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Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction Movies in 2023

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RankMovieRelease
Date		 GenreMPAA
Rating		2023 GrossTickets Sold
1 Indiana Jones and the Dial … Jun 30, 2023 Adventure PG-13 $174,480,468 15,948,854
2 Killers of the Flower Moon Oct 19, 2023 Western R $67,292,161 6,151,020
3 Cocaine Bear Feb 24, 2023 Black Comedy R $64,670,240 5,911,356
4 The Color Purple Dec 25, 2023 Musical PG-13 $44,047,642 4,026,293
5 A Haunting in Venice Sep 15, 2023 Thriller/Suspense PG-13 $42,471,412 3,882,213
6 Asteroid City Jun 16, 2023 Comedy R $28,153,025 2,573,402
7 Are You There God? It’s Me,… Apr 28, 2023 Comedy PG-13 $20,372,406 1,862,194
8 The Holdovers Oct 27, 2023 Comedy R $18,208,655 1,664,410
9 Titanic Dec 19, 1997 Drama PG-13 $15,096,069 1,379,897
10 The Last Voyage of the Demeter Aug 11, 2023 Horror R $13,637,180 1,246,542
11 Sisu Jan 27, 2023 Action R $7,265,622 664,133
12 Babylon Dec 23, 2022 Drama R $6,575,328 601,035
13 Women Talking Dec 23, 2022 Drama PG-13 $5,304,544 484,876
14 Marlowe Feb 24, 2023 Thriller/Suspense R $4,350,243 397,645
15 Living Mar 31, 2023 Drama PG-13 $2,979,763 272,373
16 An Cailín Ciúin May 13, 2022 Drama PG-13 $1,500,014 137,112
17 Eileen Dec 1, 2023 Drama R $1,425,273 130,280
18 Scarface Dec 9, 1983 Drama R $558,600 51,060
19 Of an Age Mar 23, 2023 Drama R $556,585 50,876
20 The Oath Dec 8, 2023 Action PG-13 $468,027 42,781
21 The Zone of Interest Jan 19, 2024 Drama PG-13 $463,787 42,393
22 Aristotle and Dante Discove… Nov 30, 2023 Drama PG-13 $407,838 37,279
23 Farewell My Concubine (霸王別姬… Oct 13, 1993 Drama R $321,788 29,414
24 Outlaw Johnny Black Sep 15, 2023 Western PG-13 $319,848 29,236
25 Empire of Light Mar 2, 2023 Drama R $260,974 23,855
26 The Land Before Time Nov 18, 1988 Adventure G $243,445 22,253
27 Dazed and Confused Sep 24, 1993 Comedy R $151,735 13,870
28 La passion de Dodin Bouffant Feb 14, 2024 Drama PG-13 $118,926 10,870
29 Bunker Feb 24, 2023 Horror R $76,727 7,013
30 Freud’s Last Session Apr 18, 2024 Drama PG-13 $64,780 5,921
31 The Others Aug 10, 2001 Horror PG-13 $23,155 2,116
32 Le pacte des loups Jan 11, 2002 Action R $19,984 1,826
33 Rare Objects Apr 14, 2023 Drama R $10,454 955
34 Bones and All Nov 23, 2022 Thriller/Suspense R $2,570 235
Total Gross of All Movies$521,899,268
Total Tickets Sold47,705,588

Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2023. It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2023. For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011. Click on the individual movie to see its total gross over all the years in which it played.

Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.

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).

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