Biggest Opening Weekends Not Released on a Friday at the Box Office

OPENING WEEKENDS
FOR MOVIES NOT RELEASED ON A FRIDAY
Movies That Burnt Off Demand Before Their First Weekend

Rank Title (click to view) Studio Opening* % of Total Theaters Avg. Total Gross^ Date** / Day
1 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen P/DW $108,966,307 27.1% 4,234 $25,736 $402,111,870 6/24/2009 W

2 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Fox $108,435,841 28.5% 3,661 $29,619 $380,270,577 5/19/2005 Th

3 Shrek 2 DW $108,037,878 24.5% 4,163 $25,951 $441,226,247 5/19/2004 W

4 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Par. $100,137,835 31.6% 4,260 $23,507 $317,101,119 5/22/2008 Th

5 The Matrix Reloaded WB $91,774,413 32.6% 3,603 $25,471 $281,576,461 5/15/2003 Th

6 Spider-Man 2 Sony $88,156,227 23.6% 4,152 $21,232 $373,585,825 6/30/2004 W

7 The Passion of the Christ NM $83,848,082 22.6% 3,043 $27,554 $370,274,604 2/25/2004 W

8 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Fox $80,027,814 26.5% 3,161 $25,317 $302,191,252 5/16/2002 Th

9 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince WB $77,835,727 25.8% 4,325 $17,997 $301,959,197 7/15/2009 W

10 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix WB $77,108,414 26.4% 4,285 $17,994 $292,004,738 7/11/2007 W

11 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King NL $72,629,713 19.3% 3,703 $19,613 $377,027,325 12/17/2003 W

12 Transformers P/DW $70,502,384 22.1% 4,011 $17,577 $319,246,193 7/3/2007 Tu

13 War of the Worlds Par. $64,878,725 27.7% 3,908 $16,601 $234,280,354 6/29/2005 W

14 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Fox $64,820,970 15.0% 2,970 $21,825 $431,088,301 5/19/1999 W

15 Hancock Sony $62,603,879 27.5% 3,965 $15,789 $227,946,274 7/2/2008 W

16 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers NL $62,007,528 18.2% 3,622 $17,119 $339,789,881 12/18/2002 W

17 Mission: Impossible II Par. $57,845,297 26.9% 3,653 $15,835 $215,409,889 5/24/2000 W

18 Toy Story 2 BV $57,388,839 23.3% 3,236 $17,734 $245,852,179 11/24/1999 W

19 Superman Returns WB $52,535,096 26.3% 4,065 $12,923 $200,081,192 6/28/2006 W

20 Men in Black II Sony $52,148,751 27.4% 3,557 $14,660 $190,418,803 7/3/2002 W

21 Men in Black Sony $51,068,455 20.4% 3,020 $16,910 $250,690,539 7/2/1997 W

22 Jurassic Park III Uni. $50,771,645 28.0% 3,434 $14,784 $181,171,875 7/18/2001 W

23 Independence Day Fox $50,228,264 16.4% 2,882 $17,428 $306,169,268 7/3/1996 W

24 King Kong Uni. $50,130,145 23.0% 3,568 $14,049 $218,080,025 12/14/2005 W

25 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel Fox $48,875,415 22.4% 3,700 $13,210 $217,963,072 12/23/2009 W

26 Batman Begins WB $48,745,440 23.7% 3,858 $12,634 $205,343,774 6/15/2005 W

27 The Matrix Revolutions WB $48,475,154 34.8% 3,502 $13,842 $139,313,948 11/5/2003 W

28 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring NL $47,211,490 15.1% 3,359 $14,055 $313,364,114 12/19/2001 W

29 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl BV $46,630,690 15.3% 3,269 $14,264 $305,413,918 7/9/2003 W

30 Meet the Fockers Uni. $46,120,980 16.5% 3,518 $13,110 $279,261,160 12/22/2004 W

CHART NOTES
Only movies released Monday through Thursday are included.
* Weekend equals Fri-Sat-Sun. Movies that do not have a 3-day opening gross are not included on this chart.
^ Total Gross does include additional releases, if any.
** First weekend of wide release.

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