Box Office History for Drama

Ticket Sales and Market Share by Year


Note: Figures for 2024 are at an annualized rate.

Top-Grossing Movies 1995-2024, Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation

RankMovieRelease
Date
Theatrical
Distributor
MPAA
Rating
Total GrossInflation-Adjusted
Gross
1 Titanic Dec 19, 1997 Paramount Pictures PG-13 $674,460,013 $1,446,878,504
2 The Passion of the Christ Feb 25, 2004 Newmarket Films R $370,782,930 $628,691,986
3 Saving Private Ryan Jul 24, 1998 Dreamworks SKG R $216,335,085 $481,278,241
4 American Sniper Dec 25, 2014 Warner Bros. R $350,126,372 $447,820,518
5 Apollo 13 Jun 30, 1995 Universal PG $173,772,767 $429,529,930
6 The Twilight Saga: New Moon Nov 20, 2009 Summit Entertainment PG-13 $296,623,634 $415,857,963
7 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Jun 30, 2010 Summit Entertainment PG-13 $300,531,751 $401,089,901
8 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn… Nov 16, 2012 Lionsgate PG-13 $292,324,737 $395,796,626
9 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn… Nov 18, 2011 Summit Entertainment PG-13 $281,287,133 $382,350,743
10 The Blind Side Nov 20, 2009 Warner Bros. PG-13 $255,959,475 $364,525,538
11 The Perfect Storm Jun 30, 2000 Warner Bros. PG-13 $182,618,434 $356,766,625
12 Oppenheimer Jul 21, 2023 Universal R $329,702,240 $329,702,240
13 A Beautiful Mind Dec 21, 2001 Universal PG-13 $170,708,996 $311,206,274
14 Good Will Hunting Dec 5, 1997 Miramax R $138,433,435 $311,183,076
15 Catch Me if You Can Dec 25, 2002 Dreamworks SKG PG-13 $164,606,800 $293,890,626
16 The Truman Show Jun 5, 1998 Paramount Pictures PG $125,618,201 $282,038,300
17 Twilight Nov 21, 2008 Summit Entertainment PG-13 $192,769,854 $281,719,599
18 The Green Mile Dec 10, 1999 Warner Bros. R $136,801,374 $276,399,380
19 American Beauty Sep 15, 1999 Dreamworks SKG R $130,058,047 $268,783,604
20 A Time to Kill Jul 24, 1996 Warner Bros. R $108,766,007 $259,119,007
21 Cinderella Mar 13, 2015 Walt Disney PG $201,151,353 $257,225,569
22 The Pursuit of Happyness Dec 15, 2006 Sony Pictures PG-13 $162,586,036 $256,430,256
23 Bohemian Rhapsody Nov 2, 2018 20th Century Fox PG-13 $216,303,339 $255,783,884
24 A Star is Born Oct 5, 2018 Warner Bros. R $215,288,866 $254,663,281
25 Phenomenon Jul 5, 1996 Walt Disney PG $104,636,382 $249,272,204
Complete List

