Top Opening Theater Averages

By Release Scale

Data as of Apr 26, 20:12 PDT

Rank	Release	Average	Theaters	Opening	Total Gross	Date	Distributor
201	Down with Love	$45,029	1	$45,029	$20,305,251	May 9, 2003	Twentieth Century Fox
202	Black Hawk Down	$44,955	4	$179,823	$108,638,745	Dec 28, 2001	Revolution Studios
203	Avengers: Age of Ultron	$44,731	4,276	$191,271,109	$459,005,868	May 1, 2015	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
204	On Golden Pond	$44,606	2	$89,213	$119,285,432	Dec 4, 1981	Universal Pictures
205	The Last Temptation of Christ	$44,579	9	$401,211	$8,373,585	Aug 12, 1988	Universal Pictures
206	Blade Runner The Final Cut (2007 re-release)	$44,575	2	$89,150	$1,548,502	Oct 5, 2007	Warner Bros.
207	You Were Never Really Here	$44,276	3	$132,829	$2,528,078	Apr 6, 2018	Amazon Studios
208	Kit Kittredge: An American Girl	$44,059	5	$220,297	$17,657,973	Jun 20, 2008	Picturehouse
209	Everyone Says I Love You	$43,892	3	$131,678	$9,759,200	Dec 6, 1996	Miramax
210	Darkest Hour	$43,751	4	$175,006	$56,468,410	Nov 24, 2017	Focus Features
211	Wish You Were Here	$43,611	1	$43,611	$3,283,832	Jul 24, 1987	Atlantic Releasing Corporation
212	Her	$43,397	6	$260,382	$25,568,251	Dec 20, 2013	Warner Bros.
213	The Taste of Things	$43,350	3	$130,050	$2,654,510	Feb 9, 2024	IFC Films
214	A Most Violent Year	$43,197	4	$172,788	$5,749,134	Jan 2, 2015	A24
215	Searching	$43,196	9	$388,769	$26,020,957	Aug 24, 2018	Screen Gems
216	Bullets Over Broadway	$43,036	2	$86,072	$13,383,747	Oct 21, 1994	Miramax
217	Night and the City	$43,036	1	$43,036	$6,202,756	Oct 16, 1992	Twentieth Century Fox
218	A Room with a View	$42,970	1	$42,970	$20,966,644	Mar 7, 1986	Cinecom Pictures
219	No Country for Old Men	$42,928	28	$1,202,000	$74,283,625	Nov 9, 2007	Miramax
220	The Bling Ring	$42,879	5	$214,395	$5,845,732	Jun 14, 2013	A24
221	Kids	$42,854	2	$85,709	$7,412,216	Jul 21, 1995	Miramax
222	Dances with Wolves	$42,732	14	$598,257	$184,208,848	Nov 9, 1990	Orion Pictures
223	Dead Poets Society	$42,557	8	$340,456	$95,860,116	Jun 2, 1989	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
224	Beasts of the Southern Wild	$42,425	4	$169,702	$12,795,746	Jun 29, 2012	-
225	Fantasia 2000	$42,417	54	$2,290,525	$60,655,420	Dec 31, 1999	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
226	Captain America: Civil War	$42,389	4,226	$179,139,142	$408,084,349	May 6, 2016	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
227	A Dangerous Method	$41,988	4	$167,953	$5,704,709	Nov 25, 2011	Sony Pictures Classics
228	A Serious Man	$41,889	6	$251,337	$9,228,768	Oct 2, 2009	Focus Features
229	Brooklyn Rules	$41,811	1	$41,811	$458,232	May 11, 2007	City Lights Pictures
230	Brick	$41,787	2	$83,574	$2,075,743	Mar 31, 2006	Focus Features
231	The Theory of Everything	$41,752	5	$208,763	$35,893,537	Nov 7, 2014	Focus Features
232	Beauty and the Beast	$41,508	4,210	$174,750,616	$504,014,165	Mar 17, 2017	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
233	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	$41,450	16	$663,205	$128,078,872	Dec 8, 2000	Sony Pictures Classics
234	Incredibles 2	$41,425	4,410	$182,687,905	$608,581,744	Jun 15, 2018	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
235	The Namesake	$41,425	6	$248,552	$13,569,248	Mar 9, 2007	-
236	Boy Erased	$41,411	5	$207,057	$6,788,692	Nov 2, 2018	Focus Features
237	Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness	$41,336	4,534	$187,420,998	$411,331,607	May 6, 2022	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
238	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever	$41,251	4,396	$181,339,761	$453,829,060	Nov 11, 2022	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
239	Frida	$41,199	5	$205,996	$25,885,000	Oct 25, 2002	Miramax
240	The Descendants	$41,037	29	$1,190,096	$82,584,160	Nov 18, 2011	-
241	Iron Man 3	$40,946	4,253	$174,144,585	$409,013,994	May 3, 2013	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
242	The Queen	$40,671	3	$122,014	$56,441,711	Sep 29, 2006	Miramax
243	The Great Muppet Caper	$40,671	73	$2,968,990	$31,206,251	Jun 26, 1981	Universal Pictures
244	The Lion King	$40,586	4,725	$191,770,759	$543,638,043	Jul 19, 2019	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
