| Rank
| Title
| Lifetime Gross | Max Theaters | Opening | Open Th | Release Date | Distributor
|
|---|
| 1 | Seabiscuit | $120,277,854 | 2,573 | $20,854,735 | 1,989 | Jul 25, 2003 | Universal Pictures |
| 2 | War Horse | $79,884,879 | 2,856 | $7,515,402 | 2,376 | Dec 25, 2011 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 3 | The Horse Whisperer | $75,383,563 | 2,362 | $13,685,488 | 2,039 | May 15, 1998 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 4 | Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron | $73,280,117 | 3,362 | $17,770,036 | 3,317 | May 24, 2002 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 5 | Hidalgo | $67,303,450 | 3,065 | $18,829,435 | 3,063 | Mar 5, 2004 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 6 | The Electric Horseman | $61,801,971 | - | - | - | Dec 21, 1979 | Columbia Pictures |
| 7 | Secretariat | $59,713,955 | 3,108 | $12,694,770 | 3,072 | Oct 8, 2010 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 8 | Racing Stripes | $49,772,522 | 3,185 | $13,920,052 | 3,185 | Jan 14, 2005 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | The Black Stallion | $37,799,643 | - | - | - | Oct 17, 1979 | United Artists |
| 10 | Dreamer | $32,751,093 | 2,735 | $9,178,233 | 2,007 | Oct 21, 2005 | DreamWorks Distribution |
| 11 | Flicka | $21,000,147 | 2,877 | $7,703,551 | 2,877 | Oct 20, 2006 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 12 | The Man from Snowy River | $20,659,423 | 517 | $694,126 | 158 | Nov 5, 1982 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 13 | Return to Snowy River | $13,687,027 | 1,121 | $3,023,248 | 1,121 | Apr 15, 1988 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 14 | The Black Stallion Returns | $12,049,108 | 1,376 | $2,923,297 | 1,370 | Mar 25, 1983 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 15 | Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken | $7,294,835 | 1,662 | $2,710,416 | 1,662 | May 24, 1991 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| 16 | International Velvet | $7,009,238 | - | - | - | Jul 12, 1978 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| 17 | Hot to Trot | $6,436,211 | 1,157 | $2,206,218 | 1,156 | Aug 26, 1988 | Warner Bros. |
| 18 | Into the West | $4,790,801 | 550 | $1,410,414 | 550 | Sep 17, 1993 | Miramax |
| 19 | Black Beauty | $4,630,377 | 1,312 | $1,285,820 | 1,312 | Jul 29, 1994 | Warner Bros. |
| 20 | Phar Lap | $2,878,404 | - | - | - | Apr 13, 1984 | Twentieth Century Fox |
| 21 | 50 to 1 | $1,064,454 | 133 | $78,480 | 19 | Mar 21, 2014 | Ten Furlongs |
| 22 | Dark Horse | $940,715 | 74 | $13,838 | 3 | May 6, 2016 | Sony Pictures Classics |
| 23 | Harry & Snowman | $561,460 | 25 | $56,842 | 18 | Sep 30, 2016 | FilmRise |
| 24 | Sylvester | $385,687 | 35 | $172,814 | 35 | Mar 15, 1985 | Columbia Pictures |
| 25 | Champions | $200,498 | 55 | $54,262 | 39 | Apr 20, 1984 | AVCO Embassy Pictures |
| 26 | The First Saturday in May | $124,294 | 20 | $54,553 | 20 | Apr 18, 2008 | Truly Indie |
| 27 | Running Free | $117,608 | 100 | $55,451 | 100 | Jun 2, 2000 | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| 28 | Wild Horse, Wild Ride | $111,205 | 21 | $3,610 | 1 | Aug 24, 2012 | Screen Media Films |
| 29 | The Ride | $86,307 | 53 | $55,332 | 53 | Dec 5, 1997 | R.S. Entertainment |
| 30 | The Turin Horse | $56,391 | 3 | $9,145 | 1 | Feb 10, 2012 | The Cinema Guild |
| 31 | American Mustang | $48,700 | 3 | $7,906 | 1 | Jan 17, 2014 | Vitagraph Films |
| 32 | Moondance Alexander | $37,895 | 14 | $17,427 | 14 | Oct 19, 2007 | Rocky Mountain Pictures |
| 33 | And They're Off | $5,154 | 10 | $5,154 | 10 | Oct 28, 2011 | Kinobild Releasing |
