WORST WIDE OPENINGS
1982–Present

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Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Opening*	% of Total	Theaters	Avg.	Total Gross^	Wide Date**
1	Proud American	Slow	$96,076	73.1%	750	$128	$131,357	9/12/08
2	The Passion Recut	NM	$223,789	44.0%	957	$233	$508,326	3/11/05
3	Nobel Son	Free	$333,912	61.8%	893	$374	$540,382	12/5/08
4	Turtle Beach	WB	$350,951	45.1%	727	$482	$778,535	5/1/92
5	Rich Girl	Stu3	$368,056	65.6%	1,058	$347	$561,000	5/3/91
6	National Lampoon's Gold Diggers	P&A	$403,164	76.5%	1,062	$379	$527,000	9/17/04
7	Kids in America	Slow	$440,228	81.9%	701	$628	$537,667	10/21/05
8	The Princess and the Goblin	Hemd	$451,560	21.5%	795	$568	$2,105,078	6/3/94
9	Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - From Hollywood to the Heartland	PicH	$464,170	76.9%	962	$483	$603,894	2/8/08
10	The Ten Commandments (2007)	RM	$478,910	50.3%	830	$577	$952,820	10/19/07
11	Freddie as F.R.o.7.	Mira.	$501,230	44.8%	1,257	$398	$1,119,368	8/28/92
12	The Brothers Solomon	SGem	$508,601	56.5%	700	$726	$900,926	9/7/07
13	Delgo	Free	$511,920	73.7%	2,160	$237	$694,782	12/12/08
14	Million Dollar Mystery	DEG	$513,731	51.9%	1,396	$368	$989,033	6/12/87
15	The Opposite Sex and How to Live With Them	Mira.	$525,004	76.0%	630	$833	$690,966	3/26/93
16	GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords	Atl	$531,905	39.7%	1,045	$509	$1,338,264	3/21/86
17	Skinwalkers	ADF	$553,520	54.3%	745	$742	$1,018,965	8/10/07
18	Turn It Up	NL	$576,820	46.2%	661	$872	$1,247,949	9/8/00
19	Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour	Free	$586,283	68.3%	1,121	$523	$858,415	10/19/07
20	September Dawn	Slow	$601,857	56.4%	857	$702	$1,066,555	8/24/07
21	Year of the Gun	Triu	$606,046	51.3%	739	$820	$1,182,273	11/1/91
22	Bad Moon	WB	$607,081	57.5%	825	$735	$1,055,525	11/1/96
23	Ruby	Triu	$614,327	66.8%	764	$804	$919,286	3/27/92
24	How I Got Into College	Fox	$651,850	39.7%	743	$877	$1,642,239	5/19/89
25	The Final Season	YFG	$661,049	57.0%	1,011	$653	$1,159,691	10/12/07
26	Honky Tonk Man	WB	$667,727	14.9%	677	$986	$4,484,991	12/17/82
27	My Little Pony	DEG	$674,724	11.3%	734	$919	$5,958,456	6/13/86
28	Undiscovered	Lions	$676,048	63.2%	1,304	$518	$1,069,318	8/26/05
29	Destiny Turns on the Radio	Sav.	$676,659	57.5%	1,126	$600	$1,176,982	4/28/95
30	Wired	Tau	$681,054	62.5%	745	$914	$1,089,000	8/25/89
31	A Christmas Story (Re-issue)	MGM	$703,439	53.7%	602	$1,168	$1,311,065	11/30/84
32	Solarbabies	MGM	$704,692	44.6%	692	$1,018	$1,579,260	11/26/86
33	The Forbidden Dance	Col.	$720,864	39.5%	637	$1,131	$1,823,154	3/16/90
34	Chasers	WB	$733,859	46.0%	782	$938	$1,596,687	4/22/94
35	The Fourth War	Can.	$776,449	59.5%	1,005	$772	$1,305,887	3/23/90
36	The Big Town	Col.	$776,675	44.8%	762	$1,019	$1,733,017	9/25/87
37	Slow Burn	LGF	$778,123	62.9%	1,163	$669	$1,237,615	4/13/07
38	The Abandoned	ADF	$782,000	58.7%	1,000	$782	$1,331,137	2/23/07
39	Falling in Love	Par.	$782,347	7.0%	701	$1,116	$11,129,057	12/14/84
40	The Nutcracker	WB	$783,721	37.0%	786	$997	$2,119,994	11/24/93
41	Car 54, Where Are You?	Orion	$791,182	63.9%	608	$1,301	$1,238,080	1/28/94
42	Josh and S.A.M.	Col.	$800,469	48.8%	774	$1,034	$1,640,220	11/24/93
43	A Dog of Flanders	WB	$807,873	37.3%	1,267	$637	$2,165,637	8/27/99
44	Nate and Hayes	Par.	$815,160	41.5%	925	$881	$1,963,756	11/18/83
45	Date with an Angel	DEG	$816,062	41.0%	843	$968	$1,988,962	11/20/87
46	The Color Purple (Re-issue)	WB	$816,269	19.0%	601	$1,358	$4,292,009	1/16/87
47	Critters	NL	$818,018	6.2%	621	$1,317	$13,167,232	5/9/86
48	Radioland Murders	Uni.	$835,570	63.5%	844	$990	$1,316,865	10/21/94
49	X Games 3D The Movie	BV	$837,216	60.2%	1,399	$598	$1,391,434	8/21/09
50	Finders Keepers	WB	$865,207	59.0%	753	$1,149	$1,467,396	5/18/84

CHART NOTES
* Opening is the opening weekend of the wide release date.
^ Total Gross does not include additional releases, if any.
** Release date is the date the movie went wide (600+ theaters).
Highlighted rows indicated movies released in the past year.

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