List of best-selling films in the United States
This list of best-selling films in the United States is a list of the best-selling home video film titles sold in the United States. This list does not include digital purchases or video rentals.
Best-selling films
This is a list of the best-selling film titles sold in the United States across all home video formats, including VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc.| Title | Video release | All formats | VHS | DVD | Blu-ray | Revenue |
| The Lion King | March 3, 1995 | 47,500,000 | 32,000,000 | 11,900,000 | 3,680,000 | |
| Finding Nemo | November 4, 2003 | 40,600,000 | 520,000 | 38,800,000 | 1,320,000 | |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | October 28, 1994 | 35,000,000 | 27,000,000 | 5,070,000 | 2,960,000 | |
| Beauty and the Beast | October 30, 1992 | 34,000,000 | 22,000,000 | 7,500,000 | 4,500,000 | |
| Titanic | September 1, 1998 | 30,300,000 | 25,000,000 | 390,000 | ||
| Aladdin | October 1, 1993 | 29,600,000 | 25,000,000 | 2,820,000 | 1,810,000 | |
| Avatar | April 22, 2010 | 26,500,000 | 19,000,000 | 7,450,000 | ||
| Spider-Man | November 1, 2002 | 26,000,000 | 16,000 | |||
| The Little Mermaid | May 18, 1990 | 25,900,000 | 10,000,000 | 13,400,000 | 2,470,000 | |
| Cinderella | October 4, 1988 | 25,800,000 | 17,000,000 | 7,280,000 | 1,470,000 | |
| Shrek | November 2, 2001 | 25,300,000 | 15,400,000 | 9,900,000 | ||
| Toy Story | October 29, 1996 | 25,200,000 | 19,500,000 | 4,920,000 | 730,000 | |
| Independence Day | November 22, 1996 | 24,300,000 | 22,000,000 | 384,000 | ||
| Cars | November 7, 2006 | 23,400,000 | 23,100,000 | 320,000 | ||
| Jurassic Park | October 4, 1994 | 23,000,000 | 21,000,000 | 1,480,000 | 520,000 | |
| The Dark Knight | December 9, 2008 | 21,800,000 | 19,200,000 | 2,620,000 | ||
| Frozen | March 18, 2014 | 21,600,000 | 14,000,000 | 7,600,000 | ||
| One Hundred and One Dalmatians | April 10, 1992 | 21,100,000 | 15,900,000 | 4,580,000 | 590,000 | |
| How the Grinch Stole Christmas | November 20, 2001 | 20,800,000 | 12,800,000 | 7,390,000 | 650,000 | |
| Shrek 2 | November 5, 2004 | 20,700,000 | 2,000,000 |
Best-selling films by format
VHS
This is a list of the best-selling VHS titles in the United States.| Title | Distributor | VHS release | Sales | Revenue | Revenue ( |
| The Lion King | Buena Vista Home Video | March 3, 1995 | 32,000,000 | $520,000,000 | |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | Buena Vista Home Video | October 28, 1994 | 27,000,000 | $430,000,000 | |
| Aladdin | Buena Vista Home Video | October 1, 1993 | 25,000,000 | ||
| Titanic | Paramount Home Video | September 1, 1998 | 25,000,000 | ||
| Beauty and the Beast | Buena Vista Home Video | October 30, 1992 | 22,000,000 | $318,000,000 | |
| Independence Day | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment | November 22, 1996 | 22,000,000 | ||
| Jurassic Park | Universal Studios Home Video | October 4, 1994 | 21,000,000 | ||
| Toy Story | Buena Vista Home Video | October 29, 1996 | 19,500,000 | $290,000,000 | |
| Pocahontas | Buena Vista Home Video | February 27, 1996 | 17,100,000 | $216,000,000 | |
| Cinderella | Buena Vista Home Video | October 4, 1988 | 17,000,000 | $108,000,000 | |
