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.
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 $; followed by Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, with an inflation-adjusted worldwide gross of $ (both as of 2019). The top five films are among the highest-grossing films of all time.
The following is a list of the biggest opening weekends for musical films worldwide.
The following is a list of the biggest opening weekends for musical films worldwide.
The following is a list of the biggest opening weekends for musical films worldwide.
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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.
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. The Lion King sits top grossing $3.36 billion, while Frozen has the best average with $1.37 billion per film and is the only franchise where every film has grossed $1 billion.
The following table lists known estimated box-office ticket sales for various high-grossing musical films that have sold at least 75million 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.