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All Time Domestic Box Office for Drama Movies (Rank 101-200)
See also: Top Drama International - Top Drama Worldwide - Top Drama Weekend Domestic - Top Drama Day Domestic
Other Domestic Genres records: Top Adventure Domestic - Top Action Domestic - Top Comedy Domestic - Top Thriller/Suspense Domestic - Top Horror Domestic - Top Romantic Comedy Domestic - Top Musical Domestic
This chart contains the top 100 Drama movies based on the cumulative domestic box office.
See our Drama Theatrical Market Charts for more overviews regarding the domestic theatrical box office performance of Drama movies.
| Rank | Released | Movie | Domestic Box Office |
International Box Office |
Worldwide Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | 1989 | Dead Poets Society | $95,860,116 | $143,639,884 | $239,500,000 |
| 102 | 2003 | Cold Mountain | $95,632,614 | $69,541,295 | $165,173,909 |
| 103 | 2013 | 42 | $95,020,213 | $2,450,488 | $97,470,701 |
| 104 | 1985 | The Color Purple | $94,029,472 | $94,029,472 | |
| 105 | 2012 | Flight | $93,772,375 | $66,786,063 | $160,558,438 |
| 106 | 2010 | The Fighter | $93,617,009 | $35,645,379 | $129,262,388 |
| 107 | 2014 | Heaven is for Real | $91,386,097 | $9,527,459 | $100,913,556 |
| 108 | 1998 | Stepmom | $91,137,662 | $68,607,617 | $159,745,279 |
| 109 | 2014 | The Imitation Game | $91,125,143 | $136,203,442 | $227,328,585 |
| 110 | 2001 | Save the Last Dance | $91,038,276 | $31,206,053 | $122,244,329 |
| 111 | 1983 | Flashdance | $90,463,574 | $111,000,000 | $201,463,574 |
| 112 | 2022 | Where the Crawdads Sing | $90,230,760 | $46,308,792 | $136,539,552 |
| 113 | 2003 | Mystic River | $90,135,191 | $66,686,829 | $156,822,020 |
| 114 | 2014 | Fury | $85,817,906 | $124,497,775 | $210,315,681 |
| 115 | 1956 | The Ten Commandments | $85,400,591 | $30,863 | $85,431,454 |
| 116 | 1995 | Dangerous Minds | $84,919,401 | $94,000,000 | $178,919,401 |
| 117 | 2009 | Up in the Air | $83,823,381 | $83,019,358 | $166,842,739 |
| 118 | 2018 | I Can Only Imagine | $83,482,352 | $2,301,215 | $85,783,567 |
| 119 | 2013 | Saving Mr. Banks | $83,299,761 | $31,662,764 | $114,962,525 |
| 120 | 2005 | Brokeback Mountain | $83,043,761 | $93,937,102 | $176,980,863 |
| 121 | 2006 | Charlotte\'s Web | $82,985,708 | $61,000,000 | $143,985,708 |
| 122 | 2011 | The Descendants | $82,624,961 | $92,882,839 | $175,507,800 |
| 123 | 1995 | Mr. Holland’s Opus | $82,582,604 | $23,700,000 | $106,282,604 |
| 124 | 2007 | Bridge to Terabithia | $82,234,139 | $55,750,649 | $137,984,788 |
| 125 | 2017 | The Post | $81,903,458 | $97,865,999 | $179,769,457 |
| 126 | 1991 | Fried Green Tomatoes | $81,204,830 | $81,204,830 | |
| 127 | 2004 | The Notebook | $81,001,787 | $34,935,376 | $115,937,163 |
| 128 | 2010 | Eat Pray Love | $80,574,010 | $126,024,779 | $206,598,789 |
| 129 | 2010 | Dear John | $80,014,842 | $62,018,667 | $142,033,509 |
| 130 | 1984 | Footloose | $80,000,000 | $8,940 | $80,008,940 |
| 131 | 2011 | War Horse | $79,883,359 | $76,932,170 | $156,815,529 |
| 132 | 1974 | Earthquake | $79,700,000 | $79,700,000 | |
| 133 | 2009 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | $79,576,189 | $89,597,017 | $169,173,206 |
| 134 | 1985 | Out of Africa | $79,096,868 | $179,113,992 | $258,210,860 |
| 135 | 1998 | City of Angels | $78,750,909 | $120,000,000 | $198,750,909 |
| 136 | 1996 | The English Patient | $78,716,374 | $152,993,634 | $231,710,008 |
| 137 | 2001 | Artificial Intelligence: AI | $78,616,689 | $157,283,311 | $235,900,000 |
| 138 | 1988 | Cocktail | $78,222,753 | $78,222,753 | |
| 139 | 2002 | We Were Soldiers | $78,120,196 | $36,538,066 | $114,658,262 |
| 140 | 2014 | The Monuments Men | $78,031,620 | $80,671,128 | $158,702,748 |
| 141 | 2002 | Gangs of New York | $77,730,500 | $105,394,121 | $183,124,621 |
| 142 | 1993 | Philadelphia | $77,324,422 | $124,000,000 | $201,324,422 |
| 143 | 2004 | The Terminal | $77,073,959 | $141,600,000 | $218,673,959 |
| 144 | 1987 | The Untouchables | $76,270,454 | $1,541 | $76,271,995 |
