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Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction Movies in 2023

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RankMovieRelease
Date		 GenreMPAA
Rating		2023 GrossTickets Sold
1 Indiana Jones and the Dial … Jun 30, 2023 Adventure PG-13 $174,480,468 16,185,572
2 Killers of the Flower Moon Oct 19, 2023 Western R $67,292,161 6,242,315
3 Cocaine Bear Feb 24, 2023 Black Comedy R $64,670,240 5,999,095
4 The Color Purple Dec 25, 2023 Musical PG-13 $44,047,642 4,086,052
5 A Haunting in Venice Sep 15, 2023 Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $42,471,412 3,939,834
6 Asteroid City Jun 16, 2023 Comedy R $28,153,025 2,611,597
7 Are You There God? It’s Me,… Apr 28, 2023 Comedy PG-13 $20,372,406 1,889,833
8 The Holdovers Oct 27, 2023 Comedy R $18,208,655 1,689,114
9 Titanic Dec 19, 1997 Drama PG-13 $15,096,069 1,400,377
10 The Last Voyage of the Demeter Aug 11, 2023 Horror R $13,637,180 1,265,044
11 Sisu Jan 27, 2023 Action R $7,265,622 673,990
12 Babylon Dec 23, 2022 Drama R $6,575,328 609,956
13 Women Talking Dec 23, 2022 Drama PG-13 $5,304,544 492,072
14 Marlowe Feb 24, 2023 Thriller/Suspense R $4,350,243 403,547
15 Living Mar 31, 2023 Drama PG-13 $2,979,763 276,415
16 The Land Before Time Nov 18, 1988 Adventure G $2,383,751 221,127
17 An Cailín Ciúin May 13, 2022 Drama PG-13 $1,500,014 139,147
18 Eileen Dec 1, 2023 Drama R $1,425,273 132,214
19 Scarface Dec 9, 1983 Drama R $558,600 51,818
20 Of an Age Mar 23, 2023 Drama R $556,585 51,631
21 The Oath Dec 8, 2023 Action PG-13 $468,027 43,416
22 The Zone of Interest Jan 19, 2024 Drama PG-13 $463,787 43,022
23 Aristotle and Dante Discove… Nov 30, 2023 Drama PG-13 $407,838 37,832
24 Farewell My Concubine (霸王別姬… Oct 13, 1993 Drama R $321,788 29,850
25 Outlaw Johnny Black Sep 15, 2023 Western PG-13 $319,848 29,670
26 Empire of Light Mar 2, 2023 Drama R $260,974 24,209
27 Dazed and Confused Sep 24, 1993 Comedy R $151,735 14,076
28 La passion de Dodin Bouffant Feb 14, 2024 Drama PG-13 $118,926 11,032
29 Bunker Feb 24, 2023 Horror R $76,727 7,117
30 Freud’s Last Session Apr 18, 2024 Drama PG-13 $64,780 6,009
31 The Others Aug 10, 2001 Horror PG-13 $23,155 2,147
32 Le pacte des loups Jan 11, 2002 Action R $19,984 1,853
33 Rare Objects Apr 14, 2023 Drama R $10,454 969
34 Bones and All Nov 23, 2022 Thriller/Suspense R $2,570 238
Total Gross of All Movies$524,039,574
Total Tickets Sold48,612,190

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2023. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2023. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.

Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).

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