Christmas
Movies About the Holiday
Grosses for 1980-Present
| Row | Rank | Title (click to view) | Studio | Opening | % of
Total | Theaters / Avg. | Total
Gross | Release
Date | | 1 |
47 |
Will It Snow for Christmas? |
Zeitgeist |
$10,786 |
20.8% |
2 |
$5,393 |
$51,950 |
12/17/97 |
| 2 |
51 |
Christmas in Wonderland |
Yari Film Group |
$689 |
100.0% |
2 |
$345 |
$689 |
1/25/08 |
| 3 |
36 |
The Perfect Holiday |
Yari Film Group |
$2,283,360 |
39.3% |
1,307 |
$1,747 |
$5,812,781 |
12/12/07 |
| 4 |
13 |
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas |
Warner Bros. (New Line) |
$12,954,142 |
36.9% |
2,875 |
$4,506 |
$35,061,031 |
11/4/11 |
| 5 |
3 |
Four Christmases |
Warner Bros. (New Line) |
$31,069,826 |
25.9% |
3,310 |
$9,387 |
$120,146,040 |
11/26/08 |
| 6 |
39 |
The Nutcracker |
Warner Bros. |
$783,721 |
37.0% |
786 |
$997 |
$2,119,994 |
11/24/93 |
| 7 |
38 |
The Nutcracker Prince |
Warner Bros. |
$908,999 |
51.0% |
906 |
$1,003 |
$1,781,694 |
11/21/90 |
| 8 |
23 |
Unaccompanied Minors |
Warner Bros. |
$5,815,474 |
34.9% |
2,775 |
$2,095 |
$16,655,224 |
12/8/06 |
| 9 |
22 |
Jack Frost |
Warner Bros. |
$7,104,125 |
20.6% |
2,152 |
$3,301 |
$34,562,556 |
12/11/98 |
| 10 |
18 |
Christmas Vacation |
Warner Bros. |
$11,750,203 |
16.5% |
1,744 |
$6,737 |
$71,319,526 |
12/1/89 |
| 11 |
10 |
Fred Claus |
Warner Bros. |
$18,515,473 |
25.7% |
3,603 |
$5,138 |
$72,006,777 |
11/9/07 |
| 12 |
6 |
The Polar Express |
Warner Bros. |
$23,323,463 |
14.3% |
3,650 |
$6,389 |
$162,775,358 |
11/10/04 |
| 13 |
1 |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
Universal |
$55,082,330 |
21.2% |
3,127 |
$17,615 |
$260,044,825 |
11/17/00 |
| 14 |
25 |
Santa Claus: The Movie |
TriStar |
$5,647,160 |
23.8% |
970 |
$5,821 |
$23,717,291 |
11/27/85 |
| 15 |
46 |
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas |
Tribeca Film |
$13,800 |
27.4% |
4 |
$3,450 |
$50,292 |
12/7/12 |
| 16 |
16 |
Arthur Christmas |
Sony / Columbia |
$12,068,931 |
26.0% |
3,376 |
$3,575 |
$46,462,469 |
11/23/11 |
| 17 |
44 |
Christmas in the Clouds |
Slowhand Cinema |
$54,920 |
19.7% |
25 |
$2,196 |
$279,225 |
11/4/05 |
| 18 |
11 |
This Christmas |
Sony / Screen Gems |
$17,958,183 |
36.6% |
1,858 |
$9,665 |
$49,121,934 |
11/21/07 |
| 19 |
7 |
Christmas with the Kranks |
Sony (Revolution) |
$21,570,867 |
29.2% |
3,393 |
$6,357 |
$73,780,539 |
11/24/04 |
| 20 |
30 |
All I Want for Christmas |
Paramount |
$3,645,720 |
24.6% |
1,507 |
$2,419 |
$14,812,144 |
11/8/91 |
| 21 |
12 |
Scrooged |
Paramount |
$13,027,842 |
21.6% |
1,262 |
$10,323 |
$60,328,558 |
11/23/88 |
| 22 |
31 |
Nothing Like the Holidays |
Overture Films |
$3,531,664 |
47.1% |
1,671 |
$2,114 |
$7,503,736 |
12/12/08 |
| 23 |
49 |
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale |
Oscilloscope Pictures |
$9,281 |
3.9% |
1 |
$9,281 |
$236,347 |
12/3/10 |
| 24 |
32 |
Prancer |
Orion Pictures |
$2,914,486 |
15.7% |
1,713 |
$1,701 |
$18,587,135 |
11/17/89 |
| 25 |
20 |
The Nativity Story |
New Line |
$7,849,304 |
20.9% |
3,083 |
$2,545 |
$37,629,831 |
12/1/06 |
