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List of highest-grossing sports films

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The following is a list of highest-grossing sports films of all time, the highest-grossing sports film franchises and series, the highest-grossing films by sport, the highest-grossing sports films by year, timeline of highest-grossing sports films, and sports films by tickets sold.

Highest-grossing sports films

The following is a list of highest-grossing sports films of all time, which may also be among the highest grossing films of all time. Auto racing is the most frequent sport with 20 films on the list, including seven of the top 10 entries. Fast & Furious is the most frequent franchise with nine films, followed by Rocky with seven.{{efn|Including four main series films and three films from the spinoff Creed franchise}} The most frequently represented year is 2019 with four films.

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Film

! Year

! Worldwide gross

! class=unsortable | {{Abbr|Ref|Reference}}

! Sport(s)

style=text-align:left| Inside Out 2

|2024

| $1,698,765,616

| {{cite web |title= Inside Out 2 (2024) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt22022452/ |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=August 2, 2024 }}

| Ice hockey

style=text-align:left| Furious 7

| 2015

| $1,515,342,457

| {{cite web |title= Furious 7 (2015) |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt2820852/ |website= Box Office Mojo |date=July 14, 2015 |access-date= January 28, 2016 }}

| rowspan="5" | Auto racing

style=text-align:left| The Fate of the Furious

| 2017

| $1,236,009,236

| {{cite web |title= The Fate of the Furious (2017) |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt4630562/ |website= Box Office Mojo |access-date= March 4, 2023 }}

style=text-align:left| Fast & Furious 6

| 2013

| $788,683,342

| {{cite web |title= Fast & Furious 6 (2013) |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1905041/ |website= Box Office Mojo |access-date= March 4, 2023 }}

style=text-align:left| F9

| 2021

| $726,229,501

| {{cite web |title= F9: The Fast Saga (2021) |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt5433138/ |website= Box Office Mojo |access-date= March 4, 2023 }}

style=text-align:left| Fast X

| 2023

| $704,875,015

| {{cite web |title= Fast X (2023) |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt5433140/ |website= Box Office Mojo |access-date= July 5, 2023 }}

style=text-align:left| Forrest Gump

| 1994

| $678,226,465

| {{cite web |title= Forrest Gump (1994) |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0109830/ |website= Box Office Mojo |access-date= March 4, 2023 }}

| American football / ping pong

style=text-align:left| Fast Five

| 2011

| $626,137,675

| {{Mojo title|fastfive|Fast Five}}

| rowspan="2" | Auto racing

style=text-align:left| Cars 2

| 2011

| $562,110,557

| {{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=cars2.htm|title=Cars 2 (2011) |website= Box Office Mojo }}

style=text-align:left| YOLO

| 2024

| $479,597,304

|{{Cite web |title=YOLO (热辣滚烫) (2024) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/YOLO-(2024-China) |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=The Numbers}}

|Boxing

style=text-align:left| Pegasus 2

|2024

|$469,847,217

| {{Cite web |title=Pegasus 2 – Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Pegasus-2-(2024-China)#tab=summary |website=The Numbers |access-date=May 20, 2024 |archive-date=April 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416190600/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Pegasus-2-(2024-China)#tab=summary |url-status=live }}

| Auto racing

style=text-align:left| Gladiator

| 2000

| $465,516,248

| {{cite web |title=Gladiator (2000) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0172495/ |website=Box Office Mojo}}

|Gladiatorial combat

style="text-align:left" | Cars

| 2006

| $461,991,867

| {{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=cars.htm|title=Cars (2006) |website= Box Office Mojo }}

|Auto racing

style="text-align:left" | Gladiator II

| 2024

| $462,180,717

| https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt9218128/

|Gladiatorial combat

style=text-align:left| Alita: Battle Angel

| 2019

| $404,852,543

| {{cite web|title=Alita: Battle Angel (2019)|url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=alita.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|publisher=IMDb|access-date=May 10, 2019}}

| Motorball{{efn|name=fictional|A fictional sport with similar elements to roller derby}}

style=text-align:left| Enter the Dragon

| 1973

| $400,000,000

| {{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Wayne |title=Bruce Lee |date=2001 |publisher=Mitchell Lane Publishers |isbn=978-1-58415-066-4 |pages=30–1 |url=https://archive.org/details/bruceleereallife00wayn/page/30/mode/2up |quote=After its release, Enter the Dragon became Warner Brothers' highest grossing movie of 1973. It has earned well over $400{{nbsp}}million}}

| Martial arts

style=text-align:left| Cars 3

| 2017

| $383,930,656

| {{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=cars3.htm|title=Cars 3 (2017) |website= Box Office Mojo }}

| rowspan="2" | Auto racing

style=text-align:left| Fast & Furious

| 2009

| $360,366,870

| {{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=fastandthefurious4.htm |title=Fast and Furious (2009) |website=Box Office Mojo}}

style=text-align:left| The Karate Kid

| 2010

| $359,126,022

| {{Mojo title|karatekid2010|The Karate Kid}}

| Martial arts

style=text-align:left| Dangal

| 2016

| $340,000,000

| {{Cite web |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/282411/bollywood-highest-grossing-movies-worldwide/ |title=All time box office revenue of the highest grossing Bollywood movies worldwide as of June 2018 (in million U.S. dollars) |website=Statista |access-date=October 8, 2018}}

| Wrestling

style=text-align:left| The Blind Side

| 2009

| $309,208,309

| {{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=blindside.htm|title=The Blind Side Box Office|work=Box Office Mojo|access-date=June 5, 2010}}

| American football

style=text-align:left| Rocky IV

| 1985

| $300,473,716

| {{Mojo title|rocky4|Rocky IV}}

| Boxing

style=text-align:left| Smokey and the Bandit

| 1977

| $300,000,000

| {{cite web|first=Hal|last=Needham|title=How "Smokey and the Bandit" was born|date=February 9, 2011|website=CNN Money|url=http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2011/02/09/how-smokey-and-the-bandit-was-born/|archive-date=July 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703214852/http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2011/02/09/how-smokey-and-the-bandit-was-born/|access-date=March 11, 2023}}

| Auto racing

style=text-align:left| Real Steel

| 2011

| $299,268,508

| {{Mojo title|realsteel|Real Steel}}

| Boxing

style=text-align:left| Turbo

| 2013

| $282,570,682

| {{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=turbo.htm|title=Turbo (2013) |website= Box Office Mojo }}

| Auto racing

style=text-align:left| xXx

| 2002

| $277,448,382

| {{Mojo title|xxx|XXX}}

| Extreme sports

style=text-align:left| Creed III

| 2023

| $275,248,615

| {{cite web |title= Creed III (2023) |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt11145118/ |website= Box Office Mojo }}

| Boxing

style=text-align:left| Jerry Maguire

| 1996

| $273,552,592

| {{Mojo title|jerrymaguire|Jerry Maguire}}

| American football

style=text-align:left| Rocky III

| 1982

| $270,000,000

| {{cite news |last=Scott |first=Vernon |title=Stallone found new life in new film |date=November 12, 1982 |work=The Bulletin |location=Bend, Oregon |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1ZVTAAAAIBAJ&pg=5449,4731366 |access-date=July 4, 2012}}

| Boxing

style=text-align:left| The First Slam Dunk

| 2022

| $257,548,133

| {{Cite web|title=Eiga Slam Dunk (2022)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Eiga-Slam-Dunk-(2022-Japan)|access-date=October 8, 2023|website=The Numbers}}

| Basketball

style=text-align:left| Pegasus

|2019

|$255,832,826

|{{cite web|title=Fei Chi Ren Sheng (2019)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Fei-Chi-Ren-Sheng-(China)(2019)|access-date=June 27, 2023|website=The Numbers}}

| Auto racing

style=text-align:left| Babe{{efn|name=Babe|in the film Babe, Babe the pig trains to take part in a sheepdog trail, sheepdog trails are considered a sport{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2006/07/24/sheepdog_trials_feature.shtml | title=Sheepdog trials at Henley }}}}

| 1995

| $254,134,910

| {{cite web | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0112431/ | title=Babe }}

| Sheepdog trial

style=text-align:left| Space Jam

| 1996

| $250,180,384

| {{Cite web|title=Space Jam (1996)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Space-Jam|access-date=2023-05-05|website=The Numbers}}

| Basketball

style=text-align:left| Planes

| 2013

| $240,171,783

| {{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1691917/|title=Planes (2013)|website=Box Office Mojo}}

| Air racing

style=text-align:left| Silver Linings Playbook

| 2012

| $236,412,453

| {{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1045658/?ref_=bo_se_r_1 |website=Box Office Mojo|title=Silver Linings Playbook, Box Office Information|access-date=May 26, 2014}}

| American football / dance competition

style=text-align:left| 2 Fast 2 Furious

| 2003

| $236,350,661

| {{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=2fast2furious.htm |title=2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=April 5, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504001250/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=2fast2furious.htm |archive-date=May 4, 2009 |url-status=live }}

| rowspan="2" | Auto racing

style=text-align:left| Ford v Ferrari

| 2019

| $225,508,210

| {{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1950186/?ref_=bo_se_r_1|title=Ford v Ferrari|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=20 March 2020}}

style=text-align:left| Rocky

| 1976

| $225,000,000

| {{cite web |title=Box Office History for Rocky Movies |work=The Numbers |publisher=Nash Information Services |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/series/Rocky.php |access-date=January 3, 2012}}

| rowspan="3" | Boxing

style=text-align:left| Million Dollar Baby

| 2004

| $216,763,646

| {{Mojo title|milliondollarbaby|Million Dollar Baby}}

style=text-align:left| Creed II

| 2018

| $214,215,889

| {{cite web |title= Creed II (2018) |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=creed2.htm |website= Box Office Mojo }}

style=text-align:left| The Fast and the Furious

| 2001

| $207,283,925

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl928220673/|title=The Fast and the Furious|website=Box Office Mojo}}

| rowspan="2" | Auto racing

style=text-align:left| Need for Speed

| 2014

| $203,277,636

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt2369135/|title=Need for Speed (2014)|website=Box Office Mojo}}

style=text-align:left| Rocky II

| 1979

| $200,182,160

|

| Boxing

style=text-align:left| Ip Man 4: The Finale

| 2019

| $192,617,891

| {{cite web|url= https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Yip-Man-4-(Hong-Kong)#tab=summary |title= Ip Man 4: The Finale|website= The Numbers}}

| Martial arts

style=text-align:left| The Longest Yard

| 2005

| $191,466,556

| {{Mojo title|longestyard05|The Longest Yard}}

| rowspan="2" | American football

style=text-align:left| The Waterboy

| 1998

| $185,991,646

| {{Mojo title|waterboy|The Waterboy}}

style=text-align:left| Creed

| 2015

| $173,567,581

| {{Mojo title|creed|Creed}}

| Boxing

style=text-align:left| Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

| 2004

| $168,423,227

| {{Mojo title|dodgeball|Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story}}

| Dodgeball

style=text-align:left| Space Jam: A New Legacy

| 2021

| $163,692,228

| {{Mojo title|spacejam2|Space Jam: A New Legacy}}

| Basketball

style=text-align:left| Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

| 2006

| $163,362,095

| {{Mojo title|talladeganights|Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby}}

| rowspan="1" | Auto racing

Highest-grossing sports film series and film franchises

The following is a list of highest-grossing sports film series and film franchises of all time. Auto racing is the most frequent sport represented with seven franchises on the list.

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|+ Highest-grossing sports film franchises and film series

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{{Highest-grossing films franchise|type=header|ranklabel=Rank|titlelabel=Series|totallabel=Total worldwide box office|numberlabel=No. of films|averagelabel=Average per film|highestlabel=Highest-grossing film}}

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{{Highest-grossing films franchise|rank=1|title=Fast & Furious|number=10|highest=Furious 7|gross=1515342457

|Furious 7 (2015)

|1515342457

|The Fate of the Furious (2017)

|1236009236

|Fast & Furious 6 (2013)

|788683342

|F9 (2021)

|726229501

|Fast X (2023)

|704875015

|Fast Five (2011)

|626137675

|Fast & Furious (2009)

|360366870

|2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)

|236350661

|The Fast and the Furious (2001)

|207283925

|Tokyo Drift (2006)

|158964610

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{{Highest-grossing films franchise|type=franchise|rank=2|title=Rocky|total={{#expr:(225000000+200182160+270000000+300473716+119946358+155720088)+(173567581+214115889+275248615)}}|number=9|highest=Rocky IV|gross=300373716

|{{Highest-grossing films franchise|type=series|sub=y|title=Original series|number=6|highest=Rocky IV|gross=300473716

|Rocky IV (1985)

|300473716

|Rocky III (1982)

|270000000

|Rocky (1976)

|225000000

|Rocky II (1979)

|200182160

|Rocky Balboa (2006)

|155720088

|Rocky V (1990)

|119946358

}}

|{{Highest-grossing films franchise|type=series|sub=y|title=Creed series|number=3|highest=Creed III|gross=275248615

|Creed III (2023)

|275248615

|Creed II (2018)

|214115889

|Creed (2015)

|173567581

}}

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{{Highest-grossing films franchise|type=franchise|rank=3|title=Cars|total={{#expr:{{#expr:562110557+461991867+383930656}}+{{#expr:240171783+0}}}}|number=4|highest=Cars 2|gross=562110557

|{{Highest-grossing films franchise|type=series|sub=y|title=Main series|number=3|highest=Cars 2|gross=562110557

|Cars 2 (2011)

|562110557

|Cars (2006)

|461991867

|Cars 3 (2017)

|383930656

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|{{Highest-grossing films franchise|type=film|sub=y|title=Planes (2013)|total=240171783}}

