Market Charts > 2017 > Creative Types > Historical Fiction
Box Office Performance for Historical Fiction Movies in 2017
Rank | Movie | Release Date |
Genre | MPAA Rating | 2017 Gross | Tickets Sold |
1 |
It |
Sep 8, 2017 |
Horror |
R |
$327,481,748 |
36,508,556 |
2 |
Pirates of the Caribbean: D… |
May 26, 2017 |
Adventure |
PG-13 |
$172,558,876 |
19,237,332 |
3 |
Murder on the Orient Express |
Nov 10, 2017 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$100,619,624 |
11,217,349 |
4 |
The Mummy |
Jun 9, 2017 |
Adventure |
PG-13 |
$80,101,125 |
8,929,891 |
5 |
Atomic Blonde |
Jul 28, 2017 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$51,573,925 |
5,749,601 |
6 |
The Great Wall |
Feb 17, 2017 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$45,157,105 |
5,034,236 |
7 |
Fences |
Dec 16, 2016 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$27,939,289 |
3,114,747 |
8 |
Baahubali 2: The Conclusion |
Apr 28, 2017 |
Action |
Not Rated |
$18,985,794 |
2,116,587 |
9 |
The Shape of Water |
Dec 1, 2017 |
Drama |
R |
$15,670,177 |
1,746,954 |
10 |
Moonlight |
Oct 21, 2016 |
Drama |
R |
$15,245,163 |
1,699,572 |
11 |
The Beguiled |
Jun 23, 2017 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$10,576,669 |
1,179,115 |
12 |
Live by Night |
Dec 25, 2016 |
Drama |
R |
$10,283,585 |
1,146,442 |
13 |
The Promise |
Apr 28, 2017 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$8,224,288 |
916,865 |
14 |
Birth of the Dragon |
Aug 25, 2017 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$6,901,965 |
769,449 |
15 |
Silence |
Dec 23, 2016 |
Drama |
R |
$6,789,497 |
756,911 |
16 |
Maudie |
Jun 16, 2017 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$6,170,998 |
687,959 |
17 |
20th Century Women |
Dec 25, 2016 |
Drama |
R |
$5,486,187 |
611,615 |
18 |
Call Me by Your Name |
Nov 24, 2017 |
Drama |
R |
$4,906,869 |
547,031 |
19 |
Their Finest |
Apr 7, 2017 |
Romantic Comedy |
R |
$3,603,484 |
401,726 |
20 |
Tulip Fever |
Sep 1, 2017 |
Drama |
R |
$2,455,635 |
273,761 |
21 |
Todos Queremos a Alguien |
Feb 17, 2017 |
Romantic Comedy |
PG-13 |
$1,915,789 |
213,577 |
22 |
Free Fire |
Apr 21, 2017 |
Action |
R |
$1,799,322 |
200,593 |
23 |
Fang Hua |
Dec 15, 2017 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$1,579,715 |
176,110 |
24 |
Wonder Wheel |
Dec 1, 2017 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$1,306,606 |
145,663 |
25 |
Lady Macbeth |
Jul 14, 2017 |
Drama |
R |
$1,129,408 |
125,909 |
26 |
Viceroy’s House |
Mar 3, 2017 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$1,105,717 |
123,268 |
27 |
Gunhamdo |
Jul 17, 2017 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$1,104,957 |
123,183 |
28 |
Wonderstruck |
Oct 20, 2017 |
Drama |
PG |
$1,033,632 |
115,232 |
29 |
Landline |
Jul 21, 2017 |
Comedy |
R |
$940,854 |
104,888 |
30 |
Frantz |
Mar 15, 2017 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$880,883 |
98,203 |
31 |
The Exception |
Jun 2, 2017 |
Drama |
R |
$708,972 |
79,038 |
32 |
Maurice |
Jan 1, 1987 |
Drama |
R |
$702,674 |
78,336 |
33 |
Titanic |
Dec 19, 1997 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$691,642 |
77,106 |
34 |
Novitiate |
Oct 27, 2017 |
Drama |
R |
$567,050 |
63,216 |
35 |
Bitter Harvest |
Feb 24, 2017 |
Drama |
R |
$557,241 |
62,122 |
36 |
Phantom Thread |
May 26, 2018 |
Drama |
R |
$527,840 |
58,845 |
37 |
Allied |
Nov 23, 2016 |
Drama |
R |
$499,123 |
55,643 |
38 |
Gook |
Aug 18, 2017 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$250,130 |
27,885 |
39 |
