Top Movies Opening Grosses After 9-Days in Release

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TOP OPENING GROSSES BY DAYS IN RELEASE

(Counting the first 9 days of wide release whenever they occurred, not just weekends.)

Rank	Movie Title	Studio	Opening	% of Total	Theaters / Avg		Total Gross	Release
25	Avatar	Fox	$188,463,503	25.1%	3,456	$54,532	$749,766,139	F, 12/18/09
1	Marvel's The Avengers	BV	$342,148,409	54.9%	4,349	$78,673	$623,357,910	F, 5/4/12
2	The Dark Knight	WB	$290,119,997	54.4%	4,366	$66,450	$533,345,358	F, 7/18/08
3	The Dark Knight Rises	WB	$267,458,321	59.7%	4,404	$60,731	$448,139,099	F, 7/20/12
35	Shrek 2	DW	$164,735,354	37.3%	4,163	$39,571	$441,226,247	W, 5/19/04
43	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	Fox	$140,194,760	32.5%	2,970	$47,204	$431,088,295	W, 5/19/99
7	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	BV	$239,410,629	56.6%	4,133	$57,927	$423,315,812	F, 7/7/06
17	Toy Story 3	BV	$208,092,816	50.1%	4,028	$51,662	$415,004,880	F, 6/18/10
8	The Hunger Games	LGF	$233,324,271	57.2%	4,137	$56,399	$408,010,692	F, 3/23/12
19	Spider-Man	Sony	$202,035,007	50.0%	3,615	$55,888	$403,706,375	F, 5/3/02
6	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	P/DW	$251,035,008	62.4%	4,234	$59,290	$402,111,870	W, 6/24/09
5	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2	WB	$258,934,716	68.0%	4,375	$59,185	$381,011,219	F, 7/15/11
12	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	Fox	$216,022,081	56.8%	3,663	$58,974	$380,270,577	Th, 5/19/05
31	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	NL	$171,670,604	45.5%	3,703	$46,360	$377,027,325	W, 12/17/03
14	Spider-Man 2	Sony	$211,257,583	56.5%	4,152	$50,881	$373,585,825	W, 6/30/04
36	The Passion of the Christ	NM	$160,641,939	43.4%	3,043	$52,791	$370,274,604	W, 2/25/04
16	Transformers: Dark of the Moon*	P/DW	$208,475,424	59.2%	4,088	$50,997	$352,390,543	W, 6/29/11
4	Iron Man 3	BV	$264,188,043	75.9%	4,253	$62,118	$348,082,524	F, 5/3/13
40	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	NL	$151,182,682	44.5%	3,622	$41,740	$339,789,881	W, 12/18/02
55	Finding Nemo	BV	$129,262,533	38.1%	3,391	$38,119	$339,714,978	F, 5/30/03
9	Spider-Man 3	Sony	$224,411,133	66.7%	4,252	$52,778	$336,530,303	F, 5/4/07
22	Alice in Wonderland (2010)	BV	$190,803,629	57.1%	3,728	$51,181	$334,191,110	F, 3/5/10
26	Shrek the Third*	P/DW	$184,271,282	57.1%	4,172	$44,169	$322,719,944	F, 5/18/07
30	Transformers*	P/DW	$171,788,861	53.8%	4,011	$42,829	$319,246,193	T, 7/3/07
37	Iron Man*	Par.	$159,382,216	50.1%	4,111	$38,770	$318,412,101	F, 5/2/08
29	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	WB	$173,565,892	54.7%	3,672	$47,267	$317,575,550	F, 11/16/01
27	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Par.	$183,101,562	57.7%	4,264	$42,941	$317,101,119	Th, 5/22/08
75	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	NL	$117,166,830	37.4%	3,359	$34,881	$313,364,114	W, 12/19/01
20	Iron Man 2	Par.	$196,923,384	63.0%	4,390	$44,857	$312,433,331	F, 5/7/10
23	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End*	BV	$190,791,106	61.7%	4,362	$43,739	$309,420,425	F, 5/25/07
79	Independence Day*	Fox	$113,945,551	37.2%	2,882	$39,537	$306,169,268	W, 7/3/96
42	Skyfall*	Sony	$147,576,859	48.5%	3,505	$42,105	$304,360,277	F, 11/9/12
45	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	WB	$137,391,893	45.3%	4,100	$33,510	$303,003,568	F, 12/14/12
39	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones	Fox	$154,093,786	51.0%	3,161	$48,748	$302,191,252	Th, 5/16/02
21	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	WB	$191,833,631	63.5%	4,325	$44,355	$301,959,197	W, 7/15/09
18	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Sum.	$203,662,377	67.8%	4,468	$45,582	$300,531,751	W, 6/30/10
10	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Sum.	$222,312,298	74.9%	4,042	$55,001	$296,623,634	F, 11/20/09
15	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1	WB	$209,530,619	70.8%	4,125	$50,795	$295,983,305	F, 11/19/10
63	Up	BV	$124,004,233	42.3%	3,818	$32,479	$293,004,164	F, 5/29/09
53	Inception	WB	$129,755,003	44.3%	3,792	$34,218	$292,576,195	F, 7/16/10
