> ALL TIME > OPENINGS UNDER 600 THEATERS
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BIGGEST OPENINGS AT LESS THAN 600 THEATERS
(1982-Present)


Note: This chart only shows the top 200 movies, regardless of sorting.
RowRankTitle (click to view)StudioOpening*% of TotalTheaters / Avg.Total Gross^Release
1 149 The Seduction Emb $1,503,543 13.2% 597 $2,518 $11,378,339 1/22/82
2 20 Simon Birch BV $3,321,370 18.2% 596 $5,572 $18,253,415 9/11/98
3 29 School Ties Par. $3,020,071 20.5% 595 $5,075 $14,715,067 9/18/92
4 18 House of 1,000 Corpses Lions $3,460,666 27.4% 595 $5,816 $12,634,962 4/11/03
5 25 10 to Midnight MGM $3,050,225 42.5% 595 $5,126 $7,175,592 3/11/83
6 5 The Players Club NL $5,894,607 25.6% 593 $9,940 $23,047,939 4/10/98
7 144 Cabin Boy BV $1,513,507 41.3% 593 $2,552 $3,662,459 1/7/94
8 170 The Wraith NCeV $1,402,535 40.1% 588 $2,385 $3,500,000 11/21/86
9 97 Shoot the Moon MGM $1,870,000 20.3% 585 $3,196 $9,217,530 1/22/82
10 63 Tap TriS $2,217,150 24.3% 585 $3,790 $9,114,702 2/10/89
11 47 Chasing Papi Fox $2,404,557 39.2% 585 $4,110 $6,130,049 4/16/03
12 148 Passed Away BV $1,506,887 37.4% 582 $2,589 $4,030,793 4/24/92
13 84 Duets BV $2,002,588 42.3% 581 $3,446 $4,739,023 9/15/00
14 4 Love Actually Uni. $6,886,080 11.5% 576 $11,955 $59,696,144 11/7/03
15 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
16 185 Seven Days in Utopia Visio $1,316,910 30.1% 561 $2,347 $4,373,074 9/2/11
17 195 Short Time Fox $1,237,211 30.9% 557 $2,221 $4,010,647 5/4/90
18 188 The Hitman Can. $1,290,442 27.7% 551 $2,342 $4,654,288 10/25/91
19 116 Birth NL $1,705,577 33.5% 550 $3,101 $5,095,038 10/29/04
20 167 Into the West Mira. $1,410,414 29.4% 550 $2,564 $4,790,801 9/17/93
21 82 Metalstorm Uni. $2,019,000 38.1% 549 $3,677 $5,301,085 8/19/83
22 13 Mo' Better Blues Uni. $4,387,360 27.2% 544 $8,065 $16,153,593 8/3/90
23 36 Disorderlies WB $2,707,980 26.2% 544 $4,977 $10,348,437 8/14/87
24 24 El Cantante PicH $3,202,035 42.4% 542 $5,907 $7,556,712 8/3/07
25 87 Swing Kids BV $1,967,957 34.9% 542 $3,630 $5,632,086 3/5/93
26 128 Critters NL $1,618,800 12.3% 540 $2,997 $13,167,232 4/11/86
27 66 Barney's Great Adventure Poly $2,203,865 18.0% 540 $4,081 $12,218,638 4/3/98
28 45 A Rage in Harlem Mira. $2,458,080 23.6% 540 $4,552 $10,438,504 5/3/91
29 27 Scoop Focus $3,046,924 29.0% 538 $5,663 $10,525,717 7/28/06
30 11 Nuts WB $4,606,083 14.9% 536 $8,593 $30,950,002 11/20/87
31 28 Cousins Par. $3,039,805 13.8% 535 $5,681 $22,026,369 2/10/89
32 43 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Focus $2,490,942 20.2% 535 $4,655 $12,313,694 3/7/08
33 71 Babies Focus $2,160,460 29.5% 534 $4,046 $7,320,323 5/7/10
