#1 of 21,188 Highest-grossing drama movie ever
2025 · Animation, Drama
$2.3B worldwide
$23.3M US & Canada · 1% $2.2B elsewhere · 99%
Drama box office · All time
Highest-Grossing Drama Movies of All Time, Page 20
Ne Zha 2 (2025) is the highest-grossing drama movie in our database, with $2.3B worldwide, ahead of Titanic (1997) at $2.3B and The Odyssey (2026) at $1.8B. 21,188 drama films in our database report a worldwide gross, $298.3B in all, 42% of it from the US & Canada. 12 films crossed $1 billion and 674 crossed $100 million. By language, English leads with $225.7B across 9,185 drama releases.
- films with a reported gross
- 21,188
- combined worldwide
- $298.3B
- films crossed $100M
- 674
- earned in the US & Canada
- 42%
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The Top 5,000 Drama Movies, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 951 to 1,000 of 5,000. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. The pages stop at the top 5,000 of 21,188 films.
- 951
Apr 9, 1976 US and Canada: $70.6M Rest of the world: $1.2K Worldwide: $70.6M - 952
Dec 25, 2006 US and Canada: $35.6M Rest of the world: $35M Worldwide: $70.6M - 953
Jul 27, 1984 US and Canada: $70.3M Rest of the world: $13.5K Worldwide: $70.3M - 954
Dec 25, 1993 US and Canada: $70.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $70.2M - 955
Dec 23, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $70.1M - 956
Sep 7, 2007 US and Canada: $53.6M Rest of the world: $16.4M Worldwide: $70M - 957
Sep 4, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $70M - 958
Sep 14, 2007 US and Canada: $36.8M Rest of the world: $33M Worldwide: $69.8M - 959
Jan 14, 2011 US and Canada: $48.5M Rest of the world: $21.2M Worldwide: $69.7M - 960
Apr 12, 2019 US and Canada: $12.1M Rest of the world: $57.4M Worldwide: $69.5M - 961
Nov 26, 2004 US and Canada: $6.5M Rest of the world: $62.9M Worldwide: $69.4M - 962
The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)Jul 25, 2008 US and Canada: $21M Rest of the world: $48.4M Worldwide: $69.4M
Jul 25, 2008 · English · Sci-Fi, Drama, Mystery $69.4M worldwide - 963
Nov 25, 1998 US and Canada: $18.3M Rest of the world: $50.8M Worldwide: $69.1M - 964
Nov 16, 2012 US and Canada: $12.8M Rest of the world: $56.1M Worldwide: $68.9M - 965
Dec 25, 2023 US and Canada: $60.6M Rest of the world: $8.3M Worldwide: $68.9M - 966
Apr 7, 1995 US and Canada: $22.2M Rest of the world: $46.6M Worldwide: $68.8M - 967
Feb 8, 1985 US and Canada: $68.7M Rest of the world: $466 Worldwide: $68.7M - 968
Dec 20, 2006 US and Canada: $13.8M Rest of the world: $54.9M Worldwide: $68.7M - 969
Mar 20, 2012 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $68.6M - 970
Oct 26, 2007 US and Canada: $47.6M Rest of the world: $20.8M Worldwide: $68.5M - 971
Jul 8, 2005 US and Canada: $25.5M Rest of the world: $42.9M Worldwide: $68.4M - 972
May 25, 2012 US and Canada: $45.5M Rest of the world: $22.8M Worldwide: $68.3M - 973
Aug 15, 2003 US and Canada: $58.3M Rest of the world: $10M Worldwide: $68.3M - 974
Apr 28, 2000 US and Canada: $45M Rest of the world: $23.1M Worldwide: $68.1M - 975
Sep 22, 2006 US and Canada: $24.6M Rest of the world: $43.4M Worldwide: $68.1M - 976
The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity (2020)Dec 24, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $68M
Dec 24, 2020 · Chinese · Drama, Fantasy, Action $68M worldwide - 977
Nov 23, 2018 US and Canada: $3.3M Rest of the world: $64.7M Worldwide: $68M - 978
