OPENING WEEKS
(Friday – Thursday Opening Weeks)

Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Opening*	% of Total	Theaters	Average	Total Gross^	Date**
1	The Dark Knight	WB	$238,615,211	44.7%	4,366	$54,653	$533,345,358	7/18/08
2	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	BV	$196,019,502	46.3%	4,133	$47,428	$423,315,812	7/7/06
3	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Sum.	$188,077,665	64.7%	4,042	$46,531	$290,872,087	11/20/09
4	Spider-Man 3	Sony	$182,070,572	54.1%	4,252	$42,820	$336,530,303	5/4/07
5	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	BV	$160,099,024	51.7%	4,362	$36,703	$309,420,425	5/25/07
6	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	P/DW	$159,924,060	39.8%	4,234	$37,771	$402,111,870	6/24/09
7	Spider-Man	Sony	$151,622,504	37.6%	3,615	$41,943	$403,706,375	5/3/02
8	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	Fox	$150,428,880	39.6%	3,661	$41,090	$380,270,577	5/19/05
9	Shrek the Third	P/DW	$149,431,119	46.3%	4,122	$36,252	$322,719,944	5/18/07
10	Spider-Man 2	Sony	$147,002,059	39.3%	4,152	$35,405	$373,585,825	6/30/04
11	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	WB	$146,283,069	50.4%	3,858	$37,917	$290,013,036	11/18/05
12	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Par.	$145,840,212	46.0%	4,260	$34,235	$317,101,119	5/22/08
13	Shrek 2	DW	$143,790,172	32.6%	4,163	$34,540	$441,226,247	5/19/04
14	X-Men: The Last Stand	Fox	$141,331,162	60.3%	3,690	$38,301	$234,362,462	5/26/06
15	Avatar	Fox	$137,094,001	31.4%	3,452	$39,714	$435,957,707	12/18/09
16	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	WB	$129,490,758	40.8%	3,672	$35,264	$317,575,550	11/16/01
17	Iron Man	Par.	$123,134,395	38.7%	4,105	$29,996	$318,412,101	5/2/08
18	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	WB	$123,064,649	49.3%	3,855	$31,923	$249,541,069	6/4/04
19	The Matrix Reloaded	WB	$121,361,422	43.1%	3,603	$33,683	$281,576,461	5/15/03
20	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	NL	$120,199,783	31.9%	3,703	$32,460	$377,027,325	12/17/03
21	The Passion of the Christ	NM	$119,304,050	32.2%	3,043	$39,206	$370,274,604	2/25/04
22	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	WB	$112,748,772	38.6%	4,285	$26,312	$292,004,738	7/11/07
23	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	WB	$111,647,004	37.0%	4,325	$25,814	$301,959,197	7/15/09
24	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones	Fox	$111,164,350	36.8%	3,161	$35,167	$302,191,252	5/16/02
25	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	NL	$111,143,998	32.7%	3,622	$30,686	$339,789,881	12/18/02
26	X2: X-Men United	Fox	$107,644,861	50.1%	3,741	$28,774	$214,949,694	5/2/03
27	Austin Powers in Goldmember	NL	$107,005,501	50.2%	3,613	$29,617	$213,307,889	7/26/02
28	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	WB	$106,131,568	40.5%	3,682	$28,824	$261,988,482	11/15/02
29	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Uni.	$104,860,760	45.8%	3,281	$31,960	$229,086,679	5/23/97
30	I Am Legend	WB	$103,265,293	40.3%	3,606	$28,637	$256,393,010	12/14/07