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{{Highest-grossing films franchise|rank=4|title=Gladiator|number=2|highest=Gladiator|gross=37799643

| Gladiator (2000)

|465516248

|Gladiator II (2024)

|462180717

}}

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{{Highest-grossing films franchise|type=franchise|rank=5|title=Dragon Ball|total={{#expr:817793641+56511457}}|number=22|highest=Super: Broly|gross=122747755

|{{Highest-grossing films franchise|type=series|sub=y|title=Anime film series|number=21|highest=Super: Broly|gross=122747755

|Curse of the Blood Rubies (1986) to Wrath of the Dragon (1995){{efn|The first sixteen Dragon Ball films, from Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (1986) to Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon (1995), had a total Japanese box office gross of over {{JPY|40 billion}}{{cite book |title=予約特典・ドラゴンボール最強への道・劇場版ご近所物語A5サイズ前売特典冊子 |url=http://i.imgur.com/gWooj7U.jpg |publisher=Toei Animation |year=1996 |page=8 |access-date=2019-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628162653/http://i.imgur.com/gWooj7U.jpg |archive-date=2013-06-28 |url-status=live }} ({{US$|460 million|long=no}}).{{cite web |title=Currency converter in the past with official exchange rates from 1953 |url=http://fxtop.com/en/currency-converter-past.php?A=40&C1=JPY&C2=USD&DD=15&MM=07&YYYY=1995 |website=fxtop.com |access-date=12 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214061837/http://fxtop.com/en/currency-converter-past.php?A=40&C1=JPY&C2=USD&DD=15&MM=07&YYYY=1995 |archive-date=14 February 2019 |url-status=live }} Outside of Japan, the 2002{{ndash}}2003 European releases of Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest (1990) grossed $1,009,767,{{cite web |title=Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0142240/ |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=29 May 2020}} the 2016 Chinese release of Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure (1988) grossed $9,714,846,{{cite web |title=Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure {{ndash}} China |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3267265537/ |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=29 May 2020}} and the 2018 North American releases of Dragon Ball Z films Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan (1993) and Saiyan Double Feature (Fusion Reborn and Bardock: The Father of Goku) grossed $1,199,689.{{cite web |title=Animation - Anime Movies at the Box Office |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=anime.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=February 21, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830125927/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=anime.htm |archive-date=2019-08-30}}}}

|471924302

|Super: Broly (2018){{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Dragon-Ball-Super-Broly-(Japan)-(2018)#tab=summary|title=Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018)|website=The Numbers|access-date=May 3, 2023}}

|122747755

|Super: Super Hero (2022){{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt14614892/|title=Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (2022)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=May 3, 2023}}

|86562140

|Z: Resurrection 'F' (2015){{cite web|url=https://navicon.jp/news/52617/|title=『ドラゴンボール超ブロリー』ブルーレイ＆DVDが6月5日(水)にリリース決定！|date=4 March 2019|publisher=navicon|language=ja|access-date=9 March 2019}}

|70798088

|Z: Battle of Gods (2013){{efn|The film grossed {{US$|{{#expr:32000000+2800000+17961356}}|long=no}} worldwide, including {{US$|32 million|long=no}} in Japan,{{cite web |title=Toei Aims for 3 Billion Yen for 2013 Dragon Ball Z Film |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-03-24/toei-aims-for-3-billion-yen-for-2013-dragon-ball-z-film |work=Anime News Network |date=March 24, 2013 |access-date=April 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327024832/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-03-24/toei-aims-for-3-billion-yen-for-2013-dragon-ball-z-film |archive-date=2013-03-27 |url-status=live }} {{US$|2.8 million|long=no}} in the US and Canada,{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dragon-ball-z-resurrection-f-books-back-to-back-record-box-offices-on-first-two-days-of-run-300125702.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810012640/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dragon-ball-z-resurrection-f-books-back-to-back-record-box-offices-on-first-two-days-of-run-300125702.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 10, 2015|title="Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'" Books Back-To-Back Record Box Offices On First Two Days Of Run|publisher=Funimation|website=PR Newswire|access-date=December 30, 2016}} and $17,961,356 in other territories.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=dragonballz2014.htm|title=Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2014) - Foreign|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=December 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230155841/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=dragonballz2014.htm|archive-date=2016-12-30|url-status=live}}}}

|52761356

|The Path to Power (1996){{efn|See {{Section link|Dragon Ball: The Path to Power|Box office}}}}

|13000000

}}

|{{Highest-grossing films franchise|type=film|sub=y|title=Dragonball Evolution (2009)|total=56511457|totalnote={{cite web|title=Dragonball Evolution (2009)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Dragonball-Evolution#tab=summary|publisher=The Numbers|access-date=May 3, 2023}}}}

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{{Highest-grossing films franchise|rank=6|title=Pegasus|number=2|highest=Pegasus 2|gross=469847217

|Pegasus 2 (2024)

|469847217

|Pegasus (2019)

|255832826

}}

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{{Highest-grossing films franchise|rank=7|title=The Karate Kid|number=5|highest=The Karate Kid|gross=359126022

|The Karate Kid (2010)

|359126022

|The Karate Kid (1984) to The Karate Kid Part III (1989)

|300442786

|The Next Karate Kid (1994)

|16014777

}}

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{{Highest-grossing films franchise|type=franchise|rank=8|title=Ip Man|total={{#expr:21888598+49721954+157300954+192617891+21635601}}|number=5|highest=The Finale|gross=192617891

|{{Highest-grossing films franchise|type=series|sub=y|title=Main series|number=4|highest= The Finale|gross=192617891

|The Finale (2019)

|192617891

|Ip Man 3 (2015)

|157300954

|Legend of the Grandmaster (2010)

|49721954

|Ip Man (2008)

|21888598

}}

|{{Highest-grossing films franchise|type=film|sub=y|title= Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (2018)|total=21635601}}

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{{Highest-grossing films franchise|rank=9|title=Space Jam|number=2|highest=Space Jam|gross=250180384

|Space Jam (1996)

|250180384

|A New Legacy (2021)

|163692228

}}

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{{Highest-grossing films franchise|rank=10|title=Smokey and the Bandit|number=3|highest=Smokey and the Bandit|gross=300000000

|Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

|300000000

|Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)

|66132626

|Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983)

|7000000

}}

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{{Highest-grossing films franchise|rank=11|title=Mortal Kombat|number=3|highest= Mortal Kombat|gross=122195920

|Mortal Kombat (1995)

|122195920

|Mortal Kombat (2021)

|93510471

|Annihilation (1997)

|51376861

}}

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{{Highest-grossing films franchise|rank=12|title=Herbie|number=4|highest=Fully Loaded|gross=144146816

|Fully Loaded (2005)

|144146816

|The Love Bug (1968)

|51264000

|Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977)

|29000000

|Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)

|18000000

}}

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{{Highest-grossing films franchise|rank=13|title=The Cannonball Run|number=3|highest= The Cannonball Run|gross=160000000

|The Cannonball Run (1981)

|160000000

|Cannonball Run II (1984)

|56300000

|Cannonball Fever (1989)

|3077361

}}

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{{Highest-grossing films franchise|rank=14|title=Point Break|number=2|highest=Point Break|gross=133718711

|Point Break (2015){{mojo title|pointbreak2015|Point Break (2015)}}

|133718711

|Point Break (1991)

|83531958

}}

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{{Highest-grossing films franchise|rank=15|title=Surf's Up|number=2|highest=Surf's Up|gross=152005713

|Surf's Up (2007)

|152005713

|WaveMania (2017){{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt5513260/|title=Surf's Up 2: WaveMania|website=Box Office Mojo}}

|1213943

}}

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{{Highest-grossing films franchise|rank=16|title=The Mighty Ducks|number=3|highest=The Mighty Ducks|gross=50752337

|The Mighty Ducks (1992)

|50752337

|D2 The Mighty Ducks (1994)

|45610410

|D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996)

|22955097

}}

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{{Highest-grossing films franchise|rank=17|title=The Bad News Bears|number=4|highest=The Bad News Bears|gross=42349782

|The Bad News Bears (1976)

|42349782

|Bad News Bears (2005)

|34252847

|The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977)

|19104350

|The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978)

|14000000

}}

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{{Highest-grossing films franchise|rank=18|title=Death Race|number=2|highest=Death Race|gross=76014335

|Death Race (2008)

|76014335

|Death Race 2000 (1975)Christopher T. Koetting, Mind Warp!: The Fantastic True Story of Roger Corman's New World Pictures, Hemlock Books, 2009, p. 80-83

|8000000

}}

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{{Highest-grossing films franchise|rank=19|title=Major League|number=3|highest=Major League|gross=49797148

|Major League (1989)

|49797148

|Major League II (1994)

|30626182

|Back to the Minors (1998)

|3572443

}}

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{{Highest-grossing films franchise|rank=20|title=The Hustler|number=2|highest=The Color of Money|gross=52293982

|The Color of Money (1986)

|52293982

|The Hustler (1961)

|7600000

}}

Highest-grossing films by sport

{{Dynamic list}}

The following is a list of highest-grossing films by sport. Note that some films feature more than one sport so they could be on the list more than once.

class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto;"
scope="col" | Sport

! scope="col" | Film

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Worldwide gross

! scope="col" class=unsortable | {{Abbr|Ref|Reference(s)}}

Air racing

| Planes

| 2013

| $240,171,783

|

American football

| Forrest Gump

| 1994

| $678,226,465

|

Arm wrestling

| Over the Top

| 1987

| $16,057,580

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0093692/|title=Over the Top (1987)|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Association football

| Bend It Like Beckham

| 2002

| $76,583,333

| {{mojo title|benditlikebeckham|Bend It Like Beckham}}

Australian rules football

| Australian Rules

| 2002

| $243,748

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0285006/?ref_=bo_se_r_1|title = Australian Rules}}

Auto racing

| Furious 7

| 2015

| $1,515,342,457

|

Baseball

| A League of Their Own

| 1992

| $132,440,069

| {{cite web |title= A League of Their Own (1992) |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=leagueoftheirown.htm |website= Box Office Mojo }}

Basketball

| The First Slam Dunk

| 2022

| $257,548,133

|

Boat racing

| Madison

| 2001

| $517,262

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0206113/?ref_=bo_se_r_1|title = Madison}}

Bobsleigh

| Cool Runnings

| 1993

| $154,856,263

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0106611/|title=Cool Runnings|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Bodybuilding

|Pain & Gain

|2013

|$87,305,549

|{{cite web |title=Pain & Gain (2013) |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=painandgain.htm |access-date=July 10, 2013 |work=Box Office Mojo}}

Bowling

| The Big Lebowski

| 1998

| $46,189,568

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Big-Lebowski-The#tab=summary|title = The Big Lebowski (1998) - Financial Information}}

Bowls

| Crackerjack

| 2002

| $8,618,107

| {{Cite web|url=http://film.vic.gov.au/resources/documents/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723234802/http://film.vic.gov.au/resources/documents/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Film Victoria – Australian Films at the Australian Box Office|archivedate=23 July 2011}}

Boxing

| YOLO

| 2024

| $479,597,304

|

Chariot racing

| Ben-Hur

| 1959

| $146,900,000

| {{cite book|last1=Block|first1=Alex Ben|last2=Wilson|first2=Lucy Autrey|title=George Lucas's Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets of Their Financial and Cultural Success|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vpbuSXSSqdkC|year=2010|publisher=HarperCollins|location=New York|isbn=978-0-06-196345-2|page=324}}

Cheerleading

| Bring It On

| 2000

| $90,449,929

| {{cite web|title=Bring It On|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0204946/|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Cricket

| M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story

| 2016

| {{US$|{{#expr:(2160000000/70)+(3000000/8.277) round 0}}|long=no}}

| {{cite web|title=Bollywood Hungama|website=Bollywood Hungama|date=October 2016|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/box-office-special-features/box-office-worldwide-collections-day-wise-breakup-m-s-dhoni-untold-story/}}

Cross country running

| McFarland, USA

| 2015

| $45,710,059

| {{cite web |title=McFarland, USA |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mcfarland.htm |access-date=November 13, 2015 |website=Box Office Mojo}}

Cue sports

| The Color of Money

| 1986

| $52,293,982

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3192555009/weekend/|title = The Color of Money}}

Curling

| Men with Brooms

| 2002

| $4,245,870

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl241337857/weekend//|title = Men with Brooms}}

Dance competition

| Silver Linings Playbook

| 2012

| $236,412,453

|

Darts

| Heartlands

| 2003

| $112,870

| {{Cite web|url=https://m.the-numbers.com/movie/Heartlands-(UK)#tab=summary|title = Heartlands (2003) - Financial Information}}

Dodgeball

| Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

| 2004

| $168,423,227

|

Dog sledding

| Snow Dogs

| 2002

| $116,898,028

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Snow-Dogs#tab=summary|title = Snow Dogs (2002) - Financial Information}}

Drifting

| The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

| 2006

| $158,964,610

| {{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0463985/ |title=The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift - Box Office Mojo|website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=5 July 2023}}

Esports

| The King's Avatar: For the Glory

| 2019

| $11,933,801

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt10736726/|title=The King's Avatar: For the Glory|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Extreme sports

| xXx

| 2002

| $277,448,382

|

Fencing

| The Fencer

| 2015

| $1,289,014

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt2534634/?ref_=bo_se_r_1|title = The Fencer}}

