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Future - Near 1980-Present Live action movies set within 100 years of their release dates. Total Grosses Opening Weekends Rank Title (click to view) Studio Opening % of Total Theaters / Avg. Total Gross Release Date 1 I Am Legend WB $77,211,321 30.1% 3,606 $21,411 $256,393,010 12/14/07 2 2012 Sony $65,237,614 39.3% 3,404 $19,165 $166,112,167 11/13/09 3 I, Robot Fox $52,179,887 36.0% 3,420 $15,257 $144,801,023 7/16/04 4 Terminator Salvation WB $42,558,390 34.0% 3,530 $12,056 $125,322,469 5/21/09 5 Minority Report Fox $35,677,125 27.0% 3,001 $11,888 $132,072,926 6/21/02 6 A.I. Artificial Intelligence WB $29,352,630 37.3% 3,242 $9,053 $78,616,689 6/29/01 7 Back to the Future Part II Uni. $27,835,125 23.5% 1,865 $14,925 $118,450,002 11/22/89 8 Real Steel BV $27,319,677 32.0% 3,440 $7,942 $85,468,508 10/7/11 9 V for Vendetta WB $25,642,340 36.4% 3,365 $7,620 $70,511,035 3/17/06 10 Total Recall (2012) Sony $25,577,758 43.4% 3,601 $7,103 $58,877,969 8/3/12 11 Total Recall Sony $25,533,700 21.4% 2,060 $12,395 $119,394,840 6/1/90 12 Looper TriS $20,801,522 31.3% 2,992 $6,952 $66,486,205 9/28/12 13 Lost in Space NL $20,154,919 29.2% 3,306 $6,096 $69,117,629 4/3/98 14 The Fifth Element Sony $17,031,345 26.7% 2,500 $6,812 $63,820,180 5/9/97 15 Reign of Fire BV $15,632,281 36.3% 2,629 $5,946 $43,061,982 7/12/02 16 Demolition Man WB $14,262,432 24.6% 2,246 $6,350 $58,055,768 10/8/93 17 12 Monkeys Uni. $13,842,990 24.2% 1,533 $9,030 $57,141,459 1/5/96 18 Paycheck Par. $13,462,374 25.0% 2,762 $4,874 $53,790,451 12/25/03 19 The 6th Day Sony $13,020,883 37.6% 2,516 $5,175 $34,604,280 11/17/00 20 Aeon Flux Par. $12,661,112 48.9% 2,608 $4,854 $25,874,337 12/2/05 21 The Island DW $12,409,070 34.6% 3,122 $3,974 $35,818,913 7/22/05 22 Judge Dredd BV $12,291,536 35.4% 2,204 $5,576 $34,693,481 6/30/95 23 In Time Fox $12,050,368 32.1% 3,122 $3,860 $37,520,095 10/28/11 24 Children of Men Uni. $10,197,775 28.7% 1,209 $8,434 $35,552,383 1/5/07 25 Event Horizon Par. $9,511,915 35.7% 2,311 $4,115 $26,673,242 8/15/97 26 Babylon A.D. Fox $9,484,627 42.1% 3,390 $2,798 $22,532,572 8/29/08 27 Ultraviolet SGem $9,064,880 48.9% 2,558 $3,543 $18,535,812 3/3/06 28 Escape From L.A. Par. $8,912,557 35.0% 2,312 $3,854 $25,477,365 8/9/96 29 Predator 2 Fox $8,784,943 28.6% 1,950 $4,505 $30,669,413 11/21/90 30 Alien Nation Fox $8,421,429 33.4% 1,430 $5,889 $25,216,243 10/7/88 31 Bicentennial Man BV $8,234,926 14.1% 2,518 $3,270 $58,223,861 12/17/99 32 The Running Man TriS $8,117,465 21.3% 1,692 $4,797 $38,122,105 11/13/87 33 2010 MGM $7,393,361 18.3% 1,126 $6,566 $40,400,657 12/7/84 34 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome WB $7,283,714 20.1% 1,474 $4,941 $36,230,219 7/12/85 35 Freejack WB $6,736,243 39.3% 1,551 $4,343 $17,129,026 1/17/92 36 Soldier WB $6,447,237 44.2% 2,507 $2,571 $14,594,226 10/23/98 37 Lockout FD $6,231,836 43.5% 2,308 $2,700 $14,326,864 4/13/12 38 Blade Runner WB $6,150,002 22.3% 1,295 $4,749 $27,580,111 6/25/82 39 Repo Men Uni. $6,126,170 44.4% 2,521 $2,430 $13,794,835 3/19/10 40 Johnny Mnemonic Sony $6,033,850 31.6% 2,030 $2,972 $19,075,720 5/26/95 41 The Postman WB $5,260,324 29.8% 2,207 $2,383 $17,626,234 12/25/97 42 Doomsday Rog. $4,926,565 44.8% 1,936 $2,544 $11,008,770 3/14/08 43 Gattaca Sony $4,320,202 34.5% 1,279 $3,377 $12,532,777 10/24/97 44 Strange Days Fox $3,656,012 45.9% 1,691 $2,162 $7,959,291 10/13/95 45 Screamers Sony $2,904,140 50.8% 1,560 $1,861 $5,711,695 1/26/96 46 The Road Warrior WB $2,527,864 10.7% 704 $3,590 $23,667,907 5/21/82 47 Hardware Mira. $2,381,285 41.6% 695 $3,426 $5,728,953 9/14/90 48 A Sound of Thunder WB $917,398 48.3% 816 $1,124 $1,900,451 9/2/05 49 eXistenZ Mira. $810,262 28.4% 256 $3,165 $2,856,712 4/23/99 50 Class of 1999 Tau $767,620 31.2% 320 $2,398 $2,459,895 5/11/90 51 The Handmaid's Tale Cinc $738,578 14.9% 117 $6,312 $4,960,385 3/9/90 52 Equilibrium Dim. $541,512 45.0% 301 $1,799 $1,203,794 12/6/02 53 Sunshine FoxS $242,964 6.6% 10 $24,296 $3,675,753 7/20/07 54 Nemesis Imp $197,231 9.9% 86 $2,293 $2,001,124 1/29/93 55 Repo: The Genetic Opera LGF $53,684 36.6% 8 $6,711 $146,750 11/7/08 56 Until the End of the World WB $38,553 4.6% 4 $9,638 $829,625 12/27/91 57 Robot & Frank Gold. $35,539 1.1% 2 $17,770 $3,325,038 8/17/12 58 Brazil Uni. $30,099 0.3% 1 $30,099 $9,929,135 12/18/85 59 1984 Gold. $29,897 0.4% 1 $29,897 $8,430,492 12/14/84 60 Code 46 UA $20,170 7.1% 3 $6,723 $285,585 8/6/04 61 New Rose Hotel Lions $5,147 23.9% 1 $5,147 $21,521 10/1/99 62 Tamala 2010 Vita. $3,386 100.0% 1 $3,386 $3,386 4/2/04 63 It's All About Love Strand $2,582 42.1% 2 $1,291 $6,140 10/29/04 64 Shopping Conc $1,983 64.8% 1 $1,983 $3,061 2/9/96 AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only, 48 titles): $16,078,607 31.0% 2,316 $6,942 $51,797,420 - Note: Only movies with opening weekend grosses are listed on this chart. Total Grosses Opening Weekends If there are any movies that you think should be on this list, e-mail us at mail@boxofficemojo.com.

UPCOMING RELEASES Title (click to view) Studio Release Date The Purge Uni. 6/7/13 Divergent LG/S 3/21/14