Movie Records

- All Time Domestic Top 20
- All Time Domestic - Inflation Adjusted
- All Time Worldwide
- Biggest Weekends for a Single Movie
- Biggest Combined Gross for All Movies in a Single Weekend
- Smallest Combined Gross for All Movies in a Single Weekend
- Biggest Opening, 2nd, 3rd etc. Weekends
- Biggest Weekend by Month
- Biggest Days
- Biggest Day by Month
- Widest Opening Weekend
- Fastest to $100m, $200m etc.
- Highest grossing movies never to reach number 1
- Highest grossing movies never to play in more than 1,000 theaters

All Time North American Domestic Top 20

Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation. The figures represent the total amount of money a movie has taken in North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam) over its lifetime.

	Released	Film Name	Total Box Office
1	2009	Avatar	$760,507,625
2	1997	Titanic	$600,788,188
3	2008	The Dark Knight	$533,345,358
4	1999	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	$474,363,310
5	1977	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	$460,998,007
6	2004	Shrek 2	$441,226,247
7	1982	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$435,110,554
8	2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	$423,315,812
9	1994	The Lion King	$422,780,140
10	2010	Toy Story 3	$415,004,880
11	2002	Spider-Man	$403,706,375
12	2009	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	$402,111,870
13	2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II	$381,011,219
14	2012	The Hunger Games	$380,726,998
15	2005	Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith	$380,270,577
16	2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	$377,845,905
17	2004	Spider-Man 2	$373,524,485
18	2004	The Passion of the Christ	$370,782,930
19	1993	Jurassic Park	$357,067,947
20	2011	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	$352,390,543

Complete list of $100m movies

Inflation-Adjusted Top 20 Movies Released Since 1977

Note: This chart is adjusted for ticket price inflation. The figures represent the total amount of money a movie has taken in North America over its lifetime taking into account the cost of tickets.

	Released	Film Name	Total Box Office
1	1977	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	$1,284,600,464
2	1982	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$1,060,155,772
3	1997	Titanic	$1,016,477,150
4	2009	Avatar	$778,817,600
5	1980	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	$761,835,156
6	1983	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	$733,586,163
7	1994	The Lion King	$712,852,561
8	1999	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	$712,529,607
9	1993	Jurassic Park	$668,021,841
10	1981	Raiders of the Lost Ark	$645,342,265
11	1994	Forrest Gump	$633,678,391
12	1977	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	$587,327,355
13	2008	The Dark Knight	$585,975,751
14	1978	Grease	$564,379,961
15	2004	Shrek 2	$554,550,157
16	2002	Spider-Man	$548,234,646
17	1996	Independence Day	$546,452,224
18	1984	Beverly Hills Cop	$521,554,398
19	1990	Home Alone	$519,397,359
20	1984	Ghostbusters	$518,616,036

Complete list of $100m movies

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	$2,783,918,982
2	1997	Titanic	$1,989,288,188
3	2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II	$1,328,111,219
4	2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	$1,141,408,667
5	2011	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	$1,123,794,076
6	2010	Toy Story 3	$1,064,404,880
7	2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	$1,060,615,812
8	2011	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	$1,043,663,875
9	2010	Alice in Wonderland	$1,024,391,110
10	1999	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	$1,006,863,310
11	2008	The Dark Knight	$1,001,945,358
12	2001	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	$974,755,371
13	2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	$960,996,492
14	2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I	$956,399,711
15	1994	The Lion King	$952,880,140
16	2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	$942,943,935
17	2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	$934,416,487
18	2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	$927,048,984
19	1993	Jurassic Park	$923,863,984
20	2004	Shrek 2	$919,838,758

