Top Opening Weekends By Month

Data as of May 23, 9:25 PDT
Rank Release Opening % of Total Theaters Average Total Gross Wide Date Distributor
401Krush Groove$2,905,29326.3%519$5,597$11,052,713Oct 25, 1985Warner Bros.
402Never Talk to Strangers$2,903,45742.3%1,510$1,922$6,858,261Oct 20, 1995Sony Pictures Releasing
403I Heart Huckabees$2,902,46822.7%785$3,697$12,785,432Oct 22, 2004-
404Night of the Living Dead$2,884,67949.4%1,544$1,868$5,835,247Oct 19, 1990Columbia Pictures
405Suburbicon$2,840,24649.2%2,046$1,388$5,775,178Oct 27, 2017Paramount Pictures
406Body Double$2,837,97832.2%1,428$1,987$8,801,940Oct 26, 1984Columbia Pictures
407Most Wanted$2,836,49044.4%2,098$1,351$6,391,946Oct 10, 1997New Line Cinema
408Gross Anatomy$2,830,38724.4%853$3,318$11,604,598Oct 20, 1989Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
409Bones$2,823,54838.6%847$3,333$7,316,658Oct 26, 2001New Line Cinema
410Formula 51$2,817,71954.1%1,857$1,517$5,204,007Oct 18, 2002Screen Gems
411Avalon$2,813,16517.9%630$4,465$15,740,796Oct 19, 1990TriStar Pictures
412Till$2,741,83430.5%2,058$1,332$9,000,202Oct 28, 2022United Artists Releasing
413Pure Country$2,739,68018.1%993$2,758$15,164,458Oct 23, 1992Warner Bros.
414U Turn$2,730,44040.9%1,230$2,219$6,682,098Oct 3, 1997Sony Pictures Releasing
415The Awakening$2,728,52032.4%909$3,001$8,415,112Oct 31, 1980Warner Bros.
416Dr. Giggles$2,714,81532.3%1,681$1,615$8,403,433Oct 23, 1992Universal Pictures
417Switchback$2,704,56841.7%1,128$2,397$6,492,660Oct 31, 1997Paramount Pictures
418Fatal Beauty$2,693,71422.4%1,117$2,411$12,046,526Oct 30, 1987Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
419The Current War$2,633,71744%1,022$2,577$5,979,540Oct 25, 2019101 Studios
420The Little Drummer Girl$2,632,71933.6%820$3,210$7,828,841Oct 19, 1984Warner Bros.
421The French Dispatch$2,602,15216.1%788$3,302$16,124,375Oct 29, 2021Searchlight Pictures
422Three Wishes$2,601,09337%1,535$1,694$7,027,517Oct 27, 1995-
423Same Kind of Different as Me$2,591,98540.4%1,362$1,903$6,423,605Oct 20, 2017Pure Flix Entertainment
424The Road to Wellville$2,580,10839.3%806$3,201$6,562,513Oct 28, 1994Sony Pictures Releasing
425Night and the City$2,556,83041.2%1,100$2,324$6,202,756Oct 23, 1992Twentieth Century Fox
426The Rules of Attraction$2,532,41038.8%1,437$1,762$6,532,619Oct 11, 2002Lionsgate Films
427Meet the Mormons$2,509,80841.5%317$7,917$6,047,363Oct 10, 2014Purdie Distribution
428Woman Thou Art Loosed$2,500,00036.3%408$6,127$6,879,730Oct 1, 2004Magnolia Pictures
429The Hidden$2,492,61825.6%1,045$2,385$9,747,988Oct 30, 1987New Line Cinema
430Pulling Strings$2,467,16842.2%387$6,375$5,842,961Oct 4, 2013Lionsgate Films
431Gang Related$2,443,23741.4%1,260$1,939$5,906,773Oct 10, 1997Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
432The Butcher's Wife$2,442,22925.2%800$3,052$9,689,816Oct 25, 1991Paramount Pictures
433The Razor's Edge$2,411,31136.8%1,036$2,327$6,551,987Oct 19, 1984Columbia Pictures
434Michael Collins$2,409,76121.7%748$3,221$11,092,559Oct 25, 1996Warner Bros.
