Biggest Opening Weeks at the Box Office

OPENING WEEKS
(Friday – Thursday Opening Weeks)

$70+ M - $50-70M - $40-50M - $30-40M - $25-30M - $20-25M

Note: Sort by Rank or any other column to view all wide releases.

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 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 WB $226,117,069 59.3% 4,375 $51,684 $381,011,219 7/15/11

3 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest BV $196,019,502 46.3% 4,133 $47,428 $423,315,812 7/7/06

4 The Twilight Saga: New Moon Sum. $188,077,665 63.4% 4,042 $46,531 $296,623,634 11/20/09

5 Spider-Man 3 Sony $182,070,572 54.1% 4,252 $42,820 $336,530,303 5/4/07

6 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 Sum. $179,148,435 63.7% 4,066 $44,060 $281,279,968 11/18/11

7 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 WB $169,969,028 57.4% 4,125 $41,205 $295,983,305 11/19/10

8 Toy Story 3 BV $167,551,682 40.4% 4,028 $41,597 $415,004,880 6/18/10

9 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End BV $160,099,024 51.7% 4,362 $36,703 $309,420,425 5/25/07

10 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen P/DW $159,924,060 39.8% 4,234 $37,771 $402,111,870 6/24/09

11 Iron Man 2 Par. $159,159,871 50.9% 4,380 $36,338 $312,433,331 5/7/10

12 Spider-Man Sony $151,622,504 37.6% 3,615 $41,943 $403,706,375 5/3/02

13 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Fox $150,428,880 39.6% 3,661 $41,090 $380,270,577 5/19/05

14 Shrek the Third P/DW $149,431,119 46.3% 4,122 $36,252 $322,719,944 5/18/07

15 Transformers: Dark of the Moon P/DW $149,210,077 42.3% 4,088 $36,500 $352,390,543 6/29/11

16 Spider-Man 2 Sony $147,002,059 39.3% 4,152 $35,405 $373,585,825 6/30/04

17 Alice in Wonderland (2010) BV $146,625,356 43.9% 3,728 $39,331 $334,191,110 3/5/10

18 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire WB $146,283,069 50.4% 3,858 $37,917 $290,013,036 11/18/05

19 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

20 Shrek 2 DW $143,790,172 32.6% 4,163 $34,540 $441,226,247 5/19/04

21 X-Men: The Last Stand Fox $141,331,162 60.3% 3,690 $38,301 $234,362,462 5/26/06

22 Avatar Fox $137,094,001 18.3% 3,452 $39,714 $749,766,139 12/18/09

23 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone WB $129,490,758 40.8% 3,672 $35,264 $317,575,550 11/16/01

24 Iron Man Par. $123,134,395 38.7% 4,105 $29,996 $318,412,101 5/2/08

25 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban WB $123,064,649 49.3% 3,855 $31,923 $249,541,069 6/4/04

26 The Hangover Part II WB $122,816,593 48.3% 3,615 $33,974 $254,464,305 5/26/11

27 The Matrix Reloaded WB $121,361,422 43.1% 3,603 $33,683 $281,576,461 5/15/03

28 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

29 The Passion of the Christ NM $119,304,050 32.2% 3,043 $39,206 $370,274,604 2/25/04

30 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides BV $113,595,287 47.1% 4,155 $27,339 $241,071,802 5/20/11

31 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix WB $112,748,772 38.6% 4,285 $26,312 $292,004,738 7/11/07

32 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince WB $111,647,004 37.0% 4,325 $25,814 $301,959,197 7/15/09

33 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Fox $111,164,350 36.8% 3,161 $35,167 $302,191,252 5/16/02

34 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers NL $111,143,998 32.7% 3,622 $30,686 $339,789,881 12/18/02

35 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Sum. $110,917,399 36.9% 4,468 $24,825 $300,531,751 6/30/10

36 X2: X-Men United Fox $107,644,861 50.1% 3,741 $28,774 $214,949,694 5/2/03

37 Fast Five Uni. $107,333,965 51.2% 3,644 $29,455 $209,837,675 4/29/11

38 Austin Powers in Goldmember NL $107,005,501 50.2% 3,613 $29,617 $213,307,889 7/26/02

39 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets WB $106,131,568 40.5% 3,682 $28,824 $261,988,482 11/15/02

