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**
1	The Lion King	BV	$1,507,037	2	$3,014,100	$592,517,500	6/17/94
2	Pocahontas	BV	$818,249	6	$4,909,500	$258,423,800	6/16/95
3	Hercules	BV	$737,003	2	$1,474,000	$171,448,800	6/20/97
4	A Bug's Life	BV	$492,857	1	$492,900	$271,035,900	11/20/98
5	Toy Story 2	BV	$469,152	1	$469,200	$379,822,000	11/19/99
6	Hercules	BV	$431,713	1	$431,700	$171,448,800	6/13/97
7	The Princess and the Frog	BV	$410,141	2	$820,300	$107,662,400	11/27/09
8	The Princess and the Frog	BV	$390,067	2	$780,100	$107,662,400	12/04/09
9	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	BV	$230,772	2	$461,500	$117,916,700	6/08/01
10	Anastasia	Fox	$208,518	1	$208,500	$100,583,900	11/14/97
11	Red State	SMod	$206,309	1	$206,300	$1,109,600	3/04/11
12	Brother Bear	BV	$192,206	2	$384,400	$112,224,000	10/24/03
13	Aladdin	BV	$188,134	2	$376,300	$416,392,200	11/13/92
14	Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas	BV	$183,379	2	$366,800	$95,899,600	10/15/93
15	Evita	BV	$175,223	2	$350,400	$86,583,200	12/27/96
16	Aladdin	BV	$166,235	2	$332,500	$416,392,200	11/20/92
17	Dreamgirls	P/DW	$153,122	3	$459,400	$120,626,800	12/15/06
18	Beauty and the Beast	BV	$152,903	2	$305,800	$277,627,800	11/15/91
19	The Master	Wein.	$150,291	5	$751,500	$16,389,200	9/14/12
20	Edward Scissorhands	Fox	$149,811	2	$299,600	$106,138,200	12/07/90
21	Brokeback Mountain	Focus	$135,618	5	$678,100	$100,938,300	12/09/05
22	Moulin Rouge!	Fox	$135,442	2	$270,900	$80,490,100	5/25/01
23	Moonrise Kingdom	Focus	$127,851	4	$511,400	$45,869,900	5/25/12
24	Victor/Victoria	MGM	$125,700	3	$377,100	$76,200,900	3/19/82
25	The Crucible	Fox	$125,531	1	$125,500	$12,785,900	12/06/96
26	Kiss of the Spider Woman	IsAl	$125,166	1	$125,200	$36,649,300	7/26/85
27	Bulworth	Fox	$120,045	2	$240,100	$44,911,300	5/15/98
28	On Golden Pond	Uni.	$119,781	2	$239,600	$322,239,600	1/01/82
29	Moulin Rouge!	Fox	$117,515	2	$235,000	$80,490,100	5/18/01
30	Victor/Victoria	MGM	$116,923	3	$350,800	$76,200,900	3/26/82
31	The Crucible	Fox	$113,163	1	$113,200	$12,785,900	11/29/96
32	There Will Be Blood	ParV	$110,064	2	$220,100	$44,486,000	12/28/07
33	Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire	LGF	$108,536	18	$1,953,700	$49,406,200	11/06/09
34	Good Morning, Vietnam	BV	$106,806	4	$427,200	$239,445,800	1/01/88
35	Memoirs of a Geisha	Sony	$105,676	8	$845,400	$70,231,300	12/09/05
36	Everest (IMAX)	MFF	$105,524	10	$1,055,200	$131,619,500	3/13/98
37	The Joy Luck Club	BV	$101,653	3	$305,000	$63,100,300	9/10/93
38	After Hours	WB	$101,621	1	$101,600	$23,729,000	9/13/85
39	Howards End	SPC	$100,576	1	$100,600	$49,760,200	3/13/92
