Top Weekend Theater Averages

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TOP WEEKEND THEATER AVERAGES
1982-Present

Note: This chart top 200 movies, regardless of sorting.

Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Average	Theaters	Weekend Adj. Gross*	Adjusted Gross^	Date**
200	The Commitments	Fox	$72,263	8	$578,100	$31,788,200	8/16/91
199	To Die For	Sony	$72,455	11	$797,000	$43,890,100	9/29/95
198	Little Miss Sunshine	FoxS	$72,580	7	$508,100	$81,989,500	7/28/06
197	About Schmidt	NL	$72,657	6	$435,900	$96,813,100	12/13/02
196	Sicario	LGF	$72,718	6	$436,300	$48,378,800	9/18/15
195	The Freshman	TriS	$72,761	6	$436,600	$45,508,700	7/20/90
194	The Killing Fields	WB	$72,796	3	$218,400	$87,772,300	11/30/84
193	The People Vs. Larry Flynt	Sony	$73,001	16	$1,168,000	$39,672,000	1/03/97
192	Wide Sargasso Sea	NL	$73,246	1	$73,200	$3,498,700	4/16/93
191	Mystic River	WB	$73,326	13	$953,300	$132,490,000	10/10/03
190	Unzipped	Mira.	$73,486	2	$147,000	$5,928,600	8/04/95
189	Gothic	Vest	$73,552	1	$73,600	$2,101,800	4/10/87
188	When a Man Loves a Woman	BV	$73,606	19	$1,398,500	$107,343,800	5/06/94
187	Miami Rhapsody	BV	$73,636	2	$147,300	$10,766,600	1/27/95
186	A Soldier's Story	Col.	$74,037	6	$444,200	$57,846,600	9/21/84
185	127 Hours	FoxS	$74,149	4	$296,600	$20,706,900	11/05/10
184	Defiance	ParV	$74,257	2	$148,500	$34,442,900	1/02/09
183	The Official Story	ALM	$74,352	1	$74,400	$74,400	11/08/85
182	Black Hawk Down	SonR	$74,500	4	$298,000	$167,726,300	1/04/02
181	Bugsy	TriS	$74,762	4	$299,100	$105,878,700	12/13/91
180	Sideways	FoxS	$74,764	4	$299,100	$100,973,200	10/22/04
179	Frost/Nixon	Uni.	$75,253	3	$225,800	$22,493,800	12/05/08
178	A Passage to India	Col.	$75,265	3	$225,800	$68,759,700	12/14/84
177	The Grifters	Mira.	$75,316	2	$150,600	$28,649,200	12/07/90
176	The Paper	Uni.	$75,324	5	$376,600	$83,314,400	3/18/94
175	Philadelphia	TriS	$75,651	4	$302,600	$166,203,200	1/07/94
174	Cafe Society	LGF	$75,742	5	$378,700	$11,700,900	7/15/16
173	Nine	Wein.	$75,801	4	$303,200	$22,697,800	12/18/09
172	The Last Emperor	Col.	$75,986	6	$455,900	$96,490,600	11/27/87
171	For the Boys	Fox	$76,008	2	$152,000	$38,053,900	11/22/91
170	Brazil	Uni.	$76,053	1	$76,100	$24,016,000	12/20/85
169	Babel	ParV	$76,171	7	$533,200	$45,994,100	10/27/06
168	Good Will Hunting	Mira.	$76,190	7	$533,300	$264,765,000	12/05/97
167	Ed Wood	BV	$76,788	2	$153,600	$12,634,100	9/30/94
166	Traffic	USA	$76,854	4	$307,400	$196,708,900	12/29/00
165	Apocalypse Now Redux	Mira.	$76,857	2	$153,700	$7,331,800	8/03/01
164	The Motorcycle Diaries	Focus	$76,950	3	$230,800	$24,183,600	9/24/04
163	Juno	FoxS	$77,085	7	$539,600	$180,107,000	12/07/07
162	Orlando	SPC	$77,298	3	$231,900	$11,525,500	6/11/93
