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SUMMER STARTS
How the First Tent-Pole-Style Picture of Each Summer Opened
1982-Present

YearTitleStudioOpening% of TotalTheaters / Avg.Lifetime GrossRelease
2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine Fox $85,058,003 47.3% 4,099 $20,751 $179,883,157 5/1/09
2008 Iron Man Par. $98,618,668 31.0% 4,105 $24,024 $318,412,101 5/2/08
2007 Spider-Man 3 Sony $151,116,516 44.9% 4,252 $35,540 $336,530,303 5/4/07
2006 Mission: Impossible III Par. $47,743,273 35.6% 4,054 $11,776 $134,029,801 5/5/06
2005 Kingdom of Heaven Fox $19,635,996 41.4% 3,216 $6,105 $47,398,413 5/6/05
2004 Van Helsing Uni. $51,748,040 43.1% 3,575 $14,474 $120,177,084 5/7/04
2003 X2: X-Men United Fox $85,558,731 39.8% 3,741 $22,870 $214,949,694 5/2/03
2002 Spider-Man Sony $114,844,116 28.4% 3,615 $31,768 $403,706,375 5/3/02
2001 The Mummy Returns Uni. $68,139,035 33.7% 3,401 $20,035 $202,019,785 5/4/01
2000 Gladiator DW $34,819,017 18.5% 2,938 $11,851 $187,705,427 5/5/00
1999 The Mummy Uni. $43,369,635 27.9% 3,210 $13,510 $155,385,488 5/7/99
1998 Deep Impact Par. $41,152,375 29.3% 3,156 $13,039 $140,464,664 5/8/98
1997 The Fifth Element Sony $17,031,345 26.7% 2,500 $6,812 $63,820,180 5/9/97
1996 Twister WB $41,059,405 17.0% 2,414 $17,008 $241,721,524 5/10/96
1995 Crimson Tide BV $18,612,190 20.4% 2,382 $7,813 $91,387,195 5/12/95
1994 Maverick WB $17,248,545 17.0% 2,537 $6,798 $101,631,272 5/20/94
1993 Cliffhanger TriS $16,176,967 19.2% 2,333 $6,933 $84,049,211 5/28/93
1992 Lethal Weapon 3 WB $33,243,086 23.0% 2,510 $13,244 $144,731,527 5/15/92
1991 Backdraft Uni. $12,686,200 16.3% 1,852 $6,850 $77,868,585 5/24/91
1990 Back to the Future Part III Uni. $19,089,645 21.8% 2,019 $9,455 $87,727,583 5/25/90
1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Par. $29,355,021 14.9% 2,327 $12,614 $197,171,806 5/24/89
1988 Willow MGM $8,300,169 14.5% 1,024 $8,105 $57,269,863 5/20/88
1987 Beverly Hills Cop II Par. $26,348,555 17.1% 2,326 $11,327 $153,665,036 5/20/87
1986 Top Gun Par. $8,193,052 4.6% 1,028 $7,969 $176,786,701 5/16/86
1985 Rambo: First Blood Part II TriS $20,176,217 13.4% 2,074 $9,728 $150,415,432 5/22/85
1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Par. $25,337,110 14.1% 1,687 $15,019 $179,870,271 5/23/84
1983 Return of the Jedi Fox $23,019,618 7.4% 1,002 $22,973 $309,306,177 5/25/83
1982 Conan the Barbarian Uni. $9,603,139 24.3% 1,395 $6,883 $39,565,475 5/14/82

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