34 14 Munich Uni. $4,152,260 8.8% 532 $7,805 $47,403,685 12/23/05
35 30 Wild at Heart Gold. $2,913,764 20.0% 532 $5,477 $14,560,247 8/17/90
36 98 The Missionary Col. $1,864,852 25.8% 532 $3,505 $7,241,180 11/5/82
37 2 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Uni. $8,684,055 21.6% 530 $16,385 $40,226,215 11/12/04
38 109 Ninja 3: The Domination Can. $1,727,546 22.7% 530 $3,259 $7,610,785 9/14/84
39 106 Avenging Angel NW $1,755,264 31.2% 525 $3,343 $5,622,787 1/11/85
40 46 If You Could See What I Hear JenF $2,408,000 27.7% 524 $4,595 $8,693,512 4/23/82
41 33 A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge NL $2,865,475 9.6% 522 $5,489 $29,999,213 11/1/85
42 10 House Party NL $4,611,024 17.5% 520 $8,867 $26,385,627 3/9/90
43 115 1969 Atl $1,709,120 28.6% 520 $3,286 $5,979,011 11/18/88
44 31 Krush Groove WB $2,905,293 26.3% 519 $5,597 $11,052,713 10/25/85
45 122 Ski Patrol Triu $1,648,000 19.3% 515 $3,200 $8,533,973 1/12/90
46 165 Illegal Tender Uni. $1,425,915 45.9% 512 $2,784 $3,106,835 8/24/07
47 113 Vice Squad Emb $1,717,205 13.0% 510 $3,367 $13,253,583 1/22/82
48 89 Six Pack Fox $1,946,418 9.6% 504 $3,861 $20,225,989 7/16/82
49 58 Author! Author! Fox $2,279,260 17.4% 504 $4,522 $13,111,101 6/18/82
50 19 Religulous LGF $3,409,643 26.2% 502 $6,792 $13,011,160 10/1/08
51 78 Serial Mom Sav. $2,040,450 26.1% 502 $4,064 $7,820,688 4/13/94
52 26 Yentl MGM $3,050,219 7.6% 501 $6,088 $40,218,899 11/18/83
53 41 A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy WB $2,514,478 27.7% 501 $5,018 $9,077,269 7/16/82
54 177 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
55 39 Fast Times at Ridgemont High Uni. $2,545,674 9.4% 498 $5,111 $27,092,880 8/13/82
56 108 Smokey & the Bandit Part III Uni. $1,728,060 30.4% 498 $3,470 $5,678,950 8/12/83
57 42 Ride Mira. $2,513,334 45.8% 496 $5,067 $5,485,295 3/27/98
58 133 Celebrity Mira. $1,588,013 31.3% 493 $3,221 $5,078,660 11/20/98
59 94 The Philadelphia Experiment NW $1,877,000 23.2% 490 $3,830 $8,103,330 8/3/84
60 44 Skin Deep Fox $2,460,262 12.5% 489 $5,031 $19,674,852 3/3/89
61 54 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
62 61 The Sword in the Stone (Re-issue) BV $2,230,614 18.6% 487 $4,580 $12,000,000 3/25/83
63 129 Millennium Fox $1,614,692 28.0% 486 $3,322 $5,777,099 8/25/89
64 6 Steel Magnolias TriS $5,425,440 6.5% 480 $11,303 $83,759,091 11/17/89
65 131 Flawless (1999) MGM $1,590,155 35.4% 478 $3,326 $4,488,529 11/26/99
66 3 Closer Sony $7,707,972 22.7% 476 $16,193 $33,987,757 12/3/04
67 159 Eddie and the Cruisers Emb $1,444,886 30.2% 475 $3,041 $4,786,789 9/23/83