Field hockey

| Chak De! India

| 2007

| {{US$|{{#expr:108180000/(15.76/3.94) round 0}}|long=no}}

| {{cite web |title=Chak De India Box Office Collection |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/chak-de-india/box-office/ |website=Bollywood Hungama |date=10 August 2007 |access-date=10 February 2019}}

Figure skating

| Blades of Glory

| 2007

| $145,710,347

| {{Mojo title|bladesofglory|Blades of Glory}}

Fishing

| Man's Favorite Sport?

| 1964

| $6,000,000

| {{Cite web|url=https://m.the-numbers.com/movie/Mans-Favorite-Sport|title=Man's Favorite Sport? (1964) - Financial Information|website=The Numbers}}

Gladiatorial combat

| Gladiator

| 2000

| $465,516,248

|

Golf

| Tin Cup

| 1996

| $75,854,588

| {{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Tin-Cup#tab=summary|title=Tin Cup (1996) - Financial Information|website=The Numbers}}

Gymnastics

| Stick It

| 2006

| $31,976,848

| {{Cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=stickit.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150905213326/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=stickit.htm|archive-date = 2015-09-05|title = Stick It}}

Handball

| Forever the Moment

| 2008

| $27,259,300

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3237970945/weekend/|title = Forever the Moment}}

Horse racing

| Seabiscuit

| 2003

| $148,336,445

| {{cite web|title=Seabiscuit|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0329575/|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Ice hockey

| Inside Out 2

| 2024

| $1,698,765,616

|

Jousting

| A Knight's Tale

| 2001

| $117,487,473

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2270987777/|title=A Knight's Tale|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Martial arts

| Enter the Dragon

| 1973

| $400,000,000

|

Motorcycle racing

|Biker Boyz

|2003

|$23,510,601

|{{Cite web |title=Biker Boyz |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1866958337/ |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=Box Office Mojo}}

Ping pong

| Forrest Gump

| 1994

| $678,226,465

|

Professional wrestling

| Nacho Libre

| 2006

| $99,255,460

| {{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0457510/|title=Nacho Libre|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Rodeo

| The Longest Ride

|2015

|$62,944,815

|{{cite web | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt2726560/ | title=The Longest Ride }}

Roller skating

| Roll Bounce

| 2005

| $17,500,866

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0403455/|title=Roll Bounce|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Rowing

| The Boys in the Boat

| 2023

| $55,474,757

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1856080/|title=The Boys in the Boat|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Rugby

| Invictus

| 2009

| $122,426,792

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1057500/|title=Invictus|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Sheepdog trial

| Babe{{efn|name=Babe}}

| 1995

| $254,134,910

|

Skateboarding

| Lords of Dogtown

| 2005

| $13,411,957

| {{cite web|title=Lords of Dogtown|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0355702/|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Ski jumping

| Take Off

| 2009

| $52,172,984

| {{cite web|title=Take Off|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1298648/|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Snowboarding

| Out Cold

| 2001

| $14,782,676

| {{cite web|title=Out Cold|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0253798/|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Softball

| The Broken Hearts Club

| 2000

| $2,019,121

| {{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0222850/|title=The Broken Hearts Club|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Sport stacking

| Fast and Feel Love

| 2022

| $581,000

| {{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/nyaff-reveals-opening-film-urassaya-yaya-sperbund-named-rising-star-exclusive/5170964.article|title=NYAFF reveals opening film, Urassaya 'Yaya' Sperbund named Rising Star|website=Screen Daily}}

Sumo

| Sumolah

| 2007

| $349,059

| {{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1029388/|title=Sumolah|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Surfing

| Surf's Up

| 2007

| $152,005,713

| {{cite web|title=Surf's Up|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0423294/|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Swimming

| Pride

| 2007

| $7,094,650

| {{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0475355/|title=Pride|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Tennis

| Challengers

| 2024

| $94,219,408

| {{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt16426418/|title=Challengers|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Track and field

| Chariots of Fire

| 1981

| $59,303,359

| {{cite web |title=Chariots of Fire |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=chariotsoffire.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=10 June 2020}}

Triathlon

| Luca{{efn|In contrast to a traditional triathlon, which includes swimming, cycling, and running, the triathlon depicted in Luca consists of swimming, pasta eating, and cycling.}}

| 2021

| $51,074,773

| {{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt12801262/|title=Luca|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Volleyball

| Leap

| 2020

| $124,965,617

| {{cite web|title=Leap|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Zhong-Guo-Nu-Pai-(China)#tab=summary|website=The Numbers}}

Water polo

| The Shiny Shrimps

| 2019

| $4,652,171

| {{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt6918220/|title=The Shiny Shrimps|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Wrestling

| Dangal

| 2017

| $340,000,000

|

Highest-grossing sports films by year

{{Dynamic list}}

The following is a list of highest-grossing sports films by year. Auto racing is the most frequent sport with 21 films on the list, with the Fast & Furious series claiming more entries (nine) than any other franchise. For films with two totals listed (with one in parentheses), the first indicates its total gross over all releases, while the second indicates the gross for its initial release.

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
Year

! Film

! Worldwide gross

! Sport(s)

! Budget

! class=unsortable | {{Abbr|Ref|Reference(s)}}

1944National Velvet$5,840,000{{ref |Rentals|R}}Horse racing$2,770,000{{citation |title = The Eddie Mannix Ledger | publisher = Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study | place = Los Angeles}}.
1945colspan="5" {{N/a|TBD}}
1946The Kid from Brooklyn$5,490,000{{ref |Rentals|R}}Boxing$1,450,000{{cite journal|first=Richard B.|last=Jewell|title=RKO Film Grosses, 1929-1951: the C.J. Tevlin ledger|journal=Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television|volume=14|number= 1|year=1994|pages=37–49|doi=10.1080/01439689400260031}}[https://archive.org/stream/variety159-1945-09#page/n55/mode/1up Variety 12 September 1945 p 12]
1947–48colspan="5" {{N/a|TBD}}
1949The Stratton Story$4,488,000{{ref |Rentals|R}}Baseball$1,771,000
1950–56colspan="5" {{N/a|TBD}}
1957Naya Daur (New Era){{US$|{{#expr:54000000/4.7619 round -3}}|long=no}}Horse racing / auto racing{{N/a|TBD}}{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=163&catName=MTk1Nw== |title=Box Office 1957 |website=Box Office India |access-date=2 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918075442/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=163&catName=MTk1Nw== |archive-date=18 September 2010}}{{cite web|title=Pacific Exchange Rate Service|url=http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=3|website=UBC Sauder School of Business|publisher=University of British Columbia|page=3|year=2016|access-date=21 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512095429/http://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/etc/USDpages.pdf#page=3|archive-date=12 May 2015|url-status=dead}}
1958colspan="5" {{N/a|TBD}}
1959Ben-Hur$146,900,000 ($74,000,000{{ref |USgross|*}})Chariot racing$15,200,000Sheldon Hall, Epics, Spectacles, and Blockbusters: A Hollywood History Wayne State University Press, 2010 p. 162{{cite web|title=Ben-Hur Original Release|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr3340653061/|website=Box Office Mojo}}
1960colspan="5" {{N/a|TBD}}
1961The Hustler$7,600,000{{ref |USgross|*}}Cue sports$2,100,000{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Hustler-The#tab=summary|publisher=The Numbers|title=The Hustler, Box Office Information|access-date=March 6, 2023}}
1962–63colspan="5" {{N/a|TBD}}
1964Man's Favorite Sport?$6,000,000{{ref |USgross|*}}Fishing{{N/a|TBD}}
1965The Great Race$25,300,000{{ref |USgross|*}}Auto racing$12,000,000{{cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1965/0GRAC.php|publisher=The Numbers|title=The Great Race, Box Office Information|access-date=October 25, 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Art |title=The Greatest Race – 1908 New York to Paris |url=https://www.sportscardigest.com/the-greatest-race-1908-new-york-to-paris/3/ |website=sportscardigest.com |access-date=23 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129104456/https://www.sportscardigest.com/the-greatest-race-1908-new-york-to-paris/3/ |archive-date=29 November 2011|date=2011-09-28 }}
1966Grand Prix$20,800,000{{ref |USgross|*}}Auto racing$9,000,000{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1966/00231.php|publisher=The Numbers|title=Grand Prix, Box Office Information|access-date=October 25, 2020}}
1967colspan="5" {{N/a|TBD}}
1968The Love Bug$51,264,022Auto racing{{N/a|TBD}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0064603/?ref_=bo_se_r_1|title = The Love Bug}}Solomon, Aubrey (1989). Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, p. 163, {{ISBN|978-0-8108-4244-1}}.
1969Winning$14,600,000{{ref |USgross|*}}Auto racing{{N/a|TBD}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1969/00264.php|publisher=The Numbers|title=Winning, Box Office Information|access-date=October 25, 2020}}
1970The Great White Hope$9,325,000{{ref|Rentals|R}}Boxing$9,870,000{{cite book|last=Silverman|first=Stephen M.|year=1988|title=The Fox That Got Away: The Last Days of the Zanuck Dynasty at Twentieth Century-Fox|page=329|url=https://archive.org/details/foxthatgotawayt00silv/page/329|url-access=registration|publisher=L. Stuart|isbn=9780818404856}}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}}. p256
1971Le Mans$5,500,000{{ref |Rentals|R}}{{ref |USgross|*}}Auto racing{{N/a|TBD}}{{cite magazine|title=All-time Film Rental Champs|magazine=Variety|date= 7 January 1976| page=46}}
1972The Way of the Dragon (Return of the Dragon)$130,000,000Martial arts{{N/a|TBD}}{{cite book |last1=Krizanovich |first1=Karen |title=Infographic Guide To The Movies |date=2015 |publisher=Hachette UK |isbn=978-1-84403-762-9 |pages=18–9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-fniDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA18}}
1973Enter the Dragon$400,000,000Martial arts$850,000{{cite book |last1=Polly |first1=Matthew |title=Bruce Lee: A Life |date=2019 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-5011-8763-6 |page=478 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5bGWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA478 |quote=Enter the Dragon struck a responsive chord across the globe. Made for a minuscule $850,000, it would gross $90 million worldwide in 1973 and go on to earn an estimated $350 million over the next forty-five years.}}
1974The Longest Yard$43,008,075American football$2,900,000{{cite web |title=The Longest Yard (1974) |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0071771/ |website= Box Office Mojo }}
1975Rollerball$30,000,000Rollerball{{efn|name=fictional}}$5,000,000–$6,000,000{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1975/0RB75.php|work=The Numbers|title=Rollerball, Box Office Information|access-date=March 6, 2023}}
1976Rocky$225,000,000 ($77,100,000){{ref|Rentals|R}}Boxing$960,000{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rru5cJYKH80|title=Sylvester Stallone on the Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carlson|website=YouTube|date=2 March 2020 |access-date=August 2, 2020|archive-date=August 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819121801/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rru5cJYKH80&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}}
1977Smokey and the Bandit$300,000,000 ($126,737,428)Auto racing$4,300,000{{cite web|title=Smokey and the Bandit Original Release|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1304711685/|website=Box Office Mojo}}
1978Heaven Can Wait$81,640,278American football$6,000,000{{Mojo title|heavencanwait|Heaven Can Wait}}
1979Rocky II$200,182,160 ($85,182,160)Boxing{{N/a|TBD}}{{cite web|title=Rocky II Original Release|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2796179973/|website=Box Office Mojo}}
1980Smokey and the Bandit II$66,132,626Auto racing{{N/a|TBD}}{{Cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=smokeyandthebandit2.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|title=Smokey and the Bandit II|access-date=August 25, 2012}}
1981The Cannonball Run$160,000,000Auto racing$16,000,000–$18,000,000{{cite book |last1=Zhang |first1=Yingjin |title=Chinese National Cinema |date=2004 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-69087-9 |page=252 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pmqGAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA252}}
1982Rocky III$270,000,000 ($124,146,897)Boxing{{N/a|TBD}}{{cite web|title=Rocky III Original Release|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr3100791301/|website=Box Office Mojo}}
1983All the Right Moves$17,233,166American football$5,600,000{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0085154|title=All the Right Moves (1983)|website=Box Office Mojo}}
1984The Karate Kid$130,442,786Martial arts$8,000,000{{efn|See {{Section link|The Karate Kid|Box office}}}}[http://www.salon.com/2010/06/14/karate_kid_bluray/ Straight to DVD: Original "Karate Kid" on Blu-ray.] Salon.com. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
1985Rocky IV$300,473,716 ($127,891,353)Boxing$28,000,000{{Cite news |last=Harmetz |first=Aljean |title=At the Movies |date=November 29, 1985 |work=The New York Times|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/29/movies/at-the-movies.html |access-date=June 13, 2011}}{{cite web|title=Rocky IV Original Release|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr735007237/|website=Box Office Mojo}}
1986The Karate Kid Part II$130,000,000Martial arts{{N/a|TBD}}{{cite news |last1=Hurlburt |first1=Roger |title=Martial Arts Flick Loses Kick Third Time Around |url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1989-07-03-8902190049-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326043118/http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1989-07-03-8902190049-story.html |access-date=27 January 2021 |work=Sun-Sentinel |date=3 July 1989 |archive-date=2019-03-26 |quote=The Karate Kid (1984) and the sequel, The Karate Kid Part II, went on to gain critical acclaim and $130 million each at the box office}}
1987Over the Top$16,057,580Arm wrestling$25,000,000
1988Bull Durham$50,888,729Baseball$9,000,000{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0094812/|title=Bull Durham (1988)|website=Box Office Mojo}}
1989Field of Dreams$84,431,625Baseball$15,000,000{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0097351/ |title=Box Office Information for 'Field of Dreams' |work=Box Office Mojo |date=August 26, 2013}}{{cite news |author= Laff at the Movies |date= April 20, 2012 |url= http://blogs.woodtv.com/2012/04/20/review-touchback-is-an-inspiring-drama-that-will-make-you-smile/ |title= Review: "Touchback" Is an Inspiring Drama that Will Make You Smile |location= Grand Rapids, MI |publisher= WOOD-TV |access-date= August 26, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150906090536/http://blogs.woodtv.com/2012/04/20/review-touchback-is-an-inspiring-drama-that-will-make-you-smile/ |archive-date= September 6, 2015 |url-status= dead }}{{cite web |url= http://jeffcarneyfilms.com/Field_Of_Dreams.html |title= 'Field of Dreams' |work= JeffCarneyFilms.com |access-date= August 26, 2013 |archive-date= September 14, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130914035945/http://www.jeffcarneyfilms.com/Field_Of_Dreams.html |url-status=dead}}
1990Rocky V$119,946,358Boxing$42,000,000{{cite web|title= Rocky V (1990) |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0100507/ |website= Box Office Mojo }}
1991Point Break$83,531,958Surfing$24,000,000{{cite web|title= Point Break (1991) |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0102685 |website= Box Office Mojo }}
1992A League of Their Own$132,440,069Baseball$40,000,000
1993Cool Runnings$154,856,263Bobsleigh$14,000,000
1994Forrest Gump$678,226,465American football / ping pong$55,000,000
1995Babe$254,134,910Sheepdog trial$30,000,000{{cite web|first=Simon|last=Thompson|title=James Cromwell Talks 'Babe' At 25 And How He Almost Turned It Down|date=December 18, 2020|website=Forbes|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonthompson/2020/12/18/james-cromwell-talks-babe-at-25-and-how-he-almost-turned-it-down/|access-date=October 8, 2023}}
1996Jerry Maguire$273,552,592American football$50,000,000
1997Mortal Kombat Annihilation$51,376,861Martial arts$30,000,000{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=mortalkombat2.htm|title=Mortal Kombat Annihilation|work=Box Office Mojo|publisher=IMDb|access-date=August 13, 2012}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Mortal-Kombat-Annihilation#tab=summary|title = Mortal Kombat Annihilation (1997) - Financial Information}}
1998The Waterboy$185,991,646American football$23,000,000
1999Fight Club$101,209,702Martial arts$63,000,000{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr3815592453/?ref_=bo_ydw_table_39|title = Fight Club}}
2000Gladiator$465,516,248Gladiatorial combat$103,000,000
2001The Fast and the Furious$207,283,925Auto racing$38,000,000
2002xXx$277,448,382Extreme sports$70,000,000
20032 Fast 2 Furious$236,350,661Auto racing$76,000,000
2004Million Dollar Baby$216,763,646Boxing$30,000,000
2005The Longest Yard$191,466,556American football$82,000,000
2006Cars$461,991,867Auto racing$120,000,000
2007Surf's Up$152,005,713Surfing$100,000,000