161	Grand Canyon	Fox	$77,399	2	$154,800	$71,853,000	1/03/92
160	A Handful of Dust	NL	$77,413	1	$77,400	$3,406,200	6/24/88
159	Philadelphia	TriS	$77,692	4	$310,800	$166,203,200	12/24/93
158	This Is My Life	Fox	$78,288	2	$156,600	$6,316,000	2/21/92
157	Fantastic Mr. Fox	Fox	$78,355	4	$313,400	$24,638,000	11/13/09
156	Much Ado About Nothing	Gold.	$78,444	3	$235,300	$48,856,900	5/07/93
155	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	FoxS	$78,700	4	$314,800	$53,245,500	11/10/17
154	The Place Beyond the Pines	Focus	$78,927	4	$315,700	$22,910,500	3/29/13
153	Revolutionary Road	ParV	$79,086	3	$237,300	$27,549,000	12/26/08
152	Sleepwalk with Me	IFC	$79,325	1	$79,300	$2,591,800	8/24/12
151	Fantasia 2000 (35mm & IMAX)	BV	$79,810	54	$4,309,800	$100,569,200	1/07/00
150	1984	Gold.	$79,814	1	$79,800	$21,308,200	12/14/84
149	To Rome with Love	SPC	$79,837	5	$399,200	$19,207,000	6/22/12
148	Talk to Her	SPC	$80,588	2	$161,200	$13,863,900	11/22/02
147	The Killing Fields	WB	$80,794	3	$242,400	$87,772,300	11/16/84
146	Syriana	WB	$81,073	9	$729,700	$70,608,700	12/02/05
145	The Shape of Water	FoxS	$81,377	2	$162,800	$62,382,100	12/01/17
144	New York Stories	BV	$81,403	12	$976,800	$24,319,500	3/03/89
143	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	BV	$81,672	2	$163,300	$34,081,000	12/10/04
142	Annie	Col.	$81,712	14	$1,144,000	$174,088,200	6/11/82
141	The Kids Are All Right	Focus	$81,768	7	$572,400	$24,207,100	7/09/10
140	The Piano	Mira.	$82,017	4	$328,100	$86,482,900	11/12/93
139	The Joy Luck Club	BV	$82,535	7	$577,700	$71,285,800	9/17/93
138	Philadelphia	TriS	$82,552	4	$330,200	$166,203,200	12/31/93
137	Sarafina!	BV	$82,662	2	$165,300	$15,792,000	9/18/92
136	Under the Volcano	Uni.	$82,759	1	$82,800	$6,825,700	6/15/84
135	Raising Arizona	Fox	$83,139	1	$83,100	$52,415,000	3/13/87
134	Lust, Caution	Focus	$83,335	1	$83,300	$5,998,300	9/28/07
133	The Killing Fields	WB	$83,458	3	$250,400	$87,772,300	11/23/84
132	A Soldier's Story	Col.	$83,496	5	$417,500	$57,846,600	9/14/84
131	A Fish Called Wanda	MGM	$83,716	3	$251,200	$136,391,400	7/22/88
130	A Fish Called Wanda	MGM	$83,964	3	$251,900	$136,391,400	7/15/88
129	The Fighter	Par.	$83,992	4	$336,000	$106,060,200	12/10/10
128	The Big Sick	LGF	$84,503	5	$422,500	$43,060,400	6/23/17
127	Adaptation.	Sony	$84,798	7	$593,600	$33,639,200	12/06/02
126	Tous les Matins du Monde	Oct.	$84,895	1	$84,900	$6,693,600	11/13/92
125	The Aristocrats	Think	$85,291	4	$341,200	$8,923,900	7/29/05
124	Mask	Uni.	$85,591	4	$342,400	$121,866,100	3/08/85
123	Dances with Wolves	Orion	$85,592	14	$1,198,300	$391,982,700	11/16/90
122	The Killing Fields	WB	$85,912	1	$85,900	$87,772,300	11/02/84
121	Boyhood	IFC	$86,063	5	$430,300	$28,097,500	7/11/14
