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Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Opening*	% of Total	Theaters / Avg.		Total Gross^	Release
1	Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol	Par.	$12,785,204	6.2%	425	$30,083	$205,343,091	12/16/11
2	Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason	Uni.	$8,684,055	21.6%	530	$16,385	$40,226,215	11/12/04
3	Closer	Sony	$7,707,972	22.7%	476	$16,193	$33,987,757	12/3/04
4	Love Actually	Uni.	$6,886,080	11.5%	576	$11,955	$59,696,144	11/7/03
5	The Players Club	NL	$5,894,607	25.6%	593	$9,940	$23,047,939	4/10/98
6	Steel Magnolias	TriS	$5,425,440	6.5%	480	$11,303	$83,759,091	11/17/89
7	Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in Disney Digital 3-D (2007 re-issue)	BV	$5,330,101	36.8%	564	$9,450	$14,486,897	10/19/07
8	Colors	Orion	$4,747,118	10.2%	422	$11,249	$46,616,067	4/15/88
9	House Party	NL	$4,611,024	17.5%	520	$8,867	$26,385,627	3/9/90
10	Nuts	WB	$4,606,083	14.9%	536	$8,593	$30,950,002	11/20/87
11	Amistad	DW	$4,573,523	10.3%	322	$14,203	$44,229,441	12/10/97
12	Mo' Better Blues	Uni.	$4,387,360	27.2%	544	$8,065	$16,153,593	8/3/90
13	Munich	Uni.	$4,152,260	8.8%	532	$7,805	$47,403,685	12/23/05
14	Do the Right Thing	Uni.	$3,563,535	12.9%	353	$10,095	$27,545,445	6/30/89
15	Terms of Endearment	Par.	$3,498,813	3.2%	260	$13,456	$108,423,489	11/23/83
16	Dead Again	Par.	$3,479,395	9.2%	450	$7,731	$38,016,380	8/23/91
17	House of 1,000 Corpses	Lions	$3,460,666	27.4%	595	$5,816	$12,634,962	4/11/03
18	Religulous	LGF	$3,409,643	26.2%	502	$6,792	$13,011,160	10/1/08
19	Simon Birch	BV	$3,321,370	18.2%	596	$5,572	$18,253,415	9/11/98
20	An Officer and a Gentleman	Par.	$3,304,679	2.6%	346	$9,551	$129,795,554	7/30/82
21	Benny and Joon	MGM	$3,285,063	14.1%	408	$8,051	$23,261,580	4/16/93
22	Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D (2006)	BV	$3,277,004	37.7%	168	$19,505	$8,700,869	10/20/06
23	El Cantante	PicH	$3,202,035	42.4%	542	$5,907	$7,556,712	8/3/07
24	10 to Midnight	MGM	$3,050,225	42.5%	595	$5,126	$7,175,592	3/11/83
25	Yentl	MGM	$3,050,219	7.6%	501	$6,088	$40,218,899	11/18/83
26	Scoop	Focus	$3,046,924	29.0%	538	$5,663	$10,525,717	7/28/06
27	Cousins	Par.	$3,039,805	13.8%	535	$5,681	$22,026,369	2/10/89
28	School Ties	Par.	$3,020,071	20.5%	595	$5,075	$14,715,067	9/18/92
29	Wild at Heart	Gold.	$2,913,764	20.0%	532	$5,477	$14,560,247	8/17/90
30	Krush Groove	WB	$2,905,293	26.3%	519	$5,597	$11,052,713	10/25/85
31	The World According to Garp	WB	$2,902,088	9.8%	357	$8,129	$29,712,172	7/23/82
32	A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge	NL	$2,865,475	9.6%	522	$5,489	$29,999,213	11/1/85