| Toy Story 2 | Buena Vista Home Entertainment | October 17, 2000 | 16,600,000 | $290,000,000 | |
| One Hundred and One Dalmatians | Buena Vista Home Video | April 10, 1992 | 15,900,000 | $150,000,000 | |
| Shrek | DreamWorks Home Entertainment | November 2, 2001 | 15,400,000 | $254,000,000 | |
| The Return of Jafar | Buena Vista Home Video | May 20, 1994 | 15,000,000 | ||
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | MCA Home Video | October 25, 1988 | 15,000,000 | ||
| Buena Vista Home Entertainment | October 27, 1998 | 15,000,000 | $300,000,000 | ||
| Fantasia | Buena Vista Home Video | November 1, 1991 | 14,200,000 | $209,000,000 | |
| Pinocchio | Buena Vista Home Video | March 26, 1993 | 13,400,000 | ||
| How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Universal Studios Home Video | November 20, 2001 | 12,800,000 | $206,000,000 | |
| Home Alone | FoxVideo | August 22, 1991 | 11,000,000 | ||
| Bambi | Buena Vista Home Video | September 28, 1989 | 10,600,000 | $168,000,000 | |
| Tarzan | Buena Vista Home Entertainment | February 1, 2000 | 10,500,000 | $210,000,000 | |
| Batman | Warner Home Video | November 15, 1989 | 10,500,000 | ||
| Aladdin and the King of Thieves | Buena Vista Home Video | August 13, 1996 | 10,300,000 | ||
| The Little Mermaid | Buena Vista Home Video | May 18, 1990 | 10,000,000 |
DVD
This is a list of the best-selling DVD titles in the United States.| Title | DVD release | Sales | Revenue | Source |
| Finding Nemo | November 4, 2003 | 38,800,000 | $677,000,000 | |
| Cars | November 7, 2006 | 23,100,000 | $326,000,000 | |
| Spider-Man | November 1, 2002 | |||
| The Dark Knight | December 9, 2008 | 19,200,000 | $283,000,000 | |
| Avatar | April 22, 2010 | 19,000,000 | $235,000,000 | |
| Shrek 2 | November 5, 2004 | 18,200,000 | $316,000,000 | |
| Transformers | October 16, 2007 | 17,000,000 | $295,000,000 | |
| ' | December 2, 2003 | 16,600,000 | $316,000,000 | |
| ' | December 5, 2006 | 16,500,000 | $318,000,000 | |
| The Incredibles | March 15, 2005 | 15,600,000 | $285,000,000 | |
| ' | December 4, 2007 | 15,500,000 | $314,000,000 | |
| ' | November 1, 2005 | 15,100,000 | $269,000,000 | |
| Despicable Me | December 14, 2010 | 15,100,000 | $202,000,000 | |
| The Matrix | September 21, 1999 | 15,000,000 | ||
| Ratatouille | November 6, 2007 | 15,000,000 | $189,000,000 | |
| The Polar Express | November 22, 2005 | 14,800,000 | $223,000,000 | |
| ' | August 26, 2003 | 14,700,000 | $280,000,000 | |
| Frozen | March 18, 2014 | 14,000,000 | $240,000,000 | |
| Up | November 10, 2009 | 13,800,000 | $232,000,000 | |
| Twilight | March 21, 2009 | 13,500,000 | $238,000,000 | |
| 300 | July 31, 2007 | 13,400,000 | $277,000,000 | |
| The Little Mermaid | October 3, 2006 | 13,400,000 | $218,000,000 | |
| Happy Feet | March 27, 2007 | 13,100,000 | $207,000,000 | |
| ' | May 25, 2004 | 12,500,000 | $257,000,000 | |
| WALL-E | November 18, 2008 | 12,500,000 | $204,000,000 | |
| Monsters, Inc. | September 17, 2002 | 12,300,000 | $215,000,000 | |
| ' | April 4, 2006 | 12,200,000 | $447,000,000 | |
| ' | August 6, 2002 | 12,000,000 | $257,000,000 | |
| The Lion King | October 7, 2003 | 11,900,000 | $220,000,000 | |
| Madagascar | November 1, 2005 | 11,900,000 | $213,000,000 | |
