List of highest-grossing films based on television series

The following is a list of highest grossing films based on an television series. Films such as Demon Slayer - Mugen Train, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Transformers are not included due to being adaptated from other media to television series before being adapted into films. However, direct continuations of a tv series that were based on preexisting properties are included.

Highest-grossing films based on television series

The following is a list of 50 highest grossing films based on television series. Mission: Impossible is the most frequent franchise with 6 films. All films in the top 50 had a theatrical release since 1992.

Rank	Peak	Film	Worldwide gross ($)	Year	Based on original TV series with year	Continuity	Ref/s
1	1	Mission: Impossible – Fallout	$791,115,104	2018	Mission: Impossible (1966)	Yes
2	1	Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol	$694,713,380	2011	Mission: Impossible (1966)	Yes
3	2	Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation	$688,858,992	2015	Mission: Impossible (1966)	Yes
4	1	Mission: Impossible 2	$549,588,516	2000	Mission: Impossible (1966)	Yes
5	2	The Simpsons Movie	$536,414,270	2007	The Simpsons shorts (1987) and The Simpsons (1989)	Yes
6	4	Star Trek Into Darkness	$467,365,246	2013	Star Trek (1966)	Yes
7	1	Mission: Impossible	$457,696,359	1996	Mission: Impossible (1966)	Yes
8	3	Mission: Impossible III	$399,387,745	2006	Mission: Impossible (1966)	Yes
9	5	Star Trek	$386,839,614	2009	Star Trek (1966)	Yes
10	1	The Flintstones	$358,500,000	1994	The Flintstones (1960)	No
11	1	The Fugitive	$353,715,317	1993	The Fugitive (1963)	No
12	11	Star Trek Beyond	$343,471,816	2016	Star Trek (1966)	Yes
13	11	22 Jump Street	$331,333,876	2014	21 Jump Street (1987)	No
14	7	The Last Airbender	$319,713,881	2010	Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005)	No
15	11	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water	$325,186,032	2015	SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)	Yes
16	11	Mr. Peabody & Sherman	$275,698,039	2014	Rocky and Bullwinkle (1959)	No
17	5	Scooby-Doo	$275,678,613	2002	Scooby-Doo (1969)	Yes
18	7	Borat	$262,552,893	2006	Da Ali G Show (2000)	No
19	14	The Lone Ranger	$260,502,115	2013	Lone Ranger (1933)	No
20	5	Charlie's Angels	$264,105,545	2000	Charlie’s Angels (1976)	No
21	7	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	$259,175,788	2003	Charlie's Angels (1976)	No
22	4	Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie	$251,212,670	1997	Mr. Bean (1990)	Yes
23	14	Dark Shadows	$245,527,149	2012	Dark Shadows (1966)	No
24	12	Mr. Bean's Holiday	$232,225,908	2007	Mr. Bean (1990)	Yes
25	13	Get Smart	$230,685,453	2008	Get Smart (1965)	No
25	15	The Green Hornet	$227,817,248	2011	Green Hornet (1936)	No
26	6	Wild Wild West	$222,104,681	1999	The Wild Wild West (1965)	No
27	9	Traffic	$207,515,725	2000	Traffik (1989)	No
28	12	S.W.A.T.	$207,725,639	2003	S.W.A.T. (1975)	No
29	18	Yogi Bear	$203,509,374	2010	The Huckleberry Hound Show (1958)	No
30	23	21 Jump Street	$201,585,328	2012	21 Jump Street (1987)	No
31	32	Downton Abbey	$192,199,131	2019	Downton Abbey (2010)	Yes
32	30	The Equalizer	$192,330,738	2014	The Equalizer (1985)	No
33	6	The X-Files	$189,176,423	1998	The X-Files (1993)	Yes
34	1	Wayne's World	$183,097,323	1992	Saturday Night Live (1975)	No
35	4	Maverick	$183,031,272	1994	Maverick (1957)	No
36	16	Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed	$181,239,132	2004	Scooby-Doo (1969)	Yes
37	24	The A-Team	$177,238,796	2010	The A-Team (1983)	No
38	38	Baywatch	$177,856,751	2017	Baywatch (1989)	No
39	8	George of the Jungle	$174,463,257	1997	George of the Jungle (1967)	No
40	28	Jackass 3D	$171,685,792	2010	Jackass (2000)	Yes
41	17	Starsky & Hutch	$170,268,750	2004	Starsky & Hutch (1975)	No
42	33	The Muppets	$165,184,237	2011	The Muppets (1955)	Yes
43	26	Miami Vice	$163,794,509	2006	Miami Vice (1984)	No
44	37	Hannah Montana: The Movie	$155,545,279	2009	Hannah Montana (2006)	Yes
45	48	Boonie Bears: Back to Earth	$152,000,000	2022	Boonie Bears (2012)	Yes
46	7	Star Trek: First Contact	$146,027,888	1996	Star Trek (1966)	Yes
47	47	Power Rangers (2017)	$142,337,240	2017	Power Rangers (1993)	No
48		PAW Patrol: The Movie	$144,327,371	2021	PAW Patrol	Yes
49		The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	$141,067,127	2004	SpongeBob SquarePants	Yes
50	4	The Rugrats Movie	$140,894,675	1998	Rugrats	Yes

