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1982-Present


Note: This chart top 200 movies, regardless of sorting.
RowRankTitle (click to view)StudioAverageTheatersWeekend Adj. Gross*Adjusted Gross^Date**
1 68 Spring Breakers A24 $87,667 3 $263,000 $14,054,600 3/15/13
2 159 The Official Story ALMI $65,815 1 $65,800 $65,800 11/08/85
3 42 The Blair Witch Project Artisan $99,736 31 $3,091,900 $219,661,500 7/23/99
4 70 The Blair Witch Project Artisan $87,531 27 $2,363,300 $219,661,500 7/16/99
5 63 Wish You Were Here Atlantic $88,560 1 $88,600 $6,668,400 7/24/87
6 1 The Lion King Buena Vista $1,507,037 2 $3,014,100 $592,517,500 6/17/94
7 2 Pocahontas Buena Vista $818,249 6 $4,909,500 $258,423,800 6/16/95
8 3 Hercules Buena Vista $737,003 2 $1,474,000 $171,448,800 6/20/97
9 4 A Bug's Life Buena Vista $492,857 1 $492,900 $271,035,900 11/20/98
10 5 Toy Story 2 Buena Vista $469,152 1 $469,200 $379,822,000 11/19/99
11 6 Hercules Buena Vista $431,713 1 $431,700 $171,448,800 6/13/97
12 7 The Princess and the Frog Buena Vista $410,141 2 $820,300 $107,662,400 11/27/09
13 8 The Princess and the Frog Buena Vista $390,067 2 $780,100 $107,662,400 12/04/09
14 9 Atlantis: The Lost Empire Buena Vista $230,772 2 $461,500 $117,916,700 6/08/01
15 12 Brother Bear Buena Vista $192,206 2 $384,400 $112,224,000 10/24/03
16 13 Aladdin Buena Vista $188,134 2 $376,300 $416,392,200 11/13/92
17 14 Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Buena Vista $183,379 2 $366,800 $95,899,600 10/15/93
18 15 Evita Buena Vista $175,223 2 $350,400 $86,583,200 12/27/96
19 16 Aladdin Buena Vista $166,235 2 $332,500 $416,392,200 11/20/92
20 18 Beauty and the Beast Buena Vista $152,903 2 $305,800 $277,627,800 11/15/91
21 34 Good Morning, Vietnam Buena Vista $106,806 4 $427,200 $239,445,800 1/01/88
22 37 The Joy Luck Club Buena Vista $101,653 3 $305,000 $63,100,300 9/10/93
23 43 Good Morning, Vietnam Buena Vista $98,645 4 $394,600 $239,445,800 12/25/87
24 62 Good Morning, Vietnam Buena Vista $88,872 4 $355,500 $239,445,800 1/08/88
25 71 Green Card Buena Vista $87,248 2 $174,500 $56,368,000 1/04/91
26 76 Dead Poets Society Buena Vista $85,114 8 $680,900 $191,720,200 6/02/89
27 78 Lincoln Buena Vista $84,673 11 $931,400 $180,506,300 11/09/12
28 81 Evita Buena Vista $83,713 22 $1,841,700 $86,583,200 1/03/97
29 100 The Royal Tenenbaums Buena Vista $77,711 5 $388,600 $71,674,800 12/14/01
30 116 Sarafina! Buena Vista $73,170 2 $146,300 $13,978,700 9/18/92
31 118 The Joy Luck Club Buena Vista $73,058 7 $511,400 $63,100,300 9/17/93
32 122 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Buena Vista $72,294 2 $144,600 $30,167,500 12/10/04
33 123 New York Stories Buena Vista $72,056 12 $864,700 $21,526,900 3/03/89
34 129 Fantasia 2000 (35mm & IMAX) Buena Vista $70,645 54 $3,814,900 $89,021,200 1/07/00
35 144 Ed Wood Buena Vista $67,971 2 $135,900 $11,183,400 9/30/94
36 163 Miami Rhapsody Buena Vista $65,181 2 $130,400 $9,530,300 1/27/95
37 164 When a Man Loves a Woman Buena Vista $65,154 19 $1,237,900 $95,017,800 5/06/94
