Top Opening Weekends By Month

Data as of Jan 9, 3:06 PST
Rank Release Opening % of Total Theaters Average Total Gross Wide Date Distributor
801Airpocalypse$35,36333.5%21$1,683$105,678Dec 21, 2018China Lion Film Distribution
802The Voice of Hind Rajab$35,35152%2$17,675$67,992Dec 19, 2025WILLA
803Solo Brathuke So Better$35,00077.8%25$1,400$45,000Dec 25, 2020Zee Studios
804A Christmas Story
2020 Re-release
$35,000100%150$233$35,000Dec 25, 2020Warner Bros.
805Bank Robber$34,99830.2%18$1,944$115,842Dec 10, 1993IRS Media
806Casino Jack$34,5283.3%7$4,932$1,042,959Dec 17, 2010ATO Pictures
807Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale$34,38024.4%92$373$141,143Dec 6, 2019Trafalgar Releasing
808The City of Lost Children$34,3482%3$11,449$1,738,611Dec 15, 1995Sony Pictures Classics
809The House That Jack Built$34,27338.9%32$1,071$87,993Dec 14, 2018IFC Films
810Triumph of the Spirit$33,9638.3%3$11,321$408,839Dec 8, 1989Triumph Releasing Corporation
811Ode to My Father$33,8801.5%1$33,880$2,300,121Dec 26, 2014CJ Entertainment
812The Eternal Daughter$33,65738.9%29$1,160$86,490Dec 2, 2022A24
813Holy Smoke$33,3071.9%2$16,653$1,765,545Dec 3, 1999Miramax
814Corsage$32,2854.6%2$16,142$705,767Dec 23, 2022IFC Films
815Los Frikis$31,95319.4%8$3,994$164,594Dec 27, 2024Falling Forward Films
816The Invisible Woman$31,9482.6%3$10,649$1,234,254Dec 27, 2013Sony Pictures Classics
817Things to Come$31,9368.2%3$10,645$388,140Dec 2, 2016IFC Films
818Oh, Canada$31,86915.9%3$10,623$200,980Dec 6, 2024Kino Lorber
819Shattered Image$31,85930%24$1,327$106,116Dec 4, 1998Lionsgate
820Topsy-Turvy$31,3870.5%2$15,693$6,208,548Dec 17, 1999USA Films
821Losing Chase$31,17648.6%10$3,117$64,161Dec 6, 1996-
822The Sweet East$30,9699.2%1$30,969$337,152Dec 1, 2023Utopia
823Two Days, One Night$30,7002.1%2$15,350$1,436,243Dec 26, 2014IFC Films
824Loudmouth$30,25472%116$260$42,000Dec 9, 2022Greenwich Entertainment
825Max$30,1575.6%6$5,026$539,879Dec 27, 2002Lionsgate
826Brazil$30,0990.3%1$30,099$9,929,135Dec 20, 1985Universal Pictures
8271984$29,8970.4%1$29,897$8,430,492Dec 14, 1984The Samuel Goldwyn Company
828The Third Miracle$29,4595%6$4,909$591,142Dec 31, 1999Sony Pictures Classics
829Neruda$29,4023.1%3$9,800$939,101Dec 16, 2016The Orchard
830The Past$29,2702.2%3$9,756$1,331,747Dec 20, 2013Sony Pictures Classics
831Othello$29,0971%2$14,548$2,844,379Dec 15, 1995Sony Pictures Releasing
832Russian Ark$29,0221.2%2$14,511$2,326,979Dec 13, 2002Wellspring Media
833Youth Without Youth$28,55011.7%6$4,758$244,397Dec 14, 2007Sony Pictures Classics
834Boys Life 3$28,48713.7%7$4,069$208,538Dec 8, 2000Strand Releasing
835A Love Song for Bobby Long$28,24317.2%8$3,530$164,308Dec 31, 2004Lionsgate
836Hitchcock/Truffaut$28,17810.8%3$9,392$260,430Dec 4, 2015Cohen Media Group
837Don Carlo$27,834100%5$5,566$27,834Dec 5, 2008Emerging Pictures
838Try Harder!$27,81685.8%5$5,563$32,432Dec 3, 2021Greenwich Entertainment
839Inland Empire$27,5083.2%2$13,754$861,355Dec 8, 2006518 Media
840The General$26,7712.2%2$13,385$1,214,198Dec 18, 1998Sony Pictures Classics
841Rhapsody in August$26,7715.2%7$3,824$516,431Dec 20, 1991Orion Classics
