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All Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies
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Other Domestic Cumulative records for Limited Release Movies: All Time Inf. Adj. Limited Release - Top 2023 Domestic Limited Release - Top 2024 Domestic Limited Release
This chart contains the top 100 limited release movies based on the cumulative domestic box office.
| Rank | Released | Movie | Domestic Box Office |
Opening Weekend Theaters |
Maximum Theaters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2002 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | $241,438,208 | 108 | 2,016 |
| 2 | 2007 | Juno | $143,495,265 | 7 | 2,534 |
| 3 | 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire | $141,330,703 | 10 | 2,943 |
| 4 | 2010 | The King’s Speech | $138,797,449 | 4 | 2,584 |
| 5 | 2000 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | $128,519,357 | 16 | 2,027 |
| 6 | 2010 | Black Swan | $106,954,678 | 18 | 2,407 |
| 7 | 2014 | The Imitation Game | $91,125,143 | 4 | 2,402 |
| 8 | 2005 | Brokeback Mountain | $83,043,761 | 5 | 2,089 |
| 9 | 1995 | Mr. Holland’s Opus | $82,582,604 | 1 | 1,659 |
| 10 | 1996 | The English Patient | $78,716,374 | 10 | 1,409 |
| 11 | 2007 | No Country for Old Men | $74,273,505 | 28 | 2,037 |
| 12 | 2004 | Sideways | $71,502,303 | 4 | 1,787 |
| 13 | 2002 | About Schmidt | $65,005,217 | 6 | 1,240 |
| 14 | 1999 | Fantasia 2000 | $60,507,228 | 54 | 1,313 |
| 15 | 2003 | Love Actually | $60,104,551 | 576 | 1,870 |
| 16 | 2006 | Little Miss Sunshine | $59,891,098 | 7 | 1,602 |
| 17 | 2014 | The Grand Budapest Hotel | $59,076,019 | 4 | 1,467 |
| 18 | 1998 | La vita è bella | $57,598,247 | 6 | 1,136 |
| 19 | 1999 | The Cider House Rules | $57,547,209 | 8 | 1,738 |
| 20 | 2011 | Midnight in Paris | $56,816,662 | 6 | 1,038 |
| 21 | 2013 | 12 Years a Slave | $56,671,993 | 19 | 1,474 |
| 22 | 2017 | Darkest Hour | $56,443,120 | 4 | 1,733 |
| 23 | 2017 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | $54,513,740 | 4 | 1,726 |
| 24 | 2019 | Parasite (기생충) | $53,369,745 | 3 | 2,001 |
| 25 | 2001 | The Royal Tenenbaums | $52,353,636 | 5 | 999 |
| 26 | 2016 | Lion | $51,739,495 | 4 | 1,802 |
| 27 | 2004 | Finding Neverland | $51,676,606 | 8 | 1,411 |
| 28 | 2007 | Atonement | $50,980,159 | 32 | 1,400 |
| 29 | 1996 | Evita | $50,047,179 | 2 | 1,045 |
| 30 | 2017 | Lady Bird | $48,958,273 | 4 | 1,557 |
| 31 | 2016 | Manchester by the Sea | $47,695,371 | 4 | 1,213 |
| 32 | 2009 | Precious (Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire) | $47,566,524 | 18 | 1,003 |
| 33 | 2005 | Munich | $47,379,090 | 532 | 1,498 |
| 34 | 2012 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | $46,383,639 | 27 | 1,298 |
| 35 | 1997 | The Full Monty | $45,950,122 | 6 | 783 |
| 36 | 2012 | Moonrise Kingdom | $45,512,466 | 4 | 924 |
| 37 | 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | $45,506,619 | 5 | 847 |
| 38 | 2015 | Spotlight | $45,055,776 | 5 | 1,227 |
| 39 | 2011 | The Artist | $44,667,095 | 4 | 1,756 |
| 40 | 2003 | Lost in Translation | $44,585,453 | 23 | 882 |
| 41 | 2004 | Napoleon Dynamite | $44,540,956 | 6 | 1,236 |
| 42 | 2013 | No se Aceptan Devoluciones | $44,467,206 | 348 | 978 |
| 43 | 1997 | Amistad | $44,212,592 | 322 | 1,019 |
| 44 | 1995 | Sense and Sensibility | $42,993,774 | 70 | 1,054 |
| 45 | 2014 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | $42,340,598 | 4 | 1,213 |
| 46 | 2002 | The Hours | $41,675,994 | 11 | 1,010 |