38 181 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou Buena Vista $63,153 2 $126,300 $30,167,500 12/17/04
39 189 Fantasia 2000 (35mm & IMAX) Buena Vista $62,484 54 $3,374,200 $89,021,200 12/31/99
40 191 Kundun Buena Vista $62,358 2 $124,700 $9,625,200 12/26/97
41 193 Fool for Love Cannon Films $62,218 2 $124,400 $1,797,300 12/06/85
42 41 Maurice Cinecom $100,068 1 $100,100 $4,951,400 9/18/87
43 55 A Room with a View Cinecom $91,963 1 $92,000 $42,585,000 3/07/86
44 44 Annie Columbia $98,502 14 $1,379,100 $154,098,100 5/21/82
45 64 Gandhi Columbia $88,550 4 $354,200 $133,060,000 12/10/82
46 90 Annie Columbia $79,994 14 $1,119,900 $154,098,100 6/04/82
47 101 Punchline Columbia $77,632 4 $310,500 $40,651,800 9/30/88
48 111 A Soldier's Story Columbia $73,908 5 $369,500 $51,204,200 9/14/84
49 121 Annie Columbia $72,330 14 $1,012,600 $154,098,100 6/11/82
50 149 The Last Emperor Columbia $67,261 6 $403,600 $85,410,900 11/27/87
51 154 A Passage to India Columbia $66,623 3 $199,900 $60,864,300 12/14/84
52 162 A Soldier's Story Columbia $65,536 6 $393,200 $51,204,200 9/21/84
53 194 Agnes of God Columbia $61,941 8 $495,500 $57,319,700 9/13/85
54 195 Educating Rita Columbia $61,771 3 $185,300 $36,922,400 9/23/83
55 79 American Beauty DreamWorks $84,159 16 $1,346,600 $197,984,300 9/17/99
56 199 Deconstructing Harry Fine Line $61,664 10 $616,600 $18,092,400 12/12/97
57 21 Brokeback Mountain Focus Features $135,618 5 $678,100 $100,938,300 12/09/05
58 23 Moonrise Kingdom Focus Features $127,851 4 $511,400 $45,869,900 5/25/12
59 94 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Focus Features $78,732 4 $314,900 $24,243,500 12/09/11
60 113 Lust, Caution Focus Features $73,766 1 $73,800 $5,309,500 9/28/07
61 120 The Kids Are All Right Focus Features $72,379 7 $506,600 $20,785,200 7/09/10
62 132 The Place Beyond the Pines Focus Features $69,864 4 $279,500 $20,759,100 3/29/13
63 141 The Motorcycle Diaries Focus Features $68,114 3 $204,300 $21,406,700 9/24/04
64 10 Anastasia Fox $208,518 1 $208,500 $100,583,900 11/14/97
65 20 Edward Scissorhands Fox $149,811 2 $299,600 $106,138,200 12/07/90
66 22 Moulin Rouge! Fox $135,442 2 $270,900 $80,490,100 5/25/01
67 25 The Crucible Fox $125,531 1 $125,500 $12,785,900 12/06/96
68 27 Bulworth Fox $120,045 2 $240,100 $44,911,300 5/15/98
69 29 Moulin Rouge! Fox $117,515 2 $235,000 $80,490,100 5/18/01
70 31 The Crucible Fox $113,163 1 $113,200 $12,785,900 11/29/96
71 47 The Thin Red Line Fox $95,663 5 $478,300 $56,977,500 12/25/98
72 58 The Verdict Fox $90,905 3 $272,700 $138,157,600 12/10/82
73 80 The Thin Red Line Fox $83,873 7 $587,100 $56,977,500 1/01/99
74 83 Night and the City Fox $82,339 1 $82,300 $11,867,400 10/16/92
75 114 Raising Arizona Fox $73,592 1 $73,600 $46,396,300 3/13/87
76 134 Fantastic Mr. Fox Fox $69,358 4 $277,400 $21,808,500 11/13/09
77 135 This Is My Life Fox $69,298 2 $138,600 $5,590,700 2/21/92
78 138 Grand Canyon Fox $68,512 2 $137,000 $63,602,300 1/03/92
79 148 For the Boys Fox $67,281 2 $134,600 $33,684,200 11/22/91
80 175 The Commitments Fox $63,965 8 $511,700 $28,138,100 8/16/91
