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Rank	Date	Movie	Gross	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
1	7/18/2008	The Dark Knight	$158,411,483	4,366	$36,283	$158,411,483	3
2	5/4/2007	Spider-Man 3	$151,116,516	4,252	$35,540	$151,116,516	3
3	11/20/2009	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	$142,839,137	4,024	$35,497	$142,839,137	3
4	7/7/2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest	$135,634,554	4,133	$32,817	$135,634,554	3
5	5/7/2010	Iron Man 2	$128,122,480	4,380	$29,252	$128,122,480	3
6	5/18/2007	Shrek the Third	$121,629,270	4,122	$29,507	$122,536,609	3
7	3/5/2010	Alice in Wonderland	$116,101,023	3,728	$31,143	$116,101,023	3
8	5/3/2002	Spider-Man	$114,844,116	3,615	$31,769	$114,844,116	3
9	5/25/2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End	$114,732,820	4,362	$26,303	$127,972,864	3
10	6/18/2010	Toy Story 3	$110,307,189	4,028	$27,385	$110,307,189	3
11	6/26/2009	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	$108,966,307	4,234	$25,736	$200,077,255	5
12	5/20/2005	Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith	$108,435,841	3,661	$29,619	$158,449,700	4
13	5/21/2004	Shrek 2	$108,037,878	4,163	$25,952	$128,983,060	5
14	5/26/2006	X-Men: The Last Stand	$102,750,665	3,690	$27,846	$102,750,665	3
15	11/18/2005	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	$102,335,066	3,858	$26,525	$102,335,066	3
16	5/2/2008	Iron Man	$102,118,668	4,105	$24,877	$102,118,668	3
17	5/23/2008	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	$100,137,835	4,260	$23,507	$125,178,907	4
18	6/4/2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	$93,687,367	3,855	$24,303	$93,687,367	3
19	5/16/2003	The Matrix Reloaded	$91,774,413	3,603	$25,472	$134,282,716	4
20	11/16/2001	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone	$90,294,621	3,672	$24,590	$90,294,621	3
21	11/15/2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	$88,357,488	3,682	$23,997	$88,357,488	3
22	7/2/2004	Spider-Man 2	$88,156,227	4,152	$21,232	$152,411,751	5
23	5/2/2003	X2	$85,558,731	3,741	$22,871	$85,558,731	3
24	5/1/2009	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	$85,058,003	4,099	$20,751	$85,058,003	3
25	2/27/2004	The Passion of the Christ	$83,848,082	3,043	$27,554	$125,185,971	5
26	5/17/2002	Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones	$80,027,814	3,161	$25,317	$110,169,231	4
27	5/8/2009	Star Trek	$79,204,289	3,849	$20,578	$79,204,289	3
28	7/17/2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	$77,835,727	4,325	$17,997	$158,022,354	5
29	12/14/2007	I am Legend	$77,211,321	3,606	$21,412	$77,211,321	3
30	7/13/2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	$77,108,414	4,285	$17,995	$139,715,157	5
31	5/19/2006	The Da Vinci Code	$77,073,388	3,735	$20,635	$77,073,388	3
32	12/18/2009	Avatar	$77,025,481	3,452	$22,313	$77,025,481	3
33	7/27/2007	The Simpsons Movie	$74,036,787	3,922	$18,877	$74,036,787	3
34	7/26/2002	Austin Powers in Goldmember	$73,071,188	3,613	$20,225	$76,624,907	4
35	12/19/2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	$72,629,713	3,703	$19,614	$124,100,534	5
36	5/23/1997	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	$72,132,785	3,281	$21,985	$98,388,402	3
37	4/3/2009	Fast & Furious	$70,950,500	3,461	$20,500	$70,950,500	3
38	3/9/2007	300	$70,885,301	3,103	$22,844	$70,885,301	3
39	5/21/2010	Shrek Forever After	$70,838,207	4,359	$16,251	$70,838,207	3
40	7/6/2007	Transformers	$70,502,384	4,011	$17,577	$150,405,412	6
41	11/5/2004	The Incredibles	$70,467,623	3,933	$17,917	$70,467,623	3
42	5/30/2003	Finding Nemo	$70,251,710	3,374	$20,821	$70,251,710	3
43	11/21/2008	Twilight	$69,637,740	3,419	$20,368	$69,637,740	3
44	8/3/2007	The Bourne Ultimatum	$69,283,690	3,660	$18,930	$69,283,690	3
45	5/28/2004	The Day After Tomorrow	$68,743,584	3,425	$20,071	$68,743,584	3
46	7/27/2001	Planet of the Apes	$68,532,960	3,500	$19,581	$68,532,960	3
47	5/4/2001	The Mummy Returns	$68,139,035	3,401	$20,035	$68,139,035	3
48	5/29/2009	Up	$68,108,790	3,766	$18,085	$68,108,790	3
49	3/31/2006	Ice Age: The Meltdown	$68,033,544	3,964	$17,163	$68,033,544	3
50	5/23/2003	Bruce Almighty	$67,953,330	3,483	$19,510	$67,953,330	3

