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Movies with Most Front-Loaded Opening Weekend



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This list shows movies with the most front-loaded opening weekend, as measured by the percentage of the (3-day) opening weekend at the domestic box office that was earned on Friday. The higher the percentage, the more front-loaded the film. For this chart we consider movies that were released on a Friday, and that opened in at least 600 theaters.

Rank Released Movie Friday
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Opening
Theaters
Friday Opening
Weekend
Total
Gross
1 2023 Salaar: Cease Fire — Part 1 68.4% 802 $3,843,436 $5,618,511 $8,929,282
2 2023 The Chosen Season 3 Finale 62.6% 1,731 $2,270,000 $3,623,742 $5,525,069
3 2023 Anyone But You 58.0% 3,055 $3,477,429 $6,000,344 $88,191,370
4 2022 RRR 56.8% 1,200 $5,400,000 $9,500,000 $14,473,124
5 2013 One Direction: This is Us 56.1% 2,735 $8,868,530 $15,815,497 $28,873,374
6 2023 It’s A Wonderful Knife 55.9% 923 $334,623 $598,826 $811,818
7 2014 Endless Love 55.8% 2,896 $7,428,245 $13,307,125 $23,438,250
8 2001 Bones 55.6% 847 $1,569,000 $2,823,548 $7,316,658
9 2011 African Cats 55.4% 1,220 $3,327,053 $6,003,200 $15,428,747
10 2023 Paint 55.4% 819 $315,993 $570,512 $811,739
11 2014 The Fault in Our Stars 54.3% 3,173 $26,062,046 $48,002,523 $124,872,350
12 2009 Hannah Montana: The Movie 53.9% 3,118 $17,436,095 $32,324,487 $79,576,189
13 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:… 53.8% 4,375 $91,071,119 $169,189,427 $381,193,157
14 2003 Tupac Resurrection 53.8% 801 $2,491,000 $4,632,847 $7,718,961
15 2017 Pitch Perfect 3 53.3% 3,447 $10,625,150 $19,928,525 $104,897,530
16 2023 RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ 53.3% 2,539 $11,619,984 $21,801,216 $33,889,684
17 2022 Eiga Go-Toubun no Hanayome (映画 五等分の花嫁… 53.0% 910 $266,000 $502,000 $502,000
18 2018 Super Troopers 2 52.3% 2,038 $7,945,555 $15,181,624 $30,617,396
19 2017 Same Kind of Different as Me 52.3% 1,362 $1,354,347 $2,591,985 $6,423,605
20 2012 Paranormal Activity 4 52.1% 3,412 $15,110,106 $29,003,866 $53,900,335
21 2011 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 51.9% 4,061 $71,642,526 $138,122,261 $281,287,133
22 2022 One Piece Film: Red 51.8% 2,367 $4,838,903 $9,340,245 $12,768,073
23 2022 Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (ラゴンボール… 51.7% 3,018 $10,915,414 $21,124,049 $32,132,374
24 2008 Twilight 51.7% 3,419 $35,978,348 $69,637,740 $192,769,854
25 2020 The Photograph 51.6% 2,516 $6,287,485 $12,181,865 $20,578,185
26 2015 The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death 51.5% 2,602 $7,746,085 $15,027,415 $26,501,323
27 2023 The Iron Claw 51.3% 2,774 $2,496,600 $4,868,370 $35,611,828
28 2009 The Twilight Saga: New Moon 50.9% 4,024 $72,703,754 $142,839,137 $296,623,634
29 2022 Halloween Ends 50.9% 3,901 $20,375,495 $40,050,355 $64,079,860
30 2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker 50.5% 4,406 $89,615,288 $177,383,864 $515,202,542
31 2012 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2 50.4% 4,070 $71,167,839 $141,067,634 $292,324,737
32 2013 The Host 50.3% 3,202 $5,337,111 $10,600,112 $26,623,701
33 2013 Insidious Chapter 2 50.2% 3,049 $20,231,363 $40,272,103 $83,586,447
34 2014 About Last Night 50.2% 2,253 $12,871,109 $25,649,011 $48,637,684
35 2014 Winter’s Tale 50.1% 2,965 $3,652,687 $7,297,694 $12,600,231
36 2011 Paranormal Activity 3 50.0% 3,321 $26,305,745 $52,568,183 $104,028,807
37 2015 Paper Towns 50.0% 3,031 $6,328,167 $12,650,140 $32,000,304
38 2023 Magic Mike’s Last Dance 49.9% 1,496 $4,141,216 $8,305,317 $26,033,633
39 2023 Waitress: The Musical 49.7% 1,214 $1,416,231 $2,847,421 $5,402,148
40 2012 The Devil Inside 49.7% 2,285 $16,756,764 $33,732,515 $53,262,945
41 2023 Five Nights at Freddy’s 49.6% 3,675 $39,645,580 $80,001,720 $137,275,620
42 2012 Magic Mike 49.5% 2,930 $19,371,387 $39,127,170 $113,721,571
43 2010 Paranormal Activity 2 49.4% 3,216 $20,109,273 $40,678,424 $84,752,907
44 2023 Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom 49.4% 3,706 $13,681,754 $27,686,211 $124,481,226
45 2024 Out of Darkness 49.4% 897 $484,186 $979,822 $1,951,546
46 2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:… 49.3% 4,125 $61,684,550 $125,017,372 $296,837,581
47 2015 Little Boy 49.3% 1,045 $1,355,876 $2,750,356 $6,485,961
