| Rank
| Title
| Lifetime Gross | Max Theaters | Opening | Open Th | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | Bohemian Rhapsody | $216,428,042 | 4,000 | $51,061,119 | 4,000 | Nov 2, 2018 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 4 | Rocketman | $96,368,160 | 3,610 | $25,725,722 | 3,610 | May 31, 2019 | Paramount Pictures |
| 11 | Brüno | $60,054,530 | 2,759 | $30,619,130 | 2,756 | Jul 10, 2009 | Universal Pictures |
| 3 | Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles | $105,264,608 | 2,604 | $36,389,705 | 2,604 | Nov 11, 1994 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | In & Out | $63,856,929 | 2,452 | $15,019,821 | 1,992 | Sep 19, 1997 | Paramount Pictures |
| 17 | Alexander | $34,297,191 | 2,445 | $13,687,087 | 2,445 | Nov 24, 2004 | Warner Bros. |
| 20 | Rent | $29,077,547 | 2,437 | $10,016,021 | 2,433 | Nov 23, 2005 | Revolution Studios |
| 13 | Love, Simon | $40,826,341 | 2,434 | $11,756,244 | 2,402 | Mar 16, 2018 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 5 | The Imitation Game | $91,125,683 | 2,402 | $479,352 | 4 | Nov 28, 2014 | The Weinstein Company |
| 7 | The Talented Mr. Ripley | $81,298,265 | 2,369 | $12,738,237 | 2,307 | Dec 25, 1999 | Paramount Pictures |
| 2 | The Birdcage | $124,060,553 | 2,285 | $18,275,828 | 1,950 | Mar 8, 1996 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 6 | Brokeback Mountain | $83,043,761 | 2,089 | $547,425 | 5 | Dec 9, 2005 | Focus Features |
| 33 | The Next Best Thing | $14,990,582 | 2,035 | $5,870,387 | 2,007 | Mar 3, 2000 | Paramount Pictures |
| 19 | The Object of My Affection | $29,187,243 | 1,990 | $9,725,855 | 1,890 | Apr 17, 1998 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 37 | Battle of the Sexes | $12,638,526 | 1,822 | $518,332 | 21 | Sep 22, 2017 | - |
| 48 | Boat Trip | $8,600,126 | 1,803 | $3,700,000 | 1,714 | Mar 21, 2003 | Artisan Entertainment |
| 8 | Philadelphia | $77,446,440 | 1,604 | $143,433 | 4 | Dec 24, 1993 | TriStar Pictures |
| 23 | Moonlight | $27,854,932 | 1,564 | $402,075 | 4 | Oct 21, 2016 | A24 |
| 16 | The Favourite | $34,366,783 | 1,554 | $422,410 | 4 | Nov 23, 2018 | - |
| 14 | To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar | $36,474,193 | 1,489 | $9,019,180 | 1,294 | Sep 8, 1995 | Universal Pictures |
| 55 | The Rules of Attraction | $6,532,619 | 1,437 | $2,532,410 | 1,437 | Oct 11, 2002 | Lionsgate Films |
| 26 | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | $25,105,255 | 1,312 | $5,233,658 | 824 | Nov 21, 1997 | Warner Bros. |
| 21 | Capote | $28,750,530 | 1,239 | $324,857 | 12 | Sep 30, 2005 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 34 | Threesome | $14,815,317 | 1,218 | $4,001,024 | 1,212 | Apr 8, 1994 | TriStar Pictures |
| 24 | Dallas Buyers Club | $27,298,285 | 1,110 | $260,865 | 9 | Nov 1, 2013 | Focus Features |
| 10 | The Crying Game | $62,548,947 | 1,097 | $101,107 | 6 | Nov 27, 1992 | Miramax |
| 15 | Monster | $34,469,210 | 1,093 | $86,831 | 4 | Dec 24, 2003 | Newmarket Films |
| 12 | The Hours | $41,675,994 | 1,010 | $338,622 | 11 | Dec 27, 2002 | Paramount Pictures |
| 27 | The Kids Are All Right | $20,811,365 | 994 | $491,971 | 7 | Jul 9, 2010 | Focus Features |
| 30 | Call Me by Your Name | $18,095,701 | 914 | $412,932 | 4 | Nov 24, 2017 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 18 | Milk | $31,841,299 | 882 | $1,453,844 | 36 | Nov 26, 2008 | Focus Features |