Top 50 highest grossing films based on television series that are part of the same continuity

The following is a list of highest grossing films based on television series that are part of the same continuity.

Rank	Peak	Film	Worldwide gross ($)	Year	Based on original TV series	Ref/s
1	1	The Simpsons Movie	$536,414,270	2007	The Simpsons shorts and The Simpsons
2	1	Star Trek Into Darkness	$467,365,246	2013	Star Trek (1966)
3	1	Star Trek	$386,839,614	2009	Star Trek (1966)
4	5	Star Trek Beyond	$343,471,816	2016	Star Trek (1966)
5	2	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water	$325,186,032	2015	SpongeBob SquarePants
6	1	Scooby-Doo	$275,678,613	2002	Scooby-Doo
7	1	Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie	$251,212,670	1997	Mr. Bean
8	4	Mr. Bean's Holiday	$232,225,908	2007	Mr. Bean
9	4	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	$194,137,091	2005	Wallace and Gromit
10	8	Downton Abbey	$192,199,131	2019	Downton Abbey
11	3	The X-Files	$189,176,423	1998	The X-Files
12	4	Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed	$181,239,132	2004	Scooby-Doo
13	9	The Muppets	$165,184,237	2011	The Muppets
14	9	Hannah Montana: The Movie	$155,545,279	2009	Hannah Montana
15	14	Boonie Bears: Back to Earth	$152,000,000	2022	Boonie Bears
16	15	PAW Patrol: The Movie	$144,327,371	2021	PAW Patrol
17	6	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	$141,067,127	2004	SpongeBob SquarePants
18	4	The Rugrats Movie	$140,894,675	1998	Rugrats
19	1	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	$139,000,000	1979	Star Trek
20	13	Brüno	$138,805,831	2009	Da Ali G Show
21	2	Star Trek: Generations	$118,071,125	1994	Star Trek
22	7	Star Trek: Insurrection	$112,587,658	1998	Star Trek
23	17	Where Are We Going, Dad?	$111,870,000	2014	Where Are We Going, Dad?
24	4	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	$109,713,132	1996	Star Trek
25	21	Shaun the Sheep Movie	$106,209,378	2015	Shaun the Sheep
26	10	Rugrats in Paris	$103,291,131	2000	Rugrats
27	2	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country	$96,888,996	1991	Star Trek
28	27	Downton Abbey: A New Era	$92,622,714	2022	Downton Abbey
29	2	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	$78,912,963	1983	Star Trek
30	24	The Inbetweeners Movie	$88,823,111	2011	Inbetweeners
31	24	Line Walker	$88,228,755	2016	Line Walker
32	11	South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut	$83,137,603	1999	South Park
33	22	Muppets Most Wanted	$80,383,113	2014	The Muppets
34	3	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	$76,471,046	1984	Star Trek
35	4	The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!	$78,756,177	1988	Police Squad!
36	13	Star Trek: Nemesis	$67,336,470	2002	Star Trek
37	7	Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie	$66,433,194	1995	Power Rangers
38	1	The Muppet Movie	$65,810,475	1979	Muppets
39	29	The Inbetweeners 2	$63,852,235	2014	Inbetweeners
40	11	Beavis and Butt-Head Do America	$63,118,386	1996	Beavis and Butt-Head
41	17	The Wild Thornberrys Movie	$60,694,737	2002	The Wild Thornberrys
42	22	The Lizzie McGuire Movie	$55,534,455	2003	Lizzie McGuire
43	22	Rugrats Go Wild	$55,250,496	2003	Rugrats/The Wild Thornberrys
44	6	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier	$52,210,049	1989	Star Trek
45	29	Teen Titans Go! To the Movies	$52,090,236	2018	Teen Titans Go!
46	8	Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult	$51,132,598	1994	Police Squad!
47	45	Fat Albert	$48,551,322	2004	Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
48	10	Wayne's World 2	$48,198,019	1993	Saturday Night Live
49	21	Recess: School's Out	$44,460,850	2001	Recess
50	50	A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon	$43,100,248	2019	Shaun the Sheep

