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All Time Domestic Box Office for Historical Fiction Movies
See also: Top Historical Fiction International - Top Historical Fiction Worldwide - Top Historical Fiction Weekend Domestic - Top Historical Fiction Day Domestic
Other Domestic Creative Types records: Top Contemporary Fiction Domestic - Top Science Fiction Domestic - Top Kids Fiction Domestic - Top Super Hero Domestic - Top Fantasy Domestic - Top Dramatization Domestic - Top Factual Domestic
This chart contains the top 100 Historical Fiction movies based on the cumulative domestic box office.
See our Historical Fiction Theatrical Market Charts for more overviews regarding the domestic theatrical box office performance of Historical Fiction movies.
| Rank | Released | Movie | Domestic Box Office |
International Box Office |
Worldwide Box Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1997 | Titanic | $674,460,013 | $1,548,588,773 | $2,223,048,786 |
| 2 | 2006 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest | $423,315,812 | $641,163,499 | $1,064,479,311 |
| 3 | 1994 | Forrest Gump | $330,151,138 | $349,683,999 | $679,835,137 |
| 4 | 2017 | It | $328,828,874 | $375,300,000 | $704,128,874 |
| 5 | 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | $317,101,119 | $469,534,294 | $786,635,413 |
| 6 | 2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End | $309,420,425 | $650,260,790 | $959,681,215 |
| 7 | 2025 | Sinners | $279,989,632 | $88,300,000 | $368,289,632 |
| 8 | 2011 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | $241,071,802 | $804,642,000 | $1,045,713,802 |
| 9 | 1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | $225,686,079 | $141,765,835 | $367,451,914 |
| 10 | 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | $216,335,085 | $268,700,000 | $485,035,085 |
| 11 | 2007 | 300 | $210,614,939 | $243,546,996 | $454,161,935 |
| 12 | 2009 | Sherlock Holmes | $209,028,679 | $289,409,533 | $498,438,212 |
| 13 | 1939 | Gone with the Wind | $198,680,470 | $191,836,043 | $390,516,513 |
| 14 | 1989 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | $197,171,806 | $277,000,000 | $474,171,806 |
| 15 | 1978 | Grease | $188,620,000 | $205,658,547 | $394,278,547 |
| 16 | 2000 | Gladiator | $187,683,805 | $263,999,794 | $451,683,599 |
| 17 | 2011 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | $186,848,418 | $348,815,025 | $535,663,443 |
| 18 | 1990 | Dances with Wolves | $184,208,842 | $239,999,963 | $424,208,805 |
| 19 | 1984 | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | $179,880,271 | $153,200,000 | $333,080,271 |
| 20 | 2023 | Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | $174,480,468 | $209,482,589 | $383,963,057 |
| 21 | 2017 | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales | $172,558,876 | $622,302,918 | $794,861,794 |
| 22 | 2024 | Gladiator II | $172,438,016 | $287,942,395 | $460,380,411 |
| 23 | 2010 | True Grit | $171,243,005 | $81,033,923 | $252,276,928 |
| 24 | 1999 | Tarzan | $171,091,819 | $277,100,000 | $448,191,819 |
| 25 | 2002 | Chicago | $170,687,518 | $136,083,027 | $306,770,545 |
| 26 | 2011 | The Help | $169,705,587 | $43,414,417 | $213,120,004 |
| 27 | 1991 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | $165,493,908 | $225,006,092 | $390,500,000 |
| 28 | 1965 | The Sound of Music | $164,815,523 | $122,998,918 | $287,814,441 |
| 29 | 2012 | Django Unchained | $162,805,434 | $287,036,132 | $449,841,566 |
| 30 | 1973 | The Sting | $159,616,327 | $1,344 | $159,617,671 |
| 31 | 2019 | 1917 | $159,227,644 | $224,482,428 | $383,710,072 |
| 32 | 2012 | Les Misérables | $149,260,140 | $286,032,312 | $435,292,452 |
| 33 | 2013 | The Great Gatsby | $144,840,419 | $208,610,942 | $353,451,361 |
| 34 | 1995 | Pocahontas | $141,579,773 | $205,520,227 | $347,100,000 |
| 35 | 1986 | Platoon | $137,963,328 | $15,692 | $137,979,020 |
| 36 | 1999 | The Green Mile | $136,801,374 | $153,900,000 | $290,701,374 |
| 37 | 1972 | The Godfather | $136,479,994 | $133,527,400 | $270,007,394 |
| 38 | 2012 | Argo | $136,025,503 | $91,115,254 | $227,140,757 |
| 39 | 2004 | Troy | $133,298,577 | $349,853,463 | $483,152,040 |
| 40 | 1994 | The Flintstones | $130,531,208 | $227,968,792 | $358,500,000 |
| 41 | 2010 | Shutter Island | $128,012,934 | $171,448,848 | $299,461,782 |
| 42 | 2008 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | $127,509,326 | $202,122,632 | $329,631,958 |
| 43 | 2013 | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | $127,413,176 | $44,833,047 | $172,246,223 |