68 184 Let's Spend the Night Together Emb $1,319,050 34.5% 475 $2,776 $3,821,199 2/11/83
69 112 The House of the Spirits Mira. $1,719,085 27.4% 474 $3,626 $6,265,311 4/1/94
70 69 Bad Boys (1983) Uni. $2,171,197 23.6% 468 $4,639 $9,190,819 3/25/83
71 181 Blame It On the Bellboy BV $1,326,472 42.7% 462 $2,871 $3,104,545 3/6/92
72 75 She's the One FoxS $2,088,492 21.9% 459 $4,550 $9,538,948 8/23/96
73 93 Fly Me to the Moon Sum. $1,900,523 13.8% 452 $4,205 $13,816,982 8/15/08
74 17 Dead Again Par. $3,479,395 9.2% 450 $7,731 $38,016,380 8/23/91
75 99 Valley Girl Atl $1,856,780 10.7% 442 $4,200 $17,343,596 4/29/83
76 127 All the Right Moves Fox $1,625,486 9.4% 442 $3,677 $17,233,166 10/21/83
77 176 Facing the Giants IDP $1,343,537 13.2% 441 $3,046 $10,178,331 9/29/06
78 136 To Save a Life Gold. $1,581,517 41.9% 441 $3,586 $3,777,210 1/22/10
79 147 Tuff Turf Orion $1,509,380 16.1% 440 $3,430 $9,369,329 1/11/85
80 183 Choke FoxS $1,319,286 45.1% 435 $3,033 $2,926,565 9/26/08
81 72 Revenge of the Ninja MGM $2,114,125 16.1% 432 $4,893 $13,168,027 9/9/83
82 1 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Par. $12,785,204 6.1% 425 $30,083 $209,397,903 12/16/11
83 9 Colors Orion $4,747,118 10.2% 422 $11,249 $46,616,067 4/15/88
84 40 You So Crazy Gold. $2,521,746 24.8% 417 $6,047 $10,184,701 4/29/94
85 74 Glengarry Glen Ross NL $2,104,402 19.6% 416 $5,058 $10,725,228 10/2/92
86 70 My Family NL $2,164,840 19.5% 413 $5,241 $11,079,373 5/5/95
87 110 Tomboy Crwn $1,723,935 12.2% 409 $4,215 $14,100,000 1/25/85
88 22 Benny and Joon MGM $3,285,063 14.1% 408 $8,051 $23,261,580 4/16/93
89 51 Woman, Thou Art Loosed Magn. $2,325,474 33.8% 408 $5,699 $6,879,730 10/1/04
90 157 Weekend Pass Crwn $1,451,676 6.9% 399 $3,638 $21,058,033 2/3/84
91 163 Silent Night, Deadly Night TriS $1,432,800 57.5% 398 $3,600 $2,491,460 11/9/84
92 48 The Inkwell BV $2,358,988 26.6% 390 $6,048 $8,880,705 4/22/94
93 118 October Baby (2012) Gold. $1,697,130 32.9% 390 $4,352 $5,157,886 3/23/12
94 103 Racing with the Moon Par. $1,803,432 29.8% 389 $4,636 $6,045,647 3/23/84
95 178 Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior Magn. $1,334,869 29.3% 387 $3,449 $4,563,167 2/11/05
96 57 Casa De Mi Padre LGF $2,287,239 38.7% 382 $5,988 $5,909,483 3/16/12
97 135 Home Run Gold. $1,582,466 56.2% 381 $4,153 $2,817,801 4/19/13
98 96 Death Wish II Film $1,871,487 11.6% 377 $4,964 $16,100,000 2/19/82
99 111 The Sicilian Fox $1,720,351 31.8% 370 $4,649 $5,406,879 10/23/87
100 81 Friends with Kids RAtt. $2,019,083 27.9% 369 $5,472 $7,251,073 3/9/12
101 145 Revenge of the Nerds Fox $1,513,090 3.7% 364 $4,156 $40,874,452 7/20/84