435The Shawshank Redemption$2,402,5498.5%944$2,545$28,341,469Oct 14, 1994Columbia Pictures
436My Favorite Year$2,400,69611.9%714$3,362$20,123,620Oct 8, 1982Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
437The Omega Code$2,354,36218.7%304$7,744$12,614,346Oct 15, 1999Providence Entertainment
438On the Line$2,307,06352.8%900$2,563$4,365,455Oct 26, 2001Miramax
439Gone Baby Gone$2,299,00011.3%1,713$1,342$20,300,218Oct 19, 2007Miramax
440The Truth About Charlie$2,270,29042.4%753$3,014$5,350,371Oct 25, 2002Universal Pictures
441Chasing Mavericks$2,268,27437.8%2,002$1,133$6,002,756Oct 26, 2012Twentieth Century Fox
442Flash of Genius$2,251,07550.7%1,098$2,050$4,442,377Oct 3, 2008Universal Pictures
443Meteor$2,250,00026.8%575$3,913$8,400,000Oct 19, 1979American International Pictures (AIP)
444Ae Dil Hai Mushkil$2,190,04251.3%302$7,251$4,264,983Oct 28, 2016FIP
445Stay$2,188,19960.3%1,684$1,299$3,626,883Oct 21, 2005Twentieth Century Fox
446Max Steel$2,182,21657.1%2,034$1,072$3,818,664Oct 14, 2016Open Road Films (II)
447Get on the Bus$2,156,40937.5%1,207$1,786$5,754,249Oct 18, 1996Sony Pictures Releasing
448The Perks of Being a Wallflower$2,150,06412.1%726$2,961$17,742,948Oct 12, 2012Lionsgate Films
449Into the Wild$2,138,40311.7%658$3,249$18,354,356Oct 19, 2007Paramount Vantage
450The Old Man & the Gun$2,134,48118.9%802$2,661$11,277,120Oct 19, 2018-
451Glengarry Glen Ross$2,104,40219.6%416$5,058$10,725,228Oct 2, 1992New Line Cinema
452Freelance$2,086,00039.3%2,057$1,014$5,314,136Oct 27, 2023Relativity Media
453Beyond Borders$2,076,40246.9%1,798$1,154$4,430,101Oct 24, 2003Paramount Pictures
454In the Cut$2,063,36143.4%825$2,501$4,750,602Oct 31, 2003Screen Gems
455The Joy Luck Club$2,048,5576.2%600$3,414$32,901,136Oct 29, 1993Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
456Oh, God!$2,040,9204.9%198$10,307$41,687,243Oct 7, 1977Warner Bros.
457It's Kind of a Funny Story$2,013,40631.6%742$2,713$6,363,628Oct 8, 2010Focus Features
458Catch a Fire$2,012,00046.8%1,305$1,541$4,299,773Oct 27, 2006Focus Features
459A Life Less Ordinary$2,007,27946%1,207$1,663$4,366,722Oct 24, 1997Twentieth Century Fox
460Blindness$1,950,26058.2%1,690$1,154$3,351,751Oct 3, 2008Miramax
461Suburban Commando$1,947,74428%899$2,166$6,948,859Oct 4, 1991New Line Cinema
462Playing God$1,937,37446.5%1,479$1,309$4,166,918Oct 17, 1997Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
463Hocus Pocus
2020 Re-release
$1,925,00039.9%2,570$749$4,828,000Oct 2, 2020Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
464Motel Hell$1,924,77630.3%757$2,542$6,342,668Oct 24, 1980Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
465Enough Said$1,911,25610.9%606$3,153$17,550,872Oct 11, 2013-
466Children of a Lesser God$1,909,0846%215$8,879$31,853,080Oct 3, 1986Paramount Pictures
467Ed Wood$1,903,76832.3%623$3,055$5,887,457Oct 7, 1994Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
468RocknRolla$1,872,49532.8%826$2,266$5,700,626Oct 31, 2008Warner Bros.