40	Punch-Drunk Love	SonR	$100,364	5	$501,800	$24,386,100	10/11/02
41	Maurice	Cinc	$100,068	1	$100,100	$4,951,400	9/18/87
42	The Blair Witch Project	Art.	$99,736	31	$3,091,900	$219,661,500	7/23/99
43	Good Morning, Vietnam	BV	$98,645	4	$394,600	$239,445,800	12/25/87
44	Annie	Col.	$98,502	14	$1,379,100	$154,098,100	5/21/82
45	Midnight in Paris	SPC	$98,348	6	$590,100	$56,394,500	5/20/11
46	Tim Burton's Corpse Bride	WB	$96,163	5	$480,800	$66,095,400	9/16/05
47	The Thin Red Line	Fox	$95,663	5	$478,300	$56,977,500	12/25/98
48	Howards End	SPC	$94,300	1	$94,300	$49,760,200	3/20/92
49	The Mission	WB	$94,272	1	$94,300	$35,111,700	11/07/86
50	I Heart Huckabees	FoxS	$93,393	4	$373,600	$16,338,700	10/01/04
51	Howards End	SPC	$93,392	1	$93,400	$49,760,200	3/27/92
52	Syriana	WB	$92,778	5	$463,900	$62,500,900	11/25/05
53	On Golden Pond	Uni.	$92,593	3	$277,800	$322,239,600	1/08/82
54	Dreamgirls	P/DW	$91,982	3	$275,900	$120,626,800	12/22/06
55	A Room with a View	Cinc	$91,963	1	$92,000	$42,585,000	3/07/86
56	Melinda and Melinda	FoxS	$91,958	1	$92,000	$4,739,600	3/18/05
57	The Tree of Life	FoxS	$91,842	4	$367,400	$13,207,500	5/27/11
58	The Verdict	Fox	$90,905	3	$272,700	$138,157,600	12/10/82
59	Guiana 1838	RBC	$90,664	1	$90,700	$288,800	9/24/04
60	Crossing Delancey	WB	$90,240	1	$90,200	$31,416,900	8/26/88
61	On Golden Pond	Uni.	$88,936	3	$266,800	$322,239,600	1/15/82
62	Good Morning, Vietnam	BV	$88,872	4	$355,500	$239,445,800	1/08/88
63	Wish You Were Here	Atl	$88,560	1	$88,600	$6,668,400	7/24/87
64	Gandhi	Col.	$88,550	4	$354,200	$133,060,000	12/10/82
65	Howards End	SPC	$88,224	1	$88,200	$49,760,200	4/03/92
66	The Year of Living Dangerously	WB	$88,222	1	$88,200	$25,908,500	1/21/83
67	The King's Speech	Wein.	$88,086	4	$352,300	$136,545,100	11/26/10
68	Spring Breakers	A24	$87,667	3	$263,000	$14,051,600	3/15/13
69	Metropolitan	NL	$87,590	1	$87,600	$5,515,200	8/03/90
70	The Blair Witch Project	Art.	$87,531	27	$2,363,300	$219,661,500	7/16/99
71	Green Card	BV	$87,248	2	$174,500	$56,368,000	1/04/91
72	The Mission	WB	$86,390	1	$86,400	$35,111,700	10/31/86
73	The Last Temptation of Christ	Uni.	$86,121	9	$775,100	$16,176,700	8/12/88
74	Platoon	Orion	$85,992	6	$516,000	$281,361,800	12/19/86
75	An Inconvenient Truth	ParC	$85,257	4	$341,000	$29,270,300	5/26/06
76	Dead Poets Society	BV	$85,114	8	$680,900	$191,720,200	6/02/89
77	The Purple Rose of Cairo	Orion	$85,061	3	$255,200	$23,778,200	3/01/85
78	Lincoln	BV	$84,673	11	$931,400	$180,506,300	11/09/12
79	American Beauty	DW	$84,159	16	$1,346,600	$197,984,300	9/17/99
80	The Thin Red Line	Fox	$83,873	7	$587,100	$56,977,500	1/01/99
