> ALL TIME > FEWEST THEATER #1 DEBUT	Adjuster: Actuals Est. Tckts 1929 1924 1910

FEWEST THEATERS TO DEBUT AT #1
(Movies to debut at #1 on a weekend chart at the fewest theaters, 1982-Present)

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

Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Theaters	Opening	Average	Total Gross^	Release
1	Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour	BV	683	$31,117,834	$45,561	$65,281,781	2/1/08
2	The Big Chill	Col.	722	$3,662,152	$5,072	$56,342,711	9/30/83
3	Fatal Attraction	Par.	758	$7,602,740	$10,030	$156,645,693	9/18/87
4	The Hand That Rocks the Cradle	BV	766	$7,675,016	$10,019	$88,036,683	1/10/92
5	The Accused	Par.	796	$4,316,369	$5,422	$32,078,318	10/14/88
6	Down and Out in Beverly Hills	BV	806	$5,726,495	$7,104	$62,134,225	1/31/86
7	Unfaithfully Yours (1984)	Fox	820	$3,774,126	$4,602	$19,928,200	2/10/84
8	Pretty in Pink	Par.	827	$6,065,870	$7,334	$40,471,663	2/28/86
9	Splash	BV	829	$6,174,059	$7,447	$69,821,334	3/9/84
10	Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan	Fox	837	$26,455,463	$31,607	$128,505,958	11/3/06
11	Fahrenheit 9/11	Lions	868	$23,920,637	$27,558	$119,194,771	6/23/04
12	Crocodile Dundee	Par.	879	$8,038,855	$9,145	$174,803,506	9/26/86
13	Lean on Me	WB	894	$5,032,605	$5,629	$31,906,454	3/3/89
14	First Blood	Orion	901	$6,642,005	$7,371	$47,212,904	10/22/82
15	Purple Rain	WB	917	$7,766,201	$8,469	$68,392,977	7/27/84
16	Cape Fear	Uni.	924	$10,261,025	$11,105	$79,091,969	11/15/91
17	Rocky III	UA	939	$12,431,486	$13,239	$124,146,897	5/28/82
18	Tootsie	Col.	943	$5,540,470	$5,875	$177,200,000	12/17/82
19	The Natural	TriS	989	$5,088,381	$5,144	$47,951,979	5/11/84
20	The Empire Strikes Back (Re-issue)	Fox	992	$3,949,478	$3,981	$13,276,241	11/19/82
21	Beetlejuice	WB	1,000	$8,030,897	$8,030	$73,707,461	4/1/88
22	Return of the Jedi	Fox	1,002	$23,019,618	$22,973	$252,583,617	5/25/83
23	The Terminator	Orion	1,005	$4,020,663	$4,000	$38,371,200	10/26/84
24	Three Men and a Baby	BV	1,006	$10,384,392	$10,322	$167,780,960	11/25/87
25	Postcards from the Edge	Col.	1,013	$7,871,856	$7,770	$39,071,603	9/14/90
26	Willow	MGM	1,024	$8,300,169	$8,105	$57,269,863	5/20/88
27	Top Gun	Par.	1,028	$8,193,052	$7,969	$176,786,701	5/16/86
28	Short Circuit	TriS	1,033	$5,346,808	$5,176	$40,697,761	5/9/86
29	Dead Ringers	Fox	1,042	$3,012,180	$2,890	$8,038,508	9/23/88
30	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	BV	1,045	$11,226,239	$10,742	$156,452,370	6/24/88
31	Jacob's Ladder	TriS	1,052	$7,500,760	$7,130	$26,118,851	11/2/90
32	Police Academy	WB	1,063	$8,570,007	$8,062	$81,198,894	3/23/84
33	Breakin'	Can.	1,069	$6,047,686	$5,657	$38,682,707	5/4/84
34	Goodfellas	WB	1,070	$6,368,901	$5,952	$46,836,214	9/19/90
35	Friday the 13th Part III	Par.	1,079	$9,406,522	$8,717	$34,581,519	8/13/82
36	Iron Eagle	TriS	1,080	$6,104,754	$5,652	$24,159,872	1/17/86
37	Once Bitten	Gold.	1,095	$4,025,657	$3,676	$10,000,000	11/15/85
39	Next Friday	NL	1,103	$14,465,156	$13,114	$57,328,603	1/12/00
