Genre box office
Ranked drama movies by reported worldwide gross, with budgets, gross-minus-budget and ROI where available.
| # | Movie | Year | Worldwide | Budget | Gross - budget | ROI | Studio / Distributor |
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| 121 |
Dangal
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2016 | $311.0M | $10.4M | $300.6M | 29.90x | Aamir Khan Productions |
| 122 |
The Blind Side
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2009 | $309.2M | $29.0M | $280.2M | 10.66x | Alcon Entertainment |
| 123 |
The Fault in Our Stars
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2014 | $307.2M | $14.0M | $293.2M | 21.94x | Tsg Entertainment |
| 124 |
The Pursuit of Happyness
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2006 | $307.1M | $55.0M | $252.1M | 5.58x | Escape Artists |
| 125 |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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1977 | $306.9M | $20.0M | $286.9M | 15.34x | Julia/Michael Phillips Productions |
| 126 |
Chicago
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2002 | $306.8M | $45.0M | $261.8M | 6.82x | Miramax |
| 127 |
Passengers
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2016 | $303.1M | $110.0M | $193.1M | 2.76x | Columbia Pictures |
| 128 |
Rocky IV
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1985 | $300.5M | $31.0M | $269.5M | 9.69x | United Artists |
| 129 |
Real Steel
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2011 | $299.3M | $110.0M | $189.3M | 2.72x | Dream Works Pictures |
| 130 |
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
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2016 | $296.5M | $110.0M | $186.5M | 2.70x | Chernin Entertainment |
| 131 |
Shutter Island
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2010 | $294.8M | $80.0M | $214.8M | 3.69x | Paramount Pictures |
| 132 |
The Boy and the Heron
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2023 | $294.2M | $50.0M | $244.2M | 5.88x | Studio Ghibli |
| 133 |
The Departed
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2006 | $291.5M | $90.0M | $201.5M | 3.24x | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| 134 |
What Lies Beneath
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2000 | $291.4M | $100.0M | $191.4M | 2.91x | Dream Works Pictures |
| 135 |
Sex and the City 2
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2010 | $290.7M | $100.0M | $190.7M | 2.91x | Village Roadshow Pictures |
| 136 |
Elvis
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2022 | $288.7M | $85.0M | $203.7M | 3.40x | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| 137 |
The Bourne Supremacy
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2004 | $288.5M | $75.0M | $213.5M | 3.85x | Universal Pictures |
| 138 |
The Green Mile
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1999 | $286.8M | $60.0M | $226.8M | 4.78x | Castle Rock Entertainment |
| 139 |
The Sound of Music
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1965 | $286.2M | $8.2M | $278.0M | 34.90x | Robert Wise Productions |
| 140 |
Elysium
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2013 | $286.1M | $115.0M | $171.1M | 2.49x | Tri Star Pictures |
| 141 |
Bridget Jones's Diary
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2001 | $281.9M | $25.0M | $256.9M | 11.28x | Universal Pictures |
| 142 |
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2002 | $277.4M | $70.0M | $207.4M | 3.96x | Revolution Studios |
| 143 |
Lincoln
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2012 | $275.3M | $65.0M | $210.3M | 4.24x | Dream Works Pictures |
| 144 |
Creed III
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2023 | $275.3M | $75.0M | $200.3M | 3.67x | Metro Goldwyn Mayer |
The Drama chart includes indexed movie records that currently carry the Drama genre label and available worldwide box office data.
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Yes. Genre movie lists are sorted by reported worldwide gross by default, with budget, gross-minus-budget and ROI shown where available.