BEST RANKING MOVIES by Weekend Rank, 1982-Present
Note: Movies must have 10 top 10 weekends to qualify. Row Rank* Title (click to view) Studio Total Total Gross^ Date** 1 36 Chariots of Fire Col. 17 $58,972,904 9/25/81 2 31 On Golden Pond Uni. 17 $119,285,432 12/04/81 3 66 Porky's Fox 14 $105,492,483 3/19/82 4 178 The Sword and the Sorcerer Gr1 10 $39,103,425 4/23/82 5 18 Rocky III UA 20 $124,146,897 5/28/82 6 96 Poltergeist MGM 12 $76,606,280 6/04/82 7 1 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Uni. 44 $359,197,037 6/11/82 8 137 The World According to Garp WB 11 $29,712,172 7/23/82 9 81 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Uni. 13 $69,701,637 7/23/82 10 16 An Officer and a Gentleman Par. 21 $129,795,554 7/30/82 11 186 Fast Times at Ridgemont High Uni. 10 $27,092,880 8/13/82 12 187 My Favorite Year MGM 10 $20,123,620 10/08/82 13 72 The Verdict Fox 14 $53,977,250 12/10/82 14 56 48 HRS. Par. 15 $78,868,508 12/10/82 15 37 Gandhi Col. 17 $52,767,889 12/10/82 16 3 Tootsie Col. 27 $177,200,000 12/17/82 17 12 Flashdance Par. 23 $92,921,203 4/15/83 18 22 Return of the Jedi Fox 19 $252,583,617 5/25/83 19 97 WarGames MGM 12 $79,567,667 6/03/83 20 34 Trading Places Par. 17 $90,404,800 6/10/83 21 102 Mr. Mom Fox 12 $64,783,827 7/22/83 22 105 National Lampoon's Vacation WB 12 $61,399,552 7/29/83 23 86 Risky Business WB 13 $63,541,777 8/05/83 24 71 The Big Chill Col. 14 $56,342,711 9/30/83 25 171 Never Say Never Again WB 10 $55,432,841 10/07/83 26 15 Terms of Endearment Par. 22 $108,423,489 11/23/83 27 164 Sudden Impact WB 10 $67,642,693 12/09/83 28 46 Footloose Par. 16 $80,035,402 2/17/84 29 125 Splash BV 11 $69,821,334 3/09/84 30 80 Police Academy WB 13 $81,198,894 3/23/84 31 101 Romancing the Stone Fox 12 $76,572,238 3/30/84 32 64 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Par. 14 $179,870,271 5/23/84 33 39 Gremlins WB 16 $148,168,459 6/08/84 34 17 Ghostbusters Col. 20 $229,242,989 6/08/84 35 35 The Karate Kid Col. 17 $90,815,558 6/22/84 36 84 Purple Rain WB 13 $68,392,977 7/27/84 37 2 Beverly Hills Cop Par. 28 $234,760,478 12/05/84 38 60 Witness Par. 15 $68,706,993 2/08/85 39 135 Mask Uni. 11 $48,230,162 3/08/85 40 133 Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment WB 11 $55,600,000 3/29/85 41 90 Rambo: First Blood Part II TriS 12 $150,415,432 5/22/85 42 70 Cocoon Fox 14 $76,113,124 6/21/85 43 10 Back to the Future Uni. 24 $210,609,762 7/03/85 44 180 Jagged Edge Col. 10 $40,491,165 10/04/85 45 47 Out of Africa Uni. 16 $87,071,205 12/20/85 46 24 The Color Purple WB 19 $94,175,854 12/20/85 47 107 Down and Out in Beverly Hills BV 12 $62,134,225 1/31/86 48 111 Pretty in Pink Par. 12 $40,471,663 2/28/86 49 185 Gung Ho Par. 10 $36,611,610 3/14/86 50 4 Top Gun Par. 27 $176,781,728 5/16/86 51 99 Back to School Orion 12 $91,258,000 6/13/86 52 33 The Karate Kid Part II Col. 17 $115,103,979 6/20/86 53 61 Ruthless People BV 15 $71,624,879 6/27/86 54 122 Aliens Fox 11 $85,160,248 7/18/86 55 62 Stand by Me Col. 15 $52,287,414 8/08/86 56 7 Crocodile Dundee Par. 26 $174,803,506 9/26/86 57 181 Peggy Sue Got Married TriS 10 $41,382,841 10/10/86 58 94 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Par. 12 $109,713,132 11/26/86 59 14 Platoon Orion 22 $138,530,565 12/19/86 60 177 Outrageous Fortune BV 10 $52,864,741 1/30/87 61 87 Lethal Weapon WB 13 $65,207,127 3/06/87 62 184 Blind Date TriS 10 $39,321,715 3/27/87 63 131 The