TOP GROSSING MOVIES THAT NEVER HIT 1982–Present
Note: This chart shows the top 150 movies regardless of sorting. Row Rank OR^ Title (click to view) Studio Top Release Year^ 1 102 3,603 Bon Cop, Bad Cop Alliance 15 $12,665,721 2006 2 140 3,813 The Young Victoria Apparition 15 $11,001,272 2009 3 3 1,048 Fantasia 2000 (35mm & IMAX) Buena Vista 11 $60,655,420 2000^ 4 52 3,100 Ghosts of the Abyss (IMAX & 35mm) Buena Vista 13 $17,040,871 2003 5 82 3,478 Nixon Buena Vista 13 $13,681,765 1995 6 91 3,551 25th Hour Buena Vista 11 $13,084,595 2002 7 107 3,635 People Like Us Buena Vista 11 $12,434,778 2012 8 129 3,775 Casanova Buena Vista 12 $11,304,403 2005 9 136 3,796 V.I. Warshawski Buena Vista 11 $11,128,309 1991 10 118 3,707 Bloodsport Cannon Films 16 $11,806,119 1988 11 142 3,825 What the #$*! Do We Know?! Captured Light Distribution 17 $10,942,306 2004 12 34 2,748 A Room with a View Cinecom - $20,966,644 1986 13 143 3,755 Das Boot Columbia - $10,915,250 1982^ 14 25 2,571 Match Point DreamWorks 13 $23,151,529 2005 15 93 3,557 House of Sand and Fog DreamWorks 13 $13,040,288 2003 16 112 3,683 In Dreams DreamWorks 11 $12,017,369 1999 17 111 3,666 Saving Grace Fine Line 12 $12,178,602 2000 18 149 3,850 Deconstructing Harry Fine Line 16 $10,686,841 1997 19 12 2,030 The Pianist Focus Features 11 $32,572,577 2002 20 56 3,172 21 Grams Focus Features 14 $16,290,476 2003 21 60 3,219 Far From Heaven Focus Features 11 $15,901,849 2002 22 80 3,470 Broken Flowers Focus Features 12 $13,744,960 2005 23 98 3,586 Anna Karenina Focus Features 12 $12,816,367 2012 24 109 3,648 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Focus Features 11 $12,313,694 2008 25 134 3,786 Jane Eyre Focus Features 13 $11,242,660 2011 26 16 2,185 The Gods Must Be Crazy Fox 12 $30,031,783 1984 27 94 3,558 To Be or Not to Be (1983) Fox 11 $13,030,214 1983 28 117 3,701 Glee The 3D Concert Movie Fox 11 $11,862,398 2011 29 137 3,799 Big Trouble in Little China Fox 12 $11,100,000 1986 30 18 2,337 Garden State Fox Searchlight 11 $26,782,316 2004 31 19 2,367 The Wrestler Fox Searchlight 14 $26,238,243 2008 32 22 2,473 Waking Ned Devine Fox Searchlight 12 $24,792,251 1998 33 46 2,972 127 Hours Fox Searchlight 11 $18,335,230 2010 34 49 3,035 The Last King of Scotland Fox Searchlight 17 $17,606,684 2006 35 50 3,048 Notes on a Scandal Fox Searchlight 13 $17,510,118 2006 36 67 3,257 In America Fox Searchlight 15 $15,539,656 2003 37 84 3,492 The Namesake Fox Searchlight 12 $13,569,248 2007 38 90 3,518 The Tree of Life Fox Searchlight 11 $13,303,319 2011 39 100 3,591 Beasts of the Southern Wild Fox Searchlight 12 $12,795,746 2012 40 116 3,698 The Darjeeling Limited Fox Searchlight 13 $11,902,715 2007 41 123 3,741 Boys Don't Cry Fox Searchlight 16 $11,540,607 1999 42 141 3,819 Adrenaline Rush: The Science of Risk (IMAX) Giant Screen Films 25 $10,994,028 2002 43 135 3,788 The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Gramercy 20 $11,220,670 1994 44 88 3,507 Solarmax Heliograph 56 $13,400,161 2000 45 77 3,462 Y Tu Mama Tambien IFC 13 $13,839,658 2002 46 1 629 Space Station 3-D (IMAX) IMAX 13 $87,751,357 2002 47 4 1,228 T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (IMAX) IMAX 16 $53,324,129 1998 48 7 1,628 Mysteries of