| Rank | Release
| Genre
| Budget
| Running Time
| Gross | Theaters | Total Gross | Release Date | Distributor
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens | - | - | - | $243,793,577 | 4,134 | $936,662,225 | Dec 18 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 19 | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 | - | - | - | $11,168,413 | 4,175 | $281,723,902 | Nov 20 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 29 | The Martian | - | - | - | $2,593,288 | 3,854 | $228,433,663 | Oct 2 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 30 | Spectre | - | - | - | $2,373,231 | 3,929 | $200,074,609 | Nov 6 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 2 | The Revenant | - | - | - | $137,678,379 | 3,711 | $183,637,894 | Dec 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 40 | Hotel Transylvania 2 | - | - | - | $1,088,735 | 3,768 | $169,700,110 | Sep 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 3 | Daddy's Home | - | - | - | $78,352,107 | 3,483 | $150,357,137 | Dec 25 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 6 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | - | - | - | $41,282,042 | 3,987 | $143,528,619 | Jan 29 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 33 | The Peanuts Movie | - | - | - | $1,654,403 | 3,902 | $130,178,411 | Nov 6 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 22 | The Good Dinosaur | - | - | - | $9,563,596 | 3,749 | $123,087,120 | Nov 25 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 23 | Creed | - | - | - | $9,306,481 | 3,502 | $109,767,581 | Nov 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 121 | Space Station 3D | - | - | - | $6,096 | 64 | $93,383,953 | Apr 19 | IMAX | false |
| 4 | Ride Along 2 | - | - | - | $70,856,300 | 3,192 | $91,221,830 | Jan 15 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 8 | Sisters | - | - | - | $36,996,100 | 2,978 | $87,044,645 | Dec 18 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 10 | Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip | - | - | - | $27,706,174 | 3,705 | $85,886,987 | Dec 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 76 | Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials | - | - | - | $66,490 | 3,792 | $81,697,192 | Sep 18 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 44 | Goosebumps | - | - | - | $835,760 | 3,618 | $80,080,379 | Oct 16 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 60 | The Intern | - | - | - | $189,786 | 3,320 | $75,764,672 | Sep 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 36 | Bridge of Spies | - | - | - | $1,355,699 | 2,873 | $72,313,754 | Oct 16 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 9 | The Big Short | - | - | - | $36,968,519 | 2,529 | $70,259,870 | Dec 11 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 11 | Joy | - | - | - | $27,058,483 | 2,924 | $56,451,232 | Dec 25 | Twentieth Century Fox | false |
| 7 | The Hateful Eight | - | - | - | $39,029,466 | 2,938 | $54,117,416 | Dec 25 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 5 | 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi | - | - | - | $42,848,089 | 2,917 | $52,853,219 | Jan 15 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 63 | Hubble | - | - | - | $181,806 | 151 | $52,522,904 | Mar 19 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 67 | Sicario | - | - | - | $118,920 | 2,620 | $46,889,293 | Sep 18 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 117 | Deep Sea | - | - | - | $8,404 | 47 | $46,412,757 | Mar 3 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 24 | Spotlight | - | - | - | $8,841,948 | 1,227 | $45,055,776 | Nov 6 | Open Road Films (II) | false |
| 65 | The Night Before | - | - | - | $162,546 | 2,960 | $43,047,372 | Nov 20 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 37 | Krampus | - | - | - | $1,259,765 | 2,919 | $42,725,475 | Dec 4 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 20 | Brooklyn | - | - | - | $10,868,325 | 962 | $38,322,743 | Nov 4 | - | false |