33	Pride and Prejudice	Focus	$2,865,017	7.5%	215	$13,325	$38,405,088	11/11/05
34	Under the Same Moon	Wein.	$2,769,655	22.0%	266	$10,412	$12,590,147	3/19/08
35	Disorderlies	WB	$2,707,980	26.2%	544	$4,977	$10,348,437	8/14/87
36	Pocahontas	BV	$2,689,714	1.9%	6	$448,285	$141,579,773	6/16/95
37	Beauty and the Beast (IMAX)	BV	$2,589,334	10.2%	68	$38,078	$25,487,190	1/1/02
38	Fast Times at Ridgemont High	Uni.	$2,545,674	9.4%	498	$5,111	$27,092,880	8/13/82
39	You So Crazy	Gold.	$2,521,746	24.8%	417	$6,047	$10,184,701	4/29/94
40	A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy	WB	$2,514,478	27.7%	501	$5,018	$9,077,269	7/16/82
41	Ride	Mira.	$2,513,334	45.8%	496	$5,067	$5,485,295	3/27/98
42	Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day	Focus	$2,490,942	20.2%	535	$4,655	$12,313,694	3/7/08
43	Skin Deep	Fox	$2,460,262	12.5%	489	$5,031	$19,674,852	3/3/89
44	A Rage in Harlem	Mira.	$2,458,080	23.6%	540	$4,552	$10,438,504	5/3/91
45	If You Could See What I Hear	JenF	$2,408,000	27.7%	524	$4,595	$8,693,512	4/23/82
46	Chasing Papi	Fox	$2,404,557	39.2%	585	$4,110	$6,130,049	4/16/03
47	The Inkwell	BV	$2,358,988	26.6%	390	$6,048	$8,880,705	4/22/94
48	The Falcon and the Snowman	Orion	$2,358,846	13.8%	265	$8,901	$17,130,087	1/25/85
49	The Omega Code	Prov.	$2,354,362	18.7%	304	$7,744	$12,614,346	10/15/99
50	Woman, Thou Art Loosed	Magn.	$2,325,474	33.8%	408	$5,699	$6,879,730	10/1/04
51	The Age of Innocence	Col.	$2,317,289	7.2%	83	$27,919	$32,255,440	9/17/93
52	Almost Famous	DW	$2,314,646	7.1%	131	$17,669	$32,534,850	9/15/00
53	After Dark's Horror Fest: 8 Films to Die For	Free	$2,310,680	89.7%	488	$4,735	$2,575,000	11/17/06
54	Falling in Love	Par.	$2,293,710	20.6%	305	$7,520	$11,129,057	11/21/84
55	Fantasia 2000 (35mm & IMAX)	BV	$2,290,525	3.8%	54	$42,417	$60,655,420	1/1/00
56	Author! Author!	Fox	$2,279,260	17.4%	504	$4,522	$13,111,101	6/18/82
57	Bean	Gram.	$2,255,233	5.0%	242	$9,319	$45,319,423	10/17/97
58	Deathtrap	WB	$2,238,977	11.6%	341	$6,565	$19,282,134	3/19/82
59	The Sword in the Stone (Re-issue)	BV	$2,230,614	18.6%	487	$4,580	$12,000,000	3/25/83
60	Full Metal Jacket	WB	$2,217,307	4.8%	215	$10,313	$46,357,676	6/26/87
61	Tap	TriS	$2,217,150	24.3%	585	$3,790	$9,114,702	2/10/89
62	Angel	NW	$2,214,824	12.7%	330	$6,711	$17,488,564	1/13/84
63	Barney's Great Adventure	Poly	$2,203,865	18.0%	540	$4,081	$12,218,638	4/3/98
64	Foolish	Art.	$2,184,633	36.2%	305	$7,162	$6,033,999	4/9/99
65	Quest for Fire	Fox	$2,171,303	10.4%	223	$9,736	$20,959,585	2/12/82
66	Bad Boys (1983)	Uni.	$2,171,197	23.6%	468	$4,639	$9,190,819	3/25/83
67	My Family	NL	$2,164,840	19.5%	413	$5,241	$11,079,373	5/5/95