81 180 Grand Canyon Fox $63,695 2 $127,400 $63,602,300 12/27/91
82 50 I Heart Huckabees Fox Searchlight $93,393 4 $373,600 $16,338,700 10/01/04
83 56 Melinda and Melinda Fox Searchlight $91,958 1 $92,000 $4,739,600 3/18/05
84 57 The Tree of Life Fox Searchlight $91,842 4 $367,400 $13,207,500 5/27/11
85 92 Black Swan Fox Searchlight $79,511 18 $1,431,200 $107,306,900 12/03/10
86 99 The Darjeeling Limited Fox Searchlight $77,864 2 $155,700 $13,724,300 9/28/07
87 140 Juno Fox Searchlight $68,233 7 $477,600 $159,425,900 12/07/07
88 156 Sideways Fox Searchlight $66,179 4 $264,700 $89,378,800 10/22/04
89 161 127 Hours Fox Searchlight $65,634 4 $262,500 $18,175,000 11/05/10
90 173 Little Miss Sunshine Fox Searchlight $64,246 7 $449,700 $72,574,900 7/28/06
91 178 Thank You for Smoking Fox Searchlight $63,743 5 $318,700 $30,055,000 3/17/06
92 184 One Hour Photo Fox Searchlight $62,768 7 $439,400 $43,180,000 8/23/02
93 197 Stealing Beauty Fox Searchlight $61,691 3 $185,100 $8,483,100 6/14/96
94 130 Sleepwalk with Me IFC $70,216 1 $70,200 $2,312,700 8/24/12
95 26 Kiss of the Spider Woman Island Alive $125,166 1 $125,200 $36,649,300 7/26/85
96 33 Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire Lionsgate $108,536 18 $1,953,700 $49,406,200 11/06/09
97 91 Sicko Lionsgate $79,595 1 $79,600 $28,321,000 6/22/07
98 36 Everest (IMAX) MacGillivray Freeman Films $105,524 10 $1,055,200 $131,619,500 3/13/98
99 198 Everest (IMAX) MacGillivray Freeman Films $61,665 10 $616,700 $131,619,500 3/06/98
100 24 Victor/Victoria MGM $125,700 3 $377,100 $76,200,900 3/19/82
101 30 Victor/Victoria MGM $116,923 3 $350,800 $76,200,900 3/26/82
102 109 A Fish Called Wanda MGM $74,323 3 $223,000 $120,729,900 7/15/88
103 110 A Fish Called Wanda MGM $74,103 3 $222,300 $120,729,900 7/22/88
104 86 Bullets Over Broadway Miramax $81,748 2 $163,500 $25,422,700 10/21/94
105 93 Everyone Says I Love You Miramax $78,847 3 $236,500 $16,881,900 12/06/96
106 97 Kids Miramax $78,221 2 $156,400 $13,529,400 7/21/95
107 98 sex, lies and videotape Miramax $77,990 4 $312,000 $49,483,300 8/04/89
108 119 The Piano Miramax $72,599 4 $290,400 $76,552,300 11/12/93
109 142 Apocalypse Now Redux Miramax $68,031 2 $136,100 $6,489,900 8/03/01
110 145 Good Will Hunting Miramax $67,442 7 $472,100 $234,362,800 12/05/97
111 153 The Grifters Miramax $66,668 2 $133,300 $25,359,500 12/07/90
112 166 Unzipped Miramax $65,048 2 $130,100 $5,247,900 8/04/95
113 177 Amelie Miramax $63,815 3 $191,400 $45,935,500 11/02/01
114 69 Metropolitan New Line $87,590 1 $87,600 $5,515,200 8/03/90
115 137 A Handful of Dust New Line $68,524 1 $68,500 $3,015,100 6/24/88
116 168 Wide Sargasso Sea New Line $64,836 1 $64,800 $3,097,000 4/16/93
117 172 About Schmidt New Line $64,314 6 $385,900 $85,696,300 12/13/02
118 106 Tous les Matins du Monde October $75,147 1 $75,100 $5,925,000 11/13/92
119 74 Platoon Orion Pictures $85,992 6 $516,000 $281,361,800 12/19/86
120 77 The Purple Rose of Cairo Orion Pictures $85,061 3 $255,200 $23,778,200 3/01/85
121 89 Dances with Wolves Orion Pictures $80,211 14 $1,123,000 $346,972,400 11/09/90