842Citizen Ruth$26,7099.4%6$4,451$285,112Dec 13, 1996Miramax
843Decibel$26,70644.1%21$1,271$60,579Dec 2, 2022Wide Lens Pictures
844Yellow Day
2015 Re-release
$26,26018.2%2$13,130$144,163Dec 11, 2015Providence Film Partners
845The Slammin' Salmon$26,16762.9%11$2,378$41,587Dec 11, 2009Anchor Bay Films
846Day of the Fight$25,85933.9%3$8,619$76,295Dec 6, 2024Falling Forward Films
847Apaharan$25,16857%17$1,480$44,133Dec 2, 2005Kria
848The Dissident$25,00043.9%160$156$57,000Dec 25, 2020Madman Entertainment
849Capernaum$24,9881.5%3$8,329$1,661,096Dec 14, 2018Sony Pictures Classics
850The End$24,97217.6%3$8,324$141,660Dec 6, 2024Neon
851The Swindle$24,9179.9%3$8,305$250,899Dec 25, 1998New Yorker Films
852Flee$24,7947.3%4$6,198$339,754Dec 3, 2021Neon
853We Need to Talk About Kevin$24,5871.4%1$24,587$1,738,692Dec 9, 2011Oscilloscope
854Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.$24,1254.7%3$8,041$507,941Dec 31, 1999Lionsgate
855The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada$23,8590.5%5$4,771$5,027,684Dec 16, 2005Sony Pictures Classics
856Screamers$23,60945.4%4$5,902$52,034Dec 8, 2006Maya Entertainment
857Iris$23,1440.4%2$11,572$5,594,617Dec 14, 2001Miramax
858Happy End$23,0917.7%3$7,697$301,718Dec 22, 2017Sony Pictures Classics
859Kandahar$22,8661.6%3$7,622$1,418,314Dec 14, 2001Avatar Films
860No Man's Land$22,6452.2%2$11,322$1,012,153Dec 7, 2001Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
861Titus$22,3131.1%2$11,156$2,007,290Dec 24, 1999Fox Searchlight Pictures
862Tom & Viv$21,9684.1%2$10,984$538,534Dec 2, 1994Miramax
863Song of the Sea$21,9102.6%2$10,955$857,522Dec 19, 2014GKIDS
864Piñero$21,7507.9%2$10,875$275,171Dec 14, 2001Miramax
865Baran$21,70217.2%2$10,851$125,900Dec 7, 2001Miramax
866Take Point$21,18918.9%2$10,594$112,386Dec 28, 2018CJ Entertainment
867Steep$21,1898.1%17$1,246$260,586Dec 21, 2007Sony Pictures Classics
868Kinyarwanda$21,09759.6%7$3,013$35,412Dec 2, 2011-
869Lay the Favorite$20,998100%61$344$20,998Dec 7, 2012RADiUS-TWC
870Teddy's Christmas$20,93553.7%191$109$38,953Dec 1, 2023Capelight Pictures
871Federal Hill$20,6014%2$10,300$514,775Dec 9, 1994Trimark Pictures
872The Winter Guest$20,5332.4%3$6,844$870,290Dec 26, 1997Fine Line Features
873Dark Blue World$19,5417.6%5$3,908$258,771Dec 28, 2001Sony Pictures Classics
874The Hebrew Hammer$19,53923.8%8$2,442$82,157Dec 19, 2003Strand Releasing
875Waiting for Lightning$19,53790.5%11$1,776$21,577Dec 7, 2012The Samuel Goldwyn Company
876Police, Adjective$19,45236.6%8$2,431$53,206Dec 25, 2009IFC Films
877Deadfall$19,39129.2%11$1,762$66,351Dec 7, 2012Magnolia Pictures
878Not Fade Away$19,1823.1%3$6,394$610,792Dec 21, 2012Paramount Vantage
879Expelled from Paradise$18,86954.7%13$1,451$34,510Dec 12, 2014Eleven Arts
880In the Land of Blood and Honey$18,8546.2%3$6,284$303,877Dec 23, 2011FilmDistrict
881Divide and Conquer$18,83348.9%15$1,255$38,510Dec 7, 2018Magnolia Pictures
882The Chronology of Water$18,59460.5%2$9,297$30,755Dec 5, 2025-
883Cunningham$18,4226.9%4$4,605$265,102Dec 13, 2019Magnolia Pictures
884The War Zone$18,3357.2%5$3,667$254,441Dec 10, 1999Lot 47 Films
885Wendy and Lucy$18,2182.1%2$9,109$865,695Dec 12, 2008Oscilloscope