Highest grossing films based on television series that are not part of the same continuity

The following is a films based on television series that are not part of the same continuity that has surpassed $100 million worldwide.

Rank	Peak	Film	Worldwide gross ($)	Year	Based on original TV series with year	Ref/s
1	1	The Flintstones	$358,500,000	1994	The Flintstones (1960)
2	1	The Fugitive	$353,715,317	1993	The Fugitive (1963)
3	5	22 Jump Street	$331,333,876	2014	21 Jump Street (1987)
4	3	The Last Airbender	$319,713,881	2010	Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005)
5	5	Mr. Peabody & Sherman	$275,698,039	2014	Rocky and Bullwinkle (1959)
6	3	Borat	$262,552,893	2006	Da Ali G Show (2000)
7	3	Charlie's Angels	$264,105,545	2000	Charlie’s Angels (1976)
8	4	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	$259,175,788	2003	Charlie's Angels (1976)
9	8	Dark Shadows	$245,527,149	2012	Dark Shadows (1966)
10	6	Get Smart	$230,685,453	2008	Get Smart (1965)
11	9	The Green Hornet	$227,817,248	2011	Green Hornet (1936)
12	3	Wild Wild West	$222,104,681	1999	The Wild Wild West (1965)
13	5	Traffic	$207,515,725	2000	Traffik (1989)
14	7	S.W.A.T.	$207,725,639	2003	S.W.A.T. (1975)
15	11	Yogi Bear	$203,509,374	2010	The Huckleberry Hound Show (1958)
16	5	21 Jump Street	$201,585,328	2012	21 Jump Street (1987)
17	17	The Equalizer	$192,330,738	2014	The Equalizer (1985)
18	1	Wayne's World	$183,097,323	1992	Saturday Night Live (1975)
19	4	Maverick	$183,031,272	1994	Maverick (1957)
20	14	The A-Team	$177,238,796	2010	The A-Team (1983)
21	21	Baywatch	$177,856,751	2017	Baywatch (1989)
22	5	George of the Jungle	$174,463,257	1997	George of the Jungle (1967)
23	17	Jackass 3D	$171,685,792	2010	Jackass (2000)
24	7	Starsky & Hutch	$170,268,750	2004	Starsky & Hutch (1975)
25	14	Miami Vice	$163,794,509	2006	Miami Vice (1984)
26	26	Power Rangers (2017)	$142,337,240	2017	Power Rangers (1993)
27	–	Bewitched	$131,426,169	2005	Bewitched (1964)
28	–	Dora and the Lost City of Gold	$120,597,108	2019	Dora the Explorer (2000)

Highest grossing films based on television series by year

The following is a list of highest grossing films based on television series by year.

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Year	Film	Worldwide gross($)	Budget ($)	Based on original TV series	Continuity	Ref
2022	Boonie Bears: Back to Earth	$152,000,000	N/A	Boonie Bears	Yes
2020	Fantasy Island	$49,447,308	$7,000,000	Fantasy Island	No

Timeline of films based on television series

Title	Established	Record-setting gross	Based on TV series	Continuity	Ref
Mission: Impossible – Fallout	2018	$791,115,104	Mission: Impossible (1966)	Yes
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol	2011	$694,713,380		Yes
Mission: Impossible 2	2000	$549,588,516		Yes
Mission: Impossible	1996	$457,696,359		Yes
The Flintstones	1994	$358,500,000	The Flintstones	No

Biggest opening for films based on television series

The following are films based on tv series that has opened to more the $1 million worldwide.