122 103 Dances with Wolves Orion Pictures $75,764 14 $1,060,700 $346,972,400 11/16/90
123 186 Alice Orion Pictures $62,603 3 $187,800 $13,826,500 1/04/91
124 196 Capitalism: A Love Story Overture Films $61,722 4 $246,900 $14,987,600 9/25/09
125 85 Up in the Air Paramount $82,178 15 $1,232,700 $85,219,700 12/04/09
126 108 The Fighter Paramount $74,348 4 $297,400 $92,798,900 12/10/10
127 17 Dreamgirls Paramount (DreamWorks) $153,122 3 $459,400 $120,626,800 12/15/06
128 54 Dreamgirls Paramount (DreamWorks) $91,982 3 $275,900 $120,626,800 12/22/06
129 75 An Inconvenient Truth Paramount Classics $85,257 4 $341,000 $29,270,300 5/26/06
130 32 There Will Be Blood Paramount Vantage $110,064 2 $220,100 $44,486,000 12/28/07
131 131 Revolutionary Road Paramount Vantage $70,005 3 $210,000 $25,336,700 12/26/08
132 146 Babel Paramount Vantage $67,425 7 $472,000 $40,712,700 10/27/06
133 160 Defiance Paramount Vantage $65,731 2 $131,500 $31,676,900 1/02/09
134 59 Guiana 1838 RBC Radio $90,664 1 $90,700 $288,800 9/24/04
135 96 Prick Up Your Ears Samuel Goldwyn $78,472 1 $78,500 $3,360,300 4/17/87
136 128 1984 Samuel Goldwyn $70,649 1 $70,600 $18,861,500 12/14/84
137 133 Much Ado About Nothing Samuel Goldwyn $69,437 3 $208,300 $43,246,800 5/07/93
138 11 Red State SModcast Pictures $206,309 1 $206,300 $1,109,600 3/04/11
139 87 Red State SModcast Pictures $81,168 1 $81,200 $1,109,600 4/08/11
140 40 Punch-Drunk Love Sony (Revolution) $100,364 5 $501,800 $24,386,100 10/11/02
141 158 Black Hawk Down Sony (Revolution) $65,946 4 $263,800 $148,466,700 1/04/02
142 176 Black Hawk Down Sony (Revolution) $63,927 16 $1,022,900 $148,466,700 1/11/02
143 182 Black Hawk Down Sony (Revolution) $63,064 4 $252,300 $148,466,700 12/28/01
144 35 Memoirs of a Geisha Sony / Columbia $105,676 8 $845,400 $70,231,300 12/09/05
145 84 Zero Dark Thirty Sony / Columbia $82,290 5 $411,400 $94,412,700 12/21/12
146 107 Adaptation. Sony / Columbia $75,061 7 $525,400 $29,776,500 12/06/02
147 169 The People Vs. Larry Flynt Sony / Columbia $64,618 16 $1,033,900 $35,116,600 1/03/97
148 174 To Die For Sony / Columbia $64,135 11 $705,500 $38,850,400 9/29/95
149 190 Zero Dark Thirty Sony / Columbia $62,418 5 $312,100 $94,412,700 12/28/12
150 39 Howards End Sony Classics $100,576 1 $100,600 $49,760,200 3/13/92
151 45 Midnight in Paris Sony Classics $98,348 6 $590,100 $56,394,500 5/20/11
152 48 Howards End Sony Classics $94,300 1 $94,300 $49,760,200 3/20/92
153 51 Howards End Sony Classics $93,392 1 $93,400 $49,760,200 3/27/92
154 65 Howards End Sony Classics $88,224 1 $88,200 $49,760,200 4/03/92
155 82 Howards End Sony Classics $83,334 1 $83,300 $49,760,200 4/10/92
156 126 Talk to Her Sony Classics $71,334 2 $142,700 $12,272,000 11/22/02
157 127 To Rome with Love Sony Classics $70,670 5 $353,300 $17,005,900 6/22/12
158 139 Orlando Sony Classics $68,422 3 $205,300 $10,202,000 6/11/93
159 179 Talk to Her Sony Classics $63,699 2 $127,400 $12,272,000 11/29/02
160 183 Bad Education Sony Classics $62,808 3 $188,400 $6,514,700 11/19/04