The Godfather 3/15/1972 $7,000,000 $134,966,411

The Godfather: Part II 12/11/1974 $13,000,000 $57,300,000

The Godfather: Part III 12/25/1990 $54,000,000 $66,520,529

Gone with the Wind 12/15/1939 $3,900,000 $79,375,080 $198,680,470

Inflation-Adjusted Top 20 Movies Released Since 1977

	Released	Film Name	Total Box Office
1	1977	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	$1,221,103,103
2	1982	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$1,007,752,635
3	1997	Titanic	$966,233,033
4	2009	Avatar	$739,573,110
5	1980	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	$724,177,905
6	1983	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	$697,325,250
7	1999	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	$636,362,693
8	1993	Jurassic Park	$635,001,750
9	1981	Raiders of the Lost Ark	$613,443,218
10	1994	Forrest Gump	$602,355,885
11	1994	The Lion King	$573,624,458
12	1977	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	$558,295,965
13	2008	The Dark Knight	$557,011,170
14	1978	Grease	$536,122,643
15	2004	Shrek 2	$527,138,933
16	2002	Spider-Man	$521,135,595
17	1996	Independence Day	$519,441,278
18	1984	Beverly Hills Cop	$495,774,143
19	1984	Ghostbusters	$492,981,023
20	1990	Home Alone	$491,524,890

All Time Worldwide Top 20

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation. The figures represent the total amount of money a movie has taken globally over its lifetime.

	Released	Film Name	Total Box Office
1	2009	Avatar	$2,767,978,776
2	1997	Titanic	$1,842,879,955
3	2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	$1,119,027,325
4	2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest	$1,065,659,812
5	2010	Toy Story 3	$1,050,786,067
6	2010	Alice in Wonderland	$1,023,291,110
7	2008	The Dark Knight	$1,022,345,358
8	2001	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone	$976,457,891
9	2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End	$960,996,492
10	2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	$938,468,864
11	2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	$937,499,905
12	2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	$926,284,377
13	1999	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	$924,288,297
14	1993	Jurassic Park	$923,067,947
15	2004	Shrek 2	$919,838,758
16	2005	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	$896,013,036
17	2007	Spider-Man 3	$890,871,626
18	2009	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	$886,685,941
19	2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	$878,987,880
20	2001	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	$868,621,686