Nov 19, 1999 US and Canada: $8.3M Rest of the world: $59.6M Worldwide: $68M - 979
Oct 28, 2005 US and Canada: $22.8M Rest of the world: $45.1M Worldwide: $67.9M - 980
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)Nov 22, 2019 US and Canada: $61.7M Rest of the world: $6.2M Worldwide: $67.9M Nov 22, 2019 · English · Biography, Drama $67.9M worldwide - 981
Sep 1, 2010 US and Canada: $35.6M Rest of the world: $32.3M Worldwide: $67.9M - 982
Dec 25, 2014 US and Canada: $52.1M Rest of the world: $15.7M Worldwide: $67.8M - 983
Jun 20, 2014 US and Canada: $47M Rest of the world: $20.6M Worldwide: $67.6M - 984
Oct 12, 2001 US and Canada: $41.6M Rest of the world: $26.1M Worldwide: $67.6M - 985
Nov 24, 2017 US and Canada: $18.1M Rest of the world: $49.4M Worldwide: $67.5M - 986
Nov 19, 2010 US and Canada: $21.1M Rest of the world: $46.3M Worldwide: $67.4M - 987
Jan 19, 2018 US and Canada: $45.8M Rest of the world: $21.5M Worldwide: $67.4M - 988
Dec 16, 1987 US and Canada: $51.2M Rest of the world: $16.1M Worldwide: $67.3M - 989
Feb 4, 2005 US and Canada: $46.8M Rest of the world: $20.4M Worldwide: $67.2M - 990
Mar 7, 1980 US and Canada: $67.2M Rest of the world: Worldwide: $67.2M - 991
Sep 28, 2007 US and Canada: $4.6M Rest of the world: $62.5M Worldwide: $67.1M - 992
Aug 15, 2014 US and Canada: $45.1M Rest of the world: $21.9M Worldwide: $67M - 993
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)Nov 12, 1999 US and Canada: $14.3M Rest of the world: $52.7M Worldwide: $67M Nov 12, 1999 · English · Biography, Drama, History $67M worldwide - 994
Mar 16, 2018 US and Canada: $40.8M Rest of the world: $25.9M Worldwide: $66.7M - 995
Dec 25, 2000 US and Canada: $34.6M Rest of the world: $32M Worldwide: $66.6M - 996
Sep 22, 2017 US and Canada: $22.2M Rest of the world: $44.3M Worldwide: $66.6M - 997
Apr 7, 2006 US and Canada: $34.7M Rest of the world: $31.8M Worldwide: $66.5M - 998
Apr 11, 2008 US and Canada: $26.4M Rest of the world: $40.1M Worldwide: $66.5M - 999
Dec 1, 1983 US and Canada: $46M Rest of the world: $20.5M Worldwide: $66.4M - 1000
Nov 21, 2007 US and Canada: $31.7M Rest of the world: $34.5M Worldwide: $66.1M
Archive
Drama Box Office Year by Year
Every year from 1919 to 2026 with its total and its biggest film. 2019 leads with $13.9B, led by The Lion King (2019).
2020s 7 years · $50.1B
2010s 10 years · $113.6B
- 2019 $13.9B #1 The Lion King (2019)
- 2018 $12.7B #1 Black Panther (2018)
- 2017 $12.5B #1 Wolf Warrior 2 (2017)
- 2016 $11.1B #1 The Jungle Book (2016)
- 2015 $11.6B #1 Inside Out (2015)
- 2014 $10.3B #1 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
- 2013 $12.1B #1 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
- 2012 $12B #1 The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
- 2011 $7.8B #1 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)
- 2010 $9.6B #1 Inception (2010)
2000s 10 years · $70.7B
- 2009 $9.9B #1 2012 (2009)
- 2008 $10.6B #1 The Dark Knight (2008)
- 2007 $7.6B #1 I Am Legend (2007)
- 2006 $7.5B #1 The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
- 2005 $8.1B #1 War of the Worlds (2005)
- 2004 $6.4B #1 The Passion of the Christ (2004)
- 2003 $5B #1 Bruce Almighty (2003)
- 2002 $5.2B #1 Signs (2002)
- 2001 $4.6B #1 Pearl Harbor (2001)
- 2000 $5.8B #1 Gladiator (2000)
1990s 10 years · $42.3B
- 1999 $5.2B #1 The Sixth Sense (1999)
- 1998 $4.9B #1 Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- 1997 $5.9B #1 Titanic (1997)
- 1996 $4.5B #1 Twister (1996)
- 1995 $4.8B #1 Apollo 13 (1995)
- 1994 $4.3B #1 The Lion King (1994)
