BIGGEST OPENING WEEKENDS
NOT AT #1

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

Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Opening*	Wknd Rank	Theaters	Average	Total Gross^	Date**
1	The Day After Tomorrow	Fox	$68,743,584	2	3,425	$20,071	$186,740,799	5/28/04
2	Sherlock Holmes	WB	$62,304,277	2	3,626	$17,183	$209,028,679	12/25/09
3	Wanted	Uni.	$50,927,085	2	3,175	$16,040	$134,508,551	6/27/08
4	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	Fox	$48,875,415	3	3,700	$13,210	$219,614,612	12/23/09
5	Tangled	BV	$48,767,052	2	3,603	$13,535	$200,821,936	11/24/10
6	Kung Fu Panda 2	P/DW	$47,656,302	2	3,925	$12,142	$165,249,063	5/26/11
7	The Longest Yard	Par.	$47,606,480	2	3,634	$13,100	$158,119,460	5/27/05
8	Madagascar	DW	$47,224,594	3	4,131	$11,431	$193,595,521	5/27/05
9	Alvin and the Chipmunks	Fox	$44,307,417	2	3,475	$12,750	$217,326,974	12/14/07
10	Terminator Salvation	WB	$42,558,390	2	3,530	$12,056	$125,322,469	5/21/09
11	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Fox	$41,690,382	2	4,099	$10,171	$196,573,705	7/01/09
12	Casino Royale	Sony	$40,833,156	2	3,434	$11,890	$167,445,960	11/17/06
13	Grown Ups	Sony	$40,506,562	2	3,534	$11,462	$162,001,186	6/25/10
14	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	Uni.	$40,457,770	2	3,760	$10,760	$102,491,776	8/01/08
15	The Last Airbender	Par.	$40,325,019	2	3,169	$12,725	$131,772,187	7/01/10
16	You Don't Mess with the Zohan	Sony	$38,531,374	2	3,462	$11,130	$100,018,837	6/06/08
17	Over the Hedge	P/DW	$38,457,003	2	4,059	$9,474	$155,019,340	5/19/06
18	Bee Movie	P/DW	$38,021,044	2	3,928	$9,679	$126,631,277	11/02/07
19	Robin Hood	Uni.	$36,063,385	2	3,503	$10,295	$105,269,730	5/14/10
20	Salt	Sony	$36,011,243	2	3,612	$9,970	$118,311,368	7/23/10
21	The Smurfs	Sony	$35,611,637	2	3,395	$10,489	$142,614,158	7/29/11
22	Lilo & Stitch	BV	$35,260,212	2	3,191	$11,049	$145,794,338	6/21/02
23	The Blind Side	WB	$34,119,372	2	3,110	$10,971	$255,959,475	11/20/09
24	Wedding Crashers	NL	$33,900,720	2	2,925	$11,589	$209,255,921	7/15/05
25	Live Free or Die Hard	Fox	$33,369,559	2	3,408	$9,791	$134,529,403	6/27/07
26	The Book of Eli	WB	$32,789,494	2	3,111	$10,540	$94,835,059	1/15/10
27	Due Date	WB	$32,689,406	2	3,355	$9,743	$100,539,043	11/05/10
28	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	Par.	$32,018,216	2	3,212	$9,968	$85,417,988	11/19/04
29	Bad Teacher	Sony	$31,603,106	2	3,049	$10,365	$100,292,856	6/24/11
30	The Wolfman	Uni.	$31,479,235	2	3,222	$9,770	$61,979,680	2/12/10
31	Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief	Fox	$31,236,067	3	3,356	$9,308	$88,768,303	2/12/10
32	Elf	NL	$31,113,501	2	3,337	$9,323	$173,398,518	11/07/03
33	Sex and the City 2	WB (NL)	$31,001,870	2	3,445	$8,999	$95,347,692	5/27/10
34	Step Brothers	Sony	$30,940,732	2	3,094	$10,000	$100,468,793	7/25/08
35	Knocked Up	Uni.	$30,690,990	2	2,871	$10,690	$148,768,917	6/01/07
36	The Happening	Fox	$30,517,109	3	2,986	$10,220	$64,506,874	6/13/08
37	Unbreakable	BV	$30,330,771	2	2,708	$11,200	$95,011,339	11/22/00
38	America's Sweethearts	SonR	$30,181,877	2	3,011	$10,023	$93,607,673	7/20/01
