Top Opening Theater Averages

By Release Scale

Data as of May 1, 2:05 PDT

Rank	Release	Average	Theaters	Opening	Total Gross	Date	Distributor
801	Transamerica	$23,454	2	$46,908	$9,015,303	Dec 2, 2005	The Weinstein Company
802	Cosmopolis	$23,446	3	$70,339	$763,556	Aug 17, 2012	Entertainment One
803	The Great Beauty	$23,442	1	$23,442	$2,852,400	Nov 15, 2013	Janus Films
804	Hannah and Her Sisters	$23,441	54	$1,265,826	$35,392,203	Feb 7, 1986	Orion Pictures
805	Open Water	$23,424	47	$1,100,943	$30,610,863	Aug 6, 2004	Lionsgate
806	Fifty Shades of Grey	$23,360	3,646	$85,171,450	$166,167,230	Feb 13, 2015	Universal Pictures
807	Mistress America	$23,301	4	$93,206	$2,500,431	Aug 14, 2015	Fox Searchlight Pictures
808	Bully	$23,294	5	$116,472	$279,202	Mar 30, 2012	The Weinstein Company
809	Indignation	$23,281	4	$93,125	$3,401,155	Jul 29, 2016	Roadside Attractions
810	Thirteen	$23,252	5	$116,260	$4,601,043	Aug 22, 2003	Fox Searchlight Pictures
811	At Eternity's Gate	$23,214	4	$92,856	$2,294,915	Nov 16, 2018	CBS Films
812	Loving Vincent	$23,180	1	$23,180	$6,735,118	Sep 22, 2017	Good Deed Entertainment
813	Shine	$23,168	7	$162,179	$35,892,330	Nov 22, 1996	Fine Line Features
814	Justice League	$23,165	4,051	$93,842,239	$229,024,295	Nov 17, 2017	Warner Bros.
815	Sarah's Key	$23,141	5	$115,708	$7,693,187	Jul 22, 2011	The Weinstein Company
816	Farewell My Concubine	$23,136	3	$69,408	$5,216,888	Oct 15, 1993	Miramax
817	Guardians of the Galaxy	$23,117	4,080	$94,320,883	$333,176,600	Aug 1, 2014	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
818	The Wackness	$23,066	6	$138,401	$2,077,116	Jul 4, 2008	Sony Pictures Classics
819	National Lampoon's Animal House	$23,044	12	$276,538	$120,091,123	Jul 28, 1978	Universal Pictures
820	Patriots Day	$23,043	7	$161,306	$31,886,361	Dec 23, 2016	Lionsgate
821	Spartacus 1991 Re-release	$23,040	4	$92,162	$1,830,650	Apr 26, 1991	Universal Pictures
822	A Scanner Darkly	$23,039	17	$391,672	$5,501,616	Jul 7, 2006	Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
823	Tokyo!	$23,030	1	$23,030	$351,059	Mar 6, 2009	Liberation Entertainment
824	Waitress	$23,008	4	$92,034	$19,074,800	May 4, 2007	Fox Searchlight Pictures
825	War and Peace	$22,976	1	$22,976	$148,503	Feb 15, 2019	Janus Films
826	Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi	$22,973	1,002	$23,019,618	$252,583,617	May 27, 1983	Twentieth Century Fox
827	Chariots of Fire	$22,969	3	$68,907	$58,972,904	Sep 25, 1981	Columbia Pictures
828	Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey	$22,963	1	$22,963	$304,052	Oct 21, 2011	Submarine Deluxe
829	Mother	$22,950	6	$137,701	$19,145,198	Dec 27, 1996	Paramount Pictures
830	Barfly	$22,950	2	$45,900	$3,221,568	Oct 16, 1987	Cannon Film Distributors
831	Stoker	$22,935	7	$160,547	$1,714,221	Mar 1, 2013	Fox Searchlight Pictures
832	The Fate of the Furious	$22,920	4,310	$98,786,705	$226,008,385	Apr 14, 2017	Universal Pictures
833	Inside Out	$22,919	3,946	$90,440,272	$356,461,711	Jun 19, 2015	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
834	The Princess Bride	$22,915	9	$206,243	$30,857,814	Sep 25, 1987	Twentieth Century Fox
835	Mississippi Masala	$22,915	2	$45,831	$7,308,786	Feb 7, 1992	The Samuel Goldwyn Company
836	Dior and I	$22,886	2	$45,772	$1,028,953	Apr 10, 2015	The Orchard
837	A Bigger Splash	$22,883	5	$114,419	$2,024,099	May 6, 2016	Fox Searchlight Pictures
838	X2: X-Men United	$22,870	3,741	$85,558,731	$214,949,694	May 2, 2003	Twentieth Century Fox
839	300	$22,844	3,103	$70,885,301	$210,614,939	Mar 9, 2007	Warner Bros.