- 1993 $4.7B #1 Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
- 1992 $2.9B #1 The Bodyguard (1992)
- 1991 $2.4B #1 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
- 1990 $2.7B #1 Ghost (1990)
1980s 10 years · $14.2B
- 1989 $2B #1 Dead Poets Society (1989)
- 1988 $2.1B #1 Rain Man (1988)
- 1987 $1.7B #1 Fatal Attraction (1987)
- 1986 $1.4B #1 Top Gun (1986)
- 1985 $1.5B #1 Rocky IV (1985)
- 1984 $1.4B #1 Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
- 1983 $1.1B #1 Terms of Endearment (1983)
- 1982 $1.3B #1 Tootsie (1982)
- 1981 $889.5M #1 On Golden Pond (1981)
- 1980 $674.6M #1 Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
1970s 10 years · $5B
- 1979 $919.3M #1 Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
- 1978 $585M #1 Jaws 2 (1978)
- 1977 $831.1M #1 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
- 1976 $378.6M #1 Rocky (1976)
- 1975 $303.6M #1 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
- 1974 $439.5M #1 The Towering Inferno (1974)
- 1973 $869.6M #1 The Exorcist (1973)
- 1972 $337M #1 The Godfather (1972)
- 1971 $133.4M #1 The French Connection (1971)
- 1970 $229.2M #1 Airport (1970)
1960s 10 years · $865.1M
- 1969 $164M #1 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
- 1968 $59.2M #1 Funny Girl (1968)
- 1967 $166.8M #1 The Graduate (1967)
- 1966 $29.7M #1 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
- 1965 $272.6M #1 The Sound of Music (1965)
- 1964 $74.9M #1 My Fair Lady (1964)
- 1963 $63.5M #1 Cleopatra (1963)
- 1962 $6M #1 The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
- 1961 $6.5M #1 Mother and a Guest (1961)
- 1960 $21.9M #1 The Apartment (1960)
1950s 10 years · $438.7M
- 1959 $75M #1 Ben-Hur (1959)
- 1958 $3.3M #1 Touch of Evil (1958)
- 1957 $32.5M #1 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- 1956 $119.9M #1 The Ten Commandments (1956)
- 1955 $95.8M #1 Lady and the Tramp (1955)
- 1954 $32.7M #1 The Caine Mutiny (1954)
- 1953 $36.8M #1 The Robe (1953)
- 1952 $36.5M #1 The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
- 1951 $4.5M #1 Ace in the Hole (1951)
- 1950 $1.5M #1 Shadow on the Wall (1950)
1940s 10 years · $775.9M
- 1949 $164.2K #1 Stray Dog (1949)
- 1948 $6.2M #1 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
- 1947 $11.1M #1 It's a Wonderful Life (1947)
- 1946 $54.6M #1 The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
- 1945 $22M #1 The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945)
- 1944 $102.5K #1 Henry V (1944)
- 1943 $4.9M #1 Casablanca (1943)
- 1942 $270.1M #1 Bambi (1942)
- 1941 $1.8M #1 Citizen Kane (1941)
- 1940 $404.9M #1 Gone with the Wind (1940)
1930s 10 years · $2.8M
- 1939 $1.1M #1 Wuthering Heights (1939)
- 1938 $47.4K #1 Port of Shadows (1938)
- 1937 $19.3K #1 Stage Door (1937)
- 1936 $536.4K #1 Modern Times (1936)
- 1935 $516K #1 Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
- 1934 $13.2K #1 L’Atalante (1934)
- 1933 $451.3K #1 Baby Face (1933)
- 1932 $47.1K #1 The Old Dark House (1932)
- 1931 $46.6K #1 M (1931)
- 1930 $5.1K #1 The Blue Angel (1930)
1920s 8 years · $10.4M
- 1929 $89.2K #1 Pandora’s Box (1929)
- 1928 $40.9K #1 The Air Circus (1928)
- 1927 $161.5K #1 Sunrise (1927)
- 1926 $720.7K #1 Flesh and the Devil (1926)
- 1925 $82.5K #1 The Gold Rush (1925)
- 1923 $12.9K #1 A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923)
- 1921 $9.2M #1 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
- 1920 $9.3K #1 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)