Genre Keyword: Contemporary Novel Adaptation

Rank Title Lifetime GrossMax TheatersOpeningOpen ThRelease DateDistributor
1The Da Vinci Code$217,536,1383,757$77,073,3883,735May 19, 2006Sony Pictures Releasing
2The Firm$158,348,3672,393$25,400,0002,393Jul 2, 1993Paramount Pictures
3Contact$100,920,3292,314$20,584,9081,923Jul 11, 1997Warner Bros.
4Disclosure$83,015,0892,168$10,068,1261,675Dec 9, 1994Warner Bros.
5Fried Green Tomatoes$82,418,5011,331$105,3175Dec 27, 1991Universal Pictures
6The Notebook$81,001,7872,323$13,464,7452,303Jun 25, 2004New Line Cinema
7The Horse Whisperer$75,383,5632,362$13,685,4882,039May 15, 1998Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
8Bridget Jones's Diary$71,543,4272,547$10,733,9331,611Apr 13, 2001Miramax
9The Bridges of Madison County$71,516,6171,986$10,519,2571,805Jun 2, 1995Warner Bros.
10A Dog's Purpose$64,508,6203,178$18,222,8103,059Jan 27, 2017Universal Pictures
11Memoirs of a Geisha$57,490,5081,654$682,5048Dec 9, 2005Sony Pictures Releasing
12Primary Colors$39,001,1871,976$12,045,3951,965Mar 20, 1998Universal Pictures
13Ben-Hur$26,410,4773,084$11,203,8153,084Aug 19, 2016Paramount Pictures
14Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil$25,105,2551,312$5,233,658824Nov 21, 1997Warner Bros.
15Beloved$22,852,4871,571$8,165,5511,501Oct 16, 1998Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
16The Bonfire of the Vanities$15,691,1921,395$4,216,0631,373Dec 22, 1990Warner Bros.
17The Shipping News$11,434,216434$1,205,174186Dec 25, 2001Miramax
18The Celestine Prophecy$617,23619$25,2972Apr 19, 2006RAM Entertainment
19Madame Bovary$44,23515$20,84115Jun 12, 2015Alchemy