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.
Highest-grossing Spanish films
The ten highest-grossing Spanish films of all time by domestic box office gross revenue are listed as follows:[6][2][7]
Highest-grossing Spanish films worldwide
The highest-grossing Spanish films of all time by worldwide box office gross revenue are listed as follows:
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.[18] The official gross since 1965 at that date was 455.9 million Pesetas,[19] which suggests a gross of 121.7 million Pesetas prior to 1965.
Title |
Year of record |
Gross (₧) |
Ref
|
Doctor Zhivago
|
1966
|
203,645,611
|
[20][21]
|
The Godfather
|
1974
|
223,416,080
|
[21][22]
|
The Towering Inferno
|
1975
|
280,996,150
|
[22][23]
|
Jaws
|
1976
|
436,893,775
|
[23][24]
|
Star Wars
|
1978
|
542,047,776
|
[25][24]
|
Superman
|
1979
|
696,935,714
|
[24][26]
|
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
|
1983
|
1,810,278,534
|
[26][27]
|
Basic Instinct
|
1992
|
2,203,132,927
|
[27][28]
|
Jurassic Park
|
1993
|
2,922,217,164
|
[28][29]
|
The Lion King
|
1995
|
3,087,503,868
|
[30][31]
|
Titanic
|
1998
|
6,332,537,226
|
[32][33]
|
Title |
Year of record |
Gross (€) |
Ref
|
Avatar
|
2010
|
74,528,952
|
[34]
|
Avatar (including Avatar: Special Edition)
|
2010
|
76,982,912
|
[34]
|
Progression of highest-grossing Spanish film
Title |
Year of record |
Gross (₧) |
Ref
|
La ciudad no es para mí
|
1966
|
71,096,671
|
[35][36]
|
La Residencia
|
1971
|
83,026,348
|
[36][37][38]
|
No desearás al vecino del quinto
|
1971
|
118,374,888
|
[36][39]
|
Furtivos[a]
|
1975
|
251,594,053
|
[39][40]
|
La guerra de papá
|
1978
|
356,531,484
|
[40][41]
|
El crimen de Cuenca
|
1982
|
458,147,877
|
[41][42]
|
Los santos inocentes
|
1984
|
523,745,360
|
[42][43]
|
La vaquilla
|
1987
|
526,322,389
|
[43][44]
|
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
|
1988
|
1,164,784,419
|
[44][45]
|
Airbag
|
1998
|
1,198,425,511
|
[46]
|
Torrente, the Dumb Arm of the Law
|
1998
|
1,811,710,690
|
[47][48][33]
|
Most admissions
The following are the films with the most cinema admissions in Spain since 1965 as at the end of 2021.[b]
Rank |
Title |
Year |
Admissions[7]
|
1
|
Titanic
|
1998
|
11,265,694
|
2
|
Spanish Affair
|
2014
|
9,397,647
|
3
|
Avatar
|
2009
|
9,249,850
|
4
|
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
|
1982
|
7,725,503
|
5
|
Doctor Zhivago
|
1966
|
7,258,313
|
6
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
|
2001
|
7,130,685
|
7
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
|
2003
|
6,905,379
|
8
|
Star Wars
|
1977/1997
|
6,901,125
|
9
|
The Sixth Sense
|
1999
|
6,762,480
|
10
|
El padrecito
|
1965/1975
|
6,595,454
|
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 2021.
Rank |
Title |
Year |
Admissions[7]
|
1
|
Spanish Affair
|
2014
|
9,397,647
|
2
|
The Others
|
2001
|
6,410,766
|
3
|
The Impossible
|
2012
|
6,129,090
|
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.
Progression of most admissions for Spanish films