Top Weekend Theater Averages

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TOP WEEKEND THEATER AVERAGES
1982-Present

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

Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Average	Theaters	Weekend Gross*	Total Gross^	Date**
1	The Lion King	BV	$793,377	2	$1,586,753	$312,855,561	6/17/94
2	Pocahontas	BV	$448,285	6	$2,689,714	$141,579,773	6/16/95
3	Hercules	BV	$426,051	2	$852,103	$99,112,101	6/20/97
4	The Princess and the Frog	BV	$393,095	2	$786,190	$104,400,899	11/27/09
5	The Princess and the Frog	BV	$373,855	2	$747,710	$104,400,899	12/04/09
6	Toy Story 2	BV	$300,163	1	$300,163	$245,852,179	11/19/99
7	A Bug's Life	BV	$291,121	1	$291,121	$162,798,565	11/20/98
8	Hercules	BV	$249,567	1	$249,567	$99,112,101	6/13/97
9	Red State	SMod	$204,230	1	$204,230	$1,104,682	3/04/11
10	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	BV	$164,505	2	$329,011	$84,056,472	6/08/01
11	The Master	Wein.	$147,262	5	$736,311	$16,377,274	9/14/12
12	Brother Bear	BV	$145,970	2	$291,940	$85,336,277	10/24/03
13	Moonrise Kingdom	Focus	$130,749	4	$522,996	$45,512,466	5/25/12
14	Dreamgirls	P/DW	$126,316	3	$378,950	$103,365,956	12/15/06
15	Anastasia	Fox	$120,541	1	$120,541	$58,406,347	11/14/97
16	Brokeback Mountain	Focus	$109,485	5	$547,425	$83,043,761	12/09/05
17	Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire	LGF	$104,025	18	$1,872,458	$47,566,524	11/06/09
18	Midnight in Paris	SPC	$99,834	6	$599,003	$56,817,045	5/20/11
19	Aladdin	BV	$98,332	2	$196,664	$217,350,219	11/13/92
20	Evita	BV	$97,542	2	$195,085	$50,047,179	12/27/96
21	Moulin Rouge!	Fox	$96,549	2	$193,098	$57,386,607	5/25/01
22	Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas	BV	$95,616	2	$191,232	$50,003,043	10/15/93
23	There Will Be Blood	ParV	$95,370	2	$190,739	$40,222,514	12/28/07
24	The Tree of Life	FoxS	$93,230	4	$372,920	$13,303,319	5/27/11
25	The King's Speech	Wein.	$88,863	4	$355,450	$135,453,143	11/26/10
26	Spring Breakers	A24	$87,667	3	$263,002	$14,052,992	3/15/13
27	Aladdin	BV	$86,886	2	$173,772	$217,350,219	11/20/92
28	Lincoln	BV	$85,846	11	$944,308	$182,207,973	11/09/12
29	Memoirs of a Geisha	Sony	$85,313	8	$682,504	$57,490,508	12/09/05
30	Moulin Rouge!	Fox	$83,770	2	$167,540	$57,386,607	5/18/01
31	Zero Dark Thirty	Sony	$83,430	5	$417,150	$95,720,716	12/21/12
32	Red State	SMod	$82,395	1	$82,395	$1,104,682	4/08/11
33	Beauty and the Beast	BV	$81,073	2	$162,146	$145,863,363	11/15/91
34	Black Swan	FoxS	$80,212	18	$1,443,809	$106,954,678	12/03/10
35	Edward Scissorhands	Fox	$79,811	2	$159,622	$56,362,352	12/07/90
36	Up in the Air	Par.	$78,763	15	$1,181,450	$83,823,381	12/04/09
37	Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy	Focus	$77,641	4	$310,562	$24,149,393	12/09/11
