List of best-selling films in the United States

This list of best-selling films in the United States is a list of the best-selling home video film titles sold in the United States. This list does not include digital purchases or video rentals.

VHS

This is a list of the best-selling film video titles sold on VHS in the United States.

Films

Title Year(s) Sales Revenue Revenue (inflation)
The Lion King 1995 30,000,000[1] $520,000,000[2] $835,134,000
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1994 25,100,000[3] $430,000,000[4] $709,973,000
Aladdin 1993 25,000,000[5] $624,750,000[5][6] $1,058,376,000
Titanic 1998 25,000,000[7]
Beauty and the Beast 1992 22,000,000[1] $318,000,000[3] $554,558,000
Independence Day 1996 22,000,000[7]
Jurassic Park 1994 21,000,000[7]
Toy Story 1996 19,500,000[3] $290,000,000[3] $452,506,000
Pocahontas 1996 17,100,000[3] $216,000,000[3] $337,039,000
Cinderella 1988/1995 17,000,000[1] $100,000,000[8] $206,922,000
One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1992 15,900,000[9] $150,000,000[10] $261,584,000
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1987 15,000,000[11] $300,000,000[11][7] $646,221,000
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride 1998 15,000,000[12] $300,000,000[13] $450,429,000
The Return of Jafar 1994 15,000,000[14] $252,890,000[15][16] $417,547,000
Fantasia 1991 14,200,000[10] $209,000,000[3] $375,516,000
Pinocchio 1993 13,400,000[9]
Home Alone 1991 11,000,000[9] $274,780,000[17] $493,704,000
Bambi 1989 10,600,000[10] $168,000,000[18] $331,670,000
Batman 1989 10,500,000[9] $190,000,000[7] $375,103,000
Aladdin and the King of Thieves 1996 10,300,000[3] $257,397,000[3][15] $401,633,000
The Little Mermaid 1990 10,000,000[9]

Film series

Series Years Sales Revenue
Aladdin 1993–1996 50,300,000 $1,135,037,000
The Lion King 1995–1998 45,000,000 $820,000,000
Star Wars: The Original Trilogy 1982–2000 35,000,000[19]
The Land Before Time 1989–1997 $430,000,000[20]

DVD and Blu-ray

This is a list of the best-selling video titles sold on DVD or Blu-ray Disc in the United States by year.

2006

Rank[21] Title Sales Total Revenue
1Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest14,476,924$274,307,204
2Cars13,198,050$208,489,867
3The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe11,541,429$332,737,406
4Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire10,506,129$207,907,139
5Wedding Crashers8,426,280$138,091,895
6King Kong7,593,120$140,091,801
7Over the Hedge7,571,037$120,893,405
8Ice Age: The Meltdown7,323,372$119,646,977
9Walk the Line7,099,384$120,356,749
10The Little Mermaid6,873,207$105,855,230

2007

Rank[22] Title Sales Total Revenue
1Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End13,699,490$279,046,391
2Transformers13,251,378$251,422,293
3Happy Feet12,225,634$196,875,349
430012,110,490$243,204,618
5Ratatouille11,233,232$169,016,024
6Shrek the Third10,889,584$162,691,569
7Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix9,905,305$200,157,478
8Night at the Museum8,585,495$145,161,282
9The Departed7,458,254$138,809,474
10Spider-Man 36,845,349$114,754,483

2008

Rank[23] Title Sales Total Revenue
1The Dark Knight10,944,319$191,678,575
2Iron Man8,400,343$151,418,634
3Alvin and the Chipmunks7,559,643$127,641,260
4Kung Fu Panda7,486,642$115,040,292
5WALL-E7,413,548$117,131,222
6I am Legend7,043,136$126,160,041
7National Treasure: Book of Secrets5,863,257$92,955,147
8Enchanted5,322,631$86,315,101
9Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull5,314,370$103,340,817
10Bee Movie4,712,821$75,473,010

2009

Rank[24] Title Sales Total Revenue
1Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen11,154,737$251,247,838
2Twilight10,405,491$198,416,222
3Up10,160,995$199,248,148
4Star Trek8,717,856$142,561,921
5Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince8,547,218$118,628,758
6The Hangover8,068,523$148,835,183
7Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa7,789,128$107,713,190
8X-Men Origins: Wolverine5,646,233$101,074,698
9Monsters vs. Aliens5,430,970$99,548,530
10Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs5,229,856$90,338,613