120	Punchline	Col.	$87,703	4	$350,800	$45,925,300	9/30/88
119	The Royal Tenenbaums	BV	$87,792	5	$439,000	$80,972,600	12/14/01
118	The Darjeeling Limited	FoxS	$87,965	2	$175,900	$15,504,600	9/28/07
117	sex, lies and videotape	Mira.	$88,107	4	$352,400	$55,902,400	8/04/89
116	Kids	Mira.	$88,368	2	$176,700	$15,284,500	7/21/95
115	Prick Up Your Ears	Gold.	$88,652	1	$88,700	$3,796,200	4/17/87
114	The Mosquito Coast	WB	$88,905	3	$266,700	$33,194,000	11/28/86
113	Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy	Focus	$88,945	4	$355,800	$27,388,400	12/09/11
112	Lady Bird	A24	$89,025	4	$356,100	$47,838,300	11/03/17
111	Everyone Says I Love You	Mira.	$89,075	3	$267,200	$19,071,900	12/06/96
110	Black Swan	FoxS	$89,825	18	$1,616,800	$121,219,000	12/03/10
109	Sicko	LGF	$89,920	1	$89,900	$31,994,900	6/22/07
108	Annie	Col.	$90,371	14	$1,265,200	$174,088,200	6/04/82
107	Dances with Wolves	Orion	$90,616	14	$1,268,600	$391,982,700	11/09/90
106	The Killing Fields	WB	$90,629	1	$90,600	$87,772,300	11/09/84
105	The Big Short	Par.	$90,928	8	$727,400	$73,106,000	12/11/15
104	Red State	SMod	$91,698	1	$91,700	$1,253,500	4/08/11
103	Bullets Over Broadway	Mira.	$92,352	2	$184,700	$28,720,600	10/21/94
102	Up in the Air	Par.	$92,839	15	$1,392,600	$96,275,700	12/04/09
101	Zero Dark Thirty	Sony	$92,965	5	$464,800	$108,121,600	12/21/12
100	Night and the City	Fox	$93,020	1	$93,000	$13,406,900	10/16/92
99	Howards End	SPC	$94,144	1	$94,100	$56,215,200	4/10/92
98	Evita	BV	$94,572	22	$2,080,600	$97,815,100	1/03/97
97	The Thin Red Line	Fox	$94,754	7	$663,300	$64,368,800	1/01/99
96	American Beauty	DW	$95,077	16	$1,521,200	$223,667,400	9/17/99
95	Lincoln	BV	$95,657	11	$1,052,200	$203,906,400	11/09/12
94	The Purple Rose of Cairo	Orion	$96,095	3	$288,300	$26,862,800	3/01/85
93	Dead Poets Society	BV	$96,155	8	$769,200	$216,590,700	6/02/89
92	An Inconvenient Truth	ParC	$96,319	4	$385,300	$33,067,300	5/26/06
91	Platoon	Orion	$97,147	6	$582,900	$317,860,900	12/19/86
90	The Last Temptation of Christ	Uni.	$97,293	9	$875,600	$18,275,200	8/12/88
89	The Mission	WB	$97,597	1	$97,600	$39,666,500	10/31/86
88	Don't Think Twice	TFA	$97,853	1	$97,900	$4,643,900	7/22/16
87	Green Card	BV	$98,566	2	$197,100	$63,680,300	1/04/91
86	The Blair Witch Project	Art.	$98,885	27	$2,669,900	$248,156,600	7/16/99
85	Metropolitan	NL	$98,952	1	$99,000	$6,230,700	8/03/90
84	Spring Breakers	A24	$99,039	3	$297,100	$15,551,800	3/15/13
83	The King's Speech	Wein.	$99,513	4	$398,100	$154,258,100	11/26/10
82	The Year of Living Dangerously	WB	$99,667	1	$99,700	$29,269,500	1/21/83
81	Howards End	SPC	$99,669	1	$99,700	$56,215,200	4/03/92
80	Gandhi	Col.	$100,037	4	$400,200	$150,321,000	12/10/82
