TOP GROSSING MOVIES THAT NEVER HIT #1, THE TOP 5 OR TOP 10*
1982Present
Note: This chart shows the top 150 movies regardless of sorting. Row Rank OR^ Title (click to view) Studio Top Rank Release Gross** Year^ 1
139
2,422
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie
Artisan
6
$25,581,229
2002
2
10
1,053
Fantasia 2000 (35mm & IMAX)
Buena Vista
11
$60,655,420
2000^
3
17
1,278
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Buena Vista
6
$51,854,875
2012
4
23
1,322
Mighty Joe Young
Buena Vista
6
$50,632,037
1998
5
30
1,469
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Buena Vista
9
$45,512,588
2000
6
59
1,843
Son-in-Law
Buena Vista
6
$36,448,400
1993
7
81
2,014
The Joy Luck Club
Buena Vista
6
$32,901,136
1993
8
92
2,133
Calendar Girls
Buena Vista
9
$31,041,759
2003
9
102
2,199
Green Card
Buena Vista
6
$29,888,235
1990
10
107
2,241
In the Army Now
Buena Vista
6
$28,881,266
1994
11
119
2,314
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Buena Vista
6
$27,281,507
1992
12
124
2,350
Winnie the Pooh
Buena Vista
6
$26,692,846
2011
13
126
2,356
An American Werewolf in Paris
Buena Vista
7
$26,570,463
1997
14
144
1,723
The Great Mouse Detective
Buena Vista
9
$25,336,794
1986^
15
109
2,245
Starman
Columbia
6
$28,744,356
1984
16
113
2,269
The Shawshank Redemption
Columbia
8
$28,341,469
1994^
17
149
2,465
Moscow on the Hudson
Columbia
6
$25,068,724
1984
18
127
2,362
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
DreamWorks
6
$26,483,452
2003
19
32
1,489
Red Dawn (2012)
FilmDistrict
7
$44,806,783
2012
20
61
1,868
Shine
Fine Line
9
$35,892,330
1996
21
22
1,308
Atonement
Focus Features
9
$50,927,067
2007
22
31
1,470
Moonrise Kingdom
Focus Features
7
$45,512,466
2012
23
34
1,496
Lost in Translation
Focus Features
7
$44,585,453
2003
24
54
1,734
Pride and Prejudice
Focus Features
7
$38,405,088
2005
25
69
1,942
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Focus Features
7
$34,400,301
2004
26
82
2,038
The Pianist
Focus Features
11
$32,572,577
2002
27
85
2,082
Milk
Focus Features
9
$31,841,299
2008
28
7
790
We Bought a Zoo
Fox
6
$75,624,550
2011
29
39
1,555
Gulliver's Travels
Fox
8
$42,779,261
2010
30
40
1,591
Aliens Vs. Predator - Requiem
Fox
6
$41,797,066
2007
31
51
1,699
Anna and the King
Fox
6
$39,263,420
1999
32
63
1,876
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Fox
6
$35,739,755
1993
33
75
1,976
Marmaduke
Fox
6
$33,644,788
2010
34
94
2,174
Weekend at Bernie's
Fox
8
$30,218,387
1989
35
96
2,183
Space Chimps
Fox
7
$30,105,968
2008
36
99
2,194
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Fox
12
$30,031,783
1984
37
105
2,232
Out to Sea
Fox
6
$29,022,252
1997
38
112
2,267
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Fox
7
$28,426,747
2006
39
131
2,379
Ramona and Beezus
Fox
6
$26,167,002
2010
40
4
689
The Descendants
Fox Searchlight
7
$82,584,160
2011
41
9
854
Sideways
Fox Searchlight
8
$71,503,593
2004
42
28
1,444
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Fox Searchlight
6
$46,412,041
2012
43
35
1,498