840	Oppenheimer	$22,840	3,610	$82,455,420	$330,078,895	Jul 21, 2023	Universal Pictures
841	The List	$22,823	1	$22,823	$138,814	Aug 10, 2007	Mountain Top Releasing
842	House of Sand and Fog	$22,786	2	$45,572	$13,040,288	Dec 19, 2003	DreamWorks Distribution
843	The Romantics	$22,763	2	$45,527	$106,524	Sep 10, 2010	Four of a Kind Productions
844	Eye in the Sky	$22,760	5	$113,803	$18,704,595	Mar 11, 2016	Bleecker Street Media
845	Amour	$22,755	3	$68,266	$6,739,492	Dec 21, 2012	Sony Pictures Classics
846	Friends with Money	$22,750	28	$637,000	$13,368,437	Apr 7, 2006	Sony Pictures Classics
847	I'm Still Here	$22,741	5	$113,706	$6,233,517	Jan 17, 2025	Sony Pictures Classics
848	White Nights	$22,739	21	$477,539	$42,160,849	Nov 22, 1985	Columbia Pictures
849	X-Men: Days of Future Past	$22,728	3,996	$90,823,660	$233,921,534	May 23, 2014	Twentieth Century Fox
850	Ginger & Fred	$22,725	1	$22,725	$837,623	Mar 28, 1986	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
851	Mad Hot Ballroom	$22,674	2	$45,348	$8,117,961	May 13, 2005	Paramount Classics
852	Pina	$22,670	3	$68,012	$3,524,826	Dec 23, 2011	IFC Films
853	The Lover	$22,643	8	$181,147	$4,899,194	Oct 30, 1992	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
854	Brotherhood of the Wolf	$22,627	21	$475,181	$11,260,096	Jan 11, 2002	Universal Pictures
855	The Brothers Bloom	$22,600	4	$90,400	$3,531,756	May 15, 2009	Summit Entertainment
856	River's Edge	$22,598	3	$67,794	$4,600,000	May 8, 1987	Island Pictures
857	Vincent & Theo	$22,585	1	$22,585	$2,231,274	Nov 2, 1990	Hemdale
858	Kiss Kiss Bang Bang	$22,582	8	$180,660	$4,243,756	Oct 21, 2005	Warner Bros.
859	Whiplash	$22,564	6	$135,388	$13,092,000	Oct 10, 2014	Sony Pictures Classics
860	Raise the Red Lantern	$22,554	1	$22,554	$2,603,061	Mar 13, 1992	Orion Classics
861	Instructions Not Included	$22,547	348	$7,846,426	$44,467,206	Aug 30, 2013	Lionsgate
862	Mother of George	$22,500	1	$22,500	$157,937	Sep 13, 2013	Oscilloscope
863	Million Dollar Baby	$22,494	8	$179,953	$100,492,203	Dec 17, 2004	Warner Bros.
864	La Vie En Rose	$22,481	8	$179,848	$10,301,706	Jun 8, 2007	Picturehouse
865	Brad's Status	$22,480	4	$89,921	$2,133,158	Sep 15, 2017	Annapurna Pictures
866	Drop Dead City	$22,476	1	$22,476	$22,476	Apr 25, 2025	-
867	Sophie's Choice	$22,459	9	$202,131	$30,036,000	Dec 10, 1982	Universal Pictures