38	E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial	Uni.	1,103	$11,835,389	$10,730	$359,197,037	6/11/82
40	King Solomon's Mines	Can.	1,122	$5,005,788	$4,461	$15,057,465	11/22/85
41	Creepshow	WB	1,127	$5,870,889	$5,209	$21,028,755	11/12/82
42	Easy Money	Orion	1,130	$5,844,974	$5,172	$29,309,766	8/19/83
43	Ishtar	Col.	1,139	$4,331,817	$3,803	$14,375,181	5/15/87
44	Cocoon	Fox	1,140	$7,936,427	$6,961	$76,113,124	6/21/85
45	Moon Over Parador	Uni.	1,145	$3,268,975	$2,855	$11,444,204	9/9/88
46	Porky's	Fox	1,148	$7,623,988	$6,641	$105,492,483	3/19/82
47	Missing in Action	Can.	1,150	$6,101,460	$5,305	$22,812,411	11/16/84
48	Gung Ho	Par.	1,150	$7,170,830	$6,235	$36,611,610	3/14/86
49	House Party 2	NL	1,165	$6,027,105	$5,173	$19,438,638	10/25/91
50	Stick	Uni.	1,173	$3,358,299	$2,863	$8,489,518	4/26/85
51	National Lampoon's Vacation	WB	1,175	$8,333,358	$7,092	$61,399,552	7/29/83
52	Legend	Uni.	1,187	$4,261,154	$3,589	$15,502,112	4/18/86
53	All of Me	Uni.	1,192	$5,803,848	$4,869	$36,403,064	9/21/84
54	The Fly	Fox	1,195	$7,007,423	$5,863	$40,456,565	8/15/86
55	Amityville II: The Possession	Orion	1,200	$4,104,277	$3,420	$12,534,817	9/24/82
56	Home Alone	Fox	1,202	$17,081,997	$14,211	$285,761,243	11/16/90
57	Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling	Col.	1,203	$4,879,107	$4,055	$18,034,150	5/2/86
58	CB4	Uni.	1,204	$6,122,450	$5,085	$17,953,778	3/12/93
59	Look Who's Talking	TriS	1,208	$12,107,784	$10,023	$140,088,813	10/13/89
60	Deal of the Century	WB	1,217	$3,520,605	$2,892	$10,369,581	11/4/83
61	Falling Down	WB	1,220	$8,724,452	$7,151	$40,903,593	2/26/93
62	Lone Wolf McQuade	Orion	1,221	$4,295,300	$3,517	$12,232,628	4/15/83
63	The Hunt for Red October	Par.	1,225	$17,161,835	$14,009	$122,012,643	3/2/90
64	Biloxi Blues	Uni.	1,239	$7,093,325	$5,725	$43,184,798	3/25/88
65	Other People's Money	WB	1,246	$5,012,332	$4,022	$25,682,090	10/18/91
66	Sea of Love	Uni.	1,246	$10,017,840	$8,040	$58,571,513	9/15/89
67	Blind Date	TriS	1,251	$7,531,273	$6,020	$39,321,715	3/27/87
68	Waiting to Exhale	Fox	1,253	$14,126,927	$11,274	$67,052,156	12/22/95
69	Amityville 3-D	Orion	1,254	$2,366,472	$1,887	$6,333,135	11/18/83
70	Lethal Weapon	WB	1,256	$6,829,949	$5,437	$65,207,127	3/6/87
71	The War of the Roses	Fox	1,259	$9,488,794	$7,536	$86,888,546	12/8/89
73	Scrooged	Par.	1,262	$13,027,842	$10,323	$60,328,558	11/23/88
72	Parenthood	Uni.	1,262	$10,506,450	$8,325	$100,047,830	8/2/89
74	Poetic Justice	Col.	1,273	$11,728,455	$9,213	$27,515,786	7/23/93
75	Romeo + Juliet	Fox	1,276	$11,133,231	$8,725	$46,351,345	11/1/96
76	Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip	Col.	1,277	$7,780,693	$6,092	$36,299,720	3/12/82
77	Pacific Heights	Fox	1,278	$6,912,637	$5,408	$29,381,956	9/28/90
78	The Exorcist III	Fox	1,288	$9,312,219	$7,229	$26,098,824	8/17/90
79	To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar	Uni.	1,294	$9,019,180	$6,970	$36,474,193	9/8/95
80	Jaws 3-D	Uni.	1,300	$13,422,500	$10,325	$45,517,055	7/22/83
