Musical
1974-Present
Row Rank Title (click to view) Studio Opening % of Theaters Avg. Total Release 1 2 Enchanted BV $34,440,317 26.9% 3,730 $9,233 $127,807,262 11/21/07 2 1 High School Musical 3: Senior Year BV $42,030,184 46.4% 3,623 $11,601 $90,559,416 10/24/08 3 7 Rock of Ages WB (NL) $14,437,269 37.5% 3,470 $4,161 $38,518,613 6/15/12 4 3 The Muppets BV $29,239,026 33.0% 3,440 $8,500 $88,631,237 11/23/11 5 5 Hairspray (2007) NL $27,476,745 23.1% 3,121 $8,803 $118,871,849 7/20/07 6 10 Burlesque SGem $11,947,744 30.3% 3,037 $3,934 $39,440,655 11/24/10 7 4 Mamma Mia! Uni. $27,751,240 19.3% 2,976 $9,325 $144,130,063 7/18/08 8 6 Les Miserables (2012) Uni. $27,281,735 18.3% 2,814 $9,695 $148,809,770 12/25/12 9 18 Blues Brothers 2000 Uni. $6,129,615 43.6% 2,507 $2,445 $14,051,384 2/6/98 10 12 Rent SonR $10,016,021 34.4% 2,433 $4,116 $29,077,547 11/23/05 11 9 Moulin Rouge! Fox $13,718,306 23.9% 2,279 $6,019 $57,386,607 6/1/01 12 20 Nine Wein. $5,452,513 27.7% 1,412 $3,862 $19,676,965 12/25/09 13 11 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Uni. $11,874,268 17.0% 1,400 $8,481 $69,701,637 7/23/82 14 23 Grease 2 Par. $4,645,411 30.6% 1,250 $3,716 $15,171,476 6/11/82 15 13 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street P/DW $9,300,805 17.6% 1,249 $7,446 $52,898,073 12/21/07 16 28 Cry-Baby Uni. $3,004,905 36.4% 1,229 $2,445 $8,266,343 4/6/90 17 36 Newsies BV $1,232,508 43.7% 1,223 $1,007 $2,819,485 4/10/92 18 21 Annie Col. $5,312,062 9.3% 1,102 $4,820 $57,059,003 6/18/82 19 27 The Producers Uni. $3,303,541 17.0% 975 $3,388 $19,398,532 12/25/05 20 19 Idlewild Uni. $5,745,780 45.7% 973 $5,905 $12,571,185 8/25/06 21 25 Across the Universe SonR $3,824,988 15.7% 954 $4,009 $24,343,673 10/12/07 22 17 Popeye Par. $6,310,520 12.7% 901 $7,004 $49,823,037 12/12/80 23 26 Little Shop of Horrors WB $3,659,884 9.4% 866 $4,226 $38,748,395 12/19/86 24 14 Grease Par. $8,941,717 5.6% 862 $10,373 $159,978,870 6/16/78 25 8 Dreamgirls P/DW $14,100,050 13.6% 852 $16,549 $103,365,956 12/25/06 26 30 The Pirate Movie Fox $2,528,133 31.7% 757 $3,339 $7,983,086 8/6/82 27 15 Evita BV $8,381,055 16.7% 704 $11,904 $50,047,179 1/10/97 28 31 Sarafina! BV $2,156,678 29.5% 686 $3,143 $7,306,242 9/25/92 29 24 The Phantom of the Opera WB $4,001,890 7.8% 622 $6,433 $51,268,815 12/22/04 30 34 A Chorus Line Col. $1,503,564 10.6% 617 $2,436 $14,202,899 12/20/85 31 16 Chicago Mira. $8,238,709 4.8% 616 $13,374 $170,687,518 1/24/03 32 32 Victor/Victoria MGM $2,102,208 7.5% 611 $3,440 $28,215,453 4/2/82 33 29 Yentl MGM $2,799,566 7.0% 609 $4,596 $40,218,899 1/6/84 34 22 The Blues Brothers Uni. $4,858,152 8.5% 594 $8,178 $57,229,890 6/20/80 35 37 Earth Girls Are Easy Vest $892,742 22.8% 317 $2,816 $3,916,303 5/12/89 36 38 Pennies From Heaven MGM $520,000 5.7% 315 $1,650 $9,171,289 12/11/81 37 35 Xanadu Uni. $1,471,595 6.5% 249 $5,910 $22,762,571 8/8/80 38 33 School Daze Col. $1,802,656 12.4% 220 $8,193 $14,545,844 2/12/88 39 40 The Pirates of Penzance Uni. $255,496 36.8% 91 $2,807 $694,497 2/18/83 40 47 Zoot Suit Uni. $63,356 1.9% 57 $1,111 $3,256,082 10/2/81 41 49 Annie Brocoli dans les fonds marin TVA $48,174 12.9% 55 $875 $374,360 12/19/03 42 43 Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School IDP $92,668 26.5% 38 $2,438 $349,132 3/31/06 43 51 Jack Paradise K $41,704 52.1% 31 $1,345 $79,974 2/20/04 44 52 Bert Rigby, You're a Fool WB $40,498 53.4% 23 $1,760 $75,868 2/24/89 45 39 De-Lovely UA $292,963 2.2% 16 $18,310 $13,456,633 7/2/04 46 65 I Kissed a Vampire Mont. $1,380 76.9% 11 $125 $1,794 3/30/12 47 41 Hedwig and the Angry Inch FL $156,724 5.1% 9 $17,413 $3,067,312 7/20/01 48 48 Repo: The Genetic Opera LGF $53,684 36.6% 8 $6,711 $146,750 11/7/08 49 50 Beyond the Sea Lions $45,264 0.7% 6 $7,544 $6,318,709 12/17/04 50 56 The Fantasticks MGM $24,176 48.7% 6 $4,029 $49,666 9/22/00 51 57 Very Annie Mary Emp. $10,867 23.4% 6 $1,811 $46,352 3/29/02 52 45 All That Jazz Fox $86,229 0.2% 5 $17,245 $37,823,676 12/20/79 53 54 The Singing Detective ParC $28,324 8.4% 5 $5,664 $337,174 10/24/03 54 46 Absolute Beginners Orion $83,743 9.0% 4 $20,935 $930,211 4/18/86 55 42 Everyone Says I Love You Mira. $131,678 1.3% 3 $43,892 $9,759,200 12/6/96 56 44 Dancer in the Dark FL $91,612 2.2% 3 $30,537 $4,184,036 9/22/00 57 53 That's Entertainment! III MGM $36,220 12.9% 2 $18,110 $280,163 5/6/94 58 55 Love's Labour's Lost Mira. $24,496 8.2% 2 $12,248 $299,792 6/9/00 59 58 Colma: The Musical RAtt. $8,403 20.4% 1 $8,403 $41,131 6/22/07 60 59 The Big Gay Musical N/A $8,053 33.4% 1 $8,053 $24,140 9/11/09 61 60 Madame Butterfly Arro. $6,027 9.2% 1 $6,027 $65,196 5/3/96 62 61 Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary Zeit. $4,784 8.6% 1 $4,784 $55,365 5/14/03 63 62 Naked Boys Singing TLA $3,690 14.5% 1 $3,690 $25,526 10/12/07 64 63 Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench Vari. $3,233 9.1% 1 $3,233 $35,556 11/5/10 65 64 20 Centimeters TLA $2,177 32.8% 1 $2,177 $6,635 10/27/06 AVERAGE $10,996,635 19.1% 1,633 $6,734 $57,607,186 -
Note: Only movies with opening weekend grosses are listed on this chart.
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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