161 200 Broken Embraces Sony Classics $61,551 2 $123,100 $5,078,600 11/27/09
162 105 The Aristocrats ThinkFilm $75,497 4 $302,000 $7,899,200 7/29/05
163 117 Philadelphia TriStar $73,073 4 $292,300 $147,118,600 12/31/93
164 136 Philadelphia TriStar $68,771 4 $275,100 $147,118,600 12/24/93
165 151 Philadelphia TriStar $66,964 4 $267,900 $147,118,600 1/07/94
166 157 Bugsy TriStar $66,177 4 $264,700 $93,721,000 12/13/91
167 171 The Freshman TriStar $64,406 6 $386,400 $40,283,000 7/20/90
168 187 Mountains of the Moon TriStar $62,583 2 $125,200 $7,530,400 2/23/90
169 28 On Golden Pond Universal $119,781 2 $239,600 $322,239,600 1/01/82
170 53 On Golden Pond Universal $92,593 3 $277,800 $322,239,600 1/08/82
171 61 On Golden Pond Universal $88,936 3 $266,800 $322,239,600 1/15/82
172 73 The Last Temptation of Christ Universal $86,121 9 $775,100 $16,176,700 8/12/88
173 104 Mask Universal $75,763 4 $303,100 $107,872,500 3/08/85
174 115 Under the Volcano Universal $73,256 1 $73,300 $6,042,000 6/15/84
175 147 Brazil Universal $67,320 1 $67,300 $21,258,300 12/20/85
176 152 The Paper Universal $66,675 5 $333,400 $73,747,700 3/18/94
177 155 Frost/Nixon Universal $66,612 3 $199,800 $20,593,200 12/05/08
178 185 In Good Company Universal $62,657 3 $188,000 $56,743,200 12/31/04
179 188 Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence Universal $62,524 4 $250,100 $5,814,000 8/26/83
180 143 Traffic USA Films $68,029 4 $272,100 $174,121,400 12/29/00
181 165 Gothic Vestron $65,106 1 $65,100 $1,860,500 4/10/87
182 38 After Hours Warner Bros. $101,621 1 $101,600 $23,729,000 9/13/85
183 46 Tim Burton's Corpse Bride Warner Bros. $96,163 5 $480,800 $66,095,400 9/16/05
184 49 The Mission Warner Bros. $94,272 1 $94,300 $35,111,700 11/07/86
185 52 Syriana Warner Bros. $92,778 5 $463,900 $62,500,900 11/25/05
186 60 Crossing Delancey Warner Bros. $90,240 1 $90,200 $31,416,900 8/26/88
187 66 The Year of Living Dangerously Warner Bros. $88,222 1 $88,200 $25,908,500 1/21/83
188 72 The Mission Warner Bros. $86,390 1 $86,400 $35,111,700 10/31/86
189 88 The Killing Fields Warner Bros. $80,222 1 $80,200 $77,693,700 11/09/84
190 95 The Mosquito Coast Warner Bros. $78,696 3 $236,100 $29,382,500 11/28/86
191 102 The Killing Fields Warner Bros. $76,047 1 $76,000 $77,693,700 11/02/84
192 112 The Killing Fields Warner Bros. $73,875 3 $221,600 $77,693,700 11/23/84
193 124 Syriana Warner Bros. $71,763 9 $645,900 $62,500,900 12/02/05
194 125 The Killing Fields Warner Bros. $71,517 3 $214,600 $77,693,700 11/16/84
195 167 Mystic River Warner Bros. $64,907 13 $843,800 $117,276,600 10/10/03
196 170 The Killing Fields Warner Bros. $64,437 3 $193,300 $77,693,700 11/30/84
197 192 Eleni Warner Bros. $62,346 1 $62,300 $682,400 11/01/85
198 19 The Master Weinstein Company $150,291 5 $751,500 $16,389,200 9/14/12
199 67 The King's Speech Weinstein Company $88,086 4 $352,300 $136,545,100 11/26/10
200 150 Nine Weinstein Company $67,097 4 $268,400 $20,091,500 12/18/09

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.

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