Top-Grossing Movies That Never Hit #1, the Top 5, or Top 10

Data as of Oct 27, 17:55 PDT
Rank Release Total Gross Top Rank Overall Rank Year Distributor
1The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King$36,550,9192824-Roadshow Entertainment
2Shrek 2$35,456,4634730-United International Pictures
3The Dark Knight Rises
2024 Re-release
$29,640,706176-Warner Bros.
4Finding Nemo$26,820,4315371-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
5The Greatest Showman
2023 Re-release
$23,332,82962124-Big Bull Productions
6Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban$23,184,48838132-Warner Bros.
7Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse$21,915,560561472023Sony Pictures Releasing
8Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone$21,404,39213152-Warner Bros.
9Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets$20,857,53571166-Warner Bros.
10The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
2020 Re-release
$18,846,4602721-Lionsgate
11Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl$18,476,252103206-20th Century Fox International
12Gladiator$18,466,91415207-United International Pictures
13Bridesmaids
2024 Re-release
$18,398,7121249-Universal Pictures International (UPI)
14Bridesmaids
2021 Re-release
$18,058,5621159-Universal Pictures
15Spider-Man 2$17,818,025172212004Madman Entertainment
16Spider-Man$17,233,598112272002-
17The Boss Baby$16,387,6506244201720th Century Fox International
18How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
2024 Re-release
$15,406,96710150-Universal Pictures International (UPI)
19My Big Fat Greek Wedding$15,168,2431192822002Roadshow Films
20The Wolf of Wall Street
2022 Re-release
$14,877,5399023-Roadshow Films
21Gravity
2024 Re-release
$14,801,6865756-Warner Bros.
22Gravity$14,539,2675356-Warner Bros.
23Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2024 Re-release
$14,487,4786565-Sony Pictures Releasing
24Clifford the Big Red Dog$14,169,87811321-Paramount Pictures
25Interstellar
2024 Re-release
$13,857,2081660-Warner Bros.
26La La Land
2024 Re-release
$13,753,2843186-Entertainment One
27The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2020 Re-release
$13,665,65381340-Big Bull Productions
28Aladdin$13,067,79316361-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
29Monsters, Inc.$12,989,36142359-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
30Mary Poppins Returns
2024 Re-release
$12,982,96414080-Walt Disney Pictures
31Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
2021 Re-release
$12,920,83410582-Sony Pictures Releasing
32Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle$12,517,4831123822003Madman Entertainment
33The Grinch
2022 Re-release
$12,237,5145527-Big Bull Productions
34Ocean's Twelve$12,061,073154032004Roadshow Films
35The Passion of the Christ$11,712,18841418-Icon Film Distribution Australia
36The Grinch
2023 Re-release
$11,407,3533127-Universal Pictures International (UPI)
37Parental Guidance$11,385,8836440201220th Century Fox International
38Ice Age$10,869,472112477200220th Century Fox International
39The Iron Lady$10,627,25484982011Icon Film Distribution Australia
40Die Another Day$10,520,5931315042002Big Bull Productions
41Austin Powers in Goldmember$10,511,9611665052002Roadshow Films
42The Matrix$10,467,58530506-Roadshow Entertainment
43Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World$10,396,176845102003Park Circus
44Lucy
2022 Re-release
$10,194,974135120-Universal Pictures International (UPI)
45Philomena$10,175,23875272013Entertainment One
46Little Women$10,158,56639529-Sony Pictures Releasing
47Scooby-Doo$9,937,765130539-Warner Bros.
48The Dish$9,583,3916561-Roadshow Films
49Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri$9,394,3966578201820th Century Fox International
50Ready Player One
2021 Re-release
$9,322,87974179-Roadshow Films
51Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2024 Re-release
$9,303,69910684-Sony Pictures Releasing
522 Fast 2 Furious$9,123,9611595962003Universal Pictures International (UPI)
53Wonder
2021 Re-release
$8,919,08279228-Roadshow Entertainment
54Blade Runner 2049
2024 Re-release
$8,914,74812788-Sony Pictures Releasing
55Quartet$8,747,22086292012Paramount Pictures International
56Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2022 Re-release
$8,716,0996884-Sony Pictures Releasing
57Transformers: Rise of the Beasts$8,612,2121686482023Paramount Pictures International
58Blade Runner 2049
2020 Re-release
$8,513,5343488-Sony Pictures Releasing
59Out of Africa$8,024,00089693-Universal Pictures International (UPI)
60Ladies in Black
2023 Re-release
$7,990,63874239-Sony Pictures Releasing
61The Queen$7,943,09376982006Icon Film Distribution Australia
62The Lego Batman Movie$7,768,48787202017Warner Bros.