Complete list of $250m worldwide movies

Biggest Weekends at the Box Office

Rank	Date	Movie	Gross	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
1	5/4/2012	The Avengers	$200,329,000	4,349	$46,063	$200,329,000	3
2	7/15/2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II	$169,189,427	4,375	$38,672	$169,189,427	3
3	7/18/2008	The Dark Knight	$158,411,483	4,366	$36,283	$158,411,483	3
4	3/23/2012	The Hunger Games	$152,535,747	4,137	$36,871	$152,535,747	3
5	5/4/2007	Spider-Man 3	$151,116,516	4,252	$35,540	$151,116,516	3
6	11/20/2009	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	$142,839,137	4,024	$35,497	$142,839,137	3
7	11/18/2011	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1	$138,122,261	4,061	$34,012	$138,122,261	3
8	7/7/2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	$135,634,554	4,133	$32,817	$135,634,554	3
9	5/7/2010	Iron Man 2	$128,122,480	4,380	$29,252	$128,122,480	3
10	11/19/2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I	$125,017,372	4,125	$30,307	$125,017,372	3
11	5/18/2007	Shrek the Third	$121,629,270	4,122	$29,507	$122,536,609	3
12	3/5/2010	Alice in Wonderland	$116,101,023	3,728	$31,143	$116,101,023	3
13	5/3/2002	Spider-Man	$114,844,116	3,615	$31,769	$114,844,116	3
14	5/25/2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	$114,732,820	4,362	$26,303	$127,972,864	3
15	6/18/2010	Toy Story 3	$110,307,189	4,028	$27,385	$110,307,189	3
16	6/26/2009	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	$108,966,307	4,234	$25,736	$200,077,255	5
17	5/20/2005	Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith	$108,435,841	3,661	$29,619	$158,449,700	4
18	5/21/2004	Shrek 2	$108,037,878	4,163	$25,952	$128,983,060	5
19	5/26/2006	X-Men: The Last Stand	$102,750,665	3,690	$27,846	$102,750,665	3
20	11/18/2005	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	$102,685,961	3,858	$26,616	$102,685,961	3

Complete list of $20m weekends

Biggest Combined Gross for All Movies in a Single Weekend

Rank	Weekend	Total Gross for all Movies	Number One Movie	Gross of Number One Movie
1	Dec 25, 2009	$269,869,249	Avatar	$75,617,133
2	Jul 15, 2011	$262,570,633	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II	$169,189,427
3	Jul 18, 2008	$260,835,369	The Dark Knight	$158,411,483
4	Nov 20, 2009	$258,598,732	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	$142,839,137
5	May 27, 2011	$222,988,958	The Hangover Part II	$85,946,294

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Smallest Combined Gross for All Movies in a Single Weekend