11	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2	LG/S	$218,287,679	74.7%	4,070	$53,633	$292,324,737	F, 11/16/12
28	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	WB	$175,355,515	60.1%	4,285	$40,923	$292,004,738	W, 7/11/07
24	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	WB	$189,258,709	65.3%	3,858	$49,056	$290,013,036	F, 11/18/05
32	The Matrix Reloaded*	WB	$169,197,918	60.1%	3,603	$46,960	$281,576,461	Th, 5/15/03
13	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1	Sum.	$212,201,624	75.4%	4,066	$52,189	$281,287,133	F, 11/18/11
69	Meet the Fockers	Uni.	$120,719,585	43.2%	3,518	$34,315	$279,261,160	W, 12/22/04
38	The Amazing Spider-Man*	Sony	$158,863,629	60.6%	4,318	$36,791	$262,030,663	T, 7/3/12
47	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	WB	$135,845,151	51.9%	3,682	$36,894	$261,988,482	F, 11/15/02
54	The Incredibles	BV	$129,306,113	49.5%	3,933	$32,877	$261,441,092	F, 11/5/04
62	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Uni.	$124,544,130	47.9%	3,134	$39,740	$260,044,825	F, 11/17/00
52	Star Trek*	Par.	$130,655,023	50.7%	3,860	$33,848	$257,730,019	F, 5/8/09
59	I Am Legend	WB	$126,575,006	49.4%	3,620	$34,965	$256,393,010	F, 12/14/07
34	The Hangover Part II	WB	$165,044,408	64.9%	3,615	$45,655	$254,464,305	Th, 5/26/11
41	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	WB	$147,946,953	59.3%	3,855	$38,378	$249,541,069	F, 6/4/04
58	Bruce Almighty	Uni.	$126,989,910	52.3%	3,492	$36,366	$242,829,261	F, 5/23/03
44	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	BV	$139,704,853	58.0%	4,164	$33,551	$241,071,802	F, 5/20/11
73	Shrek Forever After	P/DW	$118,026,614	49.4%	4,367	$27,027	$238,736,787	F, 5/21/10
67	Brave	BV	$121,390,734	51.2%	4,164	$29,152	$237,283,207	F, 6/22/12
33	X-Men: The Last Stand	Fox	$165,969,435	70.8%	3,714	$44,688	$234,362,462	F, 5/26/06
48	War of the Worlds	Par.	$134,509,164	57.4%	3,908	$34,419	$234,280,354	W, 6/29/05
49	Oz The Great and Powerful	BV	$132,409,762	57.2%	3,912	$33,847	$231,563,051	F, 3/8/13
56	The Lost World: Jurassic Park*	Uni.	$129,114,740	56.4%	3,282	$39,340	$229,086,679	F, 5/23/97
61	Hancock*	Sony	$125,199,410	54.9%	3,965	$31,576	$227,946,274	W, 7/2/08
65	The Bourne Ultimatum	Uni.	$122,300,560	53.8%	3,686	$33,180	$227,471,070	F, 8/3/07
64	Rush Hour 2*	NL	$122,969,383	54.4%	3,118	$39,439	$226,164,286	F, 8/3/01
74	WALL-E	BV	$117,309,220	52.4%	3,992	$29,386	$223,808,164	F, 6/27/08
80	National Treasure: Book of Secrets	BV	$113,337,359	51.5%	3,832	$29,577	$219,964,115	F, 12/21/07
68	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	Fox	$120,727,282	55.0%	3,700	$32,629	$219,614,612	W, 12/23/09
84	Ted	Uni.	$110,114,300	50.3%	3,256	$33,819	$218,815,487	F, 6/29/12
60	The Da Vinci Code	Sony	$125,290,824	57.6%	3,754	$33,375	$217,536,138	F, 5/19/06
46	X2: X-Men United	Fox	$137,125,638	63.8%	3,749	$36,577	$214,949,694	F, 5/2/03
83	Dr. Seuss' The Lorax	Uni.	$110,355,740	51.6%	3,746	$29,460	$214,030,500	F, 3/2/12
57	Austin Powers in Goldmember*	NL	$128,880,761	60.4%	3,613	$35,671	$213,307,889	F, 7/26/02
72	300	WB	$118,918,100	56.5%	3,270	$36,366	$210,614,939	F, 3/9/07
51	Fast Five	Uni.	$130,752,455	62.3%	3,662	$35,705	$209,837,675	F, 4/29/11
50	Sherlock Holmes	WB	$131,366,402	62.8%	3,626	$36,229	$209,028,679	F, 12/25/09
76	Superman Returns*	WB	$116,827,424	58.4%	4,065	$28,740	$200,081,192	W, 6/28/06
81	Pearl Harbor*	BV	$110,878,163	55.8%	3,214	$34,498	$198,542,554	F, 5/25/01
78	Twilight	Sum.	$114,497,107	59.4%	3,425	$33,430	$192,769,854	F, 11/21/08
71	The Day After Tomorrow	Fox	$120,434,052	64.5%	3,444	$34,969	$186,740,799	F, 5/28/04
70	The Simpsons Movie	Fox	$120,549,999	65.8%	3,926	$30,706	$183,135,014	F, 7/27/07
77	Planet of the Apes (2001)	Fox	$115,740,317	64.3%	3,530	$32,788	$180,011,740	F, 7/27/01
66	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Fox	$122,173,409	67.9%	4,102	$29,784	$179,883,157	F, 5/1/09
82	Fast and Furious	Uni.	$110,386,310	71.2%	3,472	$31,793	$155,064,265	F, 4/3/09

CHART NOTES
* Indicates that the movie had previews or was in limited release prior to its Wide release date. These grosses are excluded to ensure an apples-to-apples comparison (e.g., The Matrix Reloaded's Wednesday night showings prior to its Thursday release have been sifted out).