| 59 | Partners | $6,062,898 | 877 | $2,318,801 | 877 | Apr 30, 1982 | Paramount Pictures |
| 25 | Frida | $25,885,000 | 794 | $205,996 | 5 | Oct 25, 2002 | Miramax |
| 42 | The Danish Girl | $11,114,018 | 794 | $187,318 | 4 | Nov 27, 2015 | Focus Features |
| 64 | Three of Hearts | $5,495,507 | 793 | $1,928,076 | 792 | Apr 30, 1993 | New Line Cinema |
| 36 | Carol | $12,711,491 | 790 | $253,510 | 4 | Nov 20, 2015 | The Weinstein Company |
| 60 | The Hunger | $5,979,292 | 775 | $1,832,898 | 775 | Apr 29, 1983 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 53 | Boy Erased | $6,788,692 | 672 | $207,057 | 5 | Nov 2, 2018 | Focus Features |
| 45 | Transamerica | $9,015,303 | 656 | $46,908 | 2 | Dec 2, 2005 | The Weinstein Company |
| 22 | Victor/Victoria | $28,215,453 | 615 | $139,634 | 3 | Mar 19, 1982 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 43 | Kinsey | $10,254,979 | 588 | $169,038 | 5 | Nov 12, 2004 | - |
| 47 | Can You Ever Forgive Me? | $8,803,865 | 555 | $161,510 | 5 | Oct 19, 2018 | - |
| 38 | Chasing Amy | $12,021,272 | 553 | $52,446 | 3 | Apr 4, 1997 | Miramax |
| 103 | Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | $1,708,873 | 533 | $676,978 | 533 | May 20, 1994 | Fine Line Features |
| 69 | Flawless | $4,488,529 | 483 | $1,590,155 | 478 | Nov 26, 1999 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 46 | The Deep End | $8,823,109 | 412 | $141,852 | 6 | Aug 10, 2001 | - |
| 39 | Making Love | $11,897,978 | 380 | $3,015,497 | 363 | Feb 12, 1982 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 155 | The Quiet | $381,420 | 366 | $27,546 | 7 | Aug 25, 2006 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 40 | Boys Don't Cry | $11,540,607 | 365 | $73,720 | 2 | Oct 8, 1999 | - |
| 101 | The White Crow | $1,828,784 | 365 | $78,782 | 5 | Apr 26, 2019 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 44 | A Single Man | $9,176,000 | 354 | $217,332 | 9 | Dec 11, 2009 | The Weinstein Company |
| 74 | Portrait of a Lady on Fire | $3,759,854 | 334 | $67,344 | 2 | Dec 6, 2019 | Neon |
| 50 | Kissing Jessica Stein | $7,025,722 | 319 | $346,999 | 26 | Mar 13, 2002 | - |
| 32 | Far from Heaven | $15,901,849 | 291 | $211,279 | 6 | Nov 8, 2002 | Focus Features |
| 35 | And Your Mother Too | $13,839,658 | 286 | $408,091 | 40 | Mar 15, 2002 | IFC Films |
| 72 | Bound | $3,802,260 | 262 | $900,902 | 261 | Oct 4, 1996 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 49 | Mulholland Drive | $7,220,243 | 247 | $587,591 | 66 | Oct 8, 2001 | Universal Pictures |
| 63 | Personal Best | $5,672,311 | 236 | - | - | Feb 5, 1982 | Warner Bros. |
| 31 | Kiss of the Spider Woman | $17,005,229 | 204 | $55,962 | 1 | Jul 26, 1985 | Island Alive |
| 57 | Six Degrees of Separation | $6,405,918 | 201 | $53,058 | 2 | Dec 10, 1993 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 41 | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | $11,220,670 | 192 | $219,433 | 7 | Aug 10, 1994 | Gramercy Pictures (I) |
| 76 | Mambo Italiano | $3,205,730 | 183 | $734,570 | 178 | Sep 19, 2003 | IDP Distribution |
| 62 | Beginners | $5,790,894 | 170 | $141,340 | 5 | Jun 3, 2011 | Focus Features |
| 61 | The Opposite of Sex | $5,881,367 | 165 | $102,385 | 5 | May 22, 1998 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 71 | Priest | $4,165,845 | 154 | $113,430 | 8 | Mar 24, 1995 | Miramax |
| 56 | Gods and Monsters | $6,451,628 | 149 | $75,508 | 6 | Nov 6, 1998 | Lionsgate Films |
