Top Grossing July Weekends at the Box Office, 1982-Present

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BIGGEST WEEKENDS
Aggregated Top 12 Weekend Totals, 1982-Present

Rows #1–133

Row	Rank	Weekend Date / Wknd #		Top 12 Gross	Theaters / Avg.		New Movies	#1 Movie	Gross	% of Total
1	1,240	Jul. 8–10, 1983	27	$38,086,383	13,826	$2,755	0	Return of the Jedi	$7,337,926	19.3%
2	1,187	Jul. 30–Aug. 1, 1982	31	$40,938,709	10,187	$4,019	2	E.T.	$10,425,071	25.5%
3	1,154	Jul. 9–11, 1982	28	$43,519,202	11,348	$3,835	1	E.T.	$12,802,287	29.4%
4	1,147	Jul. 16–18, 1982	29	$44,322,027	11,383	$3,894	4	E.T.	$13,003,581	29.3%
5	1,139	Jul. 3–5, 1987	27	$45,191,796	15,423	$2,930	2	Dragnet	$7,042,650	15.6%
6	1,119	Jul. 23–25, 1982	30	$46,074,920	11,456	$4,022	2	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	$11,874,268	25.8%
7	1,115	Jul. 25–27, 1986	30	$46,572,894	14,195	$3,281	4	Aliens	$8,640,292	18.6%
8	1,113	Jul. 18–20, 1986	29	$46,625,613	14,960	$3,117	2	Aliens	$10,052,042	21.6%
9	1,108	Jul. 27–29, 1984	30	$46,800,355	13,531	$3,459	3	Purple Rain	$7,766,201	16.6%
10	1,091	Jul. 31–Aug. 2, 1987	31	$47,684,560	15,307	$3,115	2	The Living Daylights	$11,051,284	23.2%
11	1,084	Jul. 20–22, 1984	29	$48,165,779	13,232	$3,640	3	Ghostbusters	$8,493,861	17.6%
12	1,066	Jul. 4–6, 1986	27	$48,676,590	14,687	$3,314	5	Karate Kid 2	$6,284,953	12.9%
13	1,065	Jul. 12–14, 1985	28	$48,789,532	14,960	$3,261	3	Back to the Future	$10,555,133	21.6%
14	1,060	Jul. 13–15, 1984	28	$49,021,274	14,077	$3,482	2	Ghostbusters	$9,761,392	19.9%
15	1,059	Jul. 10–12, 1987	28	$49,089,282	15,673	$3,132	1	Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise	$7,900,879	16.1%
16	1,058	Jul. 24–26, 1987	30	$49,160,387	15,347	$3,203	3	Robocop	$6,332,716	12.9%
17	1,057	Jul. 15–17, 1983	28	$49,240,545	13,926	$3,536	2	Staying Alive	$12,146,143	24.7%
18	1,056	Jul. 19–21, 1985	29	$49,298,107	14,220	$3,467	3	Back to the Future	$10,315,305	20.9%
19	1,052	Jul. 11–13, 1986	28	$49,460,363	15,026	$3,292	1	Karate Kid 2	$6,667,787	13.5%
20	1,044	Jul. 29–31, 1983	30	$49,981,261	13,571	$3,683	3	National Lampoon's Vacation	$8,333,358	16.7%
21	1,037	Jul. 26–28, 1985	30	$50,458,307	14,749	$3,421	3	European Vacation	$12,329,627	24.4%
22	1,007	Jul. 31–Aug. 2, 1992	31	$52,240,934	18,807	$2,778	3	Death Becomes Her	$12,110,355	23.2%
23	1,005	Jul. 5–7, 1985	27	$52,401,718	14,522	$3,608	3	Back to the Future	$11,152,500	21.3%
24	992	Jul. 17–19, 1987	29	$53,219,044	15,724	$3,385	3	Robocop	$8,008,721	15.0%