38	Tim Burton's Corpse Bride	WB	$77,633	5	$388,166	$53,359,111	9/16/05
39	Dreamgirls	P/DW	$75,879	3	$227,639	$103,365,956	12/22/06
40	The Fighter	Par.	$75,003	4	$300,010	$93,617,009	12/10/10
41	Syriana	WB	$74,900	5	$374,502	$50,824,620	11/25/05
42	Melinda and Melinda	FoxS	$74,238	1	$74,238	$3,826,280	3/18/05
43	Punch-Drunk Love	SonR	$73,440	5	$367,203	$17,844,216	10/11/02
44	I Heart Huckabees	FoxS	$73,044	4	$292,177	$12,785,432	10/01/04
45	To Rome with Love	SPC	$72,272	5	$361,359	$16,685,867	6/22/12
46	Guiana 1838	RBC	$70,910	1	$70,910	$227,241	9/24/04
47	Bulworth	Fox	$70,908	2	$141,816	$26,528,185	5/15/98
48	An Inconvenient Truth	ParC	$70,332	4	$281,330	$24,146,161	5/26/06
49	The Kids Are All Right	Focus	$70,282	7	$491,971	$20,811,365	7/09/10
50	The Crucible	Fox	$69,880	1	$69,880	$7,343,114	12/06/96
51	The Place Beyond the Pines	Focus	$69,864	4	$279,457	$20,722,722	3/29/13
52	Sicko	LGF	$68,969	1	$68,969	$24,540,079	6/22/07
53	Sleepwalk with Me	IFC	$68,801	1	$68,801	$2,266,067	8/24/12
54	The Darjeeling Limited	FoxS	$67,469	2	$134,938	$11,902,715	9/28/07
55	Fantastic Mr. Fox	Fox	$66,475	4	$265,900	$21,002,919	11/13/09
56	127 Hours	FoxS	$66,213	4	$264,851	$18,335,230	11/05/10
57	Nine	Wein.	$64,308	4	$257,232	$19,676,965	12/18/09
58	Lust, Caution	Focus	$63,918	1	$63,918	$4,604,982	9/28/07
59	The Blair Witch Project	Art.	$63,811	31	$1,978,171	$140,539,099	7/23/99
60	Revolutionary Road	ParV	$63,304	3	$189,911	$22,911,480	12/26/08
61	Zero Dark Thirty	Sony	$63,283	5	$316,415	$95,720,716	12/28/12
62	The Crucible	Fox	$62,995	1	$62,995	$7,343,114	11/29/96
63	Everest (IMAX)	MFF	$62,331	10	$623,311	$87,178,599	3/13/98
64	Defiance	ParV	$61,757	2	$123,513	$28,644,813	1/02/09
65	The Aristocrats	Think	$60,949	4	$243,796	$6,377,461	7/29/05
66	Frost/Nixon	Uni.	$60,236	3	$180,708	$18,622,031	12/05/08
67	Juno	FoxS	$59,124	7	$413,869	$143,495,265	12/07/07
68	Broken Embraces	SPC	$58,993	2	$117,986	$5,014,305	11/27/09
69	Capitalism: A Love Story	Over.	$57,991	4	$231,964	$14,363,397	9/25/09
70	Syriana	WB	$57,935	9	$521,420	$50,824,620	12/02/05
71	The Perks of Being a Wallflower	LG/S	$57,090	4	$228,359	$17,742,948	9/21/12
72	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	BV	$56,542	2	$113,085	$24,020,403	12/10/04
73	The Thin Red Line	Fox	$56,506	5	$282,534	$36,400,491	12/25/98
74	The Blair Witch Project	Art.	$56,002	27	$1,512,054	$140,539,099	7/16/99
75	Kiss of the Spider Woman	IsAl	$55,962	1	$55,962	$17,005,229	7/26/85
76	Babel	ParV	$55,621	7	$389,351	$34,302,837	10/27/06
77	The Royal Tenenbaums	BV	$55,396	5	$276,981	$52,364,010	12/14/01
78	Good Morning, Vietnam	BV	$55,286	4	$221,145	$123,922,370	1/01/88
79	The Iron Lady	Wein.	$55,102	4	$220,409	$30,017,992	12/30/11
