TOP GROSSING MOVIES THAT NEVER HIT #1, THE TOP 5 OR TOP 10*
1982Present
Rank OR^ Title (click to view) Studio Top Rank Release Gross** Year^ 1
510
Everest (IMAX)
MFF
11
$87,178,599
1998
2
586
Space Station 3-D (IMAX)
Imax
13
$80,164,958
2002
3
601
The English Patient
Mira.
7
$78,676,425
1996
4
613
March of the Penguins
WIP
6
$77,437,223
2005
5
671
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Sum.
-
$72,700,000
2009
6
690
Chocolat
Mira.
7
$71,509,363
2000
7
691
Sideways
FoxS
8
$71,503,593
2004
8
865
Fantasia 2000 (35mm & IMAX)
BV
11
$60,655,420
2000^
9
927
The Cider House Rules
Mira.
6
$57,545,092
1999
10
926
Life Is Beautiful
Mira.
8
$57,247,384
1998^
11
959
The Queen
Mira.
9
$56,441,711
2006
12
1,006
P.S. I Love You
WB
6
$53,695,808
2007
13
1,019
T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (IMAX)
Imax
16
$53,161,885
1998
14
1,052
Finding Forrester
Sony
6
$51,804,714
2000
15
1,057
Finding Neverland
Mira.
8
$51,680,613
2004
16
1,048
Amadeus
Orion
6
$51,564,280
1984^
17
1,067
The Phantom of the Opera
WB
9
$51,268,815
2004
18
1,078
Atonement
Focus
9
$50,927,067
2007
19
1,092
Mighty Joe Young
BV
6
$50,632,037
1998
20
1,131
Bugsy
TriS
7
$49,114,016
1991
CHART NOTES
* Movies that never hit the top 5 on the weekend charts in a single release.
# Overall all time rank (rank includes multple releases, if any).
** Additional releases, if any, are not included in the gross total.
^ Indicates the movie has multiple theatrical releases.
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