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1982-Present


Note: This chart top 200 movies, regardless of sorting.
RankTitle (click to view)StudioAverageTheatersOpening*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 A Bug's Life BV $492,857 1 $492,900 $271,035,900 11/20/98
4 Toy Story 2 BV $469,152 1 $469,200 $379,822,000 11/19/99
5 Hercules BV $431,713 1 $431,700 $171,448,800 6/13/97
6 The Princess and the Frog BV $410,141 2 $820,300 $107,662,400 11/27/09
7 Atlantis: The Lost Empire BV $230,772 2 $461,500 $117,916,700 6/08/01
8 Anastasia Fox $208,518 1 $208,500 $100,583,900 11/14/97
9 Red State SMod $206,309 1 $206,300 $1,109,600 3/04/11
10 Brother Bear BV $192,206 2 $384,400 $112,224,000 10/24/03
11 Aladdin BV $188,134 2 $376,300 $416,392,200 11/13/92
12 Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas BV $183,379 2 $366,800 $95,899,600 10/15/93
13 Evita BV $175,223 2 $350,400 $86,583,200 12/27/96
14 Dreamgirls P/DW $153,122 3 $459,400 $120,626,800 12/15/06
15 Beauty and the Beast BV $152,903 2 $305,800 $277,627,800 11/15/91
16 The Master Wein. $150,291 5 $751,500 $16,389,200 9/14/12
17 Edward Scissorhands Fox $149,811 2 $299,600 $106,138,200 12/07/90
18 Brokeback Mountain Focus $135,618 5 $678,100 $100,938,300 12/09/05
19 Moonrise Kingdom Focus $127,851 4 $511,400 $45,869,900 5/25/12
20 Victor/Victoria MGM $125,700 3 $377,100 $76,200,900 3/19/82
21 Kiss of the Spider Woman IsAl $125,166 1 $125,200 $36,649,300 7/26/85
22 Bulworth Fox $120,045 2 $240,100 $44,911,300 5/15/98
23 Moulin Rouge! Fox $117,515 2 $235,000 $80,490,100 5/18/01
24 The Crucible Fox $113,163 1 $113,200 $12,785,900 11/29/96
25 There Will Be Blood ParV $110,064 2 $220,100 $44,486,000 12/28/07
26 Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire LGF $108,536 18 $1,953,700 $49,406,200 11/06/09
27 Memoirs of a Geisha Sony $105,676 8 $845,400 $70,231,300 12/09/05
28 The Joy Luck Club BV $101,653 3 $305,000 $63,100,300 9/10/93
29 After Hours WB $101,621 1 $101,600 $23,729,000 9/13/85
30 Howards End SPC $100,576 1 $100,600 $49,760,200 3/13/92
31 Punch-Drunk Love SonR $100,364 5 $501,800 $24,386,100 10/11/02
32 Maurice Cinc $100,068 1 $100,100 $4,951,400 9/18/87
33 Good Morning, Vietnam BV $98,645 4 $394,600 $239,445,800 12/25/87
34 Annie Col. $98,502 14 $1,379,100 $154,098,100 5/21/82
35 Midnight in Paris SPC $98,348 6 $590,100 $56,394,500 5/20/11
36 Tim Burton's Corpse Bride WB $96,163 5 $480,800 $66,095,400 9/16/05
37 The Thin Red Line Fox $95,663 5 $478,300 $56,977,500 12/25/98
38 I Heart Huckabees FoxS $93,393 4 $373,600 $16,338,700 10/01/04
39 Syriana WB $92,778 5 $463,900 $62,500,900 11/25/05
40 A Room with a View Cinc $91,963 1 $92,000 $42,585,000 3/07/86
41 Melinda and Melinda FoxS $91,958 1 $92,000 $4,739,600 3/18/05
42 The Tree of Life FoxS $91,842 4 $367,400 $13,207,500 5/27/11
43 The Verdict Fox $90,905 3 $272,700 $138,157,600 12/10/82
44 Guiana 1838 RBC $90,664 1 $90,700 $288,800 9/24/04
45 Crossing Delancey WB $90,240 1 $90,200 $31,416,900 8/26/88
46 Wish You Were Here Atl $88,560 1 $88,600 $6,668,400 7/24/87
47 Gandhi Col. $88,550 4 $354,200 $133,060,000 12/10/82
48 The Year of Living Dangerously WB $88,222 1 $88,200 $25,908,500 1/21/83
49 The King's Speech Wein. $88,086 4 $352,300 $136,545,100 11/26/10
