Top Opening Weekend Theater Averages

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TOP WEEKEND THEATER AVERAGES
1982-Present

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

Row	Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Average	Theaters	Opening*	Adjusted Gross^	Date**
1	193	Return of the Jedi	Fox	$59,292	1,002	$59,412,500	$658,394,900	5/27/83
2	1	The Lion King	BV	$1,543,099	2	$3,086,200	$606,696,200	6/17/94
3	13	Aladdin	BV	$192,636	2	$385,300	$426,356,300	11/13/92
4	7	Frozen	BV	$236,977	1	$237,000	$398,703,500	11/22/13
5	4	Toy Story 2	BV	$480,379	1	$480,400	$388,910,900	11/19/99
6	79	Dances with Wolves	Orion	$82,130	14	$1,149,800	$355,275,300	11/09/90
7	19	American Sniper	WB	$155,120	4	$620,500	$350,240,400	12/26/14
8	68	Platoon	Orion	$88,049	6	$528,300	$288,094,700	12/19/86
9	18	Beauty and the Beast	BV	$156,561	2	$313,100	$284,271,300	11/15/91
10	3	A Bug's Life	BV	$504,651	1	$504,700	$277,521,600	11/20/98
11	2	Pocahontas	BV	$837,829	6	$5,027,000	$264,607,700	6/16/95
12	43	Good Morning, Vietnam	BV	$101,005	4	$404,000	$245,175,600	12/25/87
13	125	Good Will Hunting	Mira.	$69,055	7	$483,400	$239,971,000	12/05/97
14	64	The Blair Witch Project	Art.	$89,625	27	$2,419,900	$224,917,900	7/16/99
15	73	American Beauty	DW	$86,173	16	$1,378,800	$202,721,900	9/17/99
16	70	Dead Poets Society	BV	$87,151	8	$697,200	$196,308,000	6/02/89
17	72	Lincoln	BV	$86,699	11	$953,700	$184,811,400	11/09/12
18	173	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	SPC	$62,521	16	$1,000,300	$184,614,100	12/08/00
19	123	Traffic	USA	$69,657	4	$278,600	$178,288,000	12/29/00
20	5	Hercules	BV	$442,044	1	$442,000	$175,551,500	6/13/97
21	34	The Revenant	Fox	$110,867	4	$443,500	$173,973,400	12/25/15
22	120	Juno	FoxS	$69,866	7	$489,100	$163,240,800	12/07/07
23	44	Annie	Col.	$100,859	14	$1,412,100	$157,785,600	5/21/82
24	154	Black Hawk Down	SonR	$64,573	4	$258,300	$152,019,400	12/28/01
25	29	American Hustle	Sony	$120,158	6	$720,900	$151,384,700	12/13/13
26	117	Philadelphia	TriS	$70,417	4	$281,700	$150,639,000	12/24/93
27	54	The Verdict	Fox	$93,080	3	$279,200	$141,463,600	12/10/82
28	61	The King's Speech	Wein.	$90,194	4	$360,800	$139,812,500	11/26/10
29	16	La La Land	LG/S	$162,989	5	$814,900	$139,095,100	12/09/16
30	59	Gandhi	Col.	$90,669	4	$362,700	$136,244,100	12/10/82
31	169	Everest (IMAX)	MFF	$63,140	10	$631,400	$134,769,100	3/06/98
32	98	A Fish Called Wanda	MGM	$76,102	3	$228,300	$123,618,900	7/15/88
33	17	Dreamgirls	P/DW	$156,786	3	$470,400	$123,513,300	12/15/06
34	8	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	BV	$236,294	2	$472,600	$120,738,400	6/08/01
35	143	Mystic River	WB	$66,460	13	$864,000	$120,082,900	10/10/03
36	12	Brother Bear	BV	$196,805	2	$393,600	$114,909,500	10/24/03
37	93	Mask	Uni.	$77,576	4	$310,300	$110,453,900	3/08/85
