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Drama box office · Week 1 · Jan 1–4, 2020

Drama Box Office, Week 1 of 2020: Drama Releases of Jan 1–4

Adoring (2020) is the highest-grossing drama movie released in week 1 of 2020 (Jan 1–4), with $95M worldwide, ahead of Tolo Tolo (2020) at $52.2M and Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears (2020) at $2.4M. 7 drama films released that week report a worldwide gross, $150M in all, <1% of it from the US & Canada. That is 8.5 times the total of Week 53, 2019, whose releases took $17.6M. By language, Chinese leads with $95M across 1 drama release.

week 1 releases with a gross
7
combined worldwide
$150M
Adoring (2020), the #1
$95M
vs Week 53, 2019
×8.5
Adoring (2020) movie poster #1 of 7
#1 drama movie of Week 1, 2020

Adoring (2020)

2020 · Drama, Romance

$95M worldwide · 63% of the chart's total

No US & Canada figure reported
Top 5

What Were the Biggest Drama Hits of Week 1 of 2020?

Adoring (2020) leads with $95M, 63% of the total. The top 5 together took $150M, almost all of what the 7 films earned. Each bar splits a film's gross into the US & Canada and the rest of the world.

  1. Adoring (2020) movie poster Number 1
    $95M Adoring (2020)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  2. Tolo Tolo (2020) movie poster Number 2
    $52.2M Tolo Tolo (2020)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  3. Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears (2020) movie poster Number 3
    $2.4M Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears (2020)
    $51K US & Canada · 2% $2.3M elsewhere · 98%
  4. Asur (2020) movie poster Number 4
    $379.7K Asur (2020)
    No US & Canada figure reported
  5. Ladies of Steel (2020) movie poster Number 5
    $48.4K Ladies of Steel (2020)
    No US & Canada figure reported

US & Canada (domestic) Rest of the world

The chart

Every Drama Release of Week 1 of 2020, Ranked by Worldwide Gross

Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in week 1 of 2020 (Jan 1–4).

  1. 1 Adoring (2020) movie poster
    Adoring (2020) Jan 3, 2020 · Chinese · Drama, Romance, Family $95M worldwide
    Jan 3, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $95M
  2. 2 Tolo Tolo (2020) movie poster
    Tolo Tolo (2020) 2020 · Italian · Drama, Family, Comedy $52.2M worldwide
    2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $52.2M
  3. 3 Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears (2020) movie poster
    Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears (2020) Jan 4, 2020 · English · Mystery, Adventure, Drama $2.4M worldwide
    Jan 4, 2020 US and Canada: $51K Rest of the world: $2.3M Worldwide: $2.4M
  4. 4 Asur (2020) movie poster
    Asur (2020) Jan 3, 2020 · Bengali · Comedy, Drama $379.7K worldwide
    Jan 3, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $379.7K
  5. 5 Ladies of Steel (2020) movie poster
    Ladies of Steel (2020) Jan 3, 2020 · Finnish · Drama, Comedy $48.4K worldwide
    Jan 3, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $48.4K
  6. 6 Deadlock (2020) movie poster
    Deadlock (2020) Jan 2, 2020 · Slovenian · Drama $28.5K worldwide
    Jan 2, 2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $28.5K
  7. 7 Karnica (2020) movie poster
    Karnica (2020) 2020 · Kurdish · Drama $1.5K worldwide
    2020 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $1.5K
Weeks around it

How Does Week 1 Compare With the Weeks Around It?

Week 1 releases took $150M. The biggest of these 9 weeks is week 52, 2019 (Dec 22–28) with $1.1B, led by 1917 (2019).

