List of best-selling films in the United States

This list of best-selling films in the United States is a list of the best-selling home video film titles sold in the United States. This list only includes physical media (such as VHS, DVD and Blu-ray), and does not include digital purchases or video rentals.

Best-selling films

This is a list of the best-selling film titles sold in the United States across all physical home video formats, including VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc (BD).

Title	Video release	All formats	VHS	DVD	Blu-ray	Revenue (est.)
The Lion King	March 3, 1995	48,500,000	32,000,000[1]	11,900,000 [2]	3,680,000[3]	$852,000,000[4][2][3]
Finding Nemo	November 4, 2003	40,600,000	520,000[5]	38,800,000[2]	1,320,000[6]	$801,400,000[5][2][6]
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	October 28, 1994	36,000,000	28,000,000[7]	5,070,000[8]	2,960,000[3]	$598,000,000[9][8][3]
Aladdin	October 1, 1993	34,630,000	30,000,000[10]	2,820,000[11]	1,810,000[12]	$748,000,000[13][14][12]
Beauty and the Beast	October 30, 1992	34,000,000	22,000,000[15]	7,500,000[16]	4,500,000[3]	$554,000,000[17][16][3]
Titanic	September 1, 1998	30,300,000	25,000,000[18]	4,900,000[19][20]	390,000[21]	$655,000,000[22][23][21]
Toy Story	October 29, 1996	26,650,000	21,000,000[24]	4,920,000[25]	730,000[25]	$401,000,000[17][25]
Avatar	April 22, 2010	26,500,000	—	19,000,000[26]	7,450,000[3]	$400,000,000[27][3]
Jurassic Park	October 4, 1994	26,000,000	24,000,000[7]	1,480,000[28]	520,000[29]	$345,000,000[30][28][29]
Spider-Man	November 1, 2002	26,000,000	6,500,000[31]	19,500,000[31]	16,000[32]	$727,000,000[31][32]
The Little Mermaid	May 18, 1990	25,900,000	10,000,000[33]	13,400,000[34]	2,470,000[34]	$565,000,000[35][34]
Cinderella	October 4, 1988	25,800,000	17,000,000[15]	7,280,000[36]	1,470,000[36]	$293,000,000[36]
Shrek	November 2, 2001	25,300,000	15,400,000[1]	9,900,000[2]	—	$450,000,000[1][2]
Independence Day	November 22, 1996	24,300,000	22,000,000[18]	1,960,000[37][38]	384,000[38]	$588,000,000[39][37][38]
Cars	November 7, 2006	23,400,000	—	23,100,000[40]	320,000[40]	$334,000,000[40]
Frozen	March 18, 2014	22,400,000	—	14,600,000[41]	7,785,000[3]	$415,651,000[41][3]
The Dark Knight	December 9, 2008	21,800,000	—	19,200,000[42]	2,620,000[3]	$317,000,000[42][3]
One Hundred and One Dalmatians	April 10, 1992	21,100,000	15,900,000[33]	4,580,000[43]	590,000[44]	$264,000,000[45][43][44]
How the Grinch Stole Christmas	November 20, 2001	20,800,000	12,800,000[1]	7,390,000[46]	650,000[47]	$337,000,000[1][46][47]
Shrek 2	November 5, 2004	20,700,000	2,000,000[48]	18,710,000[48][49]	—	$348,000,000[48][49]

Best-selling films by format

VHS

This is a list of the best-selling VHS titles in the United States.