50 Spring Breakers A24 $87,667 3 $263,000 $14,039,700 3/15/13
51 Metropolitan NL $87,590 1 $87,600 $5,515,200 8/03/90
52 The Blair Witch Project Art. $87,531 27 $2,363,300 $219,661,500 7/16/99
53 The Mission WB $86,390 1 $86,400 $35,111,700 10/31/86
54 The Last Temptation of Christ Uni. $86,121 9 $775,100 $16,176,700 8/12/88
55 Platoon Orion $85,992 6 $516,000 $281,361,800 12/19/86
56 An Inconvenient Truth ParC $85,257 4 $341,000 $29,270,300 5/26/06
57 Dead Poets Society BV $85,114 8 $680,900 $191,720,200 6/02/89
58 The Purple Rose of Cairo Orion $85,061 3 $255,200 $23,778,200 3/01/85
59 Lincoln BV $84,673 11 $931,400 $180,506,300 11/09/12
60 American Beauty DW $84,159 16 $1,346,600 $197,984,300 9/17/99
61 Night and the City Fox $82,339 1 $82,300 $11,867,400 10/16/92
62 Zero Dark Thirty Sony $82,290 5 $411,400 $94,412,700 12/21/12
63 Up in the Air Par. $82,178 15 $1,232,700 $85,219,700 12/04/09
64 Bullets Over Broadway Mira. $81,748 2 $163,500 $25,422,700 10/21/94
65 Dances with Wolves Orion $80,211 14 $1,123,000 $346,972,400 11/09/90
66 Sicko LGF $79,595 1 $79,600 $28,321,000 6/22/07
67 Black Swan FoxS $79,511 18 $1,431,200 $107,306,900 12/03/10
68 Everyone Says I Love You Mira. $78,847 3 $236,500 $16,881,900 12/06/96
69 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Focus $78,732 4 $314,900 $24,243,500 12/09/11
70 The Mosquito Coast WB $78,696 3 $236,100 $29,382,500 11/28/86
71 Prick Up Your Ears Gold. $78,472 1 $78,500 $3,360,300 4/17/87
72 Kids Mira. $78,221 2 $156,400 $13,529,400 7/21/95
73 sex, lies and videotape Mira. $77,990 4 $312,000 $49,483,300 8/04/89
74 The Darjeeling Limited FoxS $77,864 2 $155,700 $13,724,300 9/28/07
75 The Royal Tenenbaums BV $77,711 5 $388,600 $71,674,800 12/14/01
76 Punchline Col. $77,632 4 $310,500 $40,651,800 9/30/88
77 The Killing Fields WB $76,047 1 $76,000 $77,693,700 11/02/84
78 Mask Uni. $75,763 4 $303,100 $107,872,500 3/08/85
79 The Aristocrats Think $75,497 4 $302,000 $7,899,200 7/29/05
80 Tous les Matins du Monde Oct. $75,147 1 $75,100 $5,925,000 11/13/92
81 Adaptation. Sony $75,061 7 $525,400 $29,776,500 12/06/02
82 The Fighter Par. $74,348 4 $297,400 $92,798,900 12/10/10
83 A Fish Called Wanda MGM $74,323 3 $223,000 $120,729,900 7/15/88
84 A Soldier's Story Col. $73,908 5 $369,500 $51,204,200 9/14/84
85 Lust, Caution Focus $73,766 1 $73,800 $5,309,500 9/28/07
86 Raising Arizona Fox $73,592 1 $73,600 $46,396,300 3/13/87
87 Under the Volcano Uni. $73,256 1 $73,300 $6,042,000 6/15/84
88 Sarafina! BV $73,170 2 $146,300 $13,978,700 9/18/92
89 The Piano Mira. $72,599 4 $290,400 $76,552,300 11/12/93
90 The Kids Are All Right Focus $72,379 7 $506,600 $20,785,200 7/09/10
91 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou BV $72,294 2 $144,600 $30,167,500 12/10/04
92 New York Stories BV $72,056 12 $864,700 $21,526,900 3/03/89
93 Talk to Her SPC $71,334 2 $142,700 $12,272,000 11/22/02
94 To Rome with Love SPC $70,670 5 $353,300 $17,005,900 6/22/12
95 1984 Gold. $70,649 1 $70,600 $18,861,500 12/14/84
96 Sleepwalk with Me IFC $70,216 1 $70,200 $2,312,700 8/24/12
97 Revolutionary Road ParV $70,005 3 $210,000 $25,336,700 12/26/08
98 The Place Beyond the Pines Focus $69,864 4 $279,500 $20,321,000 3/29/13
99 Much Ado About Nothing Gold. $69,437 3 $208,300 $43,246,800 5/07/93
100 Fantastic Mr. Fox Fox $69,358 4 $277,400 $21,808,500 11/13/09