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

Top 100

Biggest Opening, 2nd, 3rd etc. Weekends

Weekend Number	Date	Top-Grossing Movie	Gross	Theaters	Cumulative Gross
1	5/4/2012	The Avengers	$200,329,000	4,349	$200,329,000	See full chart
2	12/25/2009	Avatar	$75,617,133	3,456	$212,711,184	See full chart
3	1/1/2010	Avatar	$68,490,688	3,461	$352,114,898	See full chart
4	1/8/2010	Avatar	$50,306,217	3,422	$430,846,514	See full chart
5	1/15/2010	Avatar	$42,785,612	3,285	$493,252,617	See full chart
6	1/22/2010	Avatar	$34,944,081	3,141	$551,741,499	See full chart
7	1/29/2010	Avatar	$31,280,029	3,074	$595,752,416	See full chart
8	2/6/1998	Titanic	$23,027,838	2,956	$337,355,666	See full chart
9	2/13/1998	Titanic	$32,876,424	3,002	$376,270,721	See full chart
10	2/20/1998	Titanic	$21,036,343	3,006	$402,561,881	See full chart
11	2/27/1998	Titanic	$19,633,056	3,035	$426,983,888	See full chart
12	3/6/1998	Titanic	$17,605,849	3,103	$449,157,395	See full chart
13	3/13/1998	Titanic	$17,578,815	3,116	$471,446,140	See full chart
14	3/20/1998	Titanic	$17,165,239	3,169	$494,514,331	See full chart
15	3/27/1998	Titanic	$15,213,500	3,233	$515,262,530	See full chart
16	2/27/2009	Slumdog Millionaire	$12,026,343	2,943	$115,024,121	See full chart
17	4/10/1998	Titanic	$8,558,241	3,265	$542,853,691	See full chart
18	4/17/1998	Titanic	$7,407,989	3,012	$554,067,203	See full chart
19	8/23/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$7,261,842	1,329	$63,690,730	See full chart
20	8/30/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$11,100,764	1,619	$82,556,992	See full chart
21	9/6/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$10,372,316	1,695	$95,824,732	See full chart
22	9/13/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$10,772,146	1,764	$110,443,668	See full chart
23	9/20/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$9,748,969	1,853	$124,052,987	See full chart
24	9/27/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$9,434,602	1,841	$136,628,662	See full chart
25	10/4/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$8,223,801	1,971	$147,717,828	See full chart
26	10/11/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$8,453,159	2,016	$158,954,054	See full chart
27	10/18/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$7,145,309	2,014	$169,292,979	See full chart
28	10/25/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$6,209,500	1,967	$177,698,447	See full chart
29	11/1/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$5,623,149	1,977	$185,244,976	See full chart
30	11/8/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$5,854,005	1,975	$192,857,165	See full chart
31	11/15/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$4,713,464	1,812	$199,574,370	See full chart
32	11/22/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$3,657,055	1,585	$204,520,221	See full chart
33	11/29/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$3,985,057	1,257	$210,585,352	See full chart
34	2/24/1995	Forrest Gump	$2,355,216	1,105	$306,690,248	See full chart
35	4/2/1993	Unforgiven	$2,538,358	855	$86,008,587	See full chart
36	4/9/1993	Unforgiven	$2,013,242	945	$88,900,163	See full chart
37	8/27/2010	Avatar	$4,007,750	812	$753,773,889	See full chart
38	1/3/2003	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$2,661,106	1,194	$227,898,505	See full chart
39	3/31/1995	Forrest Gump	$2,650,130	1,135	$321,084,355	See full chart
40	1/17/2003	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$2,173,330	1,171	$234,268,965	See full chart
41	1/24/2003	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$1,704,430	1,143	$236,448,697	See full chart
42	1/31/2003	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$1,538,527	1,076	$238,540,872	See full chart
43	6/15/1990	Koneko monogatari	$1,708,915	914	$1,708,915	See full chart
44	4/8/1983	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$1,606,956	830	$347,339,956	See full chart
45	4/15/1983	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$1,668,479	729	$349,628,255	See full chart
46	4/22/1983	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$1,215,874	657	$351,352,874	See full chart
47	4/29/1983	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$924,484	529	$352,756,484	See full chart
48	5/6/1983	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$574,740	407	$353,568,740	See full chart
49	5/13/1983	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$616,452	410	$354,394,452	See full chart
50	5/20/1983	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$966,148	476	$355,566,148	See full chart
51	5/27/1983	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$2,061,108	786	$357,821,108	See full chart
52	6/3/1983	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$1,241,037	669	$359,197,037	See full chart

Biggest Weekend by Month

January	1/1/2010	Avatar	$68,490,688	See full chart
February	2/27/2004	The Passion of the Christ	$83,848,082	See full chart
March	3/23/2012	The Hunger Games	$152,535,747	See full chart
April	4/29/2011	Fast Five	$86,198,765	See full chart
May	5/4/2012	The Avengers	$200,329,000	See full chart
June	6/18/2010	Toy Story 3	$110,307,189	See full chart
July	7/15/2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II	$169,189,427	See full chart
August	8/3/2007	The Bourne Ultimatum	$69,283,690	See full chart
September	9/27/2002	Sweet Home Alabama	$35,648,740	See full chart
October	10/21/2011	Paranormal Activity 3	$52,568,183	See full chart
November	11/20/2009	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	$142,839,137	See full chart
December	12/14/2007	I am Legend	$77,211,321	See full chart