Title	Distributor	VHS release	Sales	Revenue (est.)	Revenue (est. inflation)
The Lion King	Buena Vista Home Video	March 3, 1995	32,000,000[1]	$520,000,000[4]	$999,000,000
Aladdin	Buena Vista Home Video	October 1, 1993	30,000,000[10]	$625,000,000[13]	$1,270,000,000
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	Buena Vista Home Video	October 28, 1994	28,000,000[7]	$430,000,000[9]	$849,000,000
Titanic	Paramount Home Video	September 1, 1998	25,000,000[18]	$500,000,000[22]	$898,000,000
Jurassic Park	Universal Studios Home Video	October 4, 1994	24,000,000[7]	$315,000,000[30]	$588,000,000
Beauty and the Beast	Buena Vista Home Video	October 30, 1992	22,000,000[15][33]	$318,000,000[17]	$663,000,000
Independence Day	Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment	November 22, 1996	22,000,000[18]	$550,000,000[39]	$1,026,000,000
Toy Story	Buena Vista Home Video	October 29, 1996	21,000,000[24]	$290,000,000[17]	$541,000,000
Pocahontas	Buena Vista Home Video	February 27, 1996	17,100,000[17]	$216,000,000[17]	$403,000,000
Cinderella	Buena Vista Home Video	October 4, 1988	17,000,000[15]	$108,000,000[36]	$267,000,000
Toy Story 2	Buena Vista Home Entertainment	October 17, 2000	16,600,000[1]	$290,000,000[1]	$509,000,000
Forrest Gump	Paramount Home Video	April 27, 1995	16,000,000[7]	Unknown	Unknown
One Hundred and One Dalmatians	Buena Vista Home Video	April 10, 1992	15,900,000[33]	$150,000,000[45]	$313,000,000
Shrek	DreamWorks Home Entertainment	November 2, 2001	15,400,000[1]	$254,000,000[1]	$420,000,000
The Return of Jafar	Buena Vista Home Video	May 20, 1994	15,000,000[50]	$345,000,000[51]	$681,000,000
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	MCA Home Video	October 25, 1988	15,000,000[52]	$300,000,000[18]	$773,000,000
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride	Buena Vista Home Entertainment	October 27, 1998	15,000,000[53]	$300,000,000[54]	$539,000,000
Fantasia	Buena Vista Home Video	November 1, 1991	14,200,000[45]	$209,000,000[17]	$449,000,000
Mrs. Doubtfire	Fox Home Entertainment	April 26, 1994	14,000,000[7]	Unknown	Unknown
Pinocchio	Buena Vista Home Video	March 26, 1993	13,400,000[33]	$335,000,000[55]	$661,000,000
How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Universal Studios Home Video	November 20, 2001	12,800,000[1]	$206,000,000[1]	$340,000,000
Home Alone	FoxVideo	August 22, 1991	11,000,000[33]	$275,000,000[56]	$591,000,000
Bambi	Buena Vista Home Video	September 28, 1989	10,600,000[45]	$168,000,000[57]	$397,000,000
Tarzan	Buena Vista Home Entertainment	February 1, 2000	10,500,000[1]	$210,000,000[1]	$369,000,000
Batman	Warner Home Video	November 15, 1989	10,500,000[33]	$190,000,000[18]	$449,000,000
Aladdin and the King of Thieves	Buena Vista Home Video	August 13, 1996	10,300,000[17]	$257,000,000[58]	$480,000,000
The Little Mermaid	Buena Vista Home Video	June 1, 1990	10,000,000[33]	$270,000,000[35]	$504,000,000
Babe	Universal Home Entertainment	March 19, 1996	10,000,000[59]	Unknown	Unknown

DVD

This is a list of the best-selling DVD titles in the United States.