| 26 |
2 |
Elf |
New Line |
$31,113,501 |
17.9% |
3,337 |
$9,323 |
$173,398,518 |
11/7/03 |
| 27 |
29 |
Everybody's Fine |
Miramax |
$3,852,068 |
41.8% |
2,133 |
$1,806 |
$9,208,876 |
12/4/09 |
| 28 |
37 |
A Christmas Story |
MGM |
$2,072,473 |
10.7% |
886 |
$2,339 |
$19,294,144 |
11/18/83 |
| 29 |
42 |
Santa with Muscles |
Legacy |
$120,932 |
54.9% |
98 |
$1,234 |
$220,198 |
11/8/96 |
| 30 |
43 |
The Nutcracker in 3D |
Freestyle Releasing |
$65,944 |
33.7% |
42 |
$1,570 |
$195,459 |
11/24/10 |
| 31 |
34 |
Trapped in Paradise |
Fox |
$2,744,653 |
45.6% |
1,286 |
$2,134 |
$6,017,509 |
12/2/94 |
| 32 |
33 |
Miracle on 34th Street (1994) |
Fox |
$2,753,208 |
15.9% |
1,190 |
$2,314 |
$17,320,136 |
11/18/94 |
| 33 |
17 |
Deck the Halls |
Fox |
$12,001,256 |
34.2% |
3,205 |
$3,744 |
$35,093,569 |
11/22/06 |
| 34 |
15 |
Jingle All the Way |
Fox |
$12,112,267 |
20.0% |
2,401 |
$5,044 |
$60,592,389 |
11/22/96 |
| 35 |
45 |
Station Nord |
Equinox |
$42,433 |
24.8% |
46 |
$922 |
$171,400 |
11/8/02 |
| 36 |
27 |
Surviving Christmas |
DreamWorks |
$4,441,356 |
38.1% |
2,750 |
$1,615 |
$11,663,156 |
10/22/04 |
| 37 |
14 |
Bad Santa |
Dimension Films |
$12,292,952 |
20.5% |
2,005 |
$6,131 |
$60,060,328 |
11/26/03 |
| 38 |
35 |
One Magic Christmas |
Buena Vista |
$2,662,241 |
19.5% |
824 |
$3,230 |
$13,677,222 |
11/22/85 |
| 39 |
28 |
I'll Be Home for Christmas |
Buena Vista |
$3,898,293 |
31.9% |
1,759 |
$2,216 |
$12,214,338 |
11/13/98 |
| 40 |
26 |
The Muppet Christmas Carol |
Buena Vista |
$5,010,109 |
18.4% |
2,075 |
$2,414 |
$27,281,507 |
12/11/92 |
| 41 |
24 |
Ernest Saves Christmas |
Buena Vista |
$5,710,734 |
20.2% |
1,634 |
$3,494 |
$28,202,109 |
11/11/88 |
| 42 |
21 |
The Preacher's Wife |
Buena Vista |
$7,649,752 |
15.9% |
1,783 |
$4,290 |
$48,102,795 |
12/13/96 |
| 43 |
19 |
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas |
Buena Vista |
$8,212,477 |
16.4% |
1,654 |
$4,965 |
$50,003,043 |
10/29/93 |
| 44 |
9 |
The Santa Clause |
Buena Vista |
$19,321,992 |
13.3% |
2,183 |
$8,851 |
$144,833,357 |
11/11/94 |
| 45 |
8 |
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause |
Buena Vista |
$19,504,038 |
23.1% |
3,458 |
$5,640 |
$84,500,122 |
11/3/06 |
| 46 |
5 |
The Santa Clause 2 |
Buena Vista |
$29,008,696 |
20.8% |
3,350 |
$8,659 |
$139,236,327 |
11/1/02 |
| 47 |
4 |
A Christmas Carol (2009) |
Buena Vista |
$30,051,075 |
21.8% |
3,683 |
$8,159 |
$137,855,863 |
11/6/09 |
| 48 |
40 |
Nutcracker: The Motion Picture |
Atlantic |
$351,633 |
45.0% |
597 |
$589 |
$781,727 |
11/26/86 |
| 49 |
48 |
Silent Night |
Anchor Bay Films |
$9,780 |
67.1% |
11 |
$889 |
$14,567 |
11/30/12 |
| 50 |
50 |
Christmas at Maxwell's |
Aloha Releasing |
$8,375 |
65.5% |
41 |
$204 |
$12,781 |
12/1/06 |
| 51 |
41 |
Noelle |
8X Entertainment |
$165,445 |
64.2% |
203 |
$815 |
$257,868 |
12/7/07 |
AVERAGE
(Wide Releases Only, 39 titles): | $12,108,164 | 21.5% | 2,222 | $5,449 | $56,225,250 | - |
Note: Only movies with opening weekend grosses are listed on this chart.
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