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All Time International Box Office for Based on Play Movies
See also: Top Based on Play Domestic - Top Based on Play Worldwide
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This chart contains the top 100 Based on Play movies based on the cumulative international box office.
See our Based on Play Theatrical Market Charts for more overviews regarding the domestic theatrical box office performance of Based on Play movies.
| Rank | Released | Movie | International Box Office |
Domestic Box Office |
Worldwide Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2015 | Xia Luo Te Fan Nao | $212,660,552 | $1,289,195 | $213,949,747 |
| 2 | 1998 | You’ve Got Mail | $134,978,505 | $115,821,495 | $250,800,000 |
| 3 | 2002 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | $133,451,826 | $241,438,208 | $374,890,034 |
| 4 | 2014 | The Breakup Guru | $106,590,000 | $208,959 | $106,798,959 |
| 5 | 1996 | Romeo+Juliet | $101,203,653 | $46,338,728 | $147,542,381 |
| 6 | 2015 | E gun tian shi | $98,501,134 | $131,058 | $98,632,192 |
| 7 | 1992 | A Few Good Men | $95,159,822 | $141,340,178 | $236,500,000 |
| 8 | 2011 | Gnomeo and Juliet | $93,770,307 | $99,967,670 | $193,737,977 |
| 9 | 2018 | Li Cha De Gu Ma | $86,876,449 | $86,876,449 | |
| 10 | 2004 | Closer | $82,160,780 | $33,987,757 | $116,148,537 |
| 11 | 2006 | Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia | $70,337,656 | $6,566,773 | $76,904,429 |
| 12 | 2004 | Finding Neverland | $63,359,502 | $51,676,606 | $115,036,108 |
| 13 | 2002 | Peter Pan: Return to Neverland | $61,432,424 | $48,430,258 | $109,862,682 |
| 14 | 1996 | The Birdcage | $57,700,000 | $124,060,553 | $181,760,553 |
| 15 | 2005 | Wangeui Namja | $55,618,300 | $55,618,300 | |
| 16 | 2005 | Welcome to Dongmakgol | $48,000,000 | $48,000,000 | |
| 17 | 2002 | 8 femmes | $39,300,000 | $3,076,425 | $42,376,425 |
| 18 | 2012 | Quartet | $37,790,578 | $18,388,357 | $56,178,935 |
| 19 | 2016 | Moonlight | $37,040,175 | $27,854,931 | $64,895,106 |
| 20 | 2011 | The Ides of March | $36,773,391 | $40,962,534 | $77,735,925 |
| 21 | 2022 | The Whale | $36,591,041 | $17,453,440 | $54,044,481 |
| 22 | 2011 | Carnage | $35,565,407 | $2,546,747 | $38,112,154 |
| 23 | 2005 | Brice de Nice | $34,631,405 | $34,631,405 | |
| 24 | 2020 | The Father | $34,306,163 | $2,120,992 | $36,427,155 |
| 25 | 2011 | Potiche | $32,533,743 | $1,618,844 | $34,152,587 |
| 26 | 2015 | The Lady in the Van | $32,299,328 | $10,021,175 | $42,320,503 |
| 27 | 2000 | East is East | $26,267,988 | $4,170,647 | $30,438,635 |
| 28 | 1999 | 10 Things I Hate About You | $22,235,984 | $38,177,966 | $60,413,950 |
| 29 | 2011 | Monsieur Lazhar | $21,448,091 | $3,371,810 | $24,819,901 |
| 30 | 2006 | She’s the Man | $21,390,449 | $33,889,159 | $55,279,608 |
| 31 | 2008 | Doubt | $19,744,631 | $33,446,470 | $53,191,101 |
| 32 | 2012 | OMG: Oh My God | $18,602,281 | $18,602,281 | |
| 33 | 2009 | Easy Virtue | $17,880,957 | $2,656,784 | $20,537,741 |
| 34 | 1998 | Little Voice | $17,192,233 | $4,595,000 | $21,787,233 |
| 35 | 2018 | 102 Not Out | $15,425,303 | $1,339,909 | $16,765,212 |
| 36 | 1999 | The Bachelor | $15,151,377 | $21,731,001 | $36,882,378 |
| 37 | 2013 | August: Osage County | $13,000,000 | $37,738,810 | $50,738,810 |
| 38 | 1999 | An Ideal Husband | $12,798,209 | $18,542,974 | $31,341,183 |
| 39 | 2012 | Bachelorette | $12,130,631 | $446,770 | $12,577,401 |
| 40 | 2015 | Macbeth | $11,993,600 | $1,110,707 | $13,104,307 |
| 41 | 2000 | The Visit | $11,529,548 | $186,444 | $11,715,992 |
| 42 | 1989 | Steel Magnolias | $11,392,847 | $83,759,091 | $95,151,938 |
| 43 | 1925 | The Big Parade | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | $22,000,000 |
| 44 | 2006 | The History Boys | $10,717,702 | $2,730,296 | $13,447,998 |
| 45 | 2012 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | $10,469,386 | $12,795,746 | $23,265,132 |
