Biggest 18th Weekends at the Domestic Box Office

Rank	Date	Movie	Gross	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
1	Apr 17, 1998	Titanic	$7,407,989	3,012	$2,459	$554,067,203	122
2	Aug 16, 2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$5,700,072	1,064	$5,357	$52,777,170	122
3	Mar 13, 2009	Slumdog Millionaire	$5,002,777	2,578	$1,941	$132,602,820	124
4	Nov 9, 1990	Ghost	$4,304,422	1,713	$2,513	$186,059,075	122
5	Oct 8, 1982	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$4,297,749	1,237	$3,474	$269,686,256	122
6	Jan 26, 2007	The Queen	$4,013,052	1,830	$2,193	$41,254,080	121
7	Feb 18, 2005	Sideways	$3,826,327	1,300	$2,943	$58,047,842	122
8	Nov 26, 1982	An Officer and a Gentleman	$3,805,813	946	$4,023	$99,497,474	124
9	Apr 2, 1982	On Golden Pond	$3,805,370	990	$3,844	$83,864,669	122
10	Feb 6, 2004	Mystic River	$3,638,203	1,370	$2,656	$69,880,053	124
11	Mar 26, 1993	The Crying Game	$3,399,248	1,001	$3,396	$47,341,054	124
12	Mar 8, 1991	Dances with Wolves	$3,381,254	1,572	$2,151	$127,243,233	122
13	Apr 3, 1998	Good Will Hunting	$3,169,473	1,576	$2,011	$126,001,553	122
14	Apr 15, 1983	Tootsie	$3,103,088	1,064	$2,916	$155,715,701	122
15	Apr 14, 1989	Rain Man	$3,070,695	1,550	$1,981	$152,378,999	122
16	Apr 5, 1985	Beverly Hills Cop	$3,036,501	1,070	$2,838	$199,771,279	124
17	Mar 21, 1997	Sling Blade	$3,017,085	1,020	$2,958	$12,524,591	124
18	Sep 12, 1986	Top Gun	$3,004,108	1,327	$2,264	$139,689,082	122
19	Apr 15, 1988	Moonstruck	$2,900,253	1,025	$2,830	$63,520,335	124
20	Apr 17, 1987	Platoon	$2,852,868	1,509	$1,891	$118,710,507	122
21	Apr 6, 2001	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	$2,820,308	1,628	$1,732	$117,525,155	122
22	Mar 15, 1991	Home Alone	$2,731,894	1,413	$1,933	$249,557,920	122
23	Jan 23, 1987	Crocodile Dundee	$2,567,070	1,347	$1,906	$135,990,541	122
24	Mar 15, 2013	Silver Linings Playbook	$2,525,603	1,602	$1,577	$124,551,782	122
25	Mar 13, 1987	Hoosiers	$2,443,955	1,043	$2,343	$14,884,771	122
26	Nov 