80	Adaptation.	Sony	$54,925	7	$384,478	$22,498,520	12/06/02
81	Moonrise Kingdom	Focus	$54,805	16	$876,881	$45,512,466	6/01/12
82	Sunshine Cleaning	Over.	$54,798	4	$219,190	$12,062,558	3/13/09
83	The King's Speech	Wein.	$54,086	6	$324,515	$135,453,143	12/03/10
84	Magnificent Desolation (IMAX)	Imax	$53,872	1	$53,872	$34,126,126	7/30/10
85	American Beauty	DW	$53,845	16	$861,531	$130,096,601	9/17/99
86	The Thin Red Line	Fox	$53,662	7	$375,636	$36,400,491	1/01/99
87	Broken Embraces	SPC	$53,556	2	$107,111	$5,014,305	11/20/09
88	The Motorcycle Diaries	Focus	$53,273	3	$159,819	$16,781,387	9/24/04
89	Into the Wild	ParV	$53,110	4	$212,440	$18,354,356	9/21/07
90	The Joy Luck Club	BV	$53,003	3	$159,009	$32,901,136	9/10/93
91	Little Miss Sunshine	FoxS	$52,999	7	$370,998	$59,891,098	7/28/06
92	Thank You for Smoking	FoxS	$52,584	5	$262,923	$24,793,509	3/17/06
93	Howards End	SPC	$52,568	1	$52,568	$25,966,555	3/13/92
94	Talk to Her	SPC	$52,198	2	$104,396	$9,285,469	11/22/02
95	Sideways	FoxS	$51,760	4	$207,042	$71,503,593	10/22/04
96	Red State	SMod	$51,283	2	$102,566	$1,104,682	3/11/11
97	The Artist	Wein.	$51,220	4	$204,878	$44,671,682	11/25/11
98	Fantastic Mr. Fox	Fox	$50,878	4	$203,512	$21,002,919	11/20/09
99	The Wrestler	FoxS	$50,679	4	$202,714	$26,238,243	12/19/08
100	In Good Company	Uni.	$50,583	3	$151,750	$45,806,659	12/31/04
101	Match Point	DW	$49,824	8	$398,593	$23,151,529	12/30/05
102	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	BV	$49,393	2	$98,787	$24,020,403	12/17/04
103	Paranormal Activity	Par.	$49,379	160	$7,900,695	$107,918,810	10/09/09
104	Mystic River	WB	$49,293	13	$640,815	$90,135,191	10/10/03
105	Howards End	SPC	$49,288	1	$49,288	$25,966,555	3/20/92
106	Maurice	Cinc	$49,278	1	$49,278	$2,438,304	9/18/87
107	Bad Education	SPC	$49,123	3	$147,370	$5,211,842	11/19/04
108	Howards End	SPC	$48,813	1	$48,813	$25,966,555	3/27/92
109	Good Morning, Vietnam	BV	$48,577	4	$194,308	$123,922,370	12/25/87
110	Apocalypse Now Redux	Mira.	$48,496	2	$96,992	$4,626,290	8/03/01
111	Blue Valentine	Wein.	$48,432	4	$193,728	$9,706,328	12/31/10
112	Evita	BV	$48,393	22	$1,064,660	$50,047,179	1/03/97
113	Black Hawk Down	SonR	$48,255	4	$193,021	$108,638,745	1/04/02
114	In Good Company	Uni.	$48,049	3	$144,149	$45,806,659	1/07/05
115	Michael Clayton	WB	$47,994	15	$719,910	$49,033,882	10/05/07
116	Fantasia 2000 (35mm & IMAX)	BV	$47,957	54	$2,589,728	$60,655,420	1/07/00
117	Magnificent Desolation (IMAX)	Imax	$47,892	1	$47,892	$34,126,126	7/23/10
118	Marvel's The Avengers	BV	$47,698	4,349	$207,438,708	$623,357,910	5/04/12
119	Galapagos (IMAX)	Imax	$47,220	1	$47,220	$18,113,916	11/25/05
120	About Schmidt	NL	$47,061	6	$282,367	$65,016,287	12/13/02
121	Black Hawk Down	SonR	$46,778	16	$748,459	$108,638,745	1/11/02
