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Sports Drama 1976-Present Total Grosses Opening Weekends Rows: #1-100, #101-109 Row Rank Title (click to view) Studio Opening % of Total Theaters / Avg. Total Gross Release Date 1 1 The Blind Side WB $34,119,372 13.3% 3,110 $10,971 $255,959,475 11/20/09 2 8 Rocky IV UA $19,991,537 15.6% 1,325 $15,087 $127,873,716 11/27/85 3 24 Rocky III UA $12,431,486 10.0% 939 $13,239 $124,146,897 5/28/82 4 6 Seabiscuit Uni. $20,854,735 17.3% 1,989 $10,485 $120,277,854 7/25/03 5 5 Remember the Titans BV $20,905,831 18.1% 1,865 $11,210 $115,654,751 9/29/00 6 25 Million Dollar Baby WB $12,265,482 12.2% 2,010 $6,102 $100,492,203 1/28/05 7 28 The Fighter Par. $12,135,468 13.0% 2,503 $4,848 $93,617,009 12/17/10 8 2 42 WB $27,487,144 32.0% 3,003 $9,153 $86,004,512 4/12/13 9 3 Real Steel BV $27,319,677 32.0% 3,440 $7,942 $85,468,508 10/7/11 10 36 Rocky II UA $6,390,537 7.5% 780 $8,192 $85,182,160 6/15/79 11 9 Moneyball Sony $19,501,302 25.8% 2,993 $6,516 $75,605,492 9/23/11 12 13 The Rookie BV $16,021,684 21.2% 2,511 $6,380 $75,600,072 3/29/02 13 20 Any Given Sunday WB $13,584,625 18.0% 2,505 $5,423 $75,530,832 12/22/99 14 27 Rocky Balboa MGM $12,158,168 17.3% 3,017 $4,029 $70,270,943 12/20/06 15 4 Coach Carter Par. $24,182,961 36.0% 2,524 $9,581 $67,264,877 1/14/05 16 38 Field of Dreams Uni. $5,424,810 8.4% 633 $8,570 $64,431,625 5/5/89 17 10 Miracle BV $19,377,577 30.1% 2,605 $7,438 $64,378,093 2/6/04 18 11 Cinderella Man Uni. $18,320,205 29.7% 2,812 $6,515 $61,649,911 6/3/05 19 7 Friday Night Lights Uni. $20,269,025 33.1% 2,667 $7,599 $61,255,921 10/8/04 20 23 Secretariat BV $12,694,770 21.3% 3,072 $4,132 $59,713,955 10/8/10 21 52 Chariots of Fire Col. $3,434,399 5.8% 753 $4,560 $58,972,904 9/25/81 22 15 Ali Sony $14,710,892 25.3% 2,446 $6,014 $58,203,105 12/25/01 23 12 Invincible BV $17,031,122 29.5% 2,917 $5,838 $57,806,952 8/25/06 24 14 Varsity Blues Par. $15,204,148 28.7% 2,121 $7,168 $52,894,169 1/15/99 25 21 Radio SonR $13,303,724 25.4% 3,074 $4,327 $52,333,738 10/24/03 26 40 The Natural TriS $5,088,381 10.6% 989 $5,144 $47,951,979 5/11/84 27 30 Soul Surfer TriS $10,601,862 24.2% 2,214 $4,789 $43,853,424 4/8/11 28 37 We Are Marshall WB $6,114,264 14.0% 2,606 $2,346 $43,545,364 12/22/06 29 19 Glory Road BV $13,594,734 31.9% 2,222 $6,118 $42,647,449 1/13/06 30 18 Rocky V UA $14,073,170 34.4% 2,053 $6,854 $40,946,358 11/16/90 31 17 Blue Crush Uni. $14,169,455 35.1% 3,002 $4,720 $40,390,647 8/16/02 32 16 Gridiron Gang Sony $14,414,630 37.5% 3,504 $4,113 $38,432,823 9/15/06 33 26 Trouble