  1. Week 48, 2019 Wk 48 Nov 24–30 Knives Out (2019) $394.7M Knives Out (2019)
  2. Week 49, 2019 Wk 49 Dec 1–7 Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) $29.4M Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
  3. Week 50, 2019 Wk 50 Dec 8–14 Bombshell (2019) $200.6M Bombshell (2019)
  4. Week 51, 2019 Wk 51 Dec 15–21 Cats (2019) $157.3M Cats (2019)
  5. Week 52, 2019 Wk 52 Dec 22–28 1917 (2019) $1.1B 1917 (2019)
  6. Week 53, 2019 Wk 53 Dec 29–31 Begin, Again (2019) $17.6M Begin, Again (2019)
  7. Week 1 Wk 1 Jan 1–4 Adoring (2020) $150M Adoring (2020)
  8. Week 2 Wk 2 Jan 5–11 Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior (2020) $151.7M Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior (2020)
  9. Week 3 Wk 3 Jan 12–18 Weathering with You (2020) $227M Weathering with You (2020)
Earlier years

How Does Week 1 of 2020 Compare With Earlier Years?

Of these 10 years, Week 1, 2018 earned the most: $172.4M from 11 films, led by Insidious: The Last Key (2018). Week 1, 2020 took $150M.

Week Films Worldwide Change Biggest film
Week 1, 2011 Jan 1 2 films 2 $365K – Sommer der Gaukler (2011) $343.5K
Week 1, 2012 Jan 1–7 10 films · +2345% 10 $8.9M +2345% Last Stop: Kurtuluş (2012) $3.2M
Week 1, 2013 Jan 1–5 3 films · −80% 3 $1.8M −80% The Priest’s Children (2013) $1.4M
Week 1, 2014 Jan 1–4 4 films · +1986% 4 $36.9M +1986% The Best Offer (2014) $20.9M
Week 1, 2015 Jan 1–3 2 films · +36% 2 $50.1M +36% The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2015) $48.9M
Week 1, 2016 Jan 1–2 5 films · −20% 5 $40.1M −20% Sherlock: The Abominable Bride (2016) $39.1M
Week 1, 2017 Jan 1–7 8 films · −92% 8 $3.1M −92% Because I Love You (2017) $2.3M
Week 1, 2018 Jan 1–6 11 films · +5443% 11 $172.4M +5443% Insidious: The Last Key (2018) $167.9M
Week 1, 2019 Jan 1–5 4 films · −98% 4 $2.9M −98% No Mercy (2019) $1.6M
Week 1, 2020 Jan 1–4 7 films · +5141% 7 $150M +5141% Adoring (2020) $95M
Archive

Drama Box Office in 2020, Week by Week

53 weeks of 2020 with reported grosses; the biggest is week 35 (Aug 23–29) with $511.1M, led by The Eight Hundred (2020).

FAQ

Drama Box Office Week 1 of 2020: Questions & Answers

The chart's numbers in short: the #1 film, the total, the billion-dollar hits and the US & Canada share, answered from the same 7 films as the chart.

What is the highest-grossing drama movie in week 1 of 2020 (Jan 1–4)?

Adoring (2020) leads with $95M worldwide. Next come Tolo Tolo (2020) at $52.2M and Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears (2020) at $2.4M.

How much did drama movies released in week 1 of 2020 (Jan 1–4) earn?

7 drama films released in week 1 of 2020 (Jan 1–4) report a worldwide gross, $150M in all, or $21.4M per film on average. Week 53, 2019 releases took $17.6M.

How many drama movies released in week 1 of 2020 (Jan 1–4) made $1 billion?

None. The biggest, Adoring (2020), earned $95M.

How much of the Week 1, 2020 Drama box office came from the US and Canada?

$51K of the $150M total, or <1%, was earned in the US & Canada (the domestic market); the rest came from other countries. 6 films of the 7 report no domestic figure.

How is the week 1, 2020 drama box office chart ranked and where do the numbers come from?

Films are ranked by lifetime worldwide gross in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation, and grouped by their release date in week 1 of 2020 (Jan 1–4). The figures are the reported box office grosses in our database. A gross that looks misattributed, such as one figure shared by two unrelated films or a blockbuster total on an obscure title, is left out rather than shown as a fact.

How often is the week 1, 2020 drama box office chart updated?

Grosses change while films are in theaters and whenever a new figure is reported; this chart reads the latest numbers in our database, so an older film can still move after a re-release.