| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens | - | - | - | $651,967,269 | 4,134 | $936,662,225 | Dec 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 73 | Inside Out | - | - | - | $66,007 | 4,158 | $356,461,711 | Jun 19 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 55 | Minions | - | - | - | $193,250 | 4,311 | $336,045,770 | Jul 10 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 2 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | - | - | - | $68,477,774 | 4,175 | $281,723,902 | Nov 20 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 20 | The Martian | - | - | - | $6,644,502 | 3,854 | $228,433,663 | Oct 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 12 | Spectre | - | - | - | $20,265,328 | 3,929 | $200,074,609 | Nov 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 39 | The Revenant | - | - | - | $872,519 | 3,711 | $183,637,894 | Dec 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 59 | Ant-Man | - | - | - | $166,910 | 3,868 | $180,202,163 | Jul 17 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 34 | Hotel Transylvania 2 | - | - | - | $1,298,462 | 3,768 | $169,700,110 | Sep 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 3 | Daddy's Home | - | - | - | $64,684,278 | 3,483 | $150,357,137 | Dec 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 19 | The Peanuts Movie | - | - | - | $11,111,044 | 3,902 | $130,178,411 | Nov 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 6 | The Good Dinosaur | - | - | - | $53,897,533 | 3,749 | $123,087,120 | Nov 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 5 | Creed | - | - | - | $55,340,333 | 3,502 | $109,767,581 | Nov 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 122 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $7,637 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
| 7 | Sisters | - | - | - | $49,123,380 | 2,978 | $87,044,645 | Dec 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 4 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip | - | - | - | $55,575,427 | 3,705 | $85,886,987 | Dec 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 47 | Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials | - | - | - | $439,418 | 3,792 | $81,697,192 | Sep 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 33 | Goosebumps | - | - | - | $1,404,177 | 3,618 | $80,080,379 | Oct 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 38 | The Intern | - | - | - | $967,014 | 3,320 | $75,764,672 | Sep 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 28 | Bridge of Spies | - | - | - | $2,800,817 | 2,873 | $72,313,754 | Oct 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 10 | The Big Short | - | - | - | $23,995,178 | 2,529 | $70,259,870 | Dec 11 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 62 | War Room | - | - | - | $136,575 | 1,945 | $67,790,117 | Aug 28 | TriStar Pictures | false |
| 116 | Black Mass | - | - | - | $9,234 | 3,188 | $62,575,678 | Sep 18 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 125 | The Perfect Guy | - | - | - | $7,086 | 2,230 | $57,027,435 | Sep 11 | Screen Gems | false |
| 9 | Joy | - | - | - | $28,310,094 | 2,924 | $56,451,232 | Dec 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 16 | The Hateful Eight | - | - | - | $13,339,210 | 2,938 | $54,117,416 | Dec 25 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 57 | Hubble | - | - | - | $174,149 | 151 | $52,522,904 | Mar 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 42 | Sicario | - | - | - | $694,322 | 2,620 | $46,889,293 | Sep 18 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 141 | Deep Sea | - | - | - | $3,050 | 47 | $46,412,757 | Mar 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 17 | Spotlight | - | - | - | $13,330,558 | 1,227 | $45,055,776 | Nov 6 | Open Road Films (II) | false |