81	Evita	BV	$83,713	22	$1,841,700	$86,583,200	1/03/97
82	Howards End	SPC	$83,334	1	$83,300	$49,760,200	4/10/92
83	Night and the City	Fox	$82,339	1	$82,300	$11,867,400	10/16/92
84	Zero Dark Thirty	Sony	$82,290	5	$411,400	$94,412,700	12/21/12
85	Up in the Air	Par.	$82,178	15	$1,232,700	$85,219,700	12/04/09
86	Bullets Over Broadway	Mira.	$81,748	2	$163,500	$25,422,700	10/21/94
87	Red State	SMod	$81,168	1	$81,200	$1,109,600	4/08/11
88	The Killing Fields	WB	$80,222	1	$80,200	$77,693,700	11/09/84
89	Dances with Wolves	Orion	$80,211	14	$1,123,000	$346,972,400	11/09/90
90	Annie	Col.	$79,994	14	$1,119,900	$154,098,100	6/04/82
91	Sicko	LGF	$79,595	1	$79,600	$28,321,000	6/22/07
92	Black Swan	FoxS	$79,511	18	$1,431,200	$107,306,900	12/03/10
93	Everyone Says I Love You	Mira.	$78,847	3	$236,500	$16,881,900	12/06/96
94	Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy	Focus	$78,732	4	$314,900	$24,243,500	12/09/11
95	The Mosquito Coast	WB	$78,696	3	$236,100	$29,382,500	11/28/86
96	Prick Up Your Ears	Gold.	$78,472	1	$78,500	$3,360,300	4/17/87
97	Kids	Mira.	$78,221	2	$156,400	$13,529,400	7/21/95
98	sex, lies and videotape	Mira.	$77,990	4	$312,000	$49,483,300	8/04/89
99	The Darjeeling Limited	FoxS	$77,864	2	$155,700	$13,724,300	9/28/07
100	The Royal Tenenbaums	BV	$77,711	5	$388,600	$71,674,800	12/14/01
101	Punchline	Col.	$77,632	4	$310,500	$40,651,800	9/30/88
102	The Killing Fields	WB	$76,047	1	$76,000	$77,693,700	11/02/84
103	Dances with Wolves	Orion	$75,764	14	$1,060,700	$346,972,400	11/16/90
104	Mask	Uni.	$75,763	4	$303,100	$107,872,500	3/08/85
105	The Aristocrats	Think	$75,497	4	$302,000	$7,899,200	7/29/05
106	Tous les Matins du Monde	Oct.	$75,147	1	$75,100	$5,925,000	11/13/92
107	Adaptation.	Sony	$75,061	7	$525,400	$29,776,500	12/06/02
108	The Fighter	Par.	$74,348	4	$297,400	$92,798,900	12/10/10
109	A Fish Called Wanda	MGM	$74,323	3	$223,000	$120,729,900	7/15/88
110	A Fish Called Wanda	MGM	$74,103	3	$222,300	$120,729,900	7/22/88
111	A Soldier's Story	Col.	$73,908	5	$369,500	$51,204,200	9/14/84
112	The Killing Fields	WB	$73,875	3	$221,600	$77,693,700	11/23/84
113	Lust, Caution	Focus	$73,766	1	$73,800	$5,309,500	9/28/07
114	Raising Arizona	Fox	$73,592	1	$73,600	$46,396,300	3/13/87
115	Under the Volcano	Uni.	$73,256	1	$73,300	$6,042,000	6/15/84
116	Sarafina!	BV	$73,170	2	$146,300	$13,978,700	9/18/92
117	Philadelphia	TriS	$73,073	4	$292,300	$147,118,600	12/31/93
118	The Joy Luck Club	BV	$73,058	7	$511,400	$63,100,300	9/17/93
119	The Piano	Mira.	$72,599	4	$290,400	$76,552,300	11/12/93
120	The Kids Are All Right	Focus	$72,379	7	$506,600	$20,785,200	7/09/10