868	Akira 2001 Re-release	$22,428	1	$22,428	$114,009	Mar 30, 2001	Pioneer
869	The Imposter	$22,379	1	$22,379	$898,317	Jul 13, 2012	Indomina Releasing
870	Stormy Monday	$22,367	2	$44,734	$1,791,328	Apr 22, 1988	Atlantic Releasing Corporation
871	Garden State	$22,346	9	$201,115	$26,782,316	Jul 30, 2004	Fox Searchlight Pictures
872	Thor: The Dark World	$22,321	3,841	$85,737,841	$206,362,140	Nov 8, 2013	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
873	Avatar	$22,313	3,452	$77,025,481	$749,766,139	Dec 18, 2009	Twentieth Century Fox
874	Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It	$22,310	1	$22,310	$133,006	Jun 16, 2017	Abramorama
875	Three Colors: White	$22,284	1	$22,284	$1,237,219	Jun 10, 1994	Miramax
876	The Kid Stays in the Picture	$22,271	4	$89,087	$1,439,232	Jul 26, 2002	Focus Features
877	Waking Life	$22,244	4	$88,977	$2,901,447	Oct 19, 2001	Fox Searchlight Pictures
878	The Little Mermaid	$22,124	4,320	$95,578,040	$298,172,056	May 26, 2023	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
879	Pollock	$22,122	2	$44,244	$8,598,593	Dec 15, 2000	Sony Pictures Classics
880	Swimming Pool	$22,099	13	$287,296	$10,130,108	Jul 4, 2003	Focus Features
881	The Biggest Little Farm	$22,098	5	$110,492	$4,366,949	May 10, 2019	Neon
882	56 Up	$22,088	1	$22,088	$701,278	Jan 4, 2013	First Run
883	Get Low	$22,045	4	$88,182	$9,176,933	Jul 30, 2010	Sony Pictures Classics
884	The Shawshank Redemption	$22,040	33	$727,327	$28,341,469	Sep 23, 1994	Columbia Pictures
885	La Femme Nikita	$22,023	2	$44,047	$5,017,971	Mar 8, 1991	The Samuel Goldwyn Company
886	Hotel Mumbai	$22,016	4	$88,065	$9,651,611	Mar 22, 2019	Bleecker Street Media
887	Only Lovers Left Alive	$21,997	4	$87,989	$1,879,534	Apr 11, 2014	Sony Pictures Classics
888	Joker	$21,994	4,374	$96,202,337	$335,451,311	Oct 4, 2019	Warner Bros.
889	The Iceman	$21,986	4	$87,946	$1,969,193	May 3, 2013	Millennium Entertainment
890	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	$21,985	3,281	$72,132,785	$229,086,679	May 23, 1997	Universal Pictures
891	The Wolfpack	$21,960	2	$43,920	$1,301,696	Jun 12, 2015	Magnolia Pictures
892	45 Years	$21,925	3	$65,775	$4,247,285	Dec 25, 2015	IFC Films
893	Doctor Strange	$21,910	3,882	$85,058,311	$232,641,920	Nov 4, 2016	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
