Biggest Opening Weekends Less Than 2,500 Theaters

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BIGGEST OPENINGS AT LESS THAN 2,500 THEATERS
(1982-Present)

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

Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Opening*	% of Total	Theaters / Avg.		Total Gross^	Release
1	8 Mile	Uni.	$51,240,555	43.9%	2,470	$20,745	$116,750,901	11/8/02
2	Jurassic Park	Uni.	$47,026,828	13.2%	2,404	$19,561	$357,067,947	6/11/93
3	Twister	WB	$41,059,405	17.0%	2,414	$17,008	$241,721,524	5/10/96
4	Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail	LGF	$41,030,947	45.3%	2,032	$20,192	$90,508,336	2/20/09
5	Batman	WB	$40,489,746	16.1%	2,194	$18,454	$251,188,924	6/23/89
6	Star Wars (Special Edition)	Fox	$35,906,661	26.0%	2,104	$17,065	$138,257,865	1/31/97
7	The Devil Inside	Par.	$33,732,515	63.3%	2,285	$14,763	$53,261,944	1/6/12
8	Think Like a Man	SGem	$33,636,303	36.7%	2,015	$16,693	$91,547,205	4/20/12
9	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	TriS	$31,765,506	15.5%	2,274	$13,969	$204,843,345	7/3/91
10	The Truman Show	Par.	$31,542,121	25.1%	2,315	$13,625	$125,618,201	6/5/98
11	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	Fox	$31,126,882	17.9%	2,222	$14,008	$173,585,516	11/20/92
12	Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour	BV	$31,117,834	47.7%	683	$45,561	$65,281,781	2/1/08
13	Saving Private Ryan	DW	$30,576,104	14.1%	2,463	$12,414	$216,540,909	7/24/98
14	Bram Stoker's Dracula	Col.	$30,521,679	37.0%	2,491	$12,252	$82,522,790	11/13/92
15	The Lion King (in 3D)	BV	$30,151,614	32.0%	2,330	$12,941	$94,242,001	9/16/11
16	Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion	LGF	$30,030,661	47.5%	2,194	$13,687	$63,257,940	2/24/06
17	The Flintstones	Uni.	$29,688,730	22.7%	2,498	$11,885	$130,531,208	5/27/94
18	Ghostbusters II	Col.	$29,472,894	26.2%	2,410	$12,229	$112,494,738	6/16/89
19	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Par.	$29,355,021	14.9%	2,327	$12,614	$197,171,806	5/24/89
20	Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?	LGF	$29,289,537	48.7%	2,155	$13,591	$60,095,852	4/2/10
21	The Blair Witch Project	Art.	$29,207,381	20.8%	1,101	$26,528	$140,539,099	7/16/99
22	Toy Story	BV	$29,140,617	15.2%	2,457	$11,860	$191,796,233	11/22/95
23	Back to the Future Part II	Uni.	$27,835,125	23.5%	1,865	$14,925	$118,450,002	11/22/89
24	Jarhead	Uni.	$27,726,210	44.3%	2,411	$11,499	$62,658,220	11/4/05
25	The Sixth Sense	BV	$26,681,262	9.1%	2,161	$12,346	$293,506,292	8/6/99
26	Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan	Fox	$26,455,463	20.6%	837	$31,607	$128,505,958	11/3/06
27	Beverly Hills Cop II	Par.	$26,348,555	17.2%	2,326	$11,327	$153,665,036	5/20/87
28	True Lies	Fox	$25,869,770	17.7%	2,368	$10,924	$146,282,411	7/15/94