Napoleon Dynamite
Fox Searchlight
8
$44,540,956
2004
44
49
1,691
Crazy Heart
Fox Searchlight
8
$39,464,306
2009
45
65
1,888
The Ringer
Fox Searchlight
7
$35,428,675
2005
46
83
2,041
Bend It Like Beckham
Fox Searchlight
9
$32,543,449
2003
47
84
2,048
(500) Days of Summer
Fox Searchlight
9
$32,391,374
2009
48
122
2,346
Garden State
Fox Searchlight
11
$26,782,316
2004
49
130
2,376
The Wrestler
Fox Searchlight
14
$26,238,243
2008
50
50
1,696
Dead Man Walking
Gramercy
6
$39,363,635
1995
51
97
2,187
Elizabeth
Gramercy
8
$30,082,699
1998
52
1
634
Space Station 3-D (IMAX)
IMAX
13
$88,031,952
2002
53
16
1,234
T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (IMAX)
IMAX
16
$53,324,129
1998
54
44
1,635
Mysteries of Egypt (IMAX)
IMAX
13
$40,593,486
1998
55
73
1,954
Magnificent Desolation (IMAX)
IMAX
19
$34,128,076
2005
56
91
2,117
Monster's Ball
Lions Gate
12
$31,273,922
2001
57
87
2,091
Transporter 3
Lionsgate
7
$31,715,062
2008
58
2
639
Everest (IMAX)
MacGillivray Freeman Films
11
$87,178,599
1998
59
111
2,266
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
MGM
6
$28,442,574
2002
60
123
2,348
Overboard
MGM
7
$26,713,187
1987
61
146
2,459
The Cutting Edge
MGM
6
$25,105,517
1992
62
93
2,173
The Great Debaters
MGM (Weinstein)
11
$30,236,407
2007
63
133
2,391
The Nanny Diaries
MGM (Weinstein)
6
$25,930,652
2007
64
138
2,420
The Mist
MGM (Weinstein)
8
$25,594,957
2007
65
5
748
The English Patient
Miramax
7
$78,676,425
1996
66
8
853
Chocolat
Miramax
7
$71,509,363
2000
67
11
1,126
The Cider House Rules
Miramax
6
$57,545,092
1999
68
12
1,125
Life Is Beautiful
Miramax
8
$57,247,384
1998^
69
14
1,161
The Queen
Miramax
9
$56,441,711
2006
70
19
1,286
Finding Neverland
Miramax
8
$51,680,613
2004
71
27
1,420
Kate and Leopold
Miramax
7
$47,121,859
2001
72
47
1,661
The Piano
Miramax
7
$40,157,856
1993
73
60
1,865
In the Bedroom
Miramax
12
$35,930,604
2001
74
77
1,988
Doubt
Miramax
9
$33,446,470
2008
75
79
2,000
Amelie
Miramax
9
$33,225,499
2001
76
80
2,009
Dracula 2000
Miramax
7
$33,022,767
2000
77
117
2,295
The Switch
Miramax
7
$27,779,426
2010
78
135
2,399
Frida
Miramax
9
$25,885,000
2002
79
45
1,651
I Am Sam
New Line
7
$40,311,852
2001
80
115
2,287
Menace II Society
New Line
6
$27,912,072
1993
81
129
2,374
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
New Line
6
$26,276,465
2003
82
68
1,939
Monster
Newmarket
9
$34,469,210
2003
83
140
2,423
Memento
Newmarket
8
$25,544,867
2001
84
125
2,353
The Host (2013)
Open Road Films
6
$26,627,201
2013
85
20
1,272
Amadeus
Orion Pictures
6
$51,564,280
1984^
86
66
1,889
Mermaids
Orion Pictures
6
$35,419,397
1990
87
3
671
Up in the Air
Paramount
6
$83,823,381
2009
88
41
1,594
The Hours
Paramount
9
$41,675,994
2002
89
48
1,664
The Wild Thornberrys
Paramount
6
$40,108,697
2002
90
58
1,804
The Guilt Trip
Paramount
6
$37,134,215
2012
91
64
1,879
The Indian in the Cupboard
Paramount
6
$35,656,131
1995
92
104
2,215
Bless the Child
Paramount
7
$29,381,494
2000
93
114
2,275
The Prince and Me
Paramount
6
$28,176,497
2004
94
128
2,370
I.Q.
