The following is a list of highest-grossing musical films of all time, the highest-grossing musical film franchises, the biggest opening weekends for musical films, and the highest admissions at the box office.
Highest-grossing musical films Note that the following gross figures are nominal, not adjusted for inflation, and do not take into account rising ticket prices, or differences in ticket prices between different countries. When adjusted for inflation, the highest-grossing musical films are The Sound of Music, with an inflation-adjusted worldwide gross of $; followed by Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, with an inflation-adjusted worldwide gross of $ (both as of 2019). The top five films are among the highest-grossing films of all time.
Rank Film Year Gross Format Type 1 The Lion King 2019 $1,656,943,394 Animated Remake 2 Frozen 2 2019 $1,450,026,933 Animated Original 3 Frozen 2013 $1,290,000,000 Animated Original Frozen
Total as of August 3, 2014: $247,650,477 Total as of August 31, 2014: $249,036,646
Total as of July 27, 2014: $21,668,593 Total as of November 2, 2014: $22,492,845
Total as of August 17, 2014: $167,333
Total as of June 8, 2014: £39,090,985 Total as of November 30, 2014: £40,960,083 ($1 = £0.63866) Total as of December 7, 2014: £41,087,765 ($1 = £0.64136) Total as of December 14, 2014: £41,170,608 ($1 = £0.636) Total as of November 26, 2017: £42,840,559 ($1 = £0.7497) Total as of December 3, 2017: £42,976,318 ($1 = £0.742)
Total as of March 30, 2014: €35,098,170 Total as of October 18, 2015: €42,526,744 nb. the exact euro to dollar conversion rate is unknown for earnings since April 2014, but the euro never fell below parity with the dollar during 2014 and 2015 (as can be verified by comparing the exchange rate on the individual date entries at the provided reference) so an approximate conversion rate of €1:$1 is used here to give a lower-bound. 4 Beauty and the Beast 2017 $1,264,435,322 Live-action Remake 5 Moana 2 2024 $1,059,242,164 Animated Original 6 Aladdin 2019 $1,050,693,953 Live-action Remake 7 Michael † 2026 $1,028,703,388 Live-action Music biopic 8 The Lion King 1994 Animated Original 9 The Jungle Book 2016 $966,550,600 Live-action Remake 10 Bohemian Rhapsody 2018 $910,813,521 Live-action Music biopic 11 Wicked 2024 $758,753,853 Live-action Adaptation of stage musical 12 Mufasa: The Lion King 2024 $722,631,756 Animated Original 13 Moana 2016 $643,331,111 Animated Original 14 Sing 2016 $634,151,679 Animated Jukebox musical 15 Wonka 2023 $625,420,096 Live-action Original 16 Mamma Mia! 2008 $609,881,238 Live-action Jukebox musical 17 Tangled 2010 $591,794,936 Animated Original 18 The Little Mermaid 2023 $569,626,289 Live-action Remake 19 Wicked: For Good 2025 $540,807,925 Live-action Adaptation of stage musical 20 Aladdin 1992 $504,050,219 Animated Original 21 Rio 2 2014 $500,101,972 Animated Original 22 Rio 2011 $484,635,760 Animated Original 23 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005 $474,968,763 Live-action Original 24 La La Land 2016 $471,990,783 Live-action Original 25 Tarzan 1999 $448,191,819 Animated Original 26 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel 2009 $443,140,005 Live-action Jukebox musical 27 Les Misérables 2012 $441,809,770 Live-action Adaptation of stage musical 28 The Greatest Showman 2017 $434,993,183 Live-action Original 29 A Star Is Born 2018 $434,888,866 Live-action Original 30 Beauty and the Beast 1991 $424,967,620 Animated Original 31 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 $418,229,510 Animated Original Box-office (Online copy at Google Books) 32 Sing 2 2021 $401,454,720 Animated Jukebox musical https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt6467266/ Box Office Mojo, IMDb | Sing 2 = Revenue 33 Grease 1978 $396,169,103 Live-action Adaptation of stage musical 34 Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! 