Title	DVD release	Sales	Revenue	Source(s)
Finding Nemo	November 4, 2003	38,800,000	$677,000,000	[2]
Cars	November 7, 2006	23,100,000	$326,000,000	[40]
Spider-Man	November 1, 2002	19,500,000	$565,000,000	[31]
The Dark Knight	December 9, 2008	19,200,000	$283,000,000	[42]
Avatar	April 22, 2010	19,000,000	$235,000,000	[26][27]
Shrek 2	November 5, 2004	18,200,000	$316,000,000	[2]
Transformers	October 16, 2007	17,000,000	$295,000,000	[60]
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	December 2, 2003	16,600,000	$316,000,000	[2]
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	December 5, 2006	16,500,000	$318,000,000	[61]
The Incredibles	March 15, 2005	15,600,000	$285,000,000	[2]
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	December 4, 2007	15,500,000	$314,000,000	[62]
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith	November 1, 2005	15,100,000	$269,000,000	[2]
Despicable Me	December 14, 2010	15,100,000	$202,000,000	[63]
The Matrix	September 21, 1999	15,000,000	$375,000,000	[64][65]
Ratatouille	November 6, 2007	15,000,000	$189,000,000	[66]
The Polar Express	November 22, 2005	14,800,000	$223,000,000	[2]
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	August 26, 2003	14,700,000	$280,000,000	[2]
Frozen	March 18, 2014	14,600,000	$250,000,000	[41]
Up	November 10, 2009	13,800,000	$232,000,000	[67]
Twilight	March 21, 2009	13,500,000	$238,000,000	[68]
300	July 31, 2007	13,400,000	$277,000,000	[69]
The Little Mermaid	October 3, 2006	13,400,000	$218,000,000	[34]
Happy Feet	March 27, 2007	13,100,000	$207,000,000	[70]
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	May 25, 2004	12,500,000	$257,000,000	[2]
WALL-E	November 18, 2008	12,500,000	$204,000,000	[71]
Monsters, Inc.	September 17, 2002	12,300,000	$215,000,000	[2]
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	April 4, 2006	12,200,000	$447,000,000	[72]
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	August 6, 2002	12,000,000	$257,000,000	[2]
The Lion King	October 7, 2003	11,900,000	$220,000,000	[2]
Madagascar	November 1, 2005	11,900,000	$213,000,000	[2]
Shrek the Third	November 13, 2007	11,800,000	$177,000,000	[73]
Spider-Man 2	November 30, 2004	11,600,000	$174,000,000	[74]
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	December 11, 2007	11,500,000	$254,000,000	[75]
The Hangover	December 15, 2009	11,500,000	$200,000,000	[76]
The Jungle Book	October 2, 2007	11,300,000	$281,000,000	[77]
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	March 7, 2006	11,100,000	$542,000,000	[78]
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	October 20, 2009	11,000,000	$222,000,000	[79]
Toy Story 3	November 2, 2010	10,800,000	$192,000,000	[80]
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	December 4, 2010	10,800,000	$181,000,000	[81]
Iron Man	September 30, 2008	10,700,000	$182,000,000	[82]
The Passion of the Christ	August 31, 2004	10,500,000	$189,000,000	[2]
The Twilight Saga: New Moon	March 20, 2010	10,400,000	$204,000,000	[83]

Blu-ray

This is a list of the best-selling Blu-ray Disc (BD) titles in the United States.

Rank[3]	Title	BD release	Sales	Revenue
1	Frozen	March 18, 2014	7,600,000	$161,000,000
2	Avatar	April 22, 2010	7,470,000	$164,000,000
3	Despicable Me 2	December 10, 2013	5,940,000	$115,000,000
4	Beauty and the Beast	October 5, 2010	4,500,000	$102,000,000
5	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	April 5, 2016	5,920,000	$152,000,000
6	The Avengers	September 25, 2012	5,260,000	$120,000,000
7	The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy	April 6, 2010	4,336,413	$257,128,953
8	Jurassic World	October 20, 2015	4,315,469	$96,753,967
9	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	October 6, 2009	3,993,495	$100,639,067
10	Guardians of the Galaxy	December 9, 2014	3,950,000	$83,000,000

LaserDisc

This is a list of the best-selling LaserDisc (LD) titles in the United States.

Title	LD release	Sales	Source(s)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day	1993	350,000	[84]
The Lion King	1995	150,000	[17]
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	1994	100,000	[17]
True Lies	1995	100,000	[84]

UMD

This is a list of the best-selling films on Sony's proprietary Universal Media Disc (UMD) format for the PlayStation Portable (PSP) platform in the United States.

Title	UMD release	Sales	Source(s)
Spider-Man 2	2005	1,000,000	[85]
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children	2005	470,000	[86][87]

Best-selling films by year

This is a list of the best-selling video titles sold on physical media (including VHS, DVD and Blu-ray) in the United States by year.

1984–1985

Best-selling video cassettes (July 1984 to June 1985)[88][89]
Rank	Title	Original release	Sales
1	Jane Fonda's Workout	1982	150,000+
2	Gone with the Wind	1939	150,000+
3	Purple Rain	1984	100,000+
4	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	1984	< 100,000

1988–1996

Rank	Title	Release	Sales	Revenue	Inflation	Ref
1	The Lion King	March 3, 1995	32,000,000[90]	$520,000,000[4]	$999,000,000	[24]
2	Aladdin	October 1, 1993	30,000,000[10]	$500,000,000[91]	$1,010,000,000	[24]
3	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	October 28, 1994	28,000,000	$430,000,000[9]	$849,000,000	[92]
4	Jurassic Park	October 4, 1994	24,000,000	$315,000,000[30]	$588,000,000	[92]
5	Beauty and the Beast	October 30, 1992	22,000,000	$318,000,000[17]	$663,000,000	[24]
5	Independence Day	November 22, 1996	22,000,000	Unknown	Unknown	[92]
7	Toy Story	October 29, 1996	21,000,000[24]	$290,000,000[17]	$541,000,000	[92]
8	Pocahontas	February 27, 1996	17,100,000	$216,000,000[17]	$403,000,000	[17]
9	Cinderella	October 4, 1988	17,000,000	$108,000,000[36]	$267,000,000	[15]
10	Forrest Gump	April 27, 1995	16,000,000	Unknown		[92]