886From Here to Eternity$18,17649.9%5$3,635$36,416Dec 5, 2003Sony Pictures Repertory
887The Choral$18,02329.7%4$4,505$60,590Dec 26, 2025Sony Pictures Classics
888Panic$18,0062.3%4$4,501$779,137Dec 1, 2000Roxie Releasing
889I'm Not Rappaport$17,99369.2%3$5,997$26,011Dec 27, 1996Gramercy Pictures (I)
890Sonny$17,63958.8%6$2,939$30,005Dec 27, 2002Gold Circle Films
891The Count of Monte-Cristo$17,4263.3%4$4,356$529,830Dec 20, 2024The Samuel Goldwyn Company
892The Walker$16,52520.7%3$5,508$79,698Dec 7, 2007THINKFilm
893Hunt$16,34862.9%31$527$25,994Dec 2, 2022Magnolia Pictures
894Trouble in Mind$16,02981.6%1$16,029$19,632Dec 13, 1985Alive Films
895Toni Erdmann$15,9721.1%3$5,324$1,479,387Dec 23, 2016Sony Pictures Classics
896Dirty Laundry$15,84178.7%2$7,920$20,138Dec 7, 2007Codeblack Entertainment
897Mr Ya Miss$15,77685.2%10$1,577$18,516Dec 2, 2005Kria
898The Other Side of Hope$15,4958.4%3$5,165$183,943Dec 1, 2017Janus Films
899In the Realms of the Unreal$15,4773.7%3$5,159$417,120Dec 24, 2004Wellspring Media
900The Girl with the Needle$15,28413.6%8$1,910$112,199Dec 6, 2024MUBI
901Bad Shabbos$15,2561%1$15,256$1,531,728Dec 6, 2024Menemsha Films
902Leviathan$15,2001.4%2$7,600$1,092,800Dec 26, 2014Sony Pictures Classics
903The Theory of Flight$15,17920.7%6$2,529$73,233Dec 25, 1998Fine Line Features
904Twice Born$14,94781.7%10$1,494$18,295Dec 6, 2013Entertainment One
905Wrestling Ernest Hemingway$14,8715.3%4$3,717$278,720Dec 17, 1993Warner Bros.
906The Teachers' Lounge$14,6112.3%3$4,870$628,218Dec 29, 2023Sony Pictures Classics
907Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids$14,6050.4%1$14,605$3,515,061Dec 10, 2004THINKFilm
908Passion Fish$14,3850.3%2$7,192$4,814,619Dec 11, 1992Miramax
909Answers to Nothing$14,26264.7%21$679$22,029Dec 2, 2011Roadside Attractions
910A Map of the World$14,0172.6%2$7,008$544,965Dec 3, 1999First Look International
911Grace Is Gone$13,88027.3%4$3,470$50,899Dec 7, 2007The Weinstein Company
912Morvern Callar$13,8365.2%3$4,612$267,907Dec 20, 2002Cowboy Pictures
913The Fitzgerald Family Christmas$13,80027.4%4$3,450$50,292Dec 7, 2012Tribeca Films
914Night Catches Us$13,56217.8%4$3,390$76,185Dec 3, 2010Magnolia Pictures
915The Himalayas$13,3871.9%3$4,462$696,717Dec 18, 2015CJ Entertainment
916West of Memphis$13,3604.3%5$2,672$310,154Dec 28, 2012Sony Pictures Classics
917The Activated Man$13,18245.9%13$1,014$28,743Dec 13, 2024-
918Hear My Song$12,9650.3%1$12,965$4,313,473Dec 27, 1991Miramax
919Don Verdean$12,90741.2%40$322$31,309Dec 11, 2015Lionsgate Premiere
920La Grazia$12,82011%1$12,820$116,450Dec 5, 2025MUBI
921Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel$12,6786.1%1$12,678$207,533Dec 14, 2018Menemsha Films
922Beyond the Clouds$12,59639.7%4$3,149$31,738Dec 3, 1999Sceneries Distribution
923Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks$12,54211.8%7$1,791$106,323Dec 12, 2014Dada Films
924The Garden of Eden$12,40456.2%14$886$22,083Dec 10, 2010Roadside Attractions
925The Novice$12,30150.6%36$341$24,322Dec 17, 2021IFC Films
926Hunter Hunter$12,01036.7%30$400$32,705Dec 18, 2020IFC Films
927Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb$11,6813.5%2$5,840$335,417Dec 30, 2022Sony Pictures Releasing
928Serious Moonlight$11,63645.9%8$1,454$25,339Dec 4, 2009Magnolia Pictures
929Days of Glory$10,9963.4%2$5,498$320,700Dec 8, 2006The Weinstein Company
930Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie$10,97636.7%3$3,658$29,893Dec 3, 2010Argot Pictures
931The Tag Along: Devil Fish$10,97452.9%8$1,371$20,726Dec 7, 2018China Lion Film Distribution
932Dark Streets$10,95865.2%18$608$16,815Dec 12, 2008The Samuel Goldwyn Company
933Extraction$10,94865.3%13$842$16,775Dec 18, 2015Lionsgate Premiere
934Ever Again$10,80262.4%12$900$17,304Dec 8, 2006Rocky Mountain Pictures
935Will It Snow for Christmas?$10,78620.8%2$5,393$51,950Dec 19, 1997Zeitgeist Films
936Little Joe$10,62644.5%12$885$23,862Dec 6, 2019Magnolia Pictures
937She's Beautiful When She's Angry$10,5052.5%1$10,505$421,573Dec 5, 2014International Film Circuit
938In the Fade$10,4553.3%3$3,485$321,011Dec 29, 2017Magnolia Pictures
939Four Samosas$10,42370.9%27$386$14,701Dec 2, 2022IFC Films
940The Brand New Testament$10,4228.1%6$1,737$127,910Dec 9, 2016Music Box Films
941Look$10,34764.1%2$5,173$16,136Dec 14, 2007Vitagraph Films
942Swimming with Men$10,33641.8%31$333$24,708Dec 7, 2018IFC Films
943Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki$10,2385.5%4$2,559$187,320Dec 14, 2018GKIDS
944Harper$10,17050.2%5$2,034$20,268Dec 17, 2021Indican Pictures
945The Amateurs
2007 Re-release
$10,14962.1%3$3,383$16,334Dec 7, 2007First Look International
946The Crime Is Mine$10,1348.3%3$3,378$122,083Dec 29, 2023Music Box Films
947Uzumasa Limelight$10,09051.5%13$776$19,597Dec 5, 2014Eleven Arts
948The Boy and the World
2015 Re-release
$10,0777.8%2$5,038$129,480Dec 11, 2015GKIDS
949River of Fundament$9,93822.2%1$9,938$44,840Dec 4, 2015International Film Circuit
950Honeydripper$9,8633.7%4$2,465$267,880Dec 28, 2007Emerging Pictures
951The Secret of the Grain$9,85011.4%1$9,850$86,356Dec 26, 2008IFC Films
952The Boys of Baraka$9,7053%1$9,705$323,860Dec 2, 2005THINKFilm
953To the End$9,69461.4%120$80$15,801Dec 9, 2022Roadside Attractions
954The Rescue$9,67451.5%60$161$18,797Dec 18, 2020CMC Pictures
955Miss Potter$9,6530.3%2$4,826$3,005,605Dec 29, 2006Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
956Fabled$9,64230.7%3$3,214$31,425Dec 10, 2004Indican Pictures
957Zero Motivation$9,4278.1%1$9,427$116,044Dec 5, 2014Zeitgeist Films
958Man Finds Tape$9,36184%4$2,340$11,139Dec 5, 2025Magnolia Pictures
959Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale$9,2813.9%1$9,281$236,347Dec 3, 2010Oscilloscope
960Sleeping Beauty$9,20725.2%2$4,603$36,578Dec 2, 2011IFC Films
961Be Here to Love Me$9,0987%1$9,098$129,988Dec 2, 2005Palm Pictures
962Atropia$9,05262.8%1$9,052$14,405Dec 12, 2025Vertical Entertainment
963The Eyes of My Mother$8,90832.9%5$1,781$27,099Dec 2, 2016Magnolia Pictures
964Onegin$8,8554.3%1$8,855$206,128Dec 17, 1999The Samuel Goldwyn Company
965The Passionate Thief$8,67727.5%1$8,677$31,539Dec 5, 2014Rialto Pictures
966The Trip to Bountiful$8,3870.1%1$8,387$7,491,903Dec 20, 1985Island Pictures
967Christmas at Maxwell's$8,37565.5%41$204$12,781Dec 1, 2006Aloha Releasing Inc.