245	Margot at the Wedding	$40,517	2	$81,035	$1,959,420	Nov 16, 2007	Paramount Vantage
246	Volver	$40,400	5	$202,000	$12,899,867	Nov 3, 2006	Sony Pictures Classics
247	The Fabelmans	$40,394	4	$161,579	$17,348,945	Nov 11, 2022	Universal Pictures
248	Wind River	$40,389	4	$161,558	$33,800,859	Aug 4, 2017	The Weinstein Company
249	Milk	$40,384	36	$1,453,844	$31,841,299	Nov 28, 2008	Focus Features
250	The Mission	$40,366	1	$40,366	$17,218,023	Oct 31, 1986	Warner Bros.
251	Colette	$40,294	4	$161,179	$5,137,622	Sep 21, 2018	Bleecker Street Media
252	Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker	$40,259	4,406	$177,383,864	$515,202,542	Dec 20, 2019	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
253	Lost in Translation	$40,221	23	$925,087	$44,585,453	Sep 12, 2003	Focus Features
254	Punchline	$40,185	4	$160,742	$21,042,667	Sep 30, 1988	Columbia Pictures
255	Platoon	$40,180	6	$241,080	$138,530,565	Dec 19, 1986	Orion Pictures
256	Kedi	$40,103	1	$40,103	$2,835,047	Feb 10, 2017	Oscilloscope
257	It Follows	$40,022	4	$160,089	$14,674,076	Mar 13, 2015	RADiUS-TWC
258	Loving	$39,903	4	$159,615	$7,751,969	Nov 4, 2016	Focus Features
259	The Secret of Kells	$39,826	1	$39,826	$676,775	Mar 5, 2010	GKIDS
260	An Education	$39,754	4	$159,017	$12,574,914	Oct 9, 2009	Sony Pictures Classics
261	Victoria & Abdul	$39,711	4	$158,845	$22,245,070	Sep 22, 2017	Focus Features
262	Tár	$39,655	4	$158,620	$6,773,650	Oct 7, 2022	Focus Features
263	Apocalypse Now	$39,519	3	$118,558	$78,784,010	Aug 17, 1979	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
264	The Florida Project	$39,388	4	$157,553	$5,904,366	Oct 6, 2017	A24
265	Fame	$39,386	3	$118,160	$21,202,829	May 16, 1980	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
266	Greenberg	$39,384	3	$118,152	$4,234,170	Mar 19, 2010	Focus Features
267	Made	$39,334	3	$118,003	$5,313,300	Jul 13, 2001	Artisan Entertainment
268	Tous les matins du monde	$39,277	1	$39,277	$3,089,497	Nov 13, 1992	October Films
269	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	$39,134	4,242	$166,007,347	$330,360,194	Mar 25, 2016	Warner Bros.
270	Sex, Lies, and Videotape	$38,995	4	$155,982	$24,741,667	Aug 4, 1989	Miramax
271	Good Will Hunting	$38,987	7	$272,912	$138,433,435	Dec 5, 1997	Miramax
272	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back	$38,972	126	$4,910,483	$209,398,025	May 23, 1980	Twentieth Century Fox
273	The Wailing	$38,946	2	$77,892	$786,633	May 20, 2016	Well Go USA Entertainment
274	The Lovely Bones	$38,872	3	$116,616	$44,114,232	Dec 11, 2009	DreamWorks
275	Young Adult	$38,782	8	$310,263	$16,311,571	Dec 9, 2011	Paramount Pictures
276	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2	$38,671	4,375	$169,189,427	$381,011,219	Jul 15, 2011	Warner Bros.
