> ALL TIME > OPENINGS UNDER 1,500 THEATERS
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BIGGEST OPENINGS AT LESS THAN 1,500 THEATERS
(1982-Present)


Note: This chart only shows the top 200 movies, regardless of sorting.
RankTitle (click to view)StudioOpening*% of TotalTheaters / Avg.Total Gross^Release
1 Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour BV $31,117,834 47.7% 683 $45,561 $65,281,781 2/1/08
2 The Blair Witch Project Art. $29,207,381 20.8% 1,101 $26,528 $140,539,099 7/16/99
3 Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Fox $26,455,463 20.6% 837 $31,607 $128,505,958 11/3/06
4 Fahrenheit 9/11 Lions $23,920,637 20.1% 868 $27,558 $119,194,771 6/23/04
5 Return of the Jedi Fox $23,019,618 9.1% 1,002 $22,973 $252,583,617 5/25/83
6 Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman Lions $21,905,089 43.3% 1,483 $14,770 $50,633,099 2/25/05
7 Rocky IV UA $19,991,537 15.6% 1,325 $15,087 $127,873,716 11/27/85
8 Paranormal Activity Par. $19,617,650 18.2% 760 $25,813 $107,918,810 9/25/09
9 Aladdin BV $19,289,073 8.9% 1,131 $17,054 $217,350,219 11/13/92
10 The Hunt for Red October Par. $17,161,835 14.1% 1,225 $14,009 $122,012,643 3/2/90
11 Home Alone Fox $17,081,997 6.0% 1,202 $14,211 $285,761,243 11/16/90
12 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Par. $16,881,888 15.4% 1,349 $12,514 $109,713,132 11/26/86
13 Dangerous Minds BV $14,931,503 17.6% 1,348 $11,076 $84,919,401 8/11/95
14 Next Friday NL $14,465,156 25.2% 1,103 $13,114 $57,328,603 1/12/00
15 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids BV $14,262,961 10.9% 1,371 $10,403 $130,724,172 6/23/89
16 Dreamgirls P/DW $14,100,050 13.6% 852 $16,549 $103,365,956 12/15/06
17 Sleeping with the Enemy Fox $13,777,943 13.6% 1,406 $9,799 $101,599,005 2/8/91
18 Three Men and a Little Lady BV $13,774,642 19.2% 1,281 $10,753 $71,609,321 11/21/90
19 Ghostbusters Col. $13,578,151 5.9% 1,339 $10,140 $229,242,989 6/8/84
20 Jaws 3-D Uni. $13,422,500 29.5% 1,300 $10,325 $45,517,055 7/22/83
21 Scrooged Par. $13,027,842 21.6% 1,262 $10,323 $60,328,558 11/23/88
22 The Karate Kid Part II Col. $12,652,336 11.0% 1,323 $9,563 $115,103,979 6/20/86
23 Nine Months Fox $12,522,240 18.0% 1,458 $8,588 $69,684,532 7/14/95
24 Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience BV $12,510,374 65.3% 1,271 $9,843 $19,162,740 2/27/09
25 Rocky III UA $12,431,486 10.0% 939 $13,239 $124,146,897 5/28/82
26 Ghost Par. $12,191,540 5.6% 1,101 $11,073 $217,631,306 7/13/90
27 Death Becomes Her Uni. $12,110,355 20.7% 1,409 $8,595 $58,422,650 7/31/92
28 Look Who's Talking TriS $12,107,784 8.6% 1,208 $10,023 $140,088,813 10/13/89
29 Sister Act BV $11,894,587 8.5% 1,430 $8,317 $139,605,150 5/29/92