2018 $394,745,881 Live-action Jukebox musical 35 Happy Feet 2006 $384,335,608 Animated Jukebox musical 36 The Jungle Book 1967 $378,000,000 Animated Original 37 Sinners 2025 $368,489,632 Live-action Original 38 Alvin and the Chipmunks 2007 $361,336,633 Live-action Jukebox musical 39 The Lorax 2012 $349,304,366 Animated Original 40 Trolls 2016 $347,337,803 Animated Jukebox musical 41 Pocahontas 1995 $346,079,773 Animated Original 42 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked 2011 $342,695,435 Live-action Jukebox musical 43 Enchanted 2007 $340,487,862 Live-action Original 44 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1996 $325,338,851 Animated Original 45 Moana † 2026 $323,645,663 Live-action Remake 46 The Polar Express 2004 $318,226,393 Animated Original 47 Chicago 2002 $306,776,732 Live-action Adaptation of stage musical 48 Mulan 1998 $304,320,254 Animated Original 49 Pitch Perfect 2 2015 $287,144,079 Live-action Jukebox musical 50 The Sound of Music 1965 $286,214,286 Live-action Adaptation of stage musical
Original musical films Rank Film Year Gross Format 1 Frozen II 2019 $1,450,026,933Animated 2 Frozen 2013 $1,290,000,000Animated 3 Moana 22024$1,059,242,164Animated 4 The Lion King 1994 $968,483,777Animated 5 Mufasa: The Lion King2024$722,631,756Animated 6 Moana 2016 $643,331,111 Animated 7 Wonka2023$625,420,096Live-action 8 Tangled 2010 $591,794,936 Animated 9 Aladdin 1992 $504,050,219Animated 10 Rio 2 2014 $500,101,972Animated 11 Rio 2011 $484,635,760Animated 12 Tarzan 1999 $448,191,819Animated 13 La La Land 2016 $446,092,357Live-action 14 The Greatest Showman 2017 $434,993,183Live-action 15 Beauty and the Beast 1991 $424,967,620Animated 16 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 $418,229,510Animated 17 Grease 1978 $396,169,103Live-action 18 The Jungle Book 1967 $378,000,000Animated 19 Sinners2025$368,489,632Live-action 20 Mary Poppins Returns 2018 $349,537,494Live-action 21 The Lorax 2012 $348,840,316Animated 22 Pocahontas 1995 $346,079,773Animated 23 Enchanted 2007 $340,487,652Live-action 24 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1996 $325,338,851Animated 25 The Polar Express 2004 $314,215,454Animated
Jukebox musical films
Rank Film Year GrossFormat Source 1 The Lion King 2019 $1,656,943,394 Animated Uses songs from the original film 2 Beauty and the Beast 2017 $1,263,521,126 Live-action Use songs from the original film 3 Aladdin 2019 $1,050,693,953 Live-action Uses songs from the original film 4 Michael † 2026 $1,028,703,388 Live-action Songs by Michael Jackson 5 The Jungle Book 2016 $966,550,600 Live-action Use songs from the original film 6 Bohemian Rhapsody 2018 $903,655,259Live-action Featuring songs by Queen 7 Wicked2024$758,753,853Live-actionAdaptation of stage musical 8 Sing 2016 $634,151,679 Animated Pop songs 9 Mamma Mia! 2008 $609,881,238Live-action Songs from the original musical 10 The Little Mermaid2023 $569,626,289Live-action Use songs from the original film 11 Wicked: For Good 2025 $540,334,371Live-action Adaptation of stage musical 12 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005 $474,968,763Live-action Uses songs from the original film 13 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel 2009 $443,140,005Live-action Pop songs 14 Les Misérables 2012 $441,809,770Live-action Songs from the original musical 15 Sing 2 2021 $401,454,720Animated Pop songs 16 Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! 2018 $394,745,881Live-action Featuring songs by ABBA 17 Happy Feet 2006 $384,335,608Animated Pop songs 18 Alvin and the Chipmunks 2007 $361,336,633Live-actionPop songs 19 Trolls 2016 $346,864,462AnimatedPop songs 20 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked 2011 $342,695,435Live-actionPop songs 21 Chicago 2002 $306,776,732Live-action Songs from the original musical 22 Pitch Perfect 2 2015 $287,506,194Live-action Pop songs 23 The Sound of Music1965$286,214,286Live-actionAdaptation of stage musical
Box office ticket sales
The following table lists known estimated box-office ticket sales for various high-grossing musical films that have sold at least 75million tickets worldwide.