| 101 | Under the Sea 3D | - | - | - | $20,515 | 108 | $36,262,926 | Feb 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 14 | The Boy | - | - | - | $21,185,304 | 2,671 | $35,819,556 | Jan 22 | STX Entertainment | false |
| 13 | Dirty Grandpa | - | - | - | $22,837,059 | 2,912 | $35,593,113 | Jan 22 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 91 | Pan | - | - | - | $30,863 | 3,515 | $35,088,320 | Oct 9 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 15 | The 5th Wave | - | - | - | $20,330,975 | 2,908 | $34,916,787 | Jan 22 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 16 | Concussion | - | - | - | $16,679,172 | 2,841 | $34,542,474 | Dec 25 | Sony Pictures Releasing | false |
| 18 | Point Break | - | - | - | $12,873,306 | 2,910 | $28,782,481 | Dec 25 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 21 | The Finest Hours | - | - | - | $10,288,932 | 3,143 | $27,569,558 | Jan 29 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false |
| 12 | The Forest | - | - | - | $25,943,940 | 2,509 | $26,594,261 | Jan 8 | Focus Features | false |
| 56 | Love the Coopers | - | - | - | $247,738 | 2,603 | $26,302,731 | Nov 13 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 90 | Born to Be Wild | - | - | - | $31,537 | 208 | $25,978,556 | Apr 8 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 32 | In the Heart of the Sea | - | - | - | $1,797,485 | 3,103 | $25,020,758 | Dec 11 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 70 | Secret in Their Eyes | - | - | - | $109,533 | 2,392 | $20,180,155 | Nov 20 | STX Entertainment | false |
| 62 | Galapagos | - | - | - | $182,211 | 14 | $18,630,372 | Oct 29 | IMAX | false |
| 17 | Norm of the North | - | - | - | $15,964,838 | 2,411 | $17,062,499 | Jan 15 | Lionsgate Films | false |
| 28 | Room | - | - | - | $4,577,858 | 862 | $14,677,654 | Oct 16 | A24 | false |
| 120 | To the Arctic 3D | - | - | - | $6,607 | 52 | $14,560,838 | Apr 20 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 104 | Woodlawn | - | - | - | $18,158 | 1,553 | $14,394,097 | Oct 16 | Pure Flix Entertainment | false |
| 80 | Burnt | - | - | - | $50,259 | 3,003 | $13,651,946 | Oct 30 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 25 | Carol | - | - | - | $7,602,077 | 790 | $12,711,491 | Nov 20 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 64 | The 33 | - | - | - | $178,480 | 2,452 | $12,227,722 | Nov 13 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 26 | Fifty Shades of Black | - | - | - | $5,900,528 | 2,075 | $11,686,940 | Jan 29 | Open Road Films (II) | false |
| 95 | Island of Lemurs: Madagascar | - | - | - | $25,678 | 302 | $11,272,213 | Apr 4 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 27 | The Danish Girl | - | - | - | $5,825,924 | 794 | $11,114,018 | Nov 27 | Focus Features | false |
| 49 | The Lady in the Van | - | - | - | $563,446 | 602 | $10,021,175 | Dec 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 123 | Amy | - | - | - | $5,507 | 435 | $8,413,144 | Jul 3 | A24 | false |
| 46 | Trumbo | - | - | - | $787,823 | 660 | $7,857,741 | Nov 6 | Bleecker Street Media | false |
| 106 | Journey to the South Pacific | - | - | - | $15,966 | 19 | $7,653,913 | Nov 27 | IMAX | false |
| 83 | Grandma | - | - | - | $46,883 | 1,061 | $6,980,524 | Aug 21 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 34 | Bajirao Mastani | - | - | - | $1,477,140 | 304 | $6,557,047 | Dec 18 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 51 | Dilwale | - | - | - | $476,741 | 268 | $4,871,263 | Dec 17 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 84 | Suffragette | - | - | - | $45,185 | 517 | $4,702,420 | Oct 23 | Focus Features | false |
| 42 | 45 Years | - | - | - | $955,307 | 251 | $4,247,285 | Dec 23 | IFC Films | false |
| 31 | Anomalisa | - | - | - | $1,857,982 | 573 | $3,759,286 | Dec 30 | Paramount Pictures | false |
| 55 | The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2016: Live Action | - | - | - | $337,026 | 260 | $2,816,816 | Jan 29 | Shorts International | false |
| 38 | Youth | - | - | - | $1,219,023 | 149 | $2,703,296 | Dec 4 | - | false |
| 35 | Ip Man 3 | - | - | - | $1,431,643 | 115 | $2,679,437 | Jan 22 | Well Go USA Entertainment | false |