63We Bought a Zoo$7,755,9846722201120th Century Fox International
64Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves$7,669,370917342023Paramount Pictures International
65Epic$7,597,2156738201320th Century Fox International
66The Polar Express$7,533,11919713-Warner Bros.
67Paddington
2024 Re-release
$7,419,317164294-StudioCanal
68How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days$7,287,44935776-United International Pictures
69A Series of Unfortunate Events$7,218,652127862004United International Pictures
70Bend It Like Beckham$7,150,65142790-Icon Film Distribution Australia
71The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2021 Re-release
$7,146,91266302-Warner Bros.
72Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem$6,756,132128392023Paramount Pictures International
73Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore$6,655,28968572010Roadshow Films
74The Muppets
2021 Re-release
$6,618,761102351-Buena Vista International
75Paddington 2
2024 Re-release
$6,476,00599354-StudioCanal
76Finding Neverland$6,279,96488982005Buena Vista International
77School of Rock$6,274,33766900-Big Bull Productions
78The Railway Man$6,272,87999012013Paramount Pictures International
79The Pirates! Band of Misfits$6,254,13679042012Sony Pictures Releasing
80Collateral$6,199,325879102004United International Pictures
81Elf$6,122,56917911-Roadshow Films
82The Fighter$6,120,83669222011Roadshow Films
83Mirror Mirror$6,097,14769252012Roadshow Films
84Mean Girls$6,015,72444934-Park Circus
85Darkest Hour$5,995,57969392018Universal Pictures International (UPI)
86The Post
2020 Re-release
$5,969,40296414-Hopscotch Films
87Air$5,951,744124948-Warner Bros.
88The Princess and the Frog$5,830,32269642009Walt Disney Pictures
89P.S. I Love You$5,628,47579972007Hoyts Distribution
90No Country for Old Men$5,625,87091,0002007Paramount Pictures International
91The Peanuts Movie$5,566,41871,008201520th Century Fox International
92Arrival
2021 Re-release
$5,556,62145474-Roadshow Films
93Babel$5,489,02481,0212006United International Pictures
94The Hateful Eight
2021 Re-release
$5,429,98869476-Roadshow Films
95Ghosts of the Abyss
2010 Re-release
$5,428,537196912010IMAX
96The Others$5,407,8451271,033-Hoyts Distribution
97The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie$5,389,45061,035-Paramount Pictures
98The Phantom of the Opera$5,374,535111,0382004United International Pictures
99The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement$5,340,2991151,046-Buena Vista International
100Blade: Trinity$5,285,142181,0592004Roadshow Films
101Sherlock Gnomes$5,226,39261,0742018Paramount Pictures International
102National Treasure$5,198,452421,0842004Buena Vista International
103Free Birds$5,196,96661,0852014Roadshow Films
104The Help
2024 Re-release
$5,163,05484362-Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
105Smurfs: The Lost Village$5,047,49591,1072017Sony Pictures Releasing
106Bran Nue Dae$4,979,72761,116-Roadshow Films
107Red Dog: True Blue$4,960,29581,070-Roadshow Films
108The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo$4,849,54061,1332010Rialto Distribution
109The Big Short$4,774,54161,1482016Paramount Pictures International
110Lost in Translation$4,682,460481,164-Universal Pictures International (UPI)
11113 Going on 30$4,675,724751,165-Park Circus
112Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul$4,660,92161,170201720th Century Fox International
113What Lies Beneath$4,651,38571,1742000-
114Just Like Heaven$4,616,01761,1812005United International Pictures
115Freaky Friday$4,570,622761,192-Walt Disney Pictures
116Ladder 49$4,558,27991,1982005Buena Vista International
117Gosford Park$4,545,780861,2052002-
118Days of Thunder$4,492,81261,219-United International Pictures
119Salmon Fishing in the Yemen$4,438,46871,2332012Roadshow Films
120Ghost in the Shell$4,407,533161,2252017Paramount Pictures International
121The Notebook$4,400,951101,242-Roadshow Films
122Shaun the Sheep Movie$4,390,36366342015StudioCanal
123The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D$4,385,17361,2462005Sony Pictures Releasing
124Mrs. Henderson Presents$4,375,49561,2492005Hoyts Distribution
125Encanto
2024 Re-release
$4,365,747122652-Walt Disney Pictures
126Scream$4,351,42271,2552022Paramount Pictures
127Marmaduke$4,339,72371,258201020th Century Fox International
128Shaun the Sheep Movie
2024 Re-release
$4,333,83849634--
129Halloween
2022 Re-release
$4,324,894147637-Universal Pictures International (UPI)
130Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World$4,304,37761,2632011Roadshow Films
131No Hard Feelings$4,259,650901,271-Sony Pictures Releasing
132Stardust$4,128,47061,3012007Paramount Pictures International
133Smurfs$4,127,39961,3022025Paramount Pictures International
134Mysteries of Egypt$4,110,245471,3041999IMAX
135Mental$4,097,70361,3062012Universal Pictures International (UPI)
136Get Out
2025 Re-release
$4,095,78592617-Universal Pictures International (UPI)
137Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)$4,079,22461,3092015Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
138Antarctica$4,075,362201,3111991IMAX
139Muppets Most Wanted$4,045,14371,3202014Walt Disney Pictures
140Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure$4,030,122451,3262001-
141Parasite$3,993,2446706-Madman Entertainment
142ParaNorman$3,989,20191,3332013Universal Pictures International (UPI)
143Annie$3,979,0941341,334-Roadshow Entertainment
144Monster Trucks$3,974,48761,3362017Paramount Pictures International
145The Favourite$3,951,34881,344201820th Century Fox International
146Parasite
Black & White
$3,879,13844706-Madman Entertainment
147The Family Stone$3,876,35461,361200620th Century Fox International
148Oranges and Sunshine$3,860,92661,3672011Icon Film Distribution Australia
149The Shape of Water$3,844,46971,372201820th Century Fox International
150Haunted Castle$3,786,22091,3862001IMAX
151Elektra$3,780,36871,389200520th Century Fox International
152Hitchcock$3,776,75071,390201320th Century Fox International
153Team America: World Police$3,772,921841,392-United International Pictures
154Rabbit-Proof Fence$3,756,418691,394-Icon Film Distribution Australia
155Sicario$3,709,02861,3742015Village Roadshow Pictures
156Deep Sea$3,696,215121,4082006IMAX
157The Three Stooges$3,666,29061,413201220th Century Fox International
158The Butterfly Effect$3,650,0751391,4162004-
159Fantastic Mr. Fox$3,494,00781,442200920th Century Fox International
160Arthur Christmas
2020 Re-release
$3,486,35535785-Sony Pictures Releasing
161Moneyball
2025 Re-release
$3,461,910133638-Sony Pictures Releasing
162Leap!
2017 Re-release
$3,446,233941,178-StudioCanal
163Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy$3,437,72861,4552014Walt Disney Pictures
164Space Station 3D$3,436,855431,456-IMAX
165The Reader$3,436,11471,4572009Roadshow Films
166August: Osage County$3,431,56961,4582014Roadshow Films
167A Cinderella Story$3,418,229401,4622004Warner Bros.
168Billy Elliot$3,384,42381,4702000United International Pictures
169Underdog$3,339,64381,4812007Buena Vista International
170Amélie$3,336,919271,482-Icon Film Distribution Australia
171Jane Eyre$3,303,17871,4912011Universal Pictures International (UPI)
172Sound of Freedom$3,253,52791,5032023Icon Film Distribution Australia
173The Lizzie McGuire Movie$3,212,4341161,5112003Walt Disney Pictures
174The Artist$3,181,99871,5202012Roadshow Films
175My Spy$3,172,42961,5232020Roadshow Films
176A Wrinkle in Time$3,171,20961,5242018Walt Disney Pictures
177Runner Runner$3,147,06261,530201320th Century Fox International
178Life$3,144,651271,5312017Sony Pictures Releasing
179Storm Boy$3,141,14971,533-Sony Pictures Releasing
180The Edge of Seventeen$3,123,62561,5342017Roadshow Films
181March of the Penguins$3,099,36861,5422006Roadshow Films
182Escape from Planet Earth$3,094,27181,5442013Roadshow Films
183Charlie Wilson's War$3,071,38361,5522008Universal Pictures International (UPI)
184As It Is in Heaven$3,065,532101,5532006Rialto Distribution
185Blue Beetle$3,063,368611,5542023Warner Bros.
186Anna Karenina$3,058,24271,5552013Universal Pictures International (UPI)
187Katy Perry: Part of Me$3,037,26261,5652012Paramount Pictures International
188Mary Queen of Scots$2,989,71461,5682019Universal Pictures International (UPI)
189Wild Safari - A South African Adventure$2,987,134131,5692005IMAX
190Thunder and the House of Magic$2,963,52061,5752014StudioCanal
191Vice$2,954,84171,5782018Entertainment One
192The Girl Who Played with Fire$2,949,123101,5802010Rialto Distribution
193Suffragette$2,910,61561,5912015-
194Power Rangers$2,900,769321,5972017Roadshow Films
195Monte Carlo$2,900,18591,598201120th Century Fox International
196A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood$2,853,14861,6112020Sony Pictures Releasing
197Shaft$2,848,689171,6142000-
198Snatch$2,838,62091,6172000-
199The Legend of Zorro$2,830,33871,6222005Roadshow Films
200Ladies in Lavender$2,824,57791,6262005Icon Film Distribution Australia