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Rank	Film	Opening	Year	Based on original TV series with year	Continuity	Ref
1	Mission: Impossible – Fallout	$153,500,000	2018	Mission: Impossible	Yes
2	Star Trek Beyond	$59,400,000	2016	Star Trek	No
3	Jackass 3D	$50,350,000	2010	Jackass	Yes
4	Mission Impossible	$45,436,830	1996	Mission Impossible	Yes
5	Get Smart	$42,601,273	2008	Get Smart	No
6	The Last Airbender	$40,330,000	2010	Avatar: The Last Airbender	No
7	Mission: Impossible III	$25,000,000	2006	Mission Impossible	Yes

Timeline for biggest opening weekends for films based on television series

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Title	Established	Record-setting gross	Based on TV series	Continuity	Ref
Mission: Impossible – Fallout	2018	$153,500,000	Mission: Impossible	Yes
Star Trek Beyond	2016	$59,400,000	Star Trek	No
Jackass 3D	2010	$50,350,000	Jackass	Yes
Mission Impossible	1996	$45,436,830	Mission Impossible	Yes

Highest-grossing film series and film franchises based on television series

See also: List of highest-grossing media franchises

Highest-grossing television series franchises and film series

(The films in each franchise can be viewed by selecting "show")

Rank Series Total worldwide box office No. of films Average of films Highest-grossing film

1 Mission: Impossible $3,589,861,474 7 $512,837,353 Fallout ($791,115,104) 1 Fallout (2018) $791,115,104 2 Ghost Protocol (2011) $694,713,380 3 Rogue Nation (2015) $682,714,267 4 Mission: Impossible 2 (2000) $546,388,105 5 Mission: Impossible (1996) $457,696,359 6 Mission: Impossible III (2006) $397,850,012 7 Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) $19,384,247

2 Star Trek $2,266,723,196 13 $174,363,323 Into Darkness ($467,381,584) Kelvin Timeline $1,189,710,370 3 $396,570,123 Into Darkness ($467,381,584) 1 Into Darkness (2013) $467,381,584 2 Star Trek (2009) $385,680,446 3 Beyond (2016) $336,648,340 The Original Series $621,900,000 6 $103,650,000 The Motion Picture ($139,000,000) 1 The Motion Picture (1979) $139,000,000 2 IV: The Voyage Home (1986) $133,000,000 3 VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) $96,900,000 4 II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) $95,800,000 5 III: The Search for Spock (1984) $87,000,000 6 V: The Final Frontier (1989) $70,200,000 The Next Generation $455,112,826 4 $113,778,207 First Contact ($150,000,000) 1 First Contact (1996) $150,000,000 2 Generations (1994) $120,000,000 3 Insurrection (1998) $117,800,000 4 Nemesis (2002) $67,312,826

3 Sex and the City $709,510,376 2 $354,755,188 Sex and the City ($418,765,321) 1 Sex and the City (2008) $418,765,321 2 Sex and the City 2 (2010) $290,745,055

4 Boonie Bears $668,788,088 8 $83,598,511 Back to Earth ($152,000,000) 1 Back to Earth (2022) $152,000,000 2 Blast into the Past (2019) $112,369,259 3 The Wild Life (2021) $97,225,611 4 The Big Shrink (2018) $96,788,929 5 Entangled Worlds (2017) $77,151,096 6 A Mystical Winter (2015) $47,581,416 7 The Big Top Secret (2016) $45,150,390 8 To the Rescue (2014) $40,521,387

5 Charlie's Angels $608,106,379 3 $202,702,126 Charlie's Angels ($275,650,703) Original series $534,826,491 2 $267,413,246 Charlie's Angels ($275,650,703) 1 Charlie's Angels (2000) $275,650,703 2 Full Throttle (2003) $259,175,788 Charlie's Angels (2019) $73,279,888

6 Jackass $568,193,691 5 $113,638,738 Jackass 3D ($331,333,876) 1 Jackass 3D (2010) $171,685,792 2 Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013) $151,831,537 3 Jackass Number Two (2006) $84,618,532 4 Jackass Forever (2022) $80,563,999 5 Jackass: The Movie (2002) $79,493,831