31	The Simpsons Movie	Fox	$102,949,705	56.2%	3,922	$26,249	$183,135,014	7/27/07
32	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Fox	$102,624,147	57.1%	4,099	$25,036	$179,883,157	5/1/09
33	The Da Vinci Code	Sony	$102,481,037	47.1%	3,735	$27,438	$217,536,138	5/19/06
34	Sherlock Holmes	WB	$102,102,956	61.4%	3,626	$28,159	$166,380,468	12/25/09
35	Transformers	P/DW	$102,078,654	32.0%	4,011	$25,450	$319,246,193	7/3/07
36	Star Trek	Par.	$100,610,837	39.0%	3,849	$26,139	$257,730,019	5/8/09
37	The Day After Tomorrow	Fox	$100,609,179	53.9%	3,425	$29,375	$186,740,799	5/28/04
38	Rush Hour 2	NL	$100,408,069	44.4%	3,118	$32,203	$226,164,286	8/3/01
39	Bruce Almighty	Uni.	$100,066,590	41.2%	3,483	$28,730	$242,829,261	5/23/03
40	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	Fox	$99,354,493	23.0%	2,970	$33,453	$431,088,301	5/19/99
41	War of the Worlds	Par.	$98,826,764	42.2%	3,908	$25,288	$234,280,354	6/29/05
42	The Bourne Ultimatum	Uni.	$98,673,300	43.4%	3,660	$26,960	$227,471,070	8/3/07
43	Finding Nemo	BV	$97,454,140	28.7%	3,374	$28,884	$339,714,978	5/30/03
44	Meet the Fockers	Uni.	$96,322,845	34.5%	3,518	$27,380	$279,261,160	12/22/04
45	300	WB	$96,288,328	45.7%	3,103	$31,031	$210,614,939	3/9/07
46	Planet of the Apes (2001)	Fox	$96,205,277	53.4%	3,500	$27,487	$180,011,740	7/27/01
47	WALL-E	BV	$94,686,825	42.3%	3,992	$23,719	$223,808,164	6/27/08
48	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	Fox	$94,013,649	52.5%	3,700	$25,409	$179,106,580	12/23/09
49	Twilight	Sum.	$93,362,477	48.4%	3,425	$27,259	$192,769,854	11/21/08
50	Up	BV	$93,072,435	31.8%	3,766	$24,714	$293,004,164	5/29/09
51	The Incredibles	BV	$93,004,485	35.6%	3,933	$23,647	$261,441,092	11/5/04
52	Hancock	Sony	$90,760,877	39.8%	3,965	$22,891	$227,946,274	7/2/08
53	Pearl Harbor	BV	$89,295,163	45.0%	3,214	$27,783	$198,542,554	5/25/01
54	Fast and Furious	Uni.	$89,259,190	57.6%	3,461	$25,790	$155,064,265	4/3/09
55	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	NL	$89,248,852	28.5%	3,359	$26,570	$313,364,114	12/19/01
56	National Treasure: Book of Secrets	BV	$88,402,703	40.2%	3,832	$23,070	$219,964,115	12/21/07
57	Signs	BV	$88,264,037	38.7%	3,264	$27,042	$227,966,634	8/2/02
58	Superman Returns	WB	$87,768,980	43.9%	4,065	$21,591	$200,081,192	6/28/06
59	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	WB	$85,805,554	41.6%	3,770	$22,760	$206,459,076	7/15/05
60	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Uni.	$84,977,355	32.7%	3,134	$27,115	$260,044,825	11/17/00
61	The Mummy Returns	Uni.	$84,293,785	41.7%	3,401	$24,785	$202,019,785	5/4/01
62	Kung Fu Panda	P/DW	$83,677,338	38.8%	4,114	$20,340	$215,434,591	6/6/08
63	Cars	BV	$83,323,649	34.1%	3,985	$20,909	$244,082,982	6/9/06
64	Mission: Impossible II	Par.	$82,701,049	38.4%	3,653	$22,639	$215,409,889	5/24/00
65	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	NL	$82,216,507	39.9%	3,312	$24,824	$206,040,086	6/11/99
66	Quantum of Solace	Sony	$82,082,841	48.8%	3,451	$23,785	$168,368,427	11/14/08
67	Ice Age: The Meltdown	Fox	$81,928,079	41.9%	3,964	$20,668	$195,330,621	3/31/06
