#1 of 885 #1 drama movie of 2023
2023 · Adventure, Drama
$1.4B worldwide · 13% of the chart's total
$636.2M US & Canada · 44% $810.9M elsewhere · 56%
Drama box office · 2023
Drama Box Office 2023: Highest-Grossing Drama Movies, Page 13
Barbie (2023) is the highest-grossing drama movie released in 2023, with $1.4B worldwide, ahead of Oppenheimer (2023) at $975.8M and Full River Red (2023) at $670.5M. 885 drama films released in 2023 report a worldwide gross, $10.9B in all, 29% of it from the US & Canada. 1 film crossed $1 billion and 28 crossed $100 million. That is up 97% on 2022, whose releases took $5.5B. By language, English leads with $6.5B across 249 drama releases.
- 2023 releases with a gross
- 885
- combined worldwide
- $10.9B
- films crossed $100M
- 28
- vs 2022
- +97%
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Every Drama Release of 2023, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 601 to 650 of 885. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2023.
- 601
May 19, 2023 US and Canada: $31.9K Rest of the world: $959 Worldwide: $32.8K - 602
Dec 14, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $32.6K - 603
Sep 14, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $32.5K - 604
Nov 30, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $32.5K - 605
Feb 8, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $32.1K - 606
Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert (2023)Feb 19, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $32K
Feb 19, 2023 · German · Drama, History $32K worldwide - 607
May 26, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $31.9K - 608
Apr 22, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $31.8K - 609
Apr 6, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $31.4K - 610
Nov 26, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $31.2K - 611
Jan 20, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $30.9K - 612
Jun 30, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $30.6K - 613
The Metropolitan Opera: Dead Man Walking (2023)Oct 21, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $30.3K
Oct 21, 2023 · English · Drama, Music $30.3K worldwide - 614
May 20, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $30.3K - 615
Mar 10, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $29.9K - 616
May 6, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $29.6K - 617
May 5, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $29.3K - 618
Feb 17, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $28.5K - 619
Aug 15, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $27.6K - 620
Oct 3, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $27.3K - 621
Jun 2, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $27.2K - 622
Nov 5, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $26.4K - 623
Feb 22, 2023 US and Canada: $26.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $26.3K - 624
Jun 7, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $26.3K - 625
Apr 27, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25.9K - 626
Sep 7, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25.6K - 627
Apr 22, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25.6K - 628
May 23, 2023 US and Canada: $25.5K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $25.5K - 629
Jan 24, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $25.3K - 630
Feb 17, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.9K - 631
Jun 9, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.6K - 632
Dec 1, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $24.5K - 633
Apr 21, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.7K - 634
Jun 15, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.5K - 635
Sep 28, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $23.5K - 636
Sep 8, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22.4K - 637
May 18, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22.4K - 638
Nov 1, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22.2K - 639
Feb 10, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22.1K - 640
Jun 1, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $22K - 641
Aug 25, 2023 US and Canada: $21.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $21.9K - 642
Oct 8, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.7K - 643
Aug 11, 2023 US and Canada: $21.6K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $21.6K - 644
Feb 18, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.5K - 645
Oct 13, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.4K - 646
Aug 29, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.4K - 647
Feb 3, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.4K - 648
Sep 2, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.3K - 649
Oct 8, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $21.1K - 650
Death of the Little Match Girl (2023)Jul 19, 2023 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $20.7K
Jul 19, 2023 · Croatian · Thriller, Drama, Crime $20.7K worldwide
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 · $49.8B
2010s 10 years · $113.7B
- 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 · $70.6B
- 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 · $42.4B
- 1999 $5.2B #1 The Sixth Sense (1999)
- 1998 $4.9B #1 Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- 1997 $5.9B #1 Titanic (1997)
- 1996 $4.6B #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 $917.4M #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 · $861.5M
- 1969 $164M #1 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
- 1968 $55.9M #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 $6.2M #1 Mother and a Guest (1961)
- 1960 $21.9M #1 The Apartment (1960)
1950s 10 years · $437.8M
- 1959 $74.9M #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 $745.3K #1 Sunset Boulevard (1950)
1940s 10 years · $771.7M
- 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 $268.3M #1 Bambi (1942)
- 1941 $1.8M #1 Citizen Kane (1941)
- 1940 $402.6M #1 Gone with the Wind (1940)
1930s 10 years · $1.8M
- 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 $19K #1 The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
- 1934 $13.2K #1 L’Atalante (1934)
- 1933 $267 #1 Today We Live (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 · $9.7M
- 1929 $89.1K #1 Pandora’s Box (1929)
- 1928 $40.9K #1 The Air Circus (1928)
- 1927 $161.5K #1 Sunrise (1927)
- 1926 $62.7K #1 Battleship Potemkin (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)