3D
1980-Present
Rows: #1-100 , #101-154 Row Rank Title (click to view) Studio Opening % of Total Theaters / Avg. Total Gross Release Date 1
146
Dolphins and Whales: Tribes of the Ocean 3D
3D Entertainment
$41,695
0.5%
4
$10,424
$7,714,996
2/15/08
2
128
Nitro Circus the Movie 3D
Arc Entertainment
$1,183,701
35.0%
800
$1,480
$3,377,618
8/8/12
3
123
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
Atlantic
$1,614,660
48.0%
1,020
$1,583
$3,360,800
11/22/85
4
153
Deep Gold
Bigfoot Ascendant
$7,000
58.3%
25
$280
$12,000
4/22/11
5
1
Marvel's The Avengers
Buena Vista
$207,438,708
33.3%
4,349
$47,698
$623,357,910
5/4/12
6
2
Iron Man 3
Buena Vista
$174,144,585
51.1%
4,253
$40,946
$340,868,034
5/3/13
7
4
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Buena Vista
$116,101,023
34.7%
3,728
$31,143
$334,191,110
3/5/10
8
5
Toy Story 3
Buena Vista
$110,307,189
26.6%
4,028
$27,385
$415,004,880
6/18/10
9
7
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Buena Vista
$90,151,958
37.4%
4,155
$21,697
$241,071,802
5/20/11
10
9
Oz The Great and Powerful
Buena Vista
$79,110,453
34.2%
3,912
$20,223
$231,414,417
3/8/13
11
14
Up
Buena Vista
$68,108,790
23.2%
3,766
$18,085
$293,004,164
5/29/09
12
15
Brave
Buena Vista
$66,323,594
28.0%
4,164
$15,928
$237,283,207
6/22/12
13
16
Cars 2
Buena Vista
$66,135,507
34.5%
4,115
$16,072
$191,452,396
6/24/11
14
29
Wreck-It Ralph
Buena Vista
$49,038,712
25.9%
3,752
$13,070
$189,422,889
11/2/12
15
30
Tangled
Buena Vista
$48,767,052
24.3%
3,603
$13,535
$200,821,936
11/24/10
16
34
Tron Legacy
Buena Vista
$44,026,211
25.6%
3,451
$12,758
$172,062,763
12/17/10
17
41
Chicken Little
Buena Vista
$40,049,778
29.6%
3,654
$10,960
$135,386,665
11/4/05
18
49
G-Force
Buena Vista
$31,706,934
26.5%
3,697
$8,576
$119,436,770
7/24/09
19
50
Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour
Buena Vista
$31,117,834
47.7%
683
$45,561
$65,281,781
2/1/08
20
52
John Carter
Buena Vista
$30,180,188
41.3%
3,749
$8,050
$73,078,100
3/9/12
21
53
A Christmas Carol (2009)
Buena Vista
$30,051,075
21.8%
3,683
$8,159
$137,855,863
11/6/09
22
60
Bolt
Buena Vista
$26,223,128
23.0%
3,651
$7,182
$114,053,579
11/21/08
23
61
Gnomeo and Juliet
Buena Vista
$25,356,909
25.4%
2,994
$8,469
$99,967,670
2/11/11
24
63
Meet the Robinsons
Buena Vista
$25,123,781
25.7%
3,413
$7,361
$97,822,171
3/30/07
25
84
Step Up 3-D
Buena Vista
$15,812,311
37.3%
2,435
$6,494
$42,400,223
8/6/10
26
91
Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience
Buena Vista
$12,510,374
65.3%
1,271
$9,843
$19,162,740
2/27/09
27
92
Toy Story / Toy Story 2 (3D)
Buena Vista
$12,491,789
40.7%
1,745
$7,159
$30,702,446
10/2/09
28
97
Frankenweenie
Buena Vista
$11,412,213
32.3%
3,005
$3,798
$35,291,068
10/5/12
29
109
Fright Night (2011)
Buena Vista
$7,714,388
42.1%
3,114
$2,477
$18,302,607
8/19/11
30
112
Mars Needs Moms
Buena Vista
$6,914,488
32.3%
3,117
$2,218
$21,392,758
3/11/11
31
125
Ghosts of the Abyss (IMAX & 35mm)
Buena Vista
$1,408,474
8.3%
97
$14,520
$17,040,871
4/11/03
32
132
X Games 3D The Movie
Buena Vista
$837,216
60.2%
1,399
$598
$1,391,434
8/21/09
33
135
Aliens of the Deep (IMAX)
Buena Vista
$479,368
5.3%
27
$17,754
$8,968,684
1/28/05
34
154
Sex and Zen 3D: Extreme Ecstasy
China Lion
$903
0.6%
1
$903
$153,215
8/12/11
35
111
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Columbia
$7,053,016
42.8%
1,338
$5,271
$16,478,265
5/20/83
36