101 This Is My Life Fox $69,298 2 $138,600 $5,590,700 2/21/92
102 Philadelphia TriS $68,771 4 $275,100 $147,118,600 12/24/93
103 A Handful of Dust NL $68,524 1 $68,500 $3,015,100 6/24/88
104 Orlando SPC $68,422 3 $205,300 $10,202,000 6/11/93
105 Juno FoxS $68,233 7 $477,600 $159,425,900 12/07/07
106 The Motorcycle Diaries Focus $68,114 3 $204,300 $21,406,700 9/24/04
107 Apocalypse Now Redux Mira. $68,031 2 $136,100 $6,489,900 8/03/01
108 Traffic USA $68,029 4 $272,100 $174,121,400 12/29/00
109 Ed Wood BV $67,971 2 $135,900 $11,183,400 9/30/94
110 Good Will Hunting Mira. $67,442 7 $472,100 $234,362,800 12/05/97
111 Babel ParV $67,425 7 $472,000 $40,712,700 10/27/06
112 Brazil Uni. $67,320 1 $67,300 $21,258,300 12/20/85
113 For the Boys Fox $67,281 2 $134,600 $33,684,200 11/22/91
114 Nine Wein. $67,097 4 $268,400 $20,091,500 12/18/09
115 The Paper Uni. $66,675 5 $333,400 $73,747,700 3/18/94
116 The Grifters Mira. $66,668 2 $133,300 $25,359,500 12/07/90
117 A Passage to India Col. $66,623 3 $199,900 $60,864,300 12/14/84
118 Frost/Nixon Uni. $66,612 3 $199,800 $20,593,200 12/05/08
119 Sideways FoxS $66,179 4 $264,700 $89,378,800 10/22/04
120 Bugsy TriS $66,177 4 $264,700 $93,721,000 12/13/91
121 The Official Story ALM $65,815 1 $65,800 $65,800 11/08/85
122 Defiance ParV $65,731 2 $131,500 $31,676,900 1/02/09
123 127 Hours FoxS $65,634 4 $262,500 $18,175,000 11/05/10
124 Miami Rhapsody BV $65,181 2 $130,400 $9,530,300 1/27/95
125 Gothic Vest $65,106 1 $65,100 $1,860,500 4/10/87
126 Unzipped Mira. $65,048 2 $130,100 $5,247,900 8/04/95
127 Mystic River WB $64,907 13 $843,800 $117,276,600 10/10/03
128 Wide Sargasso Sea NL $64,836 1 $64,800 $3,097,000 4/16/93
129 The Freshman TriS $64,406 6 $386,400 $40,283,000 7/20/90
130 About Schmidt NL $64,314 6 $385,900 $85,696,300 12/13/02
131 Little Miss Sunshine FoxS $64,246 7 $449,700 $72,574,900 7/28/06
132 To Die For Sony $64,135 11 $705,500 $38,850,400 9/29/95
133 The Commitments Fox $63,965 8 $511,700 $28,138,100 8/16/91
134 Amelie Mira. $63,815 3 $191,400 $45,935,500 11/02/01
135 Thank You for Smoking FoxS $63,743 5 $318,700 $30,055,000 3/17/06
136 Grand Canyon Fox $63,695 2 $127,400 $63,602,300 12/27/91
137 Black Hawk Down SonR $63,064 4 $252,300 $148,466,700 12/28/01
138 Bad Education SPC $62,808 3 $188,400 $6,514,700 11/19/04
139 One Hour Photo FoxS $62,768 7 $439,400 $43,180,000 8/23/02
140 In Good Company Uni. $62,657 3 $188,000 $56,743,200 12/31/04
141 Mountains of the Moon TriS $62,583 2 $125,200 $7,530,400 2/23/90
142 Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence Uni. $62,524 4 $250,100 $5,814,000 8/26/83
143 Fantasia 2000 (35mm & IMAX) BV $62,484 54 $3,374,200 $89,021,200 12/31/99
144 Kundun BV $62,358 2 $124,700 $9,625,200 12/26/97
145 Eleni WB $62,346 1 $62,300 $682,400 11/01/85
146 Fool for Love Can. $62,218 2 $124,400 $1,797,300 12/06/85
147 Agnes of God Col. $61,941 8 $495,500 $57,319,700 9/13/85
148 Educating Rita Col. $61,771 3 $185,300 $36,922,400 9/23/83
149 Capitalism: A Love Story Over. $61,722 4 $246,900 $14,987,600 9/25/09
150 Stealing Beauty FoxS $61,691 3 $185,100 $8,483,100 6/14/96
151 Everest (IMAX) MFF $61,665 10 $616,700 $131,619,500 3/06/98
152 Deconstructing Harry FL $61,664 10 $616,600 $18,092,400 12/12/97
