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Dramatization Movie Index


Find below a breakdown of all Dramatization movies by year and first letter.

See also: Domestic Box Office Analysis for Dramatization Movies - Top Domestic Dramatization Movies - Top International Dramatization Movies - Top Worldwide Dramatization Movies - Top Domestic Dramatization Stars - Top International Dramatization Stars - Top Worldwide Dramatization Stars

  1. Index of Movies by Year
  2. Alphabetical Movie Index

The table below lists the top-grossing Dramatization movie released in each calendar year (based on worldwide box office). Click on the year number for a list of all the Dramatization films released that year. The "Domestic Stats" links will take you to a summary of the domestic film business for Dramatization movies for the year in question (this part of our archive starts in 1995). Click on the movie name to see information on the individual film.

YearDomestic StatsTotal
Movies		Average
Production
Budget		Combined
Worldwide
Box Office		No. 1 Movie
TBD    267      
2029    1      
2028    4      
2027    3      
2026    32  $155,000,000    
2025 Domestic Stats  199  $34,557,143  $893,797,854  Evil Unbound (731)
2024 Domestic Stats  214  $40,681,818  $829,112,993  Bob Marley: One Love
2023 Domestic Stats  243  $43,725,000  $2,323,896,125  Oppenheimer
2022 Domestic Stats  249  $41,936,364  $1,617,505,523  The Battle at Lake Changjin II (长津湖之水门桥)
2021 Domestic Stats  190  $29,480,769  $1,460,511,585  The Battle at Lake Changjin
2020 Domestic Stats  168  $22,618,182  $790,374,516  The Eight Hundred (八佰)
2019 Domestic Stats  224  $34,528,571  $2,543,680,788  Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
2018 Domestic Stats  176  $22,561,765  $2,747,509,485  Bohemian Rhapsody
2017 Domestic Stats  166  $27,893,333  $2,726,228,999  Dunkirk
2016 Domestic Stats  164  $25,752,778  $2,395,806,958  Dangal
2015 Domestic Stats  107  $27,287,879  $2,189,028,216  The Revenant
2014 Domestic Stats  68  $17,327,083  $1,738,590,262  American Sniper
2013 Domestic Stats  61  $33,700,000  $2,153,881,171  The Wolf of Wall Street
2012 Domestic Stats  44  $30,442,500  $953,724,500  Lincoln
2011 Domestic Stats  58  $25,283,333  $939,237,537  We Bought a Zoo
2010 Domestic Stats  58  $21,522,222  $1,221,266,302  The King’s Speech
2009 Domestic Stats  41  $26,469,000  $1,300,766,063  The Blind Side
2008 Domestic Stats  46  $25,079,545  $904,789,224  Marley & Me
2007 Domestic Stats  64  $25,037,037  $1,159,400,024  American Gangster
2006 Domestic Stats  40  $28,338,462  $1,427,192,670  The Pursuit of Happyness
2005 Domestic Stats  33  $27,242,105  $1,053,003,096  Walk the Line
2004 Domestic Stats  29  $36,644,000  $1,707,271,077  The Passion of the Christ
2003 Domestic Stats  21  $17,727,273  $415,807,222  Seabiscuit
2002 Domestic Stats  18  $34,944,444  $788,798,615  Catch Me if You Can
2001 Domestic Stats  15  $55,700,000  $1,202,219,173  Pearl Harbor
2000 Domestic Stats  18  $48,100,000  $946,767,861  The Perfect Storm
1999 Domestic Stats  22  $32,331,692  $711,688,911  Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1998 Domestic Stats  21  $38,050,000  $811,152,041  Mulan
1997 Domestic Stats  15  $29,988,889  $500,669,716  Anastasia
1996 Domestic Stats  18  $29,277,778  $500,606,069  Sleepers
1995 Domestic Stats  19  $36,857,143  $921,899,094  Apollo 13
1994    18  $28,666,667  $167,643,285  Wyatt Earp
1993    13  $22,285,714  $603,647,880  Schindler’s List
1992    15  $35,000,000  $166,535,637  Malcolm X
1991    11  $40,000,000  $287,917,670  JFK
1990    9  $27,000,000  $161,791,827  Awakenings
1989    13  $16,000,000  $191,456,043  Born on the Fourth of July
1988    11    $111,853,040  Mississippi Burning
1987    5  $17,480,000  $204,992,643  The Untouchables
1986    4    $20,500,935  Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling
1985    10  $28,000,000  $330,058,953  Out of Africa
1984    5  $18,000,000  $55,091,279  Amadeus
1983    7  $27,000,000  $64,999,377  Silkwood
1982    7  $22,000,000  $157,133,592  Gandhi
1981    10  $11,750,000  $142,914,391  Chariots of Fire
1980    14  $16,600,000  $224,118,089  Coal Miner’s Daughter
1979    2  $8,000,000  $50,500,459  Escape from Alcatraz
1978    7  $11,000,000  $66,889,298  F.I.S.T
1977    5  $26,000,000  $67,130,372  A Bridge Too Far
1976    4  $8,500,000  $238,169,014  To Fly!
1975    4    $121,395,746  Dog Day Afternoon
1974    4    $43,768  Edvard Munch
1973    7  $7,046,261  $91,724,318  Papillon
1972    2    $36,257,068  Lady Sings the Blues
1971    7    $32,063,694  Summer of '42
1970    2    $62,943  L'Enfant sauvage
1969    7    $9,663,312  Alice's Restaurant
1968    3    $48,105,918  The Lion in Winter
1967    5  $3,000,000  $64,673,750  Bonnie and Clyde
1966    6  $3,900,000  $66,957,107  The Bible
1965    2    $8,000,000  The Agony and the Ecstasy
1964    5  $19,000,000  $24,987,981  The Unsinkable Molly Brown
1963    5  $42,000,000  $71,001,253  Cleopatra
1962    4  $12,500,000  $129,015,662  Lawrence of Arabia
1961    1  $3,000,000  $10,000,000  Judgment at Nuremberg
1960    5  $12,000,000  $60,001,732  Spartacus
1958    3    $7,067,972  I Want To Live!
1957    1      
1956    3  $13,500,000  $85,442,503  The Ten Commandments
1955    5    $133,435  Lola Montès
1954    2    $7,785  Anatahan
1953    4  $5,000,000  $36,010,887  The Robe
1952    3    $2,750,000  Million Dollar Mermaid
1951    1    $4,500,000  The Great Caruso
1950    3  $3,768,785  $8,000,000  Annie Get Your Gun
1948    2      
1946    1    $19,000,000  The Jolson Story
1944    2      
1943    3    $12,500,000  The Song of Bernadette
1942    5    $16,200,000  Yankee Doodle Dandy
1941    3    $16,400,000  Sergeant York
1940    2      
1939    1      
1938    1    $2,894,758  Alexander Nevsky
1937    1      
1936    3  $1,200,000    
1935    3      
1934    2      
1932    1      
1931    2      
1930    1      
1929    1    $2,684,952  Napoléon
1925    1  $245,000  $22,000,000  The Big Parade
Total  3,418  $28,508,316  $46,199,073,998  Oppenheimer

