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All Time Worldwide Box Office for Based on Play Movies
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This chart contains the top 100 Based on Play movies based on the cumulative worldwide box office.
See our Based on Play Theatrical Market Charts for more overviews regarding the domestic theatrical box office performance of Based on Play movies.
Rank | Released | Movie | Worldwide Box Office |
Domestic Box Office |
International Box Office |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2002 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | $374,890,034 | $241,438,208 | $133,451,826 |
2 | 1998 | You’ve Got Mail | $250,800,000 | $115,821,495 | $134,978,505 |
3 | 1992 | A Few Good Men | $236,500,000 | $141,340,178 | $95,159,822 |
4 | 2015 | Xia Luo Te Fan Nao | $213,949,747 | $1,289,195 | $212,660,552 |
5 | 2011 | Gnomeo and Juliet | $193,737,977 | $99,967,670 | $93,770,307 |
6 | 1996 | The Birdcage | $181,760,553 | $124,060,553 | $57,700,000 |
7 | 1996 | Romeo+Juliet | $147,542,381 | $46,338,728 | $101,203,653 |
8 | 1981 | On Golden Pond | $119,285,432 | $119,285,432 | |
9 | 2004 | Closer | $116,148,537 | $33,987,757 | $82,160,780 |
10 | 2004 | Finding Neverland | $115,036,108 | $51,676,606 | $63,359,502 |
11 | 2002 | Peter Pan: Return to Neverland | $109,862,682 | $48,430,258 | $61,432,424 |
12 | 2014 | The Breakup Guru | $106,798,959 | $208,959 | $106,590,000 |
13 | 1989 | Driving Miss Daisy | $106,593,296 | $106,593,296 | |
14 | 1978 | Heaven Can Wait | $98,800,000 | $98,800,000 | |
15 | 1989 | Steel Magnolias | $95,151,938 | $83,759,091 | $11,392,847 |
16 | 2009 | Madea Goes To Jail | $90,508,336 | $90,508,336 | |
17 | 2011 | The Ides of March | $77,735,925 | $40,962,534 | $36,773,391 |
18 | 2006 | Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia | $76,904,429 | $6,566,773 | $70,337,656 |
19 | 2016 | Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween | $73,206,343 | $73,206,343 | |
20 | 2016 | Moonlight | $64,895,106 | $27,854,931 | $37,040,175 |
21 | 2016 | Fences | $64,282,881 | $57,682,904 | $6,599,977 |
22 | 2006 | Madea's Family Reunion | $63,320,521 | $63,257,940 | $62,581 |
23 | 1986 | Down and Out in Beverly Hills | $62,134,225 | $62,134,225 | |
24 | 2010 | Why Did I Get Married Too? | $60,831,067 | $60,095,852 | $735,215 |
25 | 1999 | 10 Things I Hate About You | $60,413,950 | $38,177,966 | $22,235,984 |
26 | 2012 | Quartet | $56,178,935 | $18,388,357 | $37,790,578 |
27 | 2007 | Why Did I Get Married? | $55,934,178 | $55,204,525 | $729,653 |
28 | 2005 | Wangeui Namja | $55,618,300 | $55,618,300 | |
29 | 2006 | She’s the Man | $55,279,608 | $33,889,159 | $21,390,449 |
30 | 2011 | Madea’s Big Happy Family | $54,160,818 | $53,345,287 | $815,531 |
31 | 2022 | The Whale | $54,044,481 | $17,453,440 | $36,591,041 |
32 | 2008 | Doubt | $53,191,101 | $33,446,470 | $19,744,631 |
33 | 2013 | Tyler Perry’s Temptation | $53,143,144 | $51,975,354 | $1,167,790 |
34 | 2013 | Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas | $52,543,354 | $52,543,354 | |
35 | 1984 | Amadeus | $51,973,029 | $51,973,029 | |
36 | 2009 | I Can Do Bad All By Myself | $51,733,921 | $51,733,921 | |
37 | 1988 | Biloxi Blues | $51,684,798 | $43,184,798 | $8,500,000 |
38 | 2013 | August: Osage County | $50,738,810 | $37,738,810 | $13,000,000 |
39 | 2005 | Diary of a Mad Black Woman | $50,458,356 | $50,406,346 | $52,010 |
40 | 2014 | About Last Night | $50,445,860 | $48,637,684 | $1,808,176 |
41 | 1961 | West Side Story | $47,596,274 | $43,700,000 | $3,896,274 |
42 | 2002 | 8 femmes | $42,376,425 | $3,076,425 | $39,300,000 |
43 | 2015 | The Lady in the Van | $42,320,503 | $10,021,175 | $32,299,328 |
44 | 2008 | Meet the Browns | $41,975,388 | $41,975,388 | |