1993–1995

Rank	1993[93]		1994[94]	1995[95]
Rank	Title	Sales	1994[94]	1995[95]
1	Aladdin	30,000,000[10]	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	The Lion King
2	Pinocchio	13,500,000[96]	Jurassic Park	Forrest Gump
3	Beauty and the Beast	Unknown	The Fox and the Hound	Cinderella
4	Barney	Unknown	Mrs. Doubtfire	The Santa Clause
5	Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey	Unknown	The Return of Jafar	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
6	Free Willy	Unknown	Aladdin	The Mask
7	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	Unknown	Barney	Casper
8	One Hundred and One Dalmatians	Unknown	Once Upon a Forest	Angels in the Outfield
9	Sister Act	Unknown	Free Willy	Speed
10	Ghost	Unknown	The Fugitive	Batman Forever

1996–1997

Rank	1996			1997[92]
Rank	Title	Sales	Ref	Title	Sales
1	Independence Day	22,000,000	[97]	One Hundred and One Dalmatians	15,000,000
2	Toy Story	21,000,000		Men in Black	14,000,000
3	Pocahontas	17,000,000		The Hunchback of Notre Dame	12,500,000
4	The Aristocats	12,800,000		The Lost World: Jurassic Park	12,000,000
5	Aladdin and the King of Thieves	10,300,000	[17]	The Empire Strikes Back	10,000,000
6	Oliver & Company	10,000,000	[97]	Return of the Jedi	10,000,000
7	Twister	9,500,000	[97]	Star Wars	10,000,000
8	Babe	8,000,000+	[98]	Liar Liar	9,000,000
9	Muppet Treasure Island	8,000,000	[97]	Space Jam	8,500,000
10	All Dogs Go to Heaven 2	6,000,000	[97]	George of the Jungle	7,200,000

2006

Rank[99]	Title	Sales	Revenue
1	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	14,476,924	$274,307,204
2	Cars	13,198,050	$208,489,867
3	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	11,541,429	$332,737,406
4	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	10,506,129	$207,907,139
5	Wedding Crashers	8,426,280	$138,091,895
6	King Kong	7,593,120	$140,091,801
7	Over the Hedge	7,571,037	$120,893,405
8	Ice Age: The Meltdown	7,323,372	$119,646,977
9	Walk the Line	7,099,384	$120,356,749
10	The Little Mermaid	6,873,207	$105,855,230

2007

Rank[100]	Title	Sales	Revenue
1	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	13,699,490	$279,046,391
2	Transformers	13,251,378	$251,422,293
3	Happy Feet	12,225,634	$196,875,349
4	300	12,110,490	$243,204,618
5	Ratatouille	11,233,232	$169,016,024
6	Shrek the Third	10,889,584	$162,691,569
7	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	9,905,305	$200,157,478
8	Night at the Museum	8,585,495	$145,161,282
9	The Brave One	7,458,254	$138,809,474
10	Spider-Man 3	6,845,349	$114,754,483

2008

Rank[101]	Title	Sales	Revenue
1	The Dark Knight	10,944,319	$191,678,575
2	Iron Man	8,400,343	$151,418,634
3	Alvin and the Chipmunks	7,559,643	$127,641,260
4	Kung Fu Panda	7,486,642	$115,040,292
5	WALL-E	7,413,548	$117,131,222
6	I Am Legend	7,043,136	$126,160,041
7	National Treasure: Book of Secrets	5,863,257	$92,955,147
8	Enchanted	5,322,631	$86,315,101
9	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	5,314,370	$103,340,817
10	Bee Movie	4,712,821	$75,473,010

