BIGGEST OPENINGS AT LESS THAN 600 THEATERS (1982-Present)
Rank Title (click to view) Studio Opening* % of Total Theaters / Avg. Total Gross^ Release 1 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Uni. $8,684,055 21.6% 530 $16,385 $40,226,215 11/12/04 2 Closer Sony $7,707,972 22.7% 476 $16,193 $33,987,757 12/3/04 3 Love Actually Uni. $6,886,080 11.5% 576 $11,955 $59,696,144 11/7/03 4 The Players Club NL $5,894,607 25.6% 593 $9,940 $23,047,939 4/10/98 5 Steel Magnolias TriS $5,425,440 6.5% 480 $11,303 $83,759,091 11/17/89 6 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 7 Colors Orion $4,747,118 10.2% 422 $11,249 $46,616,067 4/15/88 8 House Party NL $4,611,024 17.5% 520 $8,867 $26,385,627 3/9/90 9 Nuts WB $4,606,083 14.9% 536 $8,593 $30,950,002 11/20/87 10 Amistad DW $4,573,523 10.3% 322 $14,203 $44,229,441 12/10/97 11 Mo' Better Blues Uni. $4,387,360 27.2% 544 $8,065 $16,153,593 8/3/90 12 Munich Uni. $4,152,260 8.8% 532 $7,805 $47,403,685 12/23/05 13 Do the Right Thing Uni. $3,563,535 12.9% 353 $10,095 $27,545,445 6/30/89 14 Terms of Endearment Par. $3,498,813 3.2% 260 $13,456 $108,423,489 11/23/83 15 Dead Again Par. $3,479,395 9.2% 450 $7,731 $38,016,380 8/23/91 16 House of 1,000 Corpses Lions $3,460,666 27.4% 595 $5,816 $12,634,962 4/11/03 17 Religulous LGF $3,409,643 26.2% 502 $6,792 $13,011,160 10/1/08 18 Simon Birch BV $3,321,370 18.2% 596 $5,572 $18,253,415 9/11/98 19 An Officer and a Gentleman Par. $3,304,679 2.6% 346 $9,551 $129,795,554 7/30/82 20 Benny and Joon MGM $3,285,063 14.1% 408 $8,051 $23,261,580 4/16/93 21 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 22 El Cantante PicH $3,202,035 42.4% 542 $5,907 $7,556,712 8/3/07 23 10 to Midnight MGM $3,050,225 42.5% 595 $5,126 $7,175,592 3/11/83 24 Yentl MGM $3,050,219 7.6% 501 $6,088 $40,218,899 11/18/83 25 Scoop Focus $3,046,924 29.0% 538 $5,663 $10,525,717 7/28/06
* 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.
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