469Mr. Nanny$1,853,64742.6%1,293$1,433$4,348,572Oct 8, 1993New Line Cinema
470Before I Go to Sleep$1,843,34756.9%1,902$969$3,242,457Oct 31, 2014Clarius Entertainment
471Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse$1,841,00749.7%1,509$1,220$3,703,046Oct 30, 2015Paramount Pictures
472Under Fire$1,837,76832.3%816$2,252$5,696,391Oct 21, 1983Orion Pictures
473All the Right Moves$1,835,11710.6%675$2,718$17,233,166Oct 28, 1983Twentieth Century Fox
474The Darjeeling Limited$1,761,33514.8%698$2,523$11,902,715Oct 26, 2007-
475Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael$1,753,87044%635$2,762$3,989,297Oct 12, 1990Paramount Pictures
476Atlas Shrugged II: The Strike$1,751,57252.5%1,012$1,730$3,336,053Oct 12, 2012Atlas Distribution Company
477The Sicilian$1,720,35131.8%370$4,649$5,406,879Oct 23, 1987Twentieth Century Fox
478Immediate Family$1,675,34428.2%836$2,004$5,932,613Oct 27, 1989Columbia Pictures
479The Fifth Estate$1,673,35151.4%1,769$945$3,255,008Oct 18, 2013Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
480Rendition$1,670,00017.2%2,250$742$9,736,045Oct 19, 2007New Line Cinema
481Johnny English Strikes Again$1,638,89537.1%544$3,012$4,412,170Oct 26, 2018Universal Pictures
482Shout$1,611,72545.4%968$1,665$3,547,684Oct 4, 1991Universal Pictures
483Hocus Pocus
30th Anniversary re-release
$1,609,87432.7%1,430$1,125$4,929,004Oct 6, 2023Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
484War$1,607,62734.5%305$5,270$4,654,000Oct 4, 2019Yash Raj Films
485Firstborn$1,606,21425.7%800$2,007$6,250,994Oct 26, 1984Paramount Pictures
486The Right Stuff$1,601,1677.6%229$6,991$21,192,102Oct 21, 1983Warner Bros.
487American Dreamer$1,580,99031.5%801$1,973$5,021,751Oct 26, 1984Warner Bros.
488Things We Lost in the Fire$1,561,94947.5%1,142$1,367$3,287,315Oct 19, 2007DreamWorks
489Looking for Mr. Goodbar$1,540,6356.8%110$14,005$22,512,655Oct 21, 1977Paramount Pictures
490To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday$1,538,51936.7%807$1,906$4,189,233Oct 25, 1996Sony Pictures Releasing
491The Jane Austen Book Club$1,536,00043%1,232$1,246$3,575,227Oct 5, 2007Sony Pictures Classics
492Silent Fall$1,531,24448.1%1,251$1,224$3,180,674Oct 28, 1994Warner Bros.
493Indivisible$1,503,10142.8%830$1,810$3,511,417Oct 26, 2018Pure Flix Entertainment
494Worth Winning$1,492,61040.4%1,260$1,184$3,690,328Oct 27, 1989Twentieth Century Fox
495Fat Man and Little Boy$1,476,99441.5%843$1,752$3,563,162Oct 20, 1989Paramount Pictures
496Rock the Kasbah$1,470,59248.7%2,012$730$3,020,664Oct 23, 2015Open Road Films (II)
497Sky Bandits$1,468,50064%1,335$1,100$2,295,500Oct 31, 1986-
498How to Lose Friends & Alienate People$1,430,29451.5%1,750$817$2,778,752Oct 3, 2008Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
499Big Shots$1,417,73841.8%932$1,521$3,390,043Oct 2, 1987Twentieth Century Fox
500Ladrones$1,411,03146.1%375$3,762$3,063,505Oct 9, 2015Lionsgate Films
501Playing for Keeps$1,406,30052.7%1,148$1,225$2,669,366Oct 3, 1986Universal Pictures
502Feds$1,388,31736.2%850$1,633$3,838,793Oct 28, 1988Warner Bros.