Paramount
7
$26,381,221
1994
95
145
2,440
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Paramount
8
$25,326,071
2012
96
150
2,466
The Wood
Paramount
6
$25,059,640
1999
97
46
1,657
There Will Be Blood
Paramount Vantage
9
$40,222,514
2007
98
70
1,948
Babel
Paramount Vantage
6
$34,302,837
2006
99
110
2,251
Defiance
Paramount Vantage
8
$28,644,813
2008
100
57
1,782
Pan's Labyrinth
Picturehouse
7
$37,634,615
2006
101
76
1,986
2016 Obama's America
Rocky Mountain Pictures
7
$33,449,086
2012
102
136
2,403
Shadowlands
Savoy
6
$25,842,377
1993
103
43
1,622
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Sony (Revolution)
6
$40,946,255
2007
104
120
2,330
The Missing
Sony (Revolution)
7
$27,011,180
2003
105
18
1,279
Finding Forrester
Sony / Columbia
6
$51,804,714
2000
106
38
1,541
Sense and Sensibility
Sony / Columbia
8
$43,182,776
1995
107
95
2,175
How Do You Know
Sony / Columbia
8
$30,212,620
2010
108
101
2,197
Madeline
Sony / Columbia
6
$29,967,750
1998
109
143
2,437
The International
Sony / Columbia
7
$25,450,527
2009
110
62
1,874
The Mothman Prophecies
Sony / Screen Gems
6
$35,746,370
2002
111
13
1,151
Midnight in Paris
Sony Classics
7
$56,817,045
2011
112
108
2,244
Capote
Sony Classics
13
$28,750,530
2005
113
132
2,388
Howards End
Sony Classics
13
$25,966,555
1992
114
86
2,083
Push
Summit Entertainment
6
$31,811,527
2009
115
24
1,366
Bugsy
TriStar
7
$49,114,016
1991
116
52
1,720
About Last Night...
TriStar
6
$38,702,310
1986
117
56
1,764
It Could Happen to You
TriStar
6
$37,939,757
1994
118
121
2,343
Glory
TriStar
8
$26,828,365
1989
119
25
1,378
Peter Pan
Universal
6
$48,462,608
2003
120
26
1,413
Munich
Universal
6
$47,403,685
2005
121
67
1,933
Man on the Moon
Universal
6
$34,607,430
1999
122
78
1,999
Breach
Universal
6
$33,231,264
2007
123
103
2,203
Mystery Men
Universal
6
$29,762,011
1999
124
106
2,233
Nanny McPhee Returns
Universal
8
$29,011,215
2010
125
118
2,303
Do the Right Thing
Universal
8
$27,545,445
1989
126
134
2,394
Leap Year
Universal
6
$25,918,920
2010
127
141
2,424
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Universal
6
$25,543,895
2001
128
148
2,463
In the Name of the Father
Universal
10
$25,096,862
1993
129
42
1,605
Gosford Park
USA Films
9
$41,308,615
2001
130
15
1,222
P.S. I Love You
Warner Bros.
6
$53,695,808
2007
131
21
1,297
The Phantom of the Opera
Warner Bros.
9
$51,268,815
2004
132
29
1,464
Deep Sea 3D (IMAX)
Warner Bros.
16
$45,631,390
2006
133
36
1,530
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Warner Bros.
6
$43,585,753
2010
134
37
1,532
We Are Marshall
Warner Bros.
7
$43,545,364
2006
135
53
1,730
Hubble 3D
Warner Bros.
17
$38,451,861
2010
136
55
1,752
Ninja Assassin
Warner Bros.
6
$38,122,883
2009
137
71
1,949
Alexander
Warner Bros.
6
$34,297,191
2004
138
88
2,094
Under the Sea 3D
Warner Bros.
18
$31,668,025
2009
139
89
2,095
August Rush
Warner Bros.
7
$31,664,162
2007
140
98
2,188
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
Warner Bros.
6
$30,077,111
1995
141
116
2,293
The Majestic
Warner Bros.
7
$27,807,266
2001
142
137
2,418
Nancy Drew
Warner Bros.
7
$25,612,520
2007
143
147
2,460
Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil
Warner Bros.
6
$25,105,255
1997
144
6
762
March of the Penguins
Warner Independent
6
$77,437,223
2005
145
90
2,103
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Warner Independent
7
$31,558,003
2005
146
33
1,494
The Artist
Weinstein Company
11
$44,671,682
2011
147
72
1,952
The Reader
Weinstein Company
12
$34,194,407
2008
148
100
2,195
The Iron Lady
Weinstein Company
10
$30,017,992
2011
CHART NOTES
* Movies that never hit the top 5 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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