894	Meeting Venus	$21,905	3	$65,715	$1,000,348	Nov 15, 1991	Warner Bros.
895	The Living End	$21,857	2	$43,715	$692,585	Aug 14, 1992	October Films
896	Straight Outta Compton	$21,835	2,757	$60,200,180	$161,197,785	Aug 14, 2015	Universal Pictures
897	Rushmore	$21,833	2	$43,666	$17,105,219	Dec 11, 1998	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
898	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	$21,825	2,970	$64,820,970	$431,088,295	May 21, 1999	Twentieth Century Fox
899	Apartment Zero	$21,823	1	$21,823	$1,267,578	Sep 15, 1989	Skouras Pictures
900	Screen Two: The Snapper	$21,802	1	$21,802	$3,323,524	Nov 26, 1993	Miramax
901	Mr. Turner	$21,800	5	$109,000	$3,958,500	Dec 19, 2014	Sony Pictures Classics
902	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	$21,799	4	$87,199	$16,007,718	Jan 3, 2003	Miramax
903	Matangi/Maya/M.I.A	$21,786	2	$43,573	$230,808	Sep 28, 2018	Abramorama
904	25th Hour	$21,773	5	$108,865	$13,084,595	Dec 20, 2002	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
905	Five Nights at Freddy's	$21,769	3,675	$80,001,720	$137,275,620	Oct 27, 2023	Universal Pictures
906	Valentino: The Last Emperor	$21,762	1	$21,762	$1,755,134	Mar 20, 2009	Truly Indie
907	¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!	$21,750	1	$21,750	$128,261	Sep 6, 2024	MTV Documentary Films
908	Salinger	$21,739	4	$86,956	$583,633	Sep 6, 2013	The Weinstein Company
909	Capturing the Friedmans	$21,718	3	$65,154	$3,119,113	May 30, 2003	Magnolia Pictures
910	Logan	$21,717	4,071	$88,411,916	$226,277,068	Mar 3, 2017	Twentieth Century Fox
911	Happiness	$21,717	6	$130,303	$2,982,011	Oct 16, 1998	Good Machine
912	Legend	$21,709	4	$86,836	$1,872,994	Nov 20, 2015	Universal Pictures
913	Monster	$21,707	4	$86,831	$34,469,210	Dec 26, 2003	Newmarket Films
914	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	$21,697	4,155	$90,151,958	$241,071,802	May 20, 2011	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
915	The Spy Gone North	$21,674	2	$43,348	$500,803	Aug 10, 2018	CJ Entertainment
916	Henry V	$21,644	3	$64,933	$10,161,099	Nov 10, 1989	The Samuel Goldwyn Company
917	Captain America: Brave New World	$21,642	4,105	$88,842,603	$200,231,129	Feb 14, 2025	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
918	The Visitor	$21,622	4	$86,488	$9,427,089	Apr 11, 2008	Overture Films
919	Rush Hour 2	$21,619	3,118	$67,408,222	$226,164,286	Aug 3, 2001	New Line Cinema
920	Prince of the City	$21,571	3	$64,713	$8,124,257	Aug 21, 1981	Warner Bros.
921	Strangers with Candy	$21,570	2	$43,141	$2,072,645	Jun 30, 2006	THINKFilm
922	Billy Elliot	$21,568	10	$215,681	$21,995,263	Oct 13, 2000	Focus Features
923	The Machinist	$21,553	3	$64,661	$1,082,715	Oct 22, 2004	Paramount Classics
924	South of the Border	$21,545	1	$21,545	$198,600	Jun 25, 2010	Cinema Libre Studio
925	Benji the Hunted	$21,530	1	$21,530	$22,257,624	Jun 5, 1987	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
926	Meet Me in the Bathroom	$21,517	4	$86,071	$307,000	Nov 4, 2022	Utopia
927	What Maisie Knew	$21,480	1	$21,480	$1,066,471	May 3, 2013	Millennium Entertainment
928	Triangle of Sadness	$21,460	10	$214,602	$4,608,096	Oct 7, 2022	Neon
929	The Aviator	$21,450	40	$858,021	$102,610,330	Dec 17, 2004	Miramax
930	Catfish	$21,440	12	$257,285	$3,237,343	Sep 17, 2010	Rogue Pictures
931	I Am Legend	$21,411	3,606	$77,211,321	$256,393,010	Dec 14, 2007	Warner Bros.
932	Trembling Before G-d	$21,410	1	$21,410	$788,896	Oct 26, 2001	New Yorker Films
933	Memento	$21,408	11	$235,488	$25,544,867	Mar 16, 2001	Newmarket Films
934	The 24 Hour Woman	$21,399	1	$21,399	$109,535	Jan 29, 1999	Artisan Entertainment
935	Snowpiercer	$21,398	8	$171,187	$4,563,650	Jun 27, 2014	RADiUS-TWC
936	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	$21,362	68	$1,452,639	$21,583,831	Mar 12, 2004	Warner Bros.