39	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	BV	$30,095,259	3	3,646	$8,254	$90,759,676	5/28/10
40	Sleepy Hollow	Par.	$30,060,467	2	3,064	$9,810	$101,071,502	11/19/99
41	Saw V	LGF	$30,053,954	2	3,060	$9,822	$56,746,769	10/24/08
42	Catch Me If You Can	DW	$30,053,627	2	3,156	$9,522	$164,615,351	12/25/02
43	Constantine	WB	$29,769,098	2	3,006	$9,903	$75,976,178	2/18/05
44	Justin Bieber: Never Say Never	Par.	$29,514,054	2	3,105	$9,505	$73,013,910	2/11/11
45	Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?	LGF	$29,289,537	2	2,155	$13,591	$60,095,852	4/02/10
46	The Muppets	BV	$29,239,026	2	3,440	$8,500	$87,476,727	11/23/11
47	The Blair Witch Project	Art.	$29,207,381	2	1,101	$26,528	$140,539,099	7/30/99
48	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	DW	$28,416,365	2	3,091	$9,193	$85,288,303	7/09/04
49	Nacho Libre	Par.	$28,309,599	2	3,070	$9,221	$80,197,993	6/16/06
50	Horrible Bosses	WB (NL)	$28,302,165	2	3,040	$9,310	$117,538,559	7/08/11
51	Starsky and Hutch	WB	$28,103,367	2	3,185	$8,823	$88,237,754	3/05/04
52	Mamma Mia!	Uni.	$27,751,240	2	2,976	$9,325	$144,130,063	7/18/08
53	Jarhead	Uni.	$27,726,210	2	2,411	$11,499	$62,658,220	11/04/05
54	Daddy Day Care	SonR	$27,623,580	2	3,370	$8,196	$104,297,061	5/09/03
55	The Ugly Truth	Sony	$27,605,576	3	2,882	$9,579	$88,915,214	7/24/09
56	Cheaper by the Dozen	Fox	$27,557,647	2	3,298	$8,355	$138,614,544	12/25/03
57	The Devil Wears Prada	Fox	$27,537,244	2	2,847	$9,672	$124,740,460	6/30/06
58	Hairspray (2007)	NL	$27,476,745	3	3,121	$8,803	$118,871,849	7/20/07
59	Bedtime Stories	BV	$27,450,296	2	3,681	$7,457	$110,101,975	12/25/08
60	The Bourne Identity	Uni.	$27,118,640	2	2,638	$10,280	$121,661,683	6/14/02
61	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	Par.	$26,853,816	3	2,988	$8,987	$127,509,326	12/25/08
62	Bridesmaids	Uni.	$26,247,410	2	2,918	$8,995	$169,106,725	5/13/11
63	Bolt	BV	$26,223,128	3	3,651	$7,182	$114,053,579	11/21/08
64	The Help	BV	$26,044,590	2	2,534	$10,278	$169,635,347	8/10/11
65	The A-Team	Fox	$25,669,455	2	3,535	$7,262	$77,222,099	6/11/10
66	Big Momma's House	Fox	$25,661,041	2	2,802	$9,158	$117,559,438	6/02/00
67	Gnomeo and Juliet	BV	$25,356,909	3	2,994	$8,469	$99,967,670	2/11/11
68	Public Enemies	Uni.	$25,271,675	3	3,334	$7,580	$97,104,620	7/01/09
69	Date Night	Fox	$25,207,599	2	3,374	$7,471	$98,711,404	4/09/10
70	Tomorrow Never Dies	MGM	$25,143,007	2	2,807	$8,957	$125,304,276	12/19/97
71	Meet the Robinsons	BV	$25,123,781	2	3,413	$7,361	$97,822,171	3/30/07
72	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Fox	$25,105,990	2	3,101	$8,096	$93,927,920	11/14/03
73	Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family	LGF	$25,068,677	2	2,288	$10,957	$53,345,287	4/22/11
74	Dr. Dolittle 2	Fox	$25,037,039	2	3,049	$8,211	$112,952,899	6/22/01
75	Jack and Jill	Sony	$25,003,575	2	3,438	$7,273	$73,619,451	11/11/11
76	True Grit	Par.	$24,830,443	2	3,047	$8,149	$171,243,005	12/22/10
77	Predators	Fox	$24,760,882	3	2,669	$9,277	$52,000,688	7/09/10
78	The Chronicles of Riddick	Uni.	$24,289,165	2	2,757	$8,809	$57,761,012	6/11/04