153 Into the Wild ParV $61,293 4 $245,200 $21,110,300 9/21/07
154 Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! Mira. $61,284 2 $122,600 $7,672,300 5/04/90
155 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon SPC $61,060 16 $977,000 $180,299,600 12/08/00
156 The Whistle Blower Hemd $60,992 1 $61,000 $3,046,000 7/10/87
157 She's Gotta Have It Isld $60,937 1 $60,900 $15,275,400 8/08/86
158 The Last Emperor Col. $60,701 5 $303,500 $85,410,900 11/20/87
159 Sophie's Choice Uni. $60,655 9 $545,900 $75,773,600 12/10/82
160 Match Point DW $60,397 8 $483,200 $28,069,900 12/30/05
161 The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Gram. $59,544 7 $416,800 $21,313,900 8/12/94
162 Nell Fox $59,514 2 $119,000 $61,973,300 12/16/94
163 A Civil Action BV $59,320 2 $118,600 $88,657,500 12/25/98
164 Down with Love Fox $59,292 1 $59,300 $26,736,900 5/09/03
165 Trainspotting Mira. $58,982 8 $471,900 $29,624,200 7/19/96
166 The Fisher King TriS $58,779 10 $587,800 $79,014,300 9/20/91
167 The People Vs. Larry Flynt Sony $58,751 16 $940,000 $35,116,600 12/27/96
168 Too Beautiful For You OrionC $58,580 1 $58,600 $3,334,500 3/02/90
169 Sunshine Cleaning Over. $58,324 4 $233,300 $13,339,400 3/13/09
170 The Perks of Being a Wallflower LG/S $58,264 4 $233,100 $17,511,600 9/21/12
171 Defending Your Life WB $58,228 3 $174,700 $30,875,700 3/22/91
172 Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey BV $58,181 2 $116,400 $80,231,100 2/05/93
173 Return of the Jedi Fox $57,907 1,002 $58,024,100 $643,008,100 5/27/83
174 Country BV $57,761 1 $57,800 $22,780,200 9/28/84
175 Lost in America WB $57,732 6 $346,400 $22,766,600 3/15/85
176 Boys Don't Cry FoxS $57,612 2 $115,200 $17,233,000 10/08/99
177 Circle of Friends Sav. $57,307 4 $229,200 $42,693,400 3/17/95
178 Broadcast News Fox $57,306 7 $401,100 $100,027,100 12/18/87
179 Immortal Beloved Sony $57,037 4 $228,100 $18,110,600 12/16/94
180 Strange Days Fox $56,697 1 $56,700 $14,528,000 10/06/95
181 A Private Function IsAl $56,660 1 $56,700 $5,652,100 3/01/85
182 Persuasion SPC $56,558 1 $56,600 $9,618,800 9/29/95
183 Frida Mira. $56,303 5 $281,500 $35,069,000 10/25/02
184 The Wrestler FoxS $56,043 4 $224,200 $29,015,500 12/19/08
185 Jefferson in Paris BV $55,989 2 $112,000 $4,515,200 3/31/95
186 High Hopes Skou $55,928 1 $55,900 $2,384,600 2/24/89
187 Broken Embraces SPC $55,878 2 $111,800 $5,078,600 11/20/09
188 Michael Clayton WB $55,388 15 $830,800 $56,108,200 10/05/07
189 Die Hard Fox $55,366 21 $1,162,700 $160,362,600 7/15/88
190 The Iron Lady Wein. $55,241 4 $221,000 $30,074,400 12/30/11
191 Made Art. $55,179 3 $165,500 $7,453,600 7/13/01
192 Jesus' Son Lions $54,636 1 $54,600 $1,918,100 6/16/00
193 Michael Collins WB $54,556 6 $327,300 $19,926,400 10/11/96
194 The Clan of the Cave Bear WB $54,420 1 $54,400 $4,181,300 1/17/86
195 Mr. & Mrs. Bridge Mira. $54,396 2 $108,800 $14,517,500 11/23/90
196 Sid and Nancy Gold. $54,390 2 $108,800 $5,748,100 10/17/86
197 Tempest Col. $54,346 4 $217,400 $13,517,600 9/03/82
198 'Round Midnight WB $54,326 1 $54,300 $7,003,900 10/03/86
199 Three Men and a Cradle Gold. $54,317 1 $54,300 $4,392,600 4/25/86
200 Hamlet (1996) Sony $54,301 3 $162,900 $8,148,200 12/27/96

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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