Year by Year Market Share

YearMovies in
Release
Market
Share
GrossTickets SoldInflation-
Adjusted
Gross
Top-Grossing MovieGross that Year
1995 127 25.13% $1,335,703,611 307,058,238 $3,310,087,806 Apollo 13 $172,036,360
1996 117 22.11% $1,275,320,216 288,533,928 $3,110,395,744 A Time to Kill $108,766,007
1997 119 16.14% $998,423,671 217,521,442 $2,344,881,145 Titanic $112,594,173
1998 124 27.67% $1,885,861,068 402,102,514 $4,334,665,101 Titanic $488,192,879
1999 153 16.75% $1,229,323,084 241,992,654 $2,608,680,810 The General's Daughter $102,705,852
2000 164 20.95% $1,575,198,356 292,244,517 $3,150,395,893 The Perfect Storm $182,618,434
2001 150 13.35% $1,107,783,752 195,721,441 $2,109,877,134 Traffic $123,735,812
2002 173 13.65% $1,250,003,940 215,146,891 $2,319,283,485 A Beautiful Mind $132,929,755
2003 182 10.35% $951,347,009 157,768,898 $1,700,748,720 Seabiscuit $120,277,854
2004 227 14.60% $1,355,160,926 218,222,259 $2,352,435,952 The Passion of the Christ $370,274,604
2005 257 14.12% $1,242,753,471 193,877,170 $2,089,995,893 Million Dollar Baby $99,378,637
2006 246 15.90% $1,459,314,980 222,796,054 $2,401,741,462 The Departed $120,359,613
2007 247 12.64% $1,235,374,633 179,560,147 $1,935,658,385 American Gangster $129,150,735
2008 254 10.87% $1,059,686,914 147,588,598 $1,591,005,086 Twilight $176,922,850
2009 200 17.17% $1,826,299,890 243,506,569 $2,625,000,814 The Twilight Saga: New Moon $287,954,655
2010 212 14.40% $1,509,451,853 191,311,931 $2,062,342,616 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse $300,531,751
2011 242 14.20% $1,444,761,685 182,189,260 $1,964,000,223 The Twilight Saga: Breaking… $275,530,738
2012 231 15.01% $1,652,379,604 207,585,259 $2,237,769,092 The Twilight Saga: Breaking… $289,133,356
2013 229 11.05% $1,203,467,746 148,027,889 $1,595,740,643 The Great Gatsby $144,840,419
2014 253 15.70% $1,612,876,344 197,414,353 $2,128,126,725 The Fault in Our Stars $124,872,350
2015 289 18.50% $2,063,637,578 244,796,732 $2,638,908,771 American Sniper $347,897,084
2016 280 10.37% $1,168,407,414 135,075,866 $1,456,117,835 Sully $124,976,335
2017 254 12.15% $1,335,727,052 148,910,375 $1,605,253,843 Hidden Figures $167,620,331
2018 265 13.47% $1,608,625,782 176,577,914 $1,903,509,913 A Star is Born $201,157,885
2019 230 12.10% $1,356,876,298 148,130,503 $1,596,846,822 Knives Out $130,119,450
2020 125 13.53% $273,390,118 29,780,993 $321,039,105 Little Women $70,502,828
2021 120 5.05% $227,842,440 22,403,337 $241,507,973 House of Gucci $49,023,527
2022 144 8.25% $612,498,285 58,166,916 $627,039,354 Elvis $151,040,048
2023 155 10.12% $903,416,835 83,839,300 $903,787,654 Oppenheimer $326,101,370
2024 54 20.70% $268,973,268 24,951,138 $268,973,268 Bob Marley: One Love $93,342,862

Upcoming Releases

Release DateMovie Theatrical
Distributor
Domestic
Box Office
to Date
Trailer
February, 2024
February 22 Seagrass (Limited) Game Theory Films    
Spaceman (Limited) Netflix    
 
February 23 Ordinary Angels (Wide) Lionsgate $18,015,409 Play
About Dry Grasses (Limited) Janus Films $77,170  
Io capitano (Limited) Cohen Media Group    
Isle of Hope (Limited) Aventura Entertai… $11,251  
Masthu Shades Unnai Ra (Limited)    
Political War (Limited) Reliance Entertai…    
Siddharth Roy (Limited)    
Terezin (Limited) VMI Worldwide    
They Shot the Piano Player (Limited) Sony Pictures Cla… $26,518  
 
February 24 Blue Christmas (Limited) Dreampost Media    
 
February 29 The Chosen: Season 4 Episodes 7-8 (Wide) Fathom Events $7,011,749  
March, 2024
March 1 Asleep in my Palm (Limited) Strike Back Studios    
Mangai (Limited)    
Shayda (Limited) Sony Pictures Cla… $33,586  
Silver Haze (Limited) Dark Star Pictures    
 
March 8 Cabrini (Wide) Angel Studios $13,001,227  
Gaami (Limited)    
 
March 11 Forty-Seven Days with Jesus (Limited) Fathom Events    
 
March 15 One Life (Wide) Bleecker Street $1,713,505  
Club Zero (Limited) Film Movement    
DogMan (Limited) Briarcliff Entert…    
The Neon Highway (Limited) Freestyle Releasing    
Pastor’s Kid (Limited) Atlas Distribution $9,340  
Re: Uniting (Limited) Gravitas Ventures    
The Shadowless Tower (Limited) Strand Releasing    
Shirley (Limited) Netflix    
Uproar (Limited) Blue Fox Entertai…    
 
March 19 Bardejov (Limited) Gravitas Ventures    
Room 0 (Limited) Gravitas Ventures    
 