47
Spy Kids 3D: Game Over
Dimension Films
$33,417,739
29.9%
3,344
$9,993
$111,761,982
7/25/03
37
90
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3D
Dimension Films
$12,582,088
32.1%
2,655
$4,739
$39,177,684
6/10/05
38
149
Space Dogs 3D
Epic Pictures
$14,408
100.0%
5
$2,882
$14,408
5/18/12
39
79
Coraline
Focus Features
$16,849,640
22.4%
2,299
$7,329
$75,286,229
2/6/09
40
86
ParaNorman
Focus Features
$14,087,050
25.2%
3,429
$4,108
$56,003,051
8/17/12
41
10
Avatar
Fox
$77,025,481
10.3%
3,452
$22,313
$749,766,139
12/18/09
42
26
Prometheus
Fox
$51,050,101
40.4%
3,396
$15,032
$126,477,084
6/8/12
43
32
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Fox
$46,629,259
28.9%
3,881
$12,015
$161,321,843
7/13/12
44
36
The Croods
Fox
$43,639,736
24.6%
4,046
$10,786
$177,369,851
3/22/13
45
38
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Fox
$41,690,382
21.2%
4,099
$10,171
$196,573,705
7/1/09
46
42
Rio
Fox
$39,225,962
27.3%
3,826
$10,252
$143,619,809
4/15/11
47
64
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Fox
$24,005,069
23.0%
3,555
$6,752
$104,386,950
12/10/10
48
68
Life of Pi
Fox
$22,451,514
18.0%
2,927
$7,670
$124,866,525
11/21/12
49
81
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Fox
$16,306,974
43.5%
3,108
$5,247
$37,519,139
6/22/12
50
114
Gulliver's Travels
Fox
$6,307,691
14.7%
2,546
$2,477
$42,779,261
12/25/10
51
116
Glee The 3D Concert Movie
Fox
$5,961,231
50.3%
2,040
$2,922
$11,862,398
8/12/11
52
145
The Nutcracker in 3D
Freestyle Releasing
$65,944
33.7%
42
$1,570
$195,459
11/24/10
53
148
Evil Bong 3-D
Full Moon Pictures
$24,775
27.1%
1
$24,775
$91,260
4/8/11
54
143
Turtle: The Incredible Journey
Hannover House
$69,389
18.0%
24
$2,891
$386,073
6/24/11
55
140
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
IFC
$139,101
2.6%
5
$27,820
$5,304,920
4/29/11
56
144
Pina
IFC
$68,012
1.9%
3
$22,671
$3,524,826
12/23/11
57
141
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate
Indomina Media
$95,452
56.1%
15
$6,363
$170,276
8/31/12
58
147
The Greatest Miracle
KKM
$35,768
6.4%
13
$2,751
$555,166
10/14/11
59
67
Saw 3D
Lionsgate
$22,530,123
49.3%
2,808
$8,024
$45,710,178
10/29/10
60
71
Texas Chainsaw 3D
Lionsgate
$21,744,470
63.3%
2,654
$8,193
$34,341,945
1/4/13
61
72
My Bloody Valentine 3-D
Lionsgate
$21,241,456
41.2%
2,534
$8,383
$51,545,952
1/16/09
62
101
Conan the Barbarian (2011)
Lionsgate
$10,021,215
47.1%
3,015
$3,324
$21,295,021
8/19/11
63
105
Alpha and Omega
Lionsgate
$9,106,906
36.3%
2,625
$3,469
$25,107,267
9/17/10
64
115
Dredd
Lionsgate
$6,278,491
46.8%
2,506
$2,505
$13,414,714
9/21/12
65
129
Battle for Terra
Lionsgate
$1,082,064
65.7%
1,159
$934
$1,647,083
5/1/09
66
95
Step Up Revolution
Lionsgate/Summit
$11,731,708
33.4%
2,567
$4,570
$35,074,677
7/27/12
67
138
Night of the Living Dead 3D
Midnight Movies Entertainment
$215,300
79.4%
145
$1,484
$271,000
11/10/06
68
130
U2 3D
National Geographic Entertainment
$1,026,121
9.9%
686
$1,496
$10,363,341
2/22/08
69
88
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
New Line
$12,966,525
37.2%
1,862
$6,963
$34,872,033
9/13/91
70
108
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
Open Road Films
$8,023,036
45.8%
2,933
$2,735
$17,529,157
10/26/12
71
120
Amityville 3-D
Orion Pictures
$2,366,472
37.4%
1,254
$1,887
$6,333,135
11/18/83
72
13
Star Trek Into Darkness
Paramount
$70,165,559
76.5%
3,868
$18,140
