America’s Highest-Grossing Movies By State—’Spider-Man: No Way Home’ is #1 in New York

The United States spans 3.8 million square miles, 26 climate types, and countless picturesque landforms—making it a perfect background for all kinds of movies. Everything from historical fantasies to urban disaster epics make their home on American soil (or water).

Although the film industry frequents some states more than others, every state has its claim to Hollywood fame—and when you recognize a cherished landmark from your own home state, it can inspire an excitement that’s hard for other blockbusters to match.

The team at USDISH gathered a list of the highest-grossing movies ever filmed in each state. Find the one that took the most box office earnings in your state—and then stream it On Demand to see if you can spot the scenes filmed on your home turf.

Interesting Findings

• The 5 highest-grossing movies by state included not one, but two titles from the Marvel Avengers franchise—Endgame ($858.4M) and Spider-Man: No Way Home ($720.9M).
• Also among the top 5 highest-grossing movies were Avatar ($760.5M) and Titanic ($659.3M), both directed by James Cameron and released 12 and 24 years ago, respectively.
  • Avatar is also the highest-grossing movie of all tim
  • e internationally, according to Box Office Mojo by IMDb Pro.
• Despite being the home of Hollywood, California came behind Georgia, Hawaii, and New York in box office revenue for its highest-grossing movie.
• The film with median box office earnings was the action-superhero movie Logan ($226.3M), which was filmed in North Dakota.
• Only 3 of the highest-grossing movies by state earned less than $100M at the box office:
  • Public Enemies ($97.1M), made in Wisconsin
  • Burlesque ($39.4M), made in Iowa
  • Downsizing ($24.4M), made in Nebraska
• The average box office earnings for America’s highest-grossing movies is $286.1M.
• The average “age” of the highest-grossing movies by state is 16 years, with a hypothetical release year of 2005.

Methodology

First, we used IMDb to compile a list of movies with the highest gross box office revenue in the US. The figures were not adjusted for inflation.

We then used movie-locations.com and latlong.net to determine the filming locations of the highest-grossing movies. Each film had to have at least one scene filmed in the state.

Please note: At the time of this report, Spider-Man: No Way Home was still in theatres, which makes the box office earnings subject to change.

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