Top Weekend Theater Averages

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TOP WEEKEND THEATER AVERAGES
1982-Present

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

Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Average	Theaters	Weekend Gross*	Total Gross^	Date**
1	The Lion King	BV	$793,377	2	$1,586,753	$312,855,561	6/17/94
2	Pocahontas	BV	$448,285	6	$2,689,714	$141,579,773	6/16/95
3	Hercules	BV	$426,051	2	$852,103	$99,112,101	6/20/97
4	The Princess and the Frog	BV	$393,095	2	$786,190	$104,400,899	11/27/09
5	The Princess and the Frog	BV	$373,855	2	$747,710	$104,400,899	12/04/09
6	Toy Story 2	BV	$300,163	1	$300,163	$245,852,179	11/19/99
7	A Bug's Life	BV	$291,121	1	$291,121	$162,798,565	11/20/98
8	Hercules	BV	$249,567	1	$249,567	$99,112,101	6/13/97
9	Frozen	BV	$243,390	1	$243,390	$400,738,009	11/22/13
10	Red State	SMod	$204,230	1	$204,230	$1,104,682	3/04/11
11	The Grand Budapest Hotel	FoxS	$202,792	4	$811,166	$59,301,324	3/07/14
12	La La Land	LG/S	$176,221	5	$881,104	$151,101,803	12/09/16
13	American Sniper	WB	$169,227	4	$676,909	$350,126,372	1/02/15
14	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	BV	$164,505	2	$329,011	$84,056,472	6/08/01
15	American Sniper	WB	$158,364	4	$633,456	$350,126,372	12/26/14
16	The Master	Wein.	$147,262	5	$736,311	$16,377,274	9/14/12
17	Brother Bear	BV	$145,970	2	$291,940	$85,336,277	10/24/03
18	American Sniper	WB	$144,880	4	$579,518	$350,126,372	1/09/15
19	Moonrise Kingdom	Focus	$130,749	4	$522,996	$45,512,466	5/25/12
20	Steve Jobs	Uni.	$130,381	4	$521,522	$17,766,658	10/09/15
21	Dreamgirls	P/DW	$126,316	3	$378,950	$103,365,956	12/15/06
22	American Hustle	Sony	$123,409	6	$740,455	$150,117,807	12/13/13
23	Anastasia	Fox	$120,541	1	$120,541	$58,406,347	11/14/97
24	The Imitation Game	Wein.	$119,838	4	$479,352	$91,125,683	11/28/14
25	The Revenant	Fox	$118,640	4	$474,560	$183,637,894	12/25/15
26	The Revenant	Fox	$111,957	4	$447,829	$183,637,894	1/01/16
27	Brokeback Mountain	Focus	$109,485	5	$547,425	$83,043,761	12/09/05
28	Birdman	FoxS	$106,099	4	$424,397	$42,340,598	10/17/14
29	The Favourite	FoxS	$105,603	4	$422,410	$4,169,903	11/23/18
30	Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire	LGF	$104,025	18	$1,872,458	$47,566,524	11/06/09
31	Call Me by Your Name	SPC	$103,233	4	$412,932	$18,095,701	11/24/17
32	Blue Jasmine	SPC	$102,011	6	$612,064	$33,405,481	7/26/13
33	Inside Llewyn Davis	CBS	$101,353	4	$405,411	$13,235,319	12/06/13
34	Moonlight (2016)	A24	$100,519	4	$402,075	$27,854,932	10/21/16
35	Midnight in Paris	SPC	$99,834	6	$599,003	$56,817,045	5/20/11
36	Aladdin	BV	$98,332	2	$196,664	$217,350,219	11/13/92
37	Evita	BV	$97,542	2	$195,085	$50,047,179	12/27/96