277	Prick Up Your Ears	$38,643	1	$38,643	$1,654,743	Apr 17, 1987	The Samuel Goldwyn Company
278	A Fish Called Wanda	$38,472	3	$115,418	$62,493,712	Jul 15, 1988	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
279	Kung Fu Hustle	$38,460	7	$269,225	$17,108,591	Apr 8, 2005	Sony Pictures Classics
280	Good Night, and Good Luck.	$38,313	11	$421,446	$31,558,003	Oct 7, 2005	Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
281	Sarafina!	$38,244	2	$76,488	$7,306,242	Sep 18, 1992	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
282	Barbie	$38,185	4,243	$162,022,044	$636,238,421	Jul 21, 2023	Warner Bros.
283	Pain and Glory	$38,159	4	$152,636	$4,567,338	Oct 4, 2019	Sony Pictures Classics
284	Samsara	$38,111	2	$76,222	$2,672,413	Aug 24, 2012	Oscilloscope
285	Beauty and the Beast 2000 IMAX Release	$38,078	68	$2,589,334	$25,487,190	Jan 4, 2002	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
286	The Purple Rose of Cairo	$38,031	3	$114,095	$10,631,333	Mar 1, 1985	Orion Pictures
287	Midnight Special	$38,002	5	$190,012	$3,712,282	Mar 18, 2016	Warner Bros.
288	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	$37,971	4,163	$158,074,286	$424,668,047	Nov 22, 2013	Lionsgate Films
289	The Savages	$37,964	4	$151,859	$6,623,082	Nov 30, 2007	-
290	The Good Girl	$37,910	4	$151,642	$14,018,296	Aug 9, 2002	-
291	The Piano	$37,854	4	$151,419	$40,157,856	Nov 12, 1993	Miramax
292	Bodies Bodies Bodies	$37,775	6	$226,653	$11,446,602	Aug 5, 2022	A24
293	Rush	$37,457	5	$187,289	$26,947,624	Sep 20, 2013	Universal Pictures
294	Brooklyn	$37,456	5	$187,281	$38,322,743	Nov 6, 2015	-
295	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story	$37,306	4,157	$155,081,681	$532,177,324	Dec 16, 2016	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
296	Deadpool	$37,221	3,558	$132,434,639	$363,070,709	Feb 12, 2016	Twentieth Century Fox
297	The Skin I Live In	$37,186	6	$223,119	$3,185,812	Oct 14, 2011	Sony Pictures Classics
298	Jesus' Son	$37,089	1	$37,089	$1,302,067	Jun 16, 2000	Lionsgate Films
299	Amy	$37,083	6	$222,500	$8,413,144	Jul 3, 2015	A24
300	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead	$36,918	2	$73,837	$7,084,227	Oct 26, 2007	THINKFilm