122	Crossing Delancey	WB	$46,711	1	$46,711	$16,262,415	8/26/88
123	Metropolitan	NL	$46,663	1	$46,663	$2,938,208	8/03/90
124	Talk to Her	SPC	$46,611	2	$93,223	$9,285,469	11/29/02
125	Victor/Victoria	MGM	$46,544	3	$139,634	$28,215,453	3/19/82
126	Brand Upon the Brain!	Vita.	$46,412	1	$46,412	$263,200	5/11/07
127	Green Card	BV	$46,261	2	$92,523	$29,888,235	1/04/91
128	Bad Education	SPC	$46,182	3	$138,546	$5,211,842	11/26/04
129	Traffic	USA	$46,181	4	$184,725	$124,115,725	12/29/00
130	Howards End	SPC	$46,112	1	$46,112	$25,966,555	4/03/92
131	Good Morning, Vietnam	BV	$46,003	4	$184,015	$123,922,370	1/08/88
132	One Hour Photo	FoxS	$45,930	7	$321,515	$31,597,131	8/23/02
133	The Ghost Writer	Sum.	$45,752	4	$183,009	$15,541,549	2/19/10
134	Jane Eyre	Focus	$45,721	4	$182,885	$11,242,660	3/11/11
135	Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour	BV	$45,561	683	$31,117,834	$65,281,781	2/01/08
136	Magnificent Desolation (IMAX)	Imax	$45,522	3	$136,565	$34,126,126	12/26/08
137	Amelie	Mira.	$45,490	3	$136,470	$33,225,499	11/02/01
138	After Hours	WB	$45,435	1	$45,435	$10,609,321	9/13/85
139	Cyrus	FoxS	$45,429	4	$181,716	$7,468,936	6/18/10
140	Gran Torino	WB	$45,287	6	$271,720	$148,095,302	12/12/08
141	Magnificent Desolation (IMAX)	Imax	$45,156	1	$45,156	$34,126,126	8/06/10
142	Down with Love	Fox	$45,029	1	$45,029	$20,305,251	5/09/03
143	Black Hawk Down	SonR	$44,955	4	$179,823	$108,638,745	12/28/01
144	Zero Dark Thirty	Sony	$44,933	60	$2,696,006	$95,720,716	1/04/13
145	The Last Temptation of Christ	Uni.	$44,579	9	$401,211	$8,373,585	8/12/88
146	Blade Runner: The Final Cut	WB	$44,575	2	$89,150	$1,548,502	10/05/07
147	On Golden Pond	Uni.	$44,352	2	$88,705	$119,285,432	1/01/82
148	Broken Embraces	SPC	$44,285	2	$88,570	$5,014,305	12/04/09
149	Kit Kittredge: An American Girl	PicH	$44,059	5	$220,297	$17,657,973	6/20/08
150	The Mission	WB	$44,049	1	$44,049	$17,218,023	11/07/86
151	Everyone Says I Love You	Mira.	$43,892	3	$131,678	$9,759,200	12/06/96
152	No Country for Old Men	Mira.	$43,797	28	$1,226,333	$74,283,625	11/09/07
153	Wish You Were Here	Atl	$43,611	1	$43,611	$3,283,832	7/24/87
154	Howards End	SPC	$43,556	1	$43,556	$25,966,555	4/10/92
155	Victor/Victoria	MGM	$43,294	3	$129,882	$28,215,453	3/26/82
156	Magnificent Desolation (IMAX)	Imax	$43,108	1	$43,108	$34,126,126	7/16/10
157	Night and the City	Fox	$43,036	1	$43,036	$6,202,756	10/16/92
158	Bullets Over Broadway	Mira.	$43,036	2	$86,072	$13,383,747	10/21/94
159	A Room with a View	Cinc	$42,970	1	$42,970	$20,966,644	3/07/86
160	Kids	Mira.	$42,854	2	$85,709	$7,412,216	7/21/95
161	Dances with Wolves	Orion	$42,732	14	$598,257	$184,208,848	11/09/90
162	Dead Poets Society	BV	$42,557	8	$340,456	$95,860,116	6/02/89