|

2008Speed Racer$93,945,766Auto racing$120,000,000{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0811080|title = Speed Racer (2008)}}
2009Fast & Furious$360,366,870Auto racing$85,000,000
2010The Karate Kid$359,126,022Martial arts$40,000,000{{cite web |title=The Karate Kid (2010) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=karatekid2010.htm |website=Box Office Mojo}}
2011Fast Five$626,137,675Auto racing$125,000,000
2012Silver Linings Playbook$236,412,453American football / dance competition$21,000,000
2013Fast & Furious 6$788,683,342Auto racing$160,000,000
2014Need for Speed$203,277,636Auto racing$66,000,000
2015Furious 7$1,515,342,457Auto racing$190,000,000
2016Dangal$340,000,000Wrestling{{N/a|TBD}}
2017The Fate of the Furious$1,236,009,236Auto racing$250,000,000
2018Creed II$214,215,889Boxing$50,000,000
2019Alita: Battle Angel$404,852,543Motorball{{efn|name=fictional}}$170,000,000
2020Leap$124,965,617Volleyball{{N/a|TBD}}
2021F9$726,229,501Auto racing{{N/a|TBD}}
2022The First Slam Dunk$257,548,133Basketball{{N/a|TBD}}
2023Fast X$704,875,015Auto racing$340,000,000
2024Inside Out 2$1,698,765,616Ice hockey$200,000,000{{Cite web |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |date=June 11, 2024 |title=Box Office: Inside Out 2 Aims to Reverse Pixar's Woes With $85 Million Debut |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/box-office-inside-out-2-opening-weekend-projection-pixar-woes-1236032726/ |website=Variety |access-date=June 23, 2024 |language=en-US}}

{{note label|Rentals|R||{{nbsp}}Distributor rental earnings only.}}

{{note label|USgross|*||{{nbsp}}US and Canada gross only.}}

{{note label||TBD||{{nbsp}}To be determined.}}

Timeline of highest-grossing sports films

The following is a timeline of the highest-grossing sports films of all time. At least eight films have held the title, with Enter the Dragon claiming the longest reign. It is one of two martial arts films starring Bruce Lee to have held the title. Auto racing is the most frequent sport on the list with three films.

class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto;"
scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Established

! scope="col" | Record-setting gross

! scope="col" | Sport(s)

! scope="col" class=unsortable | {{Abbr|Ref|Reference(s)}}

scope="row" | National Velvet

| style="text-align:center;" | 1944

| style="text-align:right;"| $5,840,000{{ref |Rentals|R}}

| Horse racing

|

scope="row" | Naya Daur (New Era)

| style="text-align:center;" | 1957

| style="text-align:right;"| $11,340,000

| Horse racing / auto racing

|

scope="row" | Ben-Hur

| style="text-align:center;" | 1959

| style="text-align:right;"| $74,000,000{{ref|USgross2|*}}

| Chariot racing

|

scope="row" | The Way of the Dragon (Return of the Dragon)

| style="text-align:center;" | 1972

| style="text-align:right;"| $130,000,000

| Martial arts

|

scope="row" | Ben-Hur

| style="text-align:center;" | 1972

| style="text-align:right;"| $146,900,000

| Chariot racing

|

scope="row" rowspan="4" | Enter the Dragon

| style="text-align:center;" | 1973

| style="text-align:right;"| $220,000,000

| scope="row" rowspan="4" | Martial arts

| {{cite news |last1=Hamberger |first1=Mitchell G. |date=1 December 1981 |title=Bruce Lee remembered |page=6 |work=York Daily Record |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/553719147/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=16 April 2022 |quote=His biggest and best film Enter the Dragon, grossed over {{US$|220 million|long=no}} internationally. That's more than any martial arts film has ever grossed. |via=Newspapers.com}}

style="text-align:center;" | 1977

| style="text-align:right;"| $300,000,000

| {{cite magazine |title=Immortal Kombat |magazine=Vibe |date=August 1998 |volume=6 |issue=8 |pages=90–94 (94) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JywEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA94 |issn=1070-4701 |quote=Bruce's own production company, Concord, was a full partner with Warner Bros, in his final, and greatest film, Enter the Dragon. Made for just $600,000, it has since grossed more than $300 million. }}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

style="text-align:center;" | 1985

| style="text-align:right;"| $350,000,000

|

style="text-align:center;" | 1994

| style="text-align:right;"| $400,000,000

|

scope="row" | Forrest Gump

| style="text-align:center;" | 1994

| style="text-align:right;"| $677,382,863{{efn|Forrest Gump subsequently made $839,421 in rerelease revenue after its record had been surpassed.}}

| American football / ping pong

|

scope="row" | Fast & Furious 6

| style="text-align:center;" | 2013

| style="text-align:right;"| $788,679,850{{efn|Fast & Furious 6 subsequently made $3,492 in rerelease revenue after its record had been surpassed.}}

| scope="row" rowspan="3" | Auto racing

|

scope="row" rowspan="2" | Furious 7

| style="text-align:center;" | 2015

| style="text-align:right;"| $1,515,047,671

| scope="row" rowspan="2" |

style="text-align:center;" | 2020

| style="text-align:right;"| $1,515,342,457

scope="row" | Inside Out 2

| style="text-align:center;" | 2024

| style="text-align:right;"| $1,698,765,616

| Ice Hockey

|

{{note label|Rentals2|R||{{nbsp}}Distributor rental earnings only.}}

{{note label|USgross2|*||{{nbsp}}US and Canada gross only.}}

Highest-grossing opening weekends for sports films

The following is a list of biggest worldwide opening weekends for sports films of all time. Auto racing is the most frequent sport with 18 films on the list (including 10 of the top 12 entries), with the Fast & Furious series claiming more entries on the list (10) than any other franchise.

{{Static row numbers}}

class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers" style="text-align:right;"

! Film !! Year !! Opening weekend gross !! class=unsortable | {{Abbr|Ref|Reference}} !! Sport(s)

style=text-align:left| The Fate of the Furious2017$516,763,065{{cite web|title=The Fate of the Furious Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr38949381/|website=Box Office Mojo}}rowspan="2" | Auto racing
style=text-align:left| Furious 72015$365,933,413{{cite web|title=Furious 7 Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2321306117/|website=Box Office Mojo}}
style=text-align:left| Inside Out 2

| 2024

| $295,000,000

| {{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/inside-out-2-global-box-office-record/|title='Inside Out 2' Sets Global Animated Box Office Record With $295 Million Opening|work=TheWrap|author=Jeremy Fuster|date=June 16, 2024}}

| Ice Hockey

style=text-align:left| F92021$304,099,937{{cite web|title=F9 Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1590448645/|website=Box Office Mojo}}rowspan="4" | Auto racing
style=text-align:left| Fast X2023$265,998,945{{cite web|title=Fast X Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1410486789/|website=Box Office Mojo}}
style=text-align:left| Fast & Furious 62013$255,764,303{{cite web|title=Fast & Furious 6 Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1758810629/|website=Box Office Mojo}}
style=text-align:left| Fast Five2011$199,741,456{{cite web|title=Fast Five Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1785876997/|website=Box Office Mojo}}
style=text-align:left| Alita: Battle Angel2019$161,231,295{{cite web|title=Alita: Battle Angel Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2323599877/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Motorball{{efn|name=fictional}}
style=text-align:left| Cars 22011$157,924,198{{cite web|title=Cars 2 Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2919256581/|website=Box Office Mojo}}rowspan="4" | Auto racing
style=text-align:left| Fast & Furious2009$136,633,050{{cite web|title=Fast & Furious Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2300989957/|website=Box Office Mojo}}
style=text-align:left| Cars 32017$121,260,461{{cite web|title=Cars 3 Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr659837445/|website=Box Office Mojo}}
style=text-align:left| Pegasus 2

|2024

|$104,608,572

|

style=text-align:left| The Karate Kid2010$103,827,807{{cite web|title=The Karate Kid Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr3816575493/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Martial arts
style=text-align:left| Creed III2023$94,696,103{{cite web|title=Creed III Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr951472645/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Boxing
style=text-align:left| Cars2006$89,306,972{{cite web|title=Cars Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr3256701445/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Auto racing
style=text-align:left| Ip Man 32015$79,190,886{{cite web|title=Ip Man 3 Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2423869957/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Martial arts
style=text-align:left| Real Steel2011$72,460,575{{cite web|title=Real Steel Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr903434757/|website=Box Office Mojo}}rowspan="2" | Boxing
style=text-align:left| Creed II2018$65,587,388{{cite web|title=Creed II Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2863354373/|website=Box Office Mojo}}
style=text-align:left| Turbo2013$60,759,156{{cite web|title=Turbo Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2114277893/|website=Box Office Mojo}}rowspan="3" | Auto racing
style=text-align:left| Ford v Ferrari2019$57,760,168{{cite web|title=Ford v Ferrari Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2546356741/|website=Box Office Mojo}}
style=text-align:left| 2 Fast 2 Furious2003$57,404,831{{cite web|title=2 Fast 2 Furious Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr558518789/|website=Box Office Mojo}}
style=text-align:left| The Longest Yard2005$54,301,055{{cite web|title=The Longest Yard Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2077577733/|website=Box Office Mojo}}American football
style=text-align:left| Planes2013$54,001,515{{cite web|title=Planes Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2564903429/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Air racing
style=text-align:left| xXx2002$53,211,708{{cite web|title=xXx Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr3441447429/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Extreme sports
style=text-align:left| Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby2006$51,300,298{{cite web|title=Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1802719749/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Auto racing
style=text-align:left| Creed2015$50,973,881{{cite web|title=Creed Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1195594245/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Boxing
style=text-align:left| Need for Speed2014$49,727,492{{cite web|title=Need for Speed Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr3540865541/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Auto racing
style=text-align:left| Ip Man 4: The Finale2019$48,809,673{{cite web|title=Ip Man 4: The Finale Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2343522821/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Martial arts
style=text-align:left| Space Jam: A New Legacy2021$47,573,630{{cite web|title=Space Jam: A New Legacy Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr3085652485/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Basketball
style=text-align:left| The Fast and the Furious2001$45,243,454{{cite web|title=The Fast and the Furious Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr4182725125/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Auto racing
style=text-align:left| The Blind Side2009$44,507,840{{cite web|title=The Blind Side Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1692094981/|website=Box Office Mojo}}American football
style=text-align:left| The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift2006$43,468,119{{cite web|title=The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr149115397/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Drifting
style=text-align:left| Point Break2015$39,781,449{{cite web|title=Point Break Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr592007685/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Surfing
style=text-align:left| The Waterboy1998$39,414,071{{cite web|title=The Waterboy Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1044861445/|website=Box Office Mojo}}American football
style=text-align:left| Blades of Glory2007$38,933,790{{cite web|title=Blades of Glory Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1474253317/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Figure skating
style=text-align:left| Rocky Balboa2006$35,935,878{{cite web|title=Rocky Balboa Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr3972944389/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Boxing
style=text-align:left| Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story2004$35,665,598{{cite web|title=Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr650334725/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Dodgeball
style=text-align:left| Gladiator2000$34,819,017{{cite web|title=Gladiator Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2536067589/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Gladiatorial combat
style=text-align:left| The Game Plan2007$34,649,403{{cite web|title=The Game Plan Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1477595653/|website=Box Office Mojo}}American football
style=text-align:left| Surf's Up2007$34,535,788{{cite web|title=Surf's Up Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr3441316357/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Surfing
style=text-align:left| Speed Racer2008$33,394,925{{cite web|title=Speed Racer Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2071220741/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Auto racing
style=text-align:left| Nacho Libre2006$31,673,706{{cite web|title=Nacho Libre Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr692474373/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Professional wrestling
style=text-align:left| Invictus2009$29,442,434{{cite web|title=Invictus Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1901351429/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Rugby
style=text-align:left| Mortal Kombat2021$29,212,763{{cite web|title=Mortal Kombat Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr3513799173/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Martial arts
style=text-align:left| Moneyball2011$28,518,455{{cite web|title=Moneyball Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr775180805/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Baseball
style=text-align:left| Southpaw2015$27,536,916{{cite web|title=Southpaw Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr4063252997/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Boxing
style=text-align:left| Space Jam1996$27,528,529{{cite web|title=Space Jam Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2211926533/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Basketball
style=text-align:left| 422013$27,509,003{{cite web|title=42 Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2666877445/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Baseball
style=text-align:left| Cinderella Man2005$26,879,260{{cite web|title=Cinderella Man Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1525830149/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Boxing
style=text-align:left| Coach Carter2005$26,593,465{{cite web|title=Coach Carter Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr4117516805/|website=Box Office Mojo}}Basketball

