List of highest-grossing musical films

The following is a list of highest-grossing musical films of all time, the highest-grossing musical film franchises, the biggest opening weekends for musical films, and the highest admissions at the box office.

Highest-grossing musical films

Note that the following gross figures are nominal, not adjusted for inflation, and do not take into account rising ticket prices, or differences in ticket prices between different countries. When adjusted for inflation, the highest-grossing musical films are The Sound of Music, with an inflation-adjusted worldwide gross of $2,572,000,000; followed by Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, with an inflation-adjusted worldwide gross of $1,977,000,000 (both as of 2019).^[a] The top five films are among the highest-grossing films of all time.

  † Background shading indicates films playing in the week commencing 7 March 2025 in theaters around the world.

Rank	Film	Year	Worldwide gross (US$)	Type	Ref
1	The Lion King	2019	$1,656,943,394	Remake [b]	[1]
2	Frozen 2	2019	$1,450,026,933	Original	[2]
3	Frozen[c]	2013	$1,290,000,000		[# 1]
4	Beauty and the Beast	2017	$1,264,435,322	Remake[d]	[3]
5	Moana 2 †	2024	$1,056,253,787	Original	[4]
6	Aladdin	2019	$1,050,693,953	Remake[e]	[5]
7	The Lion King	1994	$969,587,805	Original	[6]
8	The Jungle Book	2016	$966,550,600	Remake[f]	[7]
9	Bohemian Rhapsody	2018	$903,655,259	Jukebox musical[g]	[8]
10	Wicked †	2024	$733,767,000	Adaptation of stage musical	[9]
11	Mufasa: The Lion King †	2024	$708,043,456	Original	[10]
12	Moana	2016	$643,331,111	Original	[11]
13	Sing	2016	$634,151,679	Jukebox musical	[12]
14	Wonka	2023	$625,420,096	Original	[13]
15	Mamma Mia!	2008	$609,881,238	Adaptation of stage musical	[14]
16	Tangled	2010	$591,794,936	Original	[15]
17	The Little Mermaid	2023	$569,626,289	Remake[h]	[16]
18	Aladdin	1992	$504,050,219	Original	[17]
19	Rio 2	2014	$500,101,972		[18]
20	Rio	2011	$484,635,760		[19]
21	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	2005	$474,968,763	Original	[20]
22	La La Land	2016	$471,990,783		[21]
23	Tarzan	1999	$448,191,819		[22]
24	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	2009	$443,140,005	Jukebox musical	[23]
25	Les Misérables	2012	$441,809,770	Adaptation of stage musical [i]	[24]
26	The Greatest Showman	2017	$434,993,183	Original	[25]
27	A Star Is Born	2018	$434,888,866	Original	[26]
28	Beauty and the Beast	1991	$424,967,620	Original	[27]
29	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	1937	$418,229,510	Original	[28]
30	Sing 2	2021	$401,454,720	Jukebox musical	[29]
31	Grease	1978	$396,169,103	Adaption of stage musical	[30]
32	Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again!	2018	$394,745,881	Jukebox musical[j]	[31]
33	Happy Feet	2006	$384,335,608	Jukebox musical	[32]
34	The Jungle Book	1967	$378,000,000	Original	[33]
35	Alvin and the Chipmunks	2007	$361,336,633	Jukebox musical	[34]
36	The Lorax	2012	$349,304,366	Original	[35]
37	Trolls	2016	$347,337,803	Jukebox musical	[36]
38	Pocahontas	1995	$346,079,773	Original	[37]
39	Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked	2011	$342,695,435	Jukebox musical	[38]
40	Enchanted	2007	$340,487,862	Original	[39]
41	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	1996	$325,338,851		[40]
42	The Polar Express	2004	$318,226,393		[41]
43	Chicago	2002	$306,776,732	Adaptation of stage musical[k]	[42]
44	Mulan	1998	$304,320,254	Original	[43]
45	Pitch Perfect 2	2015	$287,144,079	Jukebox musical	[44]
46	The Sound of Music	1965	$286,214,286	Adaption of stage musical	[45]
46	Saturday Night Fever	1977	$282,400,000	Original	[46]
48	Baahubali 2: The Conclusion	2017	$278,000,000		[47]
49	The Princess and the Frog	2009	$267,045,765		[48]
50	Cinderella	1950	$263,591,415		[45]

Highest-grossing opening weekends

The following is a list of the biggest opening weekends for musical films worldwide.

Rank	Film	Opening weekend	Year	Type	Ref
1	Frozen II	$358,503,293	2019	Original	[49]
2	Beauty and the Beast	$357,026,593	2017	Remake[l]	[50][51]
3	The Lion King	$245,953,703	2019	Remake[m]	[52]
4	Aladdin	$214,700,000	2019	Remake[n]	[53][51]
5	The Little Mermaid	$164,300,000	2023	Remake[o]	[54]
6	Wicked	$164,200,000	2024	jukebox[p]	[55]
7	The Jungle Book	$132,200,000	2016	Remake[q]	[56][51]
8	Frozen	$110,600,000	2013	Original	[57][51]
9	Rio	$94,164,414	2011		[58]
10	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	$84,652,689	2008		[59]
11	Baahubali 2: The Conclusion	$80,771,971	2017		[60]
12	2.0	$76,035,064	2018		[61]
13	Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again	$77,852,180	2018	Jukebox musical[r]	[62]
14	Moana	$73,809,195	2016	Original	[63]
15	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	$72,362,847	2009	Jukebox	[64]
16	The Lorax	$70,580,986	2012	Original	[65]
17	Tangled	$66,140,737	2010		[66]
18	Bohemian Rhapsody	$63,541,055	2018	Jukebox musical[s]	[67]
19	A Star Is Born	$57,108,051	2018	Original	[68]
20	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	$56,178,450	2005	Remake[t]	[69]
21	Encanto	$53,468,421	2021	Original	[70]
22	Rio 2	$49,919,485	2014		[71]
23	Sultan	$48,812,938	2016		[72]
24	Trolls	$46,581,142	2016	Jukebox musical	[73]
25	Mary Poppins Returns	$45,616,929	2018	Original	[74]
26	Elvis	$45,319,780	2022	Jukebox musical[u]	[75]
27	Alvin and the Chipmunks	$44,307,417	2007	Jukebox musical[v]	[76]
28	Happy Feet	$42,508,432	2006		[77]
29	Enchanted	$42,204,913	2007	Original	[78]
30	The Lion King	$40,888,194	1994		[6]
31	Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked	$36,563,364	2011	Jukebox musical[w]	[79]
32	Sing	$35,258,145	2016		[80]
33	Tarzan	$34,221,968	1999	Original	[81]
34	Padmaavat	$32,544,470	2018		[82]
35	Dhoom 3	$33,160,000	2013		[83]
36	Rocketman	$32,525,722	2018	Jukebox musical [x]	[84]
37	Hannah Montana: The Movie	$32,421,521	2009	Original	[85]
38	Hairspray	$31,682,114	2007	Adaption of stage musical[y]	[86]
39	Les Misérables	$31,481,735	2012	Adaption of stage musical[z]	[87]
40	Kabali	$31,438,211	2016	Original	[88]
41	Thugs of Hindostan	$29,903,713	2018		[89]
42	Sanju	$29,535,236	2018		[82]
43	The Muppets	$30,839,026	2011		[90]
44	Sarkar	$29,244,255	2018		[91]
45	The Lion King in 3D	$30,151,614	2011	Rerelease [aa]	[92]
46	Secret Superstar	$30,000,000	2018	Original	[93]
47	Pitch Perfect 3	$29,728,525	2017	Jukebox musical[ab]	[94]
48	Dangal	$29,561,591	2016	Original	[83]
49	Pocahontas	$29,531,619	1995		[95]
50	Mamma Mia!	$29,353,886	2008	Jukebox musical[ac]	[96]