163	Beasts of the Southern Wild	FoxS	$42,426	4	$169,702	$12,795,746	6/29/12
164	Fantasia 2000 (35mm & IMAX)	BV	$42,417	54	$2,290,525	$60,655,420	12/31/99
165	A Dangerous Method	SPC	$41,988	4	$167,953	$5,704,709	11/25/11
166	A Serious Man	Focus	$41,890	6	$251,337	$9,228,768	10/02/09
167	Brooklyn Rules	CityL	$41,811	1	$41,811	$458,232	5/11/07
168	Brick	Focus	$41,787	2	$83,574	$2,075,743	3/31/06
169	Magnificent Desolation (IMAX)	Imax	$41,594	1	$41,594	$34,126,126	8/13/10
170	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	SPC	$41,450	16	$663,205	$128,078,872	12/08/00
171	The Namesake	FoxS	$41,425	6	$248,552	$13,569,248	3/09/07
172	Frida	Mira.	$41,199	5	$205,996	$25,885,000	10/25/02
173	The Descendants	FoxS	$41,038	29	$1,190,096	$82,584,160	11/18/11
174	Iron Man 3	BV	$40,946	4,253	$174,144,585	$343,620,220	5/03/13
175	The Queen	Mira.	$40,671	3	$122,014	$56,441,711	9/29/06
176	Margot at the Wedding	ParV	$40,517	2	$81,035	$1,959,420	11/16/07
177	Fantasia 2000 (35mm & IMAX)	BV	$40,413	53	$2,141,916	$60,655,420	4/28/00
178	Milk	Focus	$40,385	36	$1,453,844	$31,841,299	11/28/08
179	The Mission	WB	$40,366	1	$40,366	$17,218,023	10/31/86
180	Dances with Wolves	Orion	$40,363	14	$565,083	$184,208,848	11/16/90
181	Lost in Translation	Focus	$40,221	23	$925,087	$44,585,453	9/12/03
182	Punchline	Col.	$40,185	4	$160,742	$21,042,667	9/30/88
183	Platoon	Orion	$40,180	6	$241,080	$138,530,565	12/19/86
184	The Secret of Kells	GK	$39,826	1	$39,826	$676,775	3/05/10
185	An Education	SPC	$39,754	4	$159,017	$12,574,914	10/09/09
186	Galapagos (IMAX)	Imax	$39,741	1	$39,741	$18,113,916	4/14/06
187	Adaptation.	Sony	$39,597	7	$277,184	$22,498,520	12/13/02
188	Volver	SPC	$39,540	5	$197,703	$12,899,867	11/03/06
189	Greenberg	Focus	$39,384	3	$118,152	$4,234,170	3/19/10
190	Made	Art.	$39,334	3	$118,003	$5,313,300	7/13/01
191	Tous les Matins du Monde	Oct.	$39,277	1	$39,277	$3,089,497	11/13/92
192	sex, lies and videotape	Mira.	$38,995	4	$155,982	$24,741,667	8/04/89
193	Good Will Hunting	Mira.	$38,987	7	$272,912	$138,433,435	12/05/97
194	The Lovely Bones	P/DW	$38,872	3	$116,616	$44,114,232	12/11/09
195	Young Adult	Par.	$38,783	8	$310,263	$16,311,571	12/09/11
196	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2	WB	$38,672	4,375	$169,189,427	$381,011,219	7/15/11
197	Prick Up Your Ears	Gold.	$38,643	1	$38,643	$1,654,743	4/17/87
198	A Fish Called Wanda	MGM	$38,472	3	$115,418	$62,493,712	7/15/88
199	Philadelphia	TriS	$38,469	4	$153,879	$77,446,440	12/31/93
200	Kung Fu Hustle	SPC	$38,460	7	$269,225	$17,108,591	4/08/05

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.
** Date is the beginning date of the 3-day weekend.
Movies are in wide release when playing in 600 or more theaters.