Highest opening weekends by sport

{{Dynamic list}}

The following is a list of biggest worldwide opening weekends by sport. Note that some films feature more than one sport so they could be on the list more than once.

class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto;"
scope="col" | Sport

! scope="col" | Film

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Worldwide gross

! scope="col" class=unsortable | {{Abbr|Ref|Reference(s)}}

Air racing

| Planes

| 2013

| $54,001,515

|

American football

| The Longest Yard

| 2005

| $54,301,055

|

Association football

| Kicking & Screaming

| 2005

| $20,964,944

| {{cite web|title=Kicking & Screaming Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr794317317/|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Auto racing

| The Fate of the Furious

| 2017

| $516,763,065

|

Baseball

| Moneyball

| 2011

| $28,518,455

|

Basketball

| Space Jam: A New Legacy

| 2021

| $47,573,630

|

Bobsleigh

| Cool Runnings

| 1993

| $7,046,648

| {{cite web|title=Cool Runnings Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr4128199173/|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Boxing

| Creed III

| 2023

| $94,696,103

|

Cheerleading

| Bring It On

| 2000

| $18,280,689

| {{cite web|title=Bring It On Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr4078850565/|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Darts

| Heartlands

| 2003

| $42,443

| {{Cite web|url=https://m.the-numbers.com/movie/Heartlands-(UK)#tab=summary|title = Heartlands (2003) - Financial Information}}

Dodgeball

| Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

| 2006

| $35,665,598

|

Drifting

| The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

| 2006

| $43,468,119

|

Esports

| The King's Avatar: For the Glory

| 2019

| $9,150,835

| {{cite web|title=The King's Avatar: For the Glory Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr3575271941/|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Extreme sports

| xXx

| 2002

| $53,211,708

|

Figure skating

| Blades of Glory

| 2007

| $38,933,790

|

Gladiatorial combat

| Gladiator

| 2000

| $34,819,017

|

Horse racing

| Seabiscuit

| 2003

| $22,862,203

| {{cite web|title=Seabiscuit Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1029460485/|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Ice hockey

| Inside Out 2

| 2024

| $295,000,000

|

Martial arts

| The Karate Kid

| 2010

| $103,827,807

|

Ping pong

| Forrest Gump

| 1994

| $24,450,602

| {{cite web|title=Forrest Gump Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2428654085/|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Professional wrestling

| Nacho Libre

| 2006

| $31,673,706

|

Rugby

| Invictus

| 2009

| $29,442,434

|

Sheepdog trial

| Babe

| 1995

| $8,742,545

| {{cite web|title=Babe Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr363418117/|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Ski jumping

| Eddie the Eagle

| 2016

| $16,437,415

| {{cite web|title=Eddie the Eagle Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2169655813/|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Snowboarding

| Out Cold

| 2001

| $4,590,680

| {{cite web|title=Out Cold Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr3677377029/|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Sumo

| Sumolah

| 2007

| $160,739

|

Surfing

| Point Break

| 2015

| $39,781,449

|

Triathlon

| Luca

| 2021

| $11,397,132

| {{cite web|title=Luca Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr3617608197/|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Volleyball

| Leap

| 2020

| $24,673,322

| {{cite web|title=Leap Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2628145669/|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Wrestling

| Dangal

| 2016

| $19,066,834

| {{cite web|title=Dangal Original Release - All Territories|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2867679749/|website=Box Office Mojo}}

Timeline of highest-grossing opening weekends

The following is a timeline of the highest-grossing worldwide opening weekends for sports films of all time. At least 18 films have held the title, with Rocky IV claiming the longest reign doing so for 9 years. Auto racing is the most frequent sport on the list with eight films.

class="wikitable" style="margin:auto;"
scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Established

! scope="col" | Record-setting gross

! scope="col" | Sport(s)

! scope="col" class=unsortable | {{Abbr|Ref|Reference}}

scope="row" | The Big Boss

| style="text-align:center;" | 1971

| style="text-align:right;" | {{US$|{{To USD|1000|HKG|year=1971|round=yes}},000|long=no}}{{efn|Hong Kong only.}}

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left" | Martial arts

| style="text-align:center"| {{cite book |last1=Kerridge |first1=Steve |title=Bruce Lee: Mandarin Superstar |last2=Chua |first2=Darren |publisher=On The Fly Productions Ltd |year=2018}}

The Way of the Dragon (Return of the Dragon)

| style="text-align:center;" | 1974

| style="text-align:right;" | $1,185,000{{ref|USgross3|*}}{{efn|New York City and Chicago only.}}

| style="text-align:center" | {{efn|{{US$|1 million|long=no}} in New York City.{{cite book |last1=Desser |first1=David |chapter=The Kung Fu Craze: Hong Kong Cinema's First American Reception |editor-last1=Fu |editor-first1=Poshek |editor-last2=Desser |editor-first2=David |title=The Cinema of Hong Kong: History, Arts, Identity |date=2002 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-77602-8 |pages=19–43 (35) |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sELZJ5vihJUC&pg=PA35}} $185,000 at two Chicago theaters.{{Cite news |last=Early |first=Mwanafunzi Gerald |date=January 17, 1975 |title=The Fists of Bruce Lee |pages=4 |work=The Daily Pennsylvanian |location=Philadelphia |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/philadelphia-daily-pennsylvanian-jan-17-1975-p-4/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 7, 2022 |quote=Indeed, when "The Return of the Dragon" was released it grossed an unbelievable $185,000 in one week at two theaters in the Black section of Chicago}}}}

scope="row" | Rocky II

| style="text-align:center;" | 1979

| style="text-align:right;" | $6,390,537{{ref|USgross3|*}}

| rowspan="4" style="text-align:left" | Boxing

| style="text-align:center"|

scope="row" | The Main Event

| style="text-align:center;" | 1979

| style="text-align:right;" | $6,600,000{{ref|USgross3|*}}

| style="text-align:center"| {{cite book |last1=Hannan |first1=Brian |title=In Theaters Everywhere: A History of the Hollywood Wide Release, 1913-2017 |date=2018 |publisher=McFarland & Company |isbn=978-1-4766-3391-6 |page=202 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=632CDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA181-IA21}}

scope="row" | Rocky III

| style="text-align:center;" | 1982

| style="text-align:right;" | $16,015,408{{ref|USgross3|*}}

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |

scope="row" | Rocky IV

| style="text-align:center;" | 1985

| style="text-align:right;" | $19,991,537{{ref|USgross3|*}}

scope="row" | Forrest Gump

| style="text-align:center;" | 1994

| style="text-align:right;" | $24,450,602{{ref|USgross3|*}}

| style="text-align:left" | American football / ping pong

| style="text-align:center"|

scope="row" | Space Jam

| style="text-align:center;" | 1996

| style="text-align:right;" | $27,528,529{{ref|USgross3|*}}

| style="text-align:left" | Basketball

| style="text-align:center"|

scope="row" | The Waterboy

| style="text-align:center;" | 1998

| style="text-align:right;" | $39,414,071{{ref|USgross3|*}}

| style="text-align:left" | American football

| style="text-align:center"|

scope="row" | The Fast and the Furious

| style="text-align:center;" | 2001

| style="text-align:right;" | $45,243,454

| style="text-align:left" | Auto racing

| style="text-align:center"|

scope="row" | xXx

| style="text-align:center;" | 2002

| style="text-align:right;" | $53,211,708

| style="text-align:left" | Extreme sports

| style="text-align:center"|

scope="row" | 2 Fast 2 Furious

| style="text-align:center;" | 2003

| style="text-align:right;" | $57,404,831

| rowspan=7 style="text-align:left" | Auto racing

| style="text-align:center"|

scope="row" | Cars

| style="text-align:center;" | 2006

| style="text-align:right;" | $89,306,972

| style="text-align:center"|

scope="row" | Fast & Furious

| style="text-align:center;" | 2009

| style="text-align:right;" | $136,633,050

| style="text-align:center"|

scope="row" | Fast Five

| style="text-align:center;" | 2011

| style="text-align:right;" | $199,741,456

| style="text-align:center"|

scope="row" | Fast & Furious 6

| style="text-align:center;" | 2013

| style="text-align:right;" | $255,764,303

| style="text-align:center"|

scope="row" | Furious 7

| style="text-align:center;" | 2015

| style="text-align:right;" | $365,933,413

| style="text-align:center"|

scope="row" | The Fate of the Furious

| style="text-align:center;" | 2017

| style="text-align:right;" | $516,763,065

| style="text-align:center"|

{{note label|USgross3|*||{{nbsp}}US and Canada gross only.}}

Sports films by tickets sold

{{See also|List of films by box office admissions}}

{{Dynamic list}}

The following is a list of sports films that have sold more than {{nowrap|10 million}} tickets worldwide. The Fast & Furious franchise has the most entries with six films on the list. Auto racing is the sport with the most entries with eight.

class="wikitable sortable"
Film

! Year

! Known ticket sales ({{estimation}})

! Sport

! class=unsortable | Notes

Ben-Hur

| 1959

| 141,823,187

| Chariot racing

| {{efn|Ben-Hur admissions:

  • United States and Canada {{ndash}} 98,046,900{{cite web |title=All Time Box Office Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm?adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=2 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913000046/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm?adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |archive-date=13 September 2019 |url-status=dead }}
  • South Korea (Seoul City) {{ndash}} 873,163{{cite web |title=영화정보 |trans-title=Movie Information |url=http://www.kobis.or.kr/kobis/business/mast/mvie/searchMovieList.do |website=KOFIC |publisher=Korean Film Council |language=ko |access-date=24 September 2019}}
  • Other territories {{ndash}} 42,903,124{{cite web |title=Бен-Гур (1959) — дата выхода в России и других странах |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/436/dates/ |website=KinoPoisk |access-date=11 August 2019 |language=ru}}

}}

Enter the Dragon

| 1973

| 139,000,000

| Martial arts

| {{efn|Enter the Dragon – {{US$|400 million|long=no}}+ gross ({{as of|2001|lc=y}})

  • 1973 – {{US$|100 million|long=no}} gross{{cite book |last1=Gross |first1=Edward |title=Bruce Lee: Fists of Fury |date=1990 |publisher=Pioneer Books |page=137 |isbn=9781556982330 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QIwnAQAAIAAJ |quote=In 1973, his third (sic) Enter the Dragon, grossed $100 million world-wide and firmly established young Lee as an international star whose films were almost guaranteed to be successful. |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801113434/https://books.google.com/books?id=QIwnAQAAIAAJ |url-status=live }} – {{nowrap|{{#expr:100/1.77 round 0}} million}} tickets{{efn|name=ATP|See {{Section link|Box office|Average ticket price}}.}}
  • Up until 1980 – {{US$|220 million|long=no}} gross
  • 1974–1980 – {{US$|120 million|long=no}} gross – {{nowrap|{{#expr:120/2.69 round 0}} million}}+ tickets{{efn|name=ATP}}
  • Up until 1997 – {{US$|300 million|long=no}} gross{{cite journal |title=Immortal Kombat |journal=Vibe |date=August 1998 |volume=6 |issue=8 |pages=90–94 (94) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JywEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA94 |issn=1070-4701 |quote=Bruce's own production company, Concord, was a full partner with Warner Bros, in his final, and greatest film, Enter the Dragon. Made for just $600,000, it has since grossed more than $300 million. |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=20 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620111446/https://books.google.com/books?id=JywEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA94 |url-status=live}}
  • 1981–1997 – {{US$|80 million|long=no}} gross – {{nowrap|{{#expr:80/4.59 round 0}} million}}+ tickets{{efn|name=ATP}}
  • 1998–2001 – {{US$|100 million|long=no}} gross – {{nowrap|{{#expr:100/4.74 round 0}} million}}+ tickets{{efn|name=ATP}}