68	Babies	Focus	$2,160,460	29.5%	534	$4,046	$7,320,323	5/7/10
69	Revenge of the Ninja	MGM	$2,114,125	16.1%	432	$4,893	$13,168,027	9/9/83
70	A Mighty Wind	WB	$2,112,140	11.9%	133	$15,880	$17,781,006	4/16/03
71	Glengarry Glen Ross	NL	$2,104,402	19.6%	416	$5,058	$10,725,228	10/2/92
72	She's the One	FoxS	$2,088,492	21.9%	459	$4,550	$9,538,948	8/23/96
73	Chicago	Mira.	$2,074,929	1.2%	77	$26,947	$170,687,518	12/27/02
74	Children of the Corn	NW	$2,042,821	14.0%	350	$5,836	$14,568,989	3/9/84
75	Serial Mom	Sav.	$2,040,450	26.1%	502	$4,064	$7,820,688	4/13/94
76	Above the Law	WB	$2,037,938	10.8%	350	$5,822	$18,869,631	4/8/88
77	Rob Roy	MGM	$2,023,272	6.4%	133	$15,212	$31,596,911	4/7/95
78	Metalstorm	Uni.	$2,019,000	38.1%	549	$3,677	$5,301,085	8/19/83
79	Manhattan Murder Mystery	TriS	$2,015,360	17.8%	268	$7,520	$11,330,911	8/18/93
80	Duets	BV	$2,002,588	42.3%	581	$3,446	$4,739,023	9/15/00
81	Monty Python's The Meaning of Life	Uni.	$1,987,853	13.3%	257	$7,734	$14,929,552	4/1/83
82	Swing Kids	BV	$1,967,957	34.9%	542	$3,630	$5,632,086	3/5/93
83	Six Pack	Fox	$1,946,418	9.6%	504	$3,861	$20,225,989	7/16/82
84	My Name is Khan	FoxS	$1,944,027	48.4%	120	$16,200	$4,018,771	2/12/10
85	Children of a Lesser God	Par.	$1,909,084	6.0%	215	$8,879	$31,853,080	10/3/86
86	Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain	Code	$1,908,420	24.8%	98	$19,474	$7,706,436	9/9/11
87	Fly Me to the Moon	Sum.	$1,900,523	13.8%	452	$4,205	$13,816,982	8/15/08
88	The Philadelphia Experiment	NW	$1,877,000	23.2%	490	$3,830	$8,103,330	8/3/84
89	Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire	LGF	$1,872,458	3.9%	18	$104,025	$47,566,524	11/6/09
90	Death Wish II	Film	$1,871,487	11.6%	377	$4,964	$16,100,000	2/19/82
91	Shoot the Moon	MGM	$1,870,000	20.3%	585	$3,196	$9,217,530	1/22/82
92	The Missionary	Col.	$1,864,852	25.8%	532	$3,505	$7,241,180	11/5/82
93	Valley Girl	Atl	$1,856,780	10.7%	442	$4,200	$17,343,596	4/29/83
94	The Package	Orion	$1,851,673	17.4%	323	$5,732	$10,647,219	8/25/89
95	The Tailor of Panama	Sony	$1,837,068	13.4%	199	$9,231	$13,729,742	3/30/01
96	The Lion King (IMAX)	BV	$1,825,849	11.6%	66	$27,664	$15,686,215	12/27/02
97	Racing with the Moon	Par.	$1,803,432	29.8%	389	$4,636	$6,045,647	3/23/84
98	The Sword and the Sorcerer	Gr1	$1,798,879	4.6%	233	$7,720	$39,103,425	4/23/82
99	Om Shanti Om	Eros	$1,764,131	49.0%	114	$15,474	$3,597,372	11/9/07
100	Avenging Angel	NW	$1,755,264	31.2%	525	$3,343	$5,622,787	1/11/85
101	My Week with Marilyn	Wein.	$1,750,507	13.4%	244	$7,174	$13,030,599	11/23/11
102	Smokey & the Bandit Part III	Uni.	$1,728,060	30.4%	498	$3,470	$5,678,950	8/12/83