| Shrek the Third | November 13, 2007 | 11,800,000 | $177,000,000 | |
| Spider-Man 2 | November 30, 2004 | 11,600,000 | $174,000,000 | |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | December 11, 2007 | 11,500,000 | $254,000,000 | |
| The Hangover | December 15, 2009 | 11,500,000 | $200,000,000 | |
| The Jungle Book | October 2, 2007 | 11,300,000 | $281,000,000 | |
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | March 7, 2006 | 11,100,000 | $542,000,000 | |
| ' | October 20, 2009 | 11,000,000 | $222,000,000 | |
| Toy Story 3 | November 2, 2010 | 10,800,000 | $192,000,000 | |
| ' | December 4, 2010 | 10,800,000 | $181,000,000 | |
| Iron Man | September 30, 2008 | 10,700,000 | $182,000,000 | |
| The Passion of the Christ | August 31, 2004 | 10,500,000 | $189,000,000 | |
| March 20, 2010 | 10,400,000 | $204,000,000 |
Blu-ray
This is a list of the best-selling Blu-ray Disc titles in the United States.| Rank | Title | BD release | Sales | Revenue |
| 1 | Frozen | March 18, 2014 | 7,600,000 | $161,000,000 |
| 2 | Avatar | April 22, 2010 | 7,470,000 | $164,000,000 |
| 3 | Despicable Me 2 | December 10, 2013 | 5,940,000 | $115,000,000 |
| 4 | Beauty and the Beast | October 5, 2010 | 4,500,000 | $102,000,000 |
| 5 | April 5, 2016 | 5,920,000 | $152,000,000 | |
| 6 | The Avengers | September 25, 2012 | 5,260,000 | $120,000,000 |
| 7 | The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy | April 6, 2010 | 4,336,413 | $257,128,953 |
| 8 | Jurassic World | October 20, 2015 | 4,315,469 | $96,753,967 |
| 9 | Guardians of the Galaxy | December 9, 2014 | 3,950,000 | $83,000,000 |
| 10 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | October 6, 2009 | 3,993,495 | $100,639,067 |
LaserDisc
This is a list of the best-selling LaserDisc titles in the United States.| Title | LD release | Sales | Source |
| 1993 | 350,000 | ||
| The Lion King | 1995 | 150,000 | |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | 1994 | 100,000 | |
| True Lies | 1995 | 100,000 |
UMD
This is a list of the best-selling films on Sony's proprietary Universal Media Disc format for the PlayStation Portable platform in the United States.| Title | UMD release | Sales | Source |
| Spider-Man 2 | 2005 | 1,000,000 | |
| 2005 |
Best-selling films by year
This is a list of the best-selling video titles sold on DVD and/or Blu-ray Disc in the United States by year.2006
2007
2008
2009
| Rank | Title | Sales | Revenue |
| 1 | ' | 11,154,737 | $251,247,838 |
| 2 | Twilight | 10,405,491 | $198,416,222 |
| 3 | Up | 10,160,995 | $199,248,148 |
| 4 | Star Trek | 8,717,856 | $142,561,921 |
| 5 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | 8,547,218 | $118,628,758 |
| 6 | The Hangover | 8,068,523 | $148,835,183 |
| 7 | ' | 7,789,128 | $107,713,190 |
| 8 | ' | 5,646,233 | $101,074,698 |
| 9 | Monsters vs. Aliens | 5,430,970 | $99,548,530 |
| 10 | ' | 5,229,856 | $90,338,613 |
2010
| Rank | Title | Sales | Revenue |
| 1 | Avatar | 15,984,303 | $308,421,543 |
| 2 | Toy Story 3 | 10,967,197 | $209,605,460 |
| 3 | ' | 8,564,722 | $186,703,432 |
| 4 | ' | 8,209,155 | $154,745,017 |
| 5 | The Blind Side | 7,925,127 | $113,533,863 |
| 6 | Iron Man 2 | 6,931,591 | $157,661,923 |