Secret of My Success Uni. 11 $66,995,879 4/10/87 64 134 La Bamba Col. 11 $54,215,416 7/24/87 65 132 Stakeout BV 11 $65,673,233 8/07/87 66 49 Dirty Dancing Vest 16 $63,446,382 8/21/87 67 19 Fatal Attraction Par. 20 $156,645,693 9/18/87 68 28 Three Men and a Baby BV 18 $167,780,960 11/25/87 69 21 Moonstruck MGM 20 $80,640,528 12/18/87 70 43 Good Morning, Vietnam BV 16 $123,922,370 12/25/87 71 183 Biloxi Blues Uni. 10 $43,184,798 3/25/88 72 128 Beetlejuice WB 11 $73,707,461 4/01/88 73 69 Big Fox 14 $114,968,774 6/03/88 74 32 Who Framed Roger Rabbit BV 17 $156,452,370 6/24/88 75 110 A Fish Called Wanda MGM 12 $62,493,712 7/15/88 76 85 Die Hard Fox 13 $83,008,852 7/15/88 77 106 Cocktail BV 12 $78,222,753 7/29/88 78 179 Oliver & Company BV 10 $53,279,055 11/18/88 79 167 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! Par. 10 $78,756,177 12/02/88 80 155 Twins Uni. 10 $111,938,388 12/09/88 81 11 Rain Man MGM 24 $172,825,435 12/16/88 82 174 Working Girl Fox 10 $63,779,477 12/23/88 83 172 Field of Dreams Uni. 10 $64,431,625 4/21/89 84 143 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Par. 10 $197,171,806 5/24/89 85 149 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids BV 10 $130,724,172 6/23/89 86 73 Batman WB 13 $251,188,924 6/23/89 87 76 Lethal Weapon 2 WB 13 $147,253,986 7/07/89 88 82 When Harry Met Sally... Col. 13 $92,823,546 7/14/89 89 129 Turner & Hooch BV 11 $71,079,915 7/28/89 90 98 Parenthood Uni. 12 $100,047,830 8/02/89 91 91 Look Who's Talking TriS 12 $140,088,813 10/13/89 92 103 The Little Mermaid BV 12 $84,355,863 11/17/89 93 48 Steel Magnolias TriS 16 $83,759,091 11/17/89 94 153 Back to the Future Part II Uni. 10 $118,450,002 11/22/89 95 162 The War of the Roses Fox 10 $86,888,546 12/08/89 96 25 Driving Miss Daisy WB 19 $106,593,296 12/15/89 97 109 Born on the Fourth of July Uni. 12 $70,001,698 12/22/89 98 55 The Hunt for Red October Par. 15 $122,012,643 3/02/90 99 40 Pretty Woman BV 16 $178,406,268 3/23/90 100 93 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles NL 12 $135,265,915 3/30/90 101 13 Ghost Par. 22 $217,631,306 7/13/90 102 165 Presumed Innocent WB 10 $86,303,188 7/27/90 103 9 Dances with Wolves Orion 25 $184,208,848 11/09/90 104 8 Home Alone Fox 25 $285,761,243 11/16/90 105 100 Sleeping with the Enemy Fox 12 $101,599,005 2/08/91 106 67 The Silence of the Lambs Orion 14 $130,742,922 2/14/91 107 119 City Slickers Col. 11 $124,033,791 6/07/91 108 41 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves WB 16 $165,493,908 6/14/91 109 65 Terminator 2: Judgment Day TriS 14 $204,843,345 7/03/91 110 20 Beauty and the Beast BV 20 $145,863,363 11/15/91 111 126 Fried Green Tomatoes Uni. 11 $82,418,501 12/27/91 112 124 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle BV 11 $88,036,683 1/10/92 113 44 Wayne's World Par. 16 $121,697,323 2/14/92 114 68 Basic Instinct TriS 14 $117,727,224 3/20/92 115 170 White Men Can't Jump Fox 10 $76,253,806 3/27/92 116 176 Beethoven Uni. 10 $57,114,049 4/03/92 117 42 Sister Act BV 16 $139,605,150 5/29/92 118 121 A League of Their Own Sony 11 $107,533,928 7/01/92 119 159 Unforgiven WB 10 $101,157,447 8/07/92 120 127 The Last of the Mohicans Fox 11 $75,505,856 9/25/92 121 30 Aladdin BV 17 $217,350,219 11/13/92 122 152 The Bodyguard WB 10 $121,945,720 11/25/92 123 92 A Few Good Men Col. 12 $141,340,178 12/11/92 124 38 Jurassic Park Uni. 16 $357,067,947 6/11/93 125 118 Sleepless