Political Campaign / Election
1978-Present
Row Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1
1
The Campaign
WB
$86,907,746
3,302
$26,588,460
3,205
8/10/12
2
4
The Adjustment Bureau
Uni.
$62,495,645
2,847
$21,157,730
2,840
3/4/11
3
2
The Manchurian Candidate
Par.
$65,955,630
2,867
$20,018,620
2,867
7/30/04
4
10
Head of State
DW
$38,125,247
2,256
$13,503,484
2,151
3/28/03
5
11
Man of the Year
Uni.
$37,327,390
2,626
$12,299,380
2,515
10/13/06
6
9
Primary Colors
Uni.
$39,001,187
1,976
$12,045,395
1,965
3/20/98
7
6
The Distinguished Gentleman
BV
$46,666,502
1,984
$10,611,040
1,933
12/4/92
8
12
Black Sheep
Par.
$32,417,995
2,092
$10,593,609
2,045
2/2/96
9
8
The Ides of March
Sony
$40,962,534
2,199
$10,470,143
2,199
10/7/11
10
5
The American President
Sony
$60,079,496
1,508
$10,014,558
1,508
11/17/95
11
3
Dave
WB
$63,270,710
1,916
$7,306,755
1,155
5/7/93
12
19
Welcome to Mooseport
Fox
$14,470,947
2,868
$6,775,132
2,868
2/20/04
13
17
Swing Vote
BV
$16,289,867
2,213
$6,230,669
2,213
8/1/08
14
16
The Contender
DW
$17,872,723
1,639
$5,363,900
1,516
10/13/00
15
14
Speechless
MGM
$20,667,959
1,404
$3,969,048
1,404
12/16/94
16
21
All the King's Men
Sony
$7,221,458
1,520
$3,672,366
1,514
9/22/06
17
20
Nixon
BV
$13,681,765
977
$2,206,506
514
12/22/95
18
23
Power
Fox
$3,800,000
770
$1,854,200
770
1/31/86
19
25
Silver City
NM
$1,020,656
162
$337,484
114
9/17/04
20
22
Bob Roberts
Par.
$4,479,470
306
$314,275
8
9/4/92
21
13
Bulworth
Fox
$26,528,185
2,051
$141,816
2
5/15/98
22
18
Election
Par.
$14,902,041
827
$119,080
6
4/23/99
23
27
Storyville
Fox
$422,503
19
$101,383
19
8/26/92
24
7
Wag the Dog
NL
$43,061,945
1,752
$92,079
3
12/25/97
25
29
The Obama Effect
ArcEnt
$110,904
25
$83,896
25
7/13/12
26
24
No (2013)
SPC
$2,276,226
99
$71,742
4
2/15/13
27
26
The War Room
Oct.
$901,668
21
$15,264
1
11/3/93
28
30
Feed
OrC
$45,488
1
$11,448
1
10/7/92
29
31
Grassroots
Gold.
$12,356
2
$6,497
1
6/22/12
30
32
The Last Party
Trit
$11,156
1
$4,088
1
8/27/93
31
33
Choose Connor
Strand
$5,788
2
$1,441
1
10/10/08
32
15
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Uni.
$19,595,168
-
n/a
-
8/17/79
33
28
A Perfect Candidate
7Art
$134,485
8
n/a
-
6/19/96
TOTAL (All Movies): $780,722,840 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $23,658,268 1,280 $5,635,803 1,141 - TOTAL (Wide Releases Only): $751,706,972 - - - - AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only): $35,795,570 1,981 $10,733,793 2,039 -
NOTE: The most obvious candidate for this chart, The Candidate , fell outside the 1978-Present parameters, but we'll try to find a gross for it and fold it in later. ""Campaign"" is used in the broadest sense here to include movies about the political games played, not just elections. If there are any movies that you think should be on this list, e-mail us at mail@boxofficemojo.com .