Market Charts > 2015 > Sources > Based on Fiction Book/Short Story
Box Office Performance for Based on Fiction Book/Short Story Movies in 2015
Rank | Movie | Release Date |
Genre | MPAA Rating | 2015 Gross | Tickets Sold |
1 |
Jurassic World |
Jun 12, 2015 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$652,270,625 |
77,374,926 |
2 |
The Hunger Games: Mockingja… |
Nov 20, 2015 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$274,185,395 |
32,524,957 |
3 |
The Martian |
Oct 2, 2015 |
Adventure |
PG-13 |
$225,345,353 |
26,731,359 |
4 |
Spectre |
Nov 6, 2015 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$197,102,585 |
23,381,090 |
5 |
Home |
Mar 27, 2015 |
Adventure |
PG |
$177,397,510 |
21,043,595 |
6 |
Fifty Shades of Grey |
Feb 13, 2015 |
Drama |
R |
$166,167,230 |
19,711,415 |
7 |
The Divergent Series: Insur… |
Mar 20, 2015 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$130,179,072 |
15,442,357 |
8 |
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials |
Sep 18, 2015 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$81,630,702 |
9,683,357 |
9 |
Goosebumps |
Oct 16, 2015 |
Horror |
PG |
$79,132,868 |
9,387,054 |
10 |
Paddington |
Jan 16, 2015 |
Adventure |
PG |
$76,223,578 |
9,041,942 |
11 |
The Longest Ride |
Apr 10, 2015 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$37,446,117 |
4,442,007 |
12 |
Pan |
Oct 9, 2015 |
Adventure |
PG |
$35,057,457 |
4,158,654 |
13 |
The Hobbit: The Battle of t… |
Dec 17, 2014 |
Adventure |
PG-13 |
$34,517,771 |
4,094,634 |
14 |
The DUFF |
Feb 20, 2015 |
Comedy |
PG-13 |
$34,030,343 |
4,036,814 |
15 |
Paper Towns |
Jul 24, 2015 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$32,000,304 |
3,796,003 |
16 |
Brooklyn |
Nov 4, 2015 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$19,563,995 |
2,320,759 |
17 |
Mr. Holmes |
Jul 17, 2015 |
Drama |
PG |
$17,737,646 |
2,104,109 |
18 |
Seventh Son |
Feb 6, 2015 |
Adventure |
PG-13 |
$17,725,785 |
2,102,703 |
19 |
The Hunger Games: Mockingja… |
Nov 21, 2014 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$13,401,383 |
1,589,725 |
20 |
Far from the Madding Crowd |
May 1, 2015 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$12,236,500 |
1,451,542 |
21 |
The Gunman |
Mar 20, 2015 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$10,664,749 |
1,265,094 |
22 |
Mortdecai |
Jan 23, 2015 |
Action |
R |
$7,696,134 |
912,945 |
23 |
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl |
Jun 12, 2015 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$6,758,416 |
801,710 |
24 |
Inherent Vice |
Dec 12, 2014 |
Comedy |
R |
$6,647,997 |
788,611 |
25 |
The Danish Girl |
Nov 27, 2015 |
Drama |
R |
$6,050,349 |
717,716 |
26 |
Victor Frankenstein |
Nov 25, 2015 |
Thriller/Suspense |
PG-13 |
$5,775,076 |
685,062 |
27 |
Carol |
Nov 20, 2015 |
Drama |
R |
$4,982,475 |
591,040 |
28 |
Room |
Oct 16, 2015 |
Drama |
R |
$4,976,972 |
590,388 |
29 |
Phoenix |
Jul 24, 2015 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$3,166,858 |
375,665 |
30 |
Game of Thrones: The IMAX E… |
Jan 29, 2015 |
Drama |
R |
$1,896,092 |
224,921 |
31 |
Gone Girl |
Oct 3, 2014 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$1,569,606 |
186,193 |
32 |
Child 44 |
Apr 17, 2015 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$1,224,330 |
145,234 |
33 |
The Ghouls |
Dec 18, 2015 |
Adventure |
Not Rated |
$1,121,896 |
133,083 |
34 |
Big Stone Gap |
Oct 9, 2015 |
Romantic Comedy |
PG-13 |
$1,009,984 |
119,808 |
35 |
Alexander and the Terrible,… |
Oct 10, 2014 |
Comedy |
PG |
$921,486 |
109,310 |
36 |
The Revenant |
Dec 25, 2015 |
Adventure |
R |
$872,519 |
103,502 |
37 |
The Polar Express |
Nov 10, 2004 |
Adventure |
G |
$846,602 |
100,427 |
38 |
Omoide no Mani |
May 22, 2015 |
Drama |
PG |
$565,042 |
67,027 |
39 |
The Third Man |
May 7, 1999 |
Thriller/Suspense |
Not Rated |
$437,795 |
51,932 |
40 |
Gemma Bovery |
May 29, 2015 |
Drama |
R |
$425,080 |
50,424 |
41 |
Pather Panchali |
May 8, 2015 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$402,723 |
47,772 |
42 |
