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All Time Box Office


TOP GROSSING MOVIES THAT NEVER HIT
#1, THE TOP 5 OR TOP 10*

1982–Present


Note: This chart shows the top 150 movies regardless of sorting.
RankOR^Title (click to view)StudioTop
Rank
Release
Gross**
Year^
1 634 Space Station 3-D (IMAX) Imax 13 $88,031,952 2002
2 639 Everest (IMAX) MFF 11 $87,178,599 1998
3 1,053 Fantasia 2000 (35mm & IMAX) BV 11 $60,655,420 2000^
4 1,234 T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (IMAX) Imax 16 $53,324,129 1998
5 1,464 Deep Sea 3D (IMAX) WB 16 $45,631,390 2006
6 1,494 The Artist Wein. 11 $44,671,682 2011
7 1,635 Mysteries of Egypt (IMAX) Imax 13 $40,593,486 1998
8 1,730 Hubble 3D WB 17 $38,451,861 2010
9 1,866 In the Bedroom Mira. 12 $35,930,604 2001
10 1,953 The Reader Wein. 12 $34,194,407 2008
11 1,955 Magnificent Desolation (IMAX) Imax 19 $34,128,076 2005
12 2,038 The Pianist Focus 11 $32,572,577 2002
13 2,095 Under the Sea 3D WB 18 $31,668,025 2009
14 2,118 Monster's Ball Lions 12 $31,273,922 2001
15 2,173 The Great Debaters MGM/W 11 $30,236,407 2007
16 2,194 The Gods Must Be Crazy Fox 12 $30,031,783 1984
17 2,244 Capote SPC 13 $28,750,530 2005
18 2,346 Garden State FoxS 11 $26,782,316 2004
19 2,376 The Wrestler FoxS 14 $26,238,243 2008
20 2,388 Howards End SPC 13 $25,966,555 1992
22 2,482 Waking Ned Devine FoxS 12 $24,792,251 1998
23 2,538 Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure (IMAX) NGE 17 $23,746,066 2007
24 2,555 Hotel Rwanda UA 14 $23,530,892 2004
25 2,580 Match Point DW 13 $23,151,529 2005
26 2,595 Revolutionary Road ParV 12 $22,911,480 2008
27 2,603 Born to Be Wild (IMAX) WB 18 $22,800,080 2011
28 2,618 Much Ado About Nothing Gold. 11 $22,549,338 1993
29 2,626 Adaptation. Sony 14 $22,498,520 2002
30 2,666 Il Postino Mira. 17 $21,848,932 1995
31 2,683 Like Water for Chocolate Mira. - $21,665,468 1993
32 2,689 NASCAR 3D: The IMAX Experience (IMAX) WB 11 $21,583,831 2004
33 2,691 Bowling for Columbine UA 11 $21,576,018 2002
34 2,759 A Room with a View Cinc - $20,966,644 1986
35 2,770 Whale Rider NM 13 $20,779,666 2003
36 2,864 The Pledge WB 11 $19,733,089 2001
37 2,894 The Producers Uni. 12 $19,398,532 2005
38 2,914 Mother (1996) Par. 11 $19,145,198 1996
39 2,922 Bugs! (IMAX) SK 22 $19,063,544 2003
40 2,925 The Impossible LG/S 14 $19,019,882 2012
41 2,944 Thrill Ride (IMAX) SPC 43 $18,798,590 1997
42 2,953 Becoming Jane Mira. 11 $18,670,946 2007
43 2,956 Michael Jordan to the Max (IMAX) Imax 14 $18,650,521 2000
44 2,962 Frost/Nixon Uni. 16 $18,622,031 2008
45 2,979 Quartet Wein. 13 $18,362,385 2013
46 2,980 Into the Wild ParV 14 $18,354,356 2007
47 2,983 127 Hours FoxS 11 $18,335,230 2010
48 2,999 Galapagos (IMAX) Imax 32 $18,138,952 1999
49 3,045 The Last King of Scotland FoxS 17 $17,606,684 2006
50 3,058 Notes on a Scandal FoxS 13 $17,510,118 2006