Highest-grossing opening weekends for original musical films

The following is a list of the biggest opening weekends for musical films worldwide.

Rank	Film	Opening weekend	Year	Ref
1	Frozen II	$358,503,293	2019	[49]
2	Frozen	$110,600,000	2013	[57][51]
3	Rio	$94,164,414	2011	[58]
4	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	$84,652,689	2008	[59]
5	Baahubali 2: The Conclusion	$80,771,971	2017	[60]
6	2.0	$76,035,064	2018	[61]
7	Moana	$73,809,195	2016	[97]
8	The Lorax	$70,580,986	2012	[98]
9	Tangled	$66,140,737	2010	[66]
10	A Star Is Born	$57,108,051	2018	[99]
11	Encanto	$53,468,421	2021	[70]
12	Rio 2	$49,919,485	2014	[71]
13	Sultan	$48,812,938	2016	[72]
14	Mary Poppins Returns	$45,616,929	2018	[100]
15	Enchanted	$42,204,913	2007	[78]
16	The Lion King	$40,888,194	1994	[6]
17	Tarzan	$34,221,968	1999	[81]
18	Padmaavat	$32,544,470	2018	[82]
19	Dhoom 3	$33,160,000	2013	[83]
20	Hannah Montana: The Movie	$32,421,521	2009	[85]
21	Kabali	$31,438,211	2016	[88]
22	Thugs of Hindostan	$29,903,713	2018	[89]
23	Sanju	$29,535,236	2018	[82]
24	The Muppets	$30,839,026	2011	[90]
25	Sarkar	$29,244,255	2018	[91]
26	Secret Superstar	$30,000,000	2018	[93]
27	Dangal	$29,561,591	2016	[83]
28	Pocahontas	$29,531,619	1995	[95]
29	Bajrangi Bhaijaan	$29,186,977	2015	[83]

Timeline of gross records

Highest-grossing musical films

Title	Established	Record-setting gross	Type	Ref
The Jazz Singer	1927	$2,625,000R	Original	[# 2][# 3]
The Singing Fool	1928	$5,916,000R	Jukebox[ad]	[# 2][# 3]
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs[ae]	1938	$8,000,000R	Original	[# 4]
	1940	$8,500,000R		[# 5][# 6]
This Is the Army	1946	$8,500,000*R	Adaption of stage musical[af]	[101]
	1951	$10,445,000R		[# 2][# 7]
White Christmas	1954	$12,000,000*R	Original	[# 7]
Awaara (The Vagabond)	1954	$12,100,000		[ag]
	1955	$13,200,000
Mother India	1957	$17,000,000 I		[102][103]
Mughal-e-Azam (The Great Mughal)	1960	$24,000,000 I		[104][105]
White Christmas	1960	$30,000,000*		[# 8]
South Pacific	1961	$30,000,000R	Adaption of stage musical[ah]	[# 9] "[106]
West Side Story	1961	$31,800,000R	Adaption of stage musical[ai]	[# 10]
Mary Poppins	1966	$44,000,000–$50,000,000R	Original	[# 11][# 12][107]
The Sound of Music	1966	$125,000,000	Adaption of stage musical[aj]	[108]
	1978	$286,214,076		[# 13]
Grease	1978	$341,000,000	Adaption of stage musical	[# 14]
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	1993	$418,200,000	Original	[# 15]
Aladdin[ak]	1993	$504,050,219		[# 16][# 17]
The Lion King	1994	$768,000,000		[# 18]
	2002	$783,841,776		[# 19]
	2011	$968,483,777		[# 20]
Frozen[c]	2014	$1,287,000,000		[# 1]
	2017	$1,290,000,000
The Lion King	2019	$1,656,943,394	Remake[al]	[1]

^R Distributor rentals.^[am]
* US and Canada gross only.
^I India gross only.

Highest-grossing opening weekends

Title	Year	Record-setting gross	type	Ref
Awaara (The Vagabond)	1955	$114,000 C R	Original	[ag]
Mughal-e-Azam (The Great Mughal)	1960	$860,000 I R		[109][105]
Saturday Night Fever	1977	$3,878,099*		[110]
Grease	1978	$8,941,717*		[111]
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	1982	$11,874,268*	Adaptation of stage musical [an]	[112][113]
Staying Alive	1983	$12,146,143*	Jukebox[ao]	[112][114]
Aladdin	1992	$25,784,522*	Original	[115]
The Lion King	1994	$40,888,194		[6]
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	2005	$56,178,450	Remake[ap]	[69]
High School Musical 3: Senior Year	2008	$84,652,689	Original	[59]
Rio	2011	$94,164,414		[58]
Frozen	2013	$110,600,000		[57]
The Jungle Book	2016	$132,200,000	Remake[aq]	[56]
Beauty and the Beast	2017	$357,026,593	Remake[ar]	[50]
Frozen II	2019	$358,503,293	Original	[49]

^R Distributor rentals.
^* US and Canada gross only.
^I India gross only.
^C China gross only.

Highest-grossing musical films by year

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

The following is a list of highest-grossing musical film by year. Disney tops the list 29 times. All films in Saturday Night Fever, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Rio and The Little Mermaid are on the list, along with Alvin and the Chipmunks franchises are the most represented franchises each have two films on the list.

