Market Charts > 2023 > Genres > Drama
Domestic Box Office Performance for Drama Movies in 2023
| Rank | Movie | Release
Date |
Theatrical
Distributor | MPAA
Rating | 2023 Gross | Tickets Sold |
|---|
| 1 |
Oppenheimer |
Jul 21, 2023 |
Universal |
R |
$326,101,370 |
29,808,169 |
| 2 |
Creed III |
Mar 3, 2023 |
MGM |
PG-13 |
$156,248,615 |
14,282,323 |
| 3 |
Napoleon |
Nov 22, 2023 |
Sony Pictures |
R |
$60,534,093 |
5,533,281 |
| 4 |
AIR |
Apr 5, 2023 |
Amazon Studios |
R |
$52,460,106 |
4,795,256 |
| 5 |
Jesus Revolution |
Feb 24, 2023 |
Lionsgate |
PG-13 |
$52,102,987 |
4,762,613 |
| 6 |
The Boys in the Boat |
Dec 25, 2023 |
Amazon MGM Studios |
PG-13 |
$21,998,472 |
2,010,829 |
| 7 |
Priscilla |
Oct 27, 2023 |
A24 |
R |
$20,864,910 |
1,907,213 |
| 8 |
The Blind |
Sep 28, 2023 |
Fathom Events |
PG-13 |
$17,265,487 |
1,578,198 |
| 9 |
The Iron Claw |
Dec 22, 2023 |
A24 |
R |
$15,964,922 |
1,459,316 |
| 10 |
Titanic |
Dec 19, 1997 |
Paramount Pictures |
PG-13 |
$15,096,069 |
1,379,897 |
| 11 |
The Whale |
Dec 21, 2022 |
A24 |
R |
$12,119,244 |
1,107,792 |
| 12 |
His Only Son |
Mar 31, 2023 |
Angel Studios |
PG-13 |
$12,084,084 |
1,104,578 |
| 13 |
Past Lives |
Jun 2, 2023 |
A24 |
PG-13 |
$10,950,663 |
1,000,975 |
| 14 |
Ferrari |
Dec 25, 2023 |
Neon |
R |
$10,778,480 |
985,236 |
| 15 |
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Da… |
Dec 23, 2022 |
Sony Pictures |
PG-13 |
$10,451,167 |
955,317 |
| 16 |
Radical |
Nov 3, 2023 |
Pantelion Films |
PG-13 |
$8,636,299 |
789,424 |
| 17 |
The Hill |
Aug 25, 2023 |
Briarcliff Entert… |
PG |
$7,665,865 |
700,719 |
| 18 |
Babylon |
Dec 23, 2022 |
Paramount Pictures |
R |
$6,575,328 |
601,035 |
| 19 |
The Fabelmans |
Nov 11, 2022 |
Universal |
PG-13 |
$5,541,550 |
506,540 |
| 20 |
The Chosen Season 3 Finale |
Feb 2, 2023 |
Fathom Events |
Not Rated |
$5,525,069 |
505,034 |
| 21 |
Big George Foreman: The Mir… |
Apr 28, 2023 |
Sony Pictures |
PG-13 |
$5,426,772 |
496,049 |
| 22 |
Women Talking |
Dec 23, 2022 |
United Artists |
PG-13 |
$5,321,627 |
486,438 |
| 23 |
The Way |
Oct 7, 2011 |
Fathom Events |
PG-13 |
$4,998,213 |
456,875 |
| 24 |
Golda |
Aug 25, 2023 |
|
PG-13 |
$4,801,781 |
438,920 |
| 25 |
Anatomie d’une chute |
Oct 13, 2023 |
Neon |
R |
$3,747,821 |
342,580 |
| 26 |
Chevalier |
Apr 21, 2023 |
Searchlight Pictures |
PG-13 |
$3,541,159 |
323,689 |
| 27 |
A Thousand and One |
Mar 31, 2023 |
Focus Features |
R |
$3,400,020 |
310,788 |
| 28 |
Living |
Dec 23, 2022 |
Sony Pictures Cla… |
PG-13 |
$2,979,763 |
272,373 |
| 29 |
Chocolat |
Mar 10, 1989 |
Janus Films |
PG-13 |
$2,349,401 |
214,753 |
| 30 |
A Good Person |
Mar 24, 2023 |
MGM |
R |
$2,210,465 |
202,053 |
| 31 |
Jules |
Aug 11, 2023 |
Bleecker Street |
PG-13 |
$1,924,922 |
175,953 |
| 32 |
The Banshees of Inisherin |
Oct 21, 2022 |
Searchlight Pictures |