937	Exit Through the Gift Shop	$21,344	8	$170,756	$3,291,250	Apr 16, 2010	Producers Distribution Agency (PDA)
938	Affliction	$21,326	3	$63,979	$6,330,054	Jan 1, 1999	Lionsgate
939	Venom: Let There Be Carnage	$21,309	4,225	$90,033,210	$213,550,366	Oct 1, 2021	Sony Pictures Releasing
940	Extreme Job	$21,293	2	$42,587	$1,565,885	Jan 25, 2019	CJ Entertainment
941	Wild Tales	$21,275	4	$85,100	$3,106,530	Feb 20, 2015	Sony Pictures Classics
942	Hello, My Name Is Doris	$21,246	4	$84,986	$14,444,999	Mar 11, 2016	Roadside Attractions
943	Tiny Furniture	$21,235	1	$21,235	$391,674	Nov 12, 2010	IFC Films
944	Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel	$21,233	3	$63,700	$1,017,579	Sep 21, 2012	The Samuel Goldwyn Company
945	Spider-Man 2	$21,232	4,152	$88,156,227	$373,585,825	Jul 2, 2004	Sony Pictures Releasing
946	Glory	$21,220	3	$63,661	$26,828,365	Dec 15, 1989	TriStar Pictures
947	Living Out Loud	$21,218	8	$169,747	$12,905,901	Oct 30, 1998	New Line Cinema
948	Babylon	$21,214	1	$21,214	$109,749	Mar 8, 2019	Kino Lorber
949	Tell No One	$21,213	8	$169,707	$6,177,192	Jul 4, 2008	Music Box Films
950	Enemies, A Love Story	$21,212	3	$63,636	$7,754,571	Dec 15, 1989	Twentieth Century Fox
951	Where Angels Fear to Tread	$21,202	2	$42,404	$1,403,033	Feb 28, 1992	Fine Line Features
952	Finding Vivian Maier	$21,200	3	$63,600	$1,514,782	Mar 28, 2014	IFC Films
953	Winter's Bone	$21,199	4	$84,797	$6,531,503	Jun 11, 2010	Roadside Attractions
954	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	$21,186	4,324	$91,608,337	$202,853,933	May 2, 2014	Sony Pictures Releasing
955	Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna	$21,121	64	$1,351,786	$3,275,444	Aug 11, 2006	Yash Raj Films
956	We the Animals	$21,119	3	$63,357	$400,961	Aug 17, 2018	The Orchard
957	Passages	$21,092	3	$63,277	$551,611	Aug 4, 2023	MUBI
958	What's Love Got to Do with It	$21,081	58	$1,222,718	$39,100,956	Jun 11, 1993	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
959	Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom	$21,070	4	$84,283	$8,323,085	Nov 29, 2013	The Weinstein Company
960	Gimme the Loot	$21,065	1	$21,065	$104,442	Mar 22, 2013	IFC Films
961	Fried Green Tomatoes	$21,063	5	$105,317	$82,418,501	Dec 27, 1991	Universal Pictures
962	Jiro Dreams of Sushi	$21,017	2	$42,035	$2,552,478	Mar 9, 2012	Magnolia Pictures
963	The Reader	$21,006	8	$168,051	$34,194,407	Dec 12, 2008	The Weinstein Company
964	The Bucket List	$20,989	16	$335,837	$93,466,502	Dec 28, 2007	Warner Bros.
965	The Times of Bill Cunningham	$20,972	2	$41,945	$134,288	Feb 14, 2020	Greenwich Entertainment
966	Dancing at Lughnasa	$20,939	4	$83,759	$2,287,818	Nov 13, 1998	Sony Pictures Classics
967	Absolute Beginners	$20,935	4	$83,743	$930,211	Apr 18, 1986	Orion Pictures
968	Sweet Land	$20,930	2	$41,860	$1,706,325	Oct 13, 2006	Libero
969	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	$20,918	4,045	$84,617,303	$303,003,568	Dec 14, 2012	Warner Bros.
