#1 of 418 #1 drama movie of 2025
2025 · Animation, Drama
$2.3B worldwide · 30% of the chart's total
$23.3M US & Canada · 1% $2.2B elsewhere · 99%
Drama box office · 2025
Drama Box Office 2025: Highest-Grossing Drama Movies, Page 5
Ne Zha 2 (2025) is the highest-grossing drama movie released in 2025, with $2.3B worldwide, ahead of F1: The Movie (2025) at $634.1M and Detective Chinatown 1900 (2025) at $500.3M. 418 drama films released in 2025 report a worldwide gross, $7.6B in all, 23% of it from the US & Canada. 1 film crossed $1 billion and 15 crossed $100 million. That is down 9% on 2024, whose releases took $8.4B. By language, Chinese leads with $3.5B across 18 drama releases.
- 2025 releases with a gross
- 418
- combined worldwide
- $7.6B
- films crossed $100M
- 15
- vs 2024
- −9%
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Every Drama Release of 2025, Ranked by Worldwide Gross
Ranks 201 to 250 of 418. Lifetime worldwide grosses in US dollars, not adjusted for inflation; domestic means the US & Canada. Films are grouped by their release date in 2025.
- 201
May 2, 2025 US and Canada: $256.1K Rest of the world: $203.5K Worldwide: $459.6K - 202
May 30, 2025 US and Canada: $213.8K Rest of the world: $236.2K Worldwide: $450K - 203
Sep 19, 2025 US and Canada: $63K Rest of the world: $377.6K Worldwide: $440.6K - 204
May 30, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $436.2K - 205
Jan 30, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $425.8K - 206
Jun 3, 2025 US and Canada: $192.2K Rest of the world: $232.8K Worldwide: $425K - 207
Aug 26, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $417.9K - 208
Jul 11, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $384.9K - 209
May 16, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $380.7K - 210
Aug 10, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $376.2K - 211
Jun 3, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $369.6K - 212
Mar 25, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $367.3K
- 213
Jun 13, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $366.6K - 214
Jan 3, 2025 US and Canada: $330.2K Rest of the world: $29.6K Worldwide: $359.8K - 215
Jan 22, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $354.8K - 216
Apr 10, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $352.4K - 217
Jan 31, 2025 US and Canada: $350.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $350.8K - 218
May 9, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $349.6K - 219
Nov 7, 2025 US and Canada: $256.9K Rest of the world: $80.1K Worldwide: $337K - 220
Oct 10, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $336.8K - 221
Oct 17, 2025 US and Canada: $45.4K Rest of the world: $281.3K Worldwide: $326.7K - 222
May 9, 2025 US and Canada: $291.3K Rest of the world: $33.8K Worldwide: $325.1K - 223
May 16, 2025 US and Canada: $123.1K Rest of the world: $193K Worldwide: $316K - 224
Jul 18, 2025 US and Canada: $11.7K Rest of the world: $303.9K Worldwide: $315.6K - 225
Feb 14, 2025 US and Canada: $215.2K Rest of the world: $91.7K Worldwide: $306.9K - 226
Sep 19, 2025 US and Canada: $142.7K Rest of the world: $162K Worldwide: $304.7K - 227
Feb 27, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $304.3K - 228
Dec 5, 2025 US and Canada: $288K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $288K - 229
Mar 21, 2025 US and Canada: $279.3K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $279.3K - 230
Aug 15, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $271.5K - 231
Oct 31, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $264.8K - 232
Jan 24, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $264.3K - 233
Aug 29, 2025 US and Canada: $254.8K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $254.8K - 234
Jan 31, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $254.5K - 235
May 2, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $250K - 236
Mar 7, 2025 US and Canada: $166.9K Rest of the world: $71.3K Worldwide: $238.2K - 237
Dec 12, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $236.4K - 238
Sep 19, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $233.4K - 239
Feb 7, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $229.9K - 240
Oct 24, 2025 US and Canada: $219.9K Rest of the world: Worldwide: $219.9K - 241
Jun 6, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $213.5K - 242
May 21, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $213.2K - 243
Aug 15, 2025 US and Canada: $19.8K Rest of the world: $192.8K Worldwide: $212.6K - 244
Mar 15, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $205.6K - 245
Sep 26, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $205.5K - 246
Sep 26, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $199.5K - 247
Feb 14, 2025 US and Canada: $85.7K Rest of the world: $109.9K Worldwide: $195.6K - 248
May 23, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $194.3K - 249
Jul 8, 2025 US and Canada: – Rest of the world: – Worldwide: $189.2K - 250
Jun 7, 2025 US and Canada: $176.9K Rest of the world: $2.7K Worldwide: $179.6K
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)