| 13 | The Night Before | - | - | - | $17,963,746 | 2,960 | $43,047,372 | Nov 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 8 | Krampus | - | - | - | $41,465,710 | 2,919 | $42,725,475 | Dec 4 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 18 | Brooklyn | - | - | - | $11,855,952 | 962 | $38,322,743 | Nov 4 | - | false |
| 86 | Under the Sea 3D | - | - | - | $33,617 | 108 | $36,262,926 | Feb 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 46 | Pan | - | - | - | $516,360 | 3,515 | $35,088,320 | Oct 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | Concussion | - | - | - | $17,420,369 | 2,841 | $34,542,474 | Dec 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 82 | A Walk in the Woods | - | - | - | $40,535 | 2,158 | $29,504,281 | Sep 2 | Broad Green Pictures | false |
| 15 | Point Break | - | - | - | $15,584,535 | 2,910 | $28,782,481 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 48 | The Last Witch Hunter | - | - | - | $380,142 | 3,082 | $27,367,660 | Oct 23 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 22 | Love the Coopers | - | - | - | $5,427,905 | 2,603 | $26,302,731 | Nov 13 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 93 | Born to Be Wild | - | - | - | $24,219 | 208 | $25,978,556 | Apr 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 11 | In the Heart of the Sea | - | - | - | $23,063,385 | 3,103 | $25,020,758 | Dec 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 21 | Secret in Their Eyes | - | - | - | $5,814,329 | 2,392 | $20,180,155 | Nov 20 | STX Entertainment | false |
| 75 | Steve Jobs | - | - | - | $59,620 | 2,493 | $17,766,658 | Oct 9 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 32 | Room | - | - | - | $1,501,140 | 862 | $14,677,654 | Oct 16 | A24 | false |
| 135 | To the Arctic 3D | - | - | - | $3,796 | 52 | $14,560,838 | Apr 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 58 | Woodlawn | - | - | - | $169,624 | 1,553 | $14,394,097 | Oct 16 | Pure Flix Entertainment | false |
| 76 | Burnt | - | - | - | $52,034 | 3,003 | $13,651,946 | Oct 30 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 27 | Carol | - | - | - | $3,198,103 | 790 | $12,711,491 | Nov 20 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 43 | The 33 | - | - | - | $688,744 | 2,452 | $12,227,722 | Nov 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 103 | Island of Lemurs: Madagascar | - | - | - | $13,717 | 302 | $11,272,213 | Apr 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 25 | The Danish Girl | - | - | - | $4,304,372 | 794 | $11,114,018 | Nov 27 | Focus Features | false |
| 80 | The Lady in the Van | - | - | - | $47,672 | 602 | $10,021,175 | Dec 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 114 | Amy | - | - | - | $9,640 | 435 | $8,413,144 | Jul 3 | A24 | false |
| 26 | Trumbo | - | - | - | $4,051,762 | 660 | $7,857,741 | Nov 6 | Bleecker Street Media | false |
| 104 | Journey to the South Pacific | - | - | - | $13,693 | 19 | $7,653,913 | Nov 27 | IMAX | false |
| 81 | Our Brand Is Crisis | - | - | - | $45,390 | 2,202 | $7,002,261 | Oct 30 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 84 | Grandma | - | - | - | $34,884 | 1,061 | $6,980,524 | Aug 21 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 23 | Bajirao Mastani | - | - | - | $5,070,014 | 304 | $6,557,047 | Dec 18 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 30 | Victor Frankenstein | - | - | - | $2,012,032 | 2,797 | $5,775,076 | Nov 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 24 | Dilwale | - | - | - | $4,394,522 | 268 | $4,871,263 | Dec 17 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 45 | Suffragette | - | - | - | $561,669 | 517 | $4,702,420 | Oct 23 | Focus Features | false |
| 71 | Prem Ratan Dhan Payo | - | - | - | $75,468 | 287 | $4,364,639 | Nov 12 | FIP | false |