Note that some of the data are incomplete due to a lack of available admissions data from a number of countries. Therefore, it is not an exhaustive list of all the highest-grossing musical films by ticket sales, so no rankings are given.
Film Year Known ticket sales () Format Type Legend of the White Snake (Bai she zhuan)1980700,000,000Live-actionAdaptation1980500,000,000Live-actionAdaptation Caravan 1971 319,000,000 Live-action Original The Sound of Music 1965 283,300,000 Live-action Original The Jungle Book 1967 264,936,054 Animated Original Sholay 1975 250,000,000 Live-action Original The Lion King 2019 Animated Remake Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 Animated Original Awaara (The Vagabond) 1951 217,000,000 Live-action Original The Jungle Book 2016 193,700,000 Live-action Remake Fantasia 1940 182,128,748 Animated Jukebox musical Bohemian Rhapsody 2018 176,500,000 Live-action Jukebox musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 170,000,000 Live-action Original Aladdin 2019 161,600,000 Live-action Remake Mother India 1957 150,000,000 Live-action Original Mughal-e-Azam (The Great Mughal) 1960 150,000,000 Live-action Original Baahubali 2: The Conclusion 2017 150,000,000 Live-action Original The Lion King 1994 140,108,836 Animated Original Disco Dancer 1982 135,000,000 Live-action Original Frozen 2013 133,013,967 Animated Original Beauty and the Beast 2017 123,766,498 Live-action Remake Grease 1978 117,075,584 Live-actionJukebox musical Bobby 1973 116,400,000 Live-action Original Mary Poppins 1964 105,507,268 Live-action Original Muqaddar Ka Sikandar 1978 91,800,000 Live-action Original Aladdin 1992 90,290,784 Animated Original Michael †202685,200,000Live-actionJukebox musical Cinderella 1950 84,458,172 Animated Original Ganga Jamna 1961 84,100,000 Live-action Original Pinocchio 1940 83,739,255 Animated Original Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again201876,600,000Live-actionJukebox musical Kidnapping, Caucasian Style196776,540,000 Live-action Original
Original Film Year Known ticket sales () Format Caravan 1971 319,000,000 Live-action The Sound of Music 1965 283,300,000 Live-action The Jungle Book 1967 264,936,054 Animated Sholay 1975 250,000,000 Live-action Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 1937 Animated Awaara (The Vagabond) 1951 217,000,000 Live-action Fantasia 1940 182,128,748 Animated Mother India 1957 150,000,000 Live-action Mughal-e-Azam (The Great Mughal) 1960 150,000,000 Live-action Baahubali 2: The Conclusion 2017 150,000,000 Live-action The Lion King 1994 140,108,836 Animated Disco Dancer 1982 135,000,000 Live-action Frozen 2013 133,013,967 Animated Bobby 1973 116,400,000 Live-action Mary Poppins 1964 105,507,268 Live-action Muqaddar Ka Sikandar 1978 91,800,000 Live-action Aladdin 1992 90,290,784 Animated Cinderella 1950 84,458,172 Animated Ganga Jamna 1961 84,100,000 Live-action Pinocchio 1940 83,739,255 Animated Kidnapping, Caucasian Style196776,540,000 Live-action
Jukebox Film Year Ticket sales () Format Source Legend of the White Snake (Bai she zhuan)1980700,000,000Live-actionAdaptation of Chinese opera1980500,000,000Live-actionAdaptation of Chinese opera The Lion King 2019 Animated Uses songs from the original film The Jungle Book 2016 193,700,000 Live-action Uses songs from the original film Bohemian Rhapsody 2018 176,500,000 Live-action Featuring songs by Queen Aladdin 2019 161,600,000 Live-action Use songs from the original film Beauty and the Beast 2017 123,766,498 Live-action Uses songs from the original film Grease 1978 117,075,584 Live-action Based on musical Michael † 2026 85,200,000 Live-action Songs by Michael Jackson Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again201876,600,000Live-actionFeaturing songs by ABBA
Biggest opening weekends The following is a list of the biggest opening weekends for musical films worldwide.