30 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Uni. $11,874,268 17.0% 1,400 $8,481 $69,701,637 7/23/82
31 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Uni. $11,835,389 3.3% 1,103 $10,730 $359,197,037 6/11/82
32 Cocktail BV $11,789,466 15.1% 1,404 $8,397 $78,222,753 7/29/88
33 Good Morning, Vietnam BV $11,752,913 9.5% 785 $14,971 $123,922,370 12/25/87
34 Poetic Justice Col. $11,728,455 42.6% 1,273 $9,213 $27,515,786 7/23/93
35 Presumed Innocent WB $11,718,981 13.6% 1,349 $8,687 $86,303,188 7/27/90
36 Hugo Par. $11,364,505 15.4% 1,277 $8,899 $73,864,507 11/23/11
37 How Stella Got Her Groove Back Fox $11,318,919 30.1% 1,395 $8,113 $37,672,941 8/14/98
38 Pretty Woman BV $11,280,591 6.3% 1,325 $8,513 $178,406,268 3/23/90
39 Who Framed Roger Rabbit BV $11,226,239 7.2% 1,045 $10,742 $156,452,370 6/24/88
40 Soul Food Fox $11,197,897 25.6% 1,336 $8,381 $43,700,855 9/26/97
41 Twins Uni. $11,174,980 10.0% 1,396 $8,005 $111,938,388 12/9/88
42 Back to the Future Uni. $11,152,500 5.3% 1,420 $7,853 $210,609,762 7/3/85
43 Romeo + Juliet Fox $11,133,231 24.0% 1,276 $8,725 $46,351,345 11/1/96
44 The Original Kings of Comedy Par. $11,053,832 29.0% 847 $13,050 $38,182,790 8/18/00
45 Born on the Fourth of July Uni. $11,023,650 15.8% 1,310 $8,415 $70,001,698 12/22/89
46 The Last of the Mohicans Fox $10,976,661 14.5% 1,491 $7,361 $75,505,856 9/25/92
47 Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire LGF $10,881,772 22.9% 629 $17,300 $47,566,524 11/6/09
48 Brown Sugar FoxS $10,738,882 39.2% 1,372 $7,827 $27,363,891 10/11/02
49 Juno FoxS $10,634,576 7.4% 1,019 $10,436 $143,495,265 12/5/07
50 Dragnet Uni. $10,542,669 18.4% 1,337 $7,885 $57,387,516 6/26/87
51 Parenthood Uni. $10,506,450 10.5% 1,262 $8,325 $100,047,830 8/2/89
52 Breach Uni. $10,504,990 31.6% 1,489 $7,055 $33,231,264 2/16/07
53 Mystic River WB $10,445,547 11.6% 1,467 $7,120 $90,135,191 10/8/03
54 Three Men and a Baby BV $10,384,392 6.2% 1,006 $10,322 $167,780,960 11/25/87
55 The Brothers SGem $10,302,846 37.5% 1,378 $7,476 $27,457,409 3/23/01
56 Cape Fear Uni. $10,261,025 13.0% 924 $11,105 $79,091,969 11/15/91
57 Children of Men Uni. $10,197,775 28.7% 1,209 $8,434 $35,552,383 12/25/06
58 Misery Col. $10,076,834 16.4% 1,244 $8,100 $61,276,872 11/30/90
59 28 Days Later FoxS $10,061,858 22.3% 1,260 $7,985 $45,064,915 6/27/03
60 Aliens Fox $10,052,042 11.8% 1,437 $6,995 $85,160,248 7/18/86
61 The Prince of Tides Col. $10,035,412 13.4% 1,405 $7,142 $74,787,599 12/27/91
62 Flatliners Col. $10,034,685 16.3% 1,319 $7,607 $61,489,265 8/10/90
63 Boyz N the Hood Col. $10,023,462 17.4% 829 $12,091 $57,504,069 7/12/91
64 The Untouchables Par. $10,023,094 13.1% 1,012 $9,904 $76,270,454 6/5/87
65 Sea of Love Uni. $10,017,840 17.1% 1,246 $8,040 $58,571,513 9/15/89
