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Box Office Performance for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies in 2023
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date |
Genre | MPAA
Rating | 2023 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
The Hunger Games: The Balla… |
Nov 17, 2023 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$159,719,625 |
14,599,600 |
| 2 |
Wonka |
Dec 15, 2023 |
Musical |
PG |
$133,129,902 |
12,169,095 |
| 3 |
Killers of the Flower Moon |
Oct 19, 2023 |
Western |
R |
$67,292,161 |
6,151,020 |
| 4 |
A Man Called Otto |
Dec 30, 2022 |
Comedy |
PG-13 |
$64,228,358 |
5,870,965 |
| 5 |
The Boogeyman |
Jun 2, 2023 |
Horror |
PG-13 |
$43,244,282 |
3,952,859 |
| 6 |
A Haunting in Venice |
Sep 15, 2023 |
Thriller/Suspense |
PG-13 |
$42,471,412 |
3,882,213 |
| 7 |
Knock at the Cabin |
Feb 3, 2023 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$35,397,980 |
3,235,647 |
| 8 |
Plane |
Jan 13, 2023 |
Action |
R |
$32,111,181 |
2,935,208 |
| 9 |
Are You There God? It’s Me,… |
Apr 28, 2023 |
Comedy |
PG-13 |
$20,372,406 |
1,862,194 |
| 10 |
The Blackening |
Jun 16, 2023 |
Horror |
R |
$17,707,207 |
1,618,574 |
| 11 |
The Last Voyage of the Demeter |
Aug 11, 2023 |
Horror |
R |
$13,637,180 |
1,246,542 |
| 12 |
Jurassic Park |
Aug 26, 1994 |
Adventure |
PG-13 |
$12,881,195 |
1,177,440 |
| 13 |
Poor Things |
Dec 8, 2023 |
Black Comedy |
R |
$10,269,036 |
938,669 |
| 14 |
Coraline |
Feb 6, 2009 |
Adventure |
PG |
$6,302,099 |
576,060 |
| 15 |
Women Talking |
Dec 23, 2022 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$5,304,544 |
484,876 |
| 16 |
Marlowe |
Feb 24, 2023 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$4,350,243 |
397,645 |
| 17 |
Die Hard |
Jul 15, 1988 |
Action |
R |
$2,048,453 |
187,244 |
| 18 |
That Time I Got Reincarnate… |
Nov 25, 2022 |
Adventure |
PG-13 |
$1,891,488 |
172,897 |
| 19 |
The Marsh King’s Daughter |
Nov 3, 2023 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$1,792,905 |
163,885 |
| 20 |
American Fiction |
Dec 15, 2023 |
Comedy |
R |
$1,655,483 |
151,323 |
| 21 |
The Polar Express |
Nov 10, 2004 |
Adventure |
G |
$1,519,078 |
138,855 |
| 22 |
An Cailín Ciúin |
May 13, 2022 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$1,500,014 |
137,112 |
| 23 |
Eileen |
Dec 1, 2023 |
Drama |
R |
$1,425,273 |
130,280 |
| 24 |
The Lord of the Rings: The … |
Dec 17, 2003 |
Adventure |
PG-13 |
$1,176,085 |
107,503 |
| 25 |
Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch |
Nov 9, 2018 |
Adventure |
PG |
$857,560 |
78,388 |
| 26 |
Jaws |
Jun 20, 1975 |
Horror |
PG |
$708,515 |
64,764 |
| 27 |
Harry Potter and the Deathl… |
Nov 19, 2010 |
Adventure |
PG-13 |
$706,013 |
64,535 |
| 28 |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
Nov 17, 2000 |
Adventure |
PG |
$700,795 |
64,058 |
| 29 |
The Exorcist |
Dec 26, 1973 |
Horror |
R |
$609,605 |
55,722 |
| 30 |
The Shining |
May 23, 1980 |
Horror |
R |
$484,267 |
44,266 |
| 31 |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
Dec 8, 2000 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$451,549 |
41,275 |
| 32 |
They Live |
Nov 4, 1988 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$439,050 |
40,133 |
| 33 |
Aristotle and Dante Discove… |
Nov 30, 2023 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$407,838 |
37,279 |
| 34 |
The Wizard of Oz |
Sep 23, 2009 |
Musical |
PG-13 |
$351,435 |
32,124 |
| 35 |
All of Us Strangers |
Feb 23, 2024 |
Drama |
R |
$346,515 |
31,674 |
| 36 |
Children of the Corn |
Mar 3, 2023 |
Horror |
R |
$325,583 |
29,760 |
| 37 |
Farewell My Concubine (霸王別姬… |
Oct 13, 1993 |
Drama |
R |
$321,788 |
29,414 |
| 38 |
Die Schule der magischen Tiere |
Oct 7, 2021 |
Adventure |
PG |
$288,414 |
26,363 |
| 39 |
Le Mépris |
Mar 14, 2008 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$235,121 |
21,491 |
| 40 |
The Bad Guys |
Apr 22, 2022 |
Comedy |
PG |
$225,610 |
20,622 |
| 41 |
Landscape with Invisible Hand |
Aug 18, 2023 |
Drama |
R |
$203,403 |
18,592 |
| 42 |
Shrek 2 |
May 19, 2004 |
Adventure |
PG |
$200,560 |
18,333 |
| 43 |
When You Finish Saving the … |
Jan 20, 2023 |
Comedy |
R |
$196,920 |
18,000 |
| 44 |
The Canterville Ghost |
Sep 22, 2023 |
Adventure |
PG |
$192,310 |
17,578 |
| 45 |
Shrek |
May 18, 2001 |
Adventure |
PG |
$186,820 |
17,077 |
| 46 |
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile |
Oct 7, 2022 |
Musical |
PG |
$185,300 |
16,938 |
| 47 |
Il conformista |
Aug 29, 2014 |
Drama |
R |
$174,258 |
15,928 |
| 48 |
The Wrath of Becky |
May 26, 2023 |
Horror |
R |
$168,109 |
15,366 |
| 49 |
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax |
Mar 2, 2012 |
Adventure |
PG |
$121,050 |
11,065 |
| 50 |
Carmen |
Apr 21, 2023 |
Drama |
R |
$103,388 |
9,450 |
| 51 |
Cat Person |
Nov 23, 2023 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$55,548 |
5,077 |
| 52 |
Rare Objects |
Apr 14, 2023 |
Drama |
R |
$10,454 |
955 |
| 53 |
L’innocente |
Feb 14, 2020 |
Drama |
R |
$6,902 |
630 |
| 54 |
Bones and All |
Nov 23, 2022 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$2,570 |
235 |
| 55 |
Venus |
Dec 2, 2022 |
Horror |
R |
$1,242 |
114 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $690,696,082 | |
| Total Tickets Sold | 63,134,912 |
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.
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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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