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All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Play Movies (Rank 101-200)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | 1993 | A Bronx Tale | $17,239,789 | $17,239,789 | |
| 102 | 2018 | 102 Not Out | $16,765,212 | $1,339,909 | $15,425,303 |
| 103 | 1988 | Crossing Delancey | $16,262,000 | $16,262,000 | |
| 104 | 2010 | Incendies | $16,017,448 | $6,857,096 | $9,160,352 |
| 105 | 2001 | O (Othello) | $16,017,403 | $16,017,403 | |
| 106 | 1994 | The Madness of King George | $15,122,669 | $15,122,669 | |
| 107 | 1974 | The Front Page | $15,000,000 | $15,000,000 | |
| 108 | 2011 | A Dangerous Method | $14,807,531 | $5,702,083 | $9,105,448 |
| 109 | 1983 | Educating Rita | $14,688,000 | $14,688,000 | |
| 110 | 2006 | The History Boys | $13,447,998 | $2,730,296 | $10,717,702 |
| 111 | 1986 | Extremities | $13,418,091 | $13,418,091 | |
| 112 | 1963 | Bye Bye Birdie | $13,129,412 | $13,129,412 | |
| 113 | 2015 | Macbeth | $13,104,307 | $1,110,707 | $11,993,600 |
| 114 | 1981 | Rich and Famous | $13,000,000 | $13,000,000 | |
| 115 | 1996 | Marvin's Room | $12,803,305 | $12,803,305 | |
| 116 | 2012 | Bachelorette | $12,577,401 | $446,770 | $12,130,631 |
| 117 | 1992 | Strictly Ballroom | $12,568,391 | $11,738,000 | $830,391 |
| 118 | 2003 | Mambo Italiano | $12,399,772 | $9,282,750 | $3,117,022 |
| 119 | 1964 | A Shot in the Dark | $12,368,234 | $12,368,234 | |
| 120 | 1981 | First Monday in October | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 | |
| 121 | 2011 | Office Romance. Our Time (Служебный роман. Наше… | $11,990,788 | $11,990,788 | |
| 122 | 1986 | Brighton Beach Memoirs | $11,957,943 | $11,957,943 | |
| 123 | 2000 | Quills | $11,732,088 | $7,060,876 | $4,671,212 |
| 124 | 2000 | The Visit | $11,715,992 | $186,444 | $11,529,548 |
| 125 | 1942 | Casablanca | $10,910,050 | $10,805,992 | $104,058 |
| 126 | 1992 | Glengarry Glen Ross | $10,725,650 | $10,725,228 | $422 |
| 127 | 1989 | We're No Angels | $10,555,348 | $10,555,348 | |
| 128 | 1989 | Henry V | $10,176,701 | $10,161,099 | $15,602 |
| 129 | 2005 | The Libertine | $9,448,623 | $4,835,065 | $4,613,558 |
| 130 | 2002 | Kissing Jessica Stein | $9,345,061 | $7,025,722 | $2,319,339 |
| 131 | 1993 | Lost in Yonkers | $9,285,189 | $9,285,189 | |
| 132 | 1964 | Becket | $9,164,370 | $9,164,370 | |
| 133 | 2016 | Juste La Fin Du Monde | $9,122,927 | $9,122,927 | |
| 134 | 1988 | Switching Channels | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | |
| 135 | 2018 | Der Vorname | $8,947,326 | $8,947,326 | |
| 136 | 2002 | The Importance of Being Earnest | $8,667,209 | $8,378,141 | $289,068 |
| 137 | 2007 | Bug | $8,302,995 | $7,006,708 | $1,296,287 |
| 138 | 2005 | Proof | $8,284,331 | $7,535,331 | $749,000 |
| 139 | 1948 | Key Largo | $8,129,920 | $8,125,000 | $4,920 |
| 140 | 1951 | A Streetcar Named Desire | $8,008,368 | $8,000,000 | $8,368 |
| 141 | 1965 | Do Not Disturb | $8,000,000 | $8,000,000 | |
| 142 | 1968 | Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? | $7,988,000 | $7,988,000 | |
| 143 | 2002 | Real Women Have Curves | $7,777,790 | $5,853,194 | $1,924,596 |
| 144 | 1985 | The Trip to Bountiful | $7,466,662 | $7,466,662 | |
| 145 | 2013 | Black Nativity | $7,454,184 | $7,018,188 | $435,996 |
| 146 | 1960 | Midnight Lace | $7,400,000 | $7,400,000 | |
| 147 | 2016 | Frantz | $7,356,327 | $880,883 | $6,475,444 |
| 148 | 1996 | The Crucible | $7,352,332 | $7,352,332 | |