| 47 | 2001 | Gosford Park | $41,300,105 | 9 | 2,317 |
| 48 | 2007 | There Will Be Blood | $40,222,514 | 2 | 1,620 |
| 49 | 2006 | The Illusionist | $39,868,642 | 51 | 1,438 |
| 50 | 2009 | Crazy Heart | $39,471,742 | 4 | 1,361 |
| 51 | 1995 | Dead Man Walking | $39,387,284 | 4 | 821 |
| 52 | 2015 | Brooklyn | $38,322,743 | 5 | 962 |
| 53 | 2014 | Wild | $37,880,356 | 21 | 1,361 |
| 54 | 2013 | Philomena | $37,709,979 | 4 | 1,225 |
| 55 | 2006 | El Laberinto del Fauno | $37,634,615 | 17 | 1,143 |
| 56 | 2001 | In the Bedroom | $35,930,604 | 4 | 1,103 |
| 57 | 2014 | The Theory of Everything | $35,893,537 | 5 | 1,220 |
| 58 | 1996 | Shine | $35,811,509 | 7 | 1,050 |
| 59 | 2023 | Poor Things | $34,553,225 | 9 | 2,300 |
| 60 | 2003 | Monster | $34,469,210 | 4 | 1,093 |
| 61 | 2008 | The Reader | $34,194,407 | 8 | 1,203 |
| 62 | 2004 | Closer | $33,987,757 | 476 | 1,098 |
| 63 | 2001 | Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain | $33,381,742 | 3 | 303 |
| 64 | 2019 | Jojo Rabbit | $33,370,906 | 5 | 1,173 |
| 65 | 2012 | 2016: Obama’s America | $33,349,941 | 1 | 2,017 |
| 66 | 2003 | Bend it Like Beckham | $32,543,449 | 6 | 1,002 |
| 67 | 2002 | The Pianist | $32,539,222 | 6 | 842 |
| 68 | 2009 | (500) Days of Summer | $32,425,665 | 27 | 1,048 |
| 69 | 1995 | Leaving Las Vegas | $31,983,777 | 7 | 1,310 |
| 70 | 2008 | Milk | $31,841,299 | 36 | 882 |
| 71 | 2005 | Good Night, and Good Luck | $31,501,218 | 11 | 929 |
| 72 | 2014 | Chef | $31,424,004 | 6 | 1,298 |
| 73 | 2001 | Monster's Ball | $31,273,922 | 7 | 714 |
| 74 | 2003 | Calendar Girls | $31,011,616 | 24 | 967 |
| 75 | 2000 | Snatch | $30,093,107 | 1 | 1,444 |
| 76 | 1998 | Elizabeth | $30,082,699 | 9 | 624 |
| 77 | 2017 | I, Tonya | $30,014,534 | 4 | 1,450 |
| 78 | 2012 | The Iron Lady | $29,959,436 | 4 | 1,244 |
| 79 | 2005 | Capote | $28,750,530 | 12 | 1,239 |
| 80 | 2016 | Moonlight | $27,854,931 | 4 | 1,564 |
| 81 | 2013 | Dallas Buyers Club | $27,298,285 | 9 | 1,110 |
| 82 | 2016 | Hell or High Water | $27,007,844 | 32 | 1,505 |
| 83 | 2004 | Garden State | $26,782,316 | 9 | 813 |
| 84 | 1997 | Boogie Nights | $26,410,771 | 2 | 1,003 |
| 85 | 2008 | The Wrestler | $26,238,243 | 4 | 776 |
| 86 | 2002 | Frida | $25,885,000 | 5 | 794 |
| 87 | 2001 | Memento | $25,544,867 | 11 | 531 |
| 88 | 2014 | Boyhood | $25,379,975 | 5 | 775 |
| 89 | 2006 | Thank You For Smoking | $24,793,509 | 5 | 1,020 |
| 90 | 1998 | Waking Ned Devine | $24,793,251 | 9 | 540 |
| 91 | 1996 | Fargo | $24,567,751 | 36 | 716 |
| 92 | 2007 | Sicko | $24,538,513 | 1 | 1,117 |
| 93 | 2007 | Across the Universe | $24,343,673 | 23 | 964 |
| 94 | 2019 | Judy | $24,319,961 | 461 | 1,627 |
| 95 | 2011 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | $24,149,393 | 4 | 886 |
| 96 | 2006 | An Inconvenient Truth | $24,146,161 | 4 | 587 |
| 97 | 2007 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $23,746,066 | 252 | 252 |
| 98 | 2004 | Hotel Rwanda | $23,519,128 | 7 | 824 |
| 99 | 1995 | Circle of Friends | $23,389,975 | 4 | 902 |
| 100 | 1995 | The Usual Suspects | $23,341,568 | 42 | 876 |
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
Note: the records on this page only consider movies that were initially released in less than 600 theaters and did not have any expansion of more than 1,000 theaters in one week. We only consider movies that were released in 1995 or later, and do not consider movies that only had an IMAX release.
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.