# List of highest-grossing films in Spain

This list charts the most successful films at cinemas in Spain by box office sales, in euros and admissions. It also lists the most popular Spanish productions.

## Highest-grossing films

The following are the highest-grossing films in Spain.
| Rank | Title | Year | Gross (€m) |
| 1 | Avatar | 2009 | 79.4 |
| 2 | Spanish Affair | 2014 | 56.2 |
| 3 | Avatar: The Way of Water | 2022 | 51.0 |
| 4 | Inside Out 2 | 2024 | 45.5 |
| 5 | Titanic | 1998 | 42.7 |
| 6 | The Impossible | 2012 | 42.4 |
| 7 | The Lion King | 2019 | 37.2 |
| 8 | Spanish Affair 2 | 2015 | 36.1 |
| 9 | Barbie | 2023 | 33.7 |
| 10 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 2003 | 33.6 |

### Highest-grossing Spanish films

The ten highest-grossing Spanish films of all time by domestic box office gross revenue are listed as follows:
Highest-grossing Spanish films of all time in Spain :
| Rank | Title | Year | Domestic gross(million €) |
| 1 | Spanish Affair | 2014 | 56.2 |
| 2 | The Impossible | 2012 | 42.4 |
| 3 | Spanish Affair 2 | 2015 | 36.1 |
| 4 | The Others | 2001 | 27.3 |
| 5 | A Monster Calls | 2016 | 26.5 |
| 6 | The Orphanage | 2007 | 25.1 |
| 7 | Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure | 2003 | 22.8 |
| 8 | Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella | 2001 | 22.1 |
| 9 | Agora | 2009 | 21.4 |
| 10 | Perfect Strangers | 2017 | 21.3 |

### Highest-grossing Spanish films worldwide

The highest-grossing Spanish films of all time by worldwide box office gross revenue are listed as follows:
Highest-grossing Spanish films of all time worldwide :
| Rank | Title | Year | Language | Director | Gross(million $) |
| 1 | Fast & Furious 6 | 2013 | English | Justin Lin | 788.7 |
| 2 | The Others | 2001 | English | Alejandro Amenábar | 209.9 |
| 3 | The Impossible | 2012 | English/Spanish | J. A. Bayona | 198.1 |
| 4 | Midnight in Paris | 2006 | English | Woody Allen | 151.7 |
| 5 | Mama | 2013 | English | Andy Muschietti | 146.4 |
| 6 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | 2006 | English | Tom Tykwer | 135.0 |
| 7 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | 2008 | English/Spanish | Woody Allen | 96.4 |
| 8 | Volver | 2006 | Spanish | Pedro Almodóvar | 85.6 |
| 9 | Spanish Affair | 2014 | Spanish | Emilio Martínez-Lázaro | 78.7 |
| 10 | The Orphanage | 2007 | Spanish | J. A. Bayona | 78.6 |

## Progression of highest-grossing film

Below is the list of films that were listed in the annual yearbooks as having the highest gross since 1965. The gross reported is that by the end of the year the record was subsequently broken. The film may have continued to gross more in later years. Variety reported a gross of 577.6 million Pesetas ($3.4 million) for Gone With the Wind in 1986. The official gross since 1965 at that date was 455.9 million Pesetas, which suggests a gross of 121.7 million Pesetas prior to 1965.
| Title | Year of record | Gross (₧) |
| Doctor Zhivago | 1966 | 203,645,611 |
| The Godfather | 1974 | 223,416,080 |
| The Towering Inferno | 1975 | 280,996,150 |
| Jaws | 1976 | 436,893,775 |
| Star Wars | 1978 | 542,047,776 |
| Superman | 1979 | 696,935,714 |
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1983 | 1,810,278,534 |
| Basic Instinct | 1992 | 2,203,132,927 |
| Jurassic Park | 1993 | 2,922,217,164 |
| The Lion King | 1995 | 3,087,503,868 |
| Titanic | 1998 | 6,332,537,226 |
| Title | Year of record | Gross (€) | Ref |
| Avatar | 2010 | 74,528,952 | |
| Avatar (including Avatar: Special Edition) | 2010 | 76,982,912 | |

