,577,205 → $1,214,811,252 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | |
| Captain America: Civil War | 2016 | — | Total grosses: $1,155,046,416 → $1,153,337,496 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | |
| Captain Marvel | Portugal | 2019 | 2020 | $186,882 → $2,979 (?) |
| 2019 | — | Total grosses: $1,131,416,446 → $1,128,274,794 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | ||
| Black Panther | Portugal | 2018 | 2020 | $133,550 → $1,758 (?) |
| 2018 | — | Total grosses: $1,349,926,083 → $1,347,280,838 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | ||
| Thor: Ragnarok | 2017 | — | Total grosses: $855,301,806 → $853,983,879 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | |
| Deadpool 2 | Australia | 2018 | 2020 | $165 → $304 (?) |
| Deadpool | Australia | 2016 | 2020 | $99,418 → $571 (?) |
| New Zealand | 2020 | $125,218 → $1,682 (?) | ||
| The Dark Knight | South Korea | 2008 | 2023 | $1,100,000 → $144,883 (?) |
| The Dark Knight Rises | Australia | 2012 | 2023 | $202,000 → $1,220 (?) |
| 2012 | — | Total grosses: $1,085,289,416 → $1,081,169,825 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | ||
| Joker | 2019 | — | Total grosses: $1,078,958,629 → $1,074,458,282 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | |
| Aquaman | 2018 | — | Total grosses: $1,152,028,393 → $1,148,528,393 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | |
| Man of Steel | 2013 | — | Total grosses: $670,145,518 → $668,045,518 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | |
| Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | 2016 | — | Total grosses: $874,362,803 → $873,637,528 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | |
| Wonder Woman | 2017 | — | Total grosses: $823,970,682 → $822,854,286 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | |
| Suicide Squad | 2016 | — | Total grosses: $749,200,054 → $746,846,894 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | |
| Justice League | 2017 | — | Total grosses: $661,326,987 → $657,926,987 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | |
| Shazam! | United States | 2019 | 2021 | $108,393 (?) |
| New Zealand | 2019 | 2023 | $1,718,962 → $12 (?) | |
| Frozen | Australia | 2013 | 2020 | $489,381 (?) |
| New Zealand | 2013 | 2022 | $94,491 (?) | |
| Frozen II | 2019 | — | Total grosses: $1,453,683,476 → $1,450,026,933 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | |
| Toy Story | United Kingdom | 1995 | 2023 | $27,418,849 → $206,580 (?) |
| Toy Story / Toy Story 2 double bill (2009) | 2009 | 2009 | $32,284,600 (Toy Story / Toy Story 2 double bill gross now credited solely to Toy Story) | |
| Toy Story 3 | 2010 | — | Total grosses: $1,067,316,101 → $1,066,970,811 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | |
| Toy Story 4 | 2019 | — | Total grosses: $1,073,841,394 → $1,073,394,593 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | |
| Shrek | Australia | 2001 | 2020 2021 | $33,941 (?) |
| Ice Age: Collision Course | Bulgaria | 2016 | 2020 | $175,937 → remove |
| Incredibles 2 | Portugal | 2018 | 2020 | $283,855 → $934 (?) |
| 2018 | — | Total grosses: $1,243,225,667 → $1,242,805,359 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | ||
| How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | Ukraine | 2019 | 2020 | $2,550,112 (?) |
| Zootopia | Australia | 2016 | 2020 | $329,209 (?) |
| 2016 | — | Total grosses: $1,025,521,689 → $1,023,784,195 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | ||
| Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Australia | 2018 | 2022 | $8,716,099 (?) |
| The Grinch | United States | 2018 | 2021 | $290,000 (?) |
| Australia | 2018 | 2022 | $12,237,514 → $662 (?) | |
| New Zealand | 2018 | 2022 | $1,656,558 → $70 (?) | |
| Australia | 2018 | 2023 | $12,403,570 (?) | |
| Beauty and the Beast (2017) | New Zealand | — | 2020 | $373,242 (?) |
| 2017 | — | Total grosses: $1,266,115,964 → $1,263,521,126 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | ||
| Aladdin | 2019 | — | Total grosses: $1,054,304,000 → $1,050,693,953 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | 2011 | — | Total grosses: $1,046,721,266 → $1,045,713,802 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | 2007 | — | Total grosses: $961,691,209 → $960,996,492 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | |
| Jurassic Park (1993) | Netherlands | 1993 | 2022 | $21,443 (?) |
| Australia | 1993 | 2023 | $7,654 (?) | |
| 1993 | — | Total grosses: $1,103,086,582 → $1,037,535,230 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | ||
| Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | Ukraine | 2018 | 2020 | $1,992,871 → $13,695 (?) |
| 2020 2020 |
$852 (Brazil) $1,889 (Mexico) (?) | |||
| The Lion King (1994) | 1994 | 1994 | Added $7,600,000 to the original gross, from $763,455,561to$771,055,561 | |
| 1994 | 2011 | Added $500,000 to the 2011 3D re-release, from $185,542,001to$186,042,001 | ||
| 1994 | — | Total grosses: $976,850,709 → $968,750,709 | ||
| The Lion King (2019) | Portugal | — | 2020 | $732,110 → $1,387 (?) |
| United Kingdom | — | 2020 | $5,020,760 (?) | |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | 2001 | 2001 | Removed $12,454,486 from the original gross, from $880,839,846to$868,385,360 | |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | United States | 2002 | 2021 | $401,146 (?) |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | United States | 2003 | 2021 | $405,302 (?) |
| The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Spain | 2014 | 2020 | $5,710,065 → $11,794 (?) |
| New Zealand | 2014 | 2020 | $453,012 (?) | |
| United States | 2014 | 2021 | $18,473 (?) | |
| Bohemian Rhapsody | Australia | 2018 | 2020 | $626,679 (?) |
| New Zealand | 2018 | 2020 | $53,673 (?) | |
| United Kingdom | 2018 | 2020 | $6,209,212 (?) | |
| Titanic (1997) | Czech Republic | 1997 | 2012 | $3,524,061 (?) |
| India | 1997 | 2012 | $3,568,767 → $17,139 (?) | |
| Skyfall | Australia | 2012 | 2021 | $33,910,282 (?) |
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Bulgaria | 2015 | 2020 | $230,097 (?) |
| Australia | 2015 | 2021 | $1,066,200 (?) | |
| 2015 | — | Total grosses: $2,071,310,218 → $2,068,223,624 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | ||
| Rogue One | Colombia | 2016 | 2022 | $1,261,755 → $478 (?) |
| Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Bulgaria | 2017 | 2020 | $158,643 → remove |
| 2017 | — | Total grosses: $1,334,407,706 → $1,332,539,889 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | ||
| Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | Bulgaria | 2019 | 2020 | $5,031 (?) |
| 2019 | — | Total grosses: $1,077,022,372 → $1,074,144,248 (double counting non-domestic reissue grosses) | ||
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Brazil | 2001 | 2020 | $3,552,958 (?) |
| South Korea | 2001 | 2021 | $2,504,289 (?) | |
| Netherlands | 2001 | 2021 | $4,328,645 (?) | |
| Italy | 2001 | 2021 | $4,410,216 (?) | |
| United Kingdom | 2001 | 2022 | $1,552,919 → $6,767 (?) | |
| Poland | 2001 | 2023 | $13,446,985 → $33,335 (?) | |
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Italy | 2002 | 2021 | $373,775 (?) |
| Italy | 2002 | 2022 | $14,710 (?) | |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | United States | 2005 | 2018 | $188,716 (?) |
| United States | 2005 | 2021 | $52,023 (?) | |
| Italy | 2005 | 2021 | $215,355 (?) | |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | United States | 2010 | 2018 | $148,263 (?) |
| United States | 2010 | 2021 | $26,900 (?) | |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | United States | 2011 | 2018 | $181,938 (?) |
| United States | 2011 | 2021 | $38,277 (?) | |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | United States | 2004 | 2018 | $218,774 (?) |
| United States | 2004 | 2021 | $129,655 (?) | |
| South Korea | 2004 | 2021 | $1,115,074 → $19,232 (?) | |
| Netherlands | 2004 | 2023 | $8,958,706 → $33,204 (?) | |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | United States | 2007 | 2018 | $132,522 (?) |
| United States | 2007 | 2021 | $29,314 (?) | |
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | United States | 2009 | 2018 | $130,081 (?) |
| United States | 2009 | 2021 | $28,943 (?) | |
| Ready Player One | United States | 2018 | 2021 | $25,178 (?) |
| Australia | 2018 | 2021 | $9,322,879 → $220 (?) | |
| South Korea | 2018 | 2023 | $15,032,406 → $23,113 (?) | |
| The Hunger Games | Portugal | 2012 | 2023 | $825,895 → $9,817 (?) |
| The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 | New Zealand | 2015 | 2023 | $3,007,240 → $392 (?) |
| Portugal | 2015 | 2023 | $1,915,991 → $7,286 (?) | |
| New Zealand | 2015 | 2022 | $3,105,071 → $392 (?) | |
| Interstellar | Norway | 2014 | 2023 | $2,020,405 → $4,116 (?) |
| Gravity | South Korea | 2013 | 2020 | $24,857,244 (?) |
| South Korea | 2013 | 2023 | $24,908,803 → $12,913 (?) | |
| The Wolf of Wall Street | Australia | 2013 | 2022 | $14,877,539 → $615 (?) |
| Mamma Mia! | United Kingdom | 2008 | 2020 | $84,577,335 (?) |
| Dune | New Zealand | 2021 | 2024 | $3,164,815 (?) |