| 145 | 2011 | We Bought a Zoo | $75,624,550 | $43,104,523 | $118,729,073 |
| 146 | 2011 | Moneyball | $75,605,492 | $35,695,343 | $111,300,835 |
| 147 | 2002 | The Rookie | $75,600,072 | $4,891,444 | $80,491,516 |
| 148 | 1995 | Braveheart | $75,545,647 | $133,499,597 | $209,045,244 |
| 149 | 1999 | Any Given Sunday | $75,530,832 | $24,700,000 | $100,230,832 |
| 150 | 1992 | The Last of the Mohicans | $75,505,856 | $75,505,856 | |
| 151 | 1998 | The Horse Whisperer | $75,383,563 | $111,500,000 | $186,883,563 |
| 152 | 2004 | Ray | $75,305,995 | $49,517,099 | $124,823,094 |
| 153 | 1991 | The Prince of Tides | $74,787,599 | $74,787,599 | |
| 154 | 2011 | Dolphin Tale | $72,286,779 | $23,781,945 | $96,068,724 |
| 155 | 1995 | The Bridges of Madison County | $71,516,617 | $104,000,000 | $175,516,617 |
| 156 | 2004 | Sideways | $71,502,303 | $38,224,497 | $109,726,800 |
| 157 | 2013 | Safe Haven | $71,399,120 | $22,651,831 | $94,050,951 |
| 158 | 2000 | Chocolat | $71,309,760 | $81,190,583 | $152,500,343 |
| 159 | 1991 | JFK | $70,405,498 | $134,994,502 | $205,400,000 |
| 160 | 2006 | World Trade Center | $70,278,893 | $93,016,761 | $163,295,654 |
| 161 | 2006 | Rocky Balboa | $70,269,899 | $85,959,151 | $156,229,050 |
| 162 | 2015 | The Big Short | $70,259,870 | $62,364,811 | $132,624,681 |
| 163 | 1989 | Born on the Fourth of July | $70,001,698 | $70,001,698 | |
| 164 | 2008 | Seven Pounds | $69,951,824 | $96,665,504 | $166,617,328 |
| 165 | 1984 | Purple Rain | $68,392,977 | $1,248 | $68,394,225 |
| 166 | 2015 | War Room | $67,790,117 | $6,199,617 | $73,989,734 |
| 167 | 1995 | Heat | $67,436,818 | $119,996,510 | $187,433,328 |
| 168 | 2005 | Coach Carter | $67,264,877 | $9,400,630 | $76,665,507 |
| 169 | 2016 | Hacksaw Ridge | $67,209,615 | $101,814,311 | $169,023,926 |
| 170 | 1980 | Coal Miner’s Daughter | $67,182,787 | $67,182,787 | |
| 171 | 1995 | Waiting to Exhale | $66,947,948 | $14,400,000 | $81,347,948 |
| 172 | 1990 | The Godfather: Part III | $66,666,062 | $120,904 | $66,786,966 |
| 173 | 2007 | Charlie Wilson’s War | $66,661,095 | $52,851,676 | $119,512,771 |
| 174 | 2003 | Big Fish | $66,432,867 | $57,521,456 | $123,954,323 |
| 175 | 1998 | Ever After: A Cinderella Story | $65,705,772 | $65,705,772 | |
| 176 | 1985 | Witness | $65,532,576 | $65,532,576 | |
| 177 | 2006 | Step Up | $65,328,121 | $45,661,036 | $110,989,157 |
| 178 | 2014 | Exodus: Gods and Kings | $65,014,513 | $203,300,000 | $268,314,513 |
| 179 | 2002 | About Schmidt | $65,005,217 | $42,049,267 | $107,054,484 |
| 180 | 1997 | L.A. Confidential | $64,604,977 | $61,600,000 | $126,204,977 |
| 181 | 1989 | Field of Dreams | $64,431,625 | $64,431,625 | |
| 182 | 2004 | Miracle | $64,378,093 | $96,612 | $64,474,705 |
| 183 | 2017 | A Dog’s Purpose | $64,321,890 | $138,733,537 | $203,055,427 |
| 184 | 1992 | Scent of a Woman | $63,895,607 | $63,895,607 | |
| 185 | 1987 | Dirty Dancing | $63,892,689 | $150,001,106 | $213,893,795 |
| 186 | 2017 | The Shape of Water | $63,859,435 | $131,931,359 | $195,790,794 |
| 187 | 1983 | Staying Alive | $63,841,474 | $62,200,000 | $126,041,474 |
| 188 | 2003 | Mona Lisa Smile | $63,803,100 | $77,402,069 | $141,205,169 |
| 189 | 2009 | The Time Traveler’s Wife | $63,414,846 | $38,917,289 | $102,332,135 |
| 190 | 1976 | A Star is Born | $63,129,898 | $63,129,898 | |
| 191 | 2010 | The Last Song | $62,950,384 | $29,728,564 | $92,678,948 |
| 192 | 2005 | Jarhead | $62,647,540 | $34,300,000 | $96,947,540 |
| 193 | 2015 | Black Mass | $62,575,678 | $36,262,194 | $98,837,872 |
| 194 | 1970 | Patton | $62,500,000 | $62,500,000 | |
| 195 | 2016 | Miracles from Heaven | $61,705,123 | $12,068,194 | $73,773,317 |
| 196 | 2019 | A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood | $61,696,436 | $6,893,567 | $68,590,003 |
| 197 | 2005 | Cinderella Man | $61,649,911 | $43,371,577 | $105,021,488 |
| 198 | 1981 | Chariots of Fire | $61,558,162 | $352,345 | $61,910,507 |
| 199 | 2023 | Napoleon | $61,524,375 | $156,392,781 | $217,917,156 |
| 200 | 2007 | Stomp the Yard | $61,356,221 | $14,169,497 | $75,525,718 |
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.