Cross Dressing / Gender Bending
1982-Present(Movies where it's at the forefront, excluding animation and documentaries. Crying Game excluded as well because it wasn't promoted as such.)
Row Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1
11
Victor/Victoria
MGM
$28,215,453
615
$139,634
3
3/19/82
2
2
Tootsie
Col.
$177,200,000
1,222
$5,540,470
943
12/17/82
3
7
Yentl
MGM
$40,218,899
747
$3,050,219
501
11/18/83
4
17
Just One of the Guys
Col.
$11,528,900
1,215
$3,307,171
1,215
4/26/85
5
19
Nuns on the Run
Fox
$10,959,015
702
$658,835
76
3/16/90
6
12
Switch
WB
$15,545,943
1,013
$3,770,991
1,013
5/10/91
7
13
Ladybugs
Par.
$14,796,494
1,528
$5,180,414
1,528
3/27/92
8
24
Orlando
SPC
$5,377,643
78
$107,030
3
6/9/93
9
33
The Ballad of Little Jo
FL
$543,091
40
$20,773
3
8/20/93
10
31
M. Butterfly
WB
$1,498,795
120
$57,280
3
10/1/93
11
1
Mrs. Doubtfire
Fox
$219,195,243
2,354
$20,468,847
1,605
11/24/93
12
18
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Gram.
$11,220,670
192
$219,433
7
8/10/94
13
23
Ed Wood
BV
$5,887,457
623
$71,566
2
9/30/94
14
28
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
Sav.
$2,763,020
514
$900,782
350
8/25/95
15
9
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
Uni.
$36,474,193
1,489
$9,019,180
1,294
9/8/95
16
3
The Birdcage
MGM
$124,060,553
2,285
$18,275,828
1,950
3/8/96
17
15
The Associate
BV
$12,844,057
1,781
$4,261,304
1,781
10/25/96
18
36
Different for Girls
First
$300,645
16
$52,816
14
9/12/97
19
29
Ma Vie En Rose
SPC
$2,162,043
63
$76,212
14
12/26/97
20
16
Boys Don't Cry
FoxS
$11,540,607
365
$73,720
2
10/8/99
21
25
Flawless (1999)
MGM
$4,488,529
483
$1,590,155
478
11/26/99
22
4
Big Momma's House
Fox
$117,559,438
2,854
$25,661,041
2,802
6/2/00
23
26
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
FL
$3,067,312
101
$156,724
9
7/20/01
24
20
Sorority Boys
BV
$10,200,032
1,801
$4,127,903
1,801
3/22/02
25
34
The Triumph of Love
ParC
$447,267
51
$60,507
18
4/17/02
26
14
Juwanna Mann
WB
$13,670,733
1,325
$5,474,270
1,325
6/21/02
27
38
All the Queen's Men
Strand
$23,662
17
$15,026
17
10/25/02
28
35
Masti
Eros
$308,566
29
$162,687
27
4/9/04
29
22
Connie and Carla
Uni.
$8,085,771
1,016
$3,254,940
1,014
4/16/04
30
37
Wasabi Tuna
Cafe
$58,667
1
$7,631
1
5/7/04
31
5
White Chicks
Sony
$70,831,760
2,800
$19,676,748
2,726
6/23/04
32
32
Breakfast on Pluto
SPC
$828,699
125
$33,279
3
11/16/05
33
21
Transamerica
Wein.
$9,015,303
656
$46,908
2
12/2/05
34
6
Big Momma's House 2
Fox
$70,165,972
3,261
$27,736,056
3,261
1/27/06
35
10
She's the Man
P/DW
$33,741,133
2,631
$10,730,372
2,623
3/17/06
36
30
Kinky Boots
Mira.
$1,822,428
127
$77,529
9
4/14/06
37
39
Cut Sleeve Boys
Reg.
$13,875
4
$1,982
1
8/10/07
38
8
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Fox
$37,915,414
2,821
$16,300,803
2,821
2/18/11
39
27
Albert Nobbs
RAtt.
$3,014,696
245
$696,088
245
1/27/12
TOTAL (All Movies): $1,117,591,978 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $28,656,205 957 $4,899,055 807 - TOTAL (Wide Releases Only): $1,068,111,763 - - - - AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only): $50,862,465 1,654 $11,424,146 1,856 -
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