25	984	Jul. 24–26, 1992	30	$53,743,864	19,023	$2,825	1	Mo' Money	$12,385,415	23.0%
26	979	Jul. 29–31, 1988	31	$53,958,388	15,787	$3,418	2	Cocktail	$11,789,466	21.8%
27	966	Jul. 22–24, 1983	29	$55,192,351	13,649	$4,044	2	Jaws 3-D	$13,422,500	24.3%
28	963	Jul. 6–8, 1984	27	$55,440,369	14,290	$3,880	0	Ghostbusters	$11,136,134	20.1%
29	932	Jul. 17–19, 1992	29	$58,457,185	19,672	$2,972	3	Honey, I Blew Up the Kid	$11,083,318	19.0%
30	930	Jul. 15–17, 1988	29	$58,583,446	16,564	$3,537	2	Coming to America	$10,417,790	17.8%
31	929	Jul. 26–28, 1991	30	$58,669,598	18,519	$3,168	3	Terminator 2	$11,051,400	18.8%
32	910	Jul. 8–10, 1988	28	$60,261,828	16,341	$3,688	4	Coming to America	$13,342,707	22.1%
33	907	Jul. 22–24, 1988	30	$60,836,216	16,582	$3,669	3	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	$8,919,732	14.7%
34	875	Jul. 20–22, 1990	29	$63,863,202	18,795	$3,398	2	Ghost	$12,523,295	19.6%
35	856	Jul. 28–30, 1989	30	$65,221,198	17,333	$3,763	2	Turner & Hooch	$12,211,042	18.7%
36	855	Jul. 21–23, 1989	29	$65,780,404	16,700	$3,939	1	Lethal Weapon 2	$13,022,249	19.8%
37	848	Jul. 27–29, 1990	30	$66,126,685	18,152	$3,643	2	Presumed Innocent	$11,718,981	17.7%
38	826	Jul. 6–8, 1990	27	$68,873,992	20,573	$3,348	2	Die Hard 2	$21,744,661	31.6%
39	804	Jul. 10–12, 1992	28	$70,405,583	20,954	$3,360	3	League of Their Own	$11,660,303	16.6%
40	790	Jul. 3–5, 1992	27	$70,968,963	20,105	$3,530	2	Batman Returns	$13,823,658	19.5%
41	769	Jul. 13–15, 1990	28	$72,578,862	19,847	$3,657	4	Die Hard 2	$14,512,301	20.0%
42	764	Jul. 26–28, 1996	30	$72,913,218	24,258	$3,006	4	A Time to Kill	$14,823,159	20.3%
43	753	Jul. 19–21, 1991	29	$73,653,807	19,769	$3,726	2	Terminator 2	$14,895,425	20.2%
44	730	Jul. 30–Aug. 1, 1993	31	$74,978,550	20,045	$3,741	3	Rising Sun	$15,195,941	20.3%
45	693	Jul. 21–23, 1995	29	$78,156,903	22,932	$3,408	2	Apollo 13	$12,457,260	15.9%
46	684	Jul. 19–21, 1996	29	$79,019,653	24,798	$3,187	4	Independence Day	$21,274,817	26.9%
47	679	Jul. 14–16, 1989	28	$79,545,388	17,636	$4,510	2	Lethal Weapon 2	$17,188,126	21.6%
48	649	Jul. 7–9, 1989	27	$81,871,108	17,068	$4,797	2	Lethal Weapon 2	$20,388,800	24.9%
49	645	Jul. 16–18, 1993	29	$82,103,363	20,041	$4,097	2	The Firm	$13,281,416	16.2%
50	644	Jul. 28–30, 1995	30	$82,171,691	23,716	$3,465	3	Waterworld	$21,171,780	25.8%
51	622	Jul. 23–25, 1993	30	$83,010,719	20,451	$4,059	3	Poetic Justice	$11,728,455	14.1%
52	599	Jul. 12–14, 1991	28	$85,500,182	19,779	$4,323	4	Terminator 2	$20,738,340	24.3%
53	587	Jul. 5–7, 1991	27	$86,718,022	19,745	$4,392	2	Terminator 2	$31,765,506	36.6%