1945 |
Nov 1, 2017 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$243,701 |
27,168 |
40 |
The Ottoman Lieutenant |
Mar 10, 2017 |
Drama |
R |
$240,978 |
26,864 |
41 |
Railroad Tigers |
Jan 6, 2017 |
Action |
Not Rated |
$218,044 |
24,308 |
42 |
Past Life |
Jun 2, 2017 |
Thriller/Suspense |
Not Rated |
$180,099 |
20,077 |
43 |
Mugen no jûnin |
Nov 3, 2017 |
Action |
R |
$150,532 |
16,781 |
44 |
A Ga ssi |
May 25, 2016 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$126,503 |
14,102 |
45 |
Tim Timmerman: Hope of America |
Mar 3, 2017 |
Comedy |
PG-13 |
$97,787 |
10,901 |
46 |
Hostiles |
Dec 22, 2017 |
Western |
R |
$85,745 |
9,559 |
47 |
Daeripgun |
May 25, 2017 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$84,532 |
9,424 |
48 |
The Nile Hilton Incident |
Aug 11, 2017 |
Thriller/Suspense |
Not Rated |
$80,953 |
9,024 |
49 |
Učitelka |
Jul 22, 2016 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$64,437 |
7,183 |
50 |
God of War |
Jun 2, 2017 |
Action |
Not Rated |
$53,496 |
5,963 |
51 |
Die göttliche Ordnung |
Oct 27, 2017 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$52,480 |
5,850 |
52 |
Mal de Pierres |
Dec 9, 2016 |
Drama |
R |
$48,677 |
5,426 |
53 |
Kollektivet |
Apr 21, 2016 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$38,737 |
4,318 |
54 |
Une Vie |
May 5, 2017 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$37,626 |
4,194 |
55 |
Growing up Smith |
Feb 3, 2017 |
Comedy |
PG-13 |
$35,312 |
3,936 |
56 |
Sophie and the Rising Sun |
Jan 20, 2017 |
Drama |
R |
$34,630 |
3,860 |
57 |
Alone in Berlin |
Mar 3, 2017 |
Drama |
R |
$33,125 |
3,692 |
58 |
Léon Morin, prêtre |
Apr 17, 2009 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$18,869 |
2,103 |
59 |
Le Fidèle |
May 4, 2018 |
Drama |
R |
$16,429 |
1,831 |
60 |
xiu chun dao II: xiu luo zh… |
Jul 15, 2017 |
Action |
Not Rated |
$14,204 |
1,583 |
61 |
Brave New Jersey |
Aug 4, 2017 |
Comedy |
Not Rated |
$14,105 |
1,572 |
62 |
The Magnificent Seven |
Sep 23, 2016 |
Western |
PG-13 |
$12,402 |
1,383 |
63 |
Heat and Dust |
Sep 15, 1983 |
Drama |
R |
$12,227 |
1,363 |
64 |
Pasqualino Settebellezze |
Apr 14, 2017 |
Drama |
R |
$11,962 |
1,333 |
65 |
Ugetsu monogatari |
Mar 3, 2017 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$11,198 |
1,248 |
66 |
Permanent |
Dec 15, 2017 |
Comedy |
PG-13 |
$11,197 |
1,248 |
67 |
Painted Woman |
Nov 10, 2017 |
Western |
Not Rated |
$10,298 |
1,148 |
68 |
Pelle erobreren |
Dec 21, 1988 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$9,597 |
1,069 |
69 |
Amnesia |
Jul 21, 2017 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$8,700 |
969 |
70 |
The Ballad of Lefty Brown |
Dec 15, 2017 |
Western |
R |
$7,856 |
875 |
71 |
Kill Me, Deadly |
Apr 1, 2016 |
Multiple Genres |
Not Rated |
$5,936 |
661 |
72 |
Oro |
Nov 9, 2017 |
Adventure |
R |
$5,539 |
618 |
73 |
Ang Babaeng Humayo |
May 19, 2017 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$3,906 |
435 |
74 |
1898. Los últimos de Filipi… |
Dec 2, 2016 |
Drama |
R |
$2,848 |
318 |
75 |
Thrill Ride |
Dec 1, 2017 |
Adventure |
PG |
$2,226 |
248 |
Total Gross of All Movies | $940,120,451 | |
Total Tickets Sold | 104,807,151 |
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2017.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2017.
For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011.
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Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.
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