List of highest-grossing Christmas films

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 14 August 2020.

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

1 The Santa Clause $470,125,976 3 $156,708,659 The Santa Clause ($189,800,000) 1 The Santa Clause (1994) $189,800,000 2 The Santa Clause 2 (2002) $172,825,854 3 The Escape Clause (2006) $107,500,122

2 Bad Santa $100,568,157 2 $50,284,079 Bad Santa ($76,488,889) 1 Bad Santa (2003) $76,488,889 2 Bad Santa 2 (2016) $24,079,268

3 Nativity $38,341,737 4 $9,585,434 Danger in the Manger ($14,433,981) 1 Danger in the Manger (2012) $14,433,981 2 Dude, Where's My Donkey? (2014) $11,283,866 3 Nativity! (2009) $8,494,434 4 Rocks! This Ain't No Silent Night (2018) $4,129,456

4 Silent Night, Deadly Night $2,745,848 3 $915,283 Silent Night, Deadly Night ($2,491,460) 1 Silent Night, Deadly Night (1983) $2,491,460 2 Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987) $154,323 3 Silent Night (2012) $100,065

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

• Lists of highest-grossing films

References

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3. "A Christmas Carol". Box Office Mojo.
4. "The Polar Express". Box Office Mojo.
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10. "Four Christmases". Box Office Mojo.
11. "Arthur Christmas". Box Office Mojo.
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14. "Last Christmas". Box Office Mojo.
15. "Office Christmas Party". Box Office Mojo.
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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.
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