"Poverty" Movies
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Release Date | Title | Production Budget | Opening Weekend | Domestic Box Office | Worldwide Box Office |
| Apr 24, 2026 | Omaha |
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| Dec 31, 2025 | Baristha Balaram |
| | | $3,851 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | The Housemaid |
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| Oct 10, 2025 | Urchin |
| $43,425 | $204,533 | $626,412 |
| Aug 29, 2025 | Koshedhunga |
| | | $6,974 |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Kuberaa |
| $1,750,000 | $1,750,000 | $2,049,032 |
| Feb 28, 2025 | C'è ancora domani |
| $3,936 | $180,426 | $48,844,628 |
| Feb 28, 2025 | Superboys of Malegaon |
| $100,765 | $148,203 | $156,781 |
| Jan 12, 2024 | The Kitchen |
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| Nov 3, 2023 | Radical |
| $2,658,047 | $8,702,731 | $21,345,891 |
| Sep 7, 2023 | Jawan |
| $6,124,963 | $15,198,530 | $136,675,088 |
| Jul 28, 2023 | Bā Jiǎo Lóng Zhōng (八角笼中)… |
| | | $304,280,699 |
| Jun 9, 2023 | Americonned |
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| Feb 21, 2023 | The Long Dark Trail |
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| Dec 31, 2022 | The Last Fighter |
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| Dec 26, 2022 | beurokeo (브로커) |
| $28,482 | $1,046,898 | $12,322,764 |
| Jun 24, 2022 | Rise |
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| Nov 5, 2021 | 7 Prisioneiros |
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| Sep 29, 2021 | No One Gets Out Alive |
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| Jun 24, 2021 | Sisters on Track |
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| Jun 11, 2021 | Holler |
| $12,026 | $28,706 | $28,706 |
| Dec 25, 2020 | Pinocchio |
$13,200,000 | $272,109 | $1,831,718 | $30,360,375 |
| Jan 31, 2020 | Gretel & Hansel |
$5,000,000 | $6,154,007 | $15,347,654 | $22,052,456 |
| Jan 11, 2020 | Met Opera: Wozzeck |
| $863,000 | $863,000 | $1,032,950 |
| Oct 4, 2019 | Joker |
$55,000,000 | $96,202,337 | $335,451,311 | $1,078,751,311 |
| Apr 4, 2019 | Palau the Movie |
| $64,346 | $134,696 | $167,586 |
| Mar 8, 2019 | Babylon |
| $21,214 | $109,749 | $109,749 |
| Mar 1, 2019 | Hai Phuong |
| $156,120 | $594,788 | $721,039 |
| Feb 22, 2019 | The Changeover |
| | | $112,648 |
| Jan 8, 2019 | The Pea Shooter |
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| Nov 23, 2018 | Manbiki kazoku |
| $89,264 | $3,313,513 | $72,625,674 |
| Oct 24, 2018 | Life & Nothing More |
| $6,536 | $24,358 | $61,248 |
| Oct 12, 2018 | Bigger |
| $31,477 | $46,382 | $50,193 |
| Aug 10, 2018 | BuyBust |
| $77,955 | $178,471 | $178,471 |
| Aug 3, 2018 | La Familia |
| $2,030 | $3,696 | $3,696 |
| Aug 3, 2018 | Milla |
| | | $3,314 |
| Jul 20, 2018 | Wanda |
| $10,679 | $52,927 | $52,927 |
| Jun 15, 2018 | Billy Boy |
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| Jun 8, 2018 | Arábia |
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| May 11, 2018 | Soller’s Point |
| $10,618 | $32,608 | $32,608 |
| Apr 6, 2018 | Lean on Pete |
$8,000,000 | $46,975 | $1,163,056 | $2,985,001 |
| Mar 29, 2018 | Ready Player One |
$150,000,000 | $41,769,050 | $137,690,172 | $583,490,172 |
| Feb 23, 2018 | Le Jeune Karl Marx |
| $26,097 | $125,659 | $4,575,582 |
| Feb 23, 2018 | November |
| $4,300 | $8,620 | $364,580 |
| Feb 16, 2018 | Western |
| $6,688 | $41,042 | $155,551 |
| Feb 9, 2018 | Padman |
| $740,313 | $1,662,927 | $28,906,686 |
| Unknown | Mir vashemy domy! |
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| Dec 8, 2017 | I, Tonya |
$11,000,000 | $264,155 | $30,014,534 | $53,797,409 |
| Dec 1, 2017 | Quest |
| $6,591 | $47,807 | $50,018 |
| Nov 24, 2017 | Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr … |
| $18,742 | $820,300 | $1,035,493 |
| Nov 17, 2017 | Mudbound |
$10,000,000 | | | $53,559 |
| Nov 3, 2017 | Most Beautiful Island |
| | | $6,596 |
| Oct 6, 2017 | The Florida Project |
$2,000,000 | $156,833 | $5,904,366 | $11,232,935 |
| Sep 22, 2017 | Happy Hunting |
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| Aug 11, 2017 | Toilet: Ek Prem Katha |
| $709,420 | $709,420 | $41,816,493 |
| Jun 23, 2017 | La Patota |
| | | $1,047,488 |
| Jun 9, 2017 | Raising Bertie |
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| Jun 2, 2017 | I, Daniel Blake |
| | $260,354 | $15,887,187 |
| Unknown | Street Fighting Men |
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| Dec 16, 2016 | The Bad Kids |
| $1,564 | $6,226 | $6,226 |
| Dec 9, 2016 | All We Had |
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| Dec 9, 2016 | Le tout nouveau testament |
$8,700,000 | $10,422 | $127,910 | $19,499,856 |
| Nov 18, 2016 | Blood on the Mountain |
| $3,184 | $4,664 | $4,664 |
| Oct 21, 2016 | Brutti, sporchi e cattivi |
| $4,898 | $6,590 | $6,590 |
| Oct 21, 2016 | El Jeremías |
| $314,109 | $647,701 | $2,537,380 |
| Sep 30, 2016 | American Honey |
$3,500,000 | $71,203 | $663,247 | $2,611,750 |
| Sep 23, 2016 | Queen of Katwe |
$15,000,000 | $304,933 | $8,874,389 | $10,055,481 |
| Sep 23, 2016 | Ek Hazarachi Note |
| $1,697 | $2,404 | $2,404 |
| Sep 16, 2016 | Cardboard Boxer |
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| Aug 19, 2016 | Ixcanul |
| $5,980 | $295,157 | $590,207 |
| Jul 22, 2016 | The Seventh Fire |
| $8,277 | $29,361 | $31,004 |
| Jun 17, 2016 | Parched |
| | | $1,346,495 |
| Jun 3, 2016 | The President |
| | | $33,002 |
| Apr 29, 2016 | The Man Who Knew Infinity |
$10,000,000 | $80,325 | $3,877,922 | $12,382,122 |
| Mar 18, 2016 | The Confirmation |
| | | $33,006 |
| Dec 18, 2015 | As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume… |
| | $4,502 | $6,669 |
| Dec 11, 2015 | Dixieland |
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| Dec 11, 2015 | As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume… |
| | $6,398 | $11,775 |
| Dec 4, 2015 | As Mil e Uma Noites: Volume… |
| | $12,260 | $36,007 |
| Oct 9, 2015 | Trash |
$12,000,000 | $10,230 | $17,484 | $6,553,186 |
| Sep 11, 2015 | The Challenger |
| $12,246 | $19,003 | $19,003 |
| Aug 14, 2015 | Prins |
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| Jul 24, 2015 | Cavalo Dinheiro |
| | $6,508 | $8,254 |
| Jul 3, 2015 | Jimmy's Hall |
| $19,881 | $560,341 | $4,143,253 |
| Jun 12, 2015 | The Wolfpack |
| $43,920 | $1,301,696 | $2,133,019 |
| Jun 5, 2015 | Dukale's Dream |
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| May 22, 2015 | Something Better to Come |
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| May 12, 2015 | Echoes of War |
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| May 10, 2015 | Apur Sansar |
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| May 10, 2015 | Aparajito |
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| May 8, 2015 | Noble |
| $231,319 | $347,321 | $985,592 |
| Apr 7, 2015 | Lost River |
$2,000,000 | $20,828 | $45,431 | $2,009,644 |
| Mar 13, 2015 | Champs |
| | | $2,455 |
| Feb 20, 2015 | McFarland, USA |
$17,000,000 | $11,020,798 | $44,480,275 | $45,707,924 |
| Jan 23, 2015 | Manny |
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| Dec 24, 2014 | Deux jours, une nuit |
| $48,236 | $1,423,552 | $2,353,701 |
| Dec 19, 2014 | Kis uykusu |
| | $165,520 | $1,953,493 |
| Dec 5, 2014 | Risate di gioia |
| $8,677 | $31,539 | $31,539 |
| Nov 21, 2014 | Food Chains |
$913,000 | | | $176 |
| Nov 19, 2014 | Pelo malo |
| | | $2,490,664 |
| Oct 24, 2014 | Low Down |
| $7,000 | $52,337 | $52,337 |
| Oct 10, 2014 | The Overnighters |
| $4,324 | $110,764 | $120,610 |
| Sep 26, 2014 | Fishing Without Nets |
