ALL TIME GROSSERS
Movie Summary The Dark Knight Titanic Shrek 2 The Phantom Menace Avatar Genre Action / Adventure Romance Animation Sci-Fi Fantasy Sci-Fi Adventure Studio Warner Bros. Paramount DreamWorks Fox Fox Release Date July 18, 2008 December 19, 1997 May 19, 2004 May 19, 1999 December 18, 2009 Domestic Gross $533,345,358 $600,788,188 $441,226,247 $431,088,301 $631,595,771 Production Budget $185 million $200 million $150 million $115 million n/a Running Time 2 hrs. 30 min. 3 hrs. 14 min. 1 hr. 33 min. 2 hrs. 13 min. 2 hrs. 40 min. MPAA Rating PG-13 PG-13 PG PG PG-13 MPAA Reason intense sequences of violence and some menace disaster related peril and violence, nudity, sensuality and brief language for some crude humor, a brief substance reference and some suggestive content sci-fi action/violence intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and some smoking PREMIER PASS FEATURES • Create your own comparisons with up to six movies in each chart CLICK HERE TO
ADVERTISEMENT (scroll to continue with chart) Domestic Summary The Dark Knight Titanic Shrek 2 The Phantom Menace Avatar Total Gross $533,345,358 $600,788,188 $441,226,247 $431,088,301 $631,595,771 Opening Weekend* $158,411,483 $28,638,131 $108,037,878 $64,820,970 $77,025,481 Theaters 4,366 2,674 4,163 2,970 3,452 Average $36,283 $10,710 $25,951 $21,825 $22,313 Opening % of Total 29.7% 4.8% 24.5% 15.0% 12.2% Second Weekend Drop -52.5% +23.8% -33.2% -20.7% -1.8% Widest Release 4,366 3,265 4,223 3,126 3,461 Close Date March 5, 2009 n/a November 25, 2004 February 3, 2000 n/a In Release 231 days / 33 weeks n/a 149 days / 21 weeks n/a 53 days / 8 weeks *Note: If a movie opened in limited release and later went wide, data from the first wide weekend of release is used. Worldwide Summary The Dark Knight Titanic Shrek 2 The Phantom Menace Avatar Worldwide Gross $1,001,921,825 $1,843,201,268 $919,838,758 $924,317,558 $2,211,520,172 Foreign Gross $468,576,467 $1,242,413,080 $478,612,511 $493,229,257 $1,579,924,401 Foreign % of Worldwide 46.8% 67.4% 52.0% 53.4% 71.4% Domestic Gross $533,345,358 $600,788,188 $441,226,247 $431,088,301 $631,595,771 Domestic % of Worldwide 53.2% 32.6% 48.0% 46.6% 28.6% People Summary The Dark Knight Titanic Shrek 2 The Phantom Menace Avatar Composer: James Horner - #2 - - #1 Director: James Cameron - #2 - - #1 Writer: James Cameron - #2 - - #1 Genres & Franchises The Dark Knight Titanic Shrek 2 The Phantom Menace Avatar Genre: Sci-Fi - Adventure - - - #3 #1 Showdown: All Time Grossers #3 #2 #4 #5 #1 Showdown: Cameron Clash - #2 - - #1 Chart Rankings The Dark Knight Titanic Shrek 2 The Phantom Menace Avatar Opening Weekends Under 3,000 Theaters - #60 - #1 - Opening Weekends Under 3,000 Theaters Adjusted - #43 - #1 - All Time Domestic #3 #2 #5 #7 #1 All Time Adjusted #28 #6 #31 #19 #21 All Time Worldwide #5 #2 #12 #11 #1 Worldwide Openings #18 - #36 - #9 Foreign Opening Weekends #41 - - - #6 Non-Friday Opening Weekends - - #3 #14 - Opening Weeks #1 #170 #13 #40 #15 Opening Day Gross #2 - - #29 #35 Opening Wednesdays - - #26 #6 - Single Day Gross #2 - #12 #73 #76 Non-Opening Friday Gross #11 - #6 #28 #9 Non-Opening Thursday Gross #10 #30 #47 #23 #13 Non-Opening Tuesday Gross #1 #40 #39 #37 #2 Non-Opening Wednesday Gross #3 #32 #33 - #2 Single Day Friday Gross #2 - #26 #93 #32 Single Day Monday Gross #4 - #5 #15 #7 Single Day