103	Ninja 3: The Domination	Can.	$1,727,546	22.7%	530	$3,259	$7,610,785	9/14/84
104	Tomboy	Crwn	$1,723,935	12.2%	409	$4,215	$14,100,000	1/25/85
105	The Sicilian	Fox	$1,720,351	31.8%	370	$4,649	$5,406,879	10/23/87
106	The House of the Spirits	Mira.	$1,719,085	27.4%	474	$3,626	$6,265,311	4/1/94
107	Vice Squad	Emb	$1,717,205	13.0%	510	$3,367	$13,253,583	1/22/82
108	The Color Purple	WB	$1,710,333	1.8%	192	$8,907	$94,175,854	12/20/85
109	1969	Atl	$1,709,120	28.6%	520	$3,286	$5,979,011	11/18/88
110	Birth	NL	$1,705,577	33.5%	550	$3,101	$5,095,038	10/29/04
111	Day of the Dead	UFD	$1,700,000	34.0%	168	$10,119	$5,000,000	7/19/85
112	Atlas Shrugged: Part I	RM	$1,686,347	36.4%	299	$5,640	$4,627,375	4/15/11
113	Don 2	Relbig.	$1,673,921	45.5%	157	$10,662	$3,680,306	12/22/11
114	Ski Patrol	Triu	$1,648,000	19.3%	515	$3,200	$8,533,973	1/12/90
115	3 Idiots	Relbig.	$1,645,502	25.2%	119	$13,828	$6,532,874	12/23/09
116	Tea with Mussolini	MGM	$1,633,183	11.3%	270	$6,048	$14,401,563	5/14/99
117	Ladron Que Roba A Ladron	LGF	$1,626,090	40.5%	340	$4,782	$4,011,254	8/31/07
118	All the Right Moves	Fox	$1,625,486	9.4%	442	$3,677	$17,233,166	10/21/83
119	Critters	NL	$1,618,800	12.3%	540	$2,997	$13,167,232	4/11/86
120	Millennium	Fox	$1,614,692	28.0%	486	$3,322	$5,777,099	8/25/89
121	The Right Stuff	WB	$1,601,167	7.6%	229	$6,991	$21,192,102	10/21/83
122	Flawless (1999)	MGM	$1,590,155	35.4%	478	$3,326	$4,488,529	11/26/99
123	Vigilante	FVI	$1,588,464	31.2%	250	$6,353	$5,091,888	3/4/83
124	Celebrity	Mira.	$1,588,013	31.3%	493	$3,221	$5,078,660	11/20/98
125	The Lion King	BV	$1,586,753	0.5%	2	$793,377	$312,855,561	6/15/94
126	To Save a Life	Gold.	$1,581,517	41.9%	441	$3,586	$3,777,210	1/22/10
127	Possession (2002)	Focus	$1,575,214	15.6%	270	$5,834	$10,113,733	8/16/02
128	Rize	Lions	$1,574,787	47.2%	352	$4,473	$3,336,391	6/24/05
129	Megiddo: The Omega Code II	8X	$1,573,454	26.0%	314	$5,011	$6,047,691	9/21/01
130	A Cry in the Dark	WB	$1,561,793	22.6%	334	$4,676	$6,908,797	11/11/88
131	The Remains of the Day	Col.	$1,528,982	6.6%	94	$16,265	$23,237,911	11/5/93
132	Desperately Seeking Susan	Orion	$1,526,098	5.6%	268	$5,694	$27,398,584	3/29/85
133	Radio Days	Orion	$1,522,423	10.3%	128	$11,893	$14,792,779	1/30/87
134	Cabin Boy	BV	$1,513,507	41.3%	593	$2,552	$3,662,459	1/7/94
135	Revenge of the Nerds	Fox	$1,513,090	3.7%	364	$4,156	$40,874,452	7/20/84
136	The Blair Witch Project	Art.	$1,512,054	1.1%	27	$56,002	$140,539,099	7/16/99
137	Tuff Turf	Orion	$1,509,380	16.1%	440	$3,430	$9,369,329	1/11/85
138	Passed Away	BV	$1,506,887	37.4%	582	$2,589	$4,030,793	4/24/92