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| Sep 12, 2014 | Take Me to the River |
| $25,588 | $68,598 | $68,598 |
| Sep 11, 2014 | Jiao you |
| | $10,433 | $10,433 |
| Sep 4, 2014 | Falcon Rising |
$4,500,000 | $8,691 | $11,774 | $11,774 |
| Aug 13, 2014 | La jalousie |
| $5,533 | $63,946 | $63,946 |
| Aug 1, 2014 | 4 Minute Mile |
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| Aug 1, 2014 | Rich Hill |
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| Aug 1, 2014 | Child of God |
| $27,630 | $37,949 | $37,949 |
| Jun 27, 2014 | Siddharth |
| $4,564 | $60,537 | $60,537 |
| Jun 20, 2014 | Norte, hangganan ng kasaysayan |
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| May 30, 2014 | The Grand Seduction |
| $323,743 | $3,409,304 | $3,669,858 |
| May 14, 2014 | Les chevaux de Dieu |
| $2,251 | $14,817 | $96,277 |
| Mar 21, 2014 | Cheap Thrills |
$100,000 | $18,638 | $59,424 | $59,424 |
| Mar 14, 2014 | The Cold Lands |
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| Mar 14, 2014 | Big Men |
| $7,539 | $55,032 | $55,032 |
| Feb 7, 2014 | 7 cajas |
| | | $116,390 |
| Unknown | Oxyana |
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| Dec 4, 2013 | Out of the Furnace |
$22,000,000 | $5,220,288 | $11,330,849 | $15,434,375 |
| Nov 15, 2013 | Sunlight, Jr. |
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| Nov 13, 2013 | Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: En… |
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| Nov 1, 2013 | These Birds Walk |
| $5,454 | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| Aug 14, 2013 | Syngue sabour, pierre de pa… |
| $6,987 | $148,408 | $148,408 |
| Apr 19, 2013 | Filly Brown |
$1,250,000 | $1,478,323 | $2,850,357 | $2,940,411 |
| Apr 12, 2013 | Not Today |
| $96,347 | $318,121 | $318,121 |
| Mar 29, 2013 | Elefante blanco |
| $5,098 | $8,863 | $5,724,790 |
| Mar 29, 2013 | Violeta se fue a los cielos |
| $5,588 | $21,496 | $37,372 |
| Mar 8, 2013 | The Girl |
| $11,165 | $35,048 | $35,048 |
| Mar 7, 2013 | Girl Rising |
| $81,640 | $849,484 | $849,484 |
| Mar 1, 2013 | Ernest et Celestine |
$12,500,000 | | $292,562 | $9,376,444 |
| Mar 1, 2013 | A Place at the Table |
| $92,257 | $231,378 | $231,378 |
| Feb 22, 2013 | Wo 11 |
| $3,516 | $9,213 | $14,703 |
| Unknown | My Awkward Sexual Adventure |
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| Dec 25, 2012 | Les Misérables |
$65,000,000 | $27,281,735 | $149,260,140 | $435,292,452 |
| Dec, 2012 | Yelling to the Sky |
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| Nov 30, 2012 | Yi jiu si er |
| | $212,475 | $55,287,687 |
| Nov 14, 2012 | Buffalo Girls |
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| Nov 9, 2012 | Coming Up Roses |
| | $20,567 | $20,567 |
| Oct 19, 2012 | Mon pire cauchemar |
| $1,142 | $21,456 | $68,844 |
| Sep 7, 2012 | Detropia |
| $17,414 | $390,024 | $390,170 |
| Aug 31, 2012 | The Tall Man |
| | | $6,770,790 |
| Aug 29, 2012 | Little Birds |
| $4,574 | $16,594 | $16,594 |
| Aug 24, 2012 | Hermano |
| $18,835 | $29,864 | $1,635,184 |
| Aug 24, 2012 | Samsara |
$4,000,000 | $76,222 | $2,672,413 | $5,966,671 |
| Aug 10, 2012 | Cuates de Australia |
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| Jul 13, 2012 | Trishna |
| $29,140 | $240,381 | $1,148,956 |
| Jul 6, 2012 | China Heavyweight |
| $3,792 | $10,550 | $10,550 |
| Jun 27, 2012 | Cigán |
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| Jun 1, 2012 | Historias que so existem qu… |
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| Apr 27, 2012 | Citizen Gangster |
| $625 | $625 | $625 |
| Apr 20, 2012 | Marley |
| $262,004 | $1,413,480 | $5,319,734 |
| Apr 13, 2012 | Touchback |
$5,000,000 | $66,998 | $204,157 | $204,157 |
| Apr 6, 2012 | We the Party |