}}

Disco Dancer

| 1982

| 135,000,000

| Dance competition

| {{efn|Disco Dancer admissions:

  • India {{ndash}} {{#expr:64/(3.96*0.78+5.08*0.22) round 0}}{{nbsp}}million{{cite web |title=Box Office 1982 |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=188&catName=MTk4Mg== |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005013955/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=188&catName=MTk4Mg== |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 October 2013 |website=Box Office India |access-date=5 October 2013}}
  • Soviet Union {{ndash}} {{#expr:60/(50/100)}}{{nbsp}}million{{cite news |last1=Naralenkova |first1=Oxana |title=Bollywood returns to Russian screens |url=https://www.rbth.com/articles/2009/09/10/100909_bollywood.html |access-date=25 May 2020 |work=Russia Beyond |date=10 September 2009}}

}}

Forrest Gump

| 1994

| 100,522,518

| American football / ping pong

| {{efn|Forrest Gump admissions:

  • United States and Canada {{ndash}} 78,637,200{{cite web |title=Forrest Gump (1994) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=forrestgump.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=27 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624211005/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=forrestgump.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |archive-date=24 June 2019 |url-status=dead}}
  • France, Germany, Italy, Spain {{ndash}} 18,065,321{{cite web |title=Forrest Gump (1994) |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=4249 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=27 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827122438/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php%3Fid%3D4249 |archive-date=27 August 2019 |url-status=live }}
  • Austria, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Sweden {{ndash}} 3,103,792{{cite web |title=Форрест Гамп — дата выхода в России и других странах |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/448/dates/ |website=KinoPoisk |access-date=27 August 2019 |language=ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429060634/http://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/448/dates/ |archive-date=29 April 2016 |url-status=live }}
  • South Korea (Seoul City) {{ndash}} 705,143
  • Belgium, Czech Republic, Romania, Switzerland, United Kingdom (1996{{ndash}}2017) {{ndash}} 11,062{{cite web |title=Film #664 : Forrest Gump |url=http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=664 |website=LUMIERE |access-date=27 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924115915/http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=664 |archive-date=24 September 2019 |url-status=live }}

}}

Dangal

| 2016

| 86,373,229

| Wrestling

| {{efn|Dangal admissions:

  • India {{ndash}} 36,996,000{{cite web |title=Top India Footfalls All Time (Hindi) |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/india-footfalls.php |website=Box Office India |access-date=3 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020143/https://boxofficeindia.com/india-footfalls.php |archive-date=7 February 2019 |url-status=live }}
  • China {{ndash}} 44,897,623[https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/box-office-special-features/box-office-dangal-collects-390k-usd-rs-2-51-cr-day-52-china-total-collections-rs-1210-cr/ Box Office: Dangal collects 390k USD (Rs. 2.51 cr.) on Day 52 in China; total collections Rs. 1210 cr] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810174837/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/box-office-special-features/box-office-dangal-collects-390k-usd-rs-2-51-cr-day-52-china-total-collections-rs-1210-cr/ |date=2019-08-10 }}, Bollywood Hungama, 26 June 2017
  • United States and Canada {{ndash}} 1,406,400{{cite web |title=Dangal (2016) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=dangal.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=3 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204065857/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=dangal.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |archive-date=4 February 2019 |url-status=dead}}
  • Arabian Gulf states {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:8800000/9.53 round 0}}
}{{cite web|title=Dangal|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3443|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606092407/http://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3443|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 June 2017|website=Box Office India|access-date=14 November 2017|date=6 June 2017}}{{cite web |title=Cinema ticket price |url=https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Cost-of-living/Cinema-ticket-price/International-release |website=NationMaster.com |access-date=8 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210044612/https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Cost-of-living/Cinema-ticket-price/International-release |archive-date=10 February 2019 |url-status=live }}
  • Taiwan {{ndash}} 730,000{{cite web |title=我和我的冠軍女兒-票房收入 |url=http://asia.dorama.info/drama/pfd_boxoffice.php?num=19308 |website=Dorama.info |access-date=6 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124001/http://asia.dorama.info/drama/pfd_boxoffice.php?num=19308 |archive-date=9 February 2019 |url-status=live }}
  • Europe {{ndash}} 724,598{{cite web |title=Film: Dangal |url=http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=68202 |website=LUMIERE |access-date=23 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623163038/http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=68202 |archive-date=23 June 2019 |url-status=live }}
  • Hong Kong {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:27139998/76 round 0}}|}}{{cite web|title=Dangal Box Office|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/dangal/box-office/|website=Bollywood Hungama|date=23 December 2016 |access-date=19 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115035625/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/dangal/box-office/|archive-date=15 January 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=LCQ1: Measures to facilitate cinema development in Hong Kong |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201806/06/P2018060600512.htm |publisher=Government of Hong Kong |access-date=8 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027183225/https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201806/06/P2018060600512.htm |archive-date=27 October 2018 |url-status=live }}
  • Australia {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:2630000/13.8 round 0}}|}}{{cite web |title=Ticket prices – Box office |url=https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/fact-finders/cinema/industry-trends/box-office/ticket-prices |publisher=Screen Australia |access-date=8 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180409/https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/fact-finders/cinema/industry-trends/box-office/ticket-prices |archive-date=9 February 2019 |url-status=live }}
  • South Korea {{ndash}} 109,500
  • Japan {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:50000000/1315 round 0}}|}}{{cite news|title=Dangal vs Baahubali 2: The Conclusion in Japan — Aamir Khan's film adds Rs 3 cr to unrivaled global total|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/dangal-vs-baahubali-2-the-conclusion-in-japan-aamir-khans-film-adds-rs-3-cr-to-unrivaled-global-total-4444855.html|work=Firstpost|date=25 April 2018|access-date=10 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810174822/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/dangal-vs-baahubali-2-the-conclusion-in-japan-aamir-khans-film-adds-rs-3-cr-to-unrivaled-global-total-4444855.html|archive-date=10 August 2019|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Statistics Of Film Industry In Japan|url=http://www.eiren.org/statistics_e/index.html|website=Eiren|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan|access-date=8 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923234602/http://www.eiren.org/statistics_e/index.html|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=live}}

    • }}

    |-

    | Smokey and the Bandit

    | 1977

    | 60,795,601

    | Auto racing

    | {{efn|Smokey and the Bandit admissions:

    • United States, Canada, Spain {{ndash}} 58,614,553{{cite web |title=Премьеры: Smokey and the Bandit, 1977 |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/8140/dates/ |website=KinoPoisk |access-date=29 February 2020 |language=ru}}
    • France and Germany {{ndash}} 2,181,048{{cite web |title=Smokey and the Bandit (1977) |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=8041 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=29 February 2020 |language=fr}}

    }}

    |-

    | The Way of the Dragon

    | 1972

    | 58,536,292

    | Martial arts

    | {{efn|The Way of the Dragon admissions:

    • United States and Canada {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:85000000/1.7}}|}}{{cite book |last1=Kuwahara |first1=Yasue |chapter=Lee, Bruce (1940-1973) |editor-last1=Riess |editor-first1=Steven A. |title=Sports in America from Colonial Times to the Twenty-First Century: An Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia |date=2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-45946-0 |page=1623 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LW6sBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT1623 |quote=Lee was called back to Hollywood during the shooting of his third movie, The Way of the Dragon, which was completed in 1972 and released in 1973 in the United States, where it grossed $85 million.}}{{cite web |title=Box Office Mojo by IMDbPro FAQ – How are grosses adjusted for ticket price inflation? |url=https://help.imdb.com/article/imdbpro/industry-research/box-office-mojo-by-imdbpro-faq/GCWTV4MQKGWRAUAP#inflation |website=IMDb |access-date=10 June 2020}}
    • France and Germany {{ndash}} 5,502,004{{cite web |title=The Way of The Dragon (1974) |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=8391 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=10 June 2020}}
    • Japan {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:772000000*(130750/51536)/751 round -4}}|}}{{cite magazine |title=キネマ旬報ベスト・テン85回全史 1924-2011 |magazine=Kinema Junpo |year=2012 |publisher=Kinema Junposha |page=332}}{{cite web |title=Statistics of Film Industry in Japan |url=http://www.eiren.org/statistics_e/index.html |website=Eiren |publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan |access-date=17 February 2019}}
    • Bombay (New Excelsior theater) {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:(21500*7*8)/5 round -3}}}} (eight weeks){{cite news |title=Bruce Lee storms Bombay once again with Return Of The Dragon |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19790915-bruce-lee-storms-bombay-once-again-with-return-of-the-dragon-822544-2014-02-21 |first=Khalid|last=Mohamed|author-link=Khalid Mohamed |work=India Today |date=15 September 1979 |access-date=20 January 2015}}
    • South Korea (Seoul City) {{ndash}} 182,530
    • Denmark and Finland (2018{{ndash}}2019) {{ndash}} 758{{cite web |title=Film #77973 : The Way of the Dragon |url=http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=77973 |website=Lumiere |access-date=10 June 2020}}

    }}

    |-

    | Naya Daur (New Era)

    | 1957

    | {{nts|{{#expr:54000000/(1.07*0.6+1.78*0.4) round -6}}|}}

    | Horse racing / auto racing

    | {{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=163&catName=MTk1Nw== |title=Box Office 1957 |website=Boxofficeindia.com |access-date=2 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918075442/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=163&catName=MTk1Nw== |archive-date=18 September 2010 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RJVodLc6NgoC&pg=PA77|title=Cinema Industry in India: Pricing and Taxation|last1=Mittal|first1=Ashok|date=1995|publisher=Indus Publishing|isbn=9788173870231|pages=71 & 77}}

    |-

    | Cars

    | 2006

    | 37,264,600

    | rowspan="2" | Auto racing

    |

    |-

    | The Love Bug

    | 1968

    | 36,101,400

    |

    |-

    | Rocky IV

    | 1990

    | 35,387,300

    | Boxing

    |

    |-

    | Sultan

    | 2016

    | 35,250,009

    | Wrestling

    | {{efn|Sultan admissions:

    • India {{ndash}} 32,085,000
    • China {{ndash}} 1,172,881{{cite web |title=Sultan |url=http://english.entgroup.cn/646917/ |website=EntGroup |access-date=5 June 2020}}
    • Arabian Gulf states {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:8570000/9.53 round 0}}|}}{{cite web |title=Sultan - Movie |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3317 |website=Box Office India |access-date=5 June 2020}}
    • United States and Canada {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:6200000/8.65 round 0}}|}}{{Mojo title|sultan|Sultan}}{{cite web |title=Adjusting for Movie Ticket Price Inflation |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/about/adjuster.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913061601/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/about/adjuster.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |publisher=IMDb |url-status=dead |access-date=5 June 2020 |archive-date=13 September 2019}}
    • Europe {{ndash}} 277,827{{cite web |title=Film #67982: Sultan |url=http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=67982 |website=Lumiere |access-date=5 June 2020}}
    • Australia {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:1351000/13.8 round 0}}|}}
    • South Korea {{ndash}} 374

    }}

    |-

    | The Waterboy

    | 1998

    | 34,210,600

    | rowspan="2" | American football

    | rowspan="2" |

    |-

    | The Blind Side

    | 2009

    | 33,302,300

    |-

    | The Karate Kid Part II

    | 1986

    | 31,025,300

    | Martial arts

    | {{cite web |title=Top Lifetime Adjusted Grosses (Rank 201-400) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_lifetime_gross_adjusted/?offset=200&adjust_gross_to=2020 |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=June 10, 2020}}

    |-

    | The Karate Kid

    | 1984

    | 27,072,000

    | Martial arts

    |

    |-

    | The Longest Yard

    | 2005

    | 24,667,600

    | American football

    | {{cite web |title=Top Lifetime Adjusted Grosses (Rank 401-600) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_lifetime_gross_adjusted/?offset=400&adjust_gross_to=2020 |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=June 10, 2020}}

    |-

    | Smokey and the Bandit II

    | 1980

    | 24,584,600

    | Auto racing

    |

    |-

    | xXx

    | 2004

    | 24,457,600

    | Extreme sport

    |

    |-

    | Cars 2

    | 2011

    | 23,945,000

    | Auto racing

    |

    |-

    | The Longest Yard

    | 1974

    | 22,999,000

    | American football

    |

    |-

    | 2 Fast 2 Furious

    | 2003

    | 21,087,000

    | Auto racing

    |

    |-

    | Chariots of Fire

    | 1981

    | 20,060,900

    | Track and field

    | {{cite web |title=Top Lifetime Adjusted Grosses (Rank 601-800) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_lifetime_gross_adjusted/?offset=600&adjust_gross_to=2020 |website=Box Office Mojo |page=4 |access-date=10 June 2020}}

    |-

    | Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

    | 2013

    | 20,041,477

    | Cricket

    | {{efn|Lagaan admissions:

