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Sports Drama 1976-Present Total Grosses Opening Weekends Rows: #1-100, #101-119 Row Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1 88 The Final Season Yari Film Group $1,159,691 1,011 $661,049 1,011 10/12/07 2 - Hurricane Season (formerly The Patriots) Weinstein Company n/a - n/a - 2009 3 1 The Blind Side Warner Bros. $255,959,475 3,407 $34,119,372 3,110 11/20/09 4 7 Million Dollar Baby Warner Bros. $100,492,203 2,375 $179,953 8 12/15/04 5 8 42 Warner Bros. $93,764,530 3,405 $27,487,144 3,003 4/12/13 6 14 Any Given Sunday Warner Bros. $75,530,832 2,505 $13,584,625 2,505 12/22/99 7 29 We Are Marshall Warner Bros. $43,545,364 2,606 $6,114,264 2,606 12/22/06 8 34 Trouble with the Curve Warner Bros. $35,763,137 3,212 $12,162,040 3,212 9/21/12 9 54 Vision Quest Warner Bros. $12,993,175 993 $2,651,665 993 2/15/85 10 56 Everybody's All-American Warner Bros. $12,638,294 1,123 $3,425,796 1,122 11/4/88 11 69 Personal Best Warner Bros. $5,672,311 236 $549,878 142 2/5/82 12 79 The Power of One Warner Bros. $2,827,107 143 $684,358 143 3/27/92 13 87 American Flyers Warner Bros. $1,420,355 5 $78,345 5 8/16/85 14 91 Cobb Warner Bros. $1,007,583 4 $63,786 4 12/2/94 15 92 Without Limits Warner Bros. $777,423 110 $56,180 5 9/11/98 16 72 Seven Days in Utopia Visio Entertainment $4,373,074 561 $1,316,910 561 9/2/11 17 - Guarding Eddy Unknown n/a - n/a - 10/28/05 18 4 Seabiscuit Universal $120,277,854 2,573 $20,854,735 1,989 7/25/03 19 17 Field of Dreams Universal $64,431,625 1,100 $531,346 22 4/21/89 20 19 Cinderella Man Universal $61,649,911 2,820 $18,320,205 2,812 6/3/05 21 20 Friday Night Lights Universal $61,255,921 3,004 $20,269,025 2,667 10/8/04 22 32 Blue Crush Universal $40,390,647 3,015 $14,169,455 3,002 8/16/02 23 35 For Love of the Game Universal $35,188,640 2,933 $13,041,685 2,829 9/17/99 24 47 The Babe Universal $17,530,973 1,568 $5,011,205 1,566 4/17/92 25 60 The Express Universal $9,793,406 2,810 $4,562,675 2,808 10/10/08 26 64 Running Universal $6,012,556 - n/a - 11/2/79 27 66 The Boxer Universal $5,980,578 523 $86,097 3 12/31/97 28 2 Rocky IV United Artists $127,873,716 2,254 $19,991,537 1,325 11/27/85 29 3 Rocky III United Artists $125,049,125 1,317 $12,431,486 939 5/28/82 30 5 Rocky United Artists $117,235,147 - n/a - 11/21/76 31 11 Rocky II United Artists $85,182,160 - $6,390,537 780 6/15/79 32 31 Rocky V United Artists $40,946,358 2,106 $14,073,170 2,053 11/16/90 33 51 Youngblood United Artists $15,448,384 1,354 $4,183,292 1,354 1/31/86 34 96 Madison United Artists $517,262 94 $268,370 93 4/22/05 35 98 Triumph of the Spirit Triumph $408,839 40 $33,963 3 12/8/89 36 27 The Natural TriStar $47,951,979 1,012 $5,088,381 989 5/11/84 37 28 Soul Surfer TriStar $43,853,424 2,240 $10,601,862 2,214 4/8/11 38 44 Rudy TriStar $22,750,363 1,465 $881,191 117 10/15/93 39 70 Wind TriStar $5,519,569 985 $2,204,590 982 9/11/92 40 89 Sugar Sony Classics $1,082,124 51 $60,140 11 4/3/09 41 97 The Damned United Sony Classics $449,865 45 $32,065 6 10/9/09 42 86 Girlfight Sony / Screen Gems $1,565,852 253 $197,896 28 9/29/00 43 12 Moneyball Sony / Columbia $75,605,492 3,018 $19,501,302 2,993 9/23/11 44 23 Ali Sony / Columbia $58,203,105 2,521 $14,710,892 2,446 12/25/01 45 33 Gridiron Gang Sony / Columbia $38,432,823 3,510 $14,414,630 3,504 9/15/06 46 59 Sunset Park Sony / Columbia $10,163,782 1,257 $4,705,440 1,257 4/26/96 47 63 Crossover Sony / Columbia $7,009,668 1,023 $3,767,567 1,023 9/1/06 48 26 Radio Sony (Revolution) $52,333,738 3,074 $13,303,724 3,074 10/24/03 49 102 Mickey Slugger Pictures $294,758 76 $75,235 42 4/30/04 50 113 Strength and Honor Slowhand Cinema $51,933 110 $51,933 110 12/7/07 51 78 Home Run Samuel Goldwyn $2,861,020 381 $1,582,466 381 4/19/13 52 99 The 5th Quarter Rocky Mountain Pictures $408,159 123 $202,342 123 3/25/11 53 111 Hardflip Rocky Mountain Pictures $96,734 22 $49,879 22 6/1/12 54 95 From Mexico with Love Roadside Attractions $548,787 279 $334,340 279 10/9/09 55 84 The Mighty Macs Quaker Media $1,891,936 975 $963,221 975 10/21/11 56 76 Gracie Picturehouse $2,956,339 1,164 $1,355,904 1,164 6/1/07 57 9 The Fighter Paramount $93,617,009 2,534 $300,010 4 12/10/10 58 16 Coach Carter Paramount $67,264,877 2,574 $24,182,961 2,524 1/14/05 59 25 Varsity Blues Paramount $52,894,169 2,364 $15,204,148 2,121 1/15/99 60 42 Blue Chips Paramount $23,070,663 1,980 $10,123,605 1,980 2/18/94 61 57 Victory Paramount $10,853,418 - n/a - 7/31/81 62 67 Against the Ropes Paramount $5,884,190 1,601 $3,038,546 1,601 2/20/04 63 101 Talent for the Game Paramount $336,396 60 $62,571 60 4/26/91 64 - The Rocket Palm n/a 1 n/a 1 11/30/07 65 38 Hoosiers Orion Pictures $28,607,524 1,048 $220,068 30 11/14/86 66 68 Eight Men Out Orion Pictures $5,680,515 349 $1,129,491 147 9/2/88 67 39 Love & Basketball New Line $27,459,615 1,245 $8,139,180 1,237 4/21/00 68 46 8 Seconds New Line $19,623,396 838 $3,369,037 836 2/25/94 69 50 Above the Rim New Line $16,192,320 891 $3,738,800 836 3/25/94 70 74 Price of Glory New Line $3,440,228 807 $1,611,833 802 3/31/00 71 83 The Basketball Diaries New Line $2,381,087 318 $765,335 317 4/21/95 72 55 Undisputed Miramax $12,764,657 1,117 $4,548,750 1,102 8/23/02 73 15 Rocky Balboa MGM $70,270,943 3,019 $12,158,168 3,017 12/20/06 74 37 The Champ MGM $30,441,738 - $1,972,684 563 4/4/79 75 41 Raging Bull MGM $23,383,987 - $128,590 4 11/14/80 76 108 The Flying Scotsman MGM $171,817 100 $78,337 100 5/4/07 77 112 Swimming Upstream MGM $54,965 17 $24,520 17 2/4/05 78 110 A Shot at Glory MAC Releasing $133,122 225 n/a - 5/10/02 79 53 Warrior Lionsgate $13,657,115 1,883 $5,242,107 1,869 9/9/11 80 62 Pride Lionsgate $7,057,600 1,518 $3,533,300 1,518 3/23/07 81 90 The Perfect Game IndustryWorks $1,037,071 417 $511,698 417 4/16/10 82 109 Knockout Independent Artists $169,503 110 $88,000 110 2/4/00 83 100 The Game of Their Lives IFC $375,750 64 $175,336 64 4/22/05 84 58 Facing the Giants IDP $10,178,331 441 $1,343,537 441 9/29/06 85 116 By the Sword Hansen Entertainment $6,220 9 $4,078 9 9/24/93 86 115 Fighting Tommy Riley Freestyle Releasing $10,514 5 $5,199 5 5/6/05 87 40 The Wrestler Fox Searchlight $26,238,243 776 $202,714 4 12/17/08 88 48 All the Right Moves Fox $17,233,166 909 $1,625,486 442 10/21/83 89 65 Chasing Mavericks Fox $6,002,756 2,030 $2,268,274 2,002 10/26/12 90 77 Phar Lap Fox $2,878,404 - n/a - 4/13/84 91 81 Streets of Gold Fox $2,546,238 797 $1,279,498 797 11/14/86 92 82 Tough Enough Fox $2,433,722 538 $725,117 538 3/25/83 93 103 The Boy in Blue Fox $275,000 44 $94,261 44 1/17/86 94 104 Heart Like a Wheel Fox $272,278 - n/a - 4/1/83 95 80 Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius Film Foundry $2,694,071 1,332 $1,233,297 1,332 4/30/04 96 36 The Legend of Bagger Vance DreamWorks $30,919,168 2,162 $11,516,712 2,061 11/3/00 97 93 Forever Strong Crane Movie Company $719,556 259 $218,090 259 9/19/08 98 22 Chariots of Fire Columbia $58,972,904 810 $68,907 3 9/25/81 99 61 Gladiator (1992) Columbia $9,223,441 1,356 $3,305,189 1,295 3/6/92 100 71 American Anthem Columbia $4,845,724 900 $1,867,969 900 6/27/86 TOTAL (All Movies): $3,238,033,939 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $27,914,086 1,197 $5,465,547 1,109 - TOTAL (Wide Releases Only): $2,901,454,334 - - - - AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only): $42,668,446 1,938 $10,083,970 1,891 - Rows: #1-100, #101-119 Total Grosses Opening Weekends If there are any movies that you think should be on this list, e-mail us at mail@boxofficemojo.com.

UPCOMING RELEASES Title (click to view) Studio Release Date When the Game Stands Tall TriS 9/19/14 Phenom SGem TBD