
Highest Grossing
Highest-grossing drama movies
The character-driven, talk-about-it-after picks worth the runtime. These are the highest-grossing drama movies by worldwide box office — the certified blockbusters almost everyone has heard of. Right now that includes Titanic, The Lion King and Top Gun: Maverick. A safe-bet poll when you want a crowd-pleaser.
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The full ranking
#1Titanic
19977.9
#2The Lion King
20197.1
#3Top Gun: Maverick
20228.2
#4The Dark Knight Rises
20127.8
#5Joker
20198.1
#6Oppenheimer
20238.0
#7Bohemian Rhapsody
20188.0
#8Inside Out
20157.9
#9Michael
20267.6
#10The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
20126.5
#11The Lion King
19948.3
#12Wicked
20246.9
#13Interstellar
20148.5
#14Gravity
20137.2
#15It
20177.2
#16Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
20147.3
#17The Twilight Saga: New Moon
20096.0
#18The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
20106.2
#19Forrest Gump
19948.5
#20The Sixth Sense
19998.0
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FAQ
- How is "highest grossing" measured?
- By worldwide box-office revenue from TMDB. Note that figures aren't adjusted for inflation, so recent drama movies tend to rank higher than older ones.
- Are these the best drama movies?
- Not necessarily — biggest isn't the same as best. For a quality-ranked list, see the best drama movies page; this one is about box-office scale.
- Can I turn this into a poll?
- Yes — tap "Use This Template" to pre-load these blockbusters into a shareable poll.
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