with the Curve WB $12,162,040 34.0% 3,212 $3,786 $35,763,137 9/21/12 34 22 For Love of the Game Uni. $13,041,685 37.1% 2,829 $4,609 $35,188,640 9/17/99 35 29 The Legend of Bagger Vance DW $11,516,712 37.2% 2,061 $5,587 $30,919,168 11/3/00 36 61 The Champ MGM $1,972,684 6.5% 563 $3,503 $30,441,738 4/4/79 37 50 Hoosiers Orion $3,653,562 12.8% 1,039 $3,516 $28,607,524 2/27/87 38 32 Love & Basketball NL $8,139,180 29.6% 1,237 $6,579 $27,459,615 4/21/00 39 58 The Wrestler FoxS $2,313,149 8.8% 722 $3,204 $26,238,243 1/30/09 40 89 Raging Bull MGM $128,590 0.6% 4 $32,148 $23,334,953 11/14/80 41 31 Blue Chips Par. $10,123,605 43.9% 1,980 $5,112 $23,070,663 2/18/94 42 35 The Program BV $6,821,931 29.6% 1,653 $4,127 $23,032,565 9/24/93 43 41 Rudy TriS $5,028,240 22.1% 1,460 $3,444 $22,750,363 10/22/93 44 34 He Got Game BV $7,610,663 35.3% 1,319 $5,770 $21,567,853 5/1/98 45 54 8 Seconds NL $3,369,037 17.2% 836 $4,029 $19,623,396 2/25/94 46 42 The Babe Uni. $5,011,205 28.6% 1,566 $3,200 $17,530,973 4/17/92 47 64 All the Right Moves Fox $1,835,117 10.6% 675 $2,718 $17,233,166 10/28/83 48 33 Annapolis BV $7,681,171 44.8% 1,605 $4,785 $17,127,992 1/27/06 49 48 Above the Rim NL $3,738,800 23.1% 836 $4,472 $16,192,320 3/25/94 50 46 Youngblood UA $4,183,292 27.1% 1,354 $3,089 $15,448,384 1/31/86 51 49 The Greatest Game Ever Played BV $3,657,322 23.8% 1,014 $3,606 $15,337,393 9/30/05 52 39 Warrior LGF $5,242,107 38.4% 1,869 $2,805 $13,657,115 9/9/11 53 57 Vision Quest WB $2,651,665 20.4% 993 $2,670 $12,993,175 2/15/85 54 45 Undisputed Mira. $4,548,750 35.6% 1,102 $4,127 $12,764,657 8/23/02 55 53 Everybody's All-American WB $3,425,796 27.1% 1,122 $3,053 $12,638,294 11/4/88 56 68 Facing the Giants IDP $1,343,537 13.2% 441 $3,046 $10,178,331 9/29/06 57 43 Sunset Park Sony $4,705,440 46.3% 1,257 $3,743 $10,163,782 4/26/96 58 44 The Express Uni. $4,562,675 46.6% 2,808 $1,625 $9,793,406 10/10/08 59 55 Gladiator (1992) Col. $3,305,189 35.8% 1,295 $2,552 $9,223,441 3/6/92 60 51 Pride LGF $3,533,300 50.1% 1,518 $2,327 $7,057,600 3/23/07 61 47 Crossover Sony $3,767,567 53.7% 1,023 $3,682 $7,009,668 9/1/06 62 59 Chasing Mavericks Fox $2,268,274 37.8% 2,002 $1,133 $6,002,756 10/26/12 63 92 The Boxer Uni. $86,097 1.4% 3 $28,699 $5,980,578 12/31/97 64 56 Against the Ropes Par. $3,038,546 51.6% 1,601 $1,897 $5,884,190 2/20/04 65 72 Eight Men Out Orion $1,129,491 19.9% 147 $7,683 $5,680,515 9/2/88 66 79 Personal Best WB $549,878 9.7% 142 $3,872 $5,672,311 2/5/82 67 60 Wind TriS $2,204,590 39.9% 982 $2,245 $5,519,569 9/11/92 68 63 American Anthem Col. $1,867,969 