968Bhutto$8,2758.3%2$4,137$100,202Dec 3, 2010First Run
969Invisible Life$8,1275.5%2$4,063$146,535Dec 20, 2019Amazon Studios
970Billy the Kid$7,92315%1$7,923$52,823Dec 7, 2007Elephant Eye Films
971Pierrot le Fou
2015 Re-release
$7,92223%1$7,922$34,371Dec 18, 2015Rialto Pictures
972Diamonds$7,8378.9%2$3,918$88,428Dec 10, 1999Miramax
973The Scary of Sixty-First$7,80817.3%1$7,808$45,005Dec 3, 2021Utopia
974Frankie & Alice$7,76872.8%1$7,768$10,670Dec 10, 2010Freestyle Releasing
975After Midnight$7,63415.1%2$3,817$50,469Dec 3, 2004Avatar Films
976Cook County$7,57942.2%5$1,515$17,977Dec 16, 2011Hannover House
977The Duelist$7,57656.3%10$757$13,450Dec 2, 2016Sony Pictures Releasing
978AKA$7,55315.1%3$2,517$49,988Dec 12, 2003Empire Pictures Inc.
979The Strange Case of Angelica$7,49915%1$7,499$50,135Dec 31, 2010The Cinema Guild
980Intacto$7,3622.4%1$7,362$307,333Dec 13, 2002Lionsgate
981Big Time$7,347100%2$3,673$7,347Dec 1, 2017Abramorama
982The Trial
2022 Re-release
$7,2807.8%1$7,280$93,533Dec 9, 2022Rialto Pictures
983Until the Light Takes Us$7,2465.6%1$7,246$130,441Dec 4, 2009Variance Films
984Duet for One$7,14981.8%1$7,149$8,736Dec 26, 1986Cannon Film Distributors
985Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles$7,13043.5%2$3,565$16,400Dec 12, 2014Cohen Media Group
986Loïe Fuller: Obsessed with Light$7,11169.4%1$7,111$10,253Dec 6, 2024Film Movement
987Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home$7,03958.5%1$7,039$12,025Dec 7, 2012Cinema Libre Studio
988And Everything Is Going Fine$7,03531.9%1$7,035$22,080Dec 10, 2010IFC Films
989Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel$7,000100%2$3,500$7,000Dec 16, 2011Anchor Bay Films
990El Topo$6,8578.5%1$6,857$80,302Dec 15, 2006ABKCO Films
991The World of Kanako
2015 Re-release
$6,83441.1%11$621$16,627Dec 4, 2015Drafthouse Films
992Memoria$6,79712.9%1$6,797$52,656Dec 24, 2021Neon
993Off the Black$6,76327.7%2$3,381$24,425Dec 8, 2006THINKFilm
994What Alice Found$6,72010%1$6,720$67,436Dec 5, 2003Castle Hill Productions
995Hacker$6,71659.8%13$516$11,239Dec 2, 2016Archstone Distribution
996Capture the Flag$6,690100%20$334$6,690Dec 4, 2015Paramount Pictures
997Lake George$6,67045.4%11$606$14,678Dec 6, 2024Magnolia Pictures
998Nights of Cabiria
2021 Re-release
$6,66346%4$1,665$14,485Dec 17, 2021Rialto Pictures
999Naples '44$6,63627%1$6,636$24,620Dec 1, 2017First Run
1,000The Dead Girl$6,61333.3%2$3,306$19,875Dec 29, 2006First Look International