79	Wish You Were Here	Atl	$100,049	1	$100,000	$7,533,500	7/24/87
78	Good Morning, Vietnam	BV	$100,401	4	$401,600	$270,507,400	1/08/88
77	On Golden Pond	Uni.	$100,473	3	$301,400	$364,041,400	1/15/82
76	Call Me by Your Name	SPC	$100,871	4	$403,500	$17,675,400	11/24/17
75	Crossing Delancey	WB	$101,946	1	$101,900	$35,492,400	8/26/88
74	Guiana 1838	RBC	$102,426	1	$102,400	$326,200	9/24/04
73	Moonlight (2016)	A24	$102,577	4	$410,300	$28,334,000	10/21/16
72	The Verdict	Fox	$102,697	3	$308,100	$156,079,800	12/10/82
71	The Tree of Life	FoxS	$103,756	4	$415,000	$14,920,900	5/27/11
70	Melinda and Melinda	FoxS	$103,887	1	$103,900	$5,354,400	3/18/05
69	A Room with a View	Cinc	$103,892	1	$103,900	$48,109,200	3/07/86
68	Dreamgirls	P/DW	$103,914	3	$311,700	$136,274,800	12/22/06
67	On Golden Pond	Uni.	$104,604	3	$313,800	$364,041,400	1/08/82
66	Syriana	WB	$104,813	5	$524,100	$70,608,700	11/25/05
65	Howards End	SPC	$105,507	1	$105,500	$56,215,200	3/27/92
64	I Heart Huckabees	FoxS	$105,508	4	$422,000	$18,458,200	10/01/04
63	The Mission	WB	$106,501	1	$106,500	$39,666,500	11/07/86
62	Howards End	SPC	$106,533	1	$106,500	$56,215,200	3/20/92
61	The Thin Red Line	Fox	$108,072	5	$540,400	$64,368,800	12/25/98
60	Tim Burton's Corpse Bride	WB	$108,638	5	$543,200	$74,669,500	9/16/05
59	Inside Llewyn Davis	CBS	$108,879	4	$435,500	$14,737,300	12/06/13
58	Midnight in Paris	SPC	$111,106	6	$666,600	$63,710,100	5/20/11
57	Annie	Col.	$111,280	14	$1,557,900	$174,088,200	5/21/82
56	Good Morning, Vietnam	BV	$111,441	4	$445,800	$270,507,400	12/25/87
55	The Blair Witch Project	Art.	$112,674	31	$3,493,000	$248,156,600	7/23/99
54	Maurice	Cinc	$113,050	1	$113,000	$5,593,800	9/18/87
53	Punch-Drunk Love	SonR	$113,383	5	$566,900	$27,549,500	10/11/02
52	Howards End	SPC	$113,623	1	$113,600	$56,215,200	3/13/92
51	Birdman	FoxS	$114,664	4	$458,700	$46,216,500	10/17/14
50	After Hours	WB	$114,803	1	$114,800	$26,807,200	9/13/85
49	The Joy Luck Club	BV	$114,840	3	$344,500	$71,285,800	9/10/93
48	Blue Jasmine	SPC	$116,714	6	$700,300	$38,006,800	7/26/13
47	The Revenant	Fox	$117,046	4	$468,200	$191,948,500	1/01/16
46	Everest (IMAX)	MFF	$119,213	10	$1,192,100	$148,693,500	3/13/98
45	Memoirs of a Geisha	Sony	$119,385	8	$955,100	$79,342,000	12/09/05
44	Good Morning, Vietnam	BV	$120,661	4	$482,600	$270,507,400	1/01/88
43	The Revenant	Fox	$122,322	4	$489,300	$191,948,500	12/25/15
42	Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire	LGF	$122,616	18	$2,207,100	$55,815,300	11/06/09
41	There Will Be Blood	ParV	$124,341	2	$248,700	$50,256,900	12/28/07
40	The Crucible	Fox	$127,843	1	$127,800	$14,444,600	11/29/96
39	The Imitation Game	Wein.	$129,512	4	$518,000	$100,451,900	11/28/14
38	Victor/Victoria	MGM	$132,091	3	$396,300	$86,085,900	3/26/82