2009

Rank[102]	Title	Sales	Revenue
1	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	11,154,737	$251,247,838
2	Twilight	10,405,491	$198,416,222
3	Up	10,160,995	$199,248,148
4	Star Trek	8,717,856	$142,561,921
5	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	8,547,218	$118,628,758
6	The Hangover	8,068,523	$148,835,183
7	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	7,789,128	$107,713,190
8	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	5,646,233	$101,074,698
9	Monsters vs. Aliens	5,430,970	$99,548,530
10	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	5,229,856	$90,338,613

2010

Rank[103]	Title	Sales	Revenue
1	Avatar	15,984,303	$308,421,543
2	Toy Story 3	10,967,197	$209,605,460
3	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	8,564,722	$186,703,432
4	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	8,209,155	$154,745,017
5	The Blind Side	7,925,127	$113,533,863
6	Iron Man 2	6,931,591	$157,661,923
7	Despicable Me	6,675,913	$127,226,540
8	How to Train Your Dragon	6,255,514	$136,006,186
9	Alice in Wonderland	5,229,486	$101,783,950
10	Inception	5,204,776	$104,473,794

2011

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

2012

Rank[105]	Title	Sales	Revenue
1	The Hunger Games	10,260,319	$180,306,529
2	The Avengers	9,380,157	$190,683,937
3	Brave	8,031,037	$145,230,978
4	The Dark Knight Rises	7,681,848	$124,340,808
5	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1	7,025,392	$132,531,680
6	The Lorax	6,386,831	$107,251,718
7	Ted	5,327,684	$101,882,232
8	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows	5,090,104	$77,689,629
9	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	3,965,694	$65,665,489
10	Puss in Boots	3,635,289	$65,695,382

2013

Rank[106]	Title	Sales	Revenue
1	Despicable Me 2	9,256,658	$170,985,093
2	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2	6,330,303	$95,048,591
3	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	6,243,460	$98,989,683
4	Monsters University	5,492,411	$111,012,114
5	Skyfall	5,158,688	$95,600,230
6	Fast & Furious 6	5,067,428	$103,474,129
7	Wreck-It Ralph	4,775,100	$112,300,386
8	Man of Steel	4,548,095	$90,507,424
9	Hotel Transylvania	3,828,329	$77,045,672
10	Taken 2	3,589,443	$61,043,038

2014

Rank[107]	Title	Sales	Revenue
1	Frozen	18,146,499	$335,295,426
2	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	6,223,060	$110,892,615
3	Guardians of the Galaxy	5,300,895	$95,542,781
4	The Lego Movie	4,864,495	$105,187,209
5	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	4,666,637	$95,121,267
6	How to Train Your Dragon 2	3,661,804	$62,111,911
7	Maleficent	3,652,429	$66,967,622
8	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	3,644,860	$79,849,311
9	Transformers: Age of Extinction	3,587,127	$57,979,925
10	Thor: The Dark World	3,424,818	$63,725,360

2015

Rank[108]	Title	Sales	Revenue
1	Jurassic World	5,830,947	$116,230,988
2	Inside Out	5,281,960	$95,451,757
3	Minions	5,241,405	$94,062,288
4	Big Hero 6	5,058,550	$96,750,237
5	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1	4,533,392	$73,036,788
6	American Sniper	4,299,577	$73,823,666
7	Furious 7	4,188,485	$66,411,157
8	Avengers: Age of Ultron	3,671,021	$68,150,184
9	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	3,394,509	$70,269,361
10	Home	3,369,212	$59,815,243

2016

Rank[109]	Title	Sales	Revenue
1	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	7,433,275	$174,271,258
2	Finding Dory	5,479,887	$91,542,276
3	Zootopia	4,783,887	$96,827,503
4	Deadpool	4,756,364	$84,593,757
5	Captain America: Civil War	3,903,614	$73,300,722
6	The Secret Life of Pets	3,564,882	$78,158,675
7	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	3,548,159	$73,864,026
8	The Good Dinosaur	3,065,028	$58,193,536
9	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2	2,831,212	$49,456,053
10	Suicide Squad	2,501,924	$63,717,229

2017

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

2018

Rank[111]	Title	Sales	Revenue
1	Black Panther	4,491,947	$91,442,758
2	The Greatest Showman	4,382,399	$66,902,034
3	Star Wars: The Last Jedi	4,056,387	$87,221,669
4	Coco	3,773,022	$72,832,051
5	Avengers: Infinity War	3,741,298	$112,828,246
6	Incredibles 2	3,370,994	$66,651,533
7	Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle	3,350,043	$65,038,272
8	Deadpool 2	3,345,571	$58,730,229
9	Thor: Ragnarok	3,216,969	$67,412,970
10	Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom	3,035,911	$59,335,071