The table below shows the highest-grossing Dramatization movie that begins with each letter of the alphabet. Click on the name of the film to go to its page. Or click on the letter at the beginning of each row for a list of all the Dramatization movies beginning with that letter.

IndexTotal
Movies		Average
Production
Budget		Combined
Worldwide
Box Office		No. 1 Movie
1  25  $23,000,000  $515,653,109  12 Years a Slave
2  11  $1,000,000  $17,606,505  28 panfilovtsev
3  6  $25,000,000  $28,344,357  The 33
4  11  $31,000,000  $104,989,168  42
5  6  $10,250,000  $18,324,252  54
6  2    $317,072  6 Days
7  4    $9,596,449  7 Days in Entebbe
8  4    $23,343,094  8 Seconds
9  3  $5,000,000  $5,606,140  90 Minutes in Heaven
A  199  $42,190,702  $3,660,128,910  American Sniper
B  269  $24,396,569  $5,243,371,231  Bohemian Rhapsody
C  232  $24,733,333  $2,002,457,176  Catch Me if You Can
D  149  $34,333,333  $2,395,237,768  Dunkirk
E  103  $35,808,824  $2,234,100,278  The Eight Hundred (八佰)
F  127  $25,099,688  $1,452,654,330  Ford v. Ferrari
G  159  $27,516,667  $1,991,069,694  The Greatest Showman
H  127  $24,750,000  $1,643,259,693  Hidden Figures
I  112  $26,148,148  $1,414,766,484  The Imitation Game
J  76  $25,729,412  $1,345,240,677  JFK
K  87  $29,425,000  $708,360,731  The King’s Speech
L  161  $22,259,259  $1,560,336,927  Lincoln
M  279  $32,584,091  $2,969,663,806  Mulan
N  96  $35,390,909  $744,589,622  Napoleon
O  76  $29,817,647  $2,090,741,711  Oppenheimer
P  171  $33,651,492  $3,337,527,627  The Passion of the Christ
Q  17  $22,000,000  $178,791,289  The Queen
R  159  $26,959,259  $1,975,134,977  The Revenant
S  321  $21,195,111  $3,328,477,749  Schindler’s List
T  135  $26,120,600  $1,167,775,774  The Terminal
U  60  $26,800,000  $804,897,666  Unstoppable
V  51  $47,000,000  $407,458,293  Valkyrie
W  110  $30,871,875  $2,226,752,205  The Wolf of Wall Street
X  2    $1,744,420  Xuě Yù Shào Nián (雪域少年)
Y  39  $30,133,333  $183,838,051  Yi dai zong shi
Z  29  $40,625,000  $406,916,763  Zero Dark Thirty