40 The Lost World: Jurassic Park Uni. $104,860,760 45.8% 3,281 $31,960 $229,086,679 5/23/97

41 I Am Legend WB $103,265,293 40.3% 3,606 $28,637 $256,393,010 12/14/07

42 The Simpsons Movie Fox $102,949,705 56.2% 3,922 $26,249 $183,135,014 7/27/07

43 X-Men Origins: Wolverine Fox $102,624,147 57.1% 4,099 $25,036 $179,883,157 5/1/09

44 The Da Vinci Code Sony $102,481,037 47.1% 3,735 $27,438 $217,536,138 5/19/06

45 Sherlock Holmes WB $102,102,956 48.8% 3,626 $28,159 $209,028,679 12/25/09

46 Transformers P/DW $102,078,654 32.0% 4,011 $25,450 $319,246,193 7/3/07

47 Star Trek Par. $100,610,837 39.0% 3,849 $26,139 $257,730,019 5/8/09

48 The Day After Tomorrow Fox $100,609,179 53.9% 3,425 $29,375 $186,740,799 5/28/04

49 Rush Hour 2 NL $100,408,069 44.4% 3,118 $32,203 $226,164,286 8/3/01

50 Inception WB $100,158,412 34.2% 3,792 $26,413 $292,576,195 7/16/10

51 Bruce Almighty Uni. $100,066,590 41.2% 3,483 $28,730 $242,829,261 5/23/03

52 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Fox $99,354,493 23.0% 2,970 $33,453 $431,088,295 5/19/99

53 War of the Worlds Par. $98,826,764 42.2% 3,908 $25,288 $234,280,354 6/29/05

54 The Bourne Ultimatum Uni. $98,673,300 43.4% 3,660 $26,960 $227,471,070 8/3/07

55 Finding Nemo BV $97,454,140 28.7% 3,374 $28,884 $339,714,978 5/30/03

56 Meet the Fockers Uni. $96,322,845 34.5% 3,518 $27,380 $279,261,160 12/22/04

57 300 WB $96,288,328 45.7% 3,103 $31,031 $210,614,939 3/9/07

58 Planet of the Apes (2001) Fox $96,205,277 53.4% 3,500 $27,487 $180,011,740 7/27/01

59 WALL-E BV $94,686,825 42.3% 3,992 $23,719 $223,808,164 6/27/08

60 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Fox $94,013,649 42.8% 3,700 $25,409 $219,614,612 12/23/09

61 Twilight Sum. $93,362,477 48.4% 3,425 $27,259 $192,769,854 11/21/08

62 Up BV $93,072,435 31.8% 3,766 $24,714 $293,004,164 5/29/09

63 The Incredibles BV $93,004,485 35.6% 3,933 $23,647 $261,441,092 11/5/04

64 Captain America: The First Avenger Par. $91,867,268 52.0% 3,715 $24,729 $176,654,505 7/22/11

65 Cars 2 BV $90,930,615 47.5% 4,115 $22,097 $191,452,396 6/24/11

66 Hancock Sony $90,760,877 39.8% 3,965 $22,891 $227,946,274 7/2/08

67 Shrek Forever After P/DW $89,750,351 37.6% 4,359 $20,590 $238,736,787 5/21/10

68 Pearl Harbor BV $89,295,163 45.0% 3,214 $27,783 $198,542,554 5/25/01

69 Fast and Furious Uni. $89,259,190 57.6% 3,461 $25,790 $155,064,265 4/3/09

70 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

71 National Treasure: Book of Secrets BV $88,402,703 40.2% 3,832 $23,070 $219,964,115 12/21/07

72 Signs BV $88,264,037 38.7% 3,264 $27,042 $227,966,634 8/2/02

73 Superman Returns WB $87,768,980 43.9% 4,065 $21,591 $200,081,192 6/28/06

74 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory WB $85,805,554 41.6% 3,770 $22,760 $206,459,076 7/15/05

75 Despicable Me Uni. $85,630,895 34.0% 3,476 $24,635 $251,513,985 7/9/10

76 How the Grinch Stole Christmas Uni. $84,977,355 32.7% 3,134 $27,115 $260,044,825 11/17/00

77 Thor Par. $84,752,317 46.8% 3,955 $21,429 $181,030,624 5/6/11

78 The Mummy Returns Uni. $84,293,785 41.7% 3,401 $24,785 $202,019,785 5/4/01

79 Kung Fu Panda P/DW $83,677,338 38.8% 4,114 $20,340 $215,434,591 6/6/08

80 Cars BV $83,323,649 34.1% 3,985 $20,909 $244,082,982 6/9/06

81 Mission: Impossible II Par. $82,701,049 38.4% 3,653 $22,639 $215,409,889 5/24/00

82 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me NL $82,216,507 39.9% 3,312 $24,824 $206,040,086 6/11/99

83 Quantum of Solace Sony $82,082,841 48.8% 3,451 $23,785 $168,368,427 11/14/08

84 Ice Age: The Meltdown Fox $81,928,079 41.9% 3,964 $20,668 $195,330,621 3/31/06

85 Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa P/DW $81,887,894 45.5% 4,056 $20,189 $180,010,950 11/7/08

