Political Campaign / Election
1978-Present
Row Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1
4
The Adjustment Bureau
Uni.
$62,495,645
2,847
$21,157,730
2,840
3/4/11
2
21
All the King's Men
Sony
$7,221,458
1,520
$3,672,366
1,514
9/22/06
3
5
The American President
Sony
$60,079,496
1,508
$10,014,558
1,508
11/17/95
4
12
Black Sheep
Par.
$32,417,995
2,092
$10,593,609
2,045
2/2/96
5
22
Bob Roberts
Par.
$4,479,470
306
$314,275
8
9/4/92
6
13
Bulworth
Fox
$26,528,185
2,051
$141,816
2
5/15/98
7
1
The Campaign
WB
$86,907,746
3,302
$26,588,460
3,205
8/10/12
8
33
Choose Connor
Strand
$5,788
2
$1,441
1
10/10/08
9
16
The Contender
DW
$17,872,723
1,639
$5,363,900
1,516
10/13/00
10
3
Dave
WB
$63,270,710
1,916
$7,306,755
1,155
5/7/93
11
6
The Distinguished Gentleman
BV
$46,666,502
1,984
$10,611,040
1,933
12/4/92
12
18
Election
Par.
$14,902,041
827
$119,080
6
4/23/99
13
30
Feed
OrC
$45,488
1
$11,448
1
10/7/92
14
31
Grassroots
Gold.
$12,356
2
$6,497
1
6/22/12
15
10
Head of State
DW
$38,125,247
2,256
$13,503,484
2,151
3/28/03
16
8
The Ides of March
Sony
$40,962,534
2,199
$10,470,143
2,199
10/7/11
17
32
The Last Party
Trit
$11,156
1
$4,088
1
8/27/93
18
11
Man of the Year
Uni.
$37,327,390
2,626
$12,299,380
2,515
10/13/06
19
2
The Manchurian Candidate
Par.
$65,955,630
2,867
$20,018,620
2,867
7/30/04
20
20
Nixon
BV
$13,681,765
977
$2,206,506
514
12/22/95
21
24
No (2013)
SPC
$2,276,226
99
$71,742
4
2/15/13
22
29
The Obama Effect
ArcEnt
$110,904
25
$83,896
25
7/13/12
23
28
A Perfect Candidate
7Art
$134,485
8
n/a
-
6/19/96
24
23
Power
Fox
$3,800,000
770
$1,854,200
770
1/31/86
25
9
Primary Colors
Uni.
$39,001,187
1,976
$12,045,395
1,965
3/20/98
26
15
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Uni.
$19,595,168
-
n/a
-
8/17/79
27
25
Silver City
NM
$1,020,656
162
$337,484
114
9/17/04
28
14
Speechless
MGM
$20,667,959
1,404
$3,969,048
1,404
12/16/94
29
27
Storyville
Fox
$422,503
19
$101,383
19
8/26/92
30
17
Swing Vote
BV
$16,289,867
2,213
$6,230,669
2,213
8/1/08
31
7
Wag the Dog
NL
$43,061,945
1,752
$92,079
3
12/25/97
32
26
The War Room
Oct.
$901,668
21
$15,264
1
11/3/93
33
19
Welcome to Mooseport
Fox
$14,470,947
2,868
$6,775,132
2,868
2/20/04
TOTAL (All Movies): $780,722,840 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $23,658,268 1,280 $5,635,803 1,141 - TOTAL (Wide Releases Only): $751,706,972 - - - - AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only): $35,795,570 1,981 $10,733,793 2,039 -
NOTE: The most obvious candidate for this chart, The Candidate , fell outside the 1978-Present parameters, but we'll try to find a gross for it and fold it in later. ""Campaign"" is used in the broadest sense here to include movies about the political games played, not just elections. If there are any movies that you think should be on this list, e-mail us at mail@boxofficemojo.com .