| 61 | 45 Years | - | - | - | $141,648 | 251 | $4,247,285 | Dec 23 | IFC Films | false |
| 72 | Anomalisa | - | - | - | $75,410 | 573 | $3,759,286 | Dec 30 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 90 | The End of the Tour | - | - | - | $25,750 | 355 | $3,002,884 | Jul 31 | A24 | false |
| 35 | Youth | - | - | - | $1,297,379 | 149 | $2,703,296 | Dec 4 | - | false |
| 83 | He Named Me Malala | - | - | - | $39,640 | 477 | $2,668,936 | Oct 2 | - | false |
| 29 | Chi-Raq | - | - | - | $2,570,882 | 305 | $2,653,032 | Dec 4 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 69 | Truth | - | - | - | $85,666 | 1,122 | $2,541,854 | Oct 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 119 | Pawn Sacrifice | - | - | - | $8,335 | 781 | $2,436,633 | Sep 16 | Bleecker Street Media | false |
| 44 | Tamasha | - | - | - | $602,416 | 182 | $2,065,487 | Nov 25 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 36 | Legend | - | - | - | $1,296,053 | 107 | $1,872,994 | Nov 20 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 64 | Son of Saul | - | - | - | $125,773 | 180 | $1,777,043 | Dec 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 121 | Meet the Patels | - | - | - | $8,223 | 101 | $1,700,681 | Sep 11 | Alchemy | false |
| 31 | The Letters | - | - | - | $1,627,427 | 886 | $1,647,416 | Dec 4 | Freestyle Releasing | false |
| 41 | Mr. Six | - | - | - | $779,347 | 32 | $1,415,450 | Dec 24 | China Lion Film Distribution | false |
| 37 | Mojin: The Lost Legend | - | - | - | $996,405 | 27 | $1,243,810 | Dec 18 | Well Go USA Entertainment | false |
| 96 | Walking with the Enemy | - | - | - | $17,565 | 258 | $1,112,592 | Apr 25 | Liberty Studios | false |
| 40 | Macbeth | - | - | - | $857,051 | 108 | $1,110,707 | Dec 4 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 89 | Big Stone Gap | - | - | - | $29,068 | 280 | $1,009,301 | Oct 9 | - | false |
| 53 | Boruto: Naruto the Movie | - | - | - | $203,783 | 358 | $919,651 | Oct 10 | Eleven Arts | false |
| 66 | Mustang | - | - | - | $102,307 | 57 | $845,464 | Nov 20 | Cohen Media Group | false |
| 77 | Labyrinth of Lies | - | - | - | $52,001 | 72 | $794,452 | Sep 30 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 65 | The Himalayas | - | - | - | $106,094 | 36 | $696,717 | Dec 18 | CJ Entertainment | false |
| 133 | A Matter of Faith | - | - | - | $4,745 | 52 | $680,113 | Oct 17 | Five & Two Pictures | false |
| 74 | The Assassin | - | - | - | $59,793 | 53 | $632,542 | Oct 16 | Well Go USA Entertainment | false |
| 91 | Remember | - | - | - | $24,822 | 43 | $547,009 | Oct 16 | Entertainment One | false |
| 78 | By the Sea | - | - | - | $50,756 | 142 | $538,460 | Nov 13 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 98 | The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution | - | - | - | $16,465 | 12 | $516,893 | Sep 2 | PBS Distribution | false |
| 56 | Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict | - | - | - | $179,225 | 25 | $498,428 | Nov 6 | Submarine Deluxe | false |
| 149 | Rosenwald | - | - | - | $963 | 21 | $433,924 | Aug 14 | - | false |
| 63 | Heart of a Dog | - | - | - | $131,231 | 22 | $420,813 | Oct 21 | Abramorama | false |
| 51 | Janis: Little Girl Blue | - | - | - | $226,248 | 26 | $410,465 | Nov 27 | FilmRise | false |
| 67 | Unbranded | - | - | - | $91,570 | 80 | $410,185 | Sep 25 | Gravitas Ventures | false |
| 131 | Coming Home | - | - | - | $5,923 | 55 | $377,607 | Sep 9 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 137 | The Second Mother | - | - | - | $3,566 | 223 | $376,986 | Aug 28 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 49 | Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet 2015 Re-release | - | - | - | $355,933 | 1 | $370,146 | Oct 1 | GathrFilms | false |