in Seattle TriS 11 $126,680,884 6/25/93 126 158 In the Line of Fire Col. 10 $102,314,823 7/09/93 127 145 The Fugitive WB 10 $183,875,760 8/06/93 128 29 Mrs. Doubtfire Fox 17 $219,195,243 11/24/93 129 26 Schindler's List Uni. 19 $96,065,768 12/15/93 130 136 Four Weddings and a Funeral Gram. 11 $52,700,832 3/11/94 131 27 The Lion King BV 18 $312,855,561 6/15/94 132 6 Forrest Gump Par. 26 $329,694,499 7/06/94 133 116 True Lies Fox 11 $146,282,411 7/15/94 134 154 The Mask NL 10 $119,938,730 7/29/94 135 79 Pulp Fiction Mira. 13 $107,928,762 10/14/94 136 169 While You Were Sleeping BV 10 $81,057,016 4/21/95 137 148 Apollo 13 Uni. 10 $172,071,312 6/30/95 138 89 Toy Story BV 12 $191,796,233 11/22/95 139 168 Mr. Holland's Opus BV 10 $82,569,971 12/29/95 140 95 The Birdcage MGM 12 $124,060,553 3/08/96 141 140 Twister WB 10 $241,721,524 5/10/96 142 50 Independence Day Fox 15 $306,169,268 7/03/96 143 160 The First Wives Club Par. 10 $105,489,203 9/20/96 144 117 Jerry Maguire Sony 11 $153,952,592 12/13/96 145 123 Scream Dim. 11 $103,046,663 12/20/96 146 74 Liar Liar Uni. 13 $181,410,615 3/21/97 147 141 Men in Black Sony 10 $250,690,539 7/02/97 148 78 Good Will Hunting Mira. 13 $138,433,435 12/05/97 149 5 Titanic Par. 26 $600,788,188 12/19/97 150 53 As Good as It Gets Sony 15 $148,478,011 12/23/97 151 75 There's Something About Mary Fox 13 $176,484,651 7/15/98 152 52 Saving Private Ryan DW 15 $216,540,909 7/24/98 153 59 Shakespeare in Love Mira. 15 $100,317,794 12/11/98 154 163 Analyze This WB 10 $106,885,658 3/05/99 155 77 The Matrix WB 13 $171,479,930 3/31/99 156 182 Never Been Kissed Fox 10 $55,474,756 4/09/99 157 112 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Fox 11 $431,088,295 5/19/99 158 51 The Sixth Sense BV 15 $293,506,292 8/06/99 159 57 American Beauty DW 15 $130,096,601 9/15/99 160 157 The Green Mile WB 10 $136,801,374 12/10/99 161 120 What Lies Beneath DW 11 $155,464,351 7/21/00 162 151 Meet the Parents Uni. 10 $166,244,045 10/06/00 163 58 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon SPC 15 $128,078,872 12/08/00 164 146 Cast Away Fox 10 $233,632,142 12/22/00 165 83 Traffic USA 13 $124,115,725 12/27/00 166 147 Rush Hour 2 NL 10 $226,164,286 8/03/01 167 144 Monsters, Inc. BV 10 $255,873,250 11/02/01 168 54 A Beautiful Mind Uni. 15 $170,742,341 12/21/01 169 23 My Big Fat Greek Wedding IFC 19 $241,438,208 4/19/02 170 45 Chicago Mira. 16 $170,687,518 12/27/02 171 113 Finding Nemo BV 11 $339,714,978 5/30/03 172 114 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl BV 11 $305,413,918 7/09/03 173 175 Mystic River WB 10 $90,135,191 10/08/03 174 88 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King NL 12 $377,027,325 12/17/03 175 139 Shrek 2 DW 10 $441,226,247 5/19/04 176 173 The Aviator Mira. 10 $102,610,330 12/17/04 177 150 Wedding Crashers NL 10 $209,255,921 7/15/05 178 166 Juno FoxS 10 $143,495,265 12/05/07 179 138 The Dark Knight WB 10 $533,345,358 7/18/08 180 104 Slumdog Millionaire FoxS 12 $141,319,928 11/12/08 181 63 Avatar Fox 14 $749,766,139 12/18/09 182 156 How to Train Your Dragon P/DW 10 $217,581,231 3/26/10 183 115 Inception WB 11 $292,576,195 7/16/10 184 130 The King's Speech Wein. 11 $135,453,143 11/26/10 185 142 The Hunger Games LGF 10 $408,010,692 3/23/12 186 161 Lincoln BV 10 $182,207,973 11/09/12 187 108 Silver Linings Playbook Wein. 12 $131,981,647 11/16/12
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