President
Movies About or Starring the President (fictional and non-fictional)
Row Rank Title (click to view) Studio Opening % of Theaters / Avg. Total Release 1 6 Fahrenheit 9/11 Lions $23,920,637 20.1% 868 $27,558 $119,194,771 6/25/04 2 29 Hyde Park on Hudson Focus $81,362 1.3% 4 $20,341 $6,376,145 12/7/12 3 1 Independence Day Fox $50,228,264 16.4% 2,882 $17,428 $306,169,268 7/3/96 4 2 Air Force One Sony $37,132,505 21.5% 2,919 $12,720 $172,956,409 7/25/97 5 8 Lincoln BV $21,049,406 11.6% 1,775 $11,859 $182,207,973 11/16/12 6 33 The Hunting of the President Reg. $23,298 6.2% 2 $11,649 $376,612 6/18/04 7 3 Olympus Has Fallen FD $30,373,794 30.7% 3,098 $9,804 $98,925,640 3/22/13 8 5 Lee Daniels' The Butler Wein. $24,637,312 21.2% 2,933 $8,400 $116,109,876 8/16/13 9 30 In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed NFF $46,975 42.5% 6 $7,829 $110,577 10/1/04 10 4 White House Down Sony $24,852,258 34.0% 3,222 $7,713 $73,103,784 6/28/13 11 7 Vantage Point Sony $22,874,936 31.7% 3,149 $7,264 $72,266,306 2/22/08 12 13 The American President Sony $10,014,558 16.7% 1,508 $6,640 $60,079,496 11/17/95 13 23 First Family WB $3,635,564 23.9% 563 $6,457 $15,198,912 12/25/80 14 16 Dave WB $7,306,755 11.5% 1,155 $6,326 $63,270,710 5/7/93 15 35 An American Affair Scre. $11,700 41.7% 2 $5,850 $28,044 2/27/09 16 10 Absolute Power Sony $14,678,016 29.3% 2,568 $5,715 $50,068,310 2/14/97 17 9 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Fox $16,306,974 43.5% 3,108 $5,247 $37,519,139 6/22/12 18 12 W. LGF $10,505,668 41.1% 2,030 $5,175 $25,534,493 10/17/08 19 11 Man of the Year Uni. $12,299,380 33.0% 2,515 $4,890 $37,327,390 10/13/06 20 14 Thirteen Days NL $9,768,899 28.2% 2,029 $4,814 $34,592,089 1/12/01 21 15 Mars Attacks! WB $9,384,272 24.8% 1,955 $4,800 $37,771,017 12/13/96 22 31 Uncovered: The War on Iraq Libre $31,481 13.2% 7 $4,497 $238,924 8/20/04 23 20 JFK WB $5,223,658 7.4% 1,164 $4,487 $70,405,498 12/20/91 24 19 The Contender DW $5,363,900 30.0% 1,516 $3,538 $17,872,723 10/13/00 25 32 Deterrence ParC $23,318 16.1% 7 $3,331 $145,071 3/10/00 26 34 Bush's Brain Tar. $11,927 6.7% 4 $2,981 $177,525 8/20/04 27 24 Frost/Nixon Uni. $3,022,250 16.2% 1,099 $2,750 $18,622,031 1/23/09 28 18 Chasing Liberty WB $6,081,483 49.9% 2,400 $2,533 $12,195,626 1/9/04 29 22 American Dreamz Uni. $3,667,420 51.0% 1,500 $2,444 $7,191,830 4/21/06 30 17 Welcome to Mooseport Fox $6,775,132 46.8% 2,868 $2,362 $14,470,947 2/20/04 31 27 Nixon BV $2,016,601 14.7% 977 $2,064 $13,681,765 1/5/96 32 36 Our Nixon Cdgm. $6,090 29.6% 3 $2,030 $20,584 8/30/13 33 21 First Daughter Fox $4,002,067 44.2% 2,260 $1,770 $9,055,921 9/24/04 34 25 My Fellow Americans WB $2,860,334 12.8% 1,915 $1,493 $22,313,201 12/20/96 35 26 Dick Sony $2,210,267 35.3% 1,522 $1,452 $6,262,878 8/3/99 36 28 Parkland EXCL $310,246 47.5% 257 $1,207 $653,651 10/4/13 AVERAGE $14,098,336 21.8% 2,113 $6,672 $64,583,427 -
Note: Only movies with opening weekend grosses are listed on this chart.
NOTE: Only movies where the President is a main character and primary feature of the plot. If there are any movies that you think should be on this list, e-mail us at mail@boxofficemojo.com .
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