51 3,090 The Mission WB 11 $17,218,023 1986
52 3,110 Ghosts of the Abyss (IMAX & 35mm) BV 13 $17,040,871 2003
53 3,113 The Hurt Locker Sum. 13 $17,017,811 2009
54 3,153 Wild Safari 3D (IMAX) NWav 27 $16,621,530 2005
55 3,162 Trainspotting Mira. 13 $16,491,080 1996
56 3,182 21 Grams Focus 14 $16,290,476 2003
57 3,186 Black Christmas (2006) MGM/W 13 $16,273,581 2006
58 3,194 Wolf Creek W/Dim. 11 $16,188,180 2005
59 3,216 Across the Sea of Time (IMAX) SPC 54 $16,015,639 1995
60 3,229 Far From Heaven Focus 11 $15,901,849 2002
61 3,230 Gorky Park Orion 11 $15,856,028 1983
62 3,232 The Kite Runner ParV 13 $15,800,078 2007
64 3,252 Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man (IMAX) SPC 19 $15,627,434 2000
65 3,260 Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure (IMAX) WGB. 22 $15,553,324 2001
66 3,265 The Ghost Writer Sum. 11 $15,541,549 2010
67 3,267 In America FoxS 15 $15,539,656 2003
68 3,294 The Madness of King George Gold. 11 $15,238,689 1994
69 3,318 Wings of Courage (IMAX) SPC 59 $15,054,636 1995
70 3,341 Last Chance Harvey Over. 13 $14,889,042 2008
71 3,367 The Secret of NIMH MGM 13 $14,665,733 1982
72 3,371 My Week with Marilyn Wein. 12 $14,600,347 2011
73 3,410 The Mosquito Coast WB 11 $14,302,779 1986
74 3,439 Diner MGM 14 $14,099,953 1982
75 3,458 Stand and Deliver WB 13 $13,994,920 1988
76 3,466 Monsoon Wedding USA 16 $13,885,966 2002
77 3,472 Y Tu Mama Tambien IFC 13 $13,839,658 2002
78 3,475 Fly Me to the Moon Sum. 12 $13,816,982 2008
79 3,478 Letters from Iwo Jima WB 14 $13,756,082 2006
80 3,480 Broken Flowers Focus 12 $13,744,960 2005
81 3,485 The Wings of the Dove Mira. 13 $13,692,848 1997
82 3,488 Nixon BV 13 $13,681,765 1995
83 3,494 Haunted Castle (IMAX) NWav 30 $13,651,656 2001
84 3,502 The Namesake FoxS 12 $13,569,248 2007
85 3,508 Africa's Elephant Kingdom (IMAX) Imax 31 $13,485,455 1998
86 3,509 De-Lovely UA 13 $13,456,633 2004
87 3,514 Secrets & Lies Oct. 20 $13,417,292 1996
88 3,517 Solarmax Hel. 56 $13,400,161 2000
89 3,520 Bullets Over Broadway Mira. 11 $13,383,747 1994
90 3,528 The Tree of Life FoxS 11 $13,303,319 2011
91 3,561 25th Hour BV 11 $13,084,595 2002
92 3,566 How to Eat Fried Worms NL 11 $13,040,527 2006
93 3,567 House of Sand and Fog DW 13 $13,040,288 2003
94 3,568 To Be or Not to Be (1983) Fox 11 $13,030,214 1983
95 3,569 I'm Gonna Git You Sucka UA 12 $13,030,057 1988
96 3,578 The Quiet American Mira. 17 $12,988,801 2002
97 3,586 Volver SPC 19 $12,899,867 2006
98 3,596 Anna Karenina Focus 12 $12,816,367 2012
99 3,599 To the Arctic (IMAX) WB 18 $12,806,247 2012
100 3,601 Rachel Getting Married SPC 14 $12,796,841 2008
101 3,602 Beasts of the Southern Wild FoxS 12 $12,795,746 2012
102 3,612 The New World NL 11 $12,712,093 2005
103 3,614 Bon Cop, Bad Cop All. 15 $12,665,721 2006
104 3,624 An Education SPC 14 $12,574,914 2009