R |
$1,555,301 |
142,166 |
| 33 |
An Cailín Ciúin |
Feb 24, 2023 |
Super LTD |
PG-13 |
$1,500,014 |
137,113 |
| 34 |
Eileen |
Dec 1, 2023 |
Neon |
R |
$1,425,273 |
130,281 |
| 35 |
TÁR |
Oct 7, 2022 |
Focus Features |
R |
$1,193,875 |
109,129 |
| 36 |
Close |
Jan 27, 2023 |
A24 |
PG-13 |
$1,100,114 |
100,559 |
| 37 |
Emily |
Feb 17, 2023 |
Bleecker Street |
R |
$1,097,067 |
100,280 |
| 38 |
Waltair Veerayya |
Jan 13, 2023 |
Friday Entertainment |
Not Rated |
$1,080,000 |
98,720 |
| 39 |
beurokeo (브로커) |
Dec 26, 2022 |
Neon |
R |
$1,001,891 |
91,581 |
| 40 |
Le Mépris |
Dec 18, 1964 |
Rialto Pictures |
Not Rated |
$924,087 |
84,469 |
| 41 |
Hidden Blade (无名) |
Feb 17, 2023 |
Well Go USA |
Not Rated |
$803,189 |
73,418 |
| 42 |
Retour à Séoul |
Feb 17, 2023 |
Sony Pictures Cla… |
R |
$798,774 |
73,014 |
| 43 |
Showing Up |
Apr 7, 2023 |
A24 |
R |
$754,483 |
68,966 |
| 44 |
How to Blow Up a Pipeline |
Apr 7, 2023 |
Neon |
Not Rated |
$750,010 |
68,557 |
| 45 |
Kuolleet lehdet |
Nov 17, 2023 |
MUBI |
Not Rated |
$664,762 |
60,764 |
| 46 |
EO |
Nov 18, 2022 |
Janus Films |
Not Rated |
$629,087 |
57,503 |
| 47 |
Corsage |
Dec 23, 2022 |
IFC Films |
Not Rated |
$629,049 |
57,500 |
| 48 |
Aftersun |
Oct 21, 2022 |
A24 |
R |
$609,419 |
55,706 |
| 49 |
Mirando al Cielo |
Apr 17, 2023 |
Fathom Events |
Not Rated |
$578,323 |
52,863 |
| 50 |
Scarface |
Dec 9, 1983 |
Fathom Events |
R |
$558,600 |
51,060 |
| 51 |
Of an Age |
Feb 17, 2023 |
Focus Features |
R |
$556,585 |
50,876 |
| 52 |
Passages |
Aug 4, 2023 |
MUBI |
Not Rated |
$551,611 |
50,421 |
| 53 |
Sweetwater |
Apr 14, 2023 |
Briarcliff Entert… |
PG-13 |
$541,633 |
49,509 |
| 54 |
The Zone of Interest |
Dec 15, 2023 |
A24 |
PG-13 |
$463,787 |
42,394 |
| 55 |
The Son |
Jan 20, 2023 |
Sony Pictures Cla… |
PG-13 |
$449,650 |
41,101 |
| 56 |
Aristotle and Dante Discove… |
Sep 8, 2023 |
Blue Fox Entertai… |
PG-13 |
$407,838 |
37,280 |
| 57 |
Mending the Line |
Jun 9, 2023 |
Blue Fox Entertai… |
R |
$379,890 |
34,725 |
| 58 |
Elvis |
Jun 24, 2022 |
Warner Bros. |
PG-13 |
$376,105 |
34,379 |
| 59 |
All of Us Strangers |
Dec 22, 2023 |
Searchlight Pictures |
R |
$346,515 |
31,674 |
| 60 |
Mother Teresa & Me |
Oct 5, 2023 |
Fathom Events |
Not Rated |
$345,937 |
31,621 |
| 61 |
Farewell My Concubine (霸王別姬… |
Oct 13, 1993 |
Film Movement |
R |
$321,788 |
29,414 |
| 62 |
Joyland |
Apr 7, 2023 |
Oscilloscope Pict… |
Not Rated |
$304,675 |
27,850 |
| 63 |
Dreamin’ Wild |
Aug 4, 2023 |
Roadside Attractions |
PG |
$303,164 |
27,712 |
| 64 |
Le otto montagne |
Apr 28, 2023 |
Janus Films |
Not Rated |
$302,456 |
27,647 |
| 65 |
Southern Gospel |
Mar 10, 2023 |
Iconic Releasing |
PG-13 |
$293,436 |
26,822 |
| 66 |
Blue Giant |
Oct 8, 2023 |
GKIDS |
Not Rated |
$266,645 |
24,373 |
| 67 |
American Graffiti |
Aug 11, 1973 |