7 Jump Street $532,919,204 2 $266,459,602 22 Jump Street ($331,333,876) 1 22 Jump Street (2014) $331,333,876 2 21 Jump Street (2012) $201,585,328

8 Scooby-Doo $484,205,961 3 $161,401,987 Space Jam ($230,418,342) Live action/animated series $457,117,536 2 $228,558,768 Space Jam ($230,418,342) 1 Scooby Doo (2002) $275,650,703 2 Monsters Unleashed (2004) $181,466,833 Scoob! (2020) $27,088,425

9 Mr. Bean $483,438,578 2 $241,719,289 The Ultimate Disaster Movie ($251,212,670) 1 The Ultimate Disaster Movie (1997) $251,212,670 2 Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) $232,225,908

10 SpongeBob SquarePants $468,409,120 3 $156,136,373 Sponge Out of Water ($323,436,538) 1 Sponge Out of Water (2015) $323,436,538 2 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) $140,161,792 3 Sponge on the Run (2021) $4,810,790

11 Saturday Night Live $466,794,192 11 $42,435,836 Wayne's World ($183,097,323) Wayne's World series $231,295,128 2 $115,647,564 Wayne's World ($183,097,323) 1 Wayne's World (1992) $183,097,323 2 Wayne's World 2 (1993) $48,197,805 The Blues Brothers series $129,281,274 2 $64,640,637 The Blues Brothers ($115,229,890) 1 The Blues Brothers (2002) $115,229,890 2 2000 (1998) $14,051,384 Superstar (1999) $30,636,478 A Night at the Roxbury (1998) $30,331,165 Coneheads (1993) $21,274,717 The Ladies Man (1993) $13,743,212 Stuart Saves His Family (1995) $9,259,314 Stuart Saves His Family (1995) $912,082 It's Pat (1994) $60,822

12 Da Ali G Show $424,639,253 3 $141,546,418 Borat ($262,552,893) 1 Borat (2006) $262,552,893 2 Brüno (2009) $138,805,831 3 Ali G Indahouse (2000) $23,280,529

13 The Muppets $462,897,991 8 $57,862,249 The Muppets ($165,184,237) 1 The Muppets (2011) $165,184,237 2 Muppets Most Wanted (2014) $80,383,290 3 The Muppet Movie (1979) $76,657,000 4 Treasure Island (1996) $34,327,391 5 The Great Muppet Caper (1981) $31,206,251 6 Christmas Carol (1992) $27,281,507 7 The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) $25,534,703 8 Muppets from Space (1999) $22,323,612

14 The Equalizer $382,730,895 2 $191,365,448 The Equalizer ($192,330,738) 1 The Equalizer (2014) $192,330,738 2 The Equalizer 2 (2018) $190,400,157

15 The Flintstones $459,882,220 3 $153,294,073 The Flintstones ($341,631,208) Live action series $401,099,483 2 $200,549,742 The Flintstones ($341,631,208) 1 The Flintstones (1994) $341,631,208 2 Viva Rock Vegas (2000) $59,468,275 The Man Called Flintstone (1947) $2,764,684

16 Rocky and Bullwinkle $320,807,269 3 $106,935,756 Mr. Peabody & Sherman ($275,698,039) 1 Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014) $275,698,039 2 The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000) $35,134,820 3 Dudley Do-Right (1999) $9,974,410

17 Rugrats $299,590,872 3 $99,863,624 The Rugrats Movie ($140,894,675) 1 The Rugrats Movie (1998) $140,894,675 2 Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000) $103,291,131 3 Rugrats Go Wild (2003) $55,405,066

18 Downton Abbey $281,896,380 2 $140,948,190 Downton Abbey ($192,199,131) 1 Downton Abbey (2019) $192,199,131 2 A New Era (2022) $89,697,249

19 The X-Files $258,539,804 2 $129,269,902 Fight the Future ($189,176,423) 1 Fight the Future (1998) $189,176,423 2 I Want to Believe (2008) $69,363,381

20 Get Smart $245,347,488 2 $122,673,744 Get Smart ($230,685,453) 1 Get Smart (2008) $230,685,453 2 The Nude Bomb (1980) $14,662,035

See also

• Lists of highest-grossing films
• Lists of television programs by episode count

References

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