WORLDWIDE OPENINGS

Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide Opening	Domestic Opening / %		Overseas Opening / %		Year
1	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	WB	$394.0	$158.0	40.1%	$236.0	59.9%	2009
2	Spider-Man 3	Sony	$381.7	$151.1	39.6%	$230.5	60.4%	2007
3	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	BV	$344.0	$128.0	37.2%	$216.0	62.8%	2007
4	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	WB	$332.7	$139.7	42.0%	$193.0	58.0%	2007
5	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	Fox	$303.9	$158.4	52.1%	$145.5	47.9%	2005
6	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Par.	$272.2	$125.2	46.0%	$147.0	54.0%	2008
7	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	NL	$250.0	$124.1	49.6%	$125.9	50.4%	2003
8	The Da Vinci Code	Sony	$232.1	$77.1	33.2%	$155.0	66.8%	2006
9	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	P/DW	$219.9	$200.1	91.0%	$19.8	9.0%	2009
10	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Fox	$218.4	$66.7	30.6%	$151.7	69.4%	2009
11	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	WB	$207.2	$93.7	45.2%	$113.5	54.8%	2004
12	War of the Worlds	Par.	$203.1	$100.6	49.5%	$102.5	50.5%	2005
13	The Matrix Revolutions	WB	$201.4	$83.8	41.6%	$117.6	58.4%	2003
14	Iron Man	Par.	$201.2	$102.1	50.8%	$99.1	49.2%	2008
15	The Dark Knight	WB	$199.7	$158.4	79.3%	$41.3	20.7%	2008
16	Transformers	P/DW	$191.7	$155.4	81.1%	$36.3	18.9%	2007
17	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	NL	$189.9	$102.0	53.7%	$87.9	46.3%	2002
18	Spider-Man 2	Sony	$189.4	$152.4	80.5%	$37.0	19.5%	2004
19	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	WB	$188.2	$102.7	54.6%	$85.5	45.4%	2005
20	Hancock	Sony	$182.5	$103.9	56.9%	$78.6	43.1%	2008
21	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	BV	$182.3	$135.6	74.4%	$46.6	25.6%	2006
22	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones	Fox	$179.3	$110.2	61.5%	$69.1	38.5%	2002
23	X-Men: The Last Stand	Fox	$179.0	$102.8	57.4%	$76.3	42.6%	2006
24	The Simpsons Movie	Fox	$170.9	$74.0	43.3%	$96.9	56.7%	2007
25	The Matrix Reloaded	WB	$165.9	$134.3	81.0%	$31.6	19.0%	2003
26	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Fox	$158.2	$85.1	53.8%	$73.2	46.2%	2009
27	X2: X-Men United	Fox	$154.8	$85.6	55.3%	$69.3	44.7%	2003
28	The Day After Tomorrow	Fox	$151.4	$68.7	45.4%	$82.7	54.6%	2004
29	King Kong	Uni.	$149.2	$66.2	44.4%	$83.0	55.6%	2005
30	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	WB	$147.9	$88.4	59.8%	$59.5	40.2%	2002
31	Angels & Demons	Sony	$136.8	$46.2	33.8%	$90.6	66.2%	2009
32	Shrek the Third	P/DW	$136.8	$122.5	89.6%	$14.2	10.4%	2007
33	Shrek 2	DW	$131.1	$129.0	98.4%	$2.1	1.6%	2004
34	Spider-Man	Sony	$125.9	$114.8	91.2%	$11.1	8.8%	2002
35	Mission: Impossible III	Par.	$117.8	$47.7	40.5%	$70.0	59.5%	2006
36	Ice Age: The Meltdown	Fox	$115.4	$68.0	58.9%	$47.4	41.1%	2006
37	Star Trek	Par.	$115.0	$79.2	68.9%	$35.8	31.1%	2009
38	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	BV	$107.1	$65.6	61.2%	$41.5	38.8%	2005
39	Van Helsing	Uni.	$106.9	$51.7	48.4%	$55.2	51.6%	2004
40	Superman Returns	WB	$106.7	$84.6	79.3%	$22.1	20.7%	2006
41	Quantum of Solace	Sony	$106.5	$67.5	63.4%	$39.0	36.6%	2008
42	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	Fox	$103.2	$54.2	52.5%	$49.0	47.5%	2009
43	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	Uni.	$102.4	$40.5	39.5%	$61.9	60.5%	2008
44	Fast and Furious	Uni.	$101.7	$71.0	69.8%	$30.7	30.2%	2009
45	Troy	WB	$101.6	$46.9	46.1%	$54.7	53.9%	2004

CHART NOTES
Grosses in millions of dollars. Because movies open overseas on various days of the week and their grosses are included in the weekend gross, the domestic opening gross includes all earnings up to a movie's opening weekend. Studio indicates the domestic distributor and Year indicates the domestic year of release.

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