2010

Rank[25] Title Sales Total Revenue
1Avatar15,984,303$308,421,543
2Toy Story 310,967,197$209,605,460
3The Twilight Saga: New Moon8,564,722$186,703,432
4The Twilight Saga: Eclipse8,209,155$154,745,017
5The Blind Side7,925,127$113,533,863
6Iron Man 26,931,591$157,661,923
7Despicable Me6,675,913$127,226,540
8How to Train Your Dragon6,255,514$136,006,186
9Alice in Wonderland5,229,486$101,783,950
10Inception5,204,776$104,473,794

2011

Rank[26] Title Sales Total Revenue
1Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 19,918,642$143,167,689
2Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 28,137,963$128,580,195
3Tangled8,096,773$144,241,933
4Cars 25,838,012$107,894,962
5Transformers: Dark of the Moon4,742,541$89,875,729
6Bridesmaids4,738,083$72,368,721
7Rio4,728,294$76,558,227
8Megamind4,073,992$63,076,062
9The Help3,836,404$73,441,093
10The Hangover Part II5,204,776$104,473,794

2012

Rank[27] Title Sales Total Revenue
1The Hunger Games10,260,319$180,306,529
2The Avengers9,380,157$190,683,937
3Brave8,031,037$145,230,978
4The Dark Knight Rises7,681,848$124,340,808
5The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 17,025,392$132,531,680
6The Lorax6,386,831$107,251,718
7Ted5,327,684$101,882,232
8Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows5,090,104$77,689,629
9Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted3,965,694$65,665,489
10Puss in Boots3,635,289$65,695,382

2013

Rank[28] Title Sales Total Revenue
1Despicable Me 29,256,658$170,985,093
2The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 26,330,303$95,048,591
3The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey6,243,460$98,989,683
4Monsters University5,492,411$111,012,114
5Skyfall5,158,688$95,600,230
6Fast & Furious 65,067,428$103,474,129
7Wreck-It Ralph4,775,100$112,300,386
8Man of Steel4,548,095$90,507,424
9Hotel Transylvania3,828,329$77,045,672
10Taken 23,589,443$61,043,038

2014

Rank[29] Title Sales Total Revenue
1Frozen18,146,499$335,295,426
2The Hunger Games: Catching Fire6,223,060$110,892,615
3Guardians of the Galaxy5,300,895$95,542,781
4The Lego Movie4,864,495$105,187,209
5The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug4,666,637$95,121,267
6How to Train Your Dragon 23,661,804$62,111,911
7Maleficent3,652,429$66,967,622
8Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles3,644,860$79,849,311
9Transformers: Age of Extinction3,587,127$57,979,925
10Thor: The Dark World3,424,818$63,725,360

2015

Rank[30] Title Sales Total Revenue
1Jurassic World5,830,947$116,230,988
2Inside Out5,281,960$95,451,757
3Minions5,241,405$94,062,288
4Big Hero 65,058,550$96,750,237
5The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 14,533,392$73,036,788
6American Sniper4,299,577$73,823,666
7Furious 74,188,485$66,411,157
8Avengers: Age of Ultron3,671,021$68,150,184
9The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies3,394,509$70,269,361
10Home3,369,212$59,815,243

2016

Rank[31] Title Sales Total Revenue
1Star Wars: The Force Awakens7,433,275$174,271,258
2Finding Dory5,479,887$91,542,276
3Zootopia4,783,887$96,827,503
4Deadpool4,756,364$84,593,757
5Captain America: Civil War3,903,614$73,300,722
6The Secret Life of Pets3,564,882$78,158,675
7Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice3,548,159$73,864,026
8The Good Dinosaur3,065,028$58,193,536
9The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 22,831,212$49,456,053
10Suicide Squad2,501,924$63,717,229

2017

Rank[32] Title Sales Total Revenue
1Moana4,394,672$116,286,634
2Beauty and the Beast4,255,929$85,131,977
3Rogue One: A Star Wars Story3,985,851$81,081,110
4Wonder Woman3,850,584$93,095,921
5Trolls3,530,413$73,822,484
6Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 23,342,461$64,933,483
7Sing3,298,699$62,868,456
8Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them2,780,803$57,143,378
9Spider-Man: Homecoming2,612,740$57,143,378
10Logan2,284,265$46,549,464

2018

Rank[33] Title Sales Total Revenue
1Star Wars: The Last Jedi3,826,146$83,806,777
2Black Panther3,644,298$77,068,297
3Coco3,364,487$66,609,315
4Thor: Ragnarok3,024,074$64,102,131
5The Greatest Showman2,520,310$44,945,398
6Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle2,380,207$53,767,866
7Justice League2,258,002$48,639,844
8It1,652,975$33,963,566
9Wonder1,438,830$22,649,448
10Ferdinand1,196,068$22,411,814

See also

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