Year	Title	Worldwide gross	Budget	Type	Ref
1927	The Jazz Singer	$2,600,000	$422,000	Original	[116]
1928	The Singing Fool	$5,916,000	$388,000		[117][118]
1929	Gold Diggers of Broadway	$3,967,000	$532,000		[118][119]
1930	Animal Crackers	$3,100,000R	TBA		[120]
1931	Cracked Nuts	$617,000	$261,000		[121]
1932	The Kid from Spain	$2,621,000	TBA		[122]
1933	Gold Diggers of 1933	$3,231,000R	$433,000		[123][118][124][120]
1934	One Night of Love	$2,500,000R	$500,000		[125]
1935	Naughty Marietta	$2,100,000	$782,000		[126]
1936	San Francisco	$5,300,000	$1,300,000		[127][126]
1937	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	$418,200,000 ($8,000,000)R	$1,488,423		[# 15][# 4]
1938	Alexander's Ragtime Band	$3,600,000	$1,200,000–$2,275,000	Jukebox musical	[128][129][130]
1939	The Wizard of Oz	$25,637,669	$2,800,000	Original	[131]
1943	This Is the Army	$10,445,000R ($8,500,000)*	TBD	Adaption of stage musical[as]	[# 2][# 7]
1951	Awaara (The Vagabond)	$30,660,000 ($4,830,000)I	TBD	Original	[ag]
1952	Aan (The Savage Princess)	$6,042,410 ($5,880,000)I	TBD		[at]
1953	Peter Pan	$145,000,000 ($7,000,000)	$3,000,000–4,000,000		[# 21]
1954	White Christmas	$30,000,000 ($12,000,000)*R	TBD		[# 7][# 8]
1955	Oklahoma!	$7,100,000R*	$6,800,000		[# 22]
	Guys and Dolls	$9,063,000R	$5,500,000	Adaption of stage musical[au]	[# 23]
	Shree 420 (Mr. 420)	$10,380,000 ($8,190,000)I	TBD	Original	[av]
	Lady and the Tramp	$187,000,000 ($6,500,000)*R	$4,000,000		[# 24][# 25]
1956	The King and I	$21,300,000*	$4,550,000	Adaption of stage musical[aw]	[# 26][# 27]
1957	Mother India	$17,000,000 I	$1,300,000	Original	[102][132][103]
1958	South Pacific	$30,000,000R ($6,400,000)*	$5,610,000	Adaption of stage musical.[ax]	[# 9][133]
1959	Sleeping Beauty	$51,600,000* ($5,300,000)R	$6,000,000	Original	[# 28][# 29][# 30][# 31]
1960	Mughal-e-Azam (The Great Mughal)	$24,000,000 I	$2,250,000		[104][105]
1961	West Side Story	$31,800,000R	$7,000,000	Adaption of stage musical[ay]	[# 10]
1962	The Music Man	$14,953,846*	TBD	Adaption of stage musical[az]	[134]
1963	The Sword in the Stone	$22,182,353*R ($13,050,777)*R	$3,000,000	Original	[# 32][# 33][# 34]
1964	Mary Poppins	$102,272,727* ($30,000,000)R	$4,400,000–$4,600,000	Original	[135][136][107]
1965	The Sound of Music	$286,214,076 ($20,000,000)*R	$8,000,000	Adaption of stage musical[ba]	[# 13][# 10][137]
1966	Phool Aur Patthar	$24,680,000	TBD	Original	[bb]
1967	The Jungle Book	$378,000,000 ($23,800,000)R	$4,000,000		[33][# 35][143]
1968	Funny Girl	$52,000,000*	$14,100,000	Adaption of stage musical[bc]	[144][145]
1969	Paint Your Wagon	$31,700,000*	$20,000,000	Adaption of stage musical[bd]	[146]
1970	The Aristocats	$191,000,000 ($26,462,000)R	$4,000,000	Original	[33][147]
Hello Dolly!	$26,000,000R	$25,000,000	Adaption of stage musical[be]	[# 36][# 37]
1971	Fiddler on the Roof	$83,387,607	$9,000,000	Adaption of stage musical[bf]	[148]
1972	Cabaret	$41,326,446	$2,300,000	Adaption of stage musical[bg]	[134][149]
1973	Bobby	$39,000,000	TBD	Original	[150][151]
1974	That's Entertainment!	$26,890,200	TBD	Jukebox musical[bh]	[152]
1975	The Rocky Horror Picture Show	$112,892,319	$1,400,000	Adaption of stage musical[bi]	[153][152][154]
1976	A Star is Born	$80,000,000	$6,000,000	Remake[bj]	[155]
1977	Saturday Night Fever	$282,400,000	$3,500,000	Jukebox musical[bk]	[46][156]
1978	Grease	$395,452,066 ($341,000,000)	$6,000,000	Original	[# 38][# 14][# 39]
1979	The Muppet Movie	$76,657,000 ($65,000,000)*	$8,000,000		[157][158]
1980	The Blues Brothers	$115,229,890	$30,000,000	Jukebox musical[bl]	[159]
1981	The Fox and the Hound	$63,456,988* ($39,900,000)*	$12,000,000	Original	[# 40][# 41]
1982	Disco Dancer	$106,000,000	TBD		[150][160]
1983	Staying Alive	$64,892,670	$22,000,000	Jukebox musical[bm]	[161][162]
1984	Footloose	$80,035,402	$8,200,000	Original	[163]
1985	Ram Teri Ganga Maili	$15,400,000 I	TBD		[164][165]
1986	Little Shop of Horrors	$38,982,260	$25,000,000	Adaption of stage musical[bn]	[166]
1987	Dirty Dancing	$214,577,242	$6,000,000	Original	[167]
1988	Oliver and Company	$121,000,000+ ($100,000,000)+	$31,000,000		[# 42][# 43][# 44]
1989	The Little Mermaid	$233,000,000 ($84,355,863)*	$40,000,000		[33][# 45][# 46]
1990	Dil	$10,300,000 I	TBD		[168][169]
1991	Beauty and the Beast	$424,967,620 ($351,863,363)	$25,000,000		[# 47]
1992	Aladdin	$504,050,219	$28,000,000		[# 48][# 17]
1993	The Nightmare Before Christmas	$81,877,069 ($50,003,043)*	$18,000,000		[# 49][# 50]
1994	The Lion King (1994)	$969,587,805 ($766,964,132)	$45,000,000		[# 51][170]
1995	Pocahontas	$346,079,773	$55,000,000		[95]
1996	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	$325,338,851	$100,000,000		[171]
1997	Hercules	$252,712,101	$85,000,000		[172]
1998	Mulan	$304,320,254	$90,000,000		[173]
1999	Tarzan	$448,191,819	$130,000,000		[174]
2000	Coyote Ugly	$113,916,474	$45,000,000		[175]
2001	Moulin Rouge!	$179,213,434	$50,000,000	Jukebox musical	[176]
2002	Chicago	$306,776,732	$45,000,000	Adaption of stage musical[bo]	[177]
2003	Brother Bear	$250,397,798	$46,000,000	Original	[178]
2004	The Polar Express	$314,215,454 ($286,000,505)	$165,000,000		[179]
2005	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	$474,968,763	$150,000,000	Remake	[180]
2006	Happy Feet	$384,335,608	$100,000,000	Jukebox musical[bp]	[77]
2007	Alvin and the Chipmunks	$361,336,633	$60,000,000		[76]
2008	Mamma Mia!	$609,881,238	$52,000,000	Jukebox musical[bq]	[96]
2009	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	$443,140,005	$75,000,000	Jukebox musical[br]	[64]
2010	Tangled	$591,794,936	$260,000,000	Original	[66]
2011	Rio	$484,635,760	$90,000,000		[58]
2012	Les Misérables	$441,809,770	$61,000,000	Adaption of stage musical[bs]	[181]
2013	Frozen	$1,290,000,000 ($1,287,000,000)	$150,000,000	Original	[# 1]
2014	Rio 2	$500,101,972	$103,000,000		[71]
2015	Pitch Perfect 2	$287,144,079	$29,000,000	Jukebox musical[bt]	[182]
2016	The Jungle Book	$966,550,600	$175,000,000	Remake[bu]	[56]
2017	Beauty and the Beast	$1,263,521,126	$160,000,000	Remake[bv]	[50]
2018	Bohemian Rhapsody	$903,655,259	$52,000,000	Jukebox musical[bw]	[183]
2019	The Lion King	$1,656,943,394	$260,000,000	Remake[bx]	[52]
2020	Tanhaji	$52,000,000	$21,000,000	Original	[by][verification needed]
2021	Encanto	$252,423,364	$150,000,000		[185]
2022	Elvis	$288,670,284($287,740,048)	$85,000,000	Jukebox musical[bz]	[186]
2023	Wonka	$632,302,312	$125,000,000	Original	[187][188]
2024	Moana 2 †	$1,056,253,787	$150,000,000	Original	[189]