| 74 | Chi-Raq | - | - | - | $82,150 | 305 | $2,653,032 | Dec 4 | Roadside Attractions | false |
| 96 | Truth | - | - | - | $22,843 | 1,122 | $2,541,854 | Oct 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 99 | Legend | - | - | - | $20,870 | 107 | $1,872,994 | Nov 20 | Universal Pictures | false |
| 50 | Son of Saul | - | - | - | $525,619 | 180 | $1,777,043 | Dec 18 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 102 | The Letters | - | - | - | $19,989 | 886 | $1,647,416 | Dec 4 | Freestyle Releasing | false |
| 45 | Jane Got a Gun | - | - | - | $835,572 | 1,210 | $1,513,793 | Jan 29 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 47 | Mr. Six | - | - | - | $635,349 | 32 | $1,415,450 | Dec 24 | China Lion Film Distribution | false |
| 57 | Mojin: The Lost Legend | - | - | - | $247,405 | 27 | $1,243,810 | Dec 18 | Well Go USA Entertainment | false |
| 41 | Lazer Team | - | - | - | $1,066,239 | 35 | $1,186,426 | Jan 27 | Amplify | false |
| 39 | Wazir | - | - | - | $1,121,009 | 111 | $1,124,045 | Jan 8 | Reliance Big Pictures | false |
| 58 | Macbeth | - | - | - | $220,421 | 108 | $1,110,707 | Dec 4 | The Weinstein Company | false |
| 43 | Patterns of Evidence: Exodus | - | - | - | $925,576 | 652 | $925,576 | Jan 19 | Thinking Man Films | false |
| 54 | Mustang | - | - | - | $340,611 | 57 | $845,464 | Nov 20 | Cohen Media Group | false |
| 94 | Labyrinth of Lies | - | - | - | $25,894 | 72 | $794,452 | Sep 30 | Sony Pictures Classics | false |
| 48 | The Himalayas | - | - | - | $576,098 | 36 | $696,717 | Dec 18 | CJ Entertainment | false |
| 87 | Remember | - | - | - | $35,173 | 43 | $547,009 | Oct 16 | Entertainment One | false |
| 77 | Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict | - | - | - | $56,563 | 25 | $498,428 | Nov 6 | Submarine Deluxe | false |
| 52 | Detective Chinatown | - | - | - | $459,832 | 36 | $474,252 | Jan 15 | China Lion Film Distribution | false |
| 79 | Only Yesterday 2016 Re-release | - | - | - | $56,304 | 44 | $453,243 | Jan 1 | GKIDS | false |
| 124 | Rosenwald | - | - | - | $5,270 | 21 | $433,924 | Aug 14 | - | false |
| 53 | Mad Max: Fury Road 2016 Re-release | - | - | - | $421,986 | - | $421,986 | Jan 15 | Warner Bros. | false |
| 81 | Heart of a Dog | - | - | - | $49,566 | 22 | $420,813 | Oct 21 | Abramorama | false |
| 69 | Janis: Little Girl Blue | - | - | - | $110,839 | 26 | $410,465 | Nov 27 | FilmRise | false |
| 108 | Taxi | - | - | - | $14,611 | 20 | $321,642 | Oct 2 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 78 | Theeb | - | - | - | $56,560 | 27 | $283,024 | Nov 6 | Film Movement | false |
| 82 | Hitchcock/Truffaut | - | - | - | $49,303 | 23 | $260,430 | Dec 2 | Cohen Media Group | false |
| 59 | Ho Mann Jahaan | - | - | - | $201,591 | 23 | $208,611 | Jan 1 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 61 | The Masked Saint | - | - | - | $182,695 | 482 | $182,695 | Jan 8 | Freestyle Releasing | false |
| 137 | Rams | - | - | - | $1,167 | 10 | $149,250 | Feb 3 | Cohen Media Group | false |
| 68 | Yellow Day 2015 Re-release | - | - | - | $112,970 | 40 | $144,163 | Dec 11 | Providence Film Partners | false |
| 103 | Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words | - | - | - | $19,759 | 13 | $138,148 | Nov 13 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 66 | Devil and Angel | - | - | - | $131,058 | 12 | $131,058 | Dec 31 | China Lion Film Distribution | false |
| 129 | Requiem for the American Dream | - | - | - | $4,650 | 14 | $130,152 | Jan 29 | The Film Collaborative | false |
| 92 | The Boy and the World 2015 Re-release | - | - | - | $30,038 | 26 | $129,480 | Dec 11 | GKIDS | false |
| 73 | Chimes at Midnight | - | - | - | $89,410 | 4 | $126,724 | Jan 1 | Janus Films | false |
| 116 | In Jackson Heights | - | - | - | $10,024 | 8 | $121,094 | Nov 4 | Zipporah Films | false |
| 71 | Caged No More | - | - | - | $108,414 | 116 | $114,959 | Jan 22 | Freestyle Releasing | false |
| 85 | Aferim! | - | - | - | $38,519 | 8 | $108,110 | Jan 22 | Big World Pictures | false |
