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All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Play Movies


See also: Top Based on Play Domestic - Top Based on Play International

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This chart contains the top 100 Based on Play movies based on the cumulative worldwide 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 Worldwide
Box Office
Domestic
Box Office
International
Box Office
1 2002 My Big Fat Greek Wedding $374,890,034 $241,438,208 $133,451,826
2 1998 You’ve Got Mail $250,800,000 $115,821,495 $134,978,505
3 1992 A Few Good Men $236,500,000 $141,340,178 $95,159,822
4 2015 Xia Luo Te Fan Nao $213,949,747 $1,289,195 $212,660,552
5 2011 Gnomeo and Juliet $193,737,977 $99,967,670 $93,770,307
6 1996 The Birdcage $181,760,553 $124,060,553 $57,700,000
7 1996 Romeo+Juliet $147,542,381 $46,338,728 $101,203,653
8 1981 On Golden Pond $119,285,432 $119,285,432
9 2004 Closer $116,148,537 $33,987,757 $82,160,780
10 2004 Finding Neverland $115,036,108 $51,676,606 $63,359,502
11 2002 Peter Pan: Return to Neverland $109,862,682 $48,430,258 $61,432,424
12 2014 The Breakup Guru $106,798,959 $208,959 $106,590,000
13 1989 Driving Miss Daisy $106,593,296 $106,593,296
14 1978 Heaven Can Wait $98,800,000 $98,800,000
15 2015 E gun tian shi $98,632,192 $131,058 $98,501,134
16 1989 Steel Magnolias $95,151,938 $83,759,091 $11,392,847
17 2009 Madea Goes To Jail $90,508,336 $90,508,336
18 2018 Li Cha De Gu Ma $86,876,449 $86,876,449
19 2011 The Ides of March $77,735,925 $40,962,534 $36,773,391
20 2006 Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia $76,904,429 $6,566,773 $70,337,656
21 2016 Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween $73,206,343 $73,206,343
22 2001 Down to Earth $71,172,251 $64,172,251 $7,000,000
23 1998 A Perfect Murder $67,658,331 $67,658,331
24 2016 Moonlight $64,895,106 $27,854,931 $37,040,175
25 2016 Fences $64,282,881 $57,682,904 $6,599,977
26 2006 Madea's Family Reunion $63,320,521 $63,257,940 $62,581
27 1986 Down and Out in Beverly Hills $62,134,225 $62,134,225
28 2010 Why Did I Get Married Too? $60,831,067 $60,095,852 $735,215
29 1999 10 Things I Hate About You $60,413,950 $38,177,966 $22,235,984
30 2012 Quartet $56,178,935 $18,388,357 $37,790,578
31 2007 Why Did I Get Married? $55,934,178 $55,204,525 $729,653
32 2005 Wangeui Namja $55,618,300 $55,618,300
33 2006 She’s the Man $55,279,608 $33,889,159 $21,390,449
34 2011 Madea’s Big Happy Family $54,160,818 $53,345,287 $815,531
35 2022 The Whale $54,044,481 $17,453,440 $36,591,041
36 2008 Doubt $53,191,101 $33,446,470 $19,744,631
37 2013 Tyler Perry’s Temptation $53,143,144 $51,975,354 $1,167,790
38 2013 Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas $52,543,354 $52,543,354
39 1984 Amadeus $52,141,366 $51,973,029 $168,337
40 2009 I Can Do Bad All By Myself $51,733,921 $51,733,921
41 1988 Biloxi Blues $51,684,798 $43,184,798 $8,500,000
42 2013 August: Osage County $50,738,810 $37,738,810 $13,000,000
43 2005 Diary of a Mad Black Woman $50,458,356 $50,406,346 $52,010