102 64 Mud RAtt. $2,215,891 19.0% 363 $6,104 $11,656,971 4/26/13
103 166 Before Sunrise Sony $1,423,537 25.7% 363 $3,921 $5,535,405 1/27/95
104 32 The World According to Garp WB $2,902,088 9.8% 357 $8,129 $29,712,172 7/23/82
105 15 Do the Right Thing Uni. $3,563,535 12.9% 353 $10,095 $27,545,445 6/30/89
106 172 Just Between Friends Orion $1,390,718 21.7% 352 $3,950 $6,408,791 3/21/86
107 138 Rize Lions $1,574,787 47.2% 352 $4,473 $3,336,391 6/24/05
108 79 Above the Law WB $2,037,938 10.8% 350 $5,822 $18,869,631 4/8/88
109 77 Children of the Corn NW $2,042,821 14.0% 350 $5,836 $14,568,989 3/9/84
110 21 An Officer and a Gentleman Par. $3,304,679 2.6% 346 $9,551 $129,795,554 7/30/82
111 60 Deathtrap WB $2,238,977 11.6% 341 $6,565 $19,282,134 3/19/82
112 126 Ladron Que Roba A Ladron LGF $1,626,090 40.5% 340 $4,782 $4,011,254 8/31/07
113 182 Wise Guys MGM $1,324,456 15.6% 338 $3,918 $8,475,466 4/18/86
114 152 The Show Sav. $1,482,892 54.9% 336 $4,413 $2,702,578 8/25/95
115 8 Pitch Perfect Uni. $5,149,433 7.9% 335 $15,371 $65,001,093 9/28/12
116 140 A Cry in the Dark WB $1,561,793 22.6% 334 $4,676 $6,908,797 11/11/88
117 65 Angel NW $2,214,824 12.7% 330 $6,711 $17,488,564 1/13/84
118 100 The Package Orion $1,851,673 17.4% 323 $5,732 $10,647,219 8/25/89
119 12 Amistad DW $4,573,523 10.3% 322 $14,203 $44,229,441 12/10/97
120 173 Girl in Progress LGF $1,384,078 53.0% 322 $4,298 $2,609,412 5/11/12
121 139 Megiddo: The Omega Code II 8X $1,573,454 26.0% 314 $5,011 $6,047,691 9/21/01
122 164 Joysticks JenF $1,431,065 36.2% 310 $4,616 $3,952,448 3/4/83
123 55 Falling in Love Par. $2,293,710 20.6% 305 $7,520 $11,129,057 11/21/84
124 67 Foolish Art. $2,184,633 36.2% 305 $7,162 $6,033,999 4/9/99
125 50 The Omega Code Prov. $2,354,362 18.7% 304 $7,744 $12,614,346 10/15/99
126 154 Bad Company (1995) BV $1,459,824 39.7% 302 $4,833 $3,674,841 1/20/95
127 88 Top Gun 3D Par. $1,965,737 65.1% 300 $6,552 $3,018,873 2/8/13
128 119 Atlas Shrugged: Part I RM $1,686,347 36.4% 299 $5,640 $4,627,375 4/15/11
129 193 Without a Clue Orion $1,246,772 14.6% 280 $4,452 $8,539,181 10/21/88
130 151 Shine a Light ParV $1,488,081 27.0% 276 $5,391 $5,505,267 4/4/08
131 125 Tea with Mussolini MGM $1,633,183 11.3% 270 $6,048 $14,401,563 5/14/99
132 137 Possession (2002) Focus $1,575,214 15.6% 270 $5,834 $10,113,733 8/16/02
133 142 Desperately Seeking Susan Orion $1,526,098 5.6% 268 $5,694 $27,398,584 3/29/85
134 83 Manhattan Murder Mystery TriS $2,015,360 17.8% 268 $7,520 $11,330,911 8/18/93
135 179 Paid in Full Mira. $1,328,789 43.0% 268 $4,958 $3,090,862 10/25/02
136 121 Raiders of the Lost Ark (IMAX) Par. $1,673,731 53.6% 267 $6,269 $3,125,613 9/7/12
