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Genres

Drama - Summer

Serious Dramas that Debuted in the Summer
1982-Present



Rows: #1-100, #101-119
RowRankTitle (click to view)StudioLifetime Gross / TheatersOpening / TheatersDate
1 3 Pearl Harbor Buena Vista $198,542,554 3,255 $59,078,912 3,214 5/25/01
2 7 The Help Buena Vista $169,708,112 3,014 $26,044,590 2,534 8/10/11
3 15 Phenomenon Buena Vista $104,636,382 2,139 $16,158,901 1,637 7/5/96
4 20 Dead Poets Society Buena Vista $95,860,116 1,109 $340,456 8 6/2/89
5 26 The Horse Whisperer Buena Vista $75,383,563 2,362 $13,685,488 2,039 5/15/98
6 34 Open Range Buena Vista $58,331,254 2,268 $14,047,781 2,075 8/15/03
7 42 When a Man Loves a Woman Buena Vista $50,021,959 1,511 $651,700 19 4/29/94
8 45 G.I. Jane Buena Vista $48,169,156 2,043 $11,094,241 1,945 8/22/97
9 54 What's Love Got to Do with It Buena Vista $39,100,956 1,100 $1,222,718 58 6/11/93
10 55 The Doctor Buena Vista $38,120,905 958 $165,392 6 7/26/91
11 59 Instinct Buena Vista $34,105,207 2,129 $10,390,387 2,059 6/4/99
12 73 He Got Game Buena Vista $21,567,853 1,414 $7,610,663 1,319 5/1/98
13 91 People Like Us Buena Vista $12,434,778 2,055 $4,255,423 2,055 6/29/12
14 102 Tex Buena Vista $7,400,000 - n/a - 7/30/82
15 103 Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken Buena Vista $7,294,835 1,662 $2,710,416 1,662 5/24/91
16 109 The Rescue Buena Vista $5,855,392 1,275 $2,194,037 1,275 8/5/88
17 35 Boyz N the Hood Columbia $57,504,069 931 $10,023,462 829 7/12/91
18 38 La Bamba Columbia $54,215,416 1,251 $5,651,990 1,251 7/24/87
19 40 Stand by Me Columbia $52,287,414 848 $242,795 16 8/8/86
20 56 St. Elmo's Fire Columbia $37,803,872 1,207 $6,128,157 1,204 6/28/85
21 62 Silverado Columbia $32,192,570 1,190 $3,522,897 1,168 7/12/85
22 68 Poetic Justice Columbia $27,515,786 1,285 $11,728,455 1,273 7/23/93
23 78 Casualties of War Columbia $18,671,317 1,487 $5,201,261 1,487 8/18/89
24 80 Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling Columbia $18,034,150 1,203 $4,879,107 1,203 5/2/86
25 113 American Anthem Columbia $4,845,724 900 $1,867,969 900 6/27/86
26 115 Return to the Blue Lagoon Columbia $2,807,854 1,246 $1,277,428 1,246 8/2/91
27 2 Saving Private Ryan DreamWorks $216,540,909 2,807 $30,576,104 2,463 7/24/98
28 4 Gladiator DreamWorks $187,705,427 3,188 $34,819,017 2,938 5/5/00
29 16 Road to Perdition DreamWorks $104,454,762 2,332 $22,079,481 1,797 7/12/02
30 23 The Terminal DreamWorks $77,872,883 2,914 $19,053,199 2,811 6/18/04
31 84 One Day Focus Features $13,843,771 1,725 $5,079,566 1,719 8/19/11
32 90 Evening Focus Features $12,492,481 979 $3,501,971 977 6/29/07
33 32 Courage Under Fire Fox $59,031,057 2,001 $12,501,586 1,986 7/12/96
34 43 A Walk in the Clouds Fox $50,008,143 1,755 $9,526,010 1,534 8/11/95
35 47 Kingdom of Heaven Fox $47,398,413 3,219 $19,635,996 3,216 5/6/05
36 60 Dying Young Fox $33,669,178 1,552 $9,725,885 1,552 6/21/91
37 87 The Tree of Life Fox Searchlight $13,303,319 237 $372,920 4 5/27/11
38 88 Beasts of the Southern Wild Fox Searchlight $12,795,746 318 $169,702 4 6/27/12
39 104 Panther Gramercy $6,834,525 713 $2,354,847 713 5/5/95
40 37 Crash Lions Gate $54,580,300 1,905 $9,107,071 1,864 5/6/05
41 49 Thelma and Louise MGM $45,360,915 1,180 $6,101,297 1,179 5/24/91
42 53 Windtalkers MGM $40,914,068 2,898 $14,520,412 2,898 6/14/02
43 57 Autumn in New York MGM $37,761,915 2,282 $10,987,006 2,255 8/11/00
44 108 Deuces Wild MGM $6,080,065 1,480 $2,704,682 1,480 5/3/02
45 50 Cop Land Miramax $44,862,187 2,233 $13,510,482 2,233 8/15/97
46 79 Becoming Jane Miramax $18,670,946 1,210 $972,066 100 8/3/07
47 89 Undisputed Miramax $12,764,657 1,117 $4,548,750 1,102 8/23/02
48 93 The Great Raid Miramax $10,167,373 920 $3,376,009 819 8/12/05
49 96 Mrs. Brown Miramax $9,229,808 432 $76,268 6 7/18/97
50 107 Brideshead Revisited Miramax $6,432,256 501 $339,616 33 7/25/08
51 21 The Notebook New Line $81,001,787 2,323 $13,464,745 2,303 6/25/04
