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Movies About People Faking Reality and/or Playing People 1978-Present
Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date
1 Catch Me If You Can DW $164,615,351 3,225 $30,053,627 3,156 12/25/02
2 Maverick WB $101,631,272 2,537 $17,248,545 2,537 5/20/94
3 21 Sony $81,159,365 2,952 $24,105,943 2,648 3/28/08
4 White Men Can't Jump Fox $76,253,806 1,929 $14,711,124 1,923 3/27/92
5 The Color of Money BV $52,293,982 1,205 $6,357,877 635 10/17/86
6 The Distinguished Gentleman BV $46,666,502 1,984 $10,611,040 1,933 12/4/92
7 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Orion $42,039,085 1,515 $3,840,498 1,466 12/16/88
8 Heartbreakers MGM $40,336,607 2,751 $11,801,323 2,750 3/23/01
9 Mo' Money Col. $40,227,006 1,705 $12,385,415 1,689 7/24/92
10 Jackie Brown Mira. $39,673,162 1,642 $9,292,248 1,370 12/25/97
11 Matchstick Men WB $36,906,460 2,711 $13,087,307 2,711 9/12/03
12 Tin Men BV $25,411,386 798 $187,381 9 3/6/87
13 Heist WB $23,510,841 1,891 $7,823,521 1,891 11/9/01
14 Two for the Money Uni. $22,991,379 2,397 $8,703,240 2,391 10/7/05
15 Rounders Mira. $22,912,409 2,191 $8,459,126 2,176 9/11/98
16 Boiler Room NL $16,970,581 1,335 $5,742,129 1,335 2/18/00
17 The Grifters Mira. $13,446,769 780 $71,034 2 12/7/90
18 Confidence Lions $12,251,640 1,871 $4,563,588 1,871 4/25/03
19 Used Cars Col. $11,715,321 - n/a - 7/18/80
20 Opportunity Knocks Uni. $11,359,129 1,275 $3,512,625 1,275 3/30/90
21 Glengarry Glen Ross NL $10,725,228 417 $2,104,402 416 10/2/92
22 The Spanish Prisoner Sony $9,584,314 296 $124,011 7 4/3/98
23 The Hoax Mira. $7,164,995 1,069 $1,449,320 235 4/6/07 24 The Big Bounce WB $6,489,476 2,304 $3,336,374 2,304 1/30/04
25 Six Degrees of Separation MGM $6,405,918 201 $53,058 2 12/10/93
26 The Sting II Uni. $6,347,072 1,294 $3,106,108 1,294 2/18/83
27 Birthday Girl Mira. $5,142,576 1,000 $2,370,809 1,000 2/1/02
28 Diggstown MGM $4,836,637 733 $1,504,099 733 8/14/92
29 The Big Kahuna Lions $3,165,544 309 $80,957 8 4/28/00
30 House of Games Orion $2,585,639 9 $116,677 9 10/16/87
31 Nine Queens SPC $1,222,889 36 $40,724 5 4/19/02
32 Traveller Oct. $534,010 6 $30,855 6 4/18/97
33 Just the Ticket MGM $430,404 82 $247,585 82 2/26/99
34 Shooting Fish FoxS $375,261 23 $56,240 23 5/1/98
35 Still Breathing Oct. $228,455 67 $86,659 67 5/1/98
36 Imaginary Crimes WB $89,611 7 $21,748 7 10/14/94
37 Welcome to Woop Woop MGM $37,621 5 $19,812 5 11/13/98
38 Shade RKO $25,032 6 $10,696 1 4/9/04
39 Deadfall Trim. $18,369 2 $9,183 2 10/8/93
40 Milwaukee, Minnesota Tar. $17,528 3 $7,517 3 6/3/05
41 Circus Sony $14,693 8 $8,406 8 9/15/00
And we wonder why most people don’t really care.. They’ve been brain washed by the good ole boob tube. Its really the perfect tool to control people.