Saturday Gross #2 - #4 #56 #29 Single Day Sunday Gross #1 - #5 #33 #19 Single Day Thursday Gross #14 #38 #56 #30 #17 Single Day Tuesday Gross #2 #45 #44 #42 #3 Single Day Wednesday Gross #16 #70 #38 #7 #15 Non-Holiday Monday Gross #1 - #12 #15 #2 Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time #2 #181 #16 #32 #29 Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends #2 - #16 #31 #29 New Years Days - #6 - - #1 Sunday Share of Opening Weekends - #102 #107 #64 #120 Opening Weekends #1 #285 #10 #52 #28 Opening Weekends - December - #23 - - #2 Opening Weekends - May - - #6 #22 - Opening Weekends - Fall #1 - #10 #52 #28 Opening Weekends - Holiday - #67 - - #6 Opening Weekends - Summer #1 - #9 #36 - Eleventh Weekends #96 #1 #125 #29 - Ninth Weekends #49 #1 #75 #20 - Tenth Weekends #55 #1 #92 #25 - Top 10-Day Grosses #1 - #18 #27 #9 Top 3-Day Grosses #1 - #90 #59 #26 Top 4-Day Grosses #1 - #24 #34 #26 Top 6-Day Grosses #1 - #16 #25 #22 Top 7-Day Grosses #1 - #17 #24 #21 Top 8-Day Grosses #1 - #19 #27 #16 Top 9-Day Grosses #1 - #21 #27 #12 Twelfth Weekends #172 #1 #161 #61 - Twelfth Weekends #157 #1 #147 #49 - Top 5-Day Grosses #1 - #16 #25 #23 Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday - - #5 #8 - Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive) #33 #2 #138 #71 #12 Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive) #134 #5 #135 #110 - Most Weekends in Top 5 (non-consecutive) #74 #3 - - #73 Consecutive Weekends At #1 #25 #1 #125 #55 #10 Consecutive Weekends In Top 10 #113 #4 #114 #89 - Consecutive Weekends In Top 5 #65 #4 - - #64 Martin Lurther King 4-Day Holiday Weekends - #5 - - #1 Memorial Day 4-Day Holiday Weekends - #154 #4 #13 - Independence Day Weekends - - #124 #78 - Second Weekends #2 #43 #3 #13 #1 Third Weekends #3 #6 #4 #7 #1 Fourth Weekends #4 #2 #10 #6 #1 Fifth Weekends #5 #2 #12 #4 #1 Sixth Weekends #18 #2 #23 #8 #1 Seventh Weekends #14 #2 #64 #12 #1 Eighth Weekends #37 #1 #68 #15 #2 Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation) #285 - #81 - #10 Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) #675 #7 #202 #61 #20 Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) #1056 #10 #337 #112 #32 Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases #2606 #57 #1138 #544 #202 Rated G and PG - - #2 #4 - Rated PG - - #2 #4 - Rated PG-13 #3 #2 - - #1 Rated PG, Opening Weekends - - #2 #12 - Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends - - #2 #13 - Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends #1 #154 - - #19 Widest Releases #2 #240 #8 #349 #160 Widest Opening Releases #1 - #8 - #147 Widest PG Rated Openings - - #2 #135 - Widest PG Rated Releases - - #2 #103 - Widest PG-13 Rated Openings #1 - - - #74 Widest PG-13 Rated Releases #1 #126 - - #84 Fastest to $100 million #2 #107 #22 #25 #24 Fastest to $150 million #1 #57 #19 #27 #18 Fastest to $200 million #1 #42 #15 #23 #10 Fastest to $250 million #1 #29 #7 #18 #6 Fastest to $300 million #1 #18 #6 #11 #3 Fastest to $350 million #1 #12 #5 #9 #2 Fastest to $400 million #1 #5 #3 #7 #2 Fastest to $450 million #1 #3 - - #2 Fastest to $500 million #2 #3 - - #1 Slowest to $100 million #409 #304 #389 #386 #387 Slowest to $200 million #94 #53 #80 #72 #85 Best Picture Nomination Effect - #57 - - #111 BOM Users' Grades #1 #238 #161 #401 #2
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