Fathom Events |
PG |
$265,985 |
24,313 |
| 68 |
Empire of Light |
Dec 9, 2022 |
Searchlight Pictures |
R |
$260,974 |
23,855 |
| 69 |
Afire |
Jul 14, 2023 |
Janus Films |
Not Rated |
$244,803 |
22,377 |
| 70 |
Il conformista |
Oct 22, 1970 |
Kino Lorber |
R |
$233,914 |
21,382 |
| 71 |
Un beau matin |
Jan 27, 2023 |
Sony Pictures Cla… |
R |
$214,470 |
19,604 |
| 72 |
Scrapper |
Aug 25, 2023 |
Kino Lorber |
Not Rated |
$213,960 |
19,558 |
| 73 |
Saint Omer |
Jan 13, 2023 |
Super LTD |
PG-13 |
$213,953 |
19,557 |
| 74 |
I Can |
Sep 22, 2023 |
Atlas Distribution |
PG |
$203,795 |
18,628 |
| 75 |
Landscape with Invisible Hand |
Aug 18, 2023 |
MGM |
R |
$203,403 |
18,593 |
| 76 |
The Starling Girl |
May 12, 2023 |
Bleecker Street |
R |
$161,290 |
14,743 |
| 77 |
Monica |
May 12, 2023 |
IFC Films |
R |
$152,619 |
13,951 |
| 78 |
Khers Nist |
Dec 23, 2022 |
Janus Films |
Not Rated |
$144,975 |
13,252 |
| 79 |
iMordecai |
Feb 10, 2023 |
Greenwich |
Not Rated |
$140,399 |
12,834 |
| 80 |
Lonely Castle in the Mirror… |
Jun 21, 2023 |
GKIDS |
Not Rated |
$127,096 |
11,618 |
| 81 |
Decision to Leave (헤어질 결심)… |
Oct 14, 2022 |
MUBI |
Not Rated |
$126,481 |
11,561 |
| 82 |
Natsu e no tunnel, Sayonara… |
Nov 3, 2023 |
Sentai Filmworks |
Not Rated |
$125,067 |
11,432 |
| 83 |
Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai:… |
Feb 14, 2023 |
Crunchyroll |
Not Rated |
$122,154 |
11,166 |
| 84 |
La passion de Dodin Bouffant |
Nov 10, 2023 |
IFC Films |
PG-13 |
$118,926 |
10,871 |
| 85 |
Origin |
Jan 19, 2024 |
Neon |
PG-13 |
$117,063 |
10,700 |
| 86 |
Blue Jean |
Jun 9, 2023 |
Magnolia Pictures |
Not Rated |
$110,722 |
10,121 |
| 87 |
L'immensita |
May 12, 2023 |
Music Box Films |
Not Rated |
$104,264 |
9,531 |
| 88 |
Carmen |
Apr 21, 2023 |
Sony Pictures Cla… |
R |
$103,388 |
9,450 |
| 89 |
Holy Spider (عنكبوت مقدس)… |
Oct 28, 2022 |
Utopia |
Not Rated |
$93,718 |
8,567 |
| 90 |
Deo Mun (더 문) |
Aug 18, 2023 |
Well Go USA |
Not Rated |
$92,718 |
8,475 |
| 91 |
The Sweet East |
Dec 1, 2023 |
Utopia |
Not Rated |
$91,445 |
8,359 |
| 92 |
My Sailor, My Love |
Sep 22, 2023 |
Music Box Films |
Not Rated |
$88,084 |
8,052 |
| 93 |
Dr. Cheon and Lost Talisman… |
Oct 6, 2023 |
Well Go USA |
Not Rated |
$84,362 |
7,711 |
| 94 |
Les enfants des autres |
Apr 21, 2023 |
Music Box Films |
Not Rated |
$84,178 |
7,695 |
| 95 |
Juniper |
Feb 24, 2023 |
Greenwich |
Not Rated |
$82,902 |
7,578 |
| 96 |
Daliland |
Jun 9, 2023 |
Magnolia Pictures |
Not Rated |
$82,769 |
7,566 |
| 97 |
I Heard the Bells |
Dec 1, 2022 |
Fathom Events |
PG |
$80,781 |
7,384 |
| 98 |
L’envol |
Jun 9, 2023 |
Kino Lorber |
Not Rated |
$79,439 |
7,261 |
| 99 |
Memory |
Dec 22, 2023 |
Ketchup Entertain… |
R |
$78,081 |
7,137 |
| 100 |
Winter Kills |
May 18, 1979 |
Rialto Pictures |
Not Rated |
$77,587 |
7,092 |
| 101 |