| 144 | Freeheld | $546,201 | 148 | $37,983 | 5 | Oct 2, 2015 | Lionsgate Films |
| 98 | Happy, Texas | $1,955,933 | 146 | $72,056 | 8 | Oct 1, 1999 | Miramax |
| 54 | The Closet | $6,678,894 | 145 | - | - | Jun 6, 2001 | Miramax |
| 89 | Blue Is the Warmest Colour | $2,199,787 | 142 | $100,316 | 4 | Oct 25, 2013 | IFC Films |
| 86 | Love Is Strange | $2,262,223 | 138 | $117,276 | 5 | Aug 22, 2014 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 67 | Torch Song Trilogy | $4,865,997 | 135 | $70,022 | 6 | Dec 16, 1988 | New Line Cinema |
| 96 | Better Than Chocolate | $2,015,406 | 130 | $84,584 | 15 | Aug 13, 1999 | Trimark Pictures |
| 191 | Stonewall | $187,674 | 129 | $112,834 | 129 | Sep 25, 2015 | Roadside Attractions |
| 70 | Before Night Falls | $4,242,892 | 127 | $85,230 | 8 | Dec 22, 2000 | Fine Line Features |
| 125 | Breakfast on Pluto | $828,699 | 125 | $33,279 | 3 | Nov 16, 2005 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 108 | Pride | $1,446,634 | 124 | $100,040 | 10 | Sep 26, 2014 | CBS Films |
| 105 | Camp | $1,629,862 | 116 | $54,294 | 3 | Jul 25, 2003 | IFC Films |
| 82 | The Dreamers | $2,532,228 | 116 | $142,632 | 5 | Feb 6, 2004 | - |
| 88 | But I'm a Cheerleader | $2,205,627 | 115 | $60,410 | 4 | Jul 7, 2000 | Lionsgate Films |
| 52 | The Wedding Banquet | $6,933,459 | 113 | $134,870 | 7 | Aug 6, 1993 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 137 | Imagine Me & You | $672,243 | 106 | $51,907 | 8 | Jan 27, 2006 | - |
| 66 | Bad Education | $5,211,842 | 106 | $147,370 | 3 | Nov 19, 2004 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 81 | Naked Lunch | $2,641,357 | 102 | $64,491 | 5 | Dec 27, 1991 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 77 | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | $3,067,312 | 101 | $156,724 | 9 | Jul 20, 2001 | Fine Line Features |
| 95 | I Love You Phillip Morris | $2,037,459 | 100 | $112,520 | 6 | Dec 3, 2010 | Roadside Attractions |
| 58 | My Own Private Idaho | $6,401,336 | 98 | - | - | Sep 27, 1991 | Fine Line Features |
| 92 | Trick | $2,087,228 | 94 | $118,594 | 6 | Jul 23, 1999 | Fine Line Features |
| 73 | Paris Is Burning | $3,779,620 | 91 | $310,127 | 23 | Aug 9, 1991 | Miramax |
| 115 | Velvet Goldmine | $1,053,788 | 85 | $301,787 | 85 | Nov 6, 1998 | Miramax |
| 68 | Longtime Companion | $4,609,953 | 85 | $50,525 | 2 | May 11, 1990 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| 128 | Stage Beauty | $782,383 | 78 | $38,654 | 3 | Oct 8, 2004 | Lionsgate Films |
| 116 | A Home at the End of the World | $1,029,872 | 65 | $64,728 | 5 | Jul 23, 2004 | Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) |
| 106 | Farewell, My Queen | $1,597,998 | 64 | $72,100 | 4 | Jul 13, 2012 | Cohen Media Group |
| 90 | Ma vie en rose | $2,162,043 | 63 | $76,212 | 14 | Dec 26, 1997 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 119 | My Summer of Love | $1,000,915 | 63 | $90,022 | 17 | Jun 17, 2005 | Focus Features |
| 75 | Jeffrey | $3,487,767 | 63 | $185,909 | 10 | Aug 4, 1995 | Orion Classics |
| 102 | The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy | $1,746,585 | 62 | $109,694 | 7 | Sep 29, 2000 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 100 | I Shot Andy Warhol | $1,875,527 | 58 | $57,053 | 3 | May 1, 1996 | Orion Pictures |
| 78 | Heavenly Creatures | $3,049,135 | 57 | $31,592 | 2 | Nov 16, 1994 | Miramax |
