Top Five All-Time Grossing Football Movies - Comedy and Drama

The Blind Side (2009) - $255 Million - Starring Sandra Bullock and Kathy Bates. Written and directed by John Lee Hancock. Based on the true story of football player Michael Oher. With a total production budget of just $29 million (small for large blockbuster standards), this football film raked in a record-breaking $226 million domestic and $280 worldwide. PG-13

"The Blind Side" was nominated for an Academy Award for "Best Motion Picture of the Year" in 2010, the year the Academy expanded the category's number of nominations. Sandra Bullock won an Oscar for "Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role" for her role in the drama.

#2 Grossing Football Film:

The Waterboy (1998) - $161 Million - Starring Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Fairuza Balk and Rob Schnieder. Written by Adam Sandler and directed by Frank Coraci. With a total production budget of merely $23 million, this football film hauled in $138 million domestic and $162 worldwide. PG-13

Known as "El Aguador" in Spanish, "The Waterboy" resulted in a few awards, though none of them nearly as prestigious as the Oscars. The comedy elicited both a Razzie nomination for "Worst Actor" for Adam Sandler's comedic performance as well as an MTV Movie Award win for "Best Comedic Performance."

#3 Grossing Football Film:

The Longest Yard (2005) - $158 Million - Starring Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds and Rob Schneider. Directed by Peter Segal. With a movie production budget of a whopping $82 million, this football flick only raked in $76 million domestic and $108 worldwide. PG-13

Adam Sandler's second foray into the comedic football realm resulted in a second successful movie event, monetarily speaking. As for Razzie's, Adam Sandler was nominated for a Razzie Award for "Worst Supporting Actor." However, just like with "The Waterboy," "The Longest Yard" raked in nominations from Teen Choice, People's Choice and the MTV Movie Awards. Chris Rock won a BET Comedy Award for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Theatrical Film" for his role in "The Longest Yard."

#4 Grossing Football Film:

Remember the Titans (2000) - $115 Million - Starring Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Donald Faizon, Ethan Suplee, Kip Pardue and Hayden Panettiere. Directed by Boaz Yakin. With a production budget of $30 million, this football movie raked in $85 million domestic and $106 worldwide. PG

Denzel Washington won three awards, and was nominated for a variety of others, for his role in the football drama "Remember the Titans." Denzel Washington won a BET Award for "Best Actor," a Black Reel Award for "Theatrical - Best Actor" and an Image Award for "Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture." The movie also won an Image Award for "Outstanding Motion Picture." "Remember the Titans" also won a Political Film Society Award in the category Human Rights. It was also nominated in the Expose category.

#5 Grossing Football Film:

Any Given Sunday (1999) - $75 Million - Starring Al Pacino, Aaron Eckhart, Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid. Directed by Oliver Stone. With a production budget of $55 million, this football movie made only $20 million domestic and $45 worldwide. R

"Any Given Sunday" showed at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2000, at which time Oliver Stone was nominated for the Golden Bear - the highest prize awarded at the prestigious festival. Cameron Diaz won an ALMA Award for "Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film" and a Blockbuster Entertainment Award for "Favorite Actress - Drama" for her performance in the football movie.

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