| 44 | 2016 | The Legend of Tarzan | $126,643,061 | $230,600,000 | $357,243,061 |
| 45 | 2012 | The Vow | $125,014,030 | $72,604,130 | $197,618,160 |
| 46 | 2012 | Life of Pi | $124,987,022 | $494,323,346 | $619,310,368 |
| 47 | 1987 | Good Morning Vietnam | $123,922,370 | $212 | $123,922,582 |
| 48 | 2009 | Inglourious Basterds | $120,774,594 | $196,027,687 | $316,802,281 |
| 49 | 1990 | The Hunt for Red October | $120,709,866 | $79,790,134 | $200,500,000 |
| 50 | 2004 | Van Helsing | $120,150,546 | $180,000,000 | $300,150,546 |
| 51 | 1974 | Blazing Saddles | $119,878,189 | $1,181 | $119,879,370 |
| 52 | 2007 | Hairspray | $118,871,849 | $83,951,012 | $202,822,861 |
| 53 | 2021 | Jungle Cruise | $116,987,516 | $93,482,287 | $210,469,803 |
| 54 | 1999 | Wild Wild West | $113,805,681 | $107,423,654 | $221,229,335 |
| 55 | 2000 | The Patriot | $113,330,342 | $101,969,658 | $215,300,000 |
| 56 | 1965 | Doctor Zhivago | $111,897,830 | $203,578 | $112,101,408 |
| 57 | 2003 | The Last Samurai | $111,110,575 | $345,700,000 | $456,810,575 |
| 58 | 1982 | Porky’s | $109,492,484 | $109,492,484 | |
| 59 | 2019 | Little Women | $108,095,955 | $110,742,431 | $218,838,386 |
| 60 | 1992 | A League of Their Own | $107,533,925 | $24,906,141 | $132,440,066 |
| 61 | 1989 | Driving Miss Daisy | $106,593,296 | $106,593,296 | |
| 62 | 2014 | 300: Rise of an Empire | $106,580,051 | $224,200,000 | $330,780,051 |
| 63 | 2010 | Robin Hood | $105,487,148 | $216,971,858 | $322,459,006 |
| 64 | 1994 | Interview with the Vampire | $105,341,412 | $118,300,000 | $223,641,412 |
| 65 | 2002 | Road to Perdition | $104,054,514 | $79,300,000 | $183,354,514 |
| 66 | 1990 | Dick Tracy | $103,738,726 | $59,000,000 | $162,738,726 |
| 67 | 2006 | Dreamgirls | $103,365,956 | $52,254,394 | $155,620,350 |
| 68 | 2017 | Murder on the Orient Express | $102,826,543 | $248,940,604 | $351,767,147 |
| 69 | 1969 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | $102,308,900 | $3,124 | $102,312,024 |
| 70 | 1994 | Maverick | $101,631,272 | $81,383,965 | $183,015,237 |
| 71 | 2014 | Noah | $101,200,044 | $251,631,021 | $352,831,065 |
| 72 | 1992 | Unforgiven | $101,157,447 | $58,000,000 | $159,157,447 |
| 73 | 1999 | Sleepy Hollow | $101,068,340 | $106,000,000 | $207,068,340 |
| 74 | 1998 | Shakespeare in Love | $100,317,794 | $179,182,206 | $279,500,000 |
| 75 | 1996 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | $100,138,851 | $225,361,149 | $325,500,000 |
| 76 | 1997 | Hercules | $99,112,101 | $151,587,899 | $250,700,000 |
| 77 | 2019 | Downton Abbey | $96,853,865 | $97,840,860 | $194,694,725 |
| 78 | 2001 | The Others | $96,566,509 | $111,242,369 | $207,808,878 |
| 79 | 2003 | Cold Mountain | $95,632,614 | $69,541,295 | $165,173,909 |
| 80 | 2008 | 10,000 B.C. | $94,784,201 | $174,281,477 | $269,065,678 |
| 81 | 1985 | The Color Purple | $94,029,472 | $94,029,472 | |
| 82 | 2003 | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | $93,926,386 | $118,985,751 | $212,912,137 |
| 83 | 1998 | The Mask of Zorro | $93,828,745 | $139,871,255 | $233,700,000 |
| 84 | 2016 | The Magnificent Seven | $93,432,655 | $68,689,987 | $162,122,642 |
| 85 | 2002 | Red Dragon | $92,955,420 | $113,500,000 | $206,455,420 |
| 86 | 2013 | The Lone Ranger | $89,302,115 | $170,700,000 | $260,002,115 |
| 87 | 2004 | Starsky & Hutch | $88,200,225 | $82,000,000 | $170,200,225 |
| 88 | 1979 | The Amityville Horror | $86,432,520 | $86,432,520 | |
| 89 | 2021 | Cruella | $86,103,234 | $139,706,829 | $225,810,063 |
| 90 | 2014 | Fury | $85,817,906 | $124,403,102 | $210,221,008 |
| 91 | 2014 | Annabelle | $84,273,813 | $172,583,714 | $256,857,527 |
| 92 | 2004 | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | $84,136,909 | $5,339,356 | $89,476,265 |
| 93 | 2005 | Brokeback Mountain | $84,111,816 | $93,937,102 | $178,048,918 |
| 94 | 1979 | Apocalypse Now | $83,628,547 | $2,413,297 | $86,041,844 |
| 95 | 1992 | Bram Stoker’s Dracula | $82,522,790 | $133,339,876 | $215,862,666 |
| 96 | 2006 | The Pink Panther | $82,226,474 | $76,700,000 | $158,926,474 |
| 97 | 1970 | M*A*S*H | $81,600,000 | $193 | $81,600,193 |
| 98 | 1999 | The Talented Mr. Ripley | $81,292,135 | $47,499,995 | $128,792,130 |
| 99 | 1991 | Fried Green Tomatoes | $81,204,830 | $81,204,830 | |
| 100 | 2003 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | $80,571,655 | $27,395,664 | $107,967,319 |
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.