54	584	Jul. 14–16, 1995	28	$86,890,591	23,457	$3,704	3	Apollo 13	$15,630,650	18.0%
55	550	Jul. 7–9, 1995	27	$89,600,151	23,608	$3,795	2	Apollo 13	$19,635,095	21.9%
56	546	Jul. 8–10, 1994	27	$89,809,754	21,686	$4,141	1	Forrest Gump	$24,450,602	27.2%
57	498	Jul. 15–17, 1994	28	$94,987,554	21,597	$4,398	2	True Lies	$25,869,770	27.2%
58	489	Jul. 9–11, 1993	28	$95,693,755	21,236	$4,506	3	The Firm	$17,937,098	18.7%
59	484	Jul. 22–24, 1994	29	$96,247,681	21,222	$4,535	3	Forrest Gump	$21,931,425	22.8%
60	481	Jul. 18–20, 1997	29	$96,534,453	25,455	$3,792	3	Men in Black	$19,029,928	19.7%
61	477	Jul. 11–13, 1997	28	$96,804,920	25,064	$3,862	2	Men in Black	$30,062,317	31.1%
62	460	Jul. 29–31, 1994	30	$97,954,558	22,142	$4,424	3	The Mask	$23,117,068	23.6%
63	440	Jul. 3–5, 1998	27	$100,175,658	23,563	$4,251	1	Armageddon	$36,089,972	36.0%
64	413	Jul. 31–Aug. 2, 1998	31	$102,414,463	26,618	$3,848	4	Saving Private Ryan	$23,601,801	23.0%
65	408	Jul. 19–21, 2002	29	$102,967,241	30,069	$3,424	3	Road to Perdition	$15,412,515	15.0%
66	396	Jul. 25–27, 1997	30	$103,940,594	25,288	$4,110	2	Air Force One	$37,132,505	35.7%
67	395	Jul. 12–14, 1996	28	$104,035,353	23,173	$4,490	2	Independence Day	$35,242,709	33.9%
68	366	Jul. 16–18, 1999	29	$107,138,189	28,121	$3,810	4	Eyes Wide Shut	$21,706,163	20.3%
69	365	Jul. 9–11, 1999	28	$107,987,981	27,646	$3,906	2	American Pie	$18,709,680	17.3%
70	356	Jul. 13–15, 2001	28	$109,260,148	29,949	$3,648	3	Legally Blonde	$20,377,426	18.7%
71	345	Jul. 17–19, 1998	29	$110,331,034	26,403	$4,179	2	Mask of Zorro	$22,525,855	20.4%
72	334	Jul. 29–31, 2005	30	$111,996,713	30,649	$3,654	3	Wedding Crashers	$20,023,159	17.9%
73	330	Jul. 31–Aug. 2, 2009	31	$113,496,999	31,315	$3,624	3	Funny People	$22,657,780	20.0%
74	325	Jul. 23–25, 1999	30	$114,139,525	26,661	$4,281	3	The Haunting	$33,435,140	29.3%
75	319	Jul. 24–26, 1998	30	$114,763,546	26,511	$4,329	3	Saving Private Ryan	$30,576,104	26.6%
76	315	Jul. 4–6, 1997	27	$115,502,214	24,105	$4,792	3	Men in Black	$51,068,455	44.2%
77	314	Jul. 10–12, 1998	28	$115,636,188	26,560	$4,354	3	Lethal Weapon 4	$34,048,124	29.4%
78	308	Jul. 2–4, 1999	27	$116,518,028	25,606	$4,550	3	Wild Wild West	$27,687,484	23.8%
79	306	Jul. 28–30, 2006	30	$116,644,342	32,883	$3,547	3	Miami Vice	$25,723,815	22.1%
80	279	Jul. 5–7, 1996	27	$121,019,301	22,785	$5,311	2	Independence Day	$50,228,264	41.5%
81	270	Jul. 28–30, 2000	30	$121,684,516	30,638	$3,972	2	The Klumps	$42,518,830	34.9%