Egypt (IMAX) IMAX 13 $40,593,486 1998 49 11 1,947 Magnificent Desolation (IMAX) IMAX 19 $34,126,126 2005 50 43 2,946 Michael Jordan to the Max (IMAX) IMAX 14 $18,650,521 2000 51 48 2,994 Galapagos (IMAX) IMAX 32 $18,113,916 1999 52 85 3,498 Africa's Elephant Kingdom (IMAX) IMAX 31 $13,485,455 1998 53 106 3,630 Extreme (IMAX) IMAX 26 $12,475,172 1999 54 133 3,784 Cyberworld 3-D (IMAX) IMAX 18 $11,253,900 2000 55 150 3,855 Island of the Sharks (IMAX) IMAX 32 $10,658,505 1999 56 14 2,108 Monster's Ball Lions Gate 12 $31,273,922 2001 57 120 3,721 Girl with a Pearl Earring Lions Gate 17 $11,670,971 2003 58 40 2,915 The Impossible Lionsgate/Summit 14 $19,019,882 2012 59 2 634 Everest (IMAX) MacGillivray Freeman Films 11 $87,178,599 1998 60 71 3,357 The Secret of NIMH MGM 13 $14,665,733 1982 61 74 3,428 Diner MGM 14 $14,099,953 1982 62 128 3,773 Antitrust MGM 12 $11,328,094 2001 63 15 2,164 The Great Debaters MGM (Weinstein) 11 $30,236,407 2007 64 57 3,176 Black Christmas (2006) MGM (Weinstein) 13 $16,273,581 2006 65 9 1,858 In the Bedroom Miramax 12 $35,930,604 2001 66 30 2,657 Il Postino Miramax 17 $21,848,932 1995 67 31 2,674 Like Water for Chocolate Miramax - $21,665,468 1993 68 42 2,943 Becoming Jane Miramax 11 $18,670,946 2007 69 55 3,152 Trainspotting Miramax 13 $16,491,080 1996 70 81 3,475 The Wings of the Dove Miramax 13 $13,692,848 1997 71 89 3,510 Bullets Over Broadway Miramax 11 $13,383,747 1994 72 96 3,568 The Quiet American Miramax 17 $12,988,801 2002 73 114 3,640 Cinema Paradiso Miramax 11 $11,990,401 1990^ 74 119 3,713 Strictly Ballroom Miramax 13 $11,738,022 1993 75 125 3,762 The Shipping News Miramax 16 $11,434,216 2001 76 130 3,777 Ready to Wear Miramax 13 $11,300,653 1994 77 54 3,143 Wild Safari 3D (IMAX) N Wave 27 $16,621,530 2005 78 83 3,484 Haunted Castle (IMAX) N Wave 30 $13,651,656 2001 79 23 2,529 Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure (IMAX) National Geographic Entertainment 17 $23,746,066 2007 80 92 3,556 How to Eat Fried Worms New Line 11 $13,040,527 2006 81 101 3,601 The New World New Line 11 $12,712,093 2005 82 122 3,740 Pump Up the Volume New Line 12 $11,541,758 1990 83 146 3,841 Gettysburg New Line 13 $10,769,960 1993 84 115 3,696 Deathstalker New World 12 $11,919,250 1983 85 35 2,759 Whale Rider Newmarket 13 $20,779,666 2003 86 87 3,504 Secrets & Lies October 20 $13,417,292 1996 87 61 3,220 Gorky Park Orion Pictures 11 $15,856,028 1983 88 70 3,331 Last Chance Harvey Overture Films 13 $14,889,042 2008 89 38 2,904 Mother (1996) Paramount 11 $19,145,198 1996 90 105 3,623 Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away Paramount 11 $12,512,862 2012 91 113 3,684 The Gift Paramount Classics 13 $12,008,642 2000 92 26 2,586 Revolutionary Road Paramount Vantage 12 $22,911,480 2008 93 45 2,969 Into the Wild Paramount Vantage 14 $18,354,356 2007 94 62 3,222 The Kite Runner Paramount Vantage 13 $15,800,078 2007 95 110 3,661 Barney's Great Adventure PolyGram 11 $12,218,638 1998 96 124 3,743 The Conspirator Roadside Attractions 11 $11,538,204 2011 97 28 2,609 Much Ado About Nothing Samuel Goldwyn 11 $22,549,338 1993 98 68 3,284 The Madness of King George Samuel Goldwyn 11 $15,238,689 1994 99 39 2,912 Bugs! (IMAX) SK Films 22 $19,063,544 