| 129 | Taxi | - | - | - | $6,806 | 20 | $321,642 | Oct 2 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 108 | The Man in 3B | - | - | - | $11,378 | 36 | $291,513 | Nov 6 | Freestyle Releasing | false |
| 70 | Theeb | - | - | - | $76,010 | 27 | $283,024 | Nov 6 | Film Movement | false |
| 54 | Hitchcock/Truffaut | - | - | - | $194,952 | 23 | $260,430 | Dec 2 | Cohen Media Group | false |
| 94 | Love | - | - | - | $21,848 | 25 | $249,083 | Oct 30 | Alchemy | false |
| 126 | Carter High | - | - | - | $7,078 | 28 | $240,214 | Oct 30 | - | false |
| 50 | A Royal Night Out | - | - | - | $228,136 | 158 | $228,136 | Dec 4 | Atlas Distribution Company | false |
| 52 | Fall in Love Like a Star 2015 Re-release | - | - | - | $212,508 | 36 | $212,508 | Dec 4 | China Lion Film Distribution | false |
| 60 | The Priests | - | - | - | $165,429 | 13 | $185,093 | Nov 26 | CJ Entertainment | false |
| 106 | All Things Must Pass | - | - | - | $12,782 | 14 | $172,394 | Oct 16 | Gravitas Ventures | false |
| 158 | The Last Women Standing | - | - | - | $465 | 17 | $163,406 | Nov 11 | China Lion Film Distribution | false |
| 136 | Experimenter | - | - | - | $3,735 | 30 | $155,575 | Oct 16 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 88 | Yellow Day 2015 Re-release | - | - | - | $30,698 | 40 | $144,163 | Dec 11 | Providence Film Partners | false |
| 107 | Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words | - | - | - | $12,333 | 13 | $138,148 | Nov 13 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 95 | The Boy and the World 2015 Re-release | - | - | - | $17,580 | 26 | $129,480 | Dec 11 | GKIDS | false |
| 109 | A Journey Through Time with Antony | - | - | - | $11,041 | 17 | $127,381 | Nov 18 | China Lion Film Distribution | false |
| 92 | In Jackson Heights | - | - | - | $24,682 | 8 | $121,094 | Nov 4 | Zipporah Films | false |
| 79 | James White | - | - | - | $49,279 | 12 | $101,368 | Nov 13 | The Film Arcade | false |
| 68 | Christmas Eve | - | - | - | $91,302 | 44 | $91,302 | Dec 4 | Amplify | false |
| 115 | Tab Hunter Confidential | - | - | - | $9,559 | 9 | $85,812 | Oct 16 | The Film Collaborative | false |
| 85 | The Wonders | - | - | - | $34,223 | 15 | $73,378 | Oct 30 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 113 | Flowers | - | - | - | $9,682 | 5 | $61,568 | Oct 30 | Music Box Films | false |
| 147 | Rififi 2015 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,173 | 2 | $57,749 | Sep 2 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 99 | Entertainment | - | - | - | $16,165 | 9 | $55,506 | Nov 13 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 101 | River of Fundament | - | - | - | $13,981 | 2 | $44,840 | Dec 4 | International Film Circuit | false |
| 151 | Breathe | - | - | - | $882 | 13 | $42,297 | Sep 11 | Film Movement | false |
| 112 | The Pearl Button | - | - | - | $10,564 | 5 | $42,166 | Oct 23 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 110 | Censored Voices | - | - | - | $11,040 | 6 | $41,260 | Nov 20 | Music Box Films | false |
| 155 | The Kindergarten Teacher | - | - | - | $549 | 4 | $36,190 | Jul 31 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 162 | Welcome to Leith | - | - | - | $207 | 5 | $36,010 | Sep 9 | First Run | false |
| 124 | The Forbidden Room | - | - | - | $7,266 | 5 | $34,404 | Oct 7 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 100 | Pierrot the Fool 2015 Re-release | - | - | - | $15,915 | 1 | $34,371 | Dec 18 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 123 | The Winding Stream | - | - | - | $7,553 | 3 | $33,420 | Dec 16 | Argot Pictures | false |
| 154 | Out 1 | - | - | - | $582 | 4 | $31,539 | Nov 6 | Carlotta Films | false |
| 145 | Beyond the Farthest Star | - | - | - | $1,420 | 1 | $31,433 | Oct 18 | GathrFilms | false |
