TOP GROSSING MOVIES THAT NEVER HIT #1, THE TOP 5 OR TOP 10*
1982Present
Rank OR^ Title (click to view) Studio Top Rank Release Gross** Year^ 1
510
Everest (IMAX)
MFF
11
$87,178,599
1998
2
586
Space Station 3-D (IMAX)
Imax
13
$80,164,958
2002
3
671
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Sum.
-
$72,700,000
2009
4
865
Fantasia 2000 (35mm & IMAX)
BV
11
$60,655,420
2000^
5
1,019
T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (IMAX)
Imax
16
$53,161,885
1998
6
1,365
Mysteries of Egypt (IMAX)
Imax
13
$40,593,486
1998
7
1,499
Deep Sea 3-D (IMAX)
WB
16
$37,626,757
2006
8
1,565
In the Bedroom
Mira.
12
$35,930,604
2001
9
1,639
The Reader
Wein.
12
$34,194,407
2008
10
1,716
The Pianist
Focus
11
$32,572,577
2002
11
1,786
Monster's Ball
Lions
12
$31,273,922
2001
12
1,831
Magnificent Desolation (IMAX)
Imax
19
$30,309,955
2005
13
1,836
The Great Debaters
MGM/W
11
$30,236,407
2007
14
1,855
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Fox
12
$30,031,783
1984
15
1,898
Capote
SPC
13
$28,750,530
2005
16
1,994
Garden State
FoxS
11
$26,782,316
2004
17
2,020
The Wrestler
FoxS
14
$26,238,243
2008
18
2,031
Howards End
Sony
13
$25,966,555
1992
20
2,115
Waking Ned Devine
FoxS
12
$24,792,251
1998
21
2,180
Hotel Rwanda
UA
14
$23,530,892
2004
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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