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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

RankDateMovieGrossTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
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

RankWeekendTotal Gross for
all Movies
Number One MovieGross 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
Top 100

Smallest Combined Gross for All Movies in a Single Weekend

RankWeekendTotal Gross for
all Movies
Number One MovieGross 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
DateTop-Grossing MovieGrossTheatersCumulative 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

RankDateMovieGrossTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
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

   TheatersWeekend 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

TotalMovieDays 
$100m Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2 See complete chart
  Spider-Man 3 2 See complete chart
  The Dark Knight 2 See complete chart
  The Twilight Saga: New Moon 2 See complete chart
  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II 2 See complete chart
  The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 2 See complete chart
  The Hunger Games 2 See complete chart
  The Avengers 2 See complete chart
$200m The Avengers 3 See complete chart
$300m The Dark Knight 10 See complete chart
$400m The Dark Knight 18 See complete chart
$500m Avatar 32 See complete chart
$600mAvatar 47 See complete chart
$700mAvatar 72  


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

 Highest
Position
Release
Date
MovieTotal 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
See the Top 50


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

 Most
Theaters
Release
Date
MovieTotal 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
See the Top 50