82	269	Jul. 6–8, 2001	27	$121,839,455	29,312	$4,157	3	Cats & Dogs	$21,707,617	17.8%
83	244	Jul. 4–6, 2003	27	$126,300,866	29,139	$4,334	3	Terminator 3	$44,041,440	34.9%
84	243	Jul. 27–29, 2012	30	$126,496,912	28,793	$4,393	2	The Dark Knight Rises	$62,101,451	49.1%
85	238	Jul. 21–23, 2000	29	$127,323,365	29,868	$4,263	4	What Lies Beneath	$29,702,959	23.3%
86	226	Jul. 22–24, 2005	29	$129,199,522	29,343	$4,403	4	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	$28,253,338	21.9%
87	221	Jul. 12–14, 2002	28	$129,586,621	28,719	$4,512	4	Men in Black II	$24,410,311	18.8%
88	188	Jul. 1–3, 2005	26	$133,727,019	30,949	$4,321	2	War of the Worlds	$64,878,725	48.5%
89	182	Jul. 10–12, 2009	28	$134,862,019	29,883	$4,513	2	Bruno	$30,619,130	22.7%
90	181	Jul. 20–22, 2001	29	$134,904,861	30,478	$4,426	2	Jurassic Park III	$50,771,645	37.6%
91	180	Jul. 26–28, 2002	30	$135,080,061	27,982	$4,827	2	Goldmember	$73,071,188	54.1%
92	177	Jul. 11–13, 2003	28	$135,692,587	29,876	$4,542	2	Pirates of the Caribbean	$46,630,690	34.4%
93	175	Jul. 30–Aug. 1, 2010	31	$136,057,720	32,891	$4,137	3	Inception	$27,485,245	20.2%
94	174	Jul. 7–9, 2000	27	$136,974,583	29,252	$4,683	2	Scary Movie	$42,346,669	30.9%
95	171	Jul. 9–11, 2004	28	$137,834,394	29,632	$4,652	3	Spider-Man 2	$45,180,743	32.8%
96	169	Jul. 18–20, 2003	29	$138,355,600	29,732	$4,653	3	Bad Boys II	$46,522,560	33.6%
97	166	Jul. 23–25, 2004	30	$138,884,385	28,992	$4,790	2	The Bourne Supremacy	$52,521,865	37.8%
98	162	Jul. 30–Aug. 1, 1999	31	$139,128,184	25,931	$5,365	2	Runaway Bride	$35,055,556	25.2%
99	161	Jul. 5–7, 2002	27	$139,184,571	28,303	$4,918	3	Men in Black II	$52,148,751	37.5%
100	160	Jul. 8–10, 2005	27	$139,502,958	30,547	$4,567	2	Fantastic Four	$56,061,504	40.2%
101	153	Jul. 16–18, 2004	29	$140,817,479	29,182	$4,825	2	I, Robot	$52,179,887	37.1%
102	150	Jul. 24–26, 2009	30	$141,528,932	30,726	$4,606	3	G-Force	$31,706,934	22.4%
103	147	Jul. 30–Aug. 1, 2004	31	$142,392,809	30,396	$4,685	4	The Village	$50,746,142	35.6%
104	146	Jul. 21–23, 2006	29	$142,654,734	31,683	$4,503	4	Dead Man's Chest	$35,215,201	24.7%
105	138	Jul. 27–29, 2001	30	$143,459,241	29,135	$4,924	1	Planet of the Apes (2001)	$68,532,960	47.8%
106	134	Jul. 11–13, 2008	28	$143,783,407	32,270	$4,456	3	Hellboy II	$34,539,115	24.0%
107	129	Jul. 14–16, 2000	28	$144,853,026	29,897	$4,845	1	X-Men	$54,471,475	37.6%
108	125	Jul. 8–10, 2011	27	$145,737,429	31,235	$4,666	2	Transformers 3	$47,103,276	32.3%
109	121	Jul. 20–22, 2007	29	$146,739,263	29,702	$4,940	2	I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry	$34,233,750	23.3%