29	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	WB	$25,625,602	15.5%	2,369	$10,817	$165,493,908	6/14/91
30	Total Recall	Sony	$25,533,700	21.4%	2,060	$12,395	$119,394,840	6/1/90
31	The Nutty Professor (1996)	Uni.	$25,411,725	19.7%	2,115	$12,015	$128,814,019	6/28/96
32	The Firm	Par.	$25,400,000	16.0%	2,393	$10,614	$158,348,367	7/2/93
33	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	NL	$25,398,367	18.8%	2,006	$12,661	$135,265,915	3/30/90
34	Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection	LGF	$25,390,575	38.7%	2,161	$11,749	$65,653,242	6/29/12
35	Apollo 13	Uni.	$25,353,380	14.7%	2,197	$11,540	$172,071,312	6/30/95
36	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Par.	$25,337,110	14.1%	1,687	$15,019	$179,870,271	5/23/84
37	The Rock	BV	$25,069,525	18.7%	2,392	$10,480	$134,069,511	6/7/96
38	Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family	LGF	$25,068,677	47.0%	2,288	$10,957	$53,345,287	4/22/11
39	Flight	Par.	$24,900,566	26.6%	1,884	$13,217	$93,772,375	11/2/12
40	Eraser	WB	$24,566,446	24.3%	2,410	$10,193	$101,295,562	6/21/96
41	Forrest Gump	Par.	$24,450,602	7.4%	1,595	$15,329	$329,694,499	7/6/94
42	The Addams Family	Par.	$24,203,754	21.3%	2,411	$10,038	$113,502,426	11/22/91
43	White Noise	Uni.	$24,113,565	42.8%	2,261	$10,665	$56,386,759	1/7/05
44	Fahrenheit 9/11	Lions	$23,920,637	20.1%	868	$27,558	$119,194,771	6/23/04
45	The Fugitive	WB	$23,758,855	12.9%	2,340	$10,153	$183,875,760	8/6/93
46	Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself	LGF	$23,446,785	45.3%	2,255	$10,398	$51,733,921	9/11/09
47	Save the Last Dance	Par.	$23,444,930	25.8%	2,230	$10,513	$91,057,006	1/12/01
48	Mortal Kombat	NL	$23,283,887	33.1%	2,421	$9,617	$70,454,098	8/18/95
49	The Mask	NL	$23,117,068	19.3%	2,360	$9,795	$119,938,730	7/29/94
50	Return of the Jedi	Fox	$23,019,618	9.1%	1,002	$22,973	$252,583,617	5/25/83
51	Dick Tracy	BV	$22,543,911	21.7%	2,332	$9,667	$103,738,726	6/15/90
52	Road to Perdition	DW	$22,079,481	21.1%	1,797	$12,286	$104,454,762	7/12/02
53	The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition)	Fox	$21,975,993	32.5%	2,111	$10,410	$67,597,694	2/21/97
54	Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Lions	$21,905,089	43.3%	1,483	$14,770	$50,633,099	2/25/05
55	Stomp the Yard	SGem	$21,833,312	35.6%	2,051	$10,645	$61,356,221	1/12/07
56	Shaft	Par.	$21,714,757	30.9%	2,337	$9,291	$70,334,258	6/16/00
57	Eyes Wide Shut	WB	$21,706,163	39.0%	2,411	$9,002	$55,691,208	7/16/99
58	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony	$21,678,377	17.1%	2,134	$10,158	$127,120,029	6/20/97
59	Tyler Perry's Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor	LGF	$21,641,679	41.7%	2,047	$10,572	$51,872,173	3/29/13