81	Hard to Kill	WB	1,301	$9,213,631	$7,081	$47,410,827	2/9/90
82	Medicine Man	BV	1,304	$8,494,271	$6,514	$45,500,797	2/7/92
83	He Got Game	BV	1,319	$7,610,663	$5,770	$21,567,853	5/1/98
84	Flatliners	Col.	1,319	$10,034,685	$7,607	$61,489,265	8/10/90
85	The Karate Kid Part II	Col.	1,323	$12,652,336	$9,563	$115,103,979	6/20/86
87	Rocky IV	UA	1,325	$19,991,537	$15,087	$127,873,716	11/27/85
86	Pretty Woman	BV	1,325	$11,280,591	$8,513	$178,406,268	3/23/90
88	The Secret of My Success	Uni.	1,336	$7,766,452	$5,813	$66,995,879	4/10/87
89	Dragnet	Uni.	1,337	$10,542,669	$7,885	$57,387,516	6/26/87
90	Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone	Col.	1,338	$7,053,016	$5,271	$16,478,265	5/20/83
91	Pulp Fiction	Mira.	1,338	$9,311,882	$6,959	$107,928,762	10/14/94
92	Ghostbusters	Col.	1,339	$13,578,151	$10,140	$229,242,989	6/8/84
93	Critical Condition	Par.	1,343	$5,715,701	$4,255	$20,240,502	1/16/87
94	A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors	NL	1,343	$8,880,555	$6,612	$44,793,222	2/27/87
95	The Best Man	Uni.	1,346	$9,031,660	$6,710	$34,102,780	10/22/99
96	Dangerous Minds	BV	1,348	$14,931,503	$11,076	$84,919,401	8/11/95
97	Presumed Innocent	WB	1,349	$11,718,981	$8,687	$86,303,188	7/27/90
98	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	Par.	1,349	$16,881,888	$12,514	$109,713,132	11/26/86
99	Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise	Fox	1,351	$7,900,879	$5,848	$30,063,289	7/10/87
100	Child's Play	UA	1,377	$6,583,963	$4,781	$33,244,684	11/11/88
101	The Toy	Col.	1,381	$6,322,804	$4,578	$47,118,057	12/10/82
102	Oh, God! You Devil!	WB	1,384	$5,560,001	$4,017	$21,538,850	11/9/84
103	Footloose	Par.	1,384	$8,556,935	$6,182	$80,035,402	2/17/84
104	Young Guns	Fox	1,387	$7,011,393	$5,055	$45,661,556	8/12/88
105	Oscar	BV	1,388	$5,091,027	$3,667	$23,562,716	4/26/91
106	Eddie Murphy Raw	Par.	1,391	$9,077,324	$6,525	$50,504,655	12/18/87
108	Conan the Barbarian	Uni.	1,395	$9,603,139	$6,883	$39,565,475	5/14/82
107	The Land Before Time	Uni.	1,395	$7,526,025	$5,395	$48,092,846	11/18/88
109	Twins	Uni.	1,396	$11,174,980	$8,005	$111,938,388	12/9/88
110	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	Uni.	1,400	$11,874,268	$8,481	$69,701,637	7/23/82
111	Cocktail	BV	1,404	$11,789,466	$8,397	$78,222,753	7/29/88
112	Sleeping with the Enemy	Fox	1,406	$13,777,943	$9,799	$101,599,005	2/8/91
113	Death Becomes Her	Uni.	1,409	$12,110,355	$8,595	$58,422,650	7/31/92
114	Back to the Future	Uni.	1,420	$11,152,500	$7,853	$210,609,762	7/3/85
115	While You Were Sleeping	BV	1,421	$9,288,915	$6,536	$81,057,016	4/21/95
116	Alien Nation	Fox	1,430	$8,421,429	$5,889	$25,216,243	10/7/88
117	Malice	Col.	1,431	$9,232,650	$6,451	$46,405,336	10/1/93
118	Aliens	Fox	1,437	$10,052,042	$6,995	$85,160,248	7/18/86
119	Death Wish 3	Can.	1,460	$5,319,116	$3,643	$16,116,878	11/1/85
120	They Live	Uni.	1,463	$4,827,903	$3,300	$13,008,928	11/4/88
121	What About Bob?	BV	1,463	$9,216,334	$6,299	$63,707,829	5/17/91