38	6	The Princess and the Frog	BV	$419,956	2	$839,900	$110,238,700	11/27/09
39	81	Black Swan	FoxS	$81,414	18	$1,465,400	$109,874,700	12/03/10
40	21	Edward Scissorhands	Fox	$153,396	2	$306,800	$108,678,000	12/07/90
41	22	Brokeback Mountain	Focus	$138,863	5	$694,300	$103,353,700	12/09/05
42	9	Anastasia	Fox	$213,507	1	$213,500	$102,990,800	11/14/97
43	199	Broadcast News	Fox	$58,677	7	$410,700	$102,420,700	12/18/87
44	14	Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas	BV	$187,768	2	$375,500	$98,194,400	10/15/93
45	75	Zero Dark Thirty	Sony	$84,259	5	$421,300	$97,996,500	12/21/12
46	136	Bugsy	TriS	$67,761	4	$271,000	$95,963,700	12/13/91
47	97	The Fighter	Par.	$76,127	4	$304,500	$95,019,500	12/10/10
48	135	Sideways	FoxS	$67,763	4	$271,100	$91,517,600	10/22/04
49	161	Fantasia 2000 (35mm & IMAX)	BV	$63,980	54	$3,454,900	$91,151,400	12/31/99
50	30	The Imitation Game	Wein.	$117,383	4	$469,500	$91,045,000	11/28/14
51	181	A Civil Action	BV	$60,739	2	$121,500	$90,779,000	12/25/98
52	15	Evita	BV	$179,415	2	$358,800	$88,655,100	12/27/96
53	147	About Schmidt	NL	$65,853	6	$395,100	$87,747,000	12/13/02
54	176	The Last Emperor	Col.	$62,154	5	$310,800	$87,454,700	11/20/87
55	76	Up in the Air	Par.	$84,145	15	$1,262,200	$87,259,000	12/04/09
56	28	Moulin Rouge!	Fox	$120,327	2	$240,700	$82,416,200	5/18/01
57	191	Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey	BV	$59,573	2	$119,100	$82,150,900	2/05/93
58	185	The Fisher King	TriS	$60,185	10	$601,900	$80,905,100	9/20/91
59	92	The Killing Fields	WB	$77,867	1	$77,900	$79,552,800	11/02/84
60	104	The Piano	Mira.	$74,336	4	$297,400	$78,384,200	11/12/93
61	24	Victor/Victoria	MGM	$128,708	3	$386,100	$78,024,400	3/19/82
62	177	Sophie's Choice	Uni.	$62,106	9	$559,000	$77,586,800	12/10/82
63	131	The Paper	Uni.	$68,271	5	$341,400	$75,512,400	3/18/94
64	148	Little Miss Sunshine	FoxS	$65,783	7	$460,500	$74,311,600	7/28/06
65	89	The Royal Tenenbaums	BV	$79,571	5	$397,900	$73,389,900	12/14/01
66	35	Memoirs of a Geisha	Sony	$108,205	8	$865,600	$71,911,900	12/09/05
67	47	Tim Burton's Corpse Bride	WB	$98,464	5	$492,300	$67,677,000	9/16/05
68	78	The Big Short	Par.	$82,413	8	$659,300	$66,260,000	12/11/15
69	153	Grand Canyon	Fox	$65,220	2	$130,400	$65,124,300	12/27/91
70	37	The Joy Luck Club	BV	$104,086	3	$312,300	$64,610,200	9/10/93
71	50	Syriana	WB	$94,998	5	$475,000	$63,996,500	11/25/05
72	180	Nell	Fox	$60,938	2	$121,900	$63,456,300	12/16/94
73	133	A Passage to India	Col.	$68,217	3	$204,700	$62,320,700	12/14/84
74	165	Agnes of God	Col.	$63,423	8	$507,400	$58,691,300	9/13/85
75	11	The Grand Budapest Hotel	FoxS	$207,123	4	$828,500	$58,611,900	3/07/14
76	48	The Thin Red Line	Fox	$97,952	5	$489,800	$58,340,900	12/25/98
77	158	In Good Company	Uni.	$64,156	3	$192,500	$58,101,000	12/31/04
78	45	Midnight in Paris	SPC	$100,701	6	$604,200	$57,744,000	5/20/11
