Genre Keyword: Controversial

Rank Title Lifetime GrossMax TheatersOpeningOpen ThRelease DateDistributor
1The Passion of the Christ$370,274,6043,408$83,848,0823,043Feb 25, 2004Newmarket Films
2Joker$335,451,3114,374$96,202,3374,374Oct 4, 2019Warner Bros.
3The Da Vinci Code$217,536,1383,757$77,073,3883,735May 19, 2006Sony Pictures Releasing
4The Day After Tomorrow$186,740,7993,444$68,743,5843,425May 28, 2004Twentieth Century Fox
5Django Unchained$162,805,4343,012$30,122,8883,010Dec 25, 2012The Weinstein Company
6True Lies$146,282,4112,561$25,869,7702,368Jul 15, 1994Twentieth Century Fox
7Angels & Demons$133,375,8463,527$46,204,1683,527May 15, 2009Sony Pictures Releasing
8Ghostbusters$128,350,5743,963$46,018,7553,963Jul 15, 2016Sony Pictures Releasing
9Fahrenheit 9/11$119,194,7712,011$23,920,637868Jun 23, 2004Lionsgate Films
10Basic Instinct$117,727,2241,884$15,129,3851,567Mar 20, 1992TriStar Pictures
11The Wolf of Wall Street$116,900,6942,557$18,361,5782,537Dec 25, 2013Paramount Pictures
12Noah$101,200,0443,571$43,720,4723,567Mar 28, 2014Paramount Pictures
13Zero Dark Thirty$95,720,7162,946$417,1505Dec 19, 2012Sony Pictures Releasing
14Green Book$85,080,1712,648$320,42925Nov 16, 2018Universal Pictures
15Brokeback Mountain$83,043,7612,089$547,4255Dec 9, 2005Focus Features
16Barbershop$75,782,1052,176$20,627,4331,605Sep 13, 2002Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
17JFK$70,405,4981,395$5,223,6581,164Dec 20, 1991Warner Bros.
18World Trade Center$70,278,8933,021$18,730,7622,957Aug 9, 2006Paramount Pictures
19The Golden Compass$70,107,7283,528$26,125,0003,528Dec 7, 2007New Line Cinema
20A Dog's Purpose$64,508,6203,178$18,222,8103,059Jan 27, 2017Universal Pictures
21Brüno$60,054,5302,759$30,619,1302,756Jul 10, 2009Universal Pictures
2213 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi$52,853,2192,917$16,194,7382,389Jan 15, 2016Paramount Pictures
23The Predator$51,024,7084,070$24,632,2844,037Sep 14, 2018Twentieth Century Fox
24Natural Born Killers$50,282,7661,904$11,166,6871,510Aug 26, 1994Warner Bros.
25Kick-Ass$48,071,3033,065$19,828,6873,065Apr 16, 2010Lionsgate Films
26The Great Wall$45,540,8303,328$18,469,6203,326Feb 17, 2017Universal Pictures
27Thelma & Louise$45,360,9151,180$6,101,2971,179May 24, 1991Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
28First Man$44,936,5453,640$16,006,0653,640Oct 12, 2018Universal Pictures
29The Siege$40,981,2892,582$13,931,2852,541Nov 6, 1998Twentieth Century Fox
30Fight Club$37,030,1021,966$11,035,4851,963Oct 15, 1999Twentieth Century Fox
31Jungle Fever$32,482,682844$5,332,860636Jun 7, 1991Universal Pictures
32United 93$31,483,4501,871$11,478,3601,795Apr 28, 2006Universal Pictures
33Powder$30,862,1561,621$7,146,9731,592Oct 27, 1995Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
34Dogma$30,652,8901,292$8,669,9451,269Nov 12, 1999Lionsgate Films
35W.$25,534,4932,050$10,505,6682,030Oct 17, 2008Lionsgate Films
36All the Money in the World$25,113,7072,123$5,584,6842,074Dec 25, 2017TriStar Pictures
37The Program$23,032,5651,661$6,821,9311,653Sep 24, 1993Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
38Richard Jewell$22,345,5422,502$4,705,2652,502Dec 13, 2019Warner Bros.
39Bowling for Columbine$21,576,018248$209,1488Oct 11, 2002United Artists
40Battlefield Earth$21,471,6853,307$11,548,8983,307May 12, 2000Warner Bros.
41The Birth of a Nation$15,861,5662,105$7,004,2542,105Oct 7, 2016-
42Religulous$13,011,160568$3,409,643502Oct 1, 2008Lionsgate Films
43The Last Temptation of Christ$8,373,585123$401,2119Aug 12, 1988Universal Pictures
44The Promise$8,224,2882,251$4,095,7182,251Apr 21, 2017Open Road Films (II)
45Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed$7,720,4871,052$2,970,8481,052Apr 18, 2008Rocky Mountain Pictures
46Kids$7,412,216187$85,7092Jul 21, 1995Miramax
47The Brothers Grimsby$6,874,8372,235$3,258,3272,235Mar 11, 2016Sony Pictures Releasing
48The Interview$6,105,175581$1,794,666331Dec 25, 2014Sony Pictures Releasing
49Death of a Nation$5,885,8811,005$2,356,5221,005Aug 3, 2018-
50The Transformers: The Movie$5,849,647990$1,779,559990Aug 8, 1986De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
51The Hunt$5,812,5003,028$5,304,4553,028Mar 13, 2020Universal Pictures
52Inchon$5,200,9861,291$2,326,1121,291Sep 17, 1982Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
53Priest$4,165,845154$113,4308Mar 24, 1995Miramax
54An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power$3,496,795556$124,8234Jul 28, 2017Paramount Pictures
55Bad Lieutenant$2,000,0222$47,4542Nov 20, 1992Aries Films
56Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe$1,163,26595$28,3391Apr 1, 2016Cinema Libre Studio
57The Pope Must Diet$582,510169$264,147169Aug 30, 1991Miramax
58The Brown Bunny$366,30119$50,6013Aug 27, 2004Wellspring Media
59Stonewall$187,674129$112,834129Sep 25, 2015Roadside Attractions
60Hounddog$131,96111$13,74411Sep 19, 2008Empire Pictures Inc.