122	Throw Momma From the Train	Orion	1,477	$7,318,878	$4,955	$57,915,972	12/11/87
123	Fletch Lives	Uni.	1,479	$8,045,760	$5,440	$35,150,960	3/17/89
124	Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Lions	1,483	$21,905,089	$14,770	$50,633,099	2/25/05
125	The Last of the Mohicans	Fox	1,491	$10,976,661	$7,361	$75,505,856	9/25/92
126	Spring Break	Col.	1,493	$5,908,574	$3,957	$24,071,666	3/25/83
127	Commando	Fox	1,495	$7,700,015	$5,150	$35,100,000	10/4/85
128	The Silence of the Lambs	Orion	1,497	$13,766,814	$9,196	$130,742,922	2/14/91
129	F/X 2	Orion	1,499	$5,455,058	$3,639	$21,082,165	5/10/91
130	Up Close and Personal	BV	1,506	$11,101,955	$7,371	$51,088,705	3/1/96
131	High Road to China	WB	1,508	$6,156,049	$4,082	$28,445,927	3/18/83
132	Natural Born Killers	WB	1,510	$11,166,687	$7,395	$50,282,766	8/26/94
133	Rising Sun	Fox	1,510	$15,195,941	$10,063	$63,179,523	7/30/93
134	The Fly II	Fox	1,524	$6,751,371	$4,430	$20,021,322	2/10/89
135	Sudden Impact	WB	1,530	$9,688,561	$6,332	$67,642,693	12/9/83
136	Beverly Hills Cop	Par.	1,532	$15,214,805	$9,931	$234,760,478	12/5/84
137	Tightrope	WB	1,535	$9,156,545	$5,965	$48,143,579	8/17/84
138	Blue Thunder	Col.	1,539	$8,258,149	$5,365	$42,313,354	5/13/83
139	Major League	Par.	1,541	$8,836,265	$5,734	$49,797,148	4/7/89
140	European Vacation	WB	1,546	$12,329,627	$7,975	$49,364,621	7/26/85
141	Never Say Never Again	WB	1,550	$10,958,157	$7,069	$55,432,841	10/7/83
142	Basic Instinct	TriS	1,567	$15,129,385	$9,655	$117,727,224	3/20/92
143	The Crow	Mira.	1,573	$11,774,332	$7,485	$50,693,129	5/13/94
144	The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!	Par.	1,576	$9,331,746	$5,921	$78,756,177	12/2/88
145	Robocop	Orion	1,580	$8,008,721	$5,068	$53,424,681	7/17/87
146	Pet Sematary	Par.	1,585	$12,046,179	$7,600	$57,469,467	4/21/89
147	Friday the 13th: Final Chapter	Par.	1,594	$11,183,148	$7,015	$32,980,880	4/13/84
148	Forrest Gump	Par.	1,595	$24,450,602	$15,329	$329,694,499	7/6/94
149	Guarding Tess	TriS	1,601	$7,065,213	$4,413	$27,058,304	3/11/94
150	Graveyard Shift	Par.	1,603	$5,082,300	$3,170	$11,582,891	10/26/90
151	Cop and a Half	Uni.	1,603	$6,027,285	$3,760	$31,889,691	4/2/93
154	Barbershop	MGM	1,605	$20,627,433	$12,851	$75,782,105	9/13/02
152	Back to School	Orion	1,605	$8,881,035	$5,533	$91,258,000	6/13/86
153	Mrs. Doubtfire	Fox	1,605	$20,468,847	$12,753	$219,195,243	11/24/93
155	Supergirl	TriS	1,608	$5,738,249	$3,568	$14,296,438	11/21/84
156	Black Rain	Par.	1,610	$9,677,102	$6,010	$46,212,055	9/22/89
157	Get Shorty	MGM	1,612	$12,700,007	$7,878	$72,101,622	10/20/95
158	Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment	WB	1,613	$10,675,896	$6,618	$55,600,000	3/29/85
159	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	Par.	1,621	$14,347,221	$8,850	$78,912,963	6/4/82
160	Predator	Fox	1,623	$12,031,638	$7,413	$59,735,548	6/12/87
161	Pleasantville	NL	1,636	$8,855,063	$5,412	$40,584,421	10/23/98
162	Honeymoon in Vegas	Col.	1,637	$7,318,157	$4,470	$35,208,854	8/28/92