| 72 | Dictator | - | - | - | $104,734 | 19 | $104,734 | Jan 13 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 134 | Tab Hunter Confidential | - | - | - | $2,595 | 9 | $85,812 | Oct 16 | The Film Collaborative | false |
| 75 | Irudhi Suttru | - | - | - | $76,931 | 70 | $76,931 | Jan 29 | UTV Motion Pictures | false |
| 135 | The Wonders | - | - | - | $2,573 | 15 | $73,378 | Oct 30 | Oscilloscope | false |
| 141 | Dark Star: HR Gigers Welt | - | - | - | $542 | 10 | $61,845 | May 15 | Icarus Films | false |
| 114 | Flowers | - | - | - | $11,237 | 5 | $61,568 | Oct 30 | Music Box Films | false |
| 107 | Entertainment | - | - | - | $15,706 | 9 | $55,506 | Nov 13 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 93 | In the Shadow of Women | - | - | - | $26,307 | 4 | $50,291 | Jan 15 | Distrib Films | false |
| 88 | The Treasure | - | - | - | $35,170 | 5 | $50,203 | Jan 8 | Sundance Selects | false |
| 133 | River of Fundament | - | - | - | $2,599 | 2 | $44,840 | Dec 4 | International Film Circuit | false |
| 136 | A Melody to Remember | - | - | - | $2,517 | 13 | $44,263 | Jan 29 | CJ Entertainment | false |
| 105 | Mastizaade | - | - | - | $17,643 | 46 | $43,403 | Jan 29 | Eros Worldwide | false |
| 128 | The Pearl Button | - | - | - | $4,741 | 5 | $42,166 | Oct 23 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 111 | Censored Voices | - | - | - | $13,029 | 6 | $41,260 | Nov 20 | Music Box Films | false |
| 86 | Trust Fund | - | - | - | $35,435 | 4 | $36,885 | Jan 8 | Transatlantic | false |
| 110 | Pierrot the Fool 2015 Re-release | - | - | - | $13,176 | 1 | $34,371 | Dec 18 | Rialto Pictures | false |
| 112 | The Winding Stream | - | - | - | $12,255 | 3 | $33,420 | Dec 16 | Argot Pictures | false |
| 89 | Monster Hunt | - | - | - | $32,766 | 45 | $32,766 | Jan 22 | FilmRise | false |
| 97 | Anesthesia | - | - | - | $22,269 | 7 | $32,163 | Jan 8 | IFC Films | false |
| 98 | Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art | - | - | - | $22,119 | 5 | $29,462 | Jan 8 | First Run | false |
| 127 | Rabin, the Last Day | - | - | - | $4,944 | 5 | $28,411 | Jan 29 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 125 | Sembene! | - | - | - | $5,235 | 3 | $28,059 | Nov 13 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 118 | Noma: My Perfect Storm | - | - | - | $7,395 | 5 | $21,130 | Dec 18 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 100 | Band of Robbers | - | - | - | $20,555 | 11 | $20,555 | Jan 15 | Gravitas Ventures | false |
| 122 | Gabo: The Creation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez | - | - | - | $5,742 | 4 | $19,337 | Oct 1 | Icarus Films | false |
| 131 | The World of Kanako 2015 Re-release | - | - | - | $3,769 | 12 | $16,627 | Dec 4 | Drafthouse Films | false |
| 109 | Remember You | - | - | - | $13,770 | 2 | $14,814 | Jan 15 | CJ Entertainment | false |
| 132 | Lamb | - | - | - | $3,747 | 43 | $14,547 | Jan 8 | The Orchard | false |
| 126 | A Perfect Day | - | - | - | $5,002 | 3 | $14,044 | Jan 15 | IFC Films | false |
| 115 | Yosemite | - | - | - | $11,090 | 4 | $13,931 | Jan 1 | Monterey Media | false |
| 140 | Arabian Nights: Volume 1 - The Restless One | - | - | - | $659 | 3 | $12,260 | Dec 4 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 138 | Dreams Rewired | - | - | - | $1,067 | 4 | $11,843 | Nov 12 | Icarus Films | false |
| 113 | Jeruzalem | - | - | - | $11,287 | 1 | $11,287 | Jan 22 | - | false |
| 119 | Mojave | - | - | - | $7,111 | 26 | $8,253 | Jan 22 | A24 | false |
| 144 | Arabian Nights: Volume 2 - The Desolate One | - | - | - | $162 | 3 | $6,398 | Dec 11 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 130 | Synchronicity | - | - | - | $4,189 | 5 | $4,505 | Jan 22 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
| 143 | Arabian Nights: Volume 3 - The Enchanted One | - | - | - | $194 | 3 | $4,502 | Dec 18 | Kino Lorber | false |
| 139 | The Summer of Sangaile | - | - | - | $830 | 2 | $4,480 | Nov 20 | Strand Releasing | false |
| 142 | The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun | - | - | - | $423 | 2 | $2,167 | Dec 18 | Magnolia Pictures | false |