66 Malcolm X WB $9,871,125 20.5% 1,124 $8,782 $48,169,910 11/20/92
67 Under the Tuscan Sun BV $9,751,425 22.4% 1,226 $7,953 $43,610,723 9/26/03
68 Beauty and the Beast BV $9,624,149 6.6% 977 $9,850 $145,863,363 11/15/91
69 Conan the Barbarian Uni. $9,603,139 24.3% 1,395 $6,883 $39,565,475 5/14/82
70 Dances with Wolves Orion $9,491,623 5.2% 1,048 $9,056 $184,208,848 11/9/90
71 The War of the Roses Fox $9,488,794 10.9% 1,259 $7,536 $86,888,546 12/8/89
72 The Witches of Eastwick WB $9,454,238 14.8% 1,103 $8,571 $63,766,510 6/12/87
73 Friday the 13th Part III Par. $9,406,522 27.2% 1,079 $8,717 $34,581,519 8/13/82
74 Freedom Writers Par. $9,405,582 25.7% 1,360 $6,915 $36,605,602 1/5/07
75 Waist Deep Rog. $9,404,180 44.1% 1,004 $9,366 $21,344,312 6/23/06
76 Johnson Family Vacation FoxS $9,375,307 30.1% 1,317 $7,118 $31,203,964 4/7/04
77 The Exorcist III Fox $9,312,219 35.7% 1,288 $7,229 $26,098,824 8/17/90
78 Pulp Fiction Mira. $9,311,882 8.6% 1,338 $6,959 $107,928,762 10/14/94
79 A Thin Line Between Love and Hate NL $9,310,414 26.8% 1,131 $8,232 $34,767,836 4/5/96
80 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street P/DW $9,300,805 17.6% 1,249 $7,446 $52,898,073 12/21/07
81 Jackie Brown Mira. $9,292,248 23.4% 1,370 $6,783 $39,673,162 12/25/97
82 While You Were Sleeping BV $9,288,915 11.5% 1,421 $6,536 $81,057,016 4/21/95
83 Mr. Holland's Opus BV $9,257,334 11.2% 1,409 $6,570 $82,569,971 12/29/95
84 Malice Col. $9,232,650 19.9% 1,431 $6,451 $46,405,336 10/1/93
85 What About Bob? BV $9,216,334 14.5% 1,463 $6,299 $63,707,829 5/17/91
86 Hard to Kill WB $9,213,631 19.4% 1,301 $7,081 $47,410,827 2/9/90
87 The Doors TriS $9,151,800 26.6% 840 $10,895 $34,416,893 3/1/91
88 Rookie of the Year Fox $9,122,714 17.0% 1,460 $6,248 $53,615,089 7/9/93
89 Courageous TriS $9,112,839 26.4% 1,161 $7,849 $34,522,221 9/30/11
90 Eddie Murphy Raw Par. $9,077,324 18.0% 1,391 $6,525 $50,504,655 12/18/87
91 The Best Man Uni. $9,031,660 26.5% 1,346 $6,710 $34,102,780 10/22/99
92 To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar Uni. $9,019,180 24.7% 1,294 $6,970 $36,474,193 9/8/95
93 The Hurricane Uni. $9,014,805 17.8% 1,454 $6,200 $50,699,241 12/29/99
94 Octopussy MGM $8,902,564 13.1% 1,311 $6,790 $67,893,619 6/10/83
95 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors NL $8,880,555 19.8% 1,343 $6,612 $44,793,222 2/27/87
96 When Harry Met Sally... Col. $8,846,522 9.5% 775 $11,414 $92,823,546 7/14/89
97 Set It Off NL $8,812,105 24.2% 1,014 $8,690 $36,461,139 11/8/96
98 Falling Down WB $8,724,452 21.3% 1,220 $7,151 $40,903,593 2/26/93
99 Love Actually Uni. $8,698,030 14.6% 1,177 $7,390 $59,696,144 11/7/03
100 The Constant Gardener Focus $8,673,803 25.8% 1,346 $6,444 $33,579,797 8/31/05