March 21 Rad (Special Engagement) Fathom Events $2,015,882  
 
March 22 Femme (Limited) Utopia    
The Heart Stays (Limited) Indican Pictures    
Limbo (Limited) Music Box Films    
 
March 29 La chimera (Limited) Neon    
A Fragile Flower (Limited) Atlas Distribution    
The Listener (Limited) Vertical Entertai…    
April, 2024
April 2 Someone Like You (Limited) Fathom Events    
 
April 5 The Beast (Limited) Janus Films    
Chicken For Linda! (Limited) GKIDS    
Hard Miles (Limited) Blue Fox Entertai…    
Housekeeping for Beginners (Limited) Focus Features    
The Old Oak (Limited) Zeitgeist    
 
April 7 Gone with the Wind (Limited) Fathom Events $198,680,470  
 
April 12 The Long Game (Limited) Mucho Mas Media    
Omen (Limited) Utopia    
Pure O (Limited) Good Deed Enterta…    
Unsinkable (Limited)    
 
April 19 Wildfire: The Legend of the Cherokee … (Wide) Hannover House    
Egoist (Limited) Strand Releasing    
We Grown Now (Limited) Sony Pictures Cla…    
 
April 26 Challengers (Wide) MGM   Play
Unsung Hero (Wide) Lionsgate    
Nowhere Special (Limited) Cohen Media Group    
Terrestrial Verses (Limited) KimStim    
May, 2024
May 2 Jeanne du Barry (Special Engagement) Fathom Events    
 
May 3 Evil Does Not Exist (Limited) Janus Films    
Wildcat (Limited) Oscilloscope Pict…    
 
May 10 A Prince (Limited) Strand Releasing    
 
May 17 Back to Black (Wide) Focus Features    
 
May 24 Sight (Wide) Angel Studios    
Lilies (Limited) Strand Releasing $221,494  
 
May 31 1992 (Limited) Lionsgate    
Young Woman and the Sea (Limited) Walt Disney    
June, 2024
June 7 Banel & Adama (Limited) Kino Lorber    
 
June 14 Treasure (Limited) Bleecker Street    
 
June 21 The Bikeriders (Wide) Focus Features    
Colleen Hoover’s It Ends With Us (Wide) Sony Pictures    
Green Border (Limited) Kino Lorber    
 
June 28 Daddio (Limited) Sony Pictures Cla…    
June Zero (Limited) Cohen Media Group    
Last Summer (Limited) Janus Films    
 
 
Spring 2024 Joika (Limited) Vertical Entertai…    
July, 2024
July 4 Possum Trot (Limited) Angel Studios    
 
July 12 National Anthem (Limited) LD Entertainment    
Touch (Limited) Focus Features    
 
July 26 Dìdi (弟弟) (Wide) Focus Features    
 
 
July TBD Sing Sing (Limited) A24    
August, 2024
August 9 Flint Strong (Wide) MGM    
 
August 23 The Forge (Wide) Sony Pictures    
September, 2024
September 20 Lee (Wide) Roadside Attractions    
 
 
Summer 2024 Hounds (Limited) Indican Pictures    
October, 2024
October 4 White Bird (Wide) Lionsgate   Play
December, 2024
December 20 Mufasa: The Lion King (Wide) Walt Disney    
 
 
During 2024 Bonhoeffer (Wide) Angel Studios    
Here (Wide) Sony Pictures    
Janet Planet (Wide) A24    
Fancy Dance (Limited) Apple Original Films    
Faultline (Limited) Kino Lorber    
The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol (Limited) Sony Pictures Cla…    
Maidaan (Limited) Zee Studios    
Tuesday (Limited) A24    
January, 2025
January 24 The Coopers: A Jesus Freak Drama (Wide) Carl Jackson Ente…    
February, 2025
February 21 The Unbreakable Boy (Wide) Lionsgate    
March, 2025
March 21 Alto Knights (Wide) Warner Bros.    
April, 2025
April 18 Michael (Wide) Lionsgate    
 
September, 2025
Summer 2025 Untitled Dirty Dancing Sequel (Wide) Lionsgate    
October, 2026
October 15 Time (Limited) ShutterSTOCK Line…    
December, 2026
December 11 LAX to Rockefeller (Wide) Carl Jackson Studios    

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).

The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office years. Each box office year starts on the first Monday of the year, so the previous year ends on the Sunday before the first Monday. For example, the "2017 box office year" started on January 2, 2017 so the "2016 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 1, 2017.