52 66 Menace II Society New Line $27,912,072 581 $3,816,393 464 5/28/93
53 75 Corrina, Corrina New Line $20,164,171 972 $3,811,258 698 8/12/94
54 92 Pump Up the Volume New Line $11,541,758 821 $1,601,489 799 8/24/90
55 74 Whale Rider Newmarket $20,779,666 556 $137,418 9 6/6/03
56 86 Great Balls of Fire! Orion Pictures $13,741,060 1,417 $3,807,986 1,417 6/30/89
57 1 Forrest Gump Paramount $329,694,499 2,365 $24,450,602 1,595 7/6/94
58 8 The Truman Show Paramount $125,618,201 2,911 $31,542,121 2,315 6/5/98
59 24 The Untouchables Paramount $76,270,454 1,501 $10,023,094 1,012 6/5/87
60 25 Braveheart Paramount $75,609,945 2,037 $9,938,276 2,035 5/24/95
61 28 World Trade Center Paramount $70,278,893 3,021 $18,730,762 2,957 8/9/06
62 41 Breakdown Paramount $50,159,144 2,348 $12,307,128 2,108 5/2/97
63 51 Regarding Henry Paramount $43,001,500 1,090 $6,146,782 800 7/12/91
64 58 K-19: The Widowmaker Paramount $35,168,966 2,830 $12,778,459 2,828 7/19/02
65 76 Tucker: The Man and His Dream Paramount $19,652,638 720 $3,709,562 720 8/12/88
66 85 Hamburger Hill Paramount $13,839,404 814 $3,360,705 814 8/28/87
67 94 The Two Jakes Paramount $10,005,969 1,206 $3,729,149 1,206 8/10/90
68 95 Night Falls on Manhattan Paramount $9,889,670 758 $2,933,255 758 5/16/97
69 97 A Mighty Heart Paramount Vantage $9,176,787 1,355 $3,948,863 1,355 6/22/07
70 100 El Cantante Picturehouse $7,556,712 542 $3,202,035 542 8/3/07
71 106 Winter's Bone Roadside Attractions $6,531,503 141 $84,797 4 6/11/10
72 118 September Dawn Slowhand Cinema $1,066,555 857 $601,857 857 8/24/07
73 11 The Patriot Sony / Columbia $113,330,342 3,061 $22,413,710 3,061 6/28/00
74 13 A League of Their Own Sony / Columbia $107,533,928 2,084 $13,739,456 1,782 7/1/92
75 65 Baby Boy Sony / Columbia $28,734,552 1,533 $8,606,403 1,533 6/27/01
76 81 Center Stage Sony / Columbia $17,200,925 1,506 $4,604,621 1,506 5/12/00
77 105 I Dreamed of Africa Sony / Columbia $6,651,522 2,112 $2,411,445 2,112 5/5/00
78 116 Frozen River Sony Classics $2,511,476 96 $70,234 7 8/1/08
79 119 Before Midnight Sony Classics $71,400 5 n/a 5 5/24/13
80 82 The Hurt Locker Summit Entertainment $17,017,811 535 $145,352 4 6/26/09
81 117 A Better Life Summit Entertainment $1,759,252 216 $62,087 4 6/24/11
82 46 The Natural TriStar $47,951,979 1,012 $5,088,381 989 5/11/84
83 61 Nothing in Common TriStar $32,324,557 980 $3,279,650 618 8/1/86
84 112 Gardens of Stone TriStar $5,262,047 612 $1,645,588 612 5/8/87
85 6 Apollo 13 Universal $173,837,933 2,347 $25,353,380 2,197 6/30/95
86 10 Seabiscuit Universal $120,277,854 2,573 $20,854,735 1,989 7/25/03
87 19 Public Enemies Universal $97,104,620 3,336 $25,271,675 3,334 7/1/09
88 29 Field of Dreams Universal $64,431,625 1,100 $531,346 22 4/21/89
89 31 Cinderella Man Universal $61,649,911 2,820 $18,320,205 2,812 6/3/05
90 33 Far and Away Universal $58,883,840 1,885 $10,194,520 1,583 5/22/92
91 63 Charlie St. Cloud Universal $31,162,545 2,725 $12,381,585 2,718 7/30/10
92 67 Do the Right Thing Universal $27,545,445 534 $3,563,535 353 6/30/89
93 69 Captain Corelli's Mandolin Universal $25,543,895 1,612 $7,209,345 1,595 8/17/01
94 77 Georgia Rule Universal $19,103,072 2,531 $6,773,870 2,523 5/11/07
95 83 Mo' Better Blues Universal $16,153,593 572 $4,387,360 544 8/3/90
96 5 The Perfect Storm Warner Bros. $182,618,434 3,407 $41,325,042 3,407 6/30/00
97 12 A Time to Kill Warner Bros. $108,766,007 2,313 $14,823,159 2,123 7/26/96
98 14 The Great Gatsby (2013) Warner Bros. $104,687,000 3,550 $50,085,185 3,535 5/10/13
99 17 Unforgiven Warner Bros. $101,157,447 2,087 $15,018,007 2,071 8/7/92
100 18 Contact Warner Bros. $100,920,329 2,314 $20,584,908 1,923 7/11/97
TOTAL (All Movies):$5,849,931,405----
AVERAGE (All Movies):$49,159,0871,636$9,746,2091,478-
TOTAL
(Wide Releases Only):		$5,637,398,525----
AVERAGE
(Wide Releases Only):		$55,268,6131,850$12,062,8281,809-
Rows: #1-100, #101-119


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