Top 50 Movies Never to Go Into Wide Release
| | Most Theaters | Release Date | Movie | Total Gross |
| 1 |
200 |
9/26/1975 |
The Rocky Horror Picture Show |
$139,876,417 |
| 2 |
687 |
2/1/2008 |
Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour |
$65,281,781 |
| 3 |
926 |
7/12/1991 |
Boyz n the Hood |
$56,190,094 |
| 4 |
999 |
12/14/2001 |
The Royal Tenenbaums |
$52,353,636 |
| 5 |
848 |
8/8/1986 |
Stand by Me |
$52,287,414 |
| 6 |
905 |
3/8/1991 |
New Jack City |
$47,624,253 |
| 7 |
783 |
8/13/1997 |
The Full Monty |
$45,950,122 |
| 8 |
847 |
12/22/2000 |
O Brother, Where Art Thou |
$45,506,619 |
| 9 |
882 |
9/12/2003 |
Lost in Translation |
$44,585,453 |
| 10 |
877 |
11/20/1987 |
The Last Emperor |
$43,984,000 |
| 11 |
989 |
12/11/1987 |
Wall Street |
$43,848,100 |
| 12 |
918 |
12/26/2001 |
Gosford Park |
$41,300,105 |
| 13 |
523 |
11/12/1993 |
The Piano |
$40,157,856 |
| 14 |
821 |
12/29/1995 |
Dead Man Walking |
$39,387,284 |
| 15 |
940 |
8/23/1991 |
Dead Again |
$38,016,380 |
| 16 |
958 |
7/24/1991 |
The Doctor |
$37,497,480 |
| 17 |
905 |
9/26/2008 |
Fireproof |
$33,456,317 |
| 18 |
303 |
11/2/2001 |
Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain |
$33,201,661 |
| 19 |
600 |
9/8/1993 |
The Joy Luck Club |
$32,790,064 |
| 20 |
842 |
12/27/2002 |
The Pianist |
$32,519,322 |
| 21 |
839 |
9/17/1993 |
The Age of Innocence |
$32,014,993 |
| 22 |
882 |
11/26/2008 |
Milk |
$31,841,299 |
| 23 |
844 |
6/7/1991 |
Jungle Fever |
$31,739,045 |
| 24 |
929 |
10/7/2005 |
Good Night and Good Luck |
$31,501,218 |
| 25 |
714 |
12/26/2001 |
Monster's Ball |
$31,273,922 |
| 26 |
967 |
12/19/2003 |
Calendar Girls |
$31,011,616 |
| 27 |
624 |
11/6/1998 |
Elizabeth |
$30,082,699 |
| 28 |
718 |
12/25/1990 |
Green Card |
$29,804,169 |
| 29 |
972 |
9/23/1994 |
The Shawshank Redemption |
$28,241,469 |
| 30 |
581 |
5/26/1993 |
Menace II Society |
$27,731,527 |
| 31 |
986 |
1/12/1990 |
Internal Affairs |
$27,661,878 |
| 32 |
883 |
4/26/1995 |
Friday |
$27,467,564 |
| 33 |
813 |
7/28/2004 |
Garden State |
$26,782,316 |
| 34 |
811 |
12/14/1989 |
Glory |
$26,593,580 |
| 35 |
700 |
3/9/1990 |
House Party |
$26,385,627 |
| 36 |
776 |
12/17/2008 |
The Wrestler |
$26,238,243 |
| 37 |
498 |
6/30/1989 |
Do the Right Thing |
$26,004,026 |
| 38 |
248 |
3/13/1992 |
Howards End |
$25,919,211 |
| 39 |
794 |
10/25/2002 |
Frida |
$25,885,000 |
| 40 |
531 |
3/16/2001 |
Memento |
$25,544,867 |
| 41 |
495 |
12/29/1993 |
In the Name of the Father |
$25,096,862 |
| 42 |
540 |
11/20/1998 |
Waking Ned Devine |
$24,793,251 |
| 43 |
822 |
9/14/1994 |
Quiz Show |
$24,787,282 |
| 44 |
534 |
8/4/1989 |
Sex, Lies, and Videotape |
$24,741,667 |
| 45 |
564 |
10/20/2006 |
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D |
$24,702,904 |
| 46 |
716 |
3/8/1996 |
Fargo |
$24,567,751 |
| 47 |
964 |
9/14/2007 |
Across the Universe |
$24,343,673 |
| 48 |
587 |
5/24/2006 |
An Inconvenient Truth |
$24,146,161 |
| 49 |
824 |
12/22/2004 |
Hotel Rwanda |
$23,519,128 |
| 50 |
902 |
3/15/1995 |
Circle of Friends |
$23,389,975 |
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