#1 of 862 #1 drama movie of 2016
2016 · Adventure, Drama
$967.7M worldwide · 9% of the chart's total
$364M US & Canada · 38% $603.7M elsewhere · 62%
Drama box office · 2016
Drama Box Office 2016: Highest-Grossing Drama Movies, Page 2
The Jungle Book (2016) is the highest-grossing drama movie released in 2016, with $967.7M worldwide, ahead of Sing (2016) at $634.3M and La La Land (2016) at $509.2M. 862 drama films released in 2016 report a worldwide gross, $11.1B in all, 32% of it from the US & Canada. 25 films crossed $100 million; none reached $1 billion. That is down 4% on 2015, whose releases took $11.6B. By language, English leads with $7.6B across 319 drama releases.
- 2016 releases with a gross
- 862
- combined worldwide
- $11.1B
- films crossed $100M
- 25
- vs 2015
- −4%
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Every Drama Release of 2016, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 51 to 100 of 862. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2016.
- 51
Feb 19, 2016 US and Canada: $36.9M Rest of the world: $9.9M Worldwide: $46.8M - 52
Feb 26, 2016 US and Canada: $15.8M Rest of the world: $30.4M Worldwide: $46.2M - 53
Jul 15, 2016 US and Canada: $11.1M Rest of the world: $32.7M Worldwide: $43.8M - 54
Nov 11, 2016 US and Canada: $42.2M Rest of the world: $422.1K Worldwide: $42.6M - 55
Aug 12, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $40M - 56
2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $39.1M - 57
Apr 15, 2016 US and Canada: $14.7M Rest of the world: $24.1M Worldwide: $38.8M - 58
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016)Feb 26, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $38.7M
Feb 26, 2016 · English · Action, Adventure, Drama $38.7M worldwide - 59
Jun 24, 2016 US and Canada: $5.2M Rest of the world: $33.4M Worldwide: $38.6M - 60
Aug 12, 2016 US and Canada: $27M Rest of the world: $11M Worldwide: $38M - 61
Oct 21, 2016 US and Canada: $2M Rest of the world: $35.9M Worldwide: $37.9M - 62
Sep 16, 2016 US and Canada: $21.6M Rest of the world: $15.8M Worldwide: $37.4M - 63
Mar 11, 2016 US and Canada: $18.7M Rest of the world: $16.6M Worldwide: $35.3M - 64
Jul 1, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $31.9M - 65
Oct 28, 2016 US and Canada: $4.3M Rest of the world: $27.4M Worldwide: $31.7M - 66
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)Nov 11, 2016 US and Canada: $1.7M Rest of the world: $29.2M Worldwide: $30.9M Nov 11, 2016 · English · Drama, History, Comedy $30.9M worldwide - 67
Dec 7, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $30.9M - 68
Sep 30, 2016 US and Canada: $3.5M Rest of the world: $27.2M Worldwide: $30.7M - 69
Sep 9, 2016 US and Canada: $29.7M Rest of the world: $910.8K Worldwide: $30.7M - 70
Nov 18, 2016 US and Canada: $10.7M Rest of the world: $19.6M Worldwide: $30.3M - 71
Dec 2, 2016 US and Canada: $14M Rest of the world: $15.8M Worldwide: $29.8M - 72
Dec 22, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $29.2M - 73
Sep 30, 2016 US and Canada: $1.8M Rest of the world: $27.1M Worldwide: $28.9M - 74
Apr 15, 2016 US and Canada: $2.3M Rest of the world: $25.9M Worldwide: $28.2M - 75
Jan 8, 2016 US and Canada: $52.4K Rest of the world: $27.5M Worldwide: $27.6M - 76
Apr 22, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $27.4M - 77
Sep 2, 2016 US and Canada: $12.5M Rest of the world: $13.4M Worldwide: $26M - 78
Oct 28, 2016 US and Canada: $356.3K Rest of the world: $25.2M Worldwide: $25.5M - 79
Feb 19, 2016 US and Canada: $19.2M Rest of the world: $5.9M Worldwide: $25.1M - 80
Jun 24, 2016 US and Canada: $20.8M Rest of the world: $4.2M Worldwide: $25M - 81
Sep 14, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.9M - 82
Apr 1, 2016 US and Canada: $20.8M Rest of the world: $3.7M Worldwide: $24.5M - 83
Nov 23, 2016 US and Canada: $17.8M Rest of the world: $6.3M Worldwide: $24.1M - 84
Feb 24, 2016 US and Canada: $125.6K Rest of the world: $23.7M Worldwide: $23.9M - 85
Sep 23, 2016 US and Canada: $2M Rest of the world: $21.8M Worldwide: $23.8M - 86
Dec 23, 2016 US and Canada: $7.1M Rest of the world: $16.7M Worldwide: $23.8M - 87
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016)Oct 7, 2016 US and Canada: $20M Rest of the world: $3.3M Worldwide: $23.3M Oct 7, 2016 · English · Drama, Fantasy, Comedy $23.3M worldwide - 88
Feb 26, 2016 US and Canada: $12.6M Rest of the world: $10.5M Worldwide: $23.2M - 89
Jul 8, 2016 US and Canada: $5.9M Rest of the world: $17.3M Worldwide: $23.1M - 90
Feb 5, 2016 US and Canada: $18.7M Rest of the world: $4.3M Worldwide: $23.1M - 91
Aug 5, 2016 US and Canada: $34.3K Rest of the world: $22.8M Worldwide: $22.8M - 92
Dec 25, 2016 US and Canada: $10.4M Rest of the world: $12.4M Worldwide: $22.8M - 93
Dec 21, 2016 US and Canada: $1.5M Rest of the world: $21M Worldwide: $22.5M - 94
Dec 16, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22.4M - 95
May 13, 2016 US and Canada: $14M Rest of the world: $7.4M Worldwide: $21.4M - 96
Jul 13, 2016 US and Canada: $15.4M Rest of the world: $5.6M Worldwide: $21M - 97
Sep 16, 2016 US and Canada: $82.8K Rest of the world: $20.4M Worldwide: $20.5M - 98
Mar 18, 2016 US and Canada: $201.2K Rest of the world: $20.2M Worldwide: $20.4M - 99
Apr 1, 2016 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20.1M - 100
Nov 18, 2016 US and Canada: $14.4M Rest of the world: $4.9M Worldwide: $19.4M
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 $832.1M #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)