| 149 | 1953 | How to Marry a Millionaire | $7,300,742 | $7,300,000 | $742 |
| 150 | 2023 | Allelujah | $7,262,050 | $7,262,050 | |
| 151 | 2017 | Toc Toc | $7,163,058 | $7,163,058 | |
| 152 | 1996 | Hamlet | $7,129,670 | $4,501,094 | $2,628,576 |
| 153 | 1982 | I Ought to be in Pictures | $6,968,359 | $6,968,359 | |
| 154 | 1956 | High Society | $6,500,000 | $6,500,000 | |
| 155 | 1993 | Six Degrees of Separation | $6,284,090 | $6,284,090 | |
| 156 | 2010 | Rabbit Hole | $6,205,034 | $2,229,058 | $3,975,976 |
| 157 | 1954 | Dial M for Murder | $6,108,898 | $6,108,790 | $108 |
| 158 | 1985 | Plenty | $6,104,212 | $6,104,212 | |
| 159 | 2005 | A Good Woman | $6,075,750 | $223,144 | $5,852,606 |
| 160 | 1955 | The Seven Year Itch | $6,000,342 | $6,000,000 | $342 |
| 161 | 1993 | The Cemetery Club | $5,583,621 | $5,583,621 | |
| 162 | 2015 | Hamlet | $5,350,452 | $5,350,452 | |
| 163 | 2015 | L’étudiante et Monsieur Henri | $5,320,289 | $761 | $5,319,528 |
| 164 | 1983 | The Dresser | $5,310,748 | $5,310,748 | |
| 165 | 1981 | Buddy Buddy | $5,299,037 | $5,299,037 | |
| 166 | 2018 | Brillantissime | $5,154,515 | $5,154,515 | |
| 167 | 1983 | Romantic Comedy | $5,140,538 | $5,140,538 | |
| 168 | 2020 | Mayday | $5,011,408 | $5,011,408 | |
| 169 | 1982 | Tempest | $5,005,245 | $5,005,245 | |
| 170 | 1988 | Torch Song Trilogy | $4,865,997 | $4,865,997 | |
| 171 | 2012 | Killer Joe | $4,659,110 | $1,291,645 | $3,367,465 |
| 172 | 2009 | 12 | $4,581,361 | $125,120 | $4,456,241 |
| 173 | 1956 | Bus Stop | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 | |
| 174 | 2001 | Lantana | $4,460,426 | $4,460,426 | |
| 175 | 2013 | Much Ado About Nothing | $4,328,850 | $4,328,850 | |
| 176 | 2001 | Lucky Break | $4,316,497 | $54,606 | $4,261,891 |
| 177 | 1995 | Richard III | $4,199,334 | $2,684,904 | $1,514,430 |
| 178 | 1996 | To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday | $4,137,645 | $4,137,645 | |
| 179 | 1999 | The Winslow Boy | $4,058,350 | $4,058,350 | |
| 180 | 2012 | The Broken Circle Breakdown | $3,985,226 | $175,038 | $3,810,188 |
| 181 | 2012 | The Deep Blue Sea | $3,852,164 | $1,126,027 | $2,726,137 |
| 182 | 2000 | The Big Kahuna | $3,713,451 | $3,150,107 | $563,344 |
| 183 | 2025 | Macbeth: David Tennant and Cush Jumbo | $3,676,217 | $3,676,217 | |
| 184 | 1995 | Jeffrey | $3,487,000 | $3,487,000 | |
| 185 | 1988 | Talk Radio | $3,468,572 | $3,468,572 | |
| 186 | 2023 | What Happens Later | $3,401,997 | $3,273,896 | $128,101 |
| 187 | 1949 | In the Good Old Summertime | $3,400,000 | $3,400,000 | |
| 188 | 2023 | Freud’s Last Session | $3,360,399 | $906,283 | $2,454,116 |
| 189 | 1985 | Ran | $3,252,824 | $3,140,716 | $112,108 |
| 190 | 2002 | The Cat's Meow | $3,176,936 | $3,176,936 | |
| 191 | 2015 | The Winter's Tale | $3,164,827 | $3,164,827 | |
| 192 | 1992 | K2 | $3,042,892 | $3,042,892 | |
| 193 | 1994 | Death and the Maiden | $3,038,495 | $3,038,495 | |
| 194 | 1940 | The Philadelphia Story | $3,007,145 | $3,000,000 | $7,145 |
| 195 | 1926 | Aloma of the South Seas | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | |
| 196 | 2019 | El Cuento de las Comadrejas | $2,957,271 | $2,957,271 | |
| 197 | 1997 | Love! Valour! Compassion! | $2,936,611 | $2,936,611 | |
| 198 | 1999 | Titus | $2,920,616 | $1,921,350 | $999,266 |
| 199 | 1997 | In the Company of Men | $2,883,661 | $2,883,661 | |
| 200 | 1995 | Othello | $2,844,379 | $2,844,379 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.