### Progression of highest-grossing Spanish film

| Title | Year of record | Gross (₧) |
| La ciudad no es para mí | 1966 | 71,096,671 |
| La Residencia | 1971 | 83,026,348 |
| No desearás al vecino del quinto | 1971 | 118,374,888 |
| Furtivos | 1975 | 251,594,053 |
| La guerra de papá | 1978 | 356,531,484 |
| El crimen de Cuenca | 1982 | 458,147,877 |
| Los santos inocentes | 1984 | 523,745,360 |
| La vaquilla | 1987 | 526,322,389 |
| Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | 1988 | 1,164,784,419 |
| Airbag | 1998 | 1,198,425,511 |
| Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law | 1998 | 1,811,710,690 |
| Title | Year of record | Gross (€) |
| Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella | 2001 | 22,050,842 |
| The Others | 2001 | 27,254,163 |
| The Impossible | 2012 | 42,408,164 |
| Spanish Affair | 2014 | 55,379,948 |

## Most admissions

The following are the films with the most cinema admissions in Spain since 1965 as at the end of 2023.
| Rank | Title | Year | Admissions |
| 1 | Titanic | 1998 | 11,417,167 |
| 2 | Avatar | 2009 | 9,489,978 |
| 3 | Spanish Affair | 2014 | 9,397,647 |
| 4 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1982 | 7,728,164 |
| 5 | Doctor Zhivago | 1966 | 7,258,351 |
| 6 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | 2001 | 7,153,941 |
| 7 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 2003 | 6,929,263 |
| 8 | Star Wars | 1977/1997 | 6,901,869 |
| 9 | The Sixth Sense | 1999 | 6,762,590 |
| 10 | Avatar: The Way of the Water | 2022 | 6,737,482 |

### Most admissions for Spanish productions

The following are the Spanish films with the most cinema admissions in Spain since 1965 as at the end of 2023.
| Rank | Title | Year | Admissions |
| 1 | Spanish Affair | 2014 | 9,397,647 |
| 2 | The Others | 2001 | 6,410,785 |
| 3 | The Impossible | 2012 | 6,129,976 |
| 4 | Spanish Affair 2 | 2015 | 5,693,198 |
| 5 | For A Few Dollars More | 1966 | 5,521,025 |
| 6 | Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella | 2001 | 5,321,969 |
| 7 | Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure | 2003 | 4,985,983 |
| 8 | A Monster Calls | 2016 | 4,613,696 |
| 9 | The Orphanage | 2007 | 4,420,987 |
| 10 | No desearás al vecino del quinto | 1970 | 4,371,624 |

## Progression of most admissions

Below is the list of films that were listed in the annual yearbooks as having the most admissions since 1965. The admissions reported below are those by the end of the year the record was set. The film may have had further admissions in future years. Until 1981, Peliculas varias (English: Various movies) was listed as the film with the most admissions with over 7 million. It was again listed at the top in 1990. The first yearbook with this data was 1975 which listed El Padrecito as second after Peliculas varias however, in the 1976 yearbook, Doctor Zhivago, which was missing from the 1975 list, was listed above El Padrecito and its admissions for 1976 suggest that it had more admissions as at the end of 1975.
| Title | Year of record | Admissions |
| Doctor Zhivago | 1975 | 6,070,003 |
| El Padrecito | 1980 | 6,181,018 |
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1983 | 6,875,209 |
| Titanic | 1998 | 10,653,520 |

### Progression of most admissions for Spanish films

| Title | Year of record | Admissions |
| La ciudad no es para mí | 1966 | 4,280,409 |
| For a Few Dollars More | 1978 | 4,422,378 |
| The Others | 2001 | 6,242,330 |
| Spanish Affair | 2014 | 9,346,292 |