Biggest Weekends at the Box Office

Rank	Date	Movie	Gross	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
1	7/18/2008	The Dark Knight	$158,411,483	4,366	$36,283	$158,411,483	3
2	5/4/2007	Spider-Man 3	$151,116,516	4,252	$35,540	$151,116,516	3
3	11/20/2009	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	$142,839,137	4,024	$35,497	$142,839,137	3
4	7/7/2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest	$135,634,554	4,133	$32,817	$135,634,554	3
5	5/7/2010	Iron Man 2	$128,122,480	4,380	$29,252	$128,122,480	3
6	5/18/2007	Shrek the Third	$121,629,270	4,122	$29,507	$122,536,609	3
7	3/5/2010	Alice in Wonderland	$116,101,023	3,728	$31,143	$116,101,023	3
8	5/3/2002	Spider-Man	$114,844,116	3,615	$31,769	$114,844,116	3
9	5/25/2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End	$114,732,820	4,362	$26,303	$127,972,864	3
10	6/18/2010	Toy Story 3	$110,307,189	4,028	$27,385	$110,307,189	3
11	6/26/2009	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	$108,966,307	4,234	$25,736	$200,077,255	5
12	5/20/2005	Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith	$108,435,841	3,661	$29,619	$158,449,700	4
13	5/21/2004	Shrek 2	$108,037,878	4,163	$25,952	$128,983,060	5
14	5/26/2006	X-Men: The Last Stand	$102,750,665	3,690	$27,846	$102,750,665	3
15	11/18/2005	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	$102,335,066	3,858	$26,525	$102,335,066	3
16	5/2/2008	Iron Man	$102,118,668	4,105	$24,877	$102,118,668	3
17	5/23/2008	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	$100,137,835	4,260	$23,507	$125,178,907	4
18	6/4/2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	$93,687,367	3,855	$24,303	$93,687,367	3
19	5/16/2003	The Matrix Reloaded	$91,774,413	3,603	$25,472	$134,282,716	4
20	11/16/2001	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone	$90,294,621	3,672	$24,590	$90,294,621	3

Biggest Combined Gross for All Movies in a Single Weekend

Top 5 Biggest Overall Weekends

Rank	Weekend	Total Gross for all Movies	Number One Movie	Gross of Number One Movie
1	Dec 25, 2009	$269,870,277	Avatar	$75,617,133
2	Jul 18, 2008	$260,834,133	The Dark Knight	$158,411,483
3	Nov 20, 2009	$258,598,732	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	$142,839,137
4	Jan 1, 2010	$220,433,596	Avatar	$68,490,688
5	Jul 7, 2006	$218,156,131	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest	$135,634,554

Smallest Combined Gross for All Movies in a Single Weekend

Top 5 Smallest Overall Weekends Since January, 2000

Rank	Weekend	Total Gross for all Movies	Number One Movie	Gross of Number One Movie
1	Sep 15, 2000	$54,213,664	The Watcher	$5,805,680
2	Sep 21, 2001	$59,646,379	Hardball	$8,058,338
3	Sep 8, 2000	$61,494,217	The Watcher	$9,062,295
4	Sep 22, 2000	$63,242,095	Urban Legends: Final Cut	$8,505,513
5	Sep 29, 2000	$65,980,017	Remember the Titans	$20,905,831