79	The Haunted Mansion	BV	$24,278,410	2	3,122	$7,776	$75,847,266	11/26/03
80	White Noise	Uni.	$24,113,565	2	2,261	$10,665	$56,386,759	1/07/05
81	Tower Heist	Uni.	$24,025,190	2	3,367	$7,135	$78,046,570	11/04/11
82	The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift	Uni.	$23,973,840	3	3,027	$7,920	$62,514,415	6/16/06
83	Dinner for Schmucks	P/DW	$23,527,839	2	2,911	$8,082	$73,026,337	7/30/10
84	Be Cool	MGM	$23,450,212	2	3,216	$7,291	$56,046,979	3/04/05
85	The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3	Sony	$23,373,102	3	3,074	$7,603	$65,452,312	6/12/09
86	The Polar Express	WB	$23,323,463	2	3,650	$6,389	$162,775,358	11/10/04
87	Pineapple Express	Sony	$23,245,025	2	3,072	$7,567	$87,341,380	8/06/08
88	Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked	Fox	$23,244,744	2	3,723	$6,244	$128,351,805	12/16/11
89	Eragon	Fox	$23,239,907	2	3,020	$7,695	$75,030,163	12/15/06
90	Eat Pray Love	Sony	$23,104,523	2	3,082	$7,497	$80,574,010	8/13/10
91	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen	Fox	$23,075,892	2	3,002	$7,686	$66,465,204	7/11/03
92	27 Dresses	Fox	$23,007,725	2	3,057	$7,526	$76,808,654	1/18/08
93	The Haunting in Connecticut	LGF	$23,004,765	2	2,732	$8,420	$55,389,516	3/27/09
94	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement	BV	$22,956,453	2	3,472	$6,611	$95,170,481	8/11/04
95	The Princess Diaries	BV	$22,862,269	3	2,537	$9,011	$108,248,956	8/03/01
96	Mulan	BV	$22,745,143	2	2,888	$7,876	$120,620,254	6/19/98
97	Rugrats in Paris: The Movie	Par.	$22,718,184	2	2,934	$7,743	$76,507,756	11/17/00
98	Unstoppable	Fox	$22,688,457	2	3,207	$7,075	$81,562,942	11/12/10
99	Bridge to Terabithia	BV	$22,564,612	2	3,139	$7,188	$82,272,442	2/16/07
100	Shallow Hal	Fox	$22,518,295	2	2,770	$8,129	$70,839,203	11/09/01
101	The Patriot	Sony	$22,413,710	2	3,061	$7,322	$113,330,342	6/28/00
102	Walk the Line	Fox	$22,347,341	2	2,961	$7,547	$119,519,402	11/18/05
103	The General's Daughter	Par.	$22,332,053	3	2,856	$7,819	$102,705,852	6/18/99
104	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde	MGM	$22,220,670	2	3,350	$6,633	$90,186,328	7/02/03
105	Monster House	Sony	$22,217,226	2	3,553	$6,253	$73,661,010	7/21/06
106	Freaky Friday	BV	$22,203,007	2	2,954	$7,516	$110,230,332	8/06/03
107	Poseidon	WB	$22,155,410	2	3,555	$6,232	$60,674,817	5/12/06
108	Diary of a Wimpy Kid	Fox	$22,126,166	2	3,077	$7,191	$64,003,625	3/19/10
109	It's Complicated	Uni.	$22,100,820	4	2,887	$7,655	$112,735,375	12/25/09
110	Ladder 49	BV	$22,088,204	2	3,260	$6,775	$74,541,707	10/01/04
111	Road to Perdition	DW	$22,079,481	2	1,797	$12,286	$104,454,762	7/12/02
112	Inspector Gadget	BV	$21,889,138	2	2,814	$7,778	$97,403,112	7/23/99
113	Notting Hill	Uni.	$21,811,180	2	2,747	$7,940	$116,089,678	5/28/99
114	Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life	Par.	$21,783,641	4	3,222	$6,760	$65,660,196	7/25/03
115	Red	Sum.	$21,761,408	2	3,255	$6,686	$90,380,162	10/15/10
116	Garfield: The Movie	Fox	$21,727,611	4	3,094	$7,022	$75,369,589	6/11/04
117	Spy Game	Uni.	$21,689,125	3	2,770	$7,830	$62,362,560	11/21/01