• ( ... ) Since grosses are not limited to original theatrical runs, a film's first-run gross is included in brackets after the total if known.
• ^* US and Canada gross only.
• ^I India gross only.
• ^R Distributor rentals.
• ^TBD To be determined.

Highest-grossing musical film series and film franchises

Note that the following gross figures are nominal, not adjusted for inflation, and do not take into account increasing ticket prices.

A series must have at least two theatrically released films. Frozen sits top grossing $2.7 billion it also has the average with $1.4 billion per film.

Highest-grossing musical film franchises and film series^[§] (the films in each franchise can be viewed by selecting "show")

Rank Series Total worldwide box office No. of films Average of films Highest-grossing film

1 The Lion King † $3,343,984,448 4 $835,996,112 The Lion King (2019) ($1,656,943,394) CGI animated series † $2,364,986,850 2 $1,182,493,425 The Lion King (2019) ($1,656,943,394) 1 The Lion King (2019) $1,656,943,394 2 Mufasa (2024) † $708,043,456 Traditionally animated series $978,997,598 2 $489,498,799 The Lion King (1994) ($978,996,133) 1 The Lion King (1994) $978,996,133 2 Hakuna Matata (2004) $1,465 2 Frozen $2,740,026,933 2 $1,370,013,467 Frozen II ($1,450,026,933) 1 Frozen II (2019) $1,450,026,933 2 Frozen (2013) $1,290,000,000

3 Moana † $1,699,586,254 2 $849,793,127 Moana 2 ($1,056,253,787) 1 Moana 2 (2024) † $1,056,253,787 2 Moana (2016) $643,332,467

4 Beauty and the Beast $1,688,488,746 2 $844,244,373 Beauty and the Beast ($1,263,521,126) 1 Beauty and the Beast (2017)[3] $1,263,521,126 2 Beauty and the Beast (1991)[27] $424,967,620

5 Aladdin $1,554,744,172 2 $777,372,086 Aladdin (2019) ($1,050,693,953) 1 Aladdin (2019)[5] $1,050,693,953 2 Aladdin (1992)[17] $504,050,219

6 The Jungle Book $1,530,854,359 3 $510,284,786 The Jungle Book ($966,550,600) The Jungle Book (2016) $966,550,600[7] Animated series $513,703,599 2 $256,851,800 The Jungle Book ($378,000,000) 1 The Jungle Book (1967) $378,000,000 2 The Jungle Book 2 (2003) $135,703,599

7 Alvin and the Chipmunks $1,388,775,021 5 $277,755,004 Chipwrecked ($443,140,005) Hybrid series $1,381,970,709 4 $345,492,677 Chipwrecked ($443,140,005) 1 Chipwrecked (2011) $443,140,005 2 Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) $361,336,633 3 The Squeakquel (2009) $342,695,435 4 The Road Chip (2015) $234,798,636 The Chipmunk Adventure (1987) $6,804,312

8 Mamma Mia! $1,004,627,119 2 $502,313,560 Mamma Mia! ($609,881,238) 1 Mamma Mia! (2008)[14] $609,881,238 2 Here We Go Again! (2018)[31] $394,745,881

9 Rio $984,737,732 2 $492,368,866 Rio 2 ($500,101,972) 1 Rio 2 (2014) $500,101,972 2 Rio (2011) $484,635,760

10 The Little Mermaid $780,969,768 2 $390,484,884 The Little Mermaid (2023) ($569,626,289) 1 The Little Mermaid (2023) $569,626,289 2 The Little Mermaid (1989) $211,343,479

11 Trolls $603,712,862 3 $201,237,621 Trolls ($346,864,462) 1 Trolls (2016) $346,864,462 2 Band Together (2023) $207,571,582 3 World Tour (2020) $49,276,818

12 Pitch Perfect $588,256,965 3 $196,085,655 Pitch Perfect 2 ($287,506,194) 1 Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) $287,506,194 2 Pitch Perfect 3 (2017) $185,400,345 3 Pitch Perfect (2012) $115,350,426

13 Happy Feet $534,742,074 2 $267,371,037 Happy Feet ($384,335,608) 1 Happy Feet (2006) $384,335,608 2 Happy Feet Two (2011) $150,406,466

14 A Star Is Born $522,988,866 4 $130,747,217 A Star Is Born (2018) ($434,888,866) 1 A Star Is Born (2018) $434,888,866 2 A Star Is Born (1976) $80,000,000 3 A Star Is Born (1954) $6,100,000 4 A Star Is Born (1937) $2,000,000

15 The Muppets $462,897,991 8 $57,862,249 The Muppets ($165,184,237) 1 The Muppets (2011) $165,184,237 2 Muppets Most Wanted (2014) $80,383,290 3 The Muppet Movie (1979) $76,657,000 4 Treasure Island (1996) $34,327,391 5 The Great Muppet Caper (1981) $31,206,251 6 The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) $27,281,507 7 Take Manhattan (1984) $25,534,703 8 Muppets from Space (1999) $22,323,612

