MUSICAL 1974-Present
TOTAL GROSSES | OPENING WEEKENDS Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1 Grease Par. $188,389,888 862 $8,941,717 862 6/16/78 2 Chicago Mira. $170,687,518 2,701 $2,074,929 77 12/27/02 3 Mamma Mia! Uni. $144,130,063 3,194 $27,751,240 2,976 7/18/08 4 Hairspray (2007) NL $118,871,849 3,121 $27,476,745 3,121 7/20/07 5 The Rocky Horror Picture Show Fox $112,892,319 - n/a - 9/26/75 6 Dreamgirls P/DW $103,365,956 2,797 $378,950 3 12/15/06 7 High School Musical 3: Senior Year BV $90,559,416 3,626 $42,030,184 3,623 10/24/08 8 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Uni. $69,701,637 1,435 $11,874,268 1,400 7/23/82 9 Moulin Rouge! Fox $57,386,607 2,283 $167,540 2 5/18/01 10 The Blues Brothers Uni. $57,229,890 - $4,858,152 594 6/20/80 11 Annie Col. $57,059,003 1,102 $510,632 14 5/21/82 12 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street P/DW $52,898,073 1,507 $9,300,805 1,249 12/21/07 13 The Phantom of the Opera WB $51,268,815 1,515 $4,001,890 622 12/22/04 14 Evita BV $50,047,179 1,045 $195,085 2 12/25/96 15 Popeye Par. $49,823,037 901 $6,310,520 901 12/12/80 16 Yentl MGM $40,218,899 747 $3,050,219 501 11/18/83 17 Funny Lady Col. $39,000,000 - n/a - 3/9/75 18 Little Shop of Horrors WB $38,748,395 1,183 $3,659,884 866 12/19/86 19 All That Jazz Fox $37,823,676 - $86,229 5 12/20/79 20 Tommy Col. $34,251,525 - n/a - 3/14/75 21 Rent SonR $29,077,547 2,437 $10,016,021 2,433 11/23/05 22 Victor/Victoria MGM $28,215,453 615 $139,634 3 3/19/82 23 That's Entertainment! MGM $26,890,200 - n/a - 5/18/74 24 Across the Universe SonR $24,343,673 964 $667,784 23 9/14/07 25 Xanadu Uni. $22,762,571 - $1,471,595 249 8/8/80 26 The Wiz Uni. $21,049,053 - n/a - 10/1/78 27 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Uni. $20,378,470 - n/a - 7/21/78 28 The Producers Uni. $19,398,532 978 $154,590 6 12/16/05 29 New York, New York UA $16,400,000 - n/a - 6/22/77 30 Hair MGM $15,284,643 - n/a - 3/14/79 31 Grease 2 Par. $15,171,476 1,250 $4,645,411 1,250 6/11/82 32 School Daze Col. $14,545,844 224 $1,802,656 220 2/12/88 33 A Chorus Line Col. $14,202,899 680 $222,919 19 12/13/85 34 Blues Brothers 2000 Uni. $14,051,384 2,516 $6,129,615 2,507 2/6/98 35 De-Lovely UA $13,456,633 410 $292,963 16 7/2/04 36 Idlewild Uni. $12,571,185 975 $5,745,780 973 8/25/06 37 Everyone Says I Love You Mira. $9,759,200 276 $131,678 3 12/6/96 38 Pennies From Heaven MGM $9,171,289 - $520,000 315 12/11/81 39 Cry-Baby Uni. $8,266,343 1,236 $3,004,905 1,229 4/6/90 40 The Pirate Movie Fox $7,983,086 757 $2,528,133 757 8/6/82 41 Sarafina! BV $7,306,242 700 $76,488 2 9/18/92 42 Beyond the Sea Lions $6,318,709 383 $45,264 6 12/17/04 43 That's Entertainment! II MGM $4,979,380 - n/a - 5/16/76 44 Dancer in the Dark FL $4,184,036 126 $91,612 3 9/22/00 45 Earth Girls Are Easy Vest $3,916,303 317 $892,742 317 5/12/89 46 La Traviata Uni. $3,783,329 - n/a - 4/22/83 47 Zoot Suit Uni. $3,256,082 - $63,356 57 10/2/81 48 Hedwig and the Angry Inch FL $3,067,312 101 $156,724 9 7/20/01 49 Newsies BV $2,819,485 1,259 $1,232,508 1,223 4/10/92 50 Bugsy Malone Par. $2,783,840 - n/a - 9/15/76 51 At Long Last Love Fox $1,500,000 - n/a - 3/6/75 52 Absolute Beginners Orion $930,211 4 $83,743 4 4/18/86 53 The Pirates of Penzance Uni. $694,497 91 $255,496 91 2/18/83 54 Love's Labour's Lost Mira. $299,792 14 $24,496 2 6/9/00 55 That's Entertainment! III MGM $280,163 6 $36,220 2 5/6/94 56 Repo: The Genetic Opera LGF $146,750 11 $53,684 8 11/7/08 57 Bert Rigby, You're a Fool WB $75,868 23 $40,498 23 2/24/89 58 Madame Butterfly Arro. $65,196 1 $6,027 1 5/3/96 59 The Fantasticks MGM $49,666 6 $24,176 6 9/22/00 60 Colma: The Musical RAtt. $41,131 2 $8,403 1 6/22/07 61 Naked Boys Singing TLA $25,526 3 $3,690 1 10/12/07 62 The Big Gay Musical N/A $24,140 1 $8,053 1 9/11/09 63 20 Centimeters TLA $6,635 2 $2,177 1 10/27/06 TOTAL (All Movies): $1,953,887,519 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $31,014,088 705 $3,067,429 560 - TOTAL $1,466,563,640 - - - - AVERAGE $54,317,172 1,570 $10,915,602 1,625 -
TOTAL GROSSES | OPENING WEEKENDS
NOTE: This chart is for musicals -- movies where people break out into song with no on or off screen source of music or in settings other than concert venues or recording studios. That's distinctly different from concerts or movies about the music industry a la A Star is Born, The Jazz Singer or Glitter. Additionally, Bollywood masala movies are not being counted as they are a genre unto themselves.mail@boxofficemojo.com .
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