$91,684,816
5/16/13
73
17
Thor
Paramount
$65,723,338
36.3%
3,955
$16,618
$181,030,624
5/6/11
74
18
Captain America: The First Avenger
Paramount
$65,058,524
36.8%
3,715
$17,512
$176,654,505
7/22/11
75
27
Jackass 3-D
Paramount
$50,353,641
43.0%
3,081
$16,343
$117,229,692
10/15/10
76
39
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Paramount
$40,501,814
33.6%
3,719
$10,891
$120,555,000
3/28/13
77
40
The Last Airbender
Paramount
$40,325,019
30.6%
3,169
$12,725
$131,772,187
7/1/10
78
54
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Paramount
$29,514,054
40.4%
3,105
$9,505
$73,013,910
2/11/11
79
55
Beowulf
Paramount
$27,515,871
33.4%
3,153
$8,726
$82,280,579
11/16/07
80
76
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
Paramount
$19,690,956
35.3%
3,372
$5,840
$55,703,475
1/25/13
81
98
Hugo
Paramount
$11,364,505
15.4%
1,277
$8,899
$73,864,507
11/23/11
82
102
The Adventures of Tintin
Paramount
$9,720,993
12.5%
3,087
$3,149
$77,591,831
12/21/11
83
104
Friday the 13th Part III
Paramount
$9,406,522
27.2%
1,079
$8,717
$34,581,519
8/13/82
84
110
Katy Perry: Part of Me
Paramount
$7,138,266
28.2%
2,730
$2,615
$25,326,071
7/5/12
85
121
Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away
Paramount
$2,162,993
17.3%
840
$2,575
$12,512,862
12/21/12
86
126
The Man Who Wasn't There (1983)
Paramount
$1,379,502
56.5%
980
$1,407
$2,443,487
8/12/83
87
6
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Paramount (DreamWorks)
$97,852,865
27.8%
4,088
$23,937
$352,390,543
6/29/11
88
11
Shrek Forever After
Paramount (DreamWorks)
$70,838,207
29.7%
4,359
$16,251
$238,736,787
5/21/10
89
21
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Paramount (DreamWorks)
$60,316,738
27.9%
4,258
$14,166
$216,391,482
6/8/12
90
22
Monsters Vs. Aliens
Paramount (DreamWorks)
$59,321,095
29.9%
4,104
$14,454
$198,351,526
3/27/09
91
31
Kung Fu Panda 2
Paramount (DreamWorks)
$47,656,302
28.8%
3,925
$12,142
$165,249,063
5/26/11
92
33
Megamind
Paramount (DreamWorks)
$46,016,833
31.0%
3,944
$11,668
$148,415,853
11/5/10
93
35
How to Train Your Dragon
Paramount (DreamWorks)
$43,732,319
20.1%
4,055
$10,785
$217,581,231
3/26/10
94
44
Puss in Boots
Paramount (DreamWorks)
$34,077,439
22.8%
3,952
$8,623
$149,260,504
10/28/11
95
65
Rise of the Guardians
Paramount (DreamWorks)
$23,773,465
23.0%
3,653
$6,508
$103,412,758
11/21/12
96
48
Immortals
Relativity
$32,206,425
38.6%
3,112
$10,349
$83,504,017
11/11/11
97
107
Shark Night 3D
Relativity
$8,404,260
44.5%
2,806
$2,995
$18,877,153
9/2/11
98
122
Don 2
Reliance Big Pictures
$1,673,921
45.5%
157
$10,662
$3,680,306
12/22/11
99
59
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Sony / Screen Gems
$26,650,264
44.3%
3,203
$8,320
$60,128,566
9/10/10
100
62
Underworld Awakening
Sony / Screen Gems
$25,306,725
40.6%
3,078
$8,222
$62,321,039
1/20/12
AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only, 129 titles): $33,477,893 30.3% 3,072 $10,898 $110,586,050 -
Rows: #1-100 , #101-154 Note: Only movies with opening weekend grosses are listed on this chart.
NOTE: NOTE: Beowulf and Journey to the Center of the Earth included because 3-D was a primary selling point and their 3-D releases alone met the nationwide threshold of 600 theaters. If there are any movies that you think should be on this list, e-mail us at mail@boxofficemojo.com .
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