503The MatchMaker$1,378,93040.7%705$1,955$3,392,080Oct 3, 1997Gramercy Pictures (I)
504Jem and the Holograms$1,375,32063%2,413$569$2,184,640Oct 23, 2015Universal Pictures
505Harry Potter IMAX Marathon$1,357,37678.5%330$4,113$1,729,226Oct 14, 2016IMAX
506Paid in Full$1,328,78943%268$4,958$3,090,862Oct 25, 2002Miramax
507Bella$1,328,44816.5%165$8,051$8,070,537Oct 26, 2007Roadside Attractions
508The Nightmare Before Christmas
2020 Re-release
$1,323,00057.9%2,194$603$2,286,000Oct 16, 2020Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
509The Empty Man$1,310,32643.8%2,027$646$2,992,948Oct 23, 202020th Century Studios
510The Hitman$1,290,44227.7%551$2,342$4,654,288Oct 25, 1991Cannon Film Distributors
511Birth$1,282,00025.2%550$2,330$5,095,038Oct 29, 2004New Line Cinema
512Bang Bang$1,278,69050.2%271$4,718$2,546,172Oct 3, 2014FIP
513Without a Clue$1,246,77214.6%280$4,452$8,539,181Oct 21, 1988Orion Pictures
514BTS World Tour 'Love Yourself: Speak Yourself' (The Final) Seoul Live Viewing$1,226,552100%490$2,503$1,226,552Oct 25, 2019Fathom Events
515Jinxed!$1,209,31142.1%877$1,378$2,869,638Oct 22, 1982Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
516Somewhere in Time$1,203,01112.4%369$3,260$9,709,597Oct 3, 1980Universal Pictures
517Trailer Park Boys: The Movie$1,200,00031.1%181$6,629$3,860,678Oct 6, 2006Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm
518The Metropolitan Opera HD Live: Verdi: Aida$1,187,27574.4%699$1,698$1,595,902Oct 5, 2018Fathom Events
519Mr. Wonderful$1,177,31137.7%720$1,635$3,125,424Oct 15, 1993Warner Bros.
520N-Secure$1,166,40644.9%486$2,400$2,595,644Oct 15, 2010Freestyle Releasing
521Mystic Pizza$1,163,9399.1%401$2,902$12,793,213Oct 21, 1988The Samuel Goldwyn Company
522Gosnell: The Trial of America's Biggest Serial Killer$1,162,98831.6%673$1,728$3,679,893Oct 12, 2018GVN Releasing
523Mallrats$1,153,83854.4%852$1,354$2,122,561Oct 20, 1995Gramercy Pictures (I)
524The Public Eye$1,139,82537.2%635$1,795$3,067,917Oct 16, 1992Universal Pictures
525Squanto: A Warrior's Tale$1,119,01633.5%1,022$1,094$3,342,223Oct 28, 1994Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
526Crimes of Passion$1,103,21037.9%325$3,394$2,912,945Oct 19, 1984New World Pictures
527It Came from Hollywood$1,095,00342.6%650$1,684$2,573,342Oct 29, 1982Paramount Pictures
528No Man's Land$1,088,27337.8%510$2,133$2,877,571Oct 23, 1987Orion Pictures