| 46 | 2008 | Frost/Nixon | $9,830,914 | $18,622,031 | $28,452,945 |
| 47 | 2010 | Incendies | $9,160,352 | $6,857,096 | $16,017,448 |
| 48 | 2016 | Juste La Fin Du Monde | $9,122,927 | $9,122,927 | |
| 49 | 2011 | A Dangerous Method | $9,105,448 | $5,702,083 | $14,807,531 |
| 50 | 2018 | Der Vorname | $8,947,326 | $8,947,326 | |
| 51 | 1999 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | $8,939,655 | $16,071,990 | $25,011,645 |
| 52 | 1988 | Biloxi Blues | $8,500,000 | $43,184,798 | $51,684,798 |
| 53 | 2023 | Allelujah | $7,262,050 | $7,262,050 | |
| 54 | 2017 | Toc Toc | $7,163,058 | $7,163,058 | |
| 55 | 2001 | Down to Earth | $7,000,000 | $64,172,251 | $71,172,251 |
| 56 | 2016 | Fences | $6,599,977 | $57,682,904 | $64,282,881 |
| 57 | 2005 | A Good Woman | $5,852,606 | $223,144 | $6,075,750 |
| 58 | 2015 | Hamlet | $5,350,452 | $5,350,452 | |
| 59 | 2015 | L’étudiante et Monsieur Henri | $5,319,528 | $761 | $5,320,289 |
| 60 | 2018 | Brillantissime | $5,154,515 | $5,154,515 | |
| 61 | 2020 | Mayday | $5,011,408 | $5,011,408 | |
| 62 | 2000 | Quills | $4,671,212 | $7,060,876 | $11,732,088 |
| 63 | 2005 | The Libertine | $4,613,558 | $4,835,065 | $9,448,623 |
| 64 | 2001 | Lucky Break | $4,261,891 | $54,606 | $4,316,497 |
| 65 | 2010 | Rabbit Hole | $3,975,976 | $2,229,058 | $6,205,034 |
| 66 | 1961 | West Side Story | $3,896,274 | $43,700,000 | $47,596,274 |
| 67 | 2012 | The Broken Circle Breakdown | $3,810,188 | $175,038 | $3,985,226 |
| 68 | 2025 | Macbeth: David Tennant and Cush Jumbo | $3,576,746 | $3,576,746 | |
| 69 | 2012 | Killer Joe | $3,367,465 | $1,291,645 | $4,659,110 |
| 70 | 2015 | The Winter's Tale | $3,164,827 | $3,164,827 | |
| 71 | 2003 | Mambo Italiano | $3,117,022 | $9,282,750 | $12,399,772 |
| 72 | 2019 | El Cuento de las Comadrejas | $2,957,271 | $2,957,271 | |
| 73 | 2018 | Les chatouilles | $2,765,772 | $2,765,772 | |
| 74 | 2012 | The Deep Blue Sea | $2,726,137 | $1,126,027 | $3,852,164 |
| 75 | 2012 | Sightseers | $2,694,401 | $41,039 | $2,735,440 |
| 76 | 1992 | Prelude to a Kiss | $2,690,961 | $20,006,730 | $22,697,691 |
| 77 | 1996 | Hamlet | $2,628,576 | $4,501,094 | $7,129,670 |
| 78 | 2011 | Restless | $2,608,758 | $163,753 | $2,772,511 |
| 79 | 2015 | The Riot Club | $2,591,267 | $6,041 | $2,597,308 |
| 80 | 2023 | Freud’s Last Session | $2,454,116 | $906,283 | $3,360,399 |
| 81 | 2002 | Kissing Jessica Stein | $2,319,339 | $7,025,722 | $9,345,061 |
| 82 | 2002 | Real Women Have Curves | $1,924,596 | $5,853,194 | $7,777,790 |
| 83 | 2017 | National Theatre Live: Follies | $1,842,192 | $1,842,192 | |
| 84 | 2019 | Le Dindon | $1,822,837 | $1,822,837 | |
| 85 | 2014 | About Last Night | $1,808,176 | $48,637,684 | $50,445,860 |
| 86 | 2012 | Coriolanus | $1,787,066 | $749,641 | $2,536,707 |
| 87 | 1990 | Hamlet | $1,783,276 | $20,710,451 | $22,493,727 |
| 88 | 2015 | La Novia | $1,764,979 | $1,764,979 | |
| 89 | 2024 | National Theatre Live: Dear England | $1,697,663 | $1,697,663 | |
| 90 | 2019 | National Theatre Live: The Lehman Trilogy | $1,531,395 | $1,531,395 | |
| 91 | 1995 | Richard III | $1,514,430 | $2,684,904 | $4,199,334 |
| 92 | 2016 | Kollektivet | $1,462,525 | $38,737 | $1,501,262 |
| 93 | 2016 | No Man’s Land - NT Live 2016 (Theatre) | $1,380,144 | $1,380,144 | |
| 94 | 2006 | Omkara | $1,354,826 | $1,244,576 | $2,599,402 |
| 95 | 2007 | Bug | $1,296,287 | $7,006,708 | $8,302,995 |
| 96 | 2020 | Wild Mountain Thyme | $1,272,672 | $213,441 | $1,486,113 |
| 97 | 2018 | Tyut pei ba ba | $1,264,734 | $13,331 | $1,278,065 |
| 98 | 2015 | Remember | $1,255,202 | $547,009 | $1,802,211 |
| 99 | 2017 | National Theater Live 2017: Rosencrantz and Gui… | $1,245,590 | $1,245,590 | |
| 100 | 2003 | What a Girl Wants | $1,226,138 | $35,990,505 | $37,216,643 |
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This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.