60	Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?	LGF	$21,353,789	38.7%	2,011	$10,618	$55,204,525	10/12/07
61	Waterworld	Uni.	$21,171,780	24.0%	2,268	$9,335	$88,246,220	7/28/95
62	Lincoln	BV	$21,049,406	11.6%	1,775	$11,859	$182,207,973	11/9/12
63	The Strangers	Rog.	$20,997,985	39.9%	2,466	$8,515	$52,597,610	5/30/08
64	Remember the Titans	BV	$20,905,831	18.1%	1,865	$11,210	$115,654,751	9/29/00
65	Seabiscuit	Uni.	$20,854,735	17.3%	1,989	$10,485	$120,277,854	7/25/03
66	The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear	Par.	$20,817,139	24.0%	2,378	$8,754	$86,930,411	6/28/91
67	Step Up	BV	$20,659,573	31.6%	2,467	$8,374	$65,328,121	8/11/06
68	Barbershop	MGM	$20,627,433	27.2%	1,605	$12,851	$75,782,105	9/13/02
69	Contact	WB	$20,584,908	20.4%	1,923	$10,704	$100,920,329	7/11/97
70	Takers	SGem	$20,512,304	35.5%	2,206	$9,298	$57,744,720	8/27/10
71	Notorious (2009)	FoxS	$20,497,596	55.6%	1,638	$12,514	$36,843,682	1/16/09
72	Mrs. Doubtfire	Fox	$20,468,847	9.3%	1,605	$12,753	$219,195,243	11/24/93
73	Lethal Weapon 2	WB	$20,388,800	13.9%	1,803	$11,308	$147,253,986	7/7/89
74	Clear and Present Danger	Par.	$20,348,017	16.7%	2,378	$8,556	$122,187,717	8/5/94
75	John Q.	NL	$20,275,194	28.3%	2,466	$8,221	$71,756,802	2/15/02
76	Rambo: First Blood Part II	TriS	$20,176,217	13.4%	2,074	$9,728	$150,415,432	5/22/85
77	Beavis and Butt-Head Do America	Par.	$20,114,233	31.9%	2,190	$9,184	$63,118,386	12/20/96
78	Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns	LGF	$20,082,809	47.8%	2,006	$10,011	$41,975,388	3/21/08
79	Ray	Uni.	$20,039,730	26.6%	2,006	$9,989	$75,331,600	10/29/04
80	Enemy of the State	BV	$20,038,573	18.0%	2,393	$8,373	$111,549,836	11/20/98
81	Julie & Julia	Sony	$20,027,956	21.3%	2,354	$8,508	$94,125,426	8/7/09
82	Rocky IV	UA	$19,991,537	15.6%	1,325	$15,087	$127,873,716	11/27/85
83	The Unborn (2009)	Uni.	$19,810,585	46.4%	2,357	$8,405	$42,670,410	1/9/09
84	Paranormal Activity	Par.	$19,617,650	18.2%	760	$25,813	$107,918,810	9/25/09
85	Hostel	Lions	$19,556,099	41.3%	2,195	$8,909	$47,326,473	1/6/06
86	For Colored Girls	LGF	$19,497,324	51.7%	2,127	$9,167	$37,729,698	11/5/10
87	Alien 3	Fox	$19,449,867	35.1%	2,227	$8,733	$55,473,545	5/22/92
88	The Santa Clause	BV	$19,321,992	13.3%	2,183	$8,851	$144,833,357	11/11/94
89	Aladdin	BV	$19,289,073	8.9%	1,131	$17,054	$217,350,219	11/13/92
90	Gothika	WB	$19,288,438	32.3%	2,382	$8,097	$59,694,580	11/21/03
91	Stepmom	Sony	$19,142,440	21.0%	2,358	$8,118	$91,137,662	12/25/98
92	Back to the Future Part III	Uni.	$19,089,645	21.8%	2,019	$9,455	$87,727,583	5/25/90
93	The Score	Par.	$19,018,807	26.8%	2,129	$8,933	$71,107,711	7/13/01
94	The First Wives Club	Par.	$18,913,411	17.9%	1,922	$9,840	$105,489,203	9/20/96
95	Step Up 2 the Streets	BV	$18,908,826	32.6%	2,470	$7,655	$58,017,783	2/14/08
