Disaster
1979-Present
Rank | Title (click to view) | Studio | Lifetime Gross / Theaters | Opening / Theaters | Date | 1 |
Titanic |
Par. |
$600,788,188 |
3,265 |
$28,638,131 |
2,674 |
12/19/97 |
2 |
Independence Day |
Fox |
$306,169,268 |
2,977 |
$50,228,264 |
2,882 |
7/3/96 |
3 |
Twister |
WB |
$241,721,524 |
2,808 |
$41,059,405 |
2,414 |
5/10/96 |
4 |
War of the Worlds |
Par. |
$234,280,354 |
3,910 |
$64,878,725 |
3,908 |
6/29/05 |
5 |
Armageddon |
BV |
$201,578,182 |
3,184 |
$36,089,972 |
3,127 |
7/1/98 |
6 |
The Day After Tomorrow |
Fox |
$186,740,799 |
3,444 |
$68,743,584 |
3,425 |
5/28/04 |
7 |
The Perfect Storm |
WB |
$182,618,434 |
3,407 |
$41,325,042 |
3,407 |
6/30/00 |
8 |
Apollo 13 |
Uni. |
$173,837,933 |
2,347 |
$25,353,380 |
2,197 |
6/30/95 |
9 |
2012 |
Sony |
$166,112,167 |
3,444 |
$65,237,614 |
3,404 |
11/13/09 |
10 |
Deep Impact |
Par. |
$140,464,664 |
3,280 |
$41,152,375 |
3,156 |
5/8/98 |
11 |
Godzilla |
Sony |
$136,314,294 |
3,310 |
$44,047,541 |
3,310 |
5/20/98 |
12 |
Knowing |
Sum. |
$79,957,634 |
3,337 |
$24,604,751 |
3,332 |
3/20/09 |
13 |
Vertical Limit |
Sony |
$69,243,859 |
2,602 |
$15,507,845 |
2,307 |
12/8/00 |
14 |
Dante's Peak |
Uni. |
$67,127,760 |
2,761 |
$18,479,435 |
2,657 |
2/7/97 |
15 |
Poseidon |
WB |
$60,674,817 |
3,555 |
$22,155,410 |
3,555 |
5/12/06 |
16 |
Volcano |
Fox |
$49,323,468 |
2,777 |
$14,581,740 |
2,774 |
4/25/97 |
17 |
Alive |
BV |
$36,733,909 |
1,337 |
$8,624,292 |
1,132 |
1/15/93 |
18 |
Daylight |
Uni. |
$33,023,469 |
2,189 |
$10,015,875 |
2,175 |
12/6/96 |
19 |
The Core |
Par. |
$31,186,896 |
3,019 |
$12,053,131 |
3,017 |
3/28/03 |
20 |
Flight of the Phoenix |
Fox |
$21,009,180 |
2,604 |
$5,019,430 |
2,604 |
12/17/04 |
21 |
Hard Rain |
Par. |
$19,870,567 |
2,132 |
$8,009,024 |
2,107 |
1/16/98 |
22 |
The Concorde: Airport '79 |
Uni. |
$13,015,688 |
- |
n/a |
- |
8/3/79 |
23 |
White Squall |
BV |
$10,292,300 |
1,524 |
$3,908,514 |
1,524 |
2/2/96 |
24 |
Meteor |
AIP |
$8,400,000 |
575 |
$2,250,000 |
575 |
10/19/79 |
25 |
Firestorm |
Fox |
$8,165,212 |
2,057 |
$3,849,308 |
2,037 |
1/9/98 |
26 |
When Time Ran Out |
WB |
$3,763,988 |
677 |
$1,400,994 |
677 |
3/28/80 |
27 |
The Trigger Effect |
Gram. |
$3,622,979 |
524 |
$1,887,791 |
524 |
8/30/96 |
28 |
Testament |
Par. |
$2,044,892 |
41 |
$317,996 |
41 |
11/4/83 |
29 |
City on Fire |
AVCO |
$784,181 |
- |
n/a |
- |
9/14/79 |
- |
The Cassandra Crossing |
AVCO |
n/a |
- |
n/a |
- |
2/9/77 |
- |
The Hindenburg |
Uni. |
n/a |
- |
n/a |
- |
12/25/75 |
TOTAL (All Movies): | $3,088,866,606 | - | - | - | - | AVERAGE (All Movies): | $106,512,642 | 2,313 | $22,738,606 | 2,405 | - | TOTAL (Wide Releases Only): | $3,060,998,866 | - | - | - | - | AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only): | $127,541,619 | 2,748 | $27,290,158 | 2,658 | - |
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