## Most popular film by year

This lists the highest-grossing films in Spain per year based on their gross for the calendar year as per the data published annually by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. The highest-grossing Spanish productions are listed separately.
| Year | Title (all productions) | Gross (₧ million) | Title (Spanish productions) | Gross (₧ million) |
| 1968 | The Professionals | 42.5 | No somos de piedra | 35.7 |
| 1969 | Helga | 83.5 | They Came to Rob Las Vegas | 36.7 |
| 1970 | La Residencia | 65.9 | La Residencia | 65.9 |
| 1971 | Airport | 84.4 | No desearás al vecino del quinto | 80.9 |
| 1972 | Fiddler on the Roof | 105.1 | Adiós, cigüeña, adiós | 52.0 |
| 1973 | Cabaret | 125.8 | Experiencia prematrimonial | 66.3 |
| 1974 | The Sting | 148.5 | Tormento | 75.0 |
| 1975 | The Towering Inferno | 248.9 | Furtivos | 130.0 |
| 1976 | A Clockwork Orange | 288.1 | La trastienda | 156.6 |
| 1977 | Rocky | 252.5 | Asignatura pendiente | 193.0 |
| 1978 | Emmanuelle | 361.8 | La guerra de papá | 151.1 |
| 1979 | Superman | 655.3 | Los bingueros | 105.0 |
| 1980 | Kramer vs. Kramer | 410.6 | ...y al tercer año, resucitó | 174.1 |
| 1981 | El crimen de Cuenca | 367.7 | El crimen de Cuenca | 367.7 |
| 1982 | On Golden Pond | 332.6 | La colmena | 236.4 |
| 1983 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1,388.6 | El pico | 156.2 |
| 1984 | Gremlins | 705.3 | Los santos inocentes | 466.6 |
| 1985 | Rambo: First Blood Part II | 820.6 | La vaquilla | 505.1 |
| 1986 | Out of Africa | 872.1 | Sé infiel y no mires con quién | 221.1 |
| 1987 | Platoon | 678.2 | El Lute: camina o revienta | 354.7 |
| 1988 | The Last Emperor | 885.1 | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | 644.7 |
| 1989 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | 1,458.8 | Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown | 330.1 |
| 1990 | Pretty Woman | 1,209.7 | Aquí huele a muerto | 482.7 |
| 1991 | Dances with Wolves | 1,324.1 | High Heels | 729.9 |
| 1992 | Basic Instinct | 2,161.5 | 1492: Conquest of Paradise | 429.4 |
| 1993 | Jurassic Park | 2,578.5 | Belle Époque | 626.0 |
| 1994 | The Lion King | 1,970.2 | Todos los hombres sois iguales | 410.8 |
| 1995 | Pocahontas | 1,298.6 | Two Much | 764.1 |
| 1996 | Independence Day | 1,816.3 | Two Much | 369.0 |
| 1997 | The Lost World: Jurassic Park | 1,860.3 | Airbag | 1,152.3 |
| 1998 | Titanic | 6,215.3 | Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law | 1,706.2 |
| 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | 3,796.4 | All About My Mother | 1,220.7 |
| 2000 | The Sixth Sense | 4,406.0 | La comunidad | 969.4 |
| Year | Title (all productions) | Gross (€ million) | Title (Spanish productions) | Gross (€ million) |
| 2001 | The Others | 26.6 | The Others | 26.6 |
| 2002 | Spider-Man | 22.6 | El otro lado de la cama | 12.2 |
| 2003 | Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure | 22.8 | Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure | 22.8 |
| 2004 | Shrek 2 | 28.8 | The Sea Inside | 19.4 |
| 2005 | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | 18.8 | Torrente 3: el protector | 18.2 |
| 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest | 27.9 | Alatriste | 16.5 |
| 2007 | The Orphanage | 24.3 | The Orphanage | 24.3 |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | 20.9 | The Oxford Murders | 8.2 |
| 2009 | Up | 24.6 | Agora | 20.4 |
| 2010 | Avatar | 50.4 | Tres metros sobre el cielo | 8.5 |
| 2011 | Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis | 19.3 | Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis | 19.3 |
| 2012 | The Impossible | 41.0 | The Impossible | 41.0 |
| 2013 | The Croods | 13.8 | Fast & Furious 6 | 9.4 |
| 2014 | Spanish Affair | 55.2 | Spanish Affair | 55.2 |
| 2015 | Spanish Affair 2 | 31.5 | Spanish Affair 2 | 31.5 |
| 2016 | A Monster Calls | 26.0 | A Monster Calls | 26.0 |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | 22.0 | Tadeo Jones 2: El secreto del Rey Midas | 17.6 |
| 2018 | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | 23.8 | Campeones | 18.8 |
| 2019 | The Lion King | 34.4 | Father There Is Only One | 13.6 |
| 2020 | Father There Is Only One 2 | 10.6 | Father There Is Only One 2 | 10.6 |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | 18.4 | ¡A todo tren! Destino Asturias | 8.1 |
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water | 24.4 | Father There Is Only One 3 | 14.0 |
| 2023 | Barbie | 33.7 | Campeonex | 11.9 |
| 2024 | Inside Out 2 | 45.5 | Father There Is Only One 4 | 13.4 |
| 2025 | Mufasa: The Lion King | 11.5 | Mikaela | 1.4 |