121	Annie	Col.	$72,330	14	$1,012,600	$154,098,100	6/11/82
122	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	BV	$72,294	2	$144,600	$30,167,500	12/10/04
123	New York Stories	BV	$72,056	12	$864,700	$21,526,900	3/03/89
124	Syriana	WB	$71,763	9	$645,900	$62,500,900	12/02/05
125	The Killing Fields	WB	$71,517	3	$214,600	$77,693,700	11/16/84
126	Talk to Her	SPC	$71,334	2	$142,700	$12,272,000	11/22/02
127	To Rome with Love	SPC	$70,670	5	$353,300	$17,005,900	6/22/12
128	1984	Gold.	$70,649	1	$70,600	$18,861,500	12/14/84
129	Fantasia 2000 (35mm & IMAX)	BV	$70,645	54	$3,814,900	$89,021,200	1/07/00
130	Sleepwalk with Me	IFC	$70,216	1	$70,200	$2,312,700	8/24/12
131	Revolutionary Road	ParV	$70,005	3	$210,000	$25,336,700	12/26/08
132	The Place Beyond the Pines	Focus	$69,864	4	$279,500	$20,674,000	3/29/13
133	Much Ado About Nothing	Gold.	$69,437	3	$208,300	$43,246,800	5/07/93
134	Fantastic Mr. Fox	Fox	$69,358	4	$277,400	$21,808,500	11/13/09
135	This Is My Life	Fox	$69,298	2	$138,600	$5,590,700	2/21/92
136	Philadelphia	TriS	$68,771	4	$275,100	$147,118,600	12/24/93
137	A Handful of Dust	NL	$68,524	1	$68,500	$3,015,100	6/24/88
138	Grand Canyon	Fox	$68,512	2	$137,000	$63,602,300	1/03/92
139	Orlando	SPC	$68,422	3	$205,300	$10,202,000	6/11/93
140	Juno	FoxS	$68,233	7	$477,600	$159,425,900	12/07/07
141	The Motorcycle Diaries	Focus	$68,114	3	$204,300	$21,406,700	9/24/04
142	Apocalypse Now Redux	Mira.	$68,031	2	$136,100	$6,489,900	8/03/01
143	Traffic	USA	$68,029	4	$272,100	$174,121,400	12/29/00
144	Ed Wood	BV	$67,971	2	$135,900	$11,183,400	9/30/94
145	Good Will Hunting	Mira.	$67,442	7	$472,100	$234,362,800	12/05/97
146	Babel	ParV	$67,425	7	$472,000	$40,712,700	10/27/06
147	Brazil	Uni.	$67,320	1	$67,300	$21,258,300	12/20/85
148	For the Boys	Fox	$67,281	2	$134,600	$33,684,200	11/22/91
149	The Last Emperor	Col.	$67,261	6	$403,600	$85,410,900	11/27/87
150	Nine	Wein.	$67,097	4	$268,400	$20,091,500	12/18/09
151	Philadelphia	TriS	$66,964	4	$267,900	$147,118,600	1/07/94
152	The Paper	Uni.	$66,675	5	$333,400	$73,747,700	3/18/94
153	The Grifters	Mira.	$66,668	2	$133,300	$25,359,500	12/07/90
154	A Passage to India	Col.	$66,623	3	$199,900	$60,864,300	12/14/84
155	Frost/Nixon	Uni.	$66,612	3	$199,800	$20,593,200	12/05/08
156	Sideways	FoxS	$66,179	4	$264,700	$89,378,800	10/22/04
157	Bugsy	TriS	$66,177	4	$264,700	$93,721,000	12/13/91
158	Black Hawk Down	SonR	$65,946	4	$263,800	$148,466,700	1/04/02
159	The Official Story	ALM	$65,815	1	$65,800	$65,800	11/08/85
160	Defiance	ParV	$65,731	2	$131,500	$31,676,900	1/02/09
161	127 Hours	FoxS	$65,634	4	$262,500	$18,175,000	11/05/10