38	Moulin Rouge!	Fox	$96,549	2	$193,098	$57,386,607	5/25/01
39	Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas	BV	$95,616	2	$191,232	$50,003,043	10/15/93
40	There Will Be Blood	ParV	$95,370	2	$190,739	$40,222,514	12/28/07
41	The Tree of Life	FoxS	$93,230	4	$372,920	$13,303,319	5/27/11
42	Don't Think Twice	TFA	$92,835	1	$92,835	$4,417,667	7/22/16
43	Suspiria	Amazon	$92,019	2	$184,037	$2,445,454	10/26/18
44	Lady Bird	A24	$91,109	4	$364,437	$48,958,273	11/03/17
45	The King's Speech	Wein.	$88,863	4	$355,450	$135,453,143	11/26/10
46	The Big Short	Par.	$88,191	8	$705,527	$70,259,870	12/11/15
47	Spring Breakers	A24	$87,667	3	$263,002	$14,124,284	3/15/13
48	Aladdin	BV	$86,886	2	$173,772	$217,350,219	11/20/92
49	Lincoln	BV	$85,846	11	$944,308	$182,207,973	11/09/12
50	Memoirs of a Geisha	Sony	$85,313	8	$682,504	$57,490,508	12/09/05
51	The Big Sick	LGF	$84,315	5	$421,577	$42,873,127	6/23/17
52	Moulin Rouge!	Fox	$83,770	2	$167,540	$57,386,607	5/18/01
53	Zero Dark Thirty	Sony	$83,430	5	$417,150	$95,720,716	12/21/12
54	The Shape of Water	FoxS	$83,282	2	$166,564	$63,859,435	12/01/17
55	Red State	SMod	$82,395	1	$82,395	$1,104,682	4/08/11
56	Beauty and the Beast	BV	$81,073	2	$162,146	$145,863,363	11/15/91
57	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	FoxS	$80,542	4	$322,168	$54,513,740	11/10/17
58	Black Swan	FoxS	$80,212	18	$1,443,809	$106,954,678	12/03/10
59	Edward Scissorhands	Fox	$79,811	2	$159,622	$56,362,352	12/07/90
60	Up in the Air	Par.	$78,763	15	$1,181,450	$83,823,381	12/04/09
61	Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy	Focus	$77,641	4	$310,562	$24,149,393	12/09/11
62	Tim Burton's Corpse Bride	WB	$77,633	5	$388,166	$53,359,111	9/16/05
63	Boyhood	IFC	$77,524	5	$387,618	$25,352,281	7/11/14
64	Dreamgirls	P/DW	$75,879	3	$227,639	$103,365,956	12/22/06
65	The Fighter	Par.	$75,003	4	$300,010	$93,617,009	12/10/10
66	Syriana	WB	$74,900	5	$374,502	$50,824,620	11/25/05
67	Melinda and Melinda	FoxS	$74,238	1	$74,238	$3,826,280	3/18/05
68	Call Me by Your Name	SPC	$73,890	4	$295,561	$18,095,701	12/01/17
69	Free Solo	NGE	$73,572	4	$294,288	$10,664,307	9/28/18
70	Punch-Drunk Love	SonR	$73,440	5	$367,203	$17,844,216	10/11/02
71	I Heart Huckabees	FoxS	$73,044	4	$292,177	$12,785,432	10/01/04
72	To Rome with Love	SPC	$72,272	5	$361,359	$16,685,867	6/22/12
73	Cafe Society	LGF	$71,858	5	$359,289	$11,103,205	7/15/16
74	Guiana 1838	RBC	$70,910	1	$70,910	$227,241	9/24/04
75	Bulworth	Fox	$70,908	2	$141,816	$26,528,185	5/15/98
76	An Inconvenient Truth	ParC	$70,333	4	$281,330	$24,146,161	5/26/06
77	The Kids Are All Right	Focus	$70,282	7	$491,971	$20,811,365	7/09/10
78	The Crucible	Fox	$69,880	1	$69,880	$7,343,114	12/06/96