96	Crimson Tide	BV	$18,612,190	20.4%	2,382	$7,813	$91,387,195	5/12/95
97	Patriot Games	Par.	$18,511,191	22.2%	2,365	$7,827	$83,351,587	6/5/92
98	Indecent Proposal	Par.	$18,387,632	17.3%	1,694	$10,854	$106,614,059	4/9/93
99	Saw	Lions	$18,276,468	33.1%	2,315	$7,894	$55,185,045	10/29/04
100	The Birdcage	MGM	$18,275,828	14.7%	1,950	$9,372	$124,060,553	3/8/96
101	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country	Par.	$18,162,837	24.3%	1,804	$10,068	$74,888,996	12/6/91
102	A Haunted House	ORF	$18,101,682	45.2%	2,160	$8,380	$40,041,683	1/11/13
103	Hero	Mira.	$18,004,319	33.5%	2,031	$8,864	$53,710,019	8/27/04
104	This Christmas	SGem	$17,958,183	36.6%	1,858	$9,665	$49,121,934	11/21/07
105	Wolf	Col.	$17,911,366	27.6%	2,117	$8,460	$65,002,597	6/17/94
106	Snow Dogs	BV	$17,814,259	22.0%	2,302	$7,738	$81,172,560	1/18/02
107	First Sunday	SGem	$17,714,821	46.7%	2,213	$8,004	$37,931,869	1/11/08
108	The Cell	NL	$17,515,050	28.6%	2,411	$7,264	$61,334,059	8/18/00
109	Chicken Run	DW	$17,506,162	16.4%	2,491	$7,027	$106,834,564	6/23/00
110	Legion (2010)	SGem	$17,501,625	43.6%	2,476	$7,069	$40,168,080	1/22/10
111	Michael	NL	$17,435,711	18.3%	2,141	$8,143	$95,318,203	12/25/96
112	Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys	LGF	$17,381,218	46.8%	2,070	$8,397	$37,105,289	9/12/08
113	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier	Par.	$17,375,648	33.3%	2,202	$7,890	$52,210,049	6/9/89
114	Bring It On	Uni.	$17,362,105	25.4%	2,380	$7,295	$68,379,000	8/25/00
115	Sleepless in Seattle	TriS	$17,253,733	13.6%	1,579	$10,927	$126,680,884	6/25/93
116	Antz	DW	$17,195,160	19.0%	2,449	$7,021	$90,757,863	10/2/98
117	The Client	WB	$17,174,262	18.6%	2,052	$8,369	$92,115,211	7/22/94
118	Species	MGM	$17,161,943	28.6%	2,310	$7,429	$60,074,103	7/7/95
119	The Hunt for Red October	Par.	$17,161,835	14.1%	1,225	$14,009	$122,012,643	3/2/90
120	Home Alone	Fox	$17,081,997	6.0%	1,202	$14,211	$285,761,243	11/16/90
121	Blade	NL	$17,073,856	24.4%	2,322	$7,353	$70,087,718	8/21/98
122	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	Par.	$16,881,888	15.4%	1,349	$12,514	$109,713,132	11/26/86
123	The Pelican Brief	WB	$16,864,404	16.7%	1,993	$8,461	$100,768,056	12/17/93
124	Coraline	Focus	$16,849,640	22.4%	2,299	$7,329	$75,286,229	2/6/09
125	Mortal Kombat: Annihilation	NL	$16,771,694	46.7%	2,140	$7,837	$35,927,406	11/21/97
126	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	Par.	$16,673,295	21.8%	1,966	$8,480	$76,471,046	6/1/84
127	Stargate	MGM	$16,651,018	23.3%	2,033	$8,190	$71,567,262	10/28/94
128	Anaconda	Sony	$16,620,887	25.2%	2,456	$6,767	$65,885,767	4/11/97
129	The Bodyguard	WB	$16,611,793	13.6%	1,717	$9,674	$121,945,720	11/25/92