970	The Hudsucker Proxy	$20,898	5	$104,490	$2,816,518	Mar 11, 1994	Warner Bros.
971	Despicable Me 2	$20,895	3,997	$83,517,315	$368,065,385	Jul 5, 2013	Universal Pictures
972	I Am Sam	$20,889	2	$41,779	$40,311,852	Dec 28, 2001	New Line Cinema
973	The Funeral	$20,884	2	$41,768	$1,227,324	Nov 1, 1996	October Films
974	Journey from the Fall	$20,849	4	$83,397	$641,039	Mar 23, 2007	ImaginAsian Pictures
975	Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot	$20,834	4	$83,339	$1,441,705	Jul 13, 2018	Amazon Studios
976	Finding Nemo	$20,821	3,374	$70,251,710	$339,714,978	May 30, 2003	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
977	Tin Men	$20,820	9	$187,381	$25,411,386	Mar 6, 1987	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
978	A World Apart	$20,815	1	$20,815	$2,326,860	Jun 17, 1988	Atlantic Releasing Corporation
979	The Icicle Thief	$20,809	1	$20,809	$1,231,622	Aug 24, 1990	Aries Films
980	Men Don't Leave	$20,806	3	$62,419	$6,070,725	Feb 2, 1990	Warner Bros.
981	On the Basis of Sex	$20,798	33	$686,355	$24,622,687	Dec 28, 2018	Focus Features
982	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	$20,750	4,099	$85,058,003	$179,883,157	May 1, 2009	Twentieth Century Fox
983	8 Mile	$20,745	2,470	$51,240,555	$116,750,901	Nov 8, 2002	Universal Pictures
984	An Inconsistent Truth	$20,733	1	$20,733	$69,394	Jan 27, 2012	Rocky Mountain Pictures
985	Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire	$20,721	3,861	$80,006,561	$196,350,016	Mar 29, 2024	Warner Bros.
986	Menashe	$20,692	3	$62,078	$1,703,036	Jul 28, 2017	A24
987	RocknRolla	$20,671	7	$144,701	$5,700,626	Oct 10, 2008	Warner Bros.
988	Crazy Heart	$20,666	4	$82,664	$39,464,306	Dec 18, 2009	Fox Searchlight Pictures
989	Chico & Rita	$20,654	1	$20,654	$350,524	Feb 10, 2012	GKIDS
990	Joyland	$20,638	1	$20,638	$306,500	Apr 7, 2023	Oscilloscope
991	The Da Vinci Code	$20,635	3,735	$77,073,388	$217,536,138	May 19, 2006	Sony Pictures Releasing
992	Hidden Figures	$20,619	25	$515,499	$169,607,287	Dec 23, 2016	Twentieth Century Fox
993	Equity	$20,608	4	$82,434	$1,605,463	Jul 29, 2016	Sony Pictures Classics
994	Clouds of Sils Maria	$20,603	3	$61,810	$1,851,517	Apr 10, 2015	IFC Films
995	Monsters University	$20,586	4,004	$82,429,469	$268,492,764	Jun 21, 2013	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
996	My Left Foot	$20,582	2	$41,165	$14,743,391	Nov 10, 1989	Miramax
997	Stalker	$20,540	1	$20,540	$269,881	May 5, 2017	Janus Films
998	The Gatekeepers	$20,517	3	$61,552	$2,415,727	Feb 1, 2013	Sony Pictures Classics
999	Fast & Furious	$20,500	3,461	$70,950,500	$155,064,265	Apr 3, 2009	Universal Pictures
1,000	Henry Fool	$20,469	2	$40,939	$1,338,335	Jun 19, 1998	Sony Pictures Classics

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