Biggest Single Days at the Box Office

Rank	Date	Movie	Gross	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
1	7/15/2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II	$91,071,119	4,375	$20,816	$91,071,119	1
2	5/4/2012	The Avengers	$80,517,000	4,349	$18,514	$80,517,000	1
3	11/20/2009	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	$72,703,754	4,024	$18,068	$72,703,754	1
4	11/18/2011	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1	$71,642,526	4,061	$17,642	$71,642,526	1
5	5/5/2012	The Avengers	$69,729,000	4,349	$16,033	$150,246,000	2
6	6/30/2010	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	$68,533,840	4,416	$15,519	$68,533,840	1
7	3/23/2012	The Hunger Games	$67,263,650	4,137	$16,259	$67,263,650	1
8	7/18/2008	The Dark Knight	$67,165,092	4,366	$15,384	$67,165,092	1
9	6/24/2009	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	$62,016,476	4,234	$14,647	$62,016,476	1
10	11/19/2010	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I	$61,684,550	4,125	$14,954	$61,684,550	1
11	5/4/2007	Spider-Man 3	$59,841,919	4,252	$14,074	$59,841,919	1
12	7/15/2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	$58,175,412	4,275	$13,608	$58,175,412	1
13	7/7/2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	$55,830,600	4,133	$13,508	$55,830,600	1
14	5/5/2007	Spider-Man 3	$51,336,732	4,252	$12,074	$111,178,651	2
15	5/7/2010	Iron Man 2	$51,239,677	4,380	$11,699	$51,239,677	1
16	3/24/2012	The Hunger Games	$50,394,419	4,137	$12,181	$117,658,069	2
17	5/6/2012	The Avengers	$50,083,000	4,349	$11,516	$200,329,000	3
18	5/19/2005	Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith	$50,013,859	3,661	$13,661	$50,013,859	1
19	7/19/2008	The Dark Knight	$47,650,240	4,366	$10,914	$114,815,332	2
20	5/19/2007	Shrek the Third	$47,077,497	4,122	$11,421	$86,411,827	2

Color coding:
= Weekend days (Friday, Saturday, Sunday)
= Public Holidays (New Year's Day, July 4 etc.)

Complete list of $15m days

Biggest Days by Month

January	1/2/2010	Avatar	$25,835,551	See full chart
February	2/28/2004	The Passion of the Christ	$33,077,939	See full chart
March	3/23/2012	The Hunger Games	$67,263,650	See full chart
April	4/29/2011	Fast Five	$34,399,360	See full chart
May	5/4/2012	The Avengers	$80,517,000	See full chart
June	6/30/2010	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	$68,533,840	See full chart
July	7/15/2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II	$91,071,119	See full chart
August	8/4/2007	The Bourne Ultimatum	$25,290,665	See full chart
September	9/28/2002	Sweet Home Alabama	$14,707,798	See full chart
October	10/21/2011	Paranormal Activity 3	$26,305,745	See full chart
November	11/20/2009	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	$72,703,754	See full chart
December	12/17/2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	$34,450,834	See full chart

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	7/15/2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II	4,375	$169,189,427
4	7/18/2008	The Dark Knight	4,366	$158,411,483
5	5/25/2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	4,362	$114,732,820
6	5/21/2010	Shrek Forever After	4,359	$70,838,207
7	5/4/2012	The Avengers	4,349	$200,329,000
8	7/17/2009	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	4,325	$77,835,727
9	7/13/2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	4,285	$77,108,414
10	5/23/2008	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	4,260	$100,137,835

Fastest to $100m, $200m, $300m, $400m, $500m, $600m, $700m US Box Office

Highest Grossing Movies Never to Reach Number 1 on the Domestic Chart

Highest
Position Release
Date Movie Total Gross

1 2 4/19/2002 My Big Fat Greek Wedding $241,438,208

2 2 12/14/2007 Alvin and the Chipmunks $217,326,336

3 3 12/23/2009 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel $212,393,689

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Highest Grossing Movies Never to Play in More Than 1,000 Theaters

Most
Theaters Release
Date Movie Total Gross

1 200 9/29/1975 Rocky Horror Picture Show, The $139,876,417

2 687 2/1/2008 Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour $65,280,346

3 917 7/12/1991 Boyz 'n the Hood $56,190,094

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