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet |
Aug 7, 2015 |
Adventure |
PG |
$340,536 |
40,395 |
43 |
N.L.L: Yeonpyeong Haejeon |
Jul 17, 2015 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$324,719 |
38,519 |
44 |
The Maze Runner |
Sep 19, 2014 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$323,671 |
38,395 |
45 |
A Borrowed Identity |
May 15, 2015 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$319,391 |
37,887 |
46 |
L'homme qu'on aimait trop |
May 15, 2015 |
Drama |
R |
$277,528 |
32,921 |
47 |
45 Years |
Aug 28, 2015 |
Drama |
R |
$229,173 |
27,185 |
48 |
The Boxtrolls |
Sep 26, 2014 |
Adventure |
PG |
$218,634 |
25,935 |
49 |
Dark Places |
Aug 7, 2015 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$208,588 |
24,743 |
50 |
Une nouvelle amie |
Jun 5, 2015 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$196,284 |
23,283 |
51 |
Serena |
Mar 27, 2015 |
Drama |
R |
$176,391 |
20,924 |
52 |
The Taking of Tiger Mountain |
Jan 2, 2015 |
Adventure |
Not Rated |
$172,343 |
20,444 |
53 |
Il capitale umano |
Jan 14, 2015 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$158,549 |
18,807 |
54 |
The Homesman |
Nov 14, 2014 |
Western |
R |
$157,192 |
18,646 |
55 |
Z for Zachariah |
Aug 28, 2015 |
Thriller/Suspense |
PG-13 |
$121,461 |
14,408 |
56 |
Anime nere |
Apr 10, 2015 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$100,725 |
11,948 |
57 |
Beasts of No Nation |
Oct 16, 2015 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$90,777 |
10,768 |
58 |
Heaven Knows What |
May 29, 2015 |
Drama |
R |
$80,312 |
9,526 |
59 |
I Smile Back |
Oct 23, 2015 |
Drama |
R |
$58,738 |
6,967 |
60 |
Beyond The Reach |
Apr 17, 2015 |
Thriller/Suspense |
R |
$45,895 |
5,444 |
61 |
Marnie |
Jul 22, 1964 |
Thriller/Suspense |
PG |
$44,261 |
5,250 |
62 |
Madame Bovary |
Jun 12, 2015 |
Drama |
R |
$44,234 |
5,247 |
63 |
Respire |
Sep 11, 2015 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$42,313 |
5,019 |
64 |
Trudno byt bogom |
Jan 30, 2015 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$31,443 |
3,729 |
65 |
The Best of Me |
Oct 17, 2014 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$26,454 |
3,138 |
66 |
Les choses de la vie |
Jun 12, 2015 |
Drama |
GP |
$25,314 |
3,002 |
67 |
Love, Rosie |
Feb 6, 2015 |
Romantic Comedy |
R |
$20,431 |
2,423 |
68 |
Jeux interdits |
Apr 24, 2015 |
Drama |
PG |
$19,889 |
2,359 |
69 |
Kawaki |
Dec 4, 2015 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$14,129 |
1,676 |
70 |
L'armée des ombres |
Apr 28, 2006 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$11,813 |
1,401 |
71 |
I nostri ragazzi |
Aug 7, 2015 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$8,054 |
955 |
72 |
Hungry Hearts |
Jun 5, 2015 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$6,921 |
820 |
73 |
The Sisterhood of Night |
Apr 10, 2015 |
Drama |
PG-13 |
$6,870 |
814 |
74 |
Loin des hommes |
May 1, 2015 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$5,336 |
632 |
75 |
Yosemite |
Jan 1, 2016 |
Drama |
R |
$4,461 |
529 |
76 |
L'armee du salut |
Jan 23, 2015 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$3,929 |
466 |
77 |
Tip Top |
Dec 12, 2014 |
Comedy |
Not Rated |
$3,318 |
393 |
78 |
Wild Card |
Jan 30, 2015 |
Action |
R |
$3,200 |
379 |
79 |
Les yeux jaunes des crocodiles |
Nov 28, 2014 |
Drama |
Not Rated |
$2,487 |
295 |
80 |
Tracers |
Mar 20, 2015 |
Action |
PG-13 |
$2,000 |
237 |
81 |
Women Who Flirt |
Nov 26, 2014 |
Comedy |
Not Rated |
$1,973 |
234 |
82 |
La dame dans l’auto avec de… |
Dec 18, 2015 |
Thriller/Suspense |
Not Rated |
$1,901 |
225 |
83 |
Half of a Yellow Sun |
May 16, 2014 |
Drama |
R |
$884 |
104 |
Total Gross of All Movies | $2,385,296,922 | |
Total Tickets Sold | 282,953,338 |
Note: This chart ranks movies by the amount they earned during 2015.
It includes movies released in previous years that earned money during 2015.
For example, a movie released over Thanksgiving in 2010 will most likely earn money in 2010 and 2011.
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