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 $1,481,229,845
2 The Passion of the Christ Feb 25, 2004 Newmarket Films R $370,782,930 $643,618,197
3 Saving Private Ryan Jul 24, 1998 Dreamworks SKG R $216,335,085 $492,704,600
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 $425,731,134
7 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Jun 30, 2010 Summit Entertainment PG-13 $300,531,751 $410,612,453
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 Perfect Storm Jun 30, 2000 Warner Bros. PG-13 $182,618,434 $365,236,867
11 The Blind Side Nov 20, 2009 Warner Bros. PG-13 $255,959,475 $364,525,538
12 Oppenheimer Jul 21, 2023 Universal R $329,862,540 $329,862,540
13 A Beautiful Mind Dec 21, 2001 Universal PG-13 $170,708,996 $318,594,837
14 Good Will Hunting Dec 5, 1997 Miramax R $138,433,435 $318,571,088
15 Catch Me if You Can Dec 25, 2002 Dreamworks SKG PG-13 $164,606,800 $300,868,086
16 The Truman Show Jun 5, 1998 Paramount Pictures PG $125,618,201 $288,734,366
17 Twilight Nov 21, 2008 Summit Entertainment PG-13 $192,769,854 $288,408,098
18 The Green Mile Dec 10, 1999 Warner Bros. R $136,801,374 $282,961,568
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 $265,270,931
21 The Pursuit of Happyness Dec 15, 2006 Sony Pictures PG-13 $162,586,036 $262,518,344
22 Cinderella Mar 13, 2015 Walt Disney PG $201,151,353 $257,225,569
23 Bohemian Rhapsody Nov 2, 2018 20th Century Fox PG-13 $216,303,339 $255,783,884
24 Phenomenon Jul 5, 1996 Walt Disney PG $104,636,382 $255,190,348
25 A Star is Born Oct 5, 2018 Warner Bros. R $215,288,866 $254,663,281
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 281 10.39% $1,170,275,489 135,291,828 $1,458,445,906 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 13.46% $1,608,625,782 176,577,914 $1,903,509,913 A Star is Born $201,157,885
2019 231 12.13% $1,361,092,735 148,590,812 $1,601,808,953 Knives Out $130,119,450
2020 125 13.54% $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 156 10.11% $904,124,357 83,870,458 $904,123,537 Oppenheimer $326,101,370
2024 59 19.13% $280,966,269 26,063,630 $280,965,931 Bob Marley: One Love $95,704,627

Upcoming Releases

Release DateMovie Theatrical
Distributor
Domestic
Box Office
to Date
Trailer
March, 2024
March 8 Cabrini (Wide) Angel Studios $16,923,217  
Gaami (Limited)    
 
March 11 Forty-Seven Days with Jesus (Limited) Fathom Events $348,317  
 
March 12 I Wish You All the Best (Limited) Lionsgate    
 
March 15 One Life (Wide) Bleecker Street $3,932,559  
Club Zero (Limited) Film Movement    
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 $2,523,882  
 
March 22 The Beautiful Game (Limited) Netflix    
The Black Guelph (Limited) Entertainment Squad    
Femme (Limited) Utopia $17,277  
The Fox (Limited) Greenwich    
The Heart Stays (Limited) Indican Pictures $15,500  
Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter (Limited) Bleecker Street $623,383  
Limbo (Limited) Music Box Films $6,019  
Mai (Limited) 3388 Films    
Swatantrya Veer Savarkar (Limited) Zee Studios    
 
March 29 La chimera (Limited) Neon    
DogMan (Limited) Briarcliff Entert…    
A Fragile Flower (Limited) Atlas Distribution    
The Listener (Limited) Vertical Entertai…    
With Love and a Major Organ (Limited) Circle Collective    
April, 2024
April 2 Someone Like You (Limited) Fathom Events    
 
April 5 The Beast (Limited) Janus Films    
Chicken For Linda! (Limited) GKIDS    
Housekeeping for Beginners (Limited) Focus Features    
The Old Oak (Limited) Zeitgeist    
Parachute (Limited) Vertical Entertai…    
 
April 7 Gone with the Wind (Limited) Fathom Events $198,680,470  
 
April 12 The Absence of Eden (Limited) Roadside Attractions    
Escape From Germany (Limited)    
The Long Game (Limited) Mucho Mas Media    
Omen (Limited) Utopia    
Pure O (Limited) Good Deed Enterta…    
Unsinkable (Limited)    
 
April 15 Irena’s Vow (Limited) Quiver    
 
April 17 The Hopeful (Special Engagement) Fathom Events    
 
April 19 Wildfire: The Legend of the Cherokee … (Wide) Hannover House    
Egoist (Limited) Strand Releasing    
Hard Miles (Limited) Blue Fox Entertai…    
We Grown Now (Limited) Sony Pictures Cla…    
 
April 23 Something You Said Last Night (Limited) Gravitas Ventures    
 
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    
In Our Day (Limited) Cinema Guild    
 
May 24 Sight (Wide) Angel Studios    
Kidnapped (Limited) Cohen Media Group    
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    
Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everyth… (Limited) Strand Releasing    
 
June 14 Treasure (Limited) Bleecker Street    
 
June 21 The Bikeriders (Wide) Focus Features    
Colleen Hoover’s It Ends With Us (Wide) Sony Pictures    
Janet Planet (Wide) A24    
Green Border (Limited) Kino Lorber    
 
June 28 Daddio (Limited) Sony Pictures Cla…    
June Zero (Limited) Cohen Media Group    
Last Summer (Limited) Janus Films    
Music (Limited) Cinema Guild    
 
 
Spring 2024 Joika (Limited) Vertical Entertai…    
July, 2024
July 4 Possum Trot (Limited) Angel Studios    
 
July 12 National Anthem (Limited) LD Entertainment    
Sing Sing (Limited) A24    
Touch (Limited) Focus Features    
 
July 26 Dìdi (弟弟) (Wide) Focus Features    
August, 2024
August 9 The Fire Inside (Wide) MGM    
 
August 23 The Forge (Wide) Sony Pictures    
 
August 30 Reagan (Limited) ShowBiz Direct    
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    
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.