| Rank
| Title
| Lifetime Gross | Max Theaters | Opening | Open Th | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | Titanic | $600,683,057 | 3,265 | $28,638,131 | 2,674 | Dec 19, 1997 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | Independence Day | $306,169,268 | 2,977 | $50,228,264 | 2,882 | Jul 3, 1996 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 3 | Gravity | $274,092,705 | 3,820 | $55,785,112 | 3,575 | Oct 4, 2013 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | Twister | $241,721,524 | 2,808 | $41,059,405 | 2,414 | May 10, 1996 | Warner Bros. |
| 5 | War of the Worlds | $234,280,354 | 3,910 | $64,878,725 | 3,908 | Jun 29, 2005 | Paramount Pictures |
| 6 | World War Z | $202,359,711 | 3,607 | $66,411,834 | 3,607 | Jun 21, 2013 | Paramount Pictures |
| 7 | Armageddon | $201,578,182 | 3,184 | $36,089,972 | 3,127 | Jul 1, 1998 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | Godzilla | $200,676,069 | 3,952 | $93,188,384 | 3,952 | May 16, 2014 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | The Day After Tomorrow | $186,740,799 | 3,444 | $68,743,584 | 3,425 | May 28, 2004 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 10 | The Perfect Storm | $182,618,434 | 3,407 | $41,325,042 | 3,407 | Jun 30, 2000 | Warner Bros. |
| 11 | Apollo 13 | $172,071,312 | 2,347 | $25,353,380 | 2,197 | Jun 30, 1995 | Universal Pictures |
| 12 | 2012 | $166,112,167 | 3,444 | $65,237,614 | 3,404 | Nov 13, 2009 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 13 | San Andreas | $155,190,832 | 3,812 | $54,588,173 | 3,777 | May 29, 2015 | Warner Bros. |
| 14 | Deep Impact | $140,464,664 | 3,280 | $41,152,375 | 3,156 | May 8, 1998 | Paramount Pictures |
| 15 | Godzilla | $136,314,294 | 3,310 | $44,047,541 | 3,310 | May 20, 1998 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 16 | This Is the End | $101,470,202 | 3,055 | $20,719,162 | 3,055 | Jun 12, 2013 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 17 | Noah | $101,200,044 | 3,571 | $43,720,472 | 3,567 | Mar 28, 2014 | Paramount Pictures |
| 18 | Knowing | $79,957,634 | 3,337 | $24,604,751 | 3,332 | Mar 20, 2009 | Summit Entertainment |
| 19 | Contagion | $75,658,097 | 3,222 | $22,403,596 | 3,222 | Sep 9, 2011 | Warner Bros. |
| 20 | Vertical Limit | $69,243,859 | 2,602 | $15,507,845 | 2,307 | Dec 8, 2000 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 21 | Dante's Peak | $67,127,760 | 2,761 | $18,479,435 | 2,657 | Feb 7, 1997 | Universal Pictures |
| 22 | Deepwater Horizon | $61,433,527 | 3,403 | $20,223,544 | 3,259 | Sep 30, 2016 | Lionsgate |
| 23 | Poseidon | $60,674,817 | 3,555 | $22,155,410 | 3,555 | May 12, 2006 | Warner Bros. |
| 24 | The Grey | $51,580,236 | 3,208 | $19,665,101 | 3,185 | Jan 27, 2012 | Open Road Films (II) |
| 25 | Volcano | $49,323,468 | 2,777 | $14,581,740 | 2,774 | Apr 25, 1997 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 26 | Into the Storm | $47,602,194 | 3,434 | $17,346,427 | 3,434 | Aug 8, 2014 | Warner Bros. |
| 27 | Alive | $36,733,909 | 1,337 | $8,624,292 | 1,132 | Jan 15, 1993 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 28 | Geostorm | $33,700,160 | 3,246 | $13,707,376 | 3,246 | Oct 20, 2017 | Warner Bros. |
| 29 | Daylight | $33,023,469 | 2,189 | $10,015,875 | 2,175 | Dec 6, 1996 | Universal Pictures |
| 30 | The Core | $31,186,896 | 3,019 | $12,053,131 | 3,017 | Mar 28, 2003 | Paramount Pictures |
| 31 | The Mountain Between Us | $30,348,555 | 3,259 | $10,551,336 | 3,088 | Oct 6, 2017 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 32 | The Finest Hours | $27,569,558 | 3,143 | $10,288,932 | 3,143 | Jan 29, 2016 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 33 | The World's End | $26,004,851 | 1,553 | $8,811,790 | 1,551 | Aug 23, 2013 | Focus Features |
| 34 | In the Heart of the Sea | $25,020,758 | 3,103 | $11,053,366 | 3,103 | Dec 11, 2015 | Warner Bros. |
| 35 | Pompeii | $23,219,748 | 2,658 | $10,340,823 | 2,658 | Feb 21, 2014 | TriStar Pictures |
| 36 | Flight of the Phoenix | $21,009,180 | 2,604 | $5,019,430 | 2,604 | Dec 17, 2004 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 37 | Hard Rain | $19,870,567 | 2,132 | $8,009,024 | 2,107 | Jan 16, 1998 | Paramount Pictures |
| 38 | The Impossible | $19,019,882 | 886 | $143,818 | 15 | Dec 21, 2012 | Lionsgate |
| 39 | Left Behind | $14,019,924 | 1,887 | $6,300,147 | 1,825 | Oct 3, 2014 | Freestyle Releasing |
| 40 | The Concorde... Airport '79 | $13,015,688 | - | - | - | Aug 3, 1979 | Universal Pictures |
| 41 | The 33 | $12,227,722 | 2,452 | $5,787,266 | 2,452 | Nov 13, 2015 | Warner Bros. |
| 42 | White Squall | $10,292,300 | 1,524 | $3,908,514 | 1,524 | Feb 2, 1996 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 43 | Meteor | $8,400,000 | 575 | $2,250,000 | 575 | Oct 19, 1979 | American International Pictures (AIP) |
| 44 | Firestorm | $8,165,212 | 2,057 | $3,849,308 | 2,037 | Jan 9, 1998 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 45 | Seeking a Friend for the End of the World | $7,078,738 | 1,625 | $3,822,803 | 1,625 | Jun 22, 2012 | Focus Features |
| 46 | When Time Ran Out... | $3,763,988 | 677 | $1,400,994 | 677 | Mar 28, 1980 | Warner Bros. |
| 47 | The Trigger Effect | $3,622,979 | 524 | $1,887,791 | 524 | Aug 30, 1996 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 48 | Testament | $2,044,892 | 41 | $317,996 | 41 | Nov 4, 1983 | Paramount Pictures |
| 49 | Shin Godzilla | $1,918,403 | 490 | $458,342 | 34 | Oct 11, 2016 | FUNimation Entertainment |
| 50 | City on Fire | $784,181 | - | - | - | Sep 14, 1979 | AVCO Embassy Pictures |
| 51 | The Wave | $177,404 | 37 | $60,321 | 33 | Mar 4, 2016 | Magnolia Pictures |
| 52 | Aftershock | $62,962 | 25 | $19,329 | 25 | Oct 29, 2010 | China Lion Film Distribution |
| 53 | It's a Disaster | $60,818 | 13 | $15,305 | 3 | Apr 12, 2013 | Oscilloscope |
| 54 | Aftershock | $58,510 | 110 | $40,179 | 110 | May 10, 2013 | RADiUS-TWC |