301	The Hunger Games	$36,871	4,137	$152,535,747	$408,010,692	Mar 23, 2012	Lionsgate Films
302	Boys Don't Cry	$36,860	2	$73,720	$11,540,607	Oct 8, 1999	-
303	The September Issue	$36,772	6	$220,633	$3,820,067	Aug 28, 2009	Roadside Attractions
304	The Mosquito Coast	$36,771	3	$110,313	$14,302,779	Nov 28, 1986	Warner Bros.
305	Furious 7	$36,760	4,004	$147,187,040	$353,007,020	Apr 3, 2015	Universal Pictures
306	Senna	$36,748	2	$73,497	$1,612,430	Aug 12, 2011	-
307	Hereafter	$36,720	6	$220,322	$32,746,941	Oct 15, 2010	Warner Bros.
308	Dream Scenario	$36,672	6	$220,035	$5,742,193	Nov 10, 2023	A24
309	Munger Road	$36,605	1	$36,605	$266,689	Sep 30, 2011	Freestyle Releasing
310	The Dark Knight Rises	$36,532	4,404	$160,887,295	$448,139,099	Jul 20, 2012	Warner Bros.
311	Annie	$36,473	14	$510,632	$57,059,003	May 21, 1982	Columbia Pictures
312	Eastern Promises	$36,472	15	$547,092	$17,266,000	Sep 14, 2007	Focus Features
313	Everest	$36,424	10	$364,244	$87,178,599	Mar 6, 1998	MacGillivray Freeman Films
314	The Hurt Locker	$36,338	4	$145,352	$17,017,811	Jun 26, 2009	Summit Entertainment
315	The Dark Knight	$36,282	4,366	$158,411,483	$533,345,358	Jul 18, 2008	Warner Bros.
316	Raising Arizona	$36,240	1	$36,240	$22,847,564	Mar 13, 1987	Twentieth Century Fox
317	This Is My Life	$36,220	2	$72,440	$2,922,094	Feb 21, 1992	Twentieth Century Fox
318	Much Ado About Nothing	$36,205	3	$108,617	$22,549,338	May 7, 1993	The Samuel Goldwyn Company
319	Fading Gigolo	$36,160	5	$180,801	$3,769,873	Apr 18, 2014	Millennium Entertainment
320	Brittany Runs a Marathon	$36,142	5	$180,711	$7,189,808	Aug 23, 2019	Amazon Studios
321	Shame	$36,100	10	$361,000	$3,909,002	Dec 2, 2011	-
322	Kundun	$36,047	2	$72,095	$5,684,789	Dec 26, 1997	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
323	New York Stories	$36,028	12	$432,337	$10,763,469	Mar 3, 1989	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
324	Slumdog Millionaire	$36,001	10	$360,018	$141,319,928	Nov 14, 2008	-
325	August: Osage County	$35,860	5	$179,302	$37,738,810	Dec 27, 2013	The Weinstein Company
326	Philadelphia	$35,858	4	$143,433	$77,446,440	Dec 24, 1993	TriStar Pictures
327	Ed Wood	$35,783	2	$71,566	$5,887,457	Sep 30, 1994	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
328	The Man from Nowhere	$35,751	1	$35,751	$528,175	Oct 1, 2010	CJ Entertainment
329	The Last King of Scotland	$35,724	4	$142,899	$17,606,684	Sep 29, 2006	-
330	Miami Rhapsody	$35,710	2	$71,421	$5,221,281	Jan 27, 1995	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
331	Orlando	$35,676	3	$107,030	$5,319,445	Jun 11, 1993	Sony Pictures Classics
332	For the Boys	$35,674	2	$71,348	$17,860,280	Nov 22, 1991	Twentieth Century Fox
333	Deconstructing Harry	$35,647	10	$356,476	$10,686,841	Dec 12, 1997	Fine Line Features
334	Unzipped	$35,637	2	$71,275	$2,875,086	Aug 4, 1995	Miramax
335	Captain Marvel	$35,599	4,310	$153,433,423	$426,829,839	Mar 8, 2019	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
336	Spider-Man 3	$35,540	4,252	$151,116,516	$336,530,303	May 4, 2007	Sony Pictures Releasing
337	The Grifters	$35,517	2	$71,034	$13,446,769	Dec 7, 1990	Miramax
338	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	$35,496	4,024	$142,839,137	$296,623,634	Nov 20, 2009	Summit Entertainment