    • India {{ndash}} 19,394,000{{cite web |title=Lagaan - Movie |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=659 |website=Box Office India |access-date=10 June 2020}}
    • United Kingdom {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:600000/4.14 round 0}}|}}{{cite web |title=UK cinema industry economics: Average ticket price |url=https://www.cinemauk.org.uk/the-industry/facts-and-figures/uk-cinema-industry-economics-and-turnover/average-ticket-price/ |website=UK Cinema Association |access-date=10 June 2020}}
    • Mainland Europe, United States, Canada {{ndash}} 262,549{{cite web |title=Film #17446 {{ndash}} Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India |url=http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=17446 |website=Lumiere |access-date=10 June 2020}}
    • China {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:3000000/12.7 round -4}}|}}{{cite web|title=印度往事 (Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India) |url=https://maoyan.com/films/32907 |website=Maoyan |language=zh |access-date=14 January 2018}}{{cite web |title=UIS Statistics |url=http://data.uis.unesco.org/?ReportId=5538 |website=UNESCO Institute for Statistics |publisher=UNESCO |access-date=3 May 2019}}

    }}

    |-

    | Seabiscuit

    | 2003

    | 19,915,000

    | Horse racing

    |

    |-

    | Dodgeball

    | 2004

    | 18,410,100

    | Dodgeball

    |

    |-

    | Blades of Glory

    | 2007

    | 17,237,600

    | Figure skating

    | {{cite web |title=Top Lifetime Adjusted Grosses (Rank 801-1000) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/chart/top_lifetime_gross_adjusted/?offset=800&adjust_gross_to=2020 |website=Box Office Mojo |page=5 |access-date=10 June 2020}}

    |-

    | Cars 3

    | 2017

    | 17,092,900

    | Auto racing

    |

    |-

    | Cool Runnings

    | 1993

    | 16,613,200

    | Bobsleigh

    |

    |-

    | Field of Dreams

    | 1989

    | 16,229,600

    | Baseball

    |

    |-

    | Dragon Ball Super: Broly

    | 2018

    | 16,227,175

    | rowspan="2" | Martial arts

    | {{efn|Dragon Ball Super: Broly admissions

    • Japan {{ndash}} 3,009,730{{cite news |title=Dragon Ball Super: Broly Film Earns US$100 Million Worldwide |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-02-05/dragon-ball-super-broly-film-earns-usd100-million-worldwide/.143012 |access-date=6 February 2019 |work=Anime News Network |date=5 February 2019}}
    • Latin America {{ndash}} 7,220,416+
    • Mexico {{ndash}} 4,100,000{{cite web|title=Taquilla |website=Canacine |publisher=Cámara Nacional de la Industria Cinematográfica |url=http://canacine.org.mx/taquilla/ |date=27 January 2019 |access-date=7 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130152406/http://canacine.org.mx/taquilla/ |archive-date=30 January 2019 |url-status=live }}
    • Peru {{ndash}} 1,122,971{{cite news|url=https://elcomercio.pe/tvmas/series/dragon-ball-super-broly-supero-millon-espectadores-peru-video-noticia-nndc-599728-noticia/|title="Dragon Ball Super: Broly" alcanzó el millón de espectadores en el Perú|newspaper=El Comercio |date=22 January 2019|language=es|access-date=7 October 2019}}
    • Argentina {{ndash}} 808,055{{cite news |title=Taquilla: La taquilla argentina no levanta vuelo y "Cómo entrenar a tu dragón 3" sigue arriba |url=https://www.otroscines.com/nota?idnota=14297 |access-date=24 September 2019 |work=Otros Cines |date=18 February 2019 |archive-date=30 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130182601/http://www.otroscines.com/nota?idnota=14297 |url-status=dead }}
    • Colombia (4 days) {{ndash}} 539,874{{cite web|url=https://www.elcolombiano.com/blogs/diablog/dragon-ball-barrio-en-la-taquilla-colombiana/11534|title=Dragon Ball barrió en la taquilla colombiana|publisher=DiabloG|date=14 January 2019|language=es|access-date=7 October 2019|archive-date=8 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008011726/https://www.elcolombiano.com/blogs/diablog/dragon-ball-barrio-en-la-taquilla-colombiana/11534|url-status=dead}}
    • Chile (4 days) {{ndash}} 362,776{{cite web|url=http://www.radioportales.cl/sitio/dragon-ball-super-broly-se-convirtio-en-la-segunda-pelicula-animada-mas-taquillera-de-los-ultimos-anos/|title=Dragon Ball: Super Broly se convirtió en la segunda película animada más taquillera de los últimos años|publisher=RADIOPORTALES|date=15 January 2019|language=es|access-date=7 October 2019}}
    • Brazil (day 1) {{ndash}} 106,000{{cite news |title='Dragon Ball Super: Broly' Hits Brazil, Becomes Box Office's Biggest Anime Film |url=https://comicbook.com/anime/2019/01/06/dragon-ball-super-broly-anime-brazil-box-office/ |access-date=24 September 2019 |work=ComicBook.com |date=6 January 2019}}
    • Bolivia (1 week) {{ndash}} 91,968{{cite web|url=https://web.ultracine.com/bolivia-gran-convocatoria-de-dragon-ball-en-su-primera-semana/|title=Bolivia: "Dragon Ball Super: Broly" casi 100.000 espectadores en una semana|publisher=Ultracine|date=17 January 2019|language=es|access-date=7 October 2019}}
    • Paraguay {{ndash}} 77,713{{cite web|url=http://www.epa.com.py/2019/02/18/las-peliculas-mas-vistas-en-paraguay-10/|title=Las películas más vistas en Paraguay|publisher=epa!|date=18 February 2019|language=es|access-date=7 October 2019|archive-date=21 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521000513/http://www.epa.com.py/2019/02/18/las-peliculas-mas-vistas-en-paraguay-10/|url-status=dead}}
    • Uruguay (4 days) {{ndash}} 11,059{{cite web|url=https://web.ultracine.com/uruguay-dragon-ball-super-broly-fin-semana/|title=Uruguay: "Dragon Ball Super: Broly" se queda con el fin de semana|publisher=Ultracine|date=14 January 2019|language=es|access-date=7 October 2019}}
    • United States and Canada {{ndash}} 3,408,700{{cite web |title=Anime Movies at the Box Office (Est. Tickets) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=anime.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=23 September 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602173712/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=anime.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |archive-date=2019-06-02}}
    • Europe {{ndash}} 1,518,016
    • France and Germany {{ndash}} 638,407{{cite web |title=Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018) |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=18903 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=30 May 2020}}
    • Other European countries {{ndash}} 879,609{{cite web |title=Doragon bôru chô: Burorî |url=http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=79086 |website=Lumiere |access-date=1 June 2020}}
    • China {{ndash}} 1,034,444{{cite web |title=Dragon Ball Z: Broly |url=http://english.entgroup.cn/683927/ |website=EntGroup |access-date=24 September 2019}}
    • South Korea {{ndash}} 35,869

    }}

    |-

    | Mortal Kombat

    | 1995

    | 16,196,300

    |

    |-

    | Million Dollar Baby

    | 2004

    | 15,681,300

    | Boxing

    |

    |-

    | Caddyshack

    | 1980

    | 14,812,800

    | Golf

    |

    |-

    | Chak De! India

    | 2007

    | 13,984,400

    | Field hockey

    | {{efn|Chak De admissions:

    • India {{ndash}} 13,983,000{{cite web |title=Chak De India - Movie |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=234 |website=Box Office India |access-date=10 June 2020}}
    • United States and Canada {{ndash}} 163,000{{cite web |title=Chak De! India (2007) – Etats-Unis |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=9829&view=1 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=10 June 2020}}
    • United Kingdom {{ndash}} 85,841{{cite web |title=Film #28649: Chak De! India |url=http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=28649 |website=Lumiere |access-date=10 June 2020}}
    • Norway {{ndash}} 1,400{{cite web |title=Индия, вперед! (Chak De! India) |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/263317/ |website=KinoPoisk |access-date=10 June 2020 |language=ru}}

    }}

    |-

    | Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

    | 2013

    | 12,610,615

    | Track and field

    | {{efn|Bhaag Milkha Bhaag admissions:

    • India {{ndash}} 12,369,000{{cite web |title=Bhaag Milkha Bhaag - Movie |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=1292 |website=Box Office India |access-date=10 June 2020}}
    • United States and Canada {{ndash}} 201,213{{cite web |title=Премьеры / Беги, Милка, беги! (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, 2013) |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/698865/dates/ |website=KinoPoisk |access-date=10 June 2020 |language=ru}}
    • United Kingdom {{ndash}} 40,400{{cite web |title=Беги, Милка, беги! (Bhaag Milkha Bhaag) |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/698865/ |website=KinoPoisk |language=ru |access-date=10 June 2020}}
    • Norway {{ndash}} 2{{cite web |title=Film #43693: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (Market: Norway) |url=http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=43693&market=NO |website=Lumiere |access-date=10 June 2020}}

    }}

    |-

    | Game of Death

    | 1978

    | 12,229,437

    | Martial arts

    | {{efn|Game of Death admissions:

    • United States and Canada {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:5000000*(100/37.8)/2.51 round -5}}|}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=David A. |title=Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979 |date=2002 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-23265-5 |page=270 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HVygqYMVP2wC&pg=PA270}}{{cite book |last1=Vogel |first1=Harold L. |chapter=Table 3.4. Motion picture theater industry statistics, 1965-2009 |title=Entertainment Industry Economics: A Guide for Financial Analysis |date=2010 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-139-49732-9 |pages=88–9 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BfyFFCyRvX0C&pg=PA88 |quote=1978 (...) MPAA U.S. + rentals % of BO (...) 42.4}}
    • Japan {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:1450000000*(160509/66113)/967 round 0}}|}}
    • France {{ndash}} 2,256,892{{cite web |title=Game of Death (1978) |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=7785 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=10 June 2020}}
    • Germany {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:575000+175513}}|}}{{cite web |title=Charts - LES ENTREES EN ALLEMAGNE |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/charts_allemagne.php?filtre=dateall&variable=1978 |website=JP's Box-Office |language=fr |access-date=28 November 2018 |archive-date=29 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129054327/http://www.jpbox-office.com/charts_allemagne.php?filtre=dateall&variable=1978 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=Die erfolgreichsten Filme in Deutschland 1981 |url=https://www.insidekino.com/DJahr/D1981.htm |website=Inside Kino |language=de |access-date=11 June 2020}}
    • South Korea (Seoul City) {{ndash}} 281,591

    }}

    |}

    Sports films by tickets sold by sport

    {{Dynamic list}}

    The following is a list of sports films by tickets sold by sport. Note that some films feature more than one sport so they could be on the list more than once.

    class="wikitable sortable"
    Film

    ! Year

    ! Known ticket sales ({{estimation}})

    ! Sport

    ! class=unsortable | Notes

    Ben-Hur

    | 1959

    | 141,823,187

    | Chariot racing

    | {{efn|Ben-Hur admissions:

    • United States and Canada {{ndash}} 98,046,900{{cite web |title=All Time Box Office Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm?adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=2 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913000046/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm?adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |archive-date=13 September 2019 |url-status=dead }}
    • South Korea (Seoul City) {{ndash}} 873,163{{cite web |title=영화정보 |trans-title=Movie Information |url=http://www.kobis.or.kr/kobis/business/mast/mvie/searchMovieList.do |website=KOFIC |publisher=Korean Film Council |language=ko |access-date=24 September 2019}}
    • Other territories {{ndash}} 42,903,124{{cite web |title=Бен-Гур (1959) — дата выхода в России и других странах |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/436/dates/ |website=KinoPoisk |access-date=11 August 2019 |language=ru}}

    }}

    Enter the Dragon

    | 1973

    | 139,000,000

    | Martial arts

    | {{efn|Enter the Dragon – {{US$|400 million|long=no}}+ gross ({{as of|2001|lc=y}})

    • 1973 – {{US$|100 million|long=no}} gross{{cite book |last1=Gross |first1=Edward |title=Bruce Lee: Fists of Fury |date=1990 |publisher=Pioneer Books |page=137 |isbn=9781556982330 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QIwnAQAAIAAJ |quote=In 1973, his third (sic) Enter the Dragon, grossed $100 million world-wide and firmly established young Lee as an international star whose films were almost guaranteed to be successful. |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801113434/https://books.google.com/books?id=QIwnAQAAIAAJ |url-status=live }} – {{nowrap|{{#expr:100/1.77 round 0}} million}} tickets{{efn|name=ATP|See {{Section link|Box office|Average ticket price}}.}}
    • Up until 1980 – {{US$|220 million|long=no}} gross
    • 1974–1980 – {{US$|120 million|long=no}} gross – {{nowrap|{{#expr:120/2.69 round 0}} million}}+ tickets{{efn|name=ATP}}
    • Up until 1997 – {{US$|300 million|long=no}} gross{{cite journal |title=Immortal Kombat |journal=Vibe |date=August 1998 |volume=6 |issue=8 |pages=90–94 (94) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JywEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA94 |issn=1070-4701 |quote=Bruce's own production company, Concord, was a full partner with Warner Bros, in his final, and greatest film, Enter the Dragon. Made for just $600,000, it has since grossed more than $300 million. |access-date=8 June 2020 |archive-date=20 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620111446/https://books.google.com/books?id=JywEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA94 |url-status=live}}
    • 1981–1997 – {{US$|80 million|long=no}} gross – {{nowrap|{{#expr:80/4.59 round 0}} million}}+ tickets{{efn|name=ATP}}
    • 1998–2001 – {{US$|100 million|long=no}} gross – {{nowrap|{{#expr:100/4.74 round 0}} million}}+ tickets{{efn|name=ATP}}