101 Dogma Lions $8,669,945 28.3% 1,269 $6,832 $30,652,890 11/12/99
102 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon SPC $8,647,295 6.8% 693 $12,478 $128,078,872 12/8/00
103 Police Academy WB $8,570,007 10.6% 1,063 $8,062 $81,198,894 3/23/84
104 About a Boy Uni. $8,557,630 20.7% 1,207 $7,090 $41,385,278 5/17/02
105 About Schmidt NL $8,533,162 13.1% 816 $10,457 $65,016,287 12/13/02
106 The Wood Par. $8,515,223 34.0% 1,191 $7,149 $25,059,640 7/16/99
107 The Royal Tenenbaums BV $8,512,122 16.3% 751 $11,334 $52,364,010 12/14/01
108 Medicine Man BV $8,494,271 18.7% 1,304 $6,514 $45,500,797 2/7/92
109 Heat WB $8,445,656 12.5% 1,325 $6,374 $67,436,818 12/15/95
110 Black Swan FoxS $8,383,479 7.8% 959 $8,742 $106,954,678 12/3/10
111 Evita BV $8,381,055 16.8% 704 $11,904 $50,047,179 12/25/96
112 National Lampoon's Vacation WB $8,333,358 13.6% 1,175 $7,092 $61,399,552 7/29/83
113 I Am Sam NL $8,315,581 20.6% 1,268 $6,558 $40,311,852 12/28/01
114 Psycho II Uni. $8,310,244 23.9% 1,448 $5,739 $34,725,000 6/3/83
115 Awakenings Col. $8,306,532 15.9% 1,282 $6,479 $52,096,475 12/22/90
116 Willow MGM $8,300,169 14.5% 1,024 $8,105 $57,269,863 5/20/88
117 Chicago Mira. $8,238,709 4.8% 616 $13,374 $170,687,518 12/27/02
118 Big Fox $8,216,190 7.2% 1,132 $7,258 $114,968,774 6/3/88
119 The Other Boleyn Girl Sony $8,203,061 30.6% 1,166 $7,035 $26,814,957 2/29/08
120 Top Gun Par. $8,193,052 4.6% 1,028 $7,969 $176,781,728 5/16/86
121 American Beauty DW $8,188,587 6.3% 706 $11,598 $130,096,601 9/15/99
122 Platoon Orion $8,179,149 5.9% 856 $9,555 $138,530,565 12/19/86
123 The Exorcist Director's Cut WB $8,175,666 20.6% 664 $12,312 $39,671,011 9/22/00
124 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Focus $8,175,198 23.8% 1,353 $6,042 $34,400,301 3/19/04
125 Firefox WB $8,152,948 17.5% 881 $9,254 $46,708,276 6/18/82
126 Love & Basketball NL $8,139,180 29.6% 1,237 $6,579 $27,459,615 4/21/00
127 Hocus Pocus BV $8,125,471 20.6% 1,430 $5,682 $39,514,713 7/16/93
128 Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood Mira. $8,112,884 40.3% 1,010 $8,032 $20,109,115 1/12/96
129 Showgirls MGM $8,112,627 39.9% 1,388 $5,844 $20,350,754 9/22/95
130 Sommersby WB $8,104,624 16.2% 1,432 $5,659 $50,081,992 2/5/93
131 A History of Violence NL $8,103,077 25.7% 1,340 $6,047 $31,504,633 9/23/05
132 Heartbreak Ridge WB $8,100,840 19.0% 1,470 $5,510 $42,724,017 12/5/86
134 Arachnophobia BV $8,045,760 15.1% 1,479 $5,440 $53,208,180 7/20/90
133 Fletch Lives Uni. $8,045,760 22.9% 1,479 $5,440 $35,150,960 3/17/89
135 Legal Eagles Uni. $8,043,360 16.1% 1,248 $6,445 $49,851,591 6/20/86
136 Crocodile Dundee Par. $8,038,855 4.6% 879 $9,145 $174,803,506 9/26/86