86 Hulk Uni. $81,745,680 61.8% 3,660 $22,335 $132,177,234 6/20/03

87 2012 Sony $81,721,057 49.2% 3,404 $24,007 $166,112,167 11/13/09

88 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

89 Clash of the Titans (2010) WB $80,938,310 49.6% 3,777 $21,429 $163,214,888 4/2/10

90 Ratatouille BV $80,517,305 39.0% 3,940 $20,436 $206,445,654 6/29/07

91 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Fox $79,796,400 45.0% 4,096 $19,482 $177,243,721 5/22/09

92 Independence Day Fox $79,196,019 25.9% 2,882 $27,480 $306,169,268 7/3/96

93 Night at the Museum Fox $79,055,249 31.5% 3,688 $21,436 $250,863,268 12/22/06

94 Jurassic Park Uni. $78,584,853 22.0% 2,425 $32,406 $357,067,947 6/11/93

95 Sex and the City WB (NL) $77,958,978 51.1% 3,285 $23,732 $152,647,258 5/30/08

96 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Fox $77,453,559 58.7% 3,959 $19,564 $131,921,738 6/15/07

97 Fantastic Four Fox $77,412,492 50.0% 3,602 $21,492 $154,696,080 7/8/05

98 Batman Forever WB $77,403,197 42.1% 2,842 $27,235 $184,031,112 6/16/95

99 Rise of the Planet of the Apes Fox $77,375,919 43.8% 3,648 $21,211 $176,760,185 8/5/11

100 The Karate Kid Sony $77,253,944 43.7% 3,663 $21,090 $176,591,618 6/11/10

101 Monsters, Inc. BV $76,599,345 29.9% 3,237 $23,664 $255,873,250 11/2/01

102 Men in Black Sony $76,457,208 30.5% 3,020 $25,317 $250,690,539 7/2/97

103 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Par. $76,253,188 50.8% 4,007 $19,030 $150,201,498 8/7/09

104 X-Men Fox $75,850,059 48.2% 3,025 $25,074 $157,299,717 7/14/00

105 Scooby-Doo WB $75,834,802 49.5% 3,447 $22,000 $153,294,164 6/14/02

106 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

107 The Incredible Hulk Uni. $74,919,370 55.6% 3,505 $21,375 $134,806,913 6/13/08

108 The Bourne Supremacy Uni. $74,662,180 42.4% 3,165 $23,590 $176,241,941 7/23/04

109 X-Men: First Class Fox $73,894,349 50.5% 3,641 $20,295 $146,408,305 6/3/11

110 Hannibal MGM $73,874,502 44.7% 3,230 $22,871 $165,092,268 2/9/01

111 I, Robot Fox $73,395,224 50.7% 3,420 $21,461 $144,801,023 7/16/04

112 Men in Black II Sony $73,185,365 38.4% 3,557 $20,575 $190,418,803 7/3/02

113 The Perfect Storm WB $73,076,981 40.0% 3,407 $21,449 $182,618,434 6/30/00

114 Madagascar DW $72,267,556 37.3% 4,131 $17,494 $193,595,521 5/27/05

115 Monsters Vs. Aliens P/DW $72,190,222 36.4% 4,104 $17,590 $198,351,526 3/27/09

116 The Hangover WB $71,974,102 26.0% 3,269 $22,017 $277,322,503 6/5/09

117 Jurassic Park III Uni. $71,667,535 39.6% 3,434 $20,870 $181,171,875 7/18/01

118 King Kong Uni. $71,271,230 32.7% 3,568 $19,975 $218,080,025 12/14/05

119 Green Lantern WB $70,961,421 60.9% 3,816 $18,596 $116,601,172 6/17/11

120 Batman Begins WB $70,770,878 34.5% 3,858 $18,344 $205,343,774 6/15/05

121 Mr. & Mrs. Smith Fox $70,660,963 37.9% 3,424 $20,637 $186,336,279 6/10/05

122 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Par. $70,547,746 34.0% 3,448 $20,460 $207,455,023 12/21/11

123 Big Daddy Sony $70,491,929 43.1% 3,027 $23,288 $163,479,795 6/25/99

124 Die Another Day MGM $70,369,517 43.7% 3,324 $21,170 $160,942,139 11/22/02

125 Kung Fu Panda 2 P/DW $70,336,329 42.6% 3,925 $17,920 $165,249,063 5/26/11

126 Valentine's Day WB $70,262,086 63.6% 3,665 $19,171 $110,485,654 2/12/10

127 Wanted Uni. $70,136,325 52.1% 3,175 $22,090 $134,508,551 6/27/08

$70+ M - $50-70M - $40-50M - $30-40M - $25-30M - $20-25M

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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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