    }}

    Disco Dancer

    | 1982

    | 135,000,000

    | Dance competition

    | {{efn|Disco Dancer admissions:

    • India {{ndash}} {{#expr:64/(3.96*0.78+5.08*0.22) round 0}}{{nbsp}}million{{cite web |title=Box Office 1982 |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=188&catName=MTk4Mg== |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005013955/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=188&catName=MTk4Mg== |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 October 2013 |website=Box Office India |access-date=5 October 2013}}
    • Soviet Union {{ndash}} {{#expr:60/(50/100)}}{{nbsp}}million{{cite news |last1=Naralenkova |first1=Oxana |title=Bollywood returns to Russian screens |url=https://www.rbth.com/articles/2009/09/10/100909_bollywood.html |access-date=25 May 2020 |work=Russia Beyond |date=10 September 2009}}

    }}

    rowspan="2" | Forrest Gump

    | rowspan="2" | 1994

    | rowspan="2" | 100,522,518

    | American football

    | {{efn|Forrest Gump admissions:

    • United States and Canada {{ndash}} 78,637,200{{cite web |title=Forrest Gump (1994) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=forrestgump.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=27 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624211005/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=forrestgump.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |archive-date=24 June 2019 |url-status=dead}}
    • France, Germany, Italy, Spain {{ndash}} 18,065,321{{cite web |title=Forrest Gump (1994) |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=4249 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=27 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827122438/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php%3Fid%3D4249 |archive-date=27 August 2019 |url-status=live }}
    • Austria, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Sweden {{ndash}} 3,103,792{{cite web |title=Форрест Гамп — дата выхода в России и других странах |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/448/dates/ |website=KinoPoisk |access-date=27 August 2019 |language=ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429060634/http://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/448/dates/ |archive-date=29 April 2016 |url-status=live }}
    • South Korea (Seoul City) {{ndash}} 705,143
    • Belgium, Czech Republic, Romania, Switzerland, United Kingdom (1996{{ndash}}2017) {{ndash}} 11,062{{cite web |title=Film #664 : Forrest Gump |url=http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=664 |website=LUMIERE |access-date=27 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924115915/http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=664 |archive-date=24 September 2019 |url-status=live }}

    }}

    ping pong

    | {{efn|Forrest Gump admissions:

    • United States and Canada {{ndash}} 78,637,200{{cite web |title=Forrest Gump (1994) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=forrestgump.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=27 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624211005/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=forrestgump.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |archive-date=24 June 2019 |url-status=dead}}
    • France, Germany, Italy, Spain {{ndash}} 18,065,321{{cite web |title=Forrest Gump (1994) |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=4249 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=27 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827122438/http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php%3Fid%3D4249 |archive-date=27 August 2019 |url-status=live }}
    • Austria, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Sweden {{ndash}} 3,103,792{{cite web |title=Форрест Гамп — дата выхода в России и других странах |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/448/dates/ |website=KinoPoisk |access-date=27 August 2019 |language=ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429060634/http://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/448/dates/ |archive-date=29 April 2016 |url-status=live }}
    • South Korea (Seoul City) {{ndash}} 705,143
    • Belgium, Czech Republic, Romania, Switzerland, United Kingdom (1996{{ndash}}2017) {{ndash}} 11,062{{cite web |title=Film #664 : Forrest Gump |url=http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=664 |website=LUMIERE |access-date=27 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924115915/http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=664 |archive-date=24 September 2019 |url-status=live }}

    }}

    Dangal

    | 2016

    | 86,373,229

    | Wrestling

    | {{efn|Dangal admissions:

    • India {{ndash}} 36,996,000{{cite web |title=Top India Footfalls All Time (Hindi) |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/india-footfalls.php |website=Box Office India |access-date=3 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020143/https://boxofficeindia.com/india-footfalls.php |archive-date=7 February 2019 |url-status=live }}
    • China {{ndash}} 44,897,623[https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/box-office-special-features/box-office-dangal-collects-390k-usd-rs-2-51-cr-day-52-china-total-collections-rs-1210-cr/ Box Office: Dangal collects 390k USD (Rs. 2.51 cr.) on Day 52 in China; total collections Rs. 1210 cr] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810174837/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/box-office-special-features/box-office-dangal-collects-390k-usd-rs-2-51-cr-day-52-china-total-collections-rs-1210-cr/ |date=2019-08-10 }}, Bollywood Hungama, 26 June 2017
    • United States and Canada {{ndash}} 1,406,400{{cite web |title=Dangal (2016) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=dangal.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=3 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190204065857/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=dangal.htm&adjust_yr=1&p=.htm |archive-date=4 February 2019 |url-status=dead}}
    • Arabian Gulf states {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:8800000/9.53 round 0}}
    }{{cite web|title=Dangal|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3443|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606092407/http://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3443|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 June 2017|website=Box Office India|access-date=14 November 2017|date=6 June 2017}}{{cite web |title=Cinema ticket price |url=https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Cost-of-living/Cinema-ticket-price/International-release |website=NationMaster.com |access-date=8 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210044612/https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Cost-of-living/Cinema-ticket-price/International-release |archive-date=10 February 2019 |url-status=live }}
  • Taiwan {{ndash}} 730,000{{cite web |title=我和我的冠軍女兒-票房收入 |url=http://asia.dorama.info/drama/pfd_boxoffice.php?num=19308 |website=Dorama.info |access-date=6 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124001/http://asia.dorama.info/drama/pfd_boxoffice.php?num=19308 |archive-date=9 February 2019 |url-status=live }}
  • Europe {{ndash}} 724,598{{cite web |title=Film: Dangal |url=http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=68202 |website=LUMIERE |access-date=23 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623163038/http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=68202 |archive-date=23 June 2019 |url-status=live }}
  • Hong Kong {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:27139998/76 round 0}}|}}{{cite web|title=Dangal Box Office|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/dangal/box-office/|website=Bollywood Hungama|date=23 December 2016 |access-date=19 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115035625/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/dangal/box-office/|archive-date=15 January 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=LCQ1: Measures to facilitate cinema development in Hong Kong |url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201806/06/P2018060600512.htm |publisher=Government of Hong Kong |access-date=8 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027183225/https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201806/06/P2018060600512.htm |archive-date=27 October 2018 |url-status=live }}
  • Australia {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:2630000/13.8 round 0}}|}}{{cite web |title=Ticket prices – Box office |url=https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/fact-finders/cinema/industry-trends/box-office/ticket-prices |publisher=Screen Australia |access-date=8 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180409/https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/fact-finders/cinema/industry-trends/box-office/ticket-prices |archive-date=9 February 2019 |url-status=live }}
  • South Korea {{ndash}} 109,500
  • Japan {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:50000000/1315 round 0}}|}}{{cite news|title=Dangal vs Baahubali 2: The Conclusion in Japan — Aamir Khan's film adds Rs 3 cr to unrivaled global total|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/dangal-vs-baahubali-2-the-conclusion-in-japan-aamir-khans-film-adds-rs-3-cr-to-unrivaled-global-total-4444855.html|work=Firstpost|date=25 April 2018|access-date=10 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810174822/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/dangal-vs-baahubali-2-the-conclusion-in-japan-aamir-khans-film-adds-rs-3-cr-to-unrivaled-global-total-4444855.html|archive-date=10 August 2019|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Statistics Of Film Industry In Japan|url=http://www.eiren.org/statistics_e/index.html|website=Eiren|publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan|access-date=8 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923234602/http://www.eiren.org/statistics_e/index.html|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=live}}

    • }}

    |-

    | Smokey and the Bandit

    | 1977

    | 60,795,601

    | Auto racing

    | {{efn|Smokey and the Bandit admissions:

    • United States, Canada, Spain {{ndash}} 58,614,553{{cite web |title=Премьеры: Smokey and the Bandit, 1977 |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/8140/dates/ |website=KinoPoisk |access-date=29 February 2020 |language=ru}}
    • France and Germany {{ndash}} 2,181,048{{cite web |title=Smokey and the Bandit (1977) |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=8041 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=29 February 2020 |language=fr}}

    }}

    |-

    | The Way of the Dragon

    | 1972

    | 58,536,292

    | Martial arts

    | {{efn|The Way of the Dragon admissions:

    • United States and Canada {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:85000000/1.7}}|}}{{cite book |last1=Kuwahara |first1=Yasue |chapter=Lee, Bruce (1940-1973) |editor-last1=Riess |editor-first1=Steven A. |title=Sports in America from Colonial Times to the Twenty-First Century: An Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia |date=2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-45946-0 |page=1623 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LW6sBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT1623 |quote=Lee was called back to Hollywood during the shooting of his third movie, The Way of the Dragon, which was completed in 1972 and released in 1973 in the United States, where it grossed $85 million.}}{{cite web |title=Box Office Mojo by IMDbPro FAQ – How are grosses adjusted for ticket price inflation? |url=https://help.imdb.com/article/imdbpro/industry-research/box-office-mojo-by-imdbpro-faq/GCWTV4MQKGWRAUAP#inflation |website=IMDb |access-date=10 June 2020}}
    • France and Germany {{ndash}} 5,502,004{{cite web |title=The Way of The Dragon (1974) |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=8391 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=10 June 2020}}
    • Japan {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:772000000*(130750/51536)/751 round -4}}|}}{{cite magazine |title=キネマ旬報ベスト・テン85回全史 1924-2011 |magazine=Kinema Junpo |year=2012 |publisher=Kinema Junposha |page=332}}{{cite web |title=Statistics of Film Industry in Japan |url=http://www.eiren.org/statistics_e/index.html |website=Eiren |publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan |access-date=17 February 2019}}
    • Bombay (New Excelsior theater) {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:(21500*7*8)/5 round -3}}}} (eight weeks){{cite news |title=Bruce Lee storms Bombay once again with Return Of The Dragon |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19790915-bruce-lee-storms-bombay-once-again-with-return-of-the-dragon-822544-2014-02-21 |first=Khalid|last=Mohamed|author-link=Khalid Mohamed |work=India Today |date=15 September 1979 |access-date=20 January 2015}}
    • South Korea (Seoul City) {{ndash}} 182,530
    • Denmark and Finland (2018{{ndash}}2019) {{ndash}} 758{{cite web |title=Film #77973 : The Way of the Dragon |url=http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=77973 |website=Lumiere |access-date=10 June 2020}}

    }}

    |-

    | Naya Daur (New Era)

    | 1957

    | {{nts|{{#expr:54000000/(1.07*0.6+1.78*0.4) round -6}}|}}

    | Horse racing

    |

    |-

    | Rocky IV

    | 1990

    | 35,387,300

    | Boxing

    |

    |-

    | xXx

    | 2004

    | 24,457,600

    | Extreme sport

    |

    |-

    | Chariots of Fire

    | 1981

    | 20,060,900

    | Track and field

    |

    |-

    | Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

    | 2013

    | 20,041,477

    | Cricket

    | {{efn|Lagaan admissions:

    • India {{ndash}} 19,394,000{{cite web |title=Lagaan - Movie |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=659 |website=Box Office India |access-date=10 June 2020}}
    • United Kingdom {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:600000/4.14 round 0}}|}}{{cite web |title=UK cinema industry economics: Average ticket price |url=https://www.cinemauk.org.uk/the-industry/facts-and-figures/uk-cinema-industry-economics-and-turnover/average-ticket-price/ |website=UK Cinema Association |access-date=10 June 2020}}
    • Mainland Europe, United States, Canada {{ndash}} 262,549{{cite web |title=Film #17446 {{ndash}} Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India |url=http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=17446 |website=Lumiere |access-date=10 June 2020}}
    • China {{ndash}} {{formatnum:{{#expr:3000000/12.7 round -4}}|}}{{cite web|title=印度往事 (Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India) |url=https://maoyan.com/films/32907 |website=Maoyan |language=zh |access-date=14 January 2018}}{{cite web |title=UIS Statistics |url=http://data.uis.unesco.org/?ReportId=5538 |website=UNESCO Institute for Statistics |publisher=UNESCO |access-date=3 May 2019}}

    }}

    |-

    | Dodgeball

    | 2004

    | 18,410,100

    | Dodgeball

    |

    |-

    | Blades of Glory

    | 2007

    | 17,237,600

    | Figure skating

    |

    |-

    | Cool Runnings

    | 1993

    | 16,613,200

    | Bobsleigh

    |

    |-

    | Field of Dreams

    | 1989

    | 16,229,600

    | Baseball

    |

    |-

    | Caddyshack

    | 1980

    | 14,812,800

    | Golf

    |

    |-

    | Chak De! India

    | 2007

    | 13,984,400

    | Field hockey

    | {{efn|Chak De admissions:

    • India {{ndash}} 13,983,000{{cite web |title=Chak De India - Movie |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=234 |website=Box Office India |access-date=10 June 2020}}
    • United States and Canada {{ndash}} 163,000{{cite web |title=Chak De! India (2007) – Etats-Unis |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=9829&view=1 |website=JP's Box-Office |access-date=10 June 2020}}
    • United Kingdom {{ndash}} 85,841{{cite web |title=Film #28649: Chak De! India |url=http://lumiere.obs.coe.int/web/film_info/?id=28649 |website=Lumiere |access-date=10 June 2020}}
    • Norway {{ndash}} 1,400{{cite web |title=Индия, вперед! (Chak De! India) |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/263317/ |website=KinoPoisk |access-date=10 June 2020 |language=ru}}

    }}

    |}

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