137 Beetlejuice WB $8,030,897 10.9% 1,000 $8,030 $73,707,461 4/1/88
138 Hustle and Flow ParC $8,017,808 36.1% 1,013 $7,914 $22,202,809 7/22/05
139 One Hour Photo FoxS $8,006,660 25.3% 1,212 $6,606 $31,597,131 8/21/02
140 Snatch SGem $8,005,163 26.4% 1,444 $5,543 $30,328,156 12/8/00
141 A Low Down Dirty Shame BV $7,970,574 27.1% 1,379 $5,780 $29,392,418 11/25/94
142 Dead Presidents BV $7,943,778 32.9% 1,081 $7,348 $24,147,179 10/6/95
143 Cocoon Fox $7,936,427 10.4% 1,140 $6,961 $76,113,124 6/21/85
144 Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise Fox $7,900,879 26.3% 1,351 $5,848 $30,063,289 7/10/87
145 Best Defense Par. $7,872,297 40.9% 1,425 $5,524 $19,265,302 7/20/84
146 Postcards from the Edge Col. $7,871,856 20.2% 1,013 $7,770 $39,071,603 9/14/90
147 Free Willy WB $7,868,829 10.1% 1,476 $5,331 $77,698,625 7/16/93
148 Intersection Par. $7,818,502 36.6% 1,300 $6,014 $21,355,893 1/21/94
149 Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip Col. $7,780,693 21.4% 1,277 $6,092 $36,299,720 3/12/82
150 No Country for Old Men Mira. $7,776,773 10.5% 860 $9,042 $74,283,625 11/9/07
151 The Secret of My Success Uni. $7,766,452 11.6% 1,336 $5,813 $66,995,879 4/10/87
152 Purple Rain WB $7,766,201 11.4% 917 $8,469 $68,392,977 7/27/84
153 The Lawnmower Man NL $7,751,971 24.2% 1,276 $6,075 $32,100,816 3/6/92
154 Two Can Play That Game SGem $7,720,942 34.7% 1,297 $5,952 $22,235,901 9/7/01
155 Commando Fox $7,700,015 21.9% 1,495 $5,150 $35,100,000 10/4/85
156 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle BV $7,675,016 8.7% 766 $10,019 $88,036,683 1/10/92
157 Porky's Fox $7,623,988 7.2% 1,148 $6,641 $105,492,483 3/19/82
158 He Got Game BV $7,610,663 35.3% 1,319 $5,770 $21,567,853 5/1/98
159 Fatal Attraction Par. $7,602,740 4.9% 758 $10,030 $156,645,693 9/18/87
160 Munich Uni. $7,566,075 16.0% 1,485 $5,095 $47,403,685 12/23/05
161 Kingdom Come FoxS $7,562,284 32.5% 1,111 $6,806 $23,249,649 4/11/01
162 Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday NL $7,552,190 47.4% 1,355 $5,573 $15,935,068 8/13/93
163 My Baby's Daddy Mira. $7,548,819 42.7% 1,447 $5,216 $17,669,317 1/9/04
164 Dead Poets Society BV $7,540,464 7.9% 687 $10,975 $95,860,116 6/2/89
165 Blind Date TriS $7,531,273 19.2% 1,251 $6,020 $39,321,715 3/27/87
166 The Land Before Time Uni. $7,526,025 15.7% 1,395 $5,395 $48,092,846 11/18/88
167 The Gospel SGem $7,523,571 47.7% 969 $7,764 $15,778,152 10/7/05
168 Jacob's Ladder TriS $7,500,760 28.7% 1,052 $7,130 $26,118,851 11/2/90
169 My Cousin Vinny Fox $7,416,751 14.0% 1,227 $6,044 $52,929,168 3/13/92
170 2010 MGM $7,393,361 18.3% 1,126 $6,566 $40,400,657 12/7/84
171 Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat Par. $7,374,049 38.4% 752 $9,805 $19,184,820 8/2/02