110	114	Jul. 25–27, 2003	30	$147,454,401	29,980	$4,918	3	Spy Kids 3	$33,417,739	22.7%
111	107	Jul. 14–16, 2006	28	$150,142,132	27,808	$5,399	2	Dead Man's Chest	$62,345,264	41.5%
112	98	Jul. 17–19, 2009	29	$152,113,223	29,768	$5,110	2	Harry Potter 6	$77,835,727	51.2%
113	93	Jul. 4–6, 2008	27	$153,192,058	31,814	$4,815	1	Hancock	$62,603,879	40.9%
114	89	Jul. 13–15, 2012	28	$153,870,508	30,055	$5,120	1	Ice Age: Continental Drift	$46,629,259	30.3%
115	85	Jul. 23–25, 2010	30	$155,046,153	31,412	$4,936	2	Inception	$42,725,012	27.6%
116	82	Jul. 3–5, 2009	27	$155,486,083	30,319	$5,128	2	Transformers 2	$42,320,877	27.2%
117	81	Jul. 15–17, 2005	28	$155,689,225	29,545	$5,270	2	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	$56,178,450	36.1%
118	71	Jul. 2–4, 2004	27	$158,362,827	29,673	$5,337	1	Spider-Man 2	$88,156,227	55.7%
119	56	Jul. 6–8, 2007	27	$165,449,282	30,540	$5,417	2	Transformers	$70,502,384	42.6%
120	46	Jul. 29–31, 2011	30	$170,815,601	32,349	$5,280	3	Cowboys & Aliens	$36,431,290	21.3%
121	43	Jul. 16–18, 2010	29	$171,364,446	30,464	$5,625	2	Inception	$62,785,337	36.6%
122	42	Jul. 13–15, 2007	28	$171,896,188	28,862	$5,956	2	Harry Potter / Phoenix	$77,108,414	44.9%
123	40	Jul. 27–29, 2007	30	$172,425,180	29,977	$5,752	4	The Simpsons Movie	$74,036,787	42.9%
124	37	Jul. 25–27, 2008	30	$174,030,221	32,319	$5,385	2	The Dark Knight	$75,166,466	43.2%
125	30	Jul. 2–4, 2010	27	$180,531,680	26,423	$6,832	2	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	$64,832,191	35.9%
126	29	Jul. 22–24, 2011	29	$181,319,945	30,153	$6,013	2	Captain America	$65,058,524	35.9%
127	27	Jul. 6–8, 2012	27	$182,308,166	29,835	$6,111	3	The Amazing Spider-Man	$62,004,688	34.0%
128	25	Jul. 9–11, 2010	28	$184,059,013	28,104	$6,549	3	Despicable Me	$56,397,125	30.6%
129	18	Jul. 1–3, 2011	26	$191,768,382	31,344	$6,118	3	Transformers 3	$97,852,865	51.0%
130	11	Jul. 7–9, 2006	27	$209,881,552	28,080	$7,474	1	Dead Man's Chest	$135,634,554	64.6%
131	7	Jul. 20–22, 2012	29	$223,984,489	27,758	$8,069	1	The Dark Knight Rises	$160,887,295	71.8%
132	3	Jul. 15–17, 2011	28	$251,645,075	29,547	$8,517	2	Harry Potter / Deathly Hallows (P2)	$169,189,427	67.2%
133	2	Jul. 18–20, 2008	29	$253,586,871	32,822	$7,726	3	The Dark Knight	$158,411,483	62.5%

Rows #1–133

CHART NOTES
Chart shows 3-day weekends only.
Rank indicates rank of all weekends, regardless if a given month is selected.
Highlighted rows indicate weekends ending in the last 52 weeks.