Refreshed weekly, here's a chart of the year's twenty highest-grossing specialty films.

The below list only includes domestic (U.S. and Canada only, unless otherwise indicated) grosses for specialty films — which we define to include independent, foreign (including Bollywood films), and/or documentary films — that opened in limited release (599 screens and under) in 2019 AND/OR were acquired or produced for 2019 distribution by an independent distributor (including STX Films, Annapurna, United Artists Releasing, A24, Entertainment Studios, Amazon, Netflix, Aviron, Global Road, and Bleecker Street) or a studio or its specialty division (including Fox Searchlight, Sony Pictures Classics, and Focus Features).

When provided, this list also includes budgets for each film. Last year’s list can be found here.

Grosses include all reported grosses (via BoxOfficeMojo) up to December 30, 2019. This chart is (usually) updated every Tuesday afternoon.

1. “The Upside”

Distributor: STX (purchased from TWC)

Budget (if reported): $37.5M

Release Date: January 11

Opening Theater Count: 3,080

Opening Average: $6,609

Current Gross: $108,252,517

2. “Hustlers”

Distributor: STX

Budget (if reported): $20M

Release Date: September 13

Opening Theater Count: 3,250

Opening Average: $10,210

Current Gross: $104,954,881

3. “The Addams Family”

Distributor: United Artists Releasing

Budget (if reported): NA

Release Date: October 11

Opening Theater Count: 4,007

Opening Average: $7,562

Current Gross: $97,185,807

4. “Downton Abbey”

Distributor: Focus Features

Budget (if reported): NA

Release Date: September 20

Opening Theater Count: 3,079

Opening Average: $10,079

Current Gross: $96,854,135

STX

5. “Harriet”

Distributor: Focus Features

Budget (if reported): N/A

Release Date: November 1

Opening Theater Count: 2,186

Opening Average: $3,388

Current Gross: $42,482,910

6. “The Hustle”

Distributor: United Artists Releasing

Budget (if reported): N/A

Release Date: May 10

Opening Theater Count: 3,007

Opening Average: $4,326

Current Gross: $35,417,038

7. “Cold Pursuit”

Distributor: Lionsgate

Budget (if reported): N/A

Release Date: February 8

Opening Theater Count: 2,630

Opening Average: $4,194

Current Gross: $32,138,862

8. “Child’s Play”

Distributor: United Artists Releasing

Budget (if reported): $10M

Release Date: June 21

Opening Theater Count: 3,007

Opening Average: $4,687

Current Gross: $29,208,403

9. “Ready or Not”

Distributor: Fox Searchlight

Budget (if reported): N/A

Release Date: August 21

Opening Theater Count: 2,855

Opening Average: $2,808

Current Gross: $28,714,231

10. “Midsommar”

Distributor: A24

Budget (if reported): NA

Release Date: July 2

Opening Theater Count: 2,707

Opening Average: $2,342

Current Gross: $27,426,361

A24

11. “21 Bridges”

Distributor: STX

Budget (if reported): NA

Release Date: November 22

Opening Theater Count: 2,665

Opening Average: $3,475

Current Gross: $26,935,123

12. “Countdown”

Distributor: STX

Budget (if reported): $6.5M

Release Date: October 25

Opening Theater Count: 2,675

Opening Average: $3,314

Current Gross: $25,526,757

13. “Judy”

Distributor: Roadside Attractions

Budget (if reported): N/A

Release Date: September 27

Opening Theater Count: 461

Opening Average: $6,327

Current Gross: $24,013,772

14. “Booksmart”

Distributor: United Artists Releasing

Budget (if reported): N/A

Release Date: May 24

Opening Theater Count: 2,505

Opening Average: $2,768

Current Gross: $22,680,962

15. “Parasite”

Distributor: Neon (acquired at Cannes)

Budget (if reported): N/A

Release Date: October 11

Opening Theater Count: 3

Opening Average: $131,072

Current Gross: $22,344,943

16. “47 Meters Down: Uncaged”

Distributor: Entertainment Studios

Budget (if reported): $12M

Release Date: August 16

Opening Theater Count: 2,853

Opening Average: $2,954

Current Gross: $22,260,202

A24

17. “Uncut Gems”

Distributor: A24

Budget (if reported): N/A

Release Date: December 13

Opening Theater Count: 5

Opening Average: $35,815

Current Gross: $20,024,069

18. “Jojo Rabbit”

Distributor: Fox Searchlight

Budget (if reported): NA

Release Date: October 18

Opening Theater Count: 5

Opening Average: $69,911

Current Gross: $20,920,347

19. “The Peanut Butter Falcon”

Distributor: Roadside Attractions

Budget (if reported): N/A

Release Date: August 9

Opening Theater Count: 17

Opening Average: $12,047

Current Gross: $20,457,151

20. “Uglydolls”

Distributor: STX

Budget (if reported): $45M

Release Date: May 3

Opening Theater Count: 3,652

Opening Average: $2,356

Current Gross: $20,150,241

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