37	American Hustle	Sony	$132,572	6	$795,400	$167,026,000	12/13/13
36	Moulin Rouge!	Fox	$132,759	2	$265,500	$90,931,500	5/18/01
35	Steve Jobs	Uni.	$134,427	4	$537,700	$18,318,000	10/09/15
34	On Golden Pond	Uni.	$135,319	2	$270,600	$364,041,400	1/01/82
33	Bulworth	Fox	$135,617	2	$271,200	$50,737,300	5/15/98
32	Kiss of the Spider Woman	IsAl	$141,403	1	$141,400	$41,403,600	7/26/85
31	The Crucible	Fox	$141,815	1	$141,800	$14,444,600	12/06/96
30	Victor/Victoria	MGM	$142,007	3	$426,000	$86,085,900	3/19/82
29	Moonrise Kingdom	Focus	$144,436	4	$577,700	$51,809,300	5/25/12
28	Moulin Rouge!	Fox	$153,011	2	$306,000	$90,931,500	5/25/01
27	Brokeback Mountain	Focus	$153,211	5	$766,100	$114,032,300	12/09/05
26	American Sniper	WB	$160,046	4	$640,200	$386,427,600	1/09/15
25	Edward Scissorhands	Fox	$169,245	2	$338,500	$119,906,700	12/07/90
24	The Master	Wein.	$169,787	5	$848,900	$18,522,000	9/14/12
23	American Sniper	WB	$171,148	4	$684,600	$386,427,600	12/26/14
22	Beauty and the Beast	BV	$172,737	2	$345,500	$313,642,500	11/15/91
21	Dreamgirls	P/DW	$172,985	3	$519,000	$136,274,800	12/15/06
20	La La Land	LG/S	$179,830	5	$899,100	$153,456,900	12/09/16
19	American Sniper	WB	$186,942	4	$747,800	$386,427,600	1/02/15
18	Aladdin	BV	$187,799	2	$375,600	$470,407,900	11/20/92
17	Evita	BV	$197,953	2	$395,900	$97,815,100	12/27/96
16	Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas	BV	$207,168	2	$414,300	$108,339,900	10/15/93
15	Aladdin	BV	$212,539	2	$425,100	$470,407,900	11/13/92
14	Brother Bear	BV	$217,139	2	$434,300	$126,782,000	10/24/03
13	The Grand Budapest Hotel	FoxS	$228,523	4	$914,100	$64,667,700	3/07/14
12	Red State	SMod	$233,072	1	$233,100	$1,253,500	3/04/11
11	Anastasia	Fox	$235,567	1	$235,600	$113,631,900	11/14/97
10	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	BV	$260,708	2	$521,400	$133,213,200	6/08/01
9	Frozen	BV	$261,462	1	$261,500	$439,897,900	11/22/13
8	The Princess and the Frog	BV	$440,667	2	$881,300	$121,629,500	12/04/09
7	The Princess and the Frog	BV	$463,346	2	$926,700	$121,629,500	11/27/09
6	Hercules	BV	$487,716	1	$487,700	$193,689,700	6/13/97
5	Toy Story 2	BV	$530,012	1	$530,000	$429,093,600	11/19/99
4	A Bug's Life	BV	$556,792	1	$556,800	$306,195,500	11/20/98
3	Hercules	BV	$832,609	2	$1,665,200	$193,689,700	6/20/97
2	Pocahontas	BV	$924,395	6	$5,546,400	$291,947,300	6/16/95
1	The Lion King	BV	$1,702,534	2	$3,405,100	$669,380,700	6/17/94

CHART NOTES
* Weekend equals Fri-Sat-Sun. Movies that do not have a 3-day opening gross are not included on this chart.
^ Total Gross does not include additional releases, if any.
** Date is the beginning date of the 3-day weekend.
Movies are in wide release when playing in 600 or more theaters.