137 35 Under the Same Moon Wein. $2,769,655 22.0% 266 $10,412 $12,590,147 3/19/08
138 49 The Falcon and the Snowman Orion $2,358,846 13.8% 265 $8,901 $17,130,087 1/25/85
139 174 Homework JenF $1,366,535 46.9% 262 $5,215 $2,914,328 8/27/82
140 16 Terms of Endearment Par. $3,498,813 3.2% 260 $13,456 $108,423,489 11/23/83
141 190 Death at a Funeral (2007) MGM $1,282,973 15.0% 260 $4,934 $8,580,428 8/17/07
142 86 Monty Python's The Meaning of Life Uni. $1,987,853 13.3% 257 $7,734 $14,929,552 4/1/83
143 132 Vigilante FVI $1,588,464 31.2% 250 $6,353 $5,091,888 3/4/83
144 198 Romeo Is Bleeding Gram. $1,225,737 37.4% 247 $4,962 $3,275,585 2/4/94
145 169 Crimes of the Heart DEG $1,402,921 6.1% 246 $5,702 $22,905,522 12/12/86
146 107 My Week with Marilyn Wein. $1,750,507 12.0% 244 $7,174 $14,600,347 11/23/11
147 59 Bean Gram. $2,255,233 5.0% 242 $9,319 $45,319,423 10/17/97
148 196 Goon Magn. $1,232,860 29.6% 241 $5,116 $4,168,528 2/24/12
149 158 The Hoax Mira. $1,449,320 20.2% 235 $6,167 $7,164,995 4/6/07
150 104 The Sword and the Sorcerer Gr1 $1,798,879 4.6% 233 $7,720 $39,103,425 4/23/82
151 130 The Right Stuff WB $1,601,167 7.6% 229 $6,991 $21,192,102 10/21/83
152 186 Empire of the Sun WB $1,314,509 5.9% 225 $5,842 $22,238,696 12/11/87
153 68 Quest for Fire Fox $2,171,303 10.4% 223 $9,736 $20,959,585 2/12/82
154 62 Full Metal Jacket WB $2,217,307 4.8% 215 $10,313 $46,357,676 6/26/87
155 34 Pride and Prejudice Focus $2,865,017 7.5% 215 $13,325 $38,405,088 11/11/05
156 91 Children of a Lesser God Par. $1,909,084 6.0% 215 $8,879 $31,853,080 10/3/86
157 171 New Jersey Drive Gram. $1,395,028 39.1% 210 $6,642 $3,565,508 4/21/95
158 101 The Tailor of Panama Sony $1,837,068 13.4% 199 $9,231 $13,729,742 3/30/01
159 85 Arbitrage RAtt. $2,002,165 25.3% 197 $10,163 $7,919,574 9/14/12
160 114 The Color Purple WB $1,710,333 1.8% 192 $8,907 $94,175,854 12/20/85
161 153 Filly Brown LGF $1,478,323 53.3% 188 $7,863 $2,771,931 4/19/13
162 124 Talaash Relbig. $1,638,706 57.1% 172 $9,527 $2,871,956 11/30/12
163 23 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
164 117 Day of the Dead UFD $1,700,000 34.0% 168 $10,119 $5,000,000 7/19/85
165 191 A Nightmare on Elm Street NL $1,271,000 5.0% 165 $7,703 $25,504,513 11/9/84
166 180 Bella RAtt. $1,328,448 16.5% 165 $8,051 $8,070,537 10/26/07
167 189 Jab Tak Hai Jaan Yash $1,283,585 42.1% 161 $7,973 $3,047,539 11/13/12
168 120 Don 2 Relbig. $1,673,921 45.5% 157 $10,662 $3,680,306 12/22/11
169 80 Rob Roy MGM $2,023,272 6.4% 133 $15,212 $31,596,911 4/7/95
170 73 A Mighty Wind WB $2,112,140 11.9% 133 $15,880 $17,781,006 4/16/03
