Well, that was quick. evil The film adaptation of the 2003 Broadway musical has been making box office history since its release on November 22. The highly anticipated film has grossed $382.8 million worldwide, trailing only three other films based on Broadway musicals.
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo star in the film, which was directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Jon M. Chu )’s hit resume includes previous film adaptations of Broadway musicals, the 2021 film version of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s cult hit in the highlands.
Seven film adaptations of the Broadway musical appear on Box Office Mojo’s list of the top 1,000 movies at the global lifetime box office. it’s important Oh mom!is a film adaptation of the 2001 stage musical, based on the music of ABBA, but is not a sequel starring Cher Mamma Mia: Here We Go AgainThe reason is that the latter is actually just a sequel to a hit movie, not a Broadway musical. (The sequel did surprisingly well, grossing $395.6 million worldwide.) Of course, not all sequels are guaranteed box office success. grease It’s here, but its 1982 sequel, Grease 2It grossed just $15 million worldwide, a far cry from that. (Michelle Pfeiffer, star Grease 2represented in this list as hairspray.)
evil part 2 It is scheduled to be released on November 21, 2025. If successful, Chu would join Rob Marshall as the only directors with two films on the list; Marshall directed both chicago and into the woods.
A disclaimer about the top of this list: You can’t really compare the box office receipts of movies from different eras. The biggest blockbusters of the early days simply couldn’t compete with the box office of today’s hit movies. (Tickets are much higher than before, and it’s not just your imagination.) sound of music The film grossed $159.5 million worldwide, not enough to rank among the 1,000 highest-grossing movies, according to Box Office Mojo. But the 1965 film adaptation of the 1959 Broadway musical is one of the biggest hits in film history.
Other film adaptations of Broadway musicals have grossed more than $50 million worldwide but not enough to make the list, including dream girl ($155.5 million), 2021 edition west side story ($76 million), My Fair Lady ($72.7 million) and funny girl ($52.2 million).
Here are seven of the highest-grossing film adaptations of Broadway musicals. All films appear on Box Office Mojo’s list of the top 1,000 films at the global lifetime box office.
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hairspray
Image source: ©New Line Cinema/Courtesy Everett Collection
Movie global box office: $203.6 million
Soundtrack’s Billboard 200 peak: No. 2
Star: John Travolta/Michelle Pfeiffer/Christopher Walken/Amanda Bynes/James Marsden/Queen Latifah/Brittany Snow/Zach ·Efron/Elijah Kelly/Allison Janney/Nikki Blonsky
director: Adam Shankman
Film release date: July 20, 2007
Broadway show opening dates: August 15, 2002
Music credits: Music composed by Marc Shaiman; lyrics: Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman
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into the woods
Movie global box office: $212.9 million
Soundtrack’s Billboard 200 peak: No. 8
Star: Meryl Streep/Emily Blunt/James Corden/Anna Kendrick/Chris Penn/Tracey Ullman/Christine Baranski/Johnny Depp
director: Rob Marshall
Film release date: December 25, 2014
Broadway show opening dates: November 5, 1987
Music credits: Composer and lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
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chicago
Image Credit: Courtesy Miramax/Everett Collection
Movie global box office: $306.8 million
Soundtrack’s Billboard 200 peak: No. 2
Star: Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, John C. Reilly, Lucy Liu, Colum Feore
director: Rob Marshall
Film release date: January 24, 2003 (earlier time in some markets)
Broadway show opening dates: June 3, 1975
Music credits: Music by John Kander; lyrics by Fred Ebb:
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evil
The film’s global box office (so far): $382.8 million
Soundtrack’s Billboard 200 peak: 2nd place (so far)
Star: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Marissa Bird, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum
director: John Zhu
Film release date: November 22, 2024
Broadway show opening dates: October 30, 2003
Music credits: Composer and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
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grease
Image Credit: Courtesy of Paramount Pictures/Everett Collection
Movie global box office: $396.3 million
Soundtrack’s Billboard 200 peak: 1st place (12 weeks)
Star: John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John/Stockart Channing/Jeff Conaway/Eve Arden/Frankie Avalon/Joan Blondell/Ed Bye Ens / Sid Caesar / Alice Gostley / Dodie Goodman / Sha Na Na
director: Randall Kleiser
Film release date: June 16, 1978
Broadway show opening dates: February 14, 1972
Music credits: Lyrics and music written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
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Les Misérables
Movie global box office: $442.8 million
Soundtrack’s Billboard 200 peak: 1st place (one week)
Star: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Severi, Eddie Redman, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohn
director: tom hooper
Film release date: December 25, 2012
Broadway show opening dates: March 12, 1987
Music credits: Music by Claude Michel Schoenberg; lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer
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Oh mom!
Image credit: Universal/Courtesy of the Everett Collection
Movie global box office: $611.5 million
Soundtrack’s Billboard 200 peak: 1st place (one week)
Star: Meryl Streep/Pierce Brosnan/Colin Firth/Stellan Skarsgård/Julie Waters/Dominic Cooper/Amanda Seyfried/Christine Baranski
director: Phyllida Lloyd
Film release date: July 18, 2008
Broadway show opening dates: October 18, 2001
Music credits: Composer and lyrics: Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