79	99	A Soldier's Story	Col.	$75,677	5	$378,400	$52,429,500	9/14/84
80	40	Howards End	SPC	$102,983	1	$103,000	$50,950,900	3/13/92
81	87	sex, lies and videotape	Mira.	$79,856	4	$319,400	$50,667,400	8/04/89
82	33	Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire	LGF	$111,133	18	$2,000,400	$50,588,400	11/06/09
83	101	Raising Arizona	Fox	$75,353	1	$75,400	$47,506,600	3/13/87
84	151	Amelie	Mira.	$65,342	3	$196,000	$47,034,700	11/02/01
85	23	Moonrise Kingdom	Focus	$130,910	4	$523,600	$46,957,600	5/25/12
86	26	Bulworth	Fox	$122,917	2	$245,800	$45,986,000	5/15/98
87	32	There Will Be Blood	ParV	$112,697	2	$225,400	$45,550,600	12/28/07
88	114	Much Ado About Nothing	Gold.	$71,098	3	$213,300	$44,281,700	5/07/93
89	157	One Hour Photo	FoxS	$64,270	7	$449,900	$44,213,300	8/23/02
90	192	Manchester by the Sea	RAtt.	$59,310	4	$237,200	$43,991,400	11/18/16
91	146	Sicario	LGF	$65,908	6	$395,500	$43,848,400	9/18/15
92	198	Circle of Friends	Sav.	$58,678	4	$234,700	$43,715,100	3/17/95
93	51	A Room with a View	Cinc	$94,163	1	$94,200	$43,604,000	3/07/86
94	39	Birdman	FoxS	$103,926	4	$415,700	$41,888,500	10/17/14
95	126	Babel	ParV	$69,038	7	$483,300	$41,687,000	10/27/06
96	90	Punchline	Col.	$79,490	4	$318,000	$41,624,600	9/30/88
97	145	The Freshman	TriS	$65,947	6	$395,700	$41,247,000	7/20/90
98	149	To Die For	Sony	$65,670	11	$722,400	$39,780,000	9/29/95
99	166	Educating Rita	Col.	$63,249	3	$189,700	$37,806,000	9/23/83
100	25	Kiss of the Spider Woman	IsAl	$128,161	1	$128,200	$37,526,300	7/26/85
101	186	The People Vs. Larry Flynt	Sony	$60,156	16	$962,500	$35,956,900	12/27/96
102	66	The Mission	WB	$88,457	1	$88,500	$35,951,900	10/31/86
103	128	For the Boys	Fox	$68,891	2	$137,800	$34,490,300	11/22/91
104	36	Blue Jasmine	SPC	$105,784	6	$634,700	$34,447,600	7/26/13
105	57	Crossing Delancey	WB	$92,399	1	$92,400	$32,168,700	8/26/88
106	190	Defending Your Life	WB	$59,621	3	$178,900	$31,614,600	3/22/91
107	138	Defiance	ParV	$67,304	2	$134,600	$31,217,500	1/02/09
108	106	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	BV	$74,024	2	$148,000	$30,889,400	12/10/04
109	152	Thank You for Smoking	FoxS	$65,268	5	$326,300	$30,774,200	3/17/06
110	96	Adaptation.	Sony	$76,857	7	$538,000	$30,489,100	12/06/02
111	183	Trainspotting	Mira.	$60,394	8	$483,200	$30,333,100	7/19/96
112	84	The Mosquito Coast	WB	$80,579	3	$241,700	$30,085,600	11/28/86
113	69	An Inconvenient Truth	ParC	$87,298	4	$349,200	$29,970,700	5/26/06
114	80	Sicko	LGF	$81,500	1	$81,500	$28,998,700	6/22/07
115	150	The Commitments	Fox	$65,496	8	$524,000	$28,811,400	8/16/91
116	178	Match Point	DW	$61,843	8	$494,700	$28,741,600	12/30/05
117	182	Down with Love	Fox	$60,711	1	$60,700	$27,376,800	5/09/03
118	60	The Year of Living Dangerously	WB	$90,333	1	$90,300	$26,528,500	1/21/83
119	77	Bullets Over Broadway	Mira.	$83,704	2	$167,400	$26,031,100	10/21/94