105 3,633 Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away Par. 11 $12,512,862 2012
106 3,640 Extreme (IMAX) Imax 26 $12,475,172 1999
107 3,645 People Like Us BV 11 $12,434,778 2012
108 3,648 Lone Star SPC 12 $12,408,986 1996
109 3,658 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Focus 11 $12,313,694 2008
110 3,671 Barney's Great Adventure Poly 11 $12,218,638 1998
111 3,676 Saving Grace FL 12 $12,178,602 2000
112 3,693 In Dreams DW 11 $12,017,369 1999
113 3,694 The Gift ParC 13 $12,008,642 2000
114 3,650 Cinema Paradiso Mira. 11 $11,990,401 1990^
115 3,706 Deathstalker NW 12 $11,919,250 1983
116 3,708 The Darjeeling Limited FoxS 13 $11,902,715 2007
117 3,711 Glee The 3D Concert Movie Fox 11 $11,862,398 2011
118 3,717 Bloodsport Can. 16 $11,806,119 1988
119 3,723 Strictly Ballroom Mira. 13 $11,738,022 1993
120 3,731 Girl with a Pearl Earring Lions 17 $11,670,971 2003
121 3,741 So I Married an Axe Murderer TriS 12 $11,585,483 1993
122 3,749 Pump Up the Volume NL 12 $11,541,758 1990
123 3,750 Boys Don't Cry FoxS 16 $11,540,607 1999
124 3,752 The Conspirator RAtt. 11 $11,538,204 2011
125 3,771 The Shipping News Mira. 16 $11,434,216 2001
126 3,779 Balto Uni. 13 $11,348,324 1995
127 3,781 Manhattan Murder Mystery TriS 13 $11,330,911 1993
128 3,782 Antitrust MGM 12 $11,328,094 2001
129 3,784 Casanova BV 12 $11,304,403 2005
130 3,786 Ready to Wear Mira. 13 $11,300,653 1994
131 3,788 The Lives of Others SPC 15 $11,286,112 2007
132 3,792 Brotherhood of the Wolf Uni. 16 $11,260,096 2002
133 3,793 Cyberworld 3-D (IMAX) Imax 18 $11,253,900 2000
134 3,795 Jane Eyre Focus 13 $11,242,660 2011
135 3,797 The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Gram. 20 $11,220,670 1994
136 3,805 V.I. Warshawski BV 11 $11,128,309 1991
137 3,808 Big Trouble in Little China Fox 12 $11,100,000 1986
138 3,816 House of Flying Daggers SPC 15 $11,050,094 2004
139 3,817 Mrs. Henderson Presents Wein. 17 $11,036,366 2005
140 3,822 The Young Victoria App. 15 $11,001,272 2009
141 3,828 Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk (IMAX) GSF 25 $10,994,028 2002
142 3,834 What the #$*! Do We Know?! CLD 17 $10,942,306 2004
143 3,764 Das Boot Col. - $10,915,250 1982^
145 3,844 The End of the Affair Sony 16 $10,827,816 1999
146 3,850 Gettysburg NL 13 $10,769,960 1993
147 3,728 Winged Migration SPC 17 $10,764,402 2003^
149 3,859 Deconstructing Harry FL 16 $10,686,841 1997
150 3,864 Island of the Sharks (IMAX) Imax 32 $10,658,505 1999

CHART NOTES
* Movies that never hit the top 10 on the weekend charts in a single release.
# Overall all time rank (rank includes multple releases, if any).
** Additional releases, if any, are not included in the gross total.
^ Indicates the movie has multiple theatrical releases.

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