| 7 | Despicable Me | 6,675,913 | $127,226,540 |
| 8 | How to Train Your Dragon | 6,255,514 | $136,006,186 |
| 9 | Alice in Wonderland | 5,229,486 | $101,783,950 |
| 10 | Inception | 5,204,776 | $104,473,794 |
2011
| Rank | Title | Sales | Revenue |
| 1 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | 9,918,642 | $143,167,689 |
| 2 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 | 8,137,963 | $128,580,195 |
| 3 | Tangled | 8,096,773 | $144,241,933 |
| 4 | Cars 2 | 5,838,012 | $107,894,962 |
| 5 | 4,742,541 | $89,875,729 | |
| 6 | Bridesmaids | 4,738,083 | $72,368,721 |
| 7 | Rio | 4,728,294 | $76,558,227 |
| 8 | Megamind | 4,073,992 | $63,076,062 |
| 9 | The Help | 3,836,404 | $73,441,093 |
| 10 | The Hangover Part II | 5,204,776 | $104,473,794 |
2012
| Rank | Title | Sales | Revenue |
| 1 | The Hunger Games | 10,260,319 | $180,306,529 |
| 2 | The Avengers | 9,380,157 | $190,683,937 |
| 3 | Brave | 8,031,037 | $145,230,978 |
| 4 | The Dark Knight Rises | 7,681,848 | $124,340,808 |
| 5 | ' | 7,025,392 | $132,531,680 |
| 6 | The Lorax | 6,386,831 | $107,251,718 |
| 7 | Ted | 5,327,684 | $101,882,232 |
| 8 | ' | 5,090,104 | $77,689,629 |
| 9 | 3,965,694 | $65,665,489 | |
| 10 | Puss in Boots | 3,635,289 | $65,695,382 |
2013
| Rank | Title | Sales | Revenue |
| 1 | Despicable Me 2 | 9,256,658 | $170,985,093 |
| 2 | ' | 6,330,303 | $95,048,591 |
| 3 | ' | 6,243,460 | $98,989,683 |
| 4 | Monsters University | 5,492,411 | $111,012,114 |
| 5 | Skyfall | 5,158,688 | $95,600,230 |
| 6 | Fast & Furious 6 | 5,067,428 | $103,474,129 |
| 7 | Wreck-It Ralph | 4,775,100 | $112,300,386 |
| 8 | Man of Steel | 4,548,095 | $90,507,424 |
| 9 | Hotel Transylvania | 3,828,329 | $77,045,672 |
| 10 | Taken 2 | 3,589,443 | $61,043,038 |
2014
| Rank | Title | Sales | Revenue |
| 1 | Frozen | 18,146,499 | $335,295,426 |
| 2 | ' | 6,223,060 | $110,892,615 |
| 3 | Guardians of the Galaxy | 5,300,895 | $95,542,781 |
| 4 | The Lego Movie | 4,864,495 | $105,187,209 |
| 5 | ' | 4,666,637 | $95,121,267 |
| 6 | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | 3,661,804 | $62,111,911 |
| 7 | Maleficent | 3,652,429 | $66,967,622 |
| 8 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 3,644,860 | $79,849,311 |
| 9 | ' | 3,587,127 | $57,979,925 |
| 10 | ' | 3,424,818 | $63,725,360 |
2015
| Rank | Title | Sales | Revenue |
| 1 | Jurassic World | 5,830,947 | $116,230,988 |
| 2 | Inside Out | 5,281,960 | $95,451,757 |
| 3 | Minions | 5,241,405 | $94,062,288 |
| 4 | Big Hero 6 | 5,058,550 | $96,750,237 |
| 5 | ' | 4,533,392 | $73,036,788 |
| 6 | American Sniper | 4,299,577 | $73,823,666 |
| 7 | Furious 7 | 4,188,485 | $66,411,157 |
| 8 | ' | 3,671,021 | $68,150,184 |
| 9 | 3,394,509 | $70,269,361 | |
| 10 | Home | 3,369,212 | $59,815,243 |
2016
| Rank | Title | Sales | Revenue |
| 1 | ' | 7,433,275 | $174,271,258 |
| 2 | Finding Dory | 5,479,887 | $91,542,276 |
| 3 | Zootopia | 4,783,887 | $96,827,503 |
| 4 | Deadpool | 4,756,364 | $84,593,757 |
| 5 | ' | 3,903,614 | $73,300,722 |
| 6 | The Secret Life of Pets | 3,564,882 | $78,158,675 |
| 7 | ' | 3,548,159 | $73,864,026 |
| 8 | The Good Dinosaur | 3,065,028 | $58,193,536 |
| 9 | ' | 2,831,212 | $49,456,053 |
| 10 | Suicide Squad | 2,501,924 | $63,717,229 |