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LONGEST TIME TO REACH #1
1982-Present
(Ties are broken by release date in favor of the older movies.)

Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Weeks to #1	Weekend Gross	Weekend	Total Gross^	Release**
1	A Fish Called Wanda	MGM	10	$2,555,291	9/16/88	$62,493,712	7/15/88
2	Absence of Malice	Col.	9	$3,290,111	1/15/82	$40,716,963	11/20/81
3	On Golden Pond	Uni.	8	$3,853,902	1/22/82	$119,285,432	12/4/81
4	Aladdin	BV	8	$15,642,073	1/01/93	$217,350,219	11/13/92
5	There's Something About Mary	Fox	8	$10,920,201	9/04/98	$176,484,651	7/15/98
6	Silkwood	Fox	7	$3,547,122	1/27/84	$35,615,609	12/16/83
7	Platoon	Orion	7	$8,352,394	1/30/87	$138,530,565	12/19/86
8	Driving Miss Daisy	WB	7	$5,705,721	1/26/90	$106,593,296	12/15/89
9	An Officer and a Gentleman	Par.	6	$7,711,202	9/03/82	$129,795,554	7/30/82
10	Mr. Mom	Fox	6	$6,445,106	8/26/83	$64,783,827	7/22/83
11	The Color Purple	WB	6	$4,412,456	1/24/86	$94,175,854	12/20/85
12	Four Weddings and a Funeral	Gram.	6	$4,162,489	4/15/94	$52,700,832	3/11/94
13	Witness	Par.	5	$4,506,587	3/08/85	$68,706,993	2/8/85
14	Sharky's Machine	WB	4	$2,850,839	1/08/82	$35,610,100	12/18/81
15	Jagged Edge	Col.	4	$3,216,053	10/25/85	$40,491,165	10/4/85
16	Out of Africa	Uni.	4	$5,137,370	1/10/86	$87,071,205	12/20/85
17	Stand by Me	Col.	4	$5,037,343	8/29/86	$52,287,414	8/8/86
18	Good Morning, Vietnam	BV	4	$11,752,913	1/15/88	$123,922,370	12/25/87
19	Philadelphia	TriS	4	$13,817,010	1/14/94	$77,446,440	12/24/93
20	Legends of the Fall	Sony	4	$14,038,128	1/13/95	$66,638,883	12/23/94
21	Black Hawk Down	SonR	4	$28,611,736	1/18/02	$108,638,745	12/28/01
22	The Money Pit	Uni.	3	$3,646,200	4/11/86	$37,499,651	3/28/86
23	Colors	Orion	3	$6,524,536	4/29/88	$46,616,067	4/15/88
24	Rain Man	MGM	3	$14,350,610	12/30/88	$172,825,435	12/16/88
25	Christmas Vacation	WB	3	$7,233,119	12/15/89	$71,319,526	12/1/89
26	Born on the Fourth of July	Uni.	3	$11,023,650	1/05/90	$70,001,698	12/22/89
27	Curly Sue	WB	3	$4,957,474	11/08/91	$33,691,313	10/25/91
28	Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas	BV	3	$8,212,477	10/29/93	$50,003,043	10/15/93
29	The Santa Clause	BV	3	$20,437,607	11/25/94	$144,833,357	11/11/94
30	Mr. Holland's Opus	BV	3	$8,297,082	1/26/96	$82,569,971	12/29/95
31	A Civil Action	BV	3	$15,163,484	1/08/99	$56,709,981	12/25/98
32	Wedding Crashers	NL	3	$20,023,159	7/29/05	$209,255,921	7/15/05
33	The Bucket List	WB	3	$19,392,416	1/11/08	$93,466,502	12/25/07
34	Flashdance	Par.	2	$4,085,494	4/22/83	$92,921,203	4/15/83
35	A Christmas Story	MGM	2	$3,935,944	11/25/83	$19,294,144	11/18/83
36	Terms of Endearment	Par.	2	$3,125,453	12/02/83	$108,423,489	11/23/83
37	The Witches of Eastwick	WB	2	$8,251,230	6/19/87	$63,766,510	6/12/87
38	Stakeout	BV	2	$5,574,782	8/14/87	$65,673,233	8/7/87
39	Gorillas in the Mist	Uni.	2	$3,451,230	9/30/88	$24,720,479	9/23/88
40	Three Fugitives	BV	2	$5,477,051	2/03/89	$40,586,886	1/27/89
41	Ghost	Par.	2	$12,523,295	7/20/90	$217,631,306	7/13/90
42	Dead Again	Par.	2	$6,315,869	8/30/91	$38,016,380	8/23/91
43	The Fisher King	TriS	2	$7,067,908	9/27/91	$41,895,491	9/20/91
44	A League of Their Own	Sony	2	$11,660,303	7/10/92	$107,533,928	7/1/92
45	Dave	WB	2	$8,506,834	5/14/93	$63,270,710	5/7/93
46	The Beverly Hillbillies	Fox	2	$7,178,556	10/22/93	$44,029,386	10/15/93
47	With Honors	WB	2	$3,741,737	5/06/94	$20,016,254	4/29/94
48	The Lion King	BV	2	$40,888,194	6/24/94	$312,855,561	6/15/94
49	Pocahontas	BV	2	$29,531,619	6/23/95	$141,579,773	6/16/95
50	12 Monkeys	Uni.	2	$13,842,990	1/05/96	$57,141,459	12/29/95
51	A Bug's Life	BV	2	$33,258,052	11/27/98	$162,798,565	11/20/98
52	Toy Story 2	BV	2	$57,388,839	11/26/99	$245,852,179	11/19/99
53	Bridget Jones's Diary	Mira.	2	$10,184,136	4/20/01	$71,543,427	4/13/01
54	Road to Perdition	DW	2	$15,412,515	7/19/02	$104,454,762	7/12/02
55	Elf	NL	2	$26,325,613	11/14/03	$173,398,518	11/7/03
56	Madagascar	DW	2	$28,110,235	6/03/05	$193,595,521	5/27/05
57	Bee Movie	P/DW	2	$25,565,462	11/09/07	$126,631,277	11/2/07

* Friday of the weekend it reached #1. ^ Total Gross does not include additional releases, if any. ** Initial release date.
(Italics = four-day weekend.)

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