List of highest-grossing Christmas films
The following is a page of the highest-grossing Christmas-themed films. The gross is not inflation adjusted.
Highest-grossing Christmas films
| Rank | Title | Gross | Studio | Year | Ref |
| 1 | The Grinch | $540,826,718 | Universal | 2018 | |
| 2 | Home Alone | $476,684,675 | 20th Century Fox | 1990 | |
| 3 | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | $358,994,850 | 20th Century Fox | 1992 | |
| 4 | Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas | $345,823,032 | Universal | 2000 | |
| 5 | A Christmas Carol | $325,286,646 | Disney | 2009 | |
| 6 | The Polar Express | $315,249,768 | Warner Bros. Pictures | 2004 | |
| 7 | Batman Returns | $266,831,698 | Warner Bros. Pictures | 1992 | |
| 8 | Love Actually | $245,203,167 | Universal | 2003 | |
| 9 | Die Hard 2 | $240,031,274 | 20th Century Studios | 1990 | |
| 10 | Elf | $225,097,437 | New Line Cinema | 2003 | |
| 11 | The Holiday | $205,850,134 | Columbia Pictures / Universal | 2006 | |
| 12 | The Santa Clause | $190,539,357 | Disney | 1994 | |
| 13 | Red One | $184,894,014 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 2024 | |
| 14 | While You Were Sleeping | $182,057,016 | Disney | 1995 | |
| 15 | Daddy's Home 2 | $180,613,824 | Paramount Pictures | 2017 | |
| 16 | The Nutcracker and the Four Realms | $173,961,069 | Disney | 2018 | |
| 17 | The Santa Clause 2 | $172,855,065 | Disney | 2002 | |
| 18 | Four Christmases | $163,733,697 | New Line Cinema | 2008 | |
| 19 | Gremlins | $153,898,890 | Warner Bros. Pictures | 1984 | |
| 20 | Arthur Christmas | $147,419,472 | Columbia Pictures | 2011 | |
| 21 | Die Hard | $141,603,197 | 20th Century Fox | 1988 | |
| 22 | A Bad Moms Christmas | $130,560,428 | Universal / STXfilms | 2017 | |
| 23 | Jingle All the Way | $129,832,389 | 20th Century Studios | 1996 | |
| 24 | The Family Man | $124,745,083 | Universal | 2000 | |
| 25 | Last Christmas | $121,550,750 | Universal | 2019 | |
| 26 | Why Him? | $118,102,725 | 20th Century Fox | 2016 | |
| 27 | Office Christmas Party | $114,501,299 | Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures | 2016 | |
| 28 | The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause | $110,768,122 | Disney | 2006 | |
| 29 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | $102,366,815 | New Line Cinema | 2009 | |
| 30 | Fred Claus | $97,838,349 | Warner Bros. Pictures | 2007 | |
| 31 | Christmas with the Kranks | $96,593,018 | Columbia Pictures | 2004 | |
| 32 | The Nightmare Before Christmas | $95,514,188 | Disney | 1993 | |
| 33 | The Family Stone | $92,884,429 | 20th Century Fox | 2005 | |
| 34 | Home Alone 3 | $79,082,515 | 20th Century Fox | 1997 | |
| 35 | Serendipity | $77,516,304 | Miramax | 2001 | |
| 36 | Violent Night | $76,492,442 | Universal | 2022 | |
| 37 | Bad Santa | $76,488,889 | Columbia Pictures / Dimension Films | 2003 | |
| 38 | The Best Man Holiday | $72,835,710 | Universal | 2013 | |
| 39 | National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | $71,319,526 | Warner Bros. Pictures | 1989 | |
| 40 | The Star | $62,812,974 | Columbia Pictures / Affirm Films | 2017 | |
| 41 | Krampus | $61,548,707 | Universal | 2015 | |
| 42 | Scrooged | $60,328,558 | Paramount Pictures | 1988 | |
| 43 | A Madea Christmas | $53,396,354 | Lionsgate Films | 2015 | |
| 44 | Just Friends | $50,912,434 | New Line Cinema | 2005 | |
| 45 | This Christmas | $49,778,552 | Screen Gems | 2007 | |
| 46 | Deck the Halls | $47,231,070 | 20th Century Fox | 2006 | |
| 47 | Miracle on 34th Street | $46,264,384 | 20th Century Fox | 1994 | |
| 48 | Almost Christmas | $42,580,920 | Universal | 2016 | |
| 49 | Love the Coopers | $42,426,912 | Lionsgate Films / CBS Films | 2016 |
Highest-grossing Christmas film franchises
The following is a list of highest-grossing Christmas film series and franchises. Home Alone tops the list with $914.8 million and also has the best average with $304.9 million. How The Grinch Stole Christmas! follows closely behind with $872.6 million and an average of $436.2 million.Biggest worldwide openings for Christmas films
This list charts the largest opens for Christmas films worldwide. Since Christmas films do not open on Fridays in many markets, the 'opening' is taken to be the gross between the first day of release and the first Sunday.Figures are given in United States dollars.
This list does not take into account country-by-country variations in release dates. Therefore, in some cases opening weekend grosses from many, or even most countries may not be included.
| Rank | Film | Worldwide opening | Year | Ref |
| 1 | The Grinch | $67,752,855 | 2018 | |
| 2 | Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas | $55,082,330 | 2000 | |
| 3 | Love Actually | $45,569,086 | 2003 | |
| 4 | Red One | $32,106,112 | 2024 | |
| 5 | Elf | $31,113,501 | 2003 | |
| 6 | The Best Man Holiday | $30,107,555 | 2013 | |
| 7 | A Christmas Carol | $30,051,075 | 2009 | |
| 8 | The Santa Clause 2 | $29,008,696 | 2002 | |
| 9 | The Polar Express | $24,341,868 | 2004 | |
| 10 | The Nutcracker and the Four Realms | $20,352,491 | 2018 | |
| 10 | The Best Man Holiday | $30,107,555 | 2013 | |
| 11 | Arthur Christmas | $15,442,585 | 2011 |