172 Trading Places Par. $7,348,200 8.1% 1,375 $5,344 $90,404,800 6/10/83
173 Country Strong SGem $7,326,165 36.2% 1,424 $5,145 $20,218,921 12/22/10
174 Throw Momma From the Train Orion $7,318,878 12.6% 1,477 $4,955 $57,915,972 12/11/87
175 Dave WB $7,306,755 11.6% 1,155 $6,326 $63,270,710 5/7/93
176 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome WB $7,283,714 20.1% 1,474 $4,941 $36,230,219 7/12/85
177 Bambi (Re-issue) (1988) BV $7,216,741 18.5% 1,483 $4,866 $39,047,150 7/15/88
178 Like Father, Like Son TriS $7,189,452 20.9% 1,167 $6,160 $34,377,585 10/2/87
179 Gung Ho Par. $7,170,830 19.6% 1,150 $6,235 $36,611,610 3/14/86
180 Pride and Prejudice Focus $7,158,119 18.6% 1,299 $5,510 $38,405,088 11/11/05
181 Nurse Betty USA $7,145,950 28.4% 1,459 $4,897 $25,170,054 9/8/00
182 Die Hard Fox $7,105,514 8.6% 1,276 $5,568 $83,008,852 7/15/88
183 How High Uni. $7,102,260 22.8% 1,266 $5,610 $31,178,740 12/21/01
184 Lionheart Uni. $7,094,552 29.5% 1,462 $4,852 $24,078,196 1/11/91
185 Biloxi Blues Uni. $7,093,325 16.4% 1,239 $5,725 $43,184,798 3/25/88
186 The Fisher King TriS $7,067,908 16.9% 1,214 $5,822 $41,895,491 9/20/91
187 Steel Magnolias TriS $7,053,867 8.4% 720 $9,797 $83,759,091 11/17/89
188 Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone Col. $7,053,016 42.8% 1,338 $5,271 $16,478,265 5/20/83
189 Cool Runnings BV $7,046,648 10.2% 1,387 $5,080 $68,856,263 10/1/93
190 New Jack City WB $7,039,622 14.8% 862 $8,166 $47,624,353 3/8/91
191 Fletch Uni. $7,022,970 13.9% 1,225 $5,733 $50,612,888 5/31/85
192 Young Guns Fox $7,011,393 15.4% 1,387 $5,055 $45,661,556 8/12/88
193 Planes, Trains and Automobiles Par. $7,009,482 14.2% 1,118 $6,269 $49,530,280 11/25/87
194 The Fly Fox $7,007,423 17.3% 1,195 $5,863 $40,456,565 8/15/86
195 Rain Man MGM $7,005,719 4.1% 1,248 $5,613 $172,825,435 12/16/88
196 The Paper Uni. $7,005,640 18.0% 1,092 $6,415 $38,824,341 3/18/94
197 Conan the Destroyer Uni. $6,958,872 22.4% 1,117 $6,229 $31,042,035 6/29/84
198 Almost Famous DW $6,926,467 21.3% 1,193 $5,805 $32,534,850 9/15/00
199 Pacific Heights Fox $6,912,637 23.5% 1,278 $5,408 $29,381,956 9/28/90
200 Poltergeist MGM $6,896,612 9.0% 890 $7,749 $76,606,280 6/4/82

* Opening Weekend equals Fri-Sat-Sun. Movies that do not have a 3-day opening gross are not included on this chart. A movie is considered to be in wide release when it reaches 600 or more theaters. For movies that opened in limited release and later went wide, the wide date is used for the 1,000-3,000 charts. All movies opening in limited release (regardless if they later went wide) and shown on the less than 600 theaters chart.
^ Total Gross does not include additional releases, if any.

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