339	A Handful of Dust	$35,470	1	$35,470	$1,560,700	Jun 24, 1988	New Line Cinema
340	Far from Heaven	$35,213	6	$211,279	$15,901,849	Nov 8, 2002	Focus Features
341	Ararat	$35,188	6	$211,130	$1,555,959	Nov 15, 2002	Miramax
342	The Holdovers	$35,182	6	$211,093	$20,355,375	Oct 27, 2023	Focus Features
343	Swiss Army Man	$35,151	3	$105,453	$4,210,454	Jun 24, 2016	A24
344	To Die For	$35,137	11	$386,510	$21,284,514	Sep 29, 1995	Sony Pictures Releasing
345	The Paper	$35,101	5	$175,507	$38,824,341	Mar 18, 1994	Universal Pictures
346	Nebraska	$35,100	4	$140,401	$17,654,912	Nov 15, 2013	Paramount Pictures
347	Bugsy	$35,089	4	$140,358	$49,114,016	Dec 13, 1991	TriStar Pictures
348	A Civil Action	$35,039	2	$70,079	$56,709,981	Dec 25, 1998	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
349	The Year of Living Dangerously	$35,000	1	$35,000	$10,278,575	Jan 21, 1983	Warner Bros.
350	The Hurricane	$34,967	11	$384,640	$50,699,241	Dec 31, 1999	Universal Pictures
351	Waiting for Superman	$34,758	4	$139,033	$6,417,135	Sep 24, 2010	Paramount Vantage
352	Fighting with My Family	$34,695	4	$138,780	$22,958,886	Feb 15, 2019	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
353	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2	$34,660	4,070	$141,067,634	$292,324,737	Nov 16, 2012	Lionsgate Films
354	The Worst Person in the World	$34,606	4	$138,424	$3,034,775	Feb 4, 2022	Neon
355	Big Fish	$34,562	6	$207,377	$66,809,693	Dec 12, 2003	Sony Pictures Releasing
356	Bobby	$34,519	2	$69,039	$11,242,801	Nov 17, 2006	-
357	Martha Marcy May Marlene	$34,412	4	$137,651	$2,990,625	Oct 21, 2011	-
358	Much Ado About Nothing	$34,388	5	$171,942	$4,328,849	Jun 7, 2013	Roadside Attractions
359	March of the Penguins	$34,373	4	$137,492	$77,437,223	Jun 24, 2005	Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
360	Somebody Up There Likes Me	$34,362	1	$34,362	$89,435	Mar 8, 2013	Tribeca Films
361	Frances Ha	$34,349	4	$137,398	$4,069,826	May 17, 2013	IFC Films
362	Stealing Beauty	$34,342	3	$103,028	$4,722,310	Jun 14, 1996	-
363	The Freshman	$34,312	6	$205,876	$21,460,601	Jul 20, 1990	TriStar Pictures
364	21 Grams	$34,306	8	$274,454	$16,290,476	Nov 21, 2003	Focus Features
365	Three Identical Strangers	$34,300	5	$171,503	$12,320,845	Jun 29, 2018	Neon
366	Monsoon Wedding	$34,273	2	$68,546	$13,885,966	Feb 22, 2002	USA Films
367	Chef	$34,160	6	$204,961	$31,424,003	May 9, 2014	Open Road Films (II)
368	T2 Trainspotting	$34,115	5	$170,575	$2,402,004	Mar 17, 2017	TriStar Pictures
369	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1	$34,011	4,061	$138,122,261	$281,287,133	Nov 18, 2011	Summit Entertainment
370	Your Mommy Kills Animals!	$34,000	1	$34,000	$34,000	Jul 20, 2007	Halo8 Releasing
371	The Commitments	$33,916	8	$271,333	$14,919,570	Aug 16, 1991	Twentieth Century Fox
372	Ode to My Father	$33,880	1	$33,880	$2,300,121	Dec 26, 2014	CJ Entertainment
373	Mask	$33,874	4	$135,499	$48,230,162	Mar 8, 1985	Universal Pictures
374	Doubt	$33,815	15	$507,226	$33,446,470	Dec 12, 2008	Miramax
375	Kinsey	$33,807	5	$169,038	$10,254,979	Nov 12, 2004	-
376	Wide Sargasso Sea	$33,806	1	$33,806	$1,614,784	Apr 16, 1993	New Line Cinema
377	Anomalisa	$33,805	4	$135,222	$3,759,286	Jan 1, 2016	Paramount Pictures
378	Grand Canyon	$33,773	2	$67,546	$33,243,020	Dec 27, 1991	Twentieth Century Fox
379	Gloria	$33,767	1	$33,767	$4,059,673	Oct 3, 1980	Columbia Pictures
380	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2	$33,703	4,347	$146,510,104	$389,813,101	May 5, 2017	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
381	The Super Mario Bros. Movie	$33,700	4,343	$146,361,865	$574,934,330	Apr 7, 2023	Universal Pictures
382	American Animals	$33,698	4	$134,793	$2,856,954	Jun 1, 2018	The Orchard
383	Bill Cunningham: New York	$33,677	1	$33,677	$1,510,026	Mar 18, 2011	Zeitgeist Films
384	Portrait of a Lady on Fire	$33,672	2	$67,344	$3,759,854	Dec 6, 2019	Neon
385	The Verdict	$33,660	3	$100,982	$53,977,250	Dec 10, 1982	Twentieth Century Fox
386	The Last Black Man in San Francisco	$33,610	7	$235,272	$4,515,719	Jun 7, 2019	A24
387	Waves	$33,583	4	$134,333	$1,658,790	Nov 15, 2019	A24
388	Pan's Labyrinth	$33,449	17	$568,641	$37,634,615	Dec 29, 2006	Picturehouse
389	Love & Friendship	$33,378	4	$133,513	$14,016,568	May 13, 2016	Roadside Attractions
390	A Beautiful Mind	$33,377	11	$367,151	$170,742,341	Dec 21, 2001	Universal Pictures
391	Mountains of the Moon	$33,341	2	$66,683	$4,011,793	Feb 23, 1990	TriStar Pictures
392	Under the Skin	$33,288	4	$133,154	$2,614,251	Apr 4, 2014	A24
393	Winged Migration 2003 Re-release	$33,128	1	$33,128	$10,764,402	Apr 18, 2003	Sony Pictures Classics
394	Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom	$33,078	4,475	$148,024,610	$417,719,760	Jun 22, 2018	Universal Pictures
395	Priscilla	$33,034	4	$132,139	$20,960,939	Oct 27, 2023	A24
396	Thor: Love and Thunder	$32,952	4,375	$144,165,107	$343,256,830	Jul 8, 2022	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
397	Bread and Tulips	$32,933	1	$32,933	$5,318,679	Jul 27, 2001	First Look International
398	Trainspotting	$32,834	8	$262,673	$16,491,080	Jul 19, 1996	Miramax
399	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	$32,817	4,133	$135,634,554	$423,315,812	Jul 7, 2006	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
400	Gandhi	$32,788	4	$131,153	$52,767,889	Dec 10, 1982	Columbia Pictures

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