139	The Seduction	Emb	$1,503,543	13.2%	597	$2,518	$11,378,339	1/22/82
140	The Road	W/Dim.	$1,502,231	18.5%	111	$13,534	$8,117,000	11/25/09
141	Shine a Light	ParV	$1,488,081	27.0%	276	$5,391	$5,505,267	4/4/08
142	The Show	Sav.	$1,482,892	54.9%	336	$4,413	$2,702,578	8/25/95
143	Bad Company (1995)	BV	$1,459,824	39.7%	302	$4,833	$3,674,841	1/20/95
144	Milk	Focus	$1,453,844	4.6%	36	$40,385	$31,841,299	11/26/08
145	NASCAR 3D: The IMAX Experience (IMAX)	WB	$1,452,639	6.7%	68	$21,362	$21,583,831	3/12/04
146	Weekend Pass	Crwn	$1,451,676	6.9%	399	$3,638	$21,058,033	2/3/84
147	The Hoax	Mira.	$1,449,320	20.2%	235	$6,167	$7,164,995	4/6/07
148	Eddie and the Cruisers	Emb	$1,444,886	30.2%	475	$3,041	$4,786,789	9/23/83
149	Black Swan	FoxS	$1,443,809	1.4%	18	$80,212	$106,954,678	12/3/10
150	Attack of the Clones: The IMAX Experience (IMAX)	Fox	$1,435,259	16.9%	58	$24,745	$8,485,488	11/1/02
151	Bon Cop, Bad Cop	All.	$1,433,259	11.3%	133	$10,776	$12,665,721	8/4/06
152	Silent Night, Deadly Night	TriS	$1,432,800	57.5%	398	$3,600	$2,491,460	11/9/84
153	Joysticks	JenF	$1,431,065	36.2%	310	$4,616	$3,952,448	3/4/83
154	Illegal Tender	Uni.	$1,425,915	45.9%	512	$2,784	$3,106,835	8/24/07
155	Before Sunrise	Sony	$1,423,537	25.7%	363	$3,921	$5,535,405	1/27/95
156	Into the West	Mira.	$1,410,414	29.4%	550	$2,564	$4,790,801	9/17/93
157	Ghosts of the Abyss (IMAX & 35mm)	BV	$1,408,474	8.3%	97	$14,520	$17,040,871	4/11/03
158	Crimes of the Heart	DEG	$1,402,921	6.1%	246	$5,702	$22,905,522	12/12/86
159	The Wraith	NCeV	$1,402,535	40.1%	588	$2,385	$3,500,000	11/21/86
160	New Jersey Drive	Gram.	$1,395,028	39.1%	210	$6,642	$3,565,508	4/21/95
161	Just Between Friends	Orion	$1,390,718	21.7%	352	$3,950	$6,408,791	3/21/86
162	Homework	JenF	$1,366,535	46.9%	262	$5,215	$2,914,328	8/27/82
163	Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna	Yash	$1,351,786	41.3%	64	$21,121	$3,275,444	8/11/06
164	Facing the Giants	IDP	$1,343,537	13.2%	441	$3,046	$10,178,331	9/29/06
165	The Perils of Gwendolyn in the Land of Yik Yak	Gold.	$1,337,274	100.0%	500	$2,674	$1,337,274	1/25/85
166	Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior	Magn.	$1,334,869	29.3%	387	$3,449	$4,563,167	2/11/05
167	Paid in Full	Mira.	$1,328,789	43.0%	268	$4,958	$3,090,862	10/25/02
168	Bella	RAtt.	$1,328,448	16.5%	165	$8,051	$8,070,537	10/26/07
169	Blame It On the Bellboy	BV	$1,326,472	42.7%	462	$2,871	$3,104,545	3/6/92
170	Wise Guys	MGM	$1,324,456	15.6%	338	$3,918	$8,475,466	4/18/86
171	Choke	FoxS	$1,319,286	45.1%	435	$3,033	$2,926,565	9/26/08
172	Let's Spend the Night Together	Emb	$1,319,050	34.5%	475	$2,776	$3,821,199	2/11/83
173	Seven Days in Utopia	Visio	$1,316,910	30.1%	561	$2,347	$4,373,074	9/2/11