120	132	The Grifters	Mira.	$68,263	2	$136,500	$25,966,300	12/07/90
121	55	Moonlight (2016)	A24	$92,971	4	$371,900	$25,682,100	10/21/16
122	91	Boyhood	IFC	$78,004	5	$390,000	$25,466,300	7/11/14
123	41	Punch-Drunk Love	SonR	$102,765	5	$513,800	$24,969,600	10/11/02
124	112	Revolutionary Road	ParV	$71,680	3	$215,000	$24,969,200	12/26/08
125	83	Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy	Focus	$80,616	4	$322,500	$24,823,600	12/09/11
126	71	The Purple Rose of Cairo	Orion	$87,096	3	$261,300	$24,347,200	3/01/85
127	38	After Hours	WB	$104,053	1	$104,100	$24,296,800	9/13/85
128	195	Country	BV	$59,143	1	$59,100	$23,325,400	9/28/84
129	196	Lost in America	WB	$59,113	6	$354,700	$23,311,300	3/15/85
130	115	Fantastic Mr. Fox	Fox	$71,017	4	$284,100	$22,330,300	11/13/09
131	107	New York Stories	BV	$73,780	12	$885,400	$22,042,100	3/03/89
132	121	The Motorcycle Diaries	Focus	$69,744	3	$209,200	$21,918,900	9/24/04
133	179	The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert	Gram.	$60,969	7	$426,800	$21,823,900	8/12/94
134	127	Brazil	Uni.	$68,931	1	$68,900	$21,767,000	12/20/85
135	171	Into the Wild	ParV	$62,759	4	$251,000	$21,615,500	9/21/07
136	105	The Kids Are All Right	Focus	$74,111	7	$518,800	$21,282,600	7/09/10
137	113	The Place Beyond the Pines	Focus	$71,536	4	$286,100	$20,765,000	3/29/13
138	129	Nine	Wein.	$68,702	4	$274,800	$20,572,300	12/18/09
139	134	Frost/Nixon	Uni.	$68,206	3	$204,600	$20,387,400	12/05/08
140	110	1984	Gold.	$72,340	1	$72,300	$19,312,800	12/14/84
141	139	127 Hours	FoxS	$67,205	4	$268,800	$18,609,900	11/05/10
142	200	Immortal Beloved	Sony	$58,402	4	$233,600	$18,544,000	12/16/94
143	170	Deconstructing Harry	FL	$63,139	10	$631,400	$18,525,400	12/12/97
144	189	The Perks of Being a Wallflower	LG/S	$59,658	4	$238,600	$17,938,000	9/21/12
145	197	Boys Don't Cry	FoxS	$58,991	2	$118,000	$17,645,400	10/08/99
146	109	To Rome with Love	SPC	$72,361	5	$361,800	$17,408,300	6/22/12
147	82	Everyone Says I Love You	Mira.	$80,733	3	$242,200	$17,285,900	12/06/96
148	184	Enough Said	FoxS	$60,353	4	$241,400	$17,117,500	9/20/13
149	20	The Master	Wein.	$153,887	5	$769,400	$16,787,500	9/14/12
150	49	I Heart Huckabees	FoxS	$95,628	4	$382,500	$16,729,700	10/01/04
151	27	Steve Jobs	Uni.	$121,839	4	$487,400	$16,602,600	10/09/15
152	67	The Last Temptation of Christ	Uni.	$88,182	9	$793,600	$16,563,800	8/12/88
153	175	She's Gotta Have It	Isld	$62,395	1	$62,400	$15,640,900	8/08/86
154	167	Capitalism: A Love Story	Over.	$63,199	4	$252,800	$15,346,300	9/25/09
155	103	Sarafina!	BV	$74,921	2	$149,800	$14,313,200	9/18/92
156	62	Spring Breakers	A24	$89,765	3	$269,300	$14,095,400	3/15/13
157	88	The Darjeeling Limited	FoxS	$79,727	2	$159,500	$14,052,700	9/28/07
158	86	Kids	Mira.	$80,093	2	$160,200	$13,853,200	7/21/95
159	53	The Tree of Life	FoxS	$94,040	4	$376,200	$13,523,600	5/27/11