48 2009 Saw VI 49.3% 3,036 $6,957,263 $14,118,444 $27,693,292
49 2013 The Purge 49.3% 2,536 $16,775,640 $34,058,360 $64,473,115
50 2000 Pokemon 2000 49.2% 2,752 $9,639,373 $19,575,608 $43,746,923
51 2021 Black Widow 49.2% 4,160 $39,510,446 $80,366,312 $183,651,655
52 2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice 49.1% 4,242 $81,558,505 $166,007,347 $330,360,194
53 2023 Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story 49.1% 3,856 $8,552,178 $17,410,552 $44,428,554
54 2018 Little Women 49.1% 643 $346,121 $705,063 $1,379,497
55 2021 The Boss Baby: Family Business 49.1% 3,644 $7,850,390 $16,000,665 $57,300,280
56 2022 Don’t Worry, Darling 48.9% 4,113 $9,469,881 $19,353,213 $45,309,403
57 2019 After 48.9% 2,138 $2,932,423 $6,002,349 $12,138,565
58 2024 Guntur Kaaram 48.8% 800 $2,000,000 $4,100,000 $4,100,000
59 2015 Magic Mike XXL 48.8% 3,355 $6,269,228 $12,857,184 $66,013,057
60 2024 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba—To the… 48.7% 1,949 $5,602,987 $11,505,414 $17,480,670
61 2016 Suicide Squad 48.5% 4,255 $64,893,248 $133,682,248 $325,100,054
62 2017 All Eyez on Me 48.5% 2,471 $12,811,328 $26,435,354 $44,922,302
63 2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of M… 48.4% 4,534 $90,720,784 $187,420,998 $411,331,607
64 2014 Bears 48.4% 1,720 $2,311,688 $4,776,267 $17,780,194
65 2022 Thor: Love and Thunder 48.2% 4,375 $69,554,073 $144,165,107 $343,256,830
66 2022 Gekijouban Jujutsu Kaisen 0 48.2% 2,286 $8,675,953 $18,003,204 $33,919,605
67 2023 The Oath 48.2% 640 $112,165 $232,833 $508,634
68 2001 Josie and the Pussycats 48.1% 2,556 $2,195,500 $4,562,455 $14,252,830
69 2006 The Grudge 2 48.1% 3,211 $10,018,039 $20,825,300 $39,143,839
70 2023 Gekijôban Tensei shitara slime datta … 48.1% 1,473 $701,958 $1,459,515 $1,891,488
71 2015 Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens 48.0% 4,134 $119,119,282 $247,966,675 $936,662,225
72 2010 A Nightmare on Elm Street 47.8% 3,332 $15,735,956 $32,902,299 $63,075,011
73 2018 Fifty Shades Freed 47.7% 3,768 $18,407,850 $38,560,195 $100,407,760
74 2008 Saw V 47.7% 3,060 $14,345,874 $30,053,954 $56,746,769
75 2017 Star Wars Ep. VIII: The Last Jedi 47.6% 4,232 $104,684,491 $220,009,584 $620,181,382
76 2009 Friday the 13th 47.6% 3,105 $19,293,446 $40,570,365 $65,002,019
77 2014 Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones 47.5% 2,867 $8,722,144 $18,343,611 $32,462,372
78 2022 Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumb… 47.5% 4,208 $20,027,334 $42,151,256 $95,850,844
79 2006 Scary Movie 4 47.3% 3,602 $19,017,001 $40,222,875 $90,710,620
80 2008 Sex and the City 47.1% 3,285 $26,771,052 $56,848,056 $152,647,258
81 2012 The Dark Knight Rises 47.1% 4,404 $75,754,897 $160,887,295 $448,139,099
82 2013 Texas Chainsaw 3D 47.0% 2,654 $10,227,996 $21,744,470 $34,341,945
83 2009 Brüno 47.0% 2,756 $14,400,065 $30,619,130 $60,054,530
84 1999 The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc 47.0% 2,147 $2,990,000 $6,360,968 $14,271,297
85 2020 The Grudge 47.0% 2,642 $5,355,614 $11,404,113 $21,216,148
86 2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home 46.9% 4,336 $121,964,712 $260,138,569 $814,115,070
87 2023 The Marvels 46.9% 4,030 $21,603,104 $46,110,859 $84,500,223
88 2022 Studio 666 46.8% 2,306 $721,421 $1,540,543 $2,513,963
89 2006 Harsh Times 46.7% 956 $920,000 $1,968,505 $3,337,931
90 2000 Here on Earth 46.7% 1,714 $2,107,000 $4,510,705 $10,494,147
91 2024 Lisa Frankenstein 46.7% 3,144 $1,725,290 $3,695,785 $9,774,285
92 2023 Ponniyin Selvan: Part II (பொன்னியின் … 46.7% 600 $1,780,000 $3,813,000 $3,813,000
93 2009 Halloween 2 46.6% 3,025 $7,626,723 $16,349,565 $33,392,973
94 2007 Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Fi… 46.6% 877 $1,400,000 $3,005,175 $5,520,368
95 2019 Unplanned 46.6% 1,059 $2,972,788 $6,382,298 $19,005,109
96 2023 Golda 46.5% 883 $788,901 $1,695,959 $4,801,781
97 2022 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 46.5% 4,396 $84,285,721 $181,339,761 $453,829,060
98 2022 Belle (竜とそばかすの姫) 46.5% 1,338 $727,512 $1,565,658 $4,018,313
99 2007 Saw IV 46.5% 3,183 $14,755,978 $31,756,764 $63,300,095
100 2021 Boku no Hero Academia: World Heroes’ … 46.4% 1,581 $2,885,252 $6,219,176 $9,767,647

The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).

This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.