118	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony	$21,678,377	2	2,134	$10,158	$127,120,029	6/20/97
119	Little Man	SonR	$21,613,176	2	2,533	$8,532	$58,645,052	7/14/06
120	Christmas with the Kranks	SonR	$21,570,867	3	3,393	$6,357	$73,780,539	11/24/04
121	You, Me and Dupree	Uni.	$21,525,560	3	3,131	$6,874	$75,628,110	7/14/06
122	Hercules	BV	$21,454,451	2	2,621	$8,185	$99,112,101	6/27/97
123	The Stepford Wives	Par.	$21,406,781	5	3,057	$7,002	$59,484,742	6/11/04
124	My Bloody Valentine 3-D	LGF	$21,241,456	3	2,534	$8,383	$51,545,952	1/16/09
125	Happy Feet Two	WB	$21,237,068	2	3,606	$5,889	$63,432,488	11/18/11
126	The Adjustment Bureau	Uni.	$21,157,730	2	2,840	$7,450	$62,495,645	3/04/11
127	Bride Wars	Fox	$21,058,173	2	3,226	$6,528	$58,715,510	1/09/09
128	13 Going on 30	SonR	$21,054,283	2	3,438	$6,123	$57,231,747	4/23/04
129	Law Abiding Citizen	Over.	$21,039,502	2	2,890	$7,280	$73,357,727	10/16/09
130	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	BV	$21,037,414	2	2,778	$7,572	$100,138,851	6/21/96
131	Valkyrie	UA	$21,027,007	4	2,711	$7,756	$83,077,833	12/25/08
132	Journey to the Center of the Earth	WB (NL)	$21,018,141	3	2,811	$7,477	$101,704,370	7/11/08
133	The Strangers	Rog.	$20,997,985	3	2,466	$8,515	$52,597,610	5/30/08
134	Insomnia	WB	$20,930,169	3	2,610	$8,019	$67,355,513	5/24/02
135	The Woman in Black	CBS	$20,874,072	2	2,855	$7,311	$20,874,072	2/03/12
136	Seabiscuit	Uni.	$20,854,735	5	1,989	$10,485	$120,277,854	7/25/03
137	Underworld: Rise of the Lycans	SGem	$20,828,511	2	2,942	$7,080	$45,802,315	1/23/09
138	The Bounty Hunter	Sony	$20,686,423	3	3,074	$6,729	$67,061,228	3/19/10
139	Step Up	BV	$20,659,573	2	2,467	$8,374	$65,328,121	8/11/06
140	1408	MGM/W	$20,617,667	2	2,678	$7,698	$71,985,628	6/22/07
141	Contact	WB	$20,584,908	2	1,923	$10,704	$100,920,329	7/11/97
142	Deja Vu	BV	$20,574,802	3	3,108	$6,619	$64,038,616	11/22/06
143	End of Days	Uni.	$20,523,595	3	2,593	$7,915	$66,889,043	11/24/99
144	Scary Movie 2	Mira.	$20,503,356	2	3,220	$6,367	$71,308,997	7/04/01
145	Notorious (2009)	FoxS	$20,497,596	4	1,638	$12,514	$36,843,682	1/16/09
146	The Last Exorcism	LGF	$20,366,613	2	2,874	$7,087	$41,034,350	8/27/10
147	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	BV	$20,342,105	2	3,011	$6,755	$84,056,472	6/15/01
148	Friday Night Lights	Uni.	$20,269,025	2	2,667	$7,599	$61,255,921	10/08/04
149	What Happens in Vegas	Fox	$20,172,474	2	3,215	$6,274	$80,277,646	5/09/08
150	Kicking and Screaming	Uni.	$20,159,925	2	3,455	$5,835	$52,842,724	5/13/05
151	Knight & Day	Fox	$20,139,985	3	3,098	$6,501	$76,423,035	6/23/10
152	Bewitched	Sony	$20,131,130	2	3,174	$6,342	$63,313,159	6/24/05
153	Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns	LGF	$20,082,809	2	2,006	$10,011	$41,975,388	3/21/08
154	Zookeeper	Sony	$20,065,617	3	3,482	$5,763	$80,360,843	7/08/11
155	Ray	Uni.	$20,039,730	2	2,006	$9,989	$75,331,600	10/29/04
156	Enemy of the State	BV	$20,038,573	2	2,393	$8,373	$111,549,836	11/20/98
157	Julie & Julia	Sony	$20,027,956	2	2,354	$8,508	$94,125,426	8/07/09
158	The Manchurian Candidate	Par.	$20,018,620	3	2,867	$6,982	$65,955,630	7/30/04