79	The Place Beyond the Pines	Focus	$69,864	4	$279,457	$21,403,519	3/29/13
80	Sicko	LGF	$68,969	1	$68,969	$24,540,079	6/22/07
81	Sleepwalk with Me	IFC	$68,801	1	$68,801	$2,266,067	8/24/12
82	Mary and the Witch's Flower	GK	$67,813	3	$203,439	$2,418,404	2/23/18
83	The Darjeeling Limited	FoxS	$67,469	2	$134,938	$11,902,715	9/28/07
84	Sicario	LGF	$66,881	6	$401,288	$46,889,293	9/18/15
85	Fantastic Mr. Fox	Fox	$66,475	4	$265,900	$21,002,919	11/13/09
86	127 Hours	FoxS	$66,213	4	$264,851	$18,335,230	11/05/10
87	I, Tonya	Neon	$66,039	4	$264,155	$30,014,539	12/08/17
88	Eighth Grade	A24	$65,949	4	$263,797	$13,539,709	7/13/18
89	Inherent Vice	WB	$65,637	5	$328,184	$8,110,975	12/12/14
90	Mid90s	A24	$64,539	4	$258,157	$7,350,976	10/19/18
91	Nine	Wein.	$64,308	4	$257,232	$19,676,965	12/18/09
92	Manchester by the Sea	RAtt.	$64,125	4	$256,498	$47,695,371	11/18/16
93	Lust, Caution	Focus	$63,918	1	$63,918	$4,604,982	9/28/07
94	The Blair Witch Project	Art.	$63,811	31	$1,978,171	$140,539,099	7/23/99
95	The Disaster Artist	A24	$63,755	19	$1,211,345	$21,120,616	12/01/17
96	Carol	Wein.	$63,378	4	$253,510	$12,711,491	11/20/15
97	Revolutionary Road	ParV	$63,304	3	$189,911	$22,911,480	12/26/08
98	Zero Dark Thirty	Sony	$63,283	5	$316,415	$95,720,716	12/28/12
99	The Crucible	Fox	$62,995	1	$62,995	$7,343,114	11/29/96
100	The Post	Fox	$62,342	9	$561,080	$81,903,458	12/29/17
101	Everest (IMAX)	MFF	$62,331	10	$623,311	$87,178,599	3/13/98
102	Defiance	ParV	$61,757	2	$123,513	$28,644,813	1/02/09
103	The Aristocrats	Think	$60,949	4	$243,796	$6,377,461	7/29/05
104	Frost/Nixon	Uni.	$60,236	3	$180,708	$18,622,031	12/05/08
105	Isle Of Dogs	FoxS	$60,011	27	$1,620,294	$32,015,231	3/23/18
106	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	BV	$59,982	4,134	$247,966,675	$936,662,225	12/18/15
107	The Battleship Island	CJ	$59,344	1	$59,344	$1,104,957	7/28/17
108	Ex Machina	A24	$59,316	4	$237,264	$25,442,958	4/10/15
109	Juno	FoxS	$59,124	7	$413,869	$143,495,265	12/07/07
110	Spotlight	ORF	$59,002	5	$295,009	$45,055,776	11/06/15
111	Broken Embraces	SPC	$58,993	2	$117,986	$5,014,305	11/27/09
112	The Post	Fox	$58,446	9	$526,011	$81,903,458	12/22/17
113	Enough Said	FoxS	$58,200	4	$232,800	$17,550,872	9/20/13
114	Capitalism: A Love Story	Over.	$57,991	4	$231,964	$14,363,397	9/25/09
115	Syriana	WB	$57,935	9	$521,420	$50,824,620	12/02/05
116	Avengers: Infinity War	BV	$57,599	4,474	$257,698,183	$678,815,482	4/27/18
117	The Beguiled (2017)	Focus	$57,323	4	$229,292	$10,709,995	6/23/17
118	The Perks of Being a Wallflower	LG/S	$57,090	4	$228,359	$17,742,948	9/21/12
119	Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk	TriS	$57,065	2	$114,129	$1,738,477	11/11/16
120	While We're Young	A24	$56,922	4	$227,688	$7,587,485	3/27/15