130	A Beautiful Mind	Uni.	$16,565,820	9.7%	1,853	$8,940	$170,742,341	12/21/01
131	I Still Know What You Did Last Summer	Sony	$16,520,038	41.3%	2,443	$6,762	$40,002,112	11/13/98
132	Alien Resurrection	Fox	$16,474,092	34.5%	2,415	$6,821	$47,795,658	11/26/97
133	Dumb and Dumber	NL	$16,363,442	12.9%	2,447	$6,687	$127,175,374	12/16/94
134	The Recruit	BV	$16,302,063	30.9%	2,376	$6,861	$52,802,140	1/31/03
135	Holes	BV	$16,300,155	24.2%	2,331	$6,992	$67,406,573	4/18/03
136	Return of the Jedi (Special Edition)	Fox	$16,293,531	35.8%	2,111	$7,718	$45,470,437	3/14/97
137	The Saint	Par.	$16,278,873	26.5%	2,307	$7,056	$61,363,304	4/4/97
138	Death at a Funeral (2010)	SGem	$16,217,540	38.0%	2,459	$6,595	$42,739,347	4/16/10
139	Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins	Uni.	$16,207,730	38.2%	2,387	$6,790	$42,436,517	2/8/08
140	Cliffhanger	TriS	$16,176,967	19.3%	2,333	$6,933	$84,049,211	5/28/93
141	Phenomenon	BV	$16,158,901	15.4%	1,637	$9,871	$104,636,382	7/5/96
142	You Got Served	SGem	$16,123,105	39.9%	1,933	$8,340	$40,363,810	1/30/04
143	Harlem Nights	Par.	$16,096,808	26.5%	2,180	$7,383	$60,864,870	11/17/89
144	The Crazies	Over.	$16,067,552	41.1%	2,476	$6,489	$39,123,589	2/26/10
145	She's All That	Mira.	$16,065,430	25.4%	2,222	$7,230	$63,366,989	1/29/99
146	Step Up 3-D	BV	$15,812,311	37.3%	2,435	$6,494	$42,400,223	8/6/10
147	Tyler Perry's Good Deeds	LGF	$15,583,924	44.5%	2,132	$7,310	$35,025,791	2/24/12
148	Broken Arrow (1996)	Fox	$15,583,510	22.0%	2,388	$6,525	$70,770,147	2/9/96
149	Bad Boys	Sony	$15,523,358	23.6%	2,132	$7,281	$65,807,024	4/7/95
150	Traffic	USA	$15,517,549	12.5%	1,510	$10,276	$124,115,725	12/27/00
151	A Few Good Men	Col.	$15,517,468	11.0%	1,925	$8,061	$141,340,178	12/11/92
152	Vertical Limit	Sony	$15,507,845	22.4%	2,307	$6,722	$69,243,859	12/8/00
153	Days of Thunder	Par.	$15,490,445	18.7%	2,307	$6,714	$82,670,733	6/29/90
154	City of Angels	WB	$15,369,048	19.5%	2,212	$6,948	$78,685,114	4/10/98
155	Last Action Hero	Col.	$15,338,241	30.7%	2,306	$6,651	$50,016,394	6/18/93
156	Bird on a Wire	Uni.	$15,338,160	21.6%	1,944	$7,890	$70,978,012	5/18/90
157	In the Line of Fire	Col.	$15,269,388	14.9%	1,903	$8,023	$102,314,823	7/9/93
158	Jumping the Broom	TriS	$15,215,487	40.8%	2,035	$7,477	$37,295,394	5/6/11
159	Beverly Hills Cop	Par.	$15,214,805	6.5%	1,532	$9,931	$234,760,478	12/5/84
160	Varsity Blues	Par.	$15,204,148	28.7%	2,121	$7,168	$52,894,169	1/15/99
161	Rising Sun	Fox	$15,195,941	24.1%	1,510	$10,063	$63,179,523	7/30/93
162	The Jackal	Uni.	$15,164,595	27.6%	2,193	$6,915	$54,930,280	11/14/97
163	A Civil Action	BV	$15,163,484	26.7%	1,802	$8,414	$56,709,981	12/25/98
164	Basic Instinct	TriS	$15,129,385	12.9%	1,567	$9,655	$117,727,224	3/20/92
165	Orange County	Par.	$15,053,226	36.7%	2,317	$6,496	$41,076,018	1/11/02