529Tár$1,048,31515.5%1,087$964$6,773,650Oct 28, 2022Focus Features
530Good Hair$1,039,22025%186$5,587$4,157,223Oct 9, 2009Roadside Attractions
531The Human Stain$1,034,19519.2%160$6,463$5,381,908Oct 31, 2003Miramax
532Alien
2003 Director's Cut
$1,023,66551.5%347$2,950$1,986,910Oct 31, 2003Twentieth Century Fox
533Anonymous$1,021,76822.9%265$3,855$4,463,292Oct 28, 2011Sony Pictures Releasing
534Coldplay Music of The Spheres Live Broadcast from Buenos Aires$1,015,000100%833$1,218$1,015,000Oct 28, 2022Trafalgar Releasing
535Golmaal Again$1,013,893100%265$3,826$1,013,893Oct 20, 2017-
536Crazy in Alabama$1,010,59650.4%1,214$832$2,005,840Oct 22, 1999Sony Pictures Releasing
537Loving Couples$1,010,18136%592$1,706$2,806,659Oct 24, 1980Twentieth Century Fox
538Grace Unplugged$998,14539.8%511$1,953$2,507,201Oct 4, 2013Roadside Attractions
539Bat*21$982,08024.8%248$3,960$3,966,256Oct 21, 1988TriStar Pictures
540I'm in Love with a Church Girl$971,82640.7%457$2,126$2,387,730Oct 18, 2013High Top Releasing
541The Mighty Macs$963,22150.9%975$987$1,891,936Oct 21, 2011Quaker Media
542Denial$954,15923.4%648$1,472$4,073,489Oct 21, 2016Bleecker Street Media
543Kill the Messenger$941,80938.4%374$2,518$2,450,846Oct 10, 2014Focus Features
544I'm Not Ashamed$927,16144.5%505$1,835$2,082,980Oct 21, 2016Pure Flix Entertainment
545Gettysburg$913,6178.5%124$7,367$10,769,960Oct 8, 1993New Line Cinema
546Crimes and Misdemeanors$911,3855%66$13,808$18,254,702Oct 13, 1989Orion Pictures
547Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II$911,35134%343$2,657$2,683,519Oct 16, 1987The Samuel Goldwyn Company
548Housefull 4$904,80842.9%315$2,872$2,109,160Oct 25, 2019FIP
549Spirited Away
2017 Re-release
$903,89675.5%632$1,430$1,196,791Oct 27, 2017Fathom Events
550Bound$900,90223.7%261$3,451$3,802,260Oct 4, 1996Gramercy Pictures (I)
551The Metropolitan Opera HD Live: Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila$898,38475.1%699$1,285$1,195,758Oct 19, 2018Fathom Events
552The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest$881,73717%154$5,725$5,190,196Oct 29, 2010Music Box Films
553My People, My Country$876,00137.2%67$13,074$2,356,683Oct 4, 2019-
554Truth$875,93534.5%1,122$780$2,541,854Oct 30, 2015Sony Pictures Classics
555The Good Lie$841,42230.9%461$1,825$2,722,209Oct 3, 2014Warner Bros.