44 2014 About Last Night $50,445,860 $48,637,684 $1,808,176
45 2005 Welcome to Dongmakgol $48,000,000 $48,000,000
46 1961 West Side Story $47,596,274 $43,700,000 $3,896,274
47 2002 8 femmes $42,376,425 $3,076,425 $39,300,000
48 2015 The Lady in the Van $42,320,503 $10,021,175 $32,299,328
49 2008 Meet the Browns $41,975,388 $41,975,388
50 1987 Roxanne $39,148,164 $39,148,164
51 1968 Romeo and Juliet $38,907,647 $38,901,218 $6,429
52 1986 About Last Night... $38,702,310 $38,702,310
53 2011 Carnage $38,112,154 $2,546,747 $35,565,407
54 2010 For Colored Girls $38,017,873 $37,729,698 $288,175
55 2003 What a Girl Wants $37,216,643 $35,990,505 $1,226,138
56 1999 The Bachelor $36,882,378 $21,731,001 $15,151,377
57 2020 The Father $36,427,155 $2,120,992 $34,306,163
58 1991 Other People's Money $35,682,000 $35,682,000
59 2005 Brice de Nice $34,631,405 $34,631,405
60 2011 Potiche $34,152,587 $1,618,844 $32,533,743
61 1966 Who\'s Afraid of Virginia Wolf? $33,736,689 $33,736,689
62 1994 Nell $33,592,700 $33,592,700
63 1986 Children of a Lesser God $31,853,080 $31,853,080
64 1969 Paint Your Wagon $31,678,778 $31,678,778
65 1999 An Ideal Husband $31,341,183 $18,542,974 $12,798,209
66 2000 East is East $30,438,635 $4,170,647 $26,267,988
67 1979 Chapter Two $30,000,000 $30,000,000
68 1997 Romy and Michele's High School Reunion $29,235,353 $29,235,353
69 1987 Nuts $28,866,028 $28,866,028
70 2008 Frost/Nixon $28,452,945 $18,622,031 $9,830,914
71 1966 A Man for All Seasons $28,350,000 $28,350,000
72 1969 Cactus Flower $25,889,208 $25,889,208
73 1993 Shadowlands $25,842,377 $25,842,377
74 1985 Agnes of God $25,627,836 $25,627,836
75 1999 A Midsummer Night's Dream $25,011,645 $16,071,990 $8,939,655
76 2011 Monsieur Lazhar $24,819,901 $3,371,810 $21,448,091
77 1970 The Owl and the Pussycat $23,681,338 $23,681,338
78 1991 Oscar $23,562,716 $23,562,716
79 2001 Kingdom Come $23,393,939 $23,247,539 $146,400
80 2012 Beasts of the Southern Wild $23,265,132 $12,795,746 $10,469,386
81 1978 Same Time, Next Year $23,000,000 $23,000,000
82 1986 Crimes of the Heart $22,905,000 $22,905,000
83 1991 Frankie and Johnny $22,773,535 $22,773,535
84 1992 Prelude to a Kiss $22,697,691 $20,006,730 $2,690,961
85 1993 Much Ado About Nothing $22,549,338 $22,549,338
86 1990 Hamlet $22,493,727 $20,710,451 $1,783,276
87 1984 A Soldier's Story $22,100,000 $22,100,000
88 1925 The Big Parade $22,000,000 $11,000,000 $11,000,000
89 1998 Little Voice $21,787,233 $4,595,000 $17,192,233
90 2009 Easy Virtue $20,537,741 $2,656,784 $17,880,957
91 1967 Barefoot in the Park $19,994,656 $19,994,515 $141
92 1982 Deathtrap $19,282,000 $19,282,000
93 1966 Alfie $18,871,300 $18,871,300
94 2012 OMG: Oh My God $18,602,281 $18,602,281
95 1992 Used People $17,957,265 $17,957,265
96 1993 Born Yesterday $17,760,754 $17,760,754
97 1958 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof $17,570,642 $17,570,324 $318
98 1993 A Bronx Tale $17,239,789 $17,239,789
99 2018 102 Not Out $16,765,212 $1,339,909 $15,425,303
100 1988 Crossing Delancey $16,262,000 $16,262,000

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.