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| Apr 6, 2012 | Take Me Home |
| | $15,374 | $15,374 |
| Apr 6, 2012 | Player Hating: A Love Story |
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| Feb 3, 2012 | Splinters |
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| Jan 20, 2012 | The Pruitt-Igoe Myth |
| $4,721 | $44,883 | $44,883 |
| Jan 13, 2012 | Lula, o Filho do Brasil |
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| Dec 31, 2011 | Wan-deuk-i |
| | | $32,466,461 |
| Nov 25, 2011 | The Artist |
$16,000,000 | $204,878 | $44,667,095 | $128,100,584 |
| Nov 18, 2011 | Tyrannosaur |
| $7,635 | $22,088 | $299,088 |
| Nov 11, 2011 | Tropa de Elite 2: O Inimigo… |
| $8,648 | $100,119 | $64,307,758 |
| Nov 4, 2011 | A Good Day to Die |
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| Oct 28, 2011 | The Rum Diary |
$45,000,000 | $5,135,369 | $13,109,815 | $21,544,732 |
| Sep 1, 2011 | La Pivellina |
| $526 | $1,350 | $1,350 |
| Aug 31, 2011 | Bol |
| $62,473 | $186,410 | $186,410 |
| Sep 10, 2010 | Expecting Mary |
| $28,700 | $28,700 | $28,700 |
| Sep 25, 2009 | Trailer Park Boys: Countdow… |
| $1,396,229 | $3,012,677 | $3,012,677 |
| Nov 12, 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire |
$14,000,000 | $360,018 | $141,330,703 | $383,825,427 |
| Nov 7, 2008 | Soul Men |
$40,000,000 | $5,401,605 | $12,082,391 | $12,345,883 |
| Mar 7, 2008 | 長江七號 (CJ7) |
$20,000,000 | $49,770 | $206,678 | $47,300,771 |
| Nov 23, 2005 | Rent |
$40,000,000 | $10,016,021 | $29,077,547 | $31,670,620 |
| Jul 15, 2005 | Charlie and the Chocolate F… |
$150,000,000 | $56,178,450 | $206,459,076 | $475,825,484 |
| Oct 31, 2003 | Girlhood |
| $4,845 | $54,389 | $141,186 |
| Jul 25, 2003 | Mondays in the Sun |
$4,000,000 | $22,401 | $146,402 | $146,402 |
| Jan 17, 2003 | Cidade de Deus |
$3,300,000 | $88,292 | $7,563,397 | $32,059,295 |
| Sep 10, 2002 | Kind Hearts and Coronets |
| | $35,948 | $90,955 |
| Aug 16, 2002 | Blue Crush |
$30,000,000 | $14,169,455 | $40,118,420 | $51,618,420 |
| Apr 11, 2001 | Joe Dirt |
$16,000,000 | $8,016,008 | $27,087,695 | $30,987,695 |
| Sep 22, 2000 | Dancer in the Dark |
$12,500,000 | $91,612 | $4,157,491 | $45,556,774 |
| Apr 28, 2000 | Where the Heart Is |
$15,000,000 | $8,292,939 | $33,771,174 | $40,862,054 |
| Jan 28, 2000 | Eye of the Beholder |
$15,000,000 | $5,959,447 | $16,500,786 | $18,260,865 |
| Dec 24, 1999 | Angela's Ashes |
$25,000,000 | $54,628 | $13,038,660 | $13,038,660 |
| Jul 26, 1996 | Joe's Apartment |
| $1,854,490 | $4,616,355 | $4,616,355 |
| Apr 15, 1992 | City of Joy |
| $3,405,890 | $14,371,061 | $14,371,061 |
| Oct 25, 1991 | Curly Sue |
| $4,974,958 | $33,644,430 | $33,644,430 |
| Dec 21, 1990 | The Long Walk Home |
| | $13,798,030 | $13,798,030 |
| Nov 10, 1989 | My Left Foot: The Story of … |
| | $14,041,353 | $14,041,353 |
| Mar 18, 1988 | The Milagro Beanfield War |
| | $13,825,794 | $13,825,794 |
| Oct 16, 1987 | Barfly |
| | $3,221,000 | $3,221,000 |
| Feb 12, 1982 | Cannery Row |
| $1,500,000 | $2,638,311 | $2,638,311 |
| Mar 23, 1980 | Cristo si è fermato a Eboli |
| | $82,126 | $82,126 |
| 1974 | Claudine |
| | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 |
| Jun 30, 1971 | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate… |
$3,000,000 | | $4,077,971 | $4,143,750 |
| Dec 25, 1962 | To Kill A Mockingbird |
$2,000,000 | | $13,129,846 | $13,129,846 |
| Sep 22, 1958 | Pather Panchali |
| | $402,723 | $402,723 |
| Sep 27, 1947 | Fun and Fancy Free |
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| Nov 12, 1946 | Song of the South |
| | $65,000,000 | $65,000,000 |
| Dec 25, 1943 | The Song of Bernadette |
| | $12,500,000 | $12,500,000 |
| Sep 27, 1941 | Sergeant York |
| | $16,400,000 | $16,400,000 |
| Feb 6, 1921 | The Kid |
| | $2,500,000 | $2,641,588 |
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