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Sports Drama 1976-Present Total Grosses Opening Weekends Rows: #1-100, #101-119 Row Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1 33 Gridiron Gang Sony $38,432,823 3,510 $14,414,630 3,504 9/15/06 2 10 Real Steel BV $85,468,508 3,440 $27,319,677 3,440 10/7/11 3 34 Trouble with the Curve WB $35,763,137 3,212 $12,162,040 3,212 9/21/12 4 1 The Blind Side WB $255,959,475 3,407 $34,119,372 3,110 11/20/09 5 26 Radio SonR $52,333,738 3,074 $13,303,724 3,074 10/24/03 6 21 Secretariat BV $59,713,955 3,108 $12,694,770 3,072 10/8/10 7 15 Rocky Balboa MGM $70,270,943 3,019 $12,158,168 3,017 12/20/06 8 9 42 WB $90,104,000 3,405 $27,487,144 3,003 4/12/13 9 32 Blue Crush Uni. $40,390,647 3,015 $14,169,455 3,002 8/16/02 10 12 Moneyball Sony $75,605,492 3,018 $19,501,302 2,993 9/23/11 11 24 Invincible BV $57,806,952 2,987 $17,031,122 2,917 8/25/06 12 35 For Love of the Game Uni. $35,188,640 2,933 $13,041,685 2,829 9/17/99 13 19 Cinderella Man Uni. $61,649,911 2,820 $18,320,205 2,812 6/3/05 14 60 The Express Uni. $9,793,406 2,810 $4,562,675 2,808 10/10/08 15 20 Friday Night Lights Uni. $61,255,921 3,004 $20,269,025 2,667 10/8/04 16 29 We Are Marshall WB $43,545,364 2,606 $6,114,264 2,606 12/22/06 17 18 Miracle BV $64,378,093 2,755 $19,377,577 2,605 2/6/04 18 16 Coach Carter Par. $67,264,877 2,574 $24,182,961 2,524 1/14/05 19 13 The Rookie BV $75,600,072 2,543 $16,021,684 2,511 3/29/02 20 14 Any Given Sunday WB $75,530,832 2,505 $13,584,625 2,505 12/22/99 21 23 Ali Sony $58,203,105 2,521 $14,710,892 2,446 12/25/01 22 30 Glory Road BV $42,647,449 2,397 $13,594,734 2,222 1/13/06 23 28 Soul Surfer TriS $43,853,424 2,240 $10,601,862 2,214 4/8/11 24 25 Varsity Blues Par. $52,894,169 2,364 $15,204,148 2,121 1/15/99 25 36 The Legend of Bagger Vance DW $30,919,168 2,162 $11,516,712 2,061 11/3/00 26 31 Rocky V UA $40,946,358 2,106 $14,073,170 2,053 11/16/90 27 65 Chasing Mavericks Fox $6,002,756 2,030 $2,268,274 2,002 10/26/12 28 4 Seabiscuit Uni. $120,277,854 2,573 $20,854,735 1,989 7/25/03 29 42 Blue Chips Par. $23,070,663 1,980 $10,123,605 1,980 2/18/94 30 53 Warrior LGF $13,657,115 1,883 $5,242,107 1,869 9/9/11 31 6 Remember the Titans BV $115,654,751 2,803 $20,905,831 1,865 9/29/00 32 43 The Program BV $23,032,565 1,661 $6,821,931 1,653 9/24/93 33 49 Annapolis BV $17,127,992 1,607 $7,681,171 1,605 1/27/06 34 67 Against the Ropes Par. $5,884,190 1,601 $3,038,546 1,601 2/20/04 35 47 The Babe Uni. $17,530,973 1,568 $5,011,205 1,566 4/17/92 36 62 Pride LGF $7,057,600 1,518 $3,533,300 1,518 3/23/07 37 51 Youngblood UA $15,448,384 1,354 $4,183,292 1,354 1/31/86 38 80 Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius FFn. $2,694,071 1,332 $1,233,297 1,332 4/30/04 39 2 Rocky IV UA $127,873,716 2,254 $19,991,537 1,325 11/27/85 40 45 He Got Game BV $21,567,853 1,414 $7,610,663 1,319 5/1/98 41 61 Gladiator (1992) Col. $9,223,441 1,356 $3,305,189 1,295 3/6/92 42 59 Sunset Park Sony $10,163,782 1,257 $4,705,440 1,257 4/26/96 43 39 Love & Basketball NL $27,459,615 1,245 $8,139,180 1,237 4/21/00 44 76 Gracie PicH $2,956,339 1,164 $1,355,904 1,164 6/1/07 45 56 Everybody's All-American WB $12,638,294 1,123 $3,425,796 1,122 11/4/88 46 55 Undisputed Mira. $12,764,657 1,117 $4,548,750 1,102 8/23/02 47 63 Crossover Sony $7,009,668 1,023 $3,767,567 1,023 9/1/06 48 52 The Greatest Game Ever Played BV $15,337,393 1,810 $3,657,322 1,014 9/30/05 49 88 The Final Season YFG $1,159,691 1,011 $661,049 1,011 10/12/07 50 73 Goal! The Dream Begins BV $4,283,255 1,007 $1,921,838 