45 | 1987 | Roxanne | $39,148,164 | $39,148,164 | |
46 | 1968 | Romeo and Juliet | $38,907,647 | $38,901,218 | $6,429 |
47 | 1986 | About Last Night... | $38,702,310 | $38,702,310 | |
48 | 2011 | Carnage | $38,112,154 | $2,546,747 | $35,565,407 |
49 | 2010 | For Colored Girls | $38,017,873 | $37,729,698 | $288,175 |
50 | 2003 | What a Girl Wants | $37,216,643 | $35,990,505 | $1,226,138 |
51 | 2020 | The Father | $36,427,155 | $2,120,992 | $34,306,163 |
52 | 1991 | Other People's Money | $35,682,000 | $35,682,000 | |
53 | 2005 | Brice de Nice | $34,631,405 | $34,631,405 | |
54 | 2011 | Potiche | $34,152,587 | $1,618,844 | $32,533,743 |
55 | 1966 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf? | $33,736,689 | $33,736,689 | |
56 | 1994 | Nell | $33,592,700 | $33,592,700 | |
57 | 1986 | Children of a Lesser God | $31,853,080 | $31,853,080 | |
58 | 1969 | Paint Your Wagon | $31,678,778 | $31,678,778 | |
59 | 1999 | An Ideal Husband | $31,341,183 | $18,542,974 | $12,798,209 |
60 | 2000 | East is East | $30,438,635 | $4,170,647 | $26,267,988 |
61 | 1979 | Chapter Two | $30,000,000 | $30,000,000 | |
62 | 1997 | Romy and Michele's High School Reunion | $29,235,353 | $29,235,353 | |
63 | 1987 | Nuts | $28,866,028 | $28,866,028 | |
64 | 2008 | Frost/Nixon | $28,452,945 | $18,622,031 | $9,830,914 |
65 | 1966 | A Man for All Seasons | $28,350,000 | $28,350,000 | |
66 | 1969 | Cactus Flower | $25,889,208 | $25,889,208 | |
67 | 1993 | Shadowlands | $25,842,377 | $25,842,377 | |
68 | 1985 | Agnes of God | $25,627,836 | $25,627,836 | |
69 | 1999 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | $25,011,645 | $16,071,990 | $8,939,655 |
70 | 2011 | Monsieur Lazhar | $24,819,901 | $3,371,810 | $21,448,091 |
71 | 1970 | The Owl and the Pussycat | $23,681,338 | $23,681,338 | |
72 | 1991 | Oscar | $23,562,716 | $23,562,716 | |
73 | 2001 | Kingdom Come | $23,393,939 | $23,247,539 | $146,400 |
74 | 2012 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | $23,265,132 | $12,795,746 | $10,469,386 |
75 | 1978 | Same Time, Next Year | $23,000,000 | $23,000,000 | |
76 | 1986 | Crimes of the Heart | $22,905,000 | $22,905,000 | |
77 | 1991 | Frankie and Johnny | $22,773,535 | $22,773,535 | |
78 | 1992 | Prelude to a Kiss | $22,697,691 | $20,006,730 | $2,690,961 |
79 | 1993 | Much Ado About Nothing | $22,549,338 | $22,549,338 | |
80 | 1990 | Hamlet | $22,493,727 | $20,710,451 | $1,783,276 |
81 | 1984 | A Soldier's Story | $22,100,000 | $22,100,000 | |
82 | 1925 | The Big Parade | $22,000,000 | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 |
83 | 1998 | Little Voice | $21,787,233 | $4,595,000 | $17,192,233 |
84 | 2009 | Easy Virtue | $20,537,741 | $2,656,784 | $17,880,957 |
85 | 1967 | Barefoot in the Park | $19,994,515 | $19,994,515 | |
86 | 1982 | Deathtrap | $19,282,000 | $19,282,000 | |
87 | 1966 | Alfie | $18,871,300 | $18,871,300 | |
88 | 2012 | OMG: Oh My God | $18,602,281 | $18,602,281 | |
89 | 1992 | Used People | $17,957,265 | $17,957,265 | |
90 | 1993 | Born Yesterday | $17,760,754 | $17,760,754 | |
91 | 1958 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | $17,570,642 | $17,570,324 | $318 |
92 | 1993 | A Bronx Tale | $17,239,789 | $17,239,789 | |
93 | 2018 | 102 Not Out | $16,765,212 | $1,339,909 | $15,425,303 |
94 | 1988 | Crossing Delancey | $16,262,000 | $16,262,000 | |
95 | 2010 | Incendies | $16,017,448 | $6,857,096 | $9,160,352 |
96 | 2001 | O (Othello) | $16,017,403 | $16,017,403 | |
97 | 1994 | The Madness of King George | $15,122,669 | $15,122,669 | |
98 | 1974 | The Front Page | $15,000,000 | $15,000,000 | |
99 | 2011 | A Dangerous Method | $14,807,531 | $5,702,083 | $9,105,448 |
100 | 1983 | Educating Rita | $14,688,000 | $14,688,000 |
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.