38.5% 900 $2,075 $4,845,724 6/27/86 69 69 Seven Days in Utopia Visio $1,316,910 30.1% 561 $2,347 $4,373,074 9/2/11 70 62 Goal! The Dream Begins BV $1,921,838 44.9% 1,007 $1,908 $4,283,255 5/12/06 71 65 Price of Glory NL $1,611,833 46.9% 802 $2,009 $3,440,228 3/31/00 72 81 Running Brave BV $441,145 14.7% 234 $1,885 $3,000,000 11/4/83 73 67 Gracie PicH $1,355,904 45.9% 1,164 $1,164 $2,956,339 6/1/07 74 77 The Power of One WB $684,358 24.2% 143 $4,785 $2,827,107 3/27/92 75 66 Home Run Gold. $1,582,466 57.1% 381 $4,153 $2,772,828 4/19/13 76 71 Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius FFn. $1,233,297 45.8% 1,332 $925 $2,694,071 4/30/04 77 70 Streets of Gold Fox $1,279,498 50.3% 797 $1,605 $2,546,238 11/14/86 78 76 Tough Enough Fox $725,117 29.8% 538 $1,347 $2,433,722 3/25/83 79 75 The Basketball Diaries NL $765,335 32.1% 317 $2,414 $2,381,087 4/21/95 80 73 The Mighty Macs QM $963,221 50.9% 975 $988 $1,891,936 10/21/11 81 74 Carman the Champion 8X $769,080 43.6% 232 $3,315 $1,765,751 3/2/01 82 86 Girlfight SGem $197,896 12.6% 28 $7,067 $1,565,852 9/29/00 83 93 American Flyers WB $78,345 5.5% 5 $15,669 $1,420,355 8/16/85 84 78 The Final Season YFG $661,049 57.0% 1,011 $653 $1,159,691 10/12/07 85 99 Sugar SPC $60,140 5.6% 11 $5,467 $1,082,124 4/3/09 86 80 The Perfect Game IW $511,698 49.3% 417 $1,227 $1,037,071 4/16/10 87 97 Cobb WB $63,786 6.3% 4 $15,947 $1,007,583 12/2/94 88 100 Without Limits WB $56,180 7.2% 5 $11,236 $777,423 9/11/98 89 83 Prefontaine BV $311,253 52.8% 201 $1,548 $589,304 1/24/97 90 82 From Mexico with Love RAtt. $334,340 60.9% 279 $1,198 $548,787 10/9/09 91 84 Madison UA $268,370 51.9% 93 $2,885 $517,262 4/22/05 92 105 The Damned United SPC $32,065 7.1% 6 $5,344 $449,865 10/9/09 93 104 Triumph of the Spirit Triu $33,963 8.3% 3 $11,321 $408,839 12/8/89 94 85 The 5th Quarter RM $202,342 49.6% 123 $1,645 $408,159 3/25/11 95 87 The Game of Their Lives IFC $175,336 46.7% 64 $2,739 $375,750 4/22/05 96 98 Talent for the Game Par. $62,571 18.6% 60 $1,042 $336,396 4/26/91 97 95 Mickey Slg. $75,235 25.5% 42 $1,791 $294,758 4/30/04 98 90 The Boy in Blue Fox $94,261 34.3% 44 $2,142 $275,000 1/17/86 99 88 Goal 2: Living the Dream Aren $150,098 66.7% 99 $1,516 $225,067 8/29/08 100 96 Touchback Anch. $66,998 32.8% 50 $1,340 $204,232 4/13/12 AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only, 69 titles): $9,582,788 22.2% 1,814 $5,283 $43,159,047 - Rows: #1-100, #101-109 Note: Only movies with opening weekend grosses are listed on this chart. 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