2019

Rank[112]	Title	Sales	Revenue
1	Avengers: Endgame	4,806,816	$104,154,360
2	Captain Marvel	4,901,758	$66,146,654
3	Aquaman	4,214,687	$61,119,252
4	Bohemian Rhapsody	3,088,534	$59,105,423
5	Toy Story 4	2,820,074	$53,605,464
6	Spider-Man: Far From Home	2,652,007	$50,840,371
7	Shazam!	2,593,510	$40,600,377
8	Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse	2,535,116	$45,683,480
9	The Lion King	2,524,396	$48,516,017
10	John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum	2,401,206	$41,580,101

2020

Rank[113]	Title	Sales	Revenue
1	Frozen II	3,739,473	$80,123,767
2	Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker	2,691,715	$66,690,252
3	Joker	2,511,092	$52,246,944
4	Jumanji: The Next Level	2,421,044	$48,420,597
5	Trolls: World Tour	2,152,432	$48,760,415
6	Sonic The Hedgehog	1,950,402	$41,585,643
7	1917	1,933,433	$41,635,374
8	Midway	1,632,035	$29,269,879
9	Scoob!	1,549,248	$26,093,819
10	Harry Potter: The Complete Collection Years 1-7	1,538,582	$65,166,550

2021

Rank[114]	Title	Sales	Revenue
1	Wonder Woman 1984	1,647,462	$38,742,601
2	The Croods: A New Age	1,370,601	$28,668,190
3	Godzilla vs. Kong	1,239,621	$34,572,483
4	F9: The Fast Saga	1,231,883	$28,917,323
5	Raya and the Last Dragon	1,000,001	$22,827,081
6	Black Widow	875,874	$21,548,641
7	Venom: Let There Be Carnage	851,538	$23,987,825
8	Harry Potter: The Complete Collection Years 1-7	829,825	$35,370,498
9	Free Guy	632,279	$16,965,010
10	Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch	582,238	$9,368,257

2022

Rank[115]	Title	Sales	Revenue
1	Spider-Man: No Way Home	1,784,402	$39,838,285
2	Jurassic World Dominion	940,314	$22,646,906
3	Dune	869,877	$16,225,642
4	Ghostbusters: Afterlife	866,344	$17,189,538
5	Encanto	782,595	$10,768,849
6	Sing 2	765,979	$10,002,325
7	No Time to Die	762,967	$18,843,270
8	The Batman	621,599	$11,368,311
9	Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore	601,483	$13,971,276
10	Top Gun	585,119	$7,819,248

Best-selling film series (VHS)

Series	VHS debut	Sales	Revenue (est.)
Aladdin	October 1, 1993	55,300,000[10][50][17]	$1,230,000,000[13][51][58]
The Lion King	March 3, 1995	47,000,000[1][53]	$820,000,000[4][54]
The Land Before Time	September 14, 1989	45,000,000[53]	$1,000,000,000[116]
Toy Story	October 29, 1996	36,100,000[17][1]	$580,000,000[17][1]
Star Wars Trilogy	September 1, 1982	35,000,000[117]	$873,000,000[118]

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[topvhs-1] "Charts - TOP VENTES VHS". JP's Box-Office. Archived from the original on November 24, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2018.

[topdvd-2] "Charts - TOP VENTES DVD". JP's Box-Office. Archived from the original on November 25, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2018.

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[bloomberg-lion-4] Grover, Ronald (February 16, 1998). "The Entertainment Glut". Bloomberg Businessweek. Bloomberg L.P. Archived from the original on October 12, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2017.

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[snow-dvd-8] "Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (1938)". JP's Box-Office. Archived from the original on November 28, 2018. Retrieved November 26, 2018.

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[14] "Aiken". Billboard. Vol. 116, no. 29. Nielsen Business Media. July 17, 2004. p. 60.

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[jurassic-dvd-28] "Jurassic Park (1993)". JP's Box-Office. Archived from the original on November 28, 2018. Retrieved November 26, 2018.

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[Vid_Store_Hedge_1st-Quarter_Buying-30] "Vid Store Hedge 1st-Quarter Buying". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 8. Nielsen Business Media. February 25, 1995. p. 10.

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