159	102 Dalmatians	BV	$19,883,351	3	2,704	$7,353	$66,957,026	11/22/00
160	The Unborn (2009)	Uni.	$19,810,585	3	2,357	$8,405	$42,670,410	1/09/09
161	Spawn	NL	$19,738,749	2	2,536	$7,783	$54,870,175	8/01/97
162	White Chicks	Sony	$19,676,748	2	2,726	$7,218	$70,831,760	6/23/04
163	The Benchwarmers	SonR	$19,656,429	2	3,274	$6,003	$59,843,754	4/07/06
164	Paranormal Activity	Par.	$19,617,650	3	760	$25,813	$107,918,810	10/16/09
165	The Animal	SonR	$19,610,520	3	2,788	$7,033	$57,743,062	6/01/01
166	Year One	Sony	$19,610,304	4	3,022	$6,489	$43,337,279	6/19/09
167	Shanghai Knights	BV	$19,603,630	2	2,753	$7,120	$60,476,872	2/07/03
168	Pokemon: The Movie 2000	WB	$19,575,608	3	2,752	$7,113	$43,758,684	7/21/00
169	The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause	BV	$19,504,038	2	3,458	$5,640	$84,500,122	11/03/06
170	Moneyball	Sony	$19,501,302	2	2,993	$6,516	$75,605,492	9/23/11
171	For Colored Girls	LGF	$19,497,324	3	2,127	$9,167	$37,729,698	11/05/10
172	The Italian Job	Par.	$19,457,944	3	2,633	$7,390	$106,128,601	5/30/03
173	I Am Number Four	BV	$19,449,893	2	3,154	$6,167	$55,100,437	2/18/11
174	Brother Bear	BV	$19,404,492	2	3,030	$6,404	$85,336,277	11/01/03
175	Miracle	BV	$19,377,577	2	2,605	$7,438	$64,378,093	2/06/04
176	The Santa Clause	BV	$19,321,992	2	2,183	$8,851	$144,833,357	11/11/94
177	Aladdin	BV	$19,289,073	2	1,131	$17,054	$217,350,219	11/25/92
178	Gothika	WB	$19,288,438	2	2,382	$8,097	$59,694,580	11/21/03
179	Final Destination 3	NL	$19,173,094	2	2,880	$6,657	$54,098,051	2/10/06
180	Role Models	Uni.	$19,167,085	2	2,792	$6,865	$67,294,270	11/07/08
181	Dolphin Tale	WB	$19,152,401	3	3,507	$5,461	$72,286,779	9/23/11
182	Tim Burton's Corpse Bride	WB	$19,145,480	2	3,204	$5,975	$53,359,111	9/23/05
183	Stepmom	Sony	$19,142,440	2	2,358	$8,118	$91,137,662	12/25/98
184	The One	SonR	$19,112,404	2	2,894	$6,604	$43,905,746	11/02/01
185	Deep Blue Sea	WB	$19,107,643	3	2,854	$6,695	$73,648,142	7/30/99
186	Crazy, Stupid, Love.	WB	$19,104,303	5	3,020	$6,326	$84,351,197	7/29/11
187	Date Movie	Fox	$19,076,261	2	2,896	$6,587	$48,548,426	2/17/06
188	Sucker Punch	WB	$19,058,199	2	3,033	$6,284	$36,392,502	3/25/11
189	The Terminal	DW	$19,053,199	2	2,811	$6,778	$77,872,883	6/18/04
190	The Score	Par.	$19,018,807	2	2,129	$8,933	$71,107,711	7/13/01
191	The Spiderwick Chronicles	Par.	$19,004,058	2	3,847	$4,940	$71,195,053	2/14/08
192	Step Up 2 the Streets	BV	$18,908,826	3	2,470	$7,655	$58,017,783	2/14/08
193	The Wedding Singer	NL	$18,865,080	2	2,821	$6,687	$80,245,725	2/13/98
194	Land of the Lost	Uni.	$18,837,350	3	3,521	$5,350	$49,438,370	6/05/09
195	Hidalgo	BV	$18,829,435	3	3,063	$6,147	$67,303,450	3/05/04
196	Flushed Away	P/DW	$18,814,323	3	3,707	$5,075	$64,665,672	11/03/06
197	Red Tails	Fox	$18,782,154	2	2,512	$7,477	$41,059,053	1/20/12
198	Behind Enemy Lines	Fox	$18,736,133	2	2,770	$6,763	$58,856,790	11/30/01
199	World Trade Center	Par.	$18,730,762	3	2,957	$6,334	$70,278,893	8/09/06
200	Scream 4	W/Dim.	$18,692,090	2	3,305	$5,656	$38,180,928	4/15/11

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

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