Una vita difficile |
Feb 3, 2023 |
Rialto Pictures |
Not Rated |
$71,630 |
6,548 |
| 102 |
Cinema Sabaya |
Feb 10, 2023 |
Kino Lorber |
Not Rated |
$69,609 |
6,363 |
| 103 |
The Unknown Country |
Jul 28, 2023 |
Music Box Films |
Not Rated |
$67,307 |
6,152 |
| 104 |
Freud’s Last Session |
Dec 22, 2023 |
Sony Pictures Cla… |
PG-13 |
$64,780 |
5,921 |
| 105 |
Vanskabte Land |
Feb 3, 2023 |
Janus Films |
Not Rated |
$63,796 |
5,831 |
| 106 |
Der Passfälscher |
Mar 3, 2023 |
Kino Lorber |
Not Rated |
$61,033 |
5,579 |
| 107 |
Story Ave |
Sep 29, 2023 |
Kino Lorber |
Not Rated |
$60,218 |
5,504 |
| 108 |
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt |
Nov 3, 2023 |
A24 |
Not Rated |
$52,084 |
4,761 |
| 109 |
Revoir Paris |
Jun 23, 2023 |
Music Box Films |
Not Rated |
$52,044 |
4,757 |
| 110 |
Saules aveugles, femme endo… |
Apr 14, 2023 |
Zeitgeist |
Not Rated |
$51,351 |
4,694 |
| 111 |
Touch the Water |
Nov 3, 2023 |
Holt Hamilton Dis… |
PG |
$49,407 |
4,516 |
| 112 |
Les cinq diables |
Mar 24, 2023 |
MUBI |
Not Rated |
$46,666 |
4,266 |
| 113 |
R.M.N. |
Apr 28, 2023 |
IFC Films |
Not Rated |
$46,360 |
4,238 |
| 114 |
Werckmeister harmóniák |
Feb 28, 2006 |
Janus Films |
Not Rated |
$44,462 |
4,064 |
| 115 |
À plein temps |
Feb 3, 2023 |
Music Box Films |
Not Rated |
$42,566 |
3,891 |
| 116 |
Los delincuentes |
Oct 18, 2023 |
MUBI |
Not Rated |
$42,279 |
3,865 |
| 117 |
Alcarràs |
Jan 6, 2023 |
MUBI |
Not Rated |
$41,093 |
3,756 |
| 118 |
La maman et la putain |
Jun 23, 2023 |
Janus Films |
Not Rated |
$40,555 |
3,707 |
| 119 |
Orlando, Ma Biographie Poli… |
Nov 10, 2023 |
Janus Films |
Not Rated |
$37,461 |
3,424 |
| 120 |
La Vaca Que Cantó Una Canci… |
May 19, 2023 |
Kino Lorber |
Not Rated |
$31,879 |
2,914 |
| 121 |
Das Lehrerzimmer |
Dec 25, 2023 |
Sony Pictures Cla… |
PG-13 |
$31,252 |
2,857 |
| 122 |
L’innocente |
Jan 11, 1979 |
Analysis |
R |
$29,451 |
2,692 |
| 123 |
Jing yi wui long |
Dec 9, 2022 |
Well Go USA |
Not Rated |
$27,527 |
2,516 |
| 124 |
Cadejo Blanco |
Apr 21, 2023 |
Film Movement |
Not Rated |
$24,847 |
2,271 |
| 125 |
Before the Sunset |
Sep 29, 2023 |
Freestyle Releasing |
Not Rated |
$23,306 |
2,130 |
| 126 |
The Road Dance |
Oct 13, 2023 |
Music Box Films |
Not Rated |
$22,362 |
2,044 |
| 127 |
Piaffe |
Aug 25, 2023 |
Oscilloscope Pict… |
Not Rated |
$21,861 |
1,998 |
| 128 |
Aporia |
Aug 11, 2023 |
Well Go USA |
R |
$21,587 |
1,973 |
| 129 |
Les pires |
Mar 24, 2023 |
Kino Lorber |
Not Rated |
$19,833 |
1,813 |
| 130 |
Mon crime |
Dec 25, 2023 |
Music Box Films |
Not Rated |
$19,359 |
1,770 |
| 131 |
Rodeo |
Mar 17, 2023 |
Music Box Films |
Not Rated |
$18,076 |
1,652 |
| 132 |
Drylongso |
Mar 29, 1999 |
Janus Films |
Not Rated |
$16,423 |
1,501 |
| 133 |
You Can Live Forever |
Mar 31, 2023 |
Good Deed Enterta… |
Not Rated |