16 Mary Poppins $451,810,221 2 $225,905,111 Mary Poppins Returns ($349,537,494) 1 Mary Poppins Returns (2018) $349,537,494 2 Mary Poppins (1963) $102,272,727

17 Grease $411,340,579 2 $205,670,290 Grease ($396,169,103) 1 Grease (1978)[30] $396,169,103 2 Grease 2 (1982)[190] $15,171,476

18 Baahubali $345,668,817 2 $172,834,409 Baahubali 2: The Conclusion ($244,346,798) 1 The Conclusion (2017)[47] $244,346,798 2 The Beginning (2015)[191] $101,322,019

19 Saturday Night Fever $347,292,670 2 $173,646,335 Saturday Night Fever ($282,400,000) 1 Saturday Night Fever (1977)[46] $282,400,000 2 Staying Alive (1983)[192] $64,892,670

20 Sister Act $288,924,179 2 $144,462,090 Sister Act ($231,605,150) 1 Sister Act (1992) $231,605,150 2 Back in the Habit (1993) $57,319,029

Box-office admissions (ticket sales)

See also: List of films by box office admissions

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

The following table lists known estimated box-office ticket sales for various high-grossing musical films that have sold at least 75 million tickets worldwide.

Note that some of the data are incomplete due to a lack of available admissions data from a number of countries. Therefore, it is not an exhaustive list of all the highest-grossing musical films by ticket sales, so no rankings are given.

Film	Year	Known ticket sales (est.)	Type	Ref
The Sound of Music	1965	283,300,000	Original	[193]
Sholay	1975	250,000,000		[194]
Awaara (The Vagabond)	1951	217,000,000		[ca]
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	1937	214,900,000		[193]
The Rocky Horror Picture Show	1975	170,000,000		[199]
The Lion King	1994	140,108,836		[cb]
The Jungle Book	1967	137,915,958		[cc]
Disco Dancer	1982	135,000,000		[cd]
Frozen	2013	133,013,967		[ce]
Beauty and the Beast	2017	123,766,498	Jukebox musical[cf]	[cg]
The Jungle Book	2016	123,663,450	Jukebox musical[ch]	[ci]
Caravan	1971	119,000,000	Original	[cj]
Grease	1978	117,075,584	jukebox musical[ck]	[224]
Bobby	1973	116,400,000	Original	[cl]
The Lion King	2019	116,060,166	Jukebox musical[cm]	[cn]
Mary Poppins	1964	105,507,268	Original	[co]
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion	2017	105,003,001		[cp]
Mughal-e-Azam (The Great Mughal)	1960	100,041,453		[cq]
Mother India	1957	100,011,812		[cr]
Aladdin	2019	97,106,238	Jukebox musical[cs]	[ct]
Muqaddar Ka Sikandar	1978	91,800,000	Original	[cu]
Fantasia	1940	87,649,246		[cv]
Aladdin	1992	87,108,669		[cw]
Cinderella	1950	84,458,172		[cx]
Ganga Jamna	1961	83,800,000		[cy]
Pinocchio	1940	83,739,255		[cz]
Bohemian Rhapsody	2018	80,322,547	Jukebox musical[da]	[db]
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style	1967	76,540,000	Original	[277]

Original

Film	Year	Known ticket sales (est.)	Ref
The Sound of Music	1965	283,300,000	[193]
Sholay	1975	250,000,000	[194]
Awaara (The Vagabond)	1951	217,000,000	[dc]
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	1937	214,900,000	[193]
The Lion King	1994	140,108,836	[dd]
The Jungle Book	1967	137,915,958	[de]
Disco Dancer	1982	135,000,000	[df]
Frozen	2013	133,013,967	[dg]
Caravan	1971	119,000,000	[dh]
Bobby	1973	116,400,000	[di]
Mary Poppins	1964	105,507,268	[dj]
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion	2017	105,003,001	[dk]
Mughal-e-Azam (The Great Mughal)	1960	100,041,453	[dl]
Mother India	1957	100,011,812	[dm]
Muqaddar Ka Sikandar	1978	91,800,000	[dn]
Fantasia	1940	87,649,246	[do]
Aladdin	1992	87,108,669	[dp]
Cinderella	1950	84,458,172	[dq]
Ganga Jamna	1961	83,800,000	[dr]
Pinocchio	1940	83,739,255	[ds]
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style	1967	76,540,000	[277]

Non-original

Film	Year	Known ticket sales (est.)	Source	Ref
Beauty and the Beast	2017	123,766,498	Uses songs from the Original film	[dt]
The Jungle Book	2016	123,663,450	Uses songs from the Original film	[du]
Grease	1978	117,075,584	Based on the musical of the same name	[224]
The Lion King	2019	116,060,166	Uses songs from the original film	[dv]
Aladdin	2019	97,106,238	Use songs from the original film	[dw]
Bohemian Rhapsody	2018	80,322,547	Featuring songs by Queen	[dx]

See also

• Lists of musicals
• List of highest-grossing musical theatre productions
• List of highest-grossing films
  • List of highest-grossing Bollywood films
  • List of highest-grossing non-English films
• List of multimedia franchises
  • List of highest-grossing media franchises
• Long-running theatre productions
  • Broadway shows
  • West End shows

Notes

1. See List of highest-grossing films § Highest-grossing films adjusted for inflation.
2. Uses songs from the original film
3. Box Office Mojo stopped updating its main total for Frozen in August 2014, while it was still in release. The total listed here incorporates subsequent earnings in Japan, Nigeria, Spain, the United Kingdom and Germany up to the end of 2015, but omits earnings in Turkey, Iceland, Brazil, and Australia (2016) which amount to a few hundred thousand dollars. The total is rounded to $1 million to compensate for the numerical inaccuracy.
4. Uses songs from the original film
5. Uses songs from the original film
6. Uses songs from the original film
7. featuring songs by Queen
8. Uses songs from the original film
9. Uses song for the Musical
10. featuring songs by ABBA
11. Uses songs from the Musical of the same name
12. Uses songs from the original film
13. Uses songs from the original film
14. Uses songs from the original film
15. Uses songs from the original film
16. Adaptation of the Broadway musical
17. Uses songs from the original film
18. featuring songs by ABBA
19. featuring songs by Queen
20. Uses songs for Original film
21. Featuring songs by Elvis
22. fearuring pop songs
23. fearuring pop songs
24. featuring songs by Elton John
25. based on the musical of the same name
26. based on the musical of the same name
27. a re release of film of the same name
28. fearuring pop songs
29. featuring songs by ABBA
30. Uses pop culture songs
31. Snow White earned over $8 million in gross rentals by the end of 1938, in the process becoming the highest-grossing sound film.
32. Based on the musical of the same name
33. See Awaara § Box office
34. based on the musical of the same name
35. Based on the Musical of the same name
36. Based on the musical of the same name
37. It is possible Aladdin never took the record. Aladdin's release (1992–93) coincided with a Snow White reissue, and it is possible that Snow White ended up grossing more. Snow White had grossed a total of $330 million up to 1987, and then added a further $88 million in North America from its 1987 and 1993 reissues; it is unknown how much Snow White made from these reissues outside of North America, but if the foreign gross matched or exceeded the North American gross then Snow White would have earned more.
38. a remake of the original film
39. The gross rental is the distributor's share of the box-office gross and was more commonly reported than the exhibition gross up to the 1970s.
40. Based on the musical of the same name
41. Uses pop songs
42. Uses songs from the Original film
43. Uses songs from the original film
44. Uses songs from the original film
45. Based on the musical of the same name.
46. See Aan § Box office
47. based on the musical of the samename
48. See Shree 420 § Box office
49. based on the musical of the same name
50. Based on musical of the same name
51. Based on based on the musical of the same name
52. based on the Musical of the same name
53. The based on the musical of the same name
54. Phool Aur Patthar box office revenue:

    • India – ₹75 million^[138] ($11.79 million)^[139]
    • Soviet Union – 11.6 million Rbls^[140][141] ($12.89 million)^[142]
55. Based on the musical of the same name
56. Based on the musical of the same name
57. based on the Based on the musical of the same name
58. Fiddler on the Roof
59. Based on the Musical of the same name
60. Uses songs for MGM films
61. Based of the musical of the same name
62. a remake of the film of the same name
63. Uses pop songs
64. Uses pop songs
65. Uses pop songs
66. Based on the musical of the same name
67. Based on the musical sound of the same name
68. Uses pop songs
69. Uses songs from the Musical of the same name
70. Uses pop songs
71. Uses songs from the musical of the same name
72. Uses pop songs
73. Uses songs from the original film
74. Uses songs from the original film
75. Uses songs released by Queen
76. Uses songs from the original film
77. ₹3,676.5 million (US$42 million) gross,^[184]
78. Featuring songs by Elvis
79. Awaara admissions:

    • India – 17 million^[195][196]
    • China – 100 million^[197]
    • Soviet Union – 100 million^[198]
80. The Lion King (1994)

    • South Korea (Seoul City) – 920,948^[200]
    • Other territories – 139,187,888^[201]
81. The Jungle Book (1967) admissions:

    • Germany – 27.3 million^[202]
    • Other territories – 110,615,958^[203]
82. Disco Dancer admissions:

    • India – 15 million^[204][196]
    • Soviet Union – 120 million^[205]
83. Frozen admissions:

    • United States and Canada – 49,041,000^[206]
    • Other territories – 83,972,967^[207]
84. Uses songs from the original film
85. Beauty and the Beast (2017) admissions:

    • United States and Canada – 56,798,200^[208]
    • Europe and Morocco – 33,919,225^[209]
    • China – 15,841,104^[210]
    • Japan – 9.5 million^[211]
    • South Korea – 5,138,330^[212]
    • Australia – 2,569,639^[213][214]
86. Uses songs from the original film
87. The Jungle Book (2016) admissions:

    • United States and Canada – 41,710,700^[215]
    • China – 28,803,824^[216]
    • Europe and Morocco – 27,276,042^[217]
    • India – 20 million^[218]
    • South Korea – 2,537,438^[200]
    • Japan – 1,690,895^[219][220]
    • Australia – 1,644,551^[221][214]
88. Caravan admissions:

    • India – 19 million^[222][196]
    • China – 100 million^[223]
89. Based on the musical of the same name
90. Bobby admissions:

    • India – 53.5 million^[225][196]
    • Soviet Union – 62.9 million^[226]
91. Uses songs from the original film
92. The Lion King (2019) admissions:

    • United States and Canada – 59,299,900^[227]
    • China – 21,470,719^[228]
    • France, Germany, Spain – 18,608,061^[229]
    • Russia – 12 million^[230]
    • South Korea – 4,742,514^[231]
    • India – 2,564,572^[232]
93. Mary Poppins admissions:

    • United States and Canada – 78,181,800^[233]
    • United Kingdom – 14 million^[234]
    • France, Germany, Spain – 13,325,468^[235]
94. Baahubali 2 admissions:

    • India – 100 million^[236]
    • China – 2,389,945^[237]
    • United States and Canada – 2,255,500^[238]
    • Europe – 257,556^[239]
    • Japan – 100,000^[240]
95. Mughal-e-Azam admissions:

    • India – 100 million+^[236]
    • United States and Canada (2005) – 25,200^[241]
    • United Kingdom (2002–2014) – 16,253^[242]
96. Mother India admissions:

    • India – 100 million+^[236]
    • France and United Kingdom (2002–2004) – 11,812^[243]
97. Uses songs from the original film
98. Aladdin (2019) admissions:

    • United States and Canada – 39,410,700^[244]
    • South Korea – 12,519,396^[231]
    • France, Germany, Italy, Spain – 11,379,295^[245]
    • Japan – 9,140,684^[246][220]
    • China – 9,006,480^[247]
    • Russia – 5.81 million^[248]
    • United Kingdom – 5,084,623^[249][250]
    • India – 3,171,408^[251][218]
    • Australia – 1,719,352^[252][214]
99. Muqaddar Ka Sikandar admissions:

    • India – 66.6 million^[253][196]
    • Soviet Union – 25.2 million^[254]
100. Fantasia admissions:

     • United States and Canada – 83,043,500^[255]
     • France – 4,605,746^[256]
101. Aladdin (1992) admissions:

     • United States and Canada – 52,442,300^[257]
     • France, Germany, Italy, Spain – 21,074,285^[258]
     • United Kingdom – 5,102,807^[259][260]
     • Japan – 4,550,835^[261][220]
     • Australia – 2,753,072^[262][263]
     • South Korea (Seoul City) – 647,266^[200]
     • Denmark – 522,350^[264]
     • Finland and Switzerland (1996–2015) – 676^[265]
102. Cinderella (1950) admissions:

     • United States and Canada – 60,301,400^[266]
     • France – 13,226,772^[267]
     • United Kingdom and Spain – 10.93 million^[268]
103. Ganga Jamna admissions:

     • India – 51.7 million^[269][196]
     • Soviet Union – 32.1 million^[254]
104. Pinocchio:

     • United States and Canada – 67,403,300^[270]
     • United Kingdom and France – 16,335,702^[271]
     • Netherlands (1999) – 253^[272]
105. featuring songs by Queen
106. Bohemian Rhapsody:

     • Europe – 31,368,291^[273]
     • United States and Canada – 23,974,900^[274]
     • South Korea – 9,948,386^[200]
     • Japan – 9,931,559^[246][220]
     • China – 2,284,739^[275]
     • Australia – 2,814,671^[276][214]
107. Awaara admissions:

     • India – 17 million^[195][196]
     • China – 100 million^[197]
     • Soviet Union – 100 million^[198]
108. The Lion King (1994)

     • South Korea (Seoul City) – 920,948^[200]
     • Other territories – 139,187,888^[201]
109. The Jungle Book (1967) admissions:

     • Germany – 27.3 million^[202]
     • Other territories – 110,615,958^[278]
110. Disco Dancer admissions:

     • India – 15 million^[279][196]
     • Soviet Union – 120 million^[205]
111. Frozen admissions:

     • United States and Canada – 49,041,000^[280]
     • Other territories – 83,972,967^[207]
112. Caravan admissions:

     • India – 19 million^[281][196]
     • China – 100 million^[223]
113. Bobby admissions:

     • India – 53.5 million^[225][196]
     • Soviet Union – 62.9 million^[226]
114. Mary Poppins admissions:

     • United States and Canada – 78,181,800^[282]
     • United Kingdom – 14 million^[234]
     • France, Germany, Spain – 13,325,468^[283]
115. Baahubali 2 admissions:

     • India – 100 million^[236]
     • China – 2,389,945^[237]
     • United States and Canada – 2,255,500^[284]
     • Europe – 257,556^[239]
     • Japan – 100,000^[240]
116. Mughal-e-Azam admissions:

     • India – 100 million+^[236]
     • United States and Canada (2005) – 25,200^[285]
     • United Kingdom (2002–2014) – 16,253^[242]
117. Mother India admissions:

     • India – 100 million+^[236]
     • France and United Kingdom (2002–2004) – 11,812^[243]
118. Muqaddar Ka Sikandar admissions:

     • India – 66.6 million^[253][196]
     • Soviet Union – 25.2 million^[254]
119. Fantasia admissions:

     • United States and Canada – 83,043,500^[286]
     • France – 4,605,746^[287]
120. Aladdin (1992) admissions:

     • United States and Canada – 52,442,300^[288]
     • France, Germany, Italy, Spain – 21,074,285^[289]
     • United Kingdom – 5,102,807^[259][260]
     • Japan – 4,550,835^[261][220]
     • Australia – 2,753,072^[262][263]
     • South Korea (Seoul City) – 647,266^[200]
     • Denmark – 522,350^[290]
     • Finland and Switzerland (1996–2015) – 676^[291]
121. Cinderella (1950) admissions:

     • United States and Canada – 60,301,400^[292]
     • France – 13,226,772^[293]
     • United Kingdom and Spain – 10.93 million^[294]
122. Ganga Jamna admissions:

     • India – 51.7 million^[269][196]
     • Soviet Union – 32.1 million^[254]
123. Pinocchio:

     • United States and Canada – 67,403,300^[270]
     • United Kingdom and France – 16,335,702^[295]
     • Netherlands (1999) – 253^[272]
124. Beauty and the Beast (2017) admissions:

     • United States and Canada – 56,798,200^[296]
     • Europe and Morocco – 33,919,225^[297]
     • China – 15,841,104^[298]
     • Japan – 9.5 million^[211]
     • South Korea – 5,138,330^[299]
     • Australia – 2,569,639^[300][214]
125. The Jungle Book (2016) admissions:

     • United States and Canada – 41,710,700^[301]
     • China – 28,803,824^[216]
     • Europe and Morocco – 27,276,042^[302]
     • India – 20 million^[218]
     • South Korea – 2,537,438^[200]
     • Japan – 1,690,895^[303][220]
     • Australia – 1,644,551^[304][214]
126. The Lion King (2019) admissions:

     • United States and Canada – 59,299,900^[305]
     • China – 21,470,719^[306]
     • France, Germany, Spain – 18,608,061^[307]
     • Russia – 12 million^[308]
     • South Korea – 4,742,514^[231]
     • India – 2,564,572^[232]
127. Aladdin (2019) admissions:

     • United States and Canada – 39,410,700^[309]
     • South Korea – 12,519,396^[231]
     • France, Germany, Italy, Spain – 11,379,295^[310]
     • Japan – 9,140,684^[246][220]
     • China – 9,006,480^[311]
     • Russia – 5.81 million^[312]
     • United Kingdom – 5,084,623^[313][314]
     • India – 3,171,408^[315][218]
     • Australia – 1,719,352^[316][214]
128. Bohemian Rhapsody:

     • Europe – 31,368,291^[273]
     • United States and Canada – 23,974,900^[317]
     • South Korea – 9,948,386^[200]
     • Japan – 9,931,559^[246][220]
     • China – 2,284,739^[275]
     • Australia – 2,814,671^[318][214]

Footnotes

1. Frozen

   • "Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 9, 2014. Worldwide – $1,282,147,791 (total as of August 8, 2014; including Japanese gross up to August 3, Spain gross up to July 27 and omitting Nigerian gross)
   • "Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results: Japan". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 3, 2014.

   Total as of August 3, 2014: $247,650,477

   Total as of August 31, 2014: $249,036,646

   • "Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results: Spain". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 6, 2014.

   Total as of July 27, 2014: $21,668,593

   Total as of November 2, 2014: $22,492,845

   • "Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results: Nigeria". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 3, 2014.

   Total as of August 17, 2014: $167,333

   • "Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results: United Kingdom". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved January 24, 2015.

   Total as of June 8, 2014: £39,090,985

   Total as of November 30, 2014: £40,960,083 ($1 = £0.63866)

   Total as of December 7, 2014: £41,087,765 ($1 = £0.64136)

   Total as of December 14, 2014: £41,170,608 ($1 = £0.636)

   Total as of November 26, 2017: £42,840,559 ($1 = £0.7497)

   Total as of December 3, 2017: £42,976,318 ($1 = £0.742)

   • "Frozen (2013) – International Box Office Results: Germany". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved March 30, 2016.

   Total as of March 30, 2014: €35,098,170

   Total as of October 18, 2015: €42,526,744

   nb. the exact euro to dollar conversion rate is unknown for earnings since April 2014, but the euro never fell below parity with the dollar during 2014 and 2015 (as can be verified by comparing the exchange rate on the individual date entries at the provided reference) so an approximate conversion rate of €1:$1 is used here to give a lower-bound.

