3D 1980-Present
TOTAL GROSSES | OPENING WEEKENDS Rank Title (click to view) Studio Lifetime Gross / Theaters Opening / Theaters Date 1 Avatar Fox $629,344,204 3,461 $77,025,481 3,452 12/18/09 2 Up BV $293,004,164 3,886 $68,108,790 3,766 5/29/09 3 Monsters Vs. Aliens P/DW $198,351,526 4,136 $59,321,095 4,104 3/27/09 4 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Fox $196,573,705 4,102 $41,690,382 4,099 7/1/09 5 A Christmas Carol (2009) BV $137,855,863 3,683 $30,051,075 3,683 11/6/09 6 Chicken Little BV $135,386,665 3,658 $40,049,778 3,654 11/4/05 7 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Sony $124,870,275 3,119 $30,304,648 3,119 9/18/09 8 G-Force BV $119,436,770 3,697 $31,706,934 3,697 7/24/09 9 Bolt BV $114,053,579 3,654 $26,223,128 3,651 11/21/08 10 Spy Kids 3D: Game Over Dim. $111,761,982 3,388 $33,417,739 3,344 7/25/03 11 Journey to the Center of the Earth WB (NL) $101,704,370 2,830 $21,018,141 2,811 7/11/08 12 Meet the Robinsons BV $97,822,171 3,435 $25,123,781 3,413 3/30/07 13 Beowulf Par. $82,280,579 3,249 $27,515,871 3,153 11/16/07 14 Coraline Focus $75,286,229 2,320 $16,849,640 2,299 2/6/09 15 Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D (2006) BV $75,082,668 168 $3,277,004 168 10/20/06 16 Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in Disney Digital 3-D (2007 re-issue) BV $75,082,668 564 $5,330,101 564 10/19/07 17 The Final Destination WB (NL) $66,477,700 3,121 $27,408,309 3,121 8/28/09 18 Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour BV $65,281,781 687 $31,117,834 683 2/1/08 19 My Bloody Valentine 3-D LGF $51,545,952 2,534 $21,241,456 2,534 1/16/09 20 Jaws 3-D Uni. $45,517,055 1,311 $13,422,500 1,300 7/22/83 21 The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3D Dim. $39,177,684 2,655 $12,582,088 2,655 6/10/05 22 Friday the 13th Part III Par. $36,690,067 1,079 $9,406,522 1,079 8/13/82 23 Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare NL $34,872,033 1,862 $12,966,525 1,862 9/13/91 24 Toy Story / Toy Story 2 (3D) BV $30,702,446 1,752 $12,491,789 1,745 10/2/09 25 Under the Sea 3D WB $19,940,246 108 $661,185 49 2/13/09 26 Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience BV $19,162,740 1,276 $12,510,374 1,271 2/27/09 27 Ghosts of the Abyss (IMAX & 35mm) BV $17,040,871 97 $1,408,474 97 4/11/03 28 Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone Col. $16,478,265 1,344 $7,053,016 1,338 5/20/83 29 Fly Me to the Moon Sum. $13,816,982 713 $1,900,523 452 8/15/08 30 Comin' at Ya! Film $12,000,000 - n/a - Jun 1981 31 Aliens of the Deep (IMAX) BV $8,968,684 27 $479,368 27 1/28/05 32 Amityville 3-D Orion $6,333,135 1,254 $2,366,472 1,254 11/18/83 33 Metalstorm Uni. $5,301,085 784 $2,019,000 549 8/19/83 34 Starchaser: The Legend of Orin Atl $3,360,800 1,020 $1,614,660 1,020 11/22/85 35 The Man Who Wasn't There (1983) Par. $2,443,487 980 $1,379,502 980 8/12/83 36 Battle for Terra LGF $1,647,083 1,159 $1,082,064 1,159 5/1/09 37 X Games 3D The Movie BV $1,391,434 1,399 $837,216 1,399 8/21/09 38 Night of the Living Dead 3D MME $271,000 145 $215,300 145 11/10/06 39 Call of the Wild 3D Viv. $28,682 14 $10,713 14 6/12/09 - Parasite Emb n/a - n/a - 3/12/82 - The Treasure of Four Crowns Can. n/a - n/a - 1/21/83 TOTAL (All Movies): $3,066,346,630 - - - - AVERAGE (All Movies): $78,624,273 1,915 $18,235,602 1,940 - TOTAL $2,857,931,811 - - - - AVERAGE $92,191,349 2,373 $23,996,097 2,471 -
TOTAL GROSSES | OPENING WEEKENDS
NOTE: NOTE: Beowulf and Journey to the Center of the Earth included because 3-D was a primary selling point and their 3-D releases alone met the nationwide threshold of 600 theaters. If there are any movies that you think should be on this list, e-mail us at mail@boxofficemojo.com .
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