| Rank
| Title
| Lifetime Gross | Max Theaters | Opening | Open Th | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | The Hunt for Red October | $122,012,643 | 1,817 | $17,161,835 | 1,225 | Mar 2, 1990 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | Crimson Tide | $91,387,195 | 2,514 | $18,612,190 | 2,382 | May 12, 1995 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | U-571 | $77,122,415 | 2,820 | $19,553,310 | 2,583 | Apr 21, 2000 | Universal Pictures |
| 4 | K-19: The Widowmaker | $35,168,966 | 2,830 | $12,778,459 | 2,828 | Jul 19, 2002 | Paramount Pictures |
| 5 | Down Periscope | $25,785,603 | 2,026 | $7,231,087 | 2,022 | Mar 1, 1996 | 20th Century Fox |
| 6 | Hunter Killer | $15,767,460 | 2,728 | $6,653,777 | 2,728 | Oct 26, 2018 | Lionsgate |
| 7 | Das Boot | $10,915,250 | 2 | $26,994 | 2 | Feb 10, 1982 | Columbia Pictures |
| 8 | Black Sea | $1,171,559 | 353 | $37,675 | 5 | Jan 23, 2015 | Focus Features |
| 9 | Phantom | $1,034,589 | 1,118 | $508,000 | 1,118 | Mar 1, 2013 | RCR Distribution |
| 10 | Below | $605,562 | 353 | $201,431 | 168 | Oct 11, 2002 | Dimension Films |