160	46	Inside Llewyn Davis	CBS	$98,683	4	$394,700	$13,357,200	12/06/13
161	188	Sunshine Cleaning	Over.	$59,720	4	$238,900	$13,145,900	3/13/09
162	31	The Crucible	Fox	$115,871	1	$115,900	$13,091,900	11/29/96
163	108	Talk to Her	SPC	$73,041	2	$146,100	$12,565,600	11/22/02
164	74	Night and the City	Fox	$84,309	1	$84,300	$12,151,400	10/16/92
165	194	Carol	Wein.	$59,226	4	$236,900	$11,995,100	11/20/15
166	124	Ed Wood	BV	$69,597	2	$139,200	$11,451,000	9/30/94
167	130	Cafe Society	LGF	$68,649	5	$343,200	$10,605,200	7/15/16
168	119	Orlando	SPC	$70,059	3	$210,200	$10,446,200	6/11/93
169	162	Kundun	BV	$63,850	2	$127,700	$9,855,500	12/26/97
170	140	Miami Rhapsody	BV	$66,741	2	$133,500	$9,758,400	1/27/95
171	168	Stealing Beauty	FoxS	$63,168	3	$189,500	$8,686,100	6/14/96
172	156	Inherent Vice	WB	$64,293	5	$321,500	$8,104,400	12/12/14
173	94	The Aristocrats	Think	$77,303	4	$309,200	$8,088,200	7/29/05
174	172	Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!	Mira.	$62,751	2	$125,500	$7,855,800	5/04/90
175	159	Mountains of the Moon	TriS	$64,081	2	$128,200	$7,710,600	2/23/90
176	58	Wish You Were Here	Atl	$90,680	1	$90,700	$6,828,000	7/24/87
177	155	Bad Education	SPC	$64,311	3	$192,900	$6,670,600	11/19/04
178	122	Apocalypse Now Redux	Mira.	$69,659	2	$139,300	$6,645,200	8/03/01
179	102	Under the Volcano	Uni.	$75,009	1	$75,000	$6,186,500	6/15/84
180	95	Tous les Matins du Monde	Oct.	$76,945	1	$76,900	$6,066,800	11/13/92
181	160	Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence	Uni.	$64,021	4	$256,100	$5,953,100	8/26/83
182	116	This Is My Life	Fox	$70,956	2	$141,900	$5,724,500	2/21/92
183	63	Metropolitan	NL	$89,686	1	$89,700	$5,647,200	8/03/90
184	100	Lust, Caution	Focus	$75,531	1	$75,500	$5,436,600	9/28/07
185	142	Unzipped	Mira.	$66,604	2	$133,200	$5,373,400	8/04/95
186	42	Maurice	Cinc	$102,463	1	$102,500	$5,069,900	9/18/87
187	52	Melinda and Melinda	FoxS	$94,158	1	$94,200	$4,853,000	3/18/05
188	65	Don't Think Twice	TFA	$88,690	1	$88,700	$4,209,000	7/22/16
189	85	Prick Up Your Ears	Gold.	$80,350	1	$80,300	$3,440,700	4/17/87
190	187	Too Beautiful For You	OrionC	$59,981	1	$60,000	$3,414,300	3/02/90
191	144	Wide Sargasso Sea	NL	$66,387	1	$66,400	$3,171,100	4/16/93
192	174	The Whistle Blower	Hemd	$62,451	1	$62,500	$3,118,900	7/10/87
193	118	A Handful of Dust	NL	$70,163	1	$70,200	$3,087,200	6/24/88
194	111	Sleepwalk with Me	IFC	$71,896	1	$71,900	$2,349,100	8/24/12
195	141	Gothic	Vest	$66,664	1	$66,700	$1,905,000	4/10/87
196	164	Fool for Love	Can.	$63,707	2	$127,400	$1,840,300	12/06/85
197	10	Red State	SMod	$211,246	1	$211,200	$1,136,200	3/04/11
198	163	Eleni	WB	$63,838	1	$63,800	$698,700	11/01/85
199	56	Guiana 1838	RBC	$92,834	1	$92,800	$295,700	9/24/04
200	137	The Official Story	ALM	$67,390	1	$67,400	$67,400	11/08/85

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.