68	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	P/DW	$81,887,894	45.5%	4,056	$20,189	$180,010,950	11/7/08
69	Hulk	Uni.	$81,745,680	61.8%	3,660	$22,335	$132,177,234	6/20/03
70	2012	Sony	$81,721,057	49.8%	3,404	$24,007	$164,105,051	11/13/09
71	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	BV	$81,331,961	27.9%	3,616	$22,492	$291,710,957	12/9/05
72	Ratatouille	BV	$80,517,305	39.0%	3,940	$20,436	$206,445,654	6/29/07
73	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Fox	$79,796,400	45.0%	4,096	$19,482	$177,243,721	5/22/09
74	Independence Day	Fox	$79,196,019	25.9%	2,882	$27,480	$306,169,268	7/3/96
75	Night at the Museum	Fox	$79,055,249	31.5%	3,688	$21,436	$250,863,268	12/22/06
76	Jurassic Park	Uni.	$78,584,853	22.0%	2,425	$32,406	$357,067,947	6/11/93
77	Sex and the City	WB (NL)	$77,958,978	51.1%	3,285	$23,732	$152,647,258	5/30/08
78	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	Fox	$77,453,559	58.7%	3,959	$19,564	$131,921,738	6/15/07
79	Fantastic Four	Fox	$77,412,492	50.0%	3,602	$21,492	$154,696,080	7/8/05
80	Batman Forever	WB	$77,403,197	42.1%	2,842	$27,235	$184,031,112	6/16/95
81	Monsters, Inc.	BV	$76,599,345	29.9%	3,237	$23,664	$255,873,250	11/2/01
82	Men in Black	Sony	$76,457,208	30.5%	3,020	$25,317	$250,690,539	7/2/97
83	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Par.	$76,253,188	50.8%	4,007	$19,030	$150,201,498	8/7/09
84	X-Men	Fox	$75,850,059	48.2%	3,025	$25,074	$157,299,717	7/14/00
85	Scooby-Doo	WB	$75,834,802	49.5%	3,447	$22,000	$153,294,164	6/14/02
86	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	BV	$74,977,536	24.5%	3,269	$22,936	$305,413,918	7/9/03
87	The Incredible Hulk	Uni.	$74,919,370	55.6%	3,505	$21,375	$134,806,913	6/13/08
88	The Bourne Supremacy	Uni.	$74,662,180	42.4%	3,165	$23,590	$176,241,941	7/23/04
89	Hannibal	MGM	$73,874,502	44.7%	3,230	$22,871	$165,092,268	2/9/01
90	I, Robot	Fox	$73,395,224	50.7%	3,420	$21,461	$144,801,023	7/16/04
91	Men in Black II	Sony	$73,185,365	38.4%	3,557	$20,575	$190,418,803	7/3/02
92	The Perfect Storm	WB	$73,076,981	40.0%	3,407	$21,449	$182,618,434	6/30/00
93	Madagascar	DW	$72,267,556	37.3%	4,131	$17,494	$193,595,521	5/27/05
94	Monsters Vs. Aliens	P/DW	$72,190,222	36.4%	4,104	$17,590	$198,351,526	3/27/09
95	The Hangover	WB	$71,974,102	26.0%	3,269	$22,017	$277,322,503	6/5/09
96	Jurassic Park III	Uni.	$71,667,535	39.6%	3,434	$20,870	$181,171,875	7/18/01
97	King Kong	Uni.	$71,271,230	32.7%	3,568	$19,975	$218,080,025	12/14/05
98	Batman Begins	WB	$70,770,878	34.5%	3,858	$18,344	$205,343,774	6/15/05
99	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Fox	$70,660,963	37.9%	3,424	$20,637	$186,336,279	6/10/05
100	Big Daddy	Sony	$70,491,929	43.1%	3,027	$23,288	$163,479,795	6/25/99
101	Die Another Day	MGM	$70,369,517	43.7%	3,324	$21,170	$160,942,139	11/22/02
102	Wanted	Uni.	$70,136,325	52.1%	3,175	$22,090	$134,508,551	6/27/08

CHART NOTES
* Week equals Friday throug Thursday. Movies that do not have a 7-day opening gross are not included on this chart.
^ Total Gross does include additional releases, if any.
** First weekend of wide release.

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