163	Groundhog Day	Col.	1,640	$12,517,672	$7,632	$70,906,973	2/12/93
164	Staying Alive	Par.	1,660	$12,146,143	$7,316	$64,892,670	7/15/83
165	The Golden Child	Par.	1,667	$11,549,711	$6,928	$79,817,937	12/12/86
166	Disclosure	WB	1,675	$10,068,126	$6,010	$83,015,089	12/9/94
167	See No Evil, Hear No Evil	TriS	1,677	$7,098,741	$4,233	$46,908,987	5/12/89
168	Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers	Gal.	1,679	$6,831,250	$4,068	$17,768,757	10/21/88
169	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Par.	1,687	$25,337,110	$15,019	$179,870,271	5/23/84
170	Mo' Money	Col.	1,689	$12,385,415	$7,332	$40,227,006	7/24/92
171	The Running Man	TriS	1,692	$8,117,465	$4,797	$38,122,105	11/13/87
172	Indecent Proposal	Par.	1,694	$18,387,632	$10,854	$106,614,059	4/9/93
173	Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach	WB	1,700	$6,106,661	$3,592	$19,510,371	3/18/88
174	Pale Rider	WB	1,710	$9,119,111	$5,332	$41,410,568	6/28/85
175	Jack	BV	1,710	$11,191,496	$6,544	$58,620,973	8/9/96
176	Teachers	MGM	1,721	$7,013,366	$4,075	$27,774,237	10/5/84
177	French Kiss	Fox	1,721	$9,018,022	$5,239	$38,896,854	5/5/95
178	The Living Daylights	UA	1,728	$11,051,284	$6,395	$51,185,897	7/31/87
179	Sneakers	Uni.	1,731	$10,031,145	$5,795	$51,432,691	9/11/92
180	Passenger 57	WB	1,734	$10,513,925	$6,063	$44,065,653	11/6/92
181	Invasion U.S.A.	Can.	1,735	$6,891,609	$3,972	$17,536,256	9/27/85
182	Rumble in the Bronx	NL	1,736	$9,858,380	$5,678	$32,392,047	2/23/96
183	Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol	WB	1,750	$8,482,487	$4,847	$28,061,343	4/3/87
184	Ace Ventura: Pet Detective	WB	1,750	$12,115,105	$6,922	$72,217,396	2/4/94
185	Eye of the Beholder	Dest.	1,751	$5,959,447	$3,403	$16,500,786	1/28/00
186	The Craft	Sony	1,757	$6,710,995	$3,819	$24,819,936	5/3/96
187	Friday the 13th - Part V	Par.	1,759	$8,032,883	$4,566	$21,930,418	3/22/85
188	Superman III	WB	1,759	$13,352,357	$7,590	$59,950,623	6/17/83
189	No Escape	Sav.	1,763	$4,588,736	$2,602	$15,339,030	4/29/94
190	A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master	NL	1,765	$12,833,403	$7,271	$49,369,899	8/19/88
191	Wayne's World	Par.	1,768	$18,122,710	$10,250	$121,697,323	2/14/92
192	Darkman	Uni.	1,786	$8,054,860	$4,510	$33,878,502	8/24/90
193	Police Academy 3: Back in Training	WB	1,788	$9,049,586	$5,061	$43,579,163	3/21/86
194	John Carpenter's Vampires	Sony	1,793	$9,106,497	$5,078	$20,308,772	10/30/98
195	Friday the 13th Part VII	Par.	1,796	$8,245,038	$4,590	$19,170,001	5/13/88
196	Lethal Weapon 2	WB	1,803	$20,388,800	$11,308	$147,253,986	7/7/89
197	Uncle Buck	Uni.	1,804	$8,794,501	$4,875	$66,758,538	8/18/89
198	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country	Par.	1,804	$18,162,837	$10,068	$74,888,996	12/6/91
199	Code of Silence	Orion	1,810	$5,512,461	$3,045	$20,345,361	5/3/85
200	Red Dawn (1984)	MGM	1,822	$8,230,381	$4,517	$38,376,497	8/10/84

* 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.

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