174	Empire of the Sun	WB	$1,314,509	5.9%	225	$5,842	$22,238,696	12/11/87
175	Jodhaa Akbar	UTV	$1,300,000	37.8%	100	$13,000	$3,440,718	2/15/08
176	The Hitman	Can.	$1,290,442	27.7%	551	$2,342	$4,654,288	10/25/91
177	Death at a Funeral (2007)	MGM	$1,282,973	15.0%	260	$4,934	$8,580,428	8/17/07
178	A Nightmare on Elm Street	NL	$1,271,000	5.0%	165	$7,703	$25,504,513	11/9/84
179	Hannah and Her Sisters	Orion	$1,265,826	3.6%	54	$23,441	$35,392,203	2/7/86
180	Without a Clue	Orion	$1,246,772	14.6%	280	$4,452	$8,539,181	10/21/88
181	Love Aaj Kal	Eros	$1,241,762	51.1%	102	$12,174	$2,430,083	7/31/09
182	Short Time	Fox	$1,237,211	30.9%	557	$2,221	$4,010,647	5/4/90
183	No Country for Old Men	Mira.	$1,226,333	1.7%	28	$43,797	$74,283,625	11/9/07
184	Romeo Is Bleeding	Gram.	$1,225,737	37.4%	247	$4,962	$3,275,585	2/4/94
185	What's Love Got to Do with It	BV	$1,222,718	3.1%	58	$21,081	$39,100,956	6/11/93
186	The Polar Express (IMAX re-issue 2005)	WB	$1,222,220	11.2%	66	$18,518	$10,900,597	11/23/05
187	Silkwood	Fox	$1,218,322	3.4%	257	$4,740	$35,615,609	12/16/83
188	The Shipping News	Mira.	$1,205,174	10.5%	186	$6,479	$11,434,216	12/25/01
189	Exterminator II	Can.	$1,204,197	32.2%	535	$2,250	$3,739,406	9/14/84
190	Trailer Park Boys: The Movie	All.	$1,200,000	31.1%	181	$6,629	$3,860,678	10/6/06
191	Brainstorm	MGM	$1,196,965	11.7%	169	$7,082	$10,219,460	9/30/83
192	Gone with the Wind (Re-issue) (1998)	NL	$1,192,593	17.7%	214	$5,572	$6,750,112	6/26/98
193	The Descendants	FoxS	$1,190,096	1.8%	29	$41,038	$65,853,591	11/16/11
194	China Moon	Orion	$1,183,843	39.0%	377	$3,140	$3,038,499	3/4/94
195	Up in the Air	Par.	$1,181,450	1.4%	15	$78,763	$83,823,381	12/4/09
196	The Gods Must Be Crazy II	Col.	$1,180,803	18.8%	321	$3,678	$6,291,444	4/13/90
197	The Smurfs and the Magic Flute	Atl	$1,180,582	10.5%	183	$6,451	$11,234,220	10/7/83
198	Alphabet City	Atl	$1,172,292	16.7%	321	$3,652	$7,035,585	5/4/84
199	The Curse	TWE	$1,169,922	60.6%	326	$3,588	$1,930,001	9/11/87
200	N'Secure	Free	$1,166,406	44.9%	486	$2,400	$2,595,644	10/15/10

* Opening Weekend equals Fri-Sat-Sun. Movies that do not have a 3-day opening gross are not included on this chart. A movie is considered to be in wide release when it reaches 600 or more theaters. For movies that opened in limited release and later went wide, the wide date is used for the 1,000-3,000 charts. All movies opening in limited release (regardless if they later went wide) and shown on the less than 600 theaters chart.
^ Total Gross does not include additional releases, if any.

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