Biggest Opening, 2nd, 3rd etc. Weekends

Weekend Number	Date	Top-Grossing Movie	Gross	Theaters	Cumulative Gross
1	7/18/2008	The Dark Knight	$158,411,483	4,366	$158,411,483
2	12/25/2009	Avatar	$75,617,133	3,456	$212,711,184
3	1/1/2010	Avatar	$68,490,688	3,461	$352,114,898
4	1/8/2010	Avatar	$50,306,217	3,422	$430,846,514
5	1/15/2010	Avatar	$42,785,612	3,285	$493,252,617
6	1/22/2010	Avatar	$34,944,081	3,141	$551,741,499
7	1/29/2010	Avatar	$31,280,029	3,074	$595,752,416
8	2/6/1998	Titanic	$23,027,838	2,956	$337,355,666
9	2/13/1998	Titanic	$32,876,424	3,002	$376,270,721
10	2/20/1998	Titanic	$21,036,343	3,006	$402,561,881
11	2/27/1998	Titanic	$19,633,056	3,035	$426,983,888
12	3/6/1998	Titanic	$17,605,849	3,103	$449,157,395
13	3/13/1998	Titanic	$17,578,815	3,116	$471,446,140
14	3/20/1998	Titanic	$17,165,239	3,169	$494,514,331
15	3/27/1998	Titanic	$15,213,500	3,233	$515,262,530
16	2/27/2009	Slumdog Millionaire	$12,026,343	2,943	$115,024,121
17	4/10/1998	Titanic	$8,558,241	3,265	$542,853,691
18	4/17/1998	Titanic	$7,407,989	3,012	$554,067,203
19	8/23/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$7,261,842	1,329	$63,690,730
20	8/30/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$11,100,764	1,619	$82,556,992
21	9/6/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$10,372,316	1,695	$95,824,732
22	9/13/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$10,772,146	1,764	$110,443,668
23	9/20/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$9,748,969	1,853	$124,052,987
24	9/27/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$9,434,602	1,841	$136,628,662
25	10/4/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$8,223,801	1,971	$147,717,828
26	10/11/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$8,453,159	2,016	$158,954,054
27	10/18/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$7,145,309	2,014	$169,292,979
28	10/25/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$6,209,500	1,967	$177,698,447
29	11/1/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$5,623,149	1,977	$185,244,976
30	11/8/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$5,854,005	1,975	$192,857,165
31	11/15/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$4,713,464	1,812	$199,574,370
32	11/22/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$3,657,055	1,585	$204,520,221
33	11/29/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$3,985,057	1,257	$210,585,352
34	2/24/1995	Forrest Gump	$2,355,216	1,105	$306,690,248
35	4/2/1993	Unforgiven	$2,538,358	855	$86,008,587
36	4/9/1993	Unforgiven	$2,013,242	945	$88,900,163
37	8/27/2010	Avatar	$4,007,750	812	$753,773,889
38	1/3/2003	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$2,661,106	1,194	$227,898,505
39	3/31/1995	Forrest Gump	$2,650,130	1,135	$321,084,355
40	1/17/2003	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$2,173,330	1,171	$234,268,965
41	1/24/2003	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$1,704,430	1,143	$236,448,697
42	1/31/2003	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$1,538,527	1,076	$238,540,872
43	6/15/1990	Koneko monogatari	$1,708,915	914	$1,708,915
44	4/8/1983	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$1,606,956	830	$347,339,956
45	4/15/1983	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$1,668,479	729	$349,628,255
46	4/22/1983	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$1,215,874	657	$351,352,874
47	4/29/1983	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$924,484	529	$352,756,484
48	5/6/1983	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$574,740	407	$353,568,740
49	5/13/1983	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$616,452	410	$354,394,452
50	5/20/1983	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$966,148	476	$355,566,148
51	5/27/1983	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$2,061,108	786	$357,821,108
52	6/3/1983	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$1,241,037	669	$359,197,037

Biggest Weekend by Month

January	1/1/2010	Avatar	$68,490,688
February	2/27/2004	The Passion of the Christ	$83,848,082
March	3/5/2010	Alice in Wonderland	$116,101,023
April	4/3/2009	Fast & Furious	$70,950,500
May	5/4/2007	Spider-Man 3	$151,116,516
June	6/18/2010	Toy Story 3	$110,307,189
July	7/18/2008	The Dark Knight	$158,411,483
August	8/3/2007	The Bourne Ultimatum	$69,283,690
September	9/27/2002	Sweet Home Alabama	$35,648,740
October	10/24/2003	Scary Movie 3	$48,113,770
November	11/20/2009	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	$142,839,137
December	12/14/2007	I am Legend	$77,211,321

Widest Opening

			Theaters	Weekend Gross
1	7/2/2010	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	4,468	$64,832,191
2	5/7/2010	Iron Man 2	4,380	$128,122,480
3	7/18/2008	The Dark Knight	4,366	$158,411,483
4	5/25/2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End	4,362	$114,732,820
5	5/21/2010	Shrek Forever After	4,359	$70,838,207
6	7/17/2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	4,325	$77,835,727
7	7/13/2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	4,285	$77,108,414
8	5/23/2008	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	4,260	$100,137,835
9	5/4/2007	Spider-Man 3	4,252	$151,116,516
10	6/26/2009	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	4,234	$108,966,307

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