1,007 5/12/06 51 54 Vision Quest WB $12,993,175 993 $2,651,665 993 2/15/85 52 27 The Natural TriS $47,951,979 1,012 $5,088,381 989 5/11/84 53 70 Wind TriS $5,519,569 985 $2,204,590 982 9/11/92 54 84 The Mighty Macs QM $1,891,936 975 $963,221 975 10/21/11 55 3 Rocky III UA $125,049,125 1,317 $12,431,486 939 5/28/82 56 71 American Anthem Col. $4,845,724 900 $1,867,969 900 6/27/86 57 46 8 Seconds NL $19,623,396 838 $3,369,037 836 2/25/94 58 50 Above the Rim NL $16,192,320 891 $3,738,800 836 3/25/94 59 74 Price of Glory NL $3,440,228 807 $1,611,833 802 3/31/00 60 81 Streets of Gold Fox $2,546,238 797 $1,279,498 797 11/14/86 61 11 Rocky II UA $85,182,160 - $6,390,537 780 6/15/79 62 37 The Champ MGM $30,441,738 - $1,972,684 563 4/4/79 63 72 Seven Days in Utopia Visio $4,373,074 561 $1,316,910 561 9/2/11 64 82 Tough Enough Fox $2,433,722 538 $725,117 538 3/25/83 65 48 All the Right Moves Fox $17,233,166 909 $1,625,486 442 10/21/83 66 58 Facing the Giants IDP $10,178,331 441 $1,343,537 441 9/29/06 67 90 The Perfect Game IW $1,037,071 417 $511,698 417 4/16/10 68 78 Home Run Gold. $2,837,782 381 $1,582,466 381 4/19/13 69 83 The Basketball Diaries NL $2,381,087 318 $765,335 317 4/21/95 70 95 From Mexico with Love RAtt. $548,787 279 $334,340 279 10/9/09 71 93 Forever Strong Crane $719,556 259 $218,090 259 9/19/08 72 75 Running Brave BV $3,000,000 440 $441,145 234 11/4/83 73 85 Carman the Champion 8X $1,765,751 232 $769,080 232 3/2/01 74 94 Prefontaine BV $589,304 201 $311,253 201 1/24/97 75 68 Eight Men Out Orion $5,680,515 349 $1,129,491 147 9/2/88 76 79 The Power of One WB $2,827,107 143 $684,358 143 3/27/92 77 69 Personal Best WB $5,672,311 236 $549,878 142 2/5/82 78 99 The 5th Quarter RM $408,159 123 $202,342 123 3/25/11 79 44 Rudy TriS $22,750,363 1,465 $881,191 117 10/15/93 80 109 Knockout IA $169,503 110 $88,000 110 2/4/00 81 113 Strength and Honor Slow $51,933 110 $51,933 110 12/7/07 82 108 The Flying Scotsman MGM $171,817 100 $78,337 100 5/4/07 83 105 Goal 2: Living the Dream Aren $225,067 99 $150,098 99 8/29/08 84 96 Madison UA $517,262 94 $268,370 93 4/22/05 85 100 The Game of Their Lives IFC $375,750 64 $175,336 64 4/22/05 86 101 Talent for the Game Par. $336,396 60 $62,571 60 4/26/91 87 106 Touchback Anch. $204,232 69 $66,998 50 4/13/12 88 103 The Boy in Blue Fox $275,000 44 $94,261 44 1/17/86 89 102 Mickey Slg. $294,758 76 $75,235 42 4/30/04 90 107 Champions AVCO $200,498 55 $54,262 39 4/20/84 91 38 Hoosiers Orion $28,607,524 1,048 $220,068 30 11/14/86 92 114 Snowboarder Chri. $27,732 29 $27,732 29 10/24/03 93 86 Girlfight SGem $1,565,852 253 $197,896 28 9/29/00 94 17 Field of Dreams Uni. $64,431,625 1,100 $531,346 22 4/21/89 95 111 Hardflip RM $96,734 22 $49,879 22 6/1/12 96 112 Swimming Upstream MGM $54,965 17 $24,520 17 2/4/05 97 89 Sugar SPC $1,082,124 51 $60,140 11 4/3/09 98 116 By the Sword Hns. $6,220 9 $4,078 9 9/24/93 99 7 Million Dollar Baby WB $100,492,203 2,375 $179,953 8 12/15/04 100 97 The Damned United SPC $449,865 45 $32,065 6 10/9/09 TOTAL (All Movies): $3,234,350,171 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $27,882,329 1,197 $5,465,547 1,109 - TOTAL (Wide Releases Only): $2,897,793,804 - - - - AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only): $42,614,615 1,938 $10,083,970 1,891 - Rows: #1-100, #101-119 Total Grosses Opening Weekends If there are any movies that you think should be on this list, e-mail us at mail@boxofficemojo.com.

UPCOMING RELEASES Title (click to view) Studio Release Date When the Game Stands Tall TriS 9/19/14 Phenom SGem TBD