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All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Musical or Opera Movies
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This chart contains the top 100 Based on Musical or Opera movies based on the cumulative worldwide box office.
See our Based on Musical or Opera Theatrical Market Charts for more overviews regarding the domestic theatrical box office performance of Based on Musical or Opera movies.
| Rank | Released | Movie | Worldwide Box Office |
Domestic Box Office |
International Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2008 | Mamma Mia! | $586,265,197 | $144,540,088 | $441,725,109 |
| 2 | 2012 | Les Misérables | $435,292,452 | $149,260,140 | $286,032,312 |
| 3 | 1978 | Grease | $387,472,317 | $181,813,770 | $205,658,547 |
| 4 | 2002 | Chicago | $306,770,545 | $170,687,518 | $136,083,027 |
| 5 | 1965 | The Sound of Music | $286,213,233 | $163,214,286 | $122,998,947 |
| 6 | 2006 | Dreamgirls | $155,620,350 | $103,365,956 | $52,254,394 |
| 7 | 2004 | The Phantom of the Opera | $153,770,052 | $51,225,796 | $102,544,256 |
| 8 | 2007 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | $153,329,844 | $52,898,073 | $100,431,771 |
| 9 | 1996 | Evita | $151,947,179 | $50,047,179 | $101,900,000 |
| 10 | 2024 | Mean Girls | $104,404,248 | $72,404,248 | $32,000,000 |
| 11 | 1971 | Fiddler on the Roof | $80,501,127 | $80,500,000 | $1,127 |
| 12 | 2019 | Cats | $75,323,946 | $27,166,770 | $48,157,176 |
| 13 | 1964 | My Fair Lady | $72,072,607 | $72,000,000 | $72,607 |
| 14 | 1982 | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | $69,701,637 | $69,701,637 | |
| 15 | 2023 | The Color Purple | $67,509,383 | $60,619,191 | $6,890,192 |
| 16 | 2014 | Jersey Boys | $65,282,732 | $47,047,013 | $18,235,719 |
| 17 | 2012 | Rock of Ages | $61,031,932 | $38,518,613 | $22,513,319 |
| 18 | 1968 | Funny Girl | $58,707,416 | $58,707,416 | |
| 19 | 1982 | Annie | $57,063,987 | $57,059,003 | $4,984 |
| 20 | 2009 | Nine | $56,984,219 | $19,676,965 | $37,307,254 |
| 21 | 2021 | In the Heights | $43,646,976 | $29,975,167 | $13,671,809 |
| 22 | 1975 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | $41,530,110 | $40,420,000 | $1,110,110 |
| 23 | 1986 | Little Shop of Horrors | $38,747,385 | $38,747,385 | |
| 24 | 2022 | Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical | $35,595,984 | $35,595,984 | |
| 25 | 1975 | Tommy | $34,274,478 | $34,251,525 | $22,953 |
| 26 | 1969 | Hello, Dolly | $33,208,099 | $33,208,099 | |
| 27 | 2005 | The Producers: The Movie Musical | $32,952,995 | $19,398,532 | $13,554,463 |
| 28 | 2005 | Rent | $31,670,620 | $29,077,547 | $2,593,073 |
| 29 | 2022 | Youngwoong (영웅) | $25,304,092 | $25,304,092 | |
| 30 | 1978 | The Wiz | $22,000,000 | $22,000,000 | |
| 31 | 1943 | This is the Army | $19,500,000 | $19,500,000 | |
| 32 | 2021 | Dear Evan Hansen | $17,509,859 | $15,002,646 | $2,507,213 |
| 33 | 1962 | The Music Man | $14,953,846 | $14,953,846 | |
| 34 | 1982 | Grease 2 | $14,297,083 | $14,297,083 | |
| 35 | 1985 | A Chorus Line | $14,202,899 | $14,202,899 | |
| 36 | 1999 | The King and I | $12,064,440 | $12,064,440 | |
| 37 | 1953 | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | $12,000,486 | $12,000,000 | $486 |
| 38 | 2018 | Seuwingkizeu | $10,903,259 | $222,001 | $10,681,258 |
| 39 | 1961 | Babes in Toyland | $10,218,316 | $10,218,316 | |
| 40 | 1982 | The Pirate Movie | $7,983,086 | $7,983,086 | |
| 41 | 1992 | Sarafina! | $7,306,242 | $7,306,242 | |
| 42 | 2012 | Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall | $7,106,631 | $7,106,631 | |
| 43 | 2010 | Bran Nue Dae | $6,812,530 | $113,568 | $6,698,962 |
| 44 | 2022 | Cyrano | $5,986,924 | $3,873,124 | $2,113,800 |
| 45 | 1951 | Call Me Mister | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | |
| 46 | 1951 | An American in Paris | $4,500,243 | $4,500,000 | $243 |
| 47 | 1943 | Girl Crazy | $3,800,000 | $3,800,000 | |
| 48 | 2001 | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | $3,735,131 | $3,067,312 | $667,819 |
| 49 | 2016 | Miss Saigon 25th Anniversary Performance | $3,720,532 | $3,720,532 | |
| 50 | 1983 | La traviata | $3,619,083 | $3,594,000 | $25,083 |
| 51 | 2017 | La Llamada | $3,334,804 | $3,334,804 | |
| 52 | 1949 | On the Town | $2,900,000 | $2,900,000 | |
| 53 | 2014 | Billy Elliot the Musical Live | $2,815,788 | $2,815,788 | |
| 54 | 2018 | The London Palladium: The King And I | $2,692,907 | $2,692,907 | |
| 55 | 2008 | Truck | $2,431,064 | $2,431,064 | |
| 56 | 2016 | The Met: Live in HD - Madama Butterfly | $2,331,048 | $1,700,900 | $630,148 |
| 57 | 2016 | The Met: Live in HD - Manon Lescaut | $2,283,137 | $1,770,000 | $513,137 |
| 58 | 2018 | Met Opera: Tosca | $2,273,942 | $2,273,942 | |
| 59 | 2022 | ANDRÉ RIEU’S 2022 MAASTRICHT CONCERT: HAPPY DAY… | $1,999,998 | $1,999,998 | |
| 60 | 2018 | Met Opera: La Boheme | $1,774,848 | $1,774,848 | |
| 61 | 2018 | Everybodys Talking About Jamie | $1,645,545 | $1,645,545 | |
| 62 | 2017 | Met Opera: Der Rosenkavalier | $1,498,974 | $1,498,974 | |
| 63 | 2015 | The Nutcracker Royal Ballet 2015 | $1,494,137 | $1,494,137 | |
| 64 | 2017 | Met Opera: Norma | $1,274,090 | $1,274,090 | |
| 65 | 2021 | Anything Goes | $1,265,122 | $1,265,122 | |
| 66 | 1988 | A Time of Destiny | $1,212,487 | $1,212,487 | |
| 67 | 2017 | Royal Opera House Madame Butterfly | $1,144,587 | $1,144,587 | |
| 68 | 2018 | Royal Opera House Swan Lake | $1,131,961 | $1,131,961 | |
| 69 | 2018 | Royal Opera House: Carmen | $997,945 | $997,945 | |
| 70 | 2018 | Royal Opera House: Tosca | $944,627 | $944,627 | |
| 71 | 2017 | Royal Opera: House La Boheme (2017/18) | $893,689 | $893,689 | |
| 72 | 2016 | Bai Mao Nu | $862,970 | $862,970 | |
| 73 | 2018 | Met Opera: Cendrillon | $848,240 | $848,240 | |
| 74 | 2017 | Royal Opera: Otello | $795,768 | $795,768 | |
| 75 | 2018 | Royal Opera House: Rigoletto | $746,866 | $746,866 | |
| 76 | 2016 | Saturday’s Warrior | $744,046 | $744,046 | |
| 77 | 2017 | Royal Opera House: Die Zauberflote | $728,404 | $728,404 | |
| 78 | 2024 | Royal Opera House: Madama Butterfly | $723,959 | $723,959 | |
| 79 | 2015 | The Mikado | $699,191 | $699,191 | |
| 80 | 1983 | The Pirates of Penzance | $694,497 | $694,497 | |
| 81 | 2024 | Royal Opera House London: Carmen | $646,437 | $646,437 | |
| 82 | 2015 | London Road | $622,070 | $622,070 | |
| 83 | 2017 | Met Opera: Nabucco | $610,365 | $610,365 | |
| 84 | 2017 | Royal Opera 2016/17 Il Trovatore | $552,871 | $552,871 | |
| 85 | 2023 | Royal Opera House: Turandot | $514,313 | $514,313 | |
| 86 | 2007 | U-Carmen e-Khayelitsha | $503,288 | $494,152 | $9,136 |
| 87 | 2017 | Met Opera: La Traviata | $497,163 | $497,163 | |
| 88 | 2023 | Royal Opera House: Marriage of Figaro | $489,784 | $489,784 | |
| 89 | 2017 | Met Opera: Eugene Onegin | $472,180 | $472,180 | |
| 90 | 2019 | Royal Opera House: Don Giovanni | $464,706 | $464,706 | |
| 91 | 2023 | Royal Opera House: The Barber of Seville | $442,516 | $442,516 | |
| 92 | 2016 | Royal opera Lucia Di Lammermoor | $420,836 | $420,836 | |
| 93 | 2016 | Royal Opera Cosi Fan Tutte (2016) | $417,987 | $417,987 | |
| 94 | 2018 | Met Opera: Luisa Miller | $410,296 | $410,296 | |
| 95 | 2016 | Met Opera Don Giovanni (2016) | $395,963 | $395,963 | |
| 96 | 2018 | Met Opera: L'Elisir d'Amore | $376,307 | $376,307 | |
| 97 | 2017 | Met Opera 2017: Romeo et Juliette | $374,488 | $374,488 | |
| 98 | 2018 | Met Opera: Cosi Fan Tutti | $366,684 | $366,684 | |
| 99 | 2017 | Gatta Cenerentola | $359,791 | $359,791 | |
| 100 | 2017 | Met Opera: Die Zauberflote | $344,348 | $344,348 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.