171 162 Bon Cop, Bad Cop All. $1,433,259 11.3% 133 $10,776 $12,665,721 8/4/06
172 53 Almost Famous DW $2,314,646 7.1% 131 $17,669 $32,534,850 9/15/00
173 143 Radio Days Orion $1,522,423 10.3% 128 $11,893 $14,792,779 1/30/87
174 90 My Name is Khan FoxS $1,944,027 48.4% 120 $16,200 $4,018,771 2/12/10
175 123 3 Idiots Relbig. $1,645,502 25.2% 119 $13,828 $6,532,874 12/23/09
176 105 Om Shanti Om Eros $1,764,131 49.0% 114 $15,474 $3,597,372 11/9/07
177 150 The Road W/Dim. $1,502,231 18.5% 111 $13,534 $8,117,000 11/25/09
178 194 Love Aaj Kal Eros $1,241,762 51.1% 102 $12,174 $2,430,083 7/31/09
179 187 Jodhaa Akbar UTV $1,300,000 37.8% 100 $13,000 $3,440,718 2/15/08
180 92 Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain Code $1,908,420 24.8% 98 $19,474 $7,706,436 9/9/11
181 168 Ghosts of the Abyss (IMAX & 35mm) BV $1,408,474 8.3% 97 $14,520 $17,040,871 4/11/03
182 141 The Remains of the Day Col. $1,528,982 6.6% 94 $16,265 $23,237,911 11/5/93
183 52 The Age of Innocence Col. $2,317,289 7.2% 83 $27,919 $32,255,440 9/17/93
184 76 Chicago Mira. $2,074,929 1.2% 77 $26,947 $170,687,518 12/27/02
185 38 Beauty and the Beast (IMAX) BV $2,589,334 10.2% 68 $38,078 $25,487,190 1/1/02
186 156 NASCAR 3D: The IMAX Experience (IMAX) WB $1,452,639 6.7% 68 $21,362 $21,583,831 3/12/04
187 102 The Lion King (IMAX) BV $1,825,849 11.6% 66 $27,664 $15,686,215 12/27/02
188 200 The Polar Express (IMAX re-issue 2005) WB $1,222,220 11.2% 66 $18,518 $10,900,597 11/23/05
189 175 Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Yash $1,351,786 41.3% 64 $21,121 $3,275,444 8/11/06
190 199 What's Love Got to Do with It BV $1,222,718 3.1% 58 $21,081 $39,100,956 6/11/93
191 161 Attack of the Clones: The IMAX Experience (IMAX) Fox $1,435,259 16.9% 58 $24,745 $8,485,488 11/1/02
192 56 Fantasia 2000 (35mm & IMAX) BV $2,290,525 3.8% 54 $42,417 $60,655,420 1/1/00
193 192 Hannah and Her Sisters Orion $1,265,826 3.6% 54 $23,441 $35,392,203 2/7/86
194 155 Milk Focus $1,453,844 4.6% 36 $40,385 $31,841,299 11/26/08
195 197 No Country for Old Men Mira. $1,226,333 1.7% 28 $43,797 $74,283,625 11/9/07
196 146 The Blair Witch Project Art. $1,512,054 1.1% 27 $56,002 $140,539,099 7/16/99
197 160 Black Swan FoxS $1,443,809 1.4% 18 $80,212 $106,954,678 12/3/10
198 95 Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire LGF $1,872,458 3.9% 18 $104,025 $47,566,524 11/6/09
199 37 Pocahontas BV $2,689,714 1.9% 6 $448,285 $141,579,773 6/16/95
200 134 The Lion King BV $1,586,753 0.5% 2 $793,377 $312,855,561 6/15/94

* 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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