2. Glancy, H Mark (1995). "Warner Bros Film Grosses, 1921–51: the William Schaefer ledger". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 15 (1): 55–73. doi:10.1080/01439689500260031.
3. "Biggest Money Pictures". Variety. June 21, 1932. p. 1. Retrieved June 29, 2019 – via Archive.org.
4. Block & Wilson 2010, p. 237: "By the end of 1938, it had grossed more than $8 million in worldwide rentals and was ranked at the time as the second-highest-grossing film after the 1925 epic Ben-Hur".
5. Block, Alex Ben; Wilson, Lucy Autrey, eds. (2010). George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-By-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets of Their Financial and Cultural Success. HarperCollins. p. 255. ISBN 9780061778896. On its initial release Pinocchio brought in only $1.6 million in domestic rentals (compared with Snow White's $4.2 million) and $1.9 million in foreign rentals (compared with Snow White's $4.3 million)."
6. "Show Business: Record Wind". Time. February 19, 1940. Archived from the original on February 2, 2010. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
7. Arneel, Gene (January 5, 1955). "'54 Dream Pic: 'White Xmas'". Variety. pp. 5 & 59. Retrieved June 28, 2019 – via Archive.org.
8. "Box Office Information for White Christmas". The Numbers.com. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
9. Hall, Sheldon; Neale, Stephen (2010). Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters: A Hollywood History. Wayne State University Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-8143-3008-1.
10. Block & Wilson 2010, p. 434.

    • The Sound of Music: "Domestic Rentals: $68.4; Foreign Rentals: $46.2; Production Cost: $8.0 (Initial Release – Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."
    • West Side Story: "Domestic Rentals: $16.2; Foreign Rentals: $15.6; Production Cost: $7.0 (Initial Release – Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."
11. Burns, Douglas (2010), Mary Poppins, p. 469, In its initial run, Poppins garnered an astounding $44 million in worldwide rentals and became the company's first Best Picture Oscar contender. In: Block & Wilson 2010.
12. Hall & Neale 2010, p. 184

    • Mary Poppins: "Mary Poppins (1964), which cost $5.2 million, was neither a stage adaptation nor a roadshow. But by the end of its first release, it had grossed nearly $50 million worldwide."
13. "The Sound of Music". Boxoffice. Archived from the original on May 30, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
14. Hofler, Robert (2010). Party Animals: A Hollywood Tale of Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'N' Roll Starring the Fabulous Allan Carr. ReadHowYouWant.com. p. 145. ISBN 9781459600072. Despite the fact that Grease was well on its way to becoming the highest-grossing movie musical in the world, and eventually grossed over $341 million...
15. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    • Total prior to 50th anniversary reissue: Culhane, John (July 12, 1987). "'Snow White' At 50: Undimmed Magic". The New York Times. Retrieved June 29, 2014. By now, it has grossed about $330 million worldwide – so it remains one of the most popular films ever made.
    • 1987 and 1993 grosses from North America: "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Releases". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 29, 2014. 1987 release – $46,594,212; 1993 release – $41,634,471
16. "Aladdin". Boxoffice. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
17. Block & Wilson 2010, pp. 712–713.

    • Bambi: "Worldwide Box Office: $266.8; Production Cost: $1.7 (Millions of $s)"
    • 101 Dalmatians: "Worldwide Box Office: $215.0; Production Cost: $3.6 (Millions of $s)"
    • The Jungle Book: "Worldwide Box Office: $170.8"; Production Cost: $3.9 (Millions of $s)"
    • Aladdin: "Worldwide Box Office: $505.1"; Production Cost: $28.0 (Millions of $s)"
18. La Ganga, Maria L. (October 28, 2001). "A Very Scary Business". Los Angeles Times. p. 5. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
19. "The Lion King (1994)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 23, 2011. Total after IMAX reissue but before 3D re-release: $783,841,776
20. "The Lion King (1994)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 23, 2011. Total after IMAX reissue but before 3D re-release: $783,841,776
21. "Peter Pan (1953) – Notes". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on September 3, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
22. "All Time Domestic Champs". Variety. January 6, 1960. p. 34.
23. The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study
24. D'Alessandro, Anthony (October 27, 2003). "Disney Animated Features at the Worldwide Box Office". Variety. The Jungle Book $378 million; One Hundred and One Dalmatians $303 million; Lady and the Tramp $187 million
25. "Lady and the Tramp (1955) – Notes". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on June 20, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
26. Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p249
27. Box Office Information for The King and I. Archived June 29, 2013, at the Wayback Machine The Numbers. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
28. "Sleeping Beauty (1959)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on September 16, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
29. Schickel, Richard (1968). The Disney Version: The Life, Times, Art and Commerce of Walt Disney. Chicago: Simon & Schuster. p. 299. ISBN 1-5666-3158-0.
30. Reid, John Howard (2005). Success in the Cinema: Money-Making Movies and Critics' Choices. Raleigh, North Carolina: Lulu. p. 43. ISBN 1-8472-8088-9.
31. Thomas, Bob (1976). Walt Disney: An American Original (1994 ed.). New York: Hyperion Press. pp. 294–295. ISBN 0-7868-6027-8.
32. "The Sword in the Stone". The Numbers. Archived from the original on January 7, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
33. Thomas, Bob (November 1, 1963). "Walt Disney Eyes New Movie Cartoon". Sarasota Journal. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
34. "Big Rental Pictures of 1964", Variety, January 6, 1965, p 39.
35. "Animals Portray Parts in Disney's "Robin Hood"". Toledo Blade. October 18, 1970. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
36. "Box Office Information for Hello, Dolly!". The Numbers. Nash Information Services. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
37. Solomon, Aubrey (2002), Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History, Scarecrow Filmmakers Series, vol. 20, Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, pp. 216 (background for figures), 231 (theatrical rental) & 256 (budget), ISBN 9780810842441
38. "Grease". Boxoffice. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
39. "Grease (40th Anniversary)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
40. "The Fox and the Hound (1981)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on October 27, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
41. Ansen, David (July 13, 1981). "Forest Friendship". Newsweek: 81.
42. "Disney Says 'Mermaid' Swims To B.O. Record". Daily Variety. November 1, 1990. p. 6. ...the first animated feature film to pass the $100 million watermark worldwide (excluding Disney's re-releases).
43. "Oliver & Company". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 11, 2020. 1996 re-release $20.9 million
44. "Oliver & Company (1988)". The Wrap. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
45. "The Little Mermaid (1989)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
46. Stewart, James B. (2005). DisneyWar, p. 104. ISBN 0-684-80993-1. Simon & Schuster. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
47. "Beauty and the Beast (1991)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on May 1, 2012. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
48. "Aladdin (1992)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on February 15, 2009. Retrieved October 12, 2010.
49. "The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
50. Mark Salisbury, Tim Burton (2006). Burton on Burton. London: Faber and Faber. pp. 121–127. ISBN 0-571-22926-3.
51. The Lion King

    • Total: "The Lion King (1994)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 29, 2014. Worldwide: $968,483,777; Production Budget: $45 million
    • IMAX release (2002): "The Lion King (IMAX)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved August 29, 2014. North America: $15,686,215; Overseas: $1,191,429
    • Total prior to 3D release (2011): "The Lion King (1994)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 23, 2011. $783,841,776
    • As of 2010: Block & Wilson 2010, p. 764. "Production Cost: $79.3 (Unadjusted $s in Millions of $s)."