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TOP WEEKEND THEATER AVERAGES
1982-Present

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RankTitle (click to view)StudioAverageTheatersWeekend Gross*Total Gross^Date**
1 Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour BV $45,561 683 $31,117,834 $65,281,781 2/01/08
2 The Dark Knight WB $36,283 4,366 $158,411,483 $533,345,358 7/18/08
3 Spider-Man 3 Sony $35,540 4,252 $151,116,516 $336,530,303 5/04/07
4 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest BV $32,817 4,133 $135,634,554 $423,315,812 7/07/06
5 Spider-Man Sony $31,768 3,615 $114,844,116 $403,706,375 5/03/02
6 Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Fox $31,607 837 $26,455,463 $128,505,958 11/03/06
7 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Fox $29,619 3,661 $108,435,841 $380,270,577 5/20/05
8 Shrek the Third P/DW $29,507 4,122 $121,629,270 $322,719,944 5/18/07
9 X-Men: The Last Stand Fox $27,845 3,690 $102,750,665 $234,362,462 5/26/06
10 Fahrenheit 9/11 Lions $27,558 868 $23,920,637 $119,194,771 6/25/04
11 The Passion of the Christ NM $27,554 3,043 $83,848,082 $370,274,604 2/27/04
12 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire WB $26,616 3,858 $102,685,961 $290,013,036 11/18/05
13 The Blair Witch Project Art. $26,528 1,101 $29,207,381 $140,539,099 7/30/99
14 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End BV $26,302 4,362 $114,732,820 $309,420,425 5/25/07
15 Shrek 2 DW $25,951 4,163 $108,037,878 $441,226,247 5/21/04
16 Paranormal Activity Par. $25,813 760 $19,617,650 $105,172,000 10/16/09
17 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen P/DW $25,736 4,234 $108,966,307 $402,111,870 6/26/09
18 The Matrix Reloaded WB $25,471 3,603 $91,774,413 $281,576,461 5/16/03
19 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones Fox $25,317 3,161 $80,027,814 $302,191,252 5/17/02
20 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone WB $24,590 3,672 $90,294,621 $317,575,550 11/16/01
21 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban WB $24,302 3,855 $93,687,367 $249,541,069 6/04/04
22 Iron Man Par. $24,024 4,105 $98,618,668 $318,412,101 5/02/08
23 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets WB $23,997 3,682 $88,357,488 $261,988,482 11/15/02
24 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Par. $23,507 4,260 $100,137,835 $317,101,119 5/23/08
25 Return of the Jedi Fox $22,973 1,002 $23,019,618 $252,583,617 5/27/83

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.

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