| 87 | Don Verdean | - | - | - | $31,309 | 40 | $31,309 | Dec 11 | Lionsgate Premiere | false |
| 152 | Army of Shadows 2015 Re-release | - | - | - | $846 | 1 | $30,190 | Aug 26 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 143 | Paul Taylor: Creative Domain | - | - | - | $2,498 | 7 | $30,168 | Sep 11 | - | false |
| 140 | Sembene! | - | - | - | $3,381 | 3 | $28,059 | Nov 13 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 168 | The Keeping Room | - | - | - | $15 | 10 | $27,166 | Sep 25 | Drafthouse Films | false |
| 160 | Olvidados 2015 Re-release | - | - | - | $414 | 1 | $24,638 | Sep 18 | Cinema Libre Studio | false |
| 146 | Metropolitan 2015 Re-release | - | - | - | $1,282 | 3 | $22,284 | Aug 7 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 159 | Princess Cut | - | - | - | $462 | 4 | $22,167 | Jul 28 | Watchman Pictures | false |
| 102 | Noma: My Perfect Storm | - | - | - | $13,735 | 5 | $21,130 | Dec 18 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 111 | Consumed | - | - | - | $10,796 | 3 | $20,476 | Nov 10 | GathrFilms | false |
| 134 | Gabo: The Creation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez | - | - | - | $4,081 | 4 | $19,337 | Oct 1 | Icarus Films | false |
| 165 | On Tour with Pina Bausch | - | - | - | $173 | 2 | $18,016 | Apr 4 | Icarus Films | false |
| 97 | Extraction | - | - | - | $16,775 | 13 | $16,775 | Dec 18 | Lionsgate Premiere | false |
| 105 | The World of Kanako 2015 Re-release | - | - | - | $12,858 | 12 | $16,627 | Dec 4 | Drafthouse Films | false |
| 161 | Life in a Walk | - | - | - | $411 | 1 | $16,557 | Sep 2 | GathrFilms | false |
| 128 | Can You Dig This | - | - | - | $6,816 | 13 | $15,909 | Nov 27 | GathrFilms | false |
| 118 | Arabian Nights: Volume 1 - The Restless One | - | - | - | $9,057 | 3 | $12,260 | Dec 4 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 127 | Dreams Rewired | - | - | - | $6,966 | 4 | $11,843 | Nov 12 | Icarus Films | false |
| 117 | Every Thing Will Be Fine | - | - | - | $9,233 | 2 | $9,233 | Dec 4 | IFC Films | false |
| 120 | The Girl in the Book | - | - | - | $8,245 | 10 | $8,245 | Dec 11 | Freestyle Releasing | false |
| 138 | A Fool | - | - | - | $3,519 | 2 | $8,212 | Nov 27 | China Lion Film Distribution | false |
| 130 | Capture the Flag | - | - | - | $6,690 | 20 | $6,690 | Dec 4 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 132 | Arabian Nights: Volume 2 - The Desolate One | - | - | - | $4,839 | 3 | $6,398 | Dec 11 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 157 | Sex, Death and Bowling | - | - | - | $473 | 3 | $5,972 | Oct 30 | Monterey Media | false |
| 167 | Top Spin | - | - | - | $84 | 4 | $5,858 | Aug 21 | First Run | false |
| 139 | Arabian Nights: Volume 3 - The Enchanted One | - | - | - | $3,467 | 3 | $4,502 | Dec 18 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 153 | The Summer of Sangaile | - | - | - | $663 | 2 | $4,480 | Nov 20 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 148 | In the Basement | - | - | - | $1,141 | 1 | $3,643 | Nov 6 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 164 | The Iron Ministry | - | - | - | $181 | 3 | $3,340 | Aug 21 | Icarus Films | false |
| 166 | Xenia | - | - | - | $97 | 3 | $3,181 | Oct 9 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 163 | Moana | - | - | - | $195 | 4 | $2,993 | Nov 13 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 142 | Body | - | - | - | $2,634 | 1 | $2,634 | Dec 11 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 144 | The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun | - | - | - | $1,744 | 2 | $2,167 | Dec 18 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 156 | The Looking Glass | - | - | - | $534 | 2 | $1,711 | Oct 23 | First Run | false |
| 150 | Le talent de mes amis | - | - | - | $889 | 1 | $889 | Dec 11 | Distrib Films | false |
