Western
1979-Present
Rank Title (click to view) Studio Opening % of Theaters / Avg. Total Release 1 Rango Par. $38,079,323 30.8% 3,917 $9,722 $123,477,607 3/4/11 2 Cowboys & Aliens Uni. $36,431,290 36.3% 3,750 $9,715 $100,240,551 7/29/11 3 Django Unchained Wein. $30,122,888 18.5% 3,010 $10,008 $162,805,434 12/25/12 4 Wild Wild West WB $27,687,484 24.3% 3,342 $8,284 $113,804,681 6/30/99 5 True Grit Par. $24,830,443 14.5% 3,047 $8,149 $171,243,005 12/22/10 6 Back to the Future Part III Uni. $19,089,645 21.8% 2,019 $9,455 $87,727,583 5/25/90 7 Maverick WB $17,248,545 17.0% 2,537 $6,798 $101,631,272 5/20/94 8 Shanghai Noon BV $15,607,034 27.4% 2,711 $5,756 $56,937,502 5/26/00 9 Unforgiven WB $15,018,007 14.8% 2,071 $7,251 $101,157,447 8/7/92 10 Open Range BV $14,047,781 24.1% 2,075 $6,770 $58,331,254 8/15/03 11 3:10 to Yuma (2007) LGF $14,035,033 26.2% 2,652 $5,292 $53,606,916 9/7/07 12 Home on the Range BV $13,880,771 27.7% 3,047 $4,555 $50,030,461 4/2/04 13 The Missing SonR $10,833,633 40.1% 2,756 $3,930 $27,011,180 11/26/03 14 Dances with Wolves Orion $9,491,623 5.2% 1,048 $9,056 $184,208,848 11/23/90 15 The Alamo (2004) BV $9,124,701 40.7% 2,609 $3,497 $22,414,961 4/9/04 16 Pale Rider WB $9,119,111 22.0% 1,710 $5,332 $41,410,568 6/28/85 17 Young Guns II Fox $8,017,438 18.2% 1,770 $4,529 $44,143,410 8/3/90 18 Wyatt Earp WB $7,543,504 30.1% 1,859 $4,057 $25,052,000 6/24/94 19 Young Guns Fox $7,011,393 15.4% 1,387 $5,055 $45,661,556 8/12/88 20 The Quick and the Dead Sony $6,515,861 35.0% 2,158 $3,019 $18,636,537 2/10/95 21 Tombstone BV $6,454,752 11.4% 1,504 $4,291 $56,505,065 12/24/93 22 Brokeback Mountain Focus $5,805,082 7.0% 683 $8,499 $83,043,761 1/13/06 23 Jonah Hex WB $5,379,365 51.0% 2,825 $1,904 $10,547,117 6/18/10 24 Posse Gram. $5,311,902 29.0% 949 $5,597 $18,289,763 5/14/93 25 Appaloosa WB (NL) $5,050,310 25.0% 1,045 $4,833 $20,211,394 10/3/08 26 Bad Girls Fox $5,012,200 32.9% 2,008 $2,496 $15,240,435 4/22/94 27 American Outlaws WB $4,855,475 36.4% 2,348 $2,067 $13,342,790 8/17/01 28 Geronimo: An American Legend Col. $4,018,452 21.6% 1,605 $2,503 $18,635,620 12/10/93 29 Quigley Down Under MGM $3,853,149 18.0% 996 $3,868 $21,413,105 10/19/90 30 Silverado Col. $3,522,897 10.9% 1,168 $3,016 $32,192,570 7/12/85 31 An American Tail: Fievel Goes West Uni. $3,435,625 15.5% 1,680 $2,045 $22,166,041 11/22/91 32 The Warrior's Way Rela. $3,048,665 53.8% 1,622 $1,880 $5,666,340 12/3/10 33 The Legend of the Lone Ranger Uni. $2,945,600 23.3% 1,018 $2,893 $12,617,845 5/22/81 34 Rustler's Rhapsody Par. $2,374,973 39.0% 1,480 $1,604 $6,090,497 5/10/85 35 The Long Riders UA $2,351,112 14.9% 759 $3,097 $15,795,189 5/16/80 36 Wagons East! TriS $1,802,878 40.9% 1,771 $1,018 $4,412,297 8/26/94 37 Butch and Sundance: The Early Days Fox $1,522,351 29.6% 689 $2,209 $5,136,913 6/15/79 38 All the Pretty Horses Mira. $1,304,971 8.4% 1,483 $879 $15,540,353 12/25/00 39 Wild Bill MGM $987,515 45.0% 775 $1,274 $2,193,982 12/1/95 40 Texas Rangers (2001) Mira. $319,516 51.3% 402 $794 $623,374 11/30/01 41 Barbarosa Uni. $285,312 16.4% 187 $1,525 $1,736,123 2/19/82 42 The Frisco Kid WB $160,292 1.7% 26 $6,165 $9,346,177 7/13/79 43 Seraphim Falls IDP $155,560 37.2% 52 $2,991 $418,296 1/26/07 44 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford WB $147,812 3.8% 5 $29,562 $3,909,149 9/21/07 45 Love's Abiding Joy BPic $145,895 57.7% 207 $704 $252,726 10/6/06 46 Cattle Annie and Little Britches Uni. $115,679 21.6% 215 $538 $534,816 4/24/81 47 Dead Man Mira. $104,649 10.1% 16 $6,540 $1,037,847 5/10/96 48 The Proposition First $32,681 1.7% 3 $10,893 $1,903,434 5/5/06 49 Gang of Roses DEJ $26,282 86.2% 4 $6,570 $30,497 10/10/03 50 The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada SPC $23,859 0.5% 5 $4,771 $5,027,684 12/14/05 51 The Ballad of Little Jo FL $20,773 3.8% 3 $6,924 $543,091 8/20/93 52 Meek's Cutoff Osci. $20,024 2.0% 2 $10,012 $977,772 4/8/11 53 Silent Tongue Trim. $18,227 29.7% 3 $6,075 $61,274 2/25/94 54 The Hi-Lo Country Gram. $17,712 10.7% 3 $5,904 $166,082 12/30/98 55 South of Heaven, West of Hell BSR $16,666 59.2% 9 $1,851 $28,149 6/15/01 56 Thousand Pieces of Gold Grey $16,553 2.3% 1 $16,553 $717,772 4/26/91 57 The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez Emb $15,477 1.9% 1 $15,477 $804,963 8/19/83 58 Blackthorn Magn. $15,254 7.6% 8 $1,907 $200,558 10/7/11 59 The Legend of God's Gun Indic. $15,096 6.2% 3 $5,032 $243,768 7/18/08 60 Sukiyaki Western Django First $9,856 19.5% 1 $9,856 $50,659 8/29/08 61 Red Hill Strand $8,650 41.0% 5 $1,730 $21,087 11/5/10 62 Dead Man's Burden Cdgm. $7,620 70.5% 1 $7,620 $10,808 5/3/13 63 The Claim MGM $7,131 1.1% 1 $7,131 $669,258 12/29/00 AVERAGE $10,327,507 20.5% 1,946 $5,307 $50,476,253 -
Note: Only movies with opening weekend grosses are listed on this chart.
NOTE: Grosses for 1980's Tom Horn are unavailable at this time. If there are any movies that you think should be on this list, e-mail us at mail@boxofficemojo.com .
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