162	A Soldier's Story	Col.	$65,536	6	$393,200	$51,204,200	9/21/84
163	Miami Rhapsody	BV	$65,181	2	$130,400	$9,530,300	1/27/95
164	When a Man Loves a Woman	BV	$65,154	19	$1,237,900	$95,017,800	5/06/94
165	Gothic	Vest	$65,106	1	$65,100	$1,860,500	4/10/87
166	Unzipped	Mira.	$65,048	2	$130,100	$5,247,900	8/04/95
167	Mystic River	WB	$64,907	13	$843,800	$117,276,600	10/10/03
168	Wide Sargasso Sea	NL	$64,836	1	$64,800	$3,097,000	4/16/93
169	The People Vs. Larry Flynt	Sony	$64,618	16	$1,033,900	$35,116,600	1/03/97
170	The Killing Fields	WB	$64,437	3	$193,300	$77,693,700	11/30/84
171	The Freshman	TriS	$64,406	6	$386,400	$40,283,000	7/20/90
172	About Schmidt	NL	$64,314	6	$385,900	$85,696,300	12/13/02
173	Little Miss Sunshine	FoxS	$64,246	7	$449,700	$72,574,900	7/28/06
174	To Die For	Sony	$64,135	11	$705,500	$38,850,400	9/29/95
175	The Commitments	Fox	$63,965	8	$511,700	$28,138,100	8/16/91
176	Black Hawk Down	SonR	$63,927	16	$1,022,900	$148,466,700	1/11/02
177	Amelie	Mira.	$63,815	3	$191,400	$45,935,500	11/02/01
178	Thank You for Smoking	FoxS	$63,743	5	$318,700	$30,055,000	3/17/06
179	Talk to Her	SPC	$63,699	2	$127,400	$12,272,000	11/29/02
180	Grand Canyon	Fox	$63,695	2	$127,400	$63,602,300	12/27/91
181	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	BV	$63,153	2	$126,300	$30,167,500	12/17/04
182	Black Hawk Down	SonR	$63,064	4	$252,300	$148,466,700	12/28/01
183	Bad Education	SPC	$62,808	3	$188,400	$6,514,700	11/19/04
184	One Hour Photo	FoxS	$62,768	7	$439,400	$43,180,000	8/23/02
185	In Good Company	Uni.	$62,657	3	$188,000	$56,743,200	12/31/04
186	Alice	Orion	$62,603	3	$187,800	$13,826,500	1/04/91
187	Mountains of the Moon	TriS	$62,583	2	$125,200	$7,530,400	2/23/90
188	Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence	Uni.	$62,524	4	$250,100	$5,814,000	8/26/83
189	Fantasia 2000 (35mm & IMAX)	BV	$62,484	54	$3,374,200	$89,021,200	12/31/99
190	Zero Dark Thirty	Sony	$62,418	5	$312,100	$94,412,700	12/28/12
191	Kundun	BV	$62,358	2	$124,700	$9,625,200	12/26/97
192	Eleni	WB	$62,346	1	$62,300	$682,400	11/01/85
193	Fool for Love	Can.	$62,218	2	$124,400	$1,797,300	12/06/85
194	Agnes of God	Col.	$61,941	8	$495,500	$57,319,700	9/13/85
195	Educating Rita	Col.	$61,771	3	$185,300	$36,922,400	9/23/83
196	Capitalism: A Love Story	Over.	$61,722	4	$246,900	$14,987,600	9/25/09
197	Stealing Beauty	FoxS	$61,691	3	$185,100	$8,483,100	6/14/96
198	Everest (IMAX)	MFF	$61,665	10	$616,700	$131,619,500	3/06/98
199	Deconstructing Harry	FL	$61,664	10	$616,600	$18,092,400	12/12/97
200	Broken Embraces	SPC	$61,551	2	$123,100	$5,078,600	11/27/09

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.