List of films by box office admissions
The following table lists known estimated box office ticket sales for various high-grossing films that have sold at least tickets worldwide.
Note that some of the data are incomplete due to a lack of available admissions data from a number of box office territories. Therefore, it is not an exhaustive list of all the highest-grossing films by ticket sales, so no rankings are given.
List
| Film | Year | Ticket sales | Territories included | |
| Legend of the White Snake | 1980 | 700,000,000? | China | |
| 1981 | 650,000,000? | China | ||
| 1983 | 610,000,000 | China | ||
| 1979 | 600,000,000 | China | ||
| 1980 | 600,000,000 | China | ||
| The ''Shaolin Brothers | 1983 | 520,000,000 | China | |
| Shaolin Temple | 1982 | China, Hong Kong, South Korea | ||
| 1980 | 500,000,000 | China | ||
| Deadly Fury | 1984 | 500,000,000 | China | |
| Cong Nu Li Dao Jiang Jun | 1979 | 470,000,000 | China | |
| The Xi'an Incident | 1981 | 450,000,000 | China | |
| Manhunt | 1976 | 434,420,000 | Japan, China, Soviet Union | |
| Mysterious Buddha | 1980 | 400,000,000 | China | |
| Titanic | 1997 | Worldwide | ||
| Ji Hongchang | 1979 | 380,000,000 | China | |
| Avengers: Endgame | 2019 | Worldwide | ||
| Star Wars | 1977 | 338,400,000 | Worldwide | |
| Avatar | 2009 | Worldwide | ||
| Kai Qiang, Wei Ta Song Xing | 1982 | 330,000,000 | China | |
| Ne Zha 2 | 2025 | China, Western world, Russia | ||
| Caravan | 1971 | India, China | ||
| Tunnel War | 1965 | 300,000,000 | China | |
| Gone with the Wind | 1939 | Worldwide | ||
| The Sound of Music | 1965 | 283,300,000 | Worldwide | |
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1982 | 276,998,207 | Worldwide | |
| Avengers: Infinity War | 2018 | Worldwide | ||
| The Ten Commandments | 1956 | 262,000,000 | Worldwide | |
| Du Shiniang | 1981 | 260,000,000 | China | |
| A General Wearing the Sword | 1983 | 260,000,000 | China | |
| Little Heroes | 1983 | 260,000,000 | China | |
| Avatar: The Way of Water | 2022 | 258,100,000 | Worldwide | |
| Sholay | 1975 | 250,021,329 | India, Soviet Union, Western world | |
| Doctor Zhivago | 1965 | 248,200,000 | Worldwide | |
| Spider-Man: No Way Home | 2021 | Worldwide | ||
| Jaws | 1975 | 243,277,230 | Worldwide | |
| The Burning of Imperial Palace | 1983 | 240,000,000 | China | |
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens | 2015 | Worldwide | ||
| Awaara | 1951 | 230,100,000 | India, Soviet Union, China, Turkey | |
| The Lion King | 2019 | Worldwide | ||
| The Exorcist | 1973 | 214,900,000 | Worldwide | |
| Jurassic World | 2015 | Worldwide | ||
| Holy Robe of the Shaolin Temple | 1985 | 200,000,000 | China | |
| One Hundred and One Dalmatians | 1961 | 199,800,000 | Worldwide | |
| Fei lai de nü xu | 1982 | 199,500,000 | China | |
| Furious 7 | 2015 | Worldwide | ||
| Jurassic Park | 1993 | Worldwide | ||
| Frozen 2 | 2019 | Worldwide | ||
| The Birth of a Nation | 1915 | 171,428,571 | United States | |
| Lan dun bao xian xiang | 1983 | 170,000,000 | China | |
| Ben-Hur | 1959 | Worldwide | ||
| The Super Mario Bros. Movie | 2023 | 168,100,000 | Worldwide | |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | 1937 | Worldwide | ||
| Avengers: Age of Ultron | 2015 | Worldwide | ||
| The Avengers | 2012 | Worldwide | ||
| Top Gun: Maverick | 2022 | 165,600,000 | Worldwide | |
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | 2001 | Worldwide | ||
| Inside Out 2 | 2024 | 161,300,000 | Worldwide | |
| Juvenile Delinquents | 1985 | 161,000,000 | China | |
| Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | 2018 | Worldwide | ||
| Wolf Warrior 2 | 2017 | 160,322,273 | China, Western world, South Korea | |
| Incredibles 2 | 2018 | Worldwide | ||
| Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | 1999 | Worldwide | ||
| The Lion King | 1994 | Worldwide | ||
| Barbie | 2023 | 152,200,000 | Worldwide | |
| Mother India | 1957 | 150,000,000 | India, Soviet Union, Western world | |
| Mughal-e-Azam | 1960 | 150,000,000 | India, Western world, Kuwait | |
| Baahubali 2: The Conclusion | 2017 | 150,000,000 | Worldwide | |
| Black Panther | 2018 | Worldwide | ||
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 2003 | Worldwide | ||
| Frozen | 2013 | Worldwide | ||
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | 2001 | Worldwide | ||
| Star Wars: The Last Jedi | 2017 | Worldwide | ||
| Spider-Man: Far From Home | 2019 | Worldwide | ||
| Ne Zha | 2019 | China, United Kingdom, Ireland | ||
| The Red Snowball Tree | 1974 | 140,000,000 | Soviet Union | |
| Romance on Lushan Mountain | 1980 | 140,000,000 | China | |
| Dangal | 2016 | 140,000,000 | Worldwide | |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | 2002 | Worldwide | ||
| The Jungle Book | 1967 | 137,915,958 | Worldwide | |
| Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | 2011 | Worldwide | ||
| Disco Dancer | 1982 | 135,000,000 | India, Soviet Union | |
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | 2006 | 134,528,334 | Western world, Japan, Korea | |
| Zorro | 1975 | 133,050,124 | Europe, China, Soviet Union | |
| Finding Nemo | 2003 | Worldwide | ||
| A Policeman with a Special Identity | 1982 | 130,000,000 | China | |
| Yellow River Fighter | 1988 | 130,000,000 | China | |
| The Godfather | 1972 | 128,176,173 | Western world, South Korea | |
| Deadpool & Wolverine | 2024 | 127,100,000 | Worldwide | |
| Spider-Man | 2002 | Worldwide | ||
| The Jungle Book | 2016 | Western world, Asia, Morocco | ||
| The Battle at Lake Changjin | 2021 | 125,000,000 | China | |
| Beauty and the Beast'' | 2017 |