$15,882 |
1,452 |
| 134 |
Twist à Bamako |
Feb 24, 2023 |
ArtMattan Films |
Not Rated |
$14,229 |
1,301 |
| 135 |
Falcon Lake |
Jun 2, 2023 |
Yellow Veil Pictures |
Not Rated |
$12,768 |
1,167 |
| 136 |
Armageddon Time |
Oct 28, 2022 |
Focus Features |
R |
$12,575 |
1,149 |
| 137 |
Passion |
Apr 14, 2023 |
Film Movement |
Not Rated |
$11,770 |
1,076 |
| 138 |
Davandeh |
Dec 31, 1991 |
Rialto Pictures |
Not Rated |
$10,955 |
1,001 |
| 139 |
Loren & Rose |
Jun 23, 2023 |
|
Not Rated |
$10,514 |
961 |
| 140 |
Rare Objects |
Apr 14, 2023 |
IFC Films |
R |
$10,454 |
956 |
| 141 |
Framing Agnes |
Dec 2, 2022 |
Kino Lorber |
Not Rated |
$8,630 |
789 |
| 142 |
At the Gates |
Nov 3, 2023 |
Picturehouse |
R |
$8,448 |
772 |
| 143 |
Utama |
Nov 4, 2022 |
Kino Lorber |
Not Rated |
$7,966 |
728 |
| 144 |
Coup de Torchon (Clean Slate) |
Dec 20, 1982 |
Rialto Pictures |
Not Rated |
$7,660 |
700 |
| 145 |
So Much Tenderness |
Jun 30, 2023 |
Mongrel Media |
Not Rated |
$6,863 |
627 |
| 146 |
Love Life |
Aug 11, 2023 |
Oscilloscope Pict… |
Not Rated |
$6,623 |
605 |
| 147 |
Ouistreham |
Aug 11, 2023 |
Cohen Media Group |
Not Rated |
$6,360 |
581 |
| 148 |
L’homme de la cave |
Jan 27, 2023 |
Greenwich |
Not Rated |
$6,095 |
557 |
| 149 |
Vayehi Boker |
Feb 3, 2023 |
Cohen Media Group |
Not Rated |
$6,000 |
548 |
| 150 |
Hands That Bind |
Nov 3, 2023 |
Dark Sky Films |
Not Rated |
$5,729 |
524 |
| 151 |
Senior Year: Love Never Fails |
Sep 29, 2023 |
Atlas Distribution |
PG-13 |
$5,470 |
500 |
| 152 |
How I Learned to Fly |
Dec 1, 2023 |
Film Movement |
Not Rated |
$5,125 |
468 |
| 153 |
Kahdeksan surmanluotia |
Mar 31, 2023 |
Janus Films |
Not Rated |
$3,776 |
345 |
| 154 |
Carnal Knowledge |
Jan 1, 1971 |
Avco Embassy |
R |
$620 |
57 |
| 155 |
La marginale |
Sep 22, 2023 |
Sony Pictures |
PG-13 |
$539 |
49 |
| 156 |
When Men Were Men |
Nov 4, 2022 |
Indican Pictures |
Not Rated |
$200 |
18 |
| Total Gross of All Movies | $899,755,237 | |
| Total Tickets Sold | 82,244,536 |
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2023.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2023.
For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011.
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Inflation-adjusted figures are based ticket sale estimates, and may not be precise due to rounding errors.
Our Theatrical Market pages are based on the Domestic Theatrical Market performance only. The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
The yearly amounts on our Theatrical Market pages are based on box office years. Each box office year starts on the first Monday of the year, so the previous year ends on the Sunday before the first Monday. For example, the "2017 box office year" started on January 2, 2017 so the "2016 box office year" ended on Sunday, January 1, 2017.