556Radioland Murders$835,57063.5%844$990$1,316,865Oct 21, 1994Universal Pictures
557Jesus Is King$830,00085.3%372$2,231$973,000Oct 25, 2019IMAX
558Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again$819,47621.6%300$2,731$3,792,188Oct 1, 1982Paramount Pictures
559Terrifier 2$805,0007.6%770$1,045$10,640,105Oct 7, 2022Cinedigm Entertainment Group
560Don$804,38836.2%113$7,118$2,223,961Oct 20, 2006UTV Motion Pictures
561The Metropolitan Opera HD Live: Puccini: La Fanciulla del West$765,54974.8%705$1,085$1,023,233Oct 26, 2018Fathom Events
562The Sisters Brothers$757,97524.1%1,141$664$3,143,056Oct 19, 2018Annapurna Pictures
563English Vinglish$745,41440%88$8,470$1,862,086Oct 5, 2012Eros Worldwide
564Crash$738,33927.7%42$17,579$2,664,812Oct 4, 1996Fine Line Features
565Professor Marston & the Wonder Women$736,88346.5%1,229$599$1,584,759Oct 13, 2017Annapurna Pictures
566Pokemon 4Ever: Celebi - Voice of the Forest$717,06141.5%249$2,879$1,727,447Oct 11, 2002Dimension Films
567Priceless$707,02147.1%303$2,333$1,499,605Oct 14, 2016Roadside Attractions
568Honsla Rakh$706,00039.2%100$7,060$1,800,000Oct 15, 2021-
569Metallica Through the Never$697,76320.4%589$1,184$3,419,967Oct 4, 2013-
570Pumpkinhead$686,56720.3%351$1,956$3,385,516Oct 14, 1988United Artists
571Breaking In$679,20036.2%400$1,698$1,877,618Oct 13, 1989The Samuel Goldwyn Company
572The Final Season$661,04957%1,011$653$1,159,691Oct 12, 2007Yari Film Group Releasing
573Link$660,87438.4%435$1,519$1,720,450Oct 3, 1986Cannon Film Distributors
574One Tough Cop$651,35053.3%415$1,569$1,223,034Oct 9, 1998-
575Saw
10th Anniversary Release
$650,05179.7%2,063$315$815,324Oct 31, 2014Lionsgate Films
57699 Homes$647,82545.9%691$937$1,411,927Oct 9, 2015Broad Green Pictures
577Chal Mera Putt 3$644,000100%90$7,155$644,000Oct 1, 2021Rhythm Boyz Entertainment
578Cool as Ice$638,62553.5%393$1,625$1,193,062Oct 18, 1991Universal Pictures
579Near Dark$635,78918.9%262$2,426$3,369,307Oct 2, 1987De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)
580Veronica Guerin$611,27638.9%472$1,295$1,571,504Oct 17, 2003Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
581Zebrahead$609,04139.1%251$2,426$1,557,771Oct 23, 1992Triumph Releasing Corporation
582Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure$605,7222.6%252$2,403$23,746,066Oct 5, 2007National Geographic Entertainment
583Things Change$600,80917%99$6,068$3,527,886Oct 21, 1988Columbia Pictures
584The Stray$596,54737.8%640$932$1,579,440Oct 6, 2017Purdie Distribution
585Clara's Heart$588,86911.3%74$7,957$5,194,491Oct 7, 1988Warner Bros.
586Mulholland Drive$587,5918.1%66$8,902$7,220,243Oct 12, 2001Universal Pictures
587Mohabbatein$570,00053.3%53$10,754$1,070,000Oct 27, 2000Yash Raj Films
588Margin Call$561,90610.5%56$10,034$5,354,039Oct 21, 2011Roadside Attractions
589Spirited Away
2019 Re-release
$561,82142.5%765$734$1,322,927Oct 25, 2019Fathom Events
590Western Stars$560,28235.4%345$1,624$1,581,681Oct 25, 2019Warner Bros.
591The Jesus Music$548,84854%249$2,204$1,016,725Oct 1, 2021Lionsgate Films
592The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day$546,6875.3%68$8,039$10,273,188Oct 30, 2009Apparition
593Re-Animator$543,72826.9%129$4,214$2,023,414Oct 18, 1985Empire Pictures
594Lamb$543,00420.3%865$627$2,676,410Oct 15, 2021A24
595Triangle of Sadness$538,85611.7%610$883$4,608,096Oct 28, 2022Neon
596Titane$533,39737%562$949$1,442,988Oct 1, 2021Neon
597Lookin' to Get Out$528,55955.8%303$1,744$946,461Oct 8, 1982Paramount Pictures
5982 Hearts$522,93738.8%1,683$310$1,349,286Oct 16, 2020Freestyle Releasing
599Romeo & Juliet$520,11644.7%461$1,128$1,162,635Oct 11, 2013Relativity Media
600The Work and the Glory II: American Zion$518,22225.6%205$2,527$2,025,032Oct 21, 2005Vineyard Distribution