166	Dragonheart	Uni.	$15,027,150	29.3%	2,130	$7,055	$51,367,375	5/31/96
167	Phone Booth	Fox	$15,021,088	32.3%	2,481	$6,054	$46,566,212	4/4/03
168	In & Out	Par.	$15,019,821	23.5%	1,992	$7,540	$63,856,929	9/19/97
169	Unforgiven	WB	$15,018,007	14.9%	2,071	$7,251	$101,157,447	8/7/92
170	The Ring	DW	$15,015,393	11.6%	1,981	$7,579	$129,128,133	10/18/02
171	Apocalypto	BV	$15,005,604	29.5%	2,465	$6,087	$50,866,635	12/8/06
172	Lakeview Terrace	SGem	$15,004,672	38.2%	2,464	$6,090	$39,263,506	9/19/08
173	Dangerous Minds	BV	$14,931,503	17.6%	1,348	$11,076	$84,919,401	8/11/95
174	A Time to Kill	WB	$14,823,159	13.6%	2,123	$6,982	$108,766,007	7/26/96
175	The Prestige	BV	$14,801,808	27.9%	2,281	$6,489	$53,089,891	10/20/06
176	White Men Can't Jump	Fox	$14,711,124	19.3%	1,923	$7,650	$76,253,806	3/27/92
177	Ali	Sony	$14,710,892	25.3%	2,446	$6,014	$58,203,105	12/25/01
178	Hope Springs	Sony	$14,650,121	23.1%	2,361	$6,205	$63,536,011	8/8/12
179	Smokin' Aces	Uni.	$14,638,755	40.9%	2,218	$6,599	$35,787,686	1/26/07
180	Private Parts	Par.	$14,616,333	35.5%	2,138	$6,836	$41,230,799	3/7/97
181	The Thomas Crown Affair	MGM	$14,600,719	21.1%	2,427	$6,015	$69,305,181	8/6/99
182	Cold Mountain	Mira.	$14,574,213	15.2%	2,163	$6,737	$95,636,509	12/25/03
183	Crossroads	Par.	$14,527,187	39.1%	2,380	$6,103	$37,191,304	2/15/02
184	Nanny McPhee	Uni.	$14,503,650	30.8%	1,995	$7,270	$47,144,110	1/27/06
185	Next Friday	NL	$14,465,156	25.2%	1,103	$13,114	$57,328,603	1/12/00
186	Speed	Fox	$14,456,194	11.9%	2,138	$6,761	$121,248,145	6/10/94
187	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	Par.	$14,347,221	18.2%	1,621	$8,850	$78,912,963	6/4/82
188	The Game	Poly	$14,337,029	29.7%	2,403	$5,966	$48,323,648	9/12/97
189	In Good Company	Uni.	$14,289,750	31.2%	1,566	$9,125	$45,806,659	12/29/04
190	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids	BV	$14,262,961	10.9%	1,371	$10,403	$130,724,172	6/23/89
191	Demolition Man	WB	$14,262,432	24.6%	2,246	$6,350	$58,055,768	10/8/93
192	8MM	Sony	$14,252,888	38.9%	2,370	$6,013	$36,663,315	2/26/99
193	Quarantine	SGem	$14,211,321	44.8%	2,461	$5,775	$31,691,811	10/10/08
194	Hope Floats	Fox	$14,210,464	23.7%	2,367	$6,004	$60,053,195	5/29/98
195	Robocop 2	Orion	$14,145,411	31.0%	1,768	$8,000	$45,681,173	6/22/90
196	The Last House on the Left (2009)	Uni.	$14,118,685	43.1%	2,401	$5,880	$32,752,215	3/13/09
197	Anastasia	Fox	$14,104,933	24.2%	2,140	$6,591	$58,406,347	11/14/97
198	Dreamgirls	P/DW	$14,100,050	13.6%	852	$16,549	$103,365,956	12/15/06
199	The Others	Mira.	$14,089,952	14.6%	1,678	$8,396	$96,522,687	8/10/01
200	Rocky V	UA	$14,073,170	34.4%	2,053	$6,854	$40,946,358	11/16/90

* 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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