2003 100 29 2,617 Adaptation. Sony / Columbia 14 $22,498,520 2002 101 145 3,835 The End of the Affair Sony / Columbia 16 $10,827,816 1999 102 17 2,235 Capote Sony Classics 13 $28,750,530 2005 103 20 2,379 Howards End Sony Classics 13 $25,966,555 1992 104 41 2,934 Thrill Ride (IMAX) Sony Classics 43 $18,798,590 1997 105 59 3,206 Across the Sea of Time (IMAX) Sony Classics 54 $16,015,639 1995 106 64 3,242 Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man (IMAX) Sony Classics 19 $15,627,434 2000 107 69 3,308 Wings of Courage (IMAX) Sony Classics 59 $15,054,636 1995 108 97 3,576 Volver Sony Classics 19 $12,899,867 2006 109 99 3,590 Rachel Getting Married Sony Classics 14 $12,796,841 2008 110 103 3,613 An Education Sony Classics 14 $12,574,914 2009 111 108 3,638 Lone Star Sony Classics 12 $12,408,986 1996 112 131 3,779 The Lives of Others Sony Classics 15 $11,286,112 2007 113 138 3,807 House of Flying Daggers Sony Classics 15 $11,050,094 2004 114 147 3,718 Winged Migration Sony Classics 17 $10,764,402 2003^ 115 53 3,103 The Hurt Locker Summit Entertainment 13 $17,017,811 2009 116 66 3,255 The Ghost Writer Summit Entertainment 11 $15,541,549 2010 117 78 3,465 Fly Me to the Moon Summit Entertainment 12 $13,816,982 2008 118 121 3,732 So I Married an Axe Murderer TriStar 12 $11,585,483 1993 119 127 3,772 Manhattan Murder Mystery TriStar 13 $11,330,911 1993 120 24 2,546 Hotel Rwanda United Artists 14 $23,530,892 2004 121 33 2,682 Bowling for Columbine United Artists 11 $21,576,018 2002 122 86 3,499 De-Lovely United Artists 13 $13,456,633 2004 123 95 3,559 I'm Gonna Git You Sucka United Artists 12 $13,030,057 1988 124 37 2,884 The Producers Universal 12 $19,398,532 2005 125 44 2,952 Frost/Nixon Universal 16 $18,622,031 2008 126 126 3,770 Balto Universal 13 $11,348,324 1995 127 132 3,783 Brotherhood of the Wolf Universal 16 $11,260,096 2002 128 76 3,456 Monsoon Wedding USA Films 16 $13,885,966 2002 129 5 1,459 Deep Sea 3D (IMAX) Warner Bros. 16 $45,562,927 2006 130 8 1,770 Hubble 3D Warner Bros. 17 $37,733,996 2010 131 13 2,096 Under the Sea 3D Warner Bros. 18 $31,516,429 2009 132 27 2,605 Born to Be Wild (IMAX) Warner Bros. 18 $22,651,521 2011 133 32 2,680 NASCAR 3D: The IMAX Experience (IMAX) Warner Bros. 11 $21,583,831 2004 134 36 2,855 The Pledge Warner Bros. 11 $19,733,089 2001 135 51 3,080 The Mission Warner Bros. 11 $17,218,023 1986 136 73 3,400 The Mosquito Coast Warner Bros. 11 $14,302,779 1986 137 75 3,448 Stand and Deliver Warner Bros. 13 $13,994,920 1988 138 79 3,468 Letters from Iwo Jima Warner Bros. 14 $13,756,082 2006 139 104 3,616 To the Arctic (IMAX) Warner Bros. 18 $12,536,199 2012 140 58 3,184 Wolf Creek Weinstein / Dimension 11 $16,188,180 2005 141 6 1,487 The Artist Weinstein Company 11 $44,671,682 2011 142 10 1,945 The Reader Weinstein Company 12 $34,194,407 2008 143 47 2,986 Quartet Weinstein Company 13 $18,202,387 2013 144 72 3,361 My Week with Marilyn Weinstein Company 12 $14,600,347 2011 145 139 3,808 Mrs. Henderson Presents Weinstein Company 17 $11,036,366 2005 146 65 3,250 Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure (IMAX) WGB. 22 $15,553,324 2001
CHART NOTES not included in the gross total.
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