121	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	BV	$56,542	2	$113,085	$24,020,403	12/10/04
122	The Thin Red Line	Fox	$56,506	5	$282,534	$36,400,491	12/25/98
123	The Blair Witch Project	Art.	$56,002	27	$1,512,054	$140,539,099	7/16/99
124	Kiss of the Spider Woman	IsAl	$55,962	1	$55,962	$17,005,229	7/26/85
125	Jackie	FoxS	$55,743	5	$278,715	$13,960,394	12/02/16
126	Babel	ParV	$55,621	7	$389,351	$34,302,837	10/27/06
127	The Royal Tenenbaums	BV	$55,396	5	$276,981	$52,364,010	12/14/01
128	Good Morning, Vietnam	BV	$55,286	4	$221,145	$123,922,370	1/01/88
129	Fruitvale Station	Wein.	$55,184	7	$386,291	$16,101,339	7/12/13
130	The Grand Budapest Hotel	FoxS	$55,122	66	$3,638,041	$59,301,324	3/14/14
131	The Iron Lady	Wein.	$55,102	4	$220,409	$30,017,992	12/30/11
132	Adaptation.	Sony	$54,925	7	$384,478	$22,498,520	12/06/02
133	Moonrise Kingdom	Focus	$54,805	16	$876,881	$45,512,466	6/01/12
134	Sunshine Cleaning	Over.	$54,798	4	$219,190	$12,062,558	3/13/09
135	Beautiful Boy (2018)	Amazon	$54,722	4	$218,888	$7,424,750	10/12/18
136	Phantom Thread	Focus	$54,124	4	$216,495	$21,051,680	12/29/17
137	The King's Speech	Wein.	$54,086	6	$324,515	$135,453,143	12/03/10
138	Magnificent Desolation (IMAX)	Imax	$53,872	1	$53,872	$34,137,524	7/30/10
139	American Beauty	DW	$53,845	16	$861,531	$130,096,601	9/17/99
140	The Thin Red Line	Fox	$53,662	7	$375,636	$36,400,491	1/01/99
141	Broken Embraces	SPC	$53,556	2	$107,111	$5,014,305	11/20/09
142	The Motorcycle Diaries	Focus	$53,273	3	$159,819	$16,781,387	9/24/04
143	Into the Wild	ParV	$53,110	4	$212,440	$18,354,356	9/21/07
144	The Joy Luck Club	BV	$53,003	3	$159,009	$32,901,136	9/10/93
145	Little Miss Sunshine	FoxS	$52,999	7	$370,998	$59,891,098	7/28/06
146	Thank You for Smoking	FoxS	$52,584	5	$262,923	$24,793,509	3/17/06
147	Howards End	SPC	$52,568	1	$52,568	$25,966,555	3/13/92
148	Talk to Her	SPC	$52,198	2	$104,396	$9,285,469	11/22/02
149	Star Wars: The Last Jedi	BV	$51,987	4,232	$220,009,584	$620,181,382	12/15/17
150	Sideways	FoxS	$51,760	4	$207,042	$71,503,593	10/22/04
151	The Admiral: Roaring Currents	CJ	$51,431	1	$51,431	$2,589,811	8/08/14
152	Red State	SMod	$51,283	2	$102,566	$1,104,682	3/11/11
153	The Artist	Wein.	$51,220	4	$204,878	$44,671,682	11/25/11
154	Fantastic Mr. Fox	Fox	$50,878	4	$203,512	$21,002,919	11/20/09
155	2001: A Space Odyssey (2018 re-release)	WB	$50,690	4	$202,759	$1,283,820	5/18/18
156	The Wrestler	FoxS	$50,679	4	$202,714	$26,238,243	12/19/08
157	In Good Company	Uni.	$50,583	3	$151,750	$45,806,659	12/31/04
158	Black Panther	BV	$50,250	4,020	$202,003,951	$700,059,566	2/16/18
159	Match Point	DW	$49,824	8	$398,593	$23,151,529	12/30/05
160	Carol	Wein.	$49,443	4	$197,772	$12,711,491	11/27/15
161	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	BV	$49,393	2	$98,787	$24,020,403	12/17/04
162	Before Midnight	SPC	$49,383	5	$246,914	$8,114,627	5/24/13
163	Paranormal Activity	Par.	$49,379	160	$7,900,695	$107,918,810	10/09/09
164	The Spectacular Now	A24	$49,354	4	$197,415	$6,854,611	8/02/13
165	Mystic River	WB	$49,293	13	$640,815	$90,135,191	10/10/03
166	Howards End	SPC	$49,288	1	$49,288	$25,966,555	3/20/92
167	Maurice	Cinc	$49,278	1	$49,278	$2,438,304	9/18/87
168	Bad Education	SPC	$49,123	3	$147,370	$5,211,842	11/19/04
169	Jurassic World	Uni.	$48,855	4,274	$208,806,270	$652,270,625	6/12/15
170	Howards End	SPC	$48,813	1	$48,813	$25,966,555	3/27/92
171	Mary Queen of Scots	Focus	$48,694	4	$194,777	$262,835	12/07/18
172	The Imitation Game	Wein.	$48,658	8	$389,260	$91,125,683	12/05/14
173	12 Years a Slave	FoxS	$48,617	19	$923,715	$56,671,993	10/18/13
174	Good Morning, Vietnam	BV	$48,577	4	$194,308	$123,922,370	12/25/87
175	Apocalypse Now Redux	Mira.	$48,496	2	$96,992	$4,626,290	8/03/01
176	Blue Valentine	Wein.	$48,432	4	$193,728	$9,706,328	12/31/10
177	Evita	BV	$48,393	22	$1,064,660	$50,047,179	1/03/97
178	Black Hawk Down	SonR	$48,255	4	$193,021	$108,638,745	1/04/02
179	In Good Company	Uni.	$48,049	3	$144,149	$45,806,659	1/07/05
180	Michael Clayton	WB	$47,994	15	$719,910	$49,033,882	10/05/07
181	Fantasia 2000 (35mm & IMAX)	BV	$47,957	54	$2,589,728	$60,655,420	1/07/00
182	Magnificent Desolation (IMAX)	Imax	$47,892	1	$47,892	$34,137,524	7/23/10
183	Marvel's The Avengers	BV	$47,698	4,349	$207,438,708	$623,357,910	5/04/12
184	The Lobster (US Release)	A24	$47,563	4	$190,252	$8,700,374	5/13/16
185	Disobedience	BST	$47,479	5	$237,393	$3,498,782	4/27/18
186	The Big Short	Par.	$47,286	8	$378,285	$70,259,870	12/18/15
187	Galapagos (IMAX)	Imax	$47,220	1	$47,220	$18,612,567	11/25/05
188	The Post	Fox	$47,167	36	$1,698,027	$81,903,458	1/05/18
189	About Schmidt	NL	$47,061	6	$282,367	$65,016,287	12/13/02
190	The Danish Girl	Focus	$46,830	4	$187,318	$11,114,018	11/27/15
191	Black Hawk Down	SonR	$46,778	16	$748,459	$108,638,745	1/11/02
192	Crossing Delancey	WB	$46,711	1	$46,711	$16,262,415	8/26/88
193	Metropolitan	NL	$46,663	1	$46,663	$2,938,208	8/03/90
194	Talk to Her	SPC	$46,612	2	$93,223	$9,285,469	11/29/02
195	Victor/Victoria	MGM	$46,544	3	$139,634	$28,215,453	3/19/82
196	Brand Upon the Brain!	Vita.	$46,412	1	$46,412	$263,200	5/11/07
197	Green Card	BV	$46,261	2	$92,523	$29,888,235	1/04/91
198	The Death of Stalin	IFC	$46,201	4	$184,805	$8,041,828	3/09/18
199	Bad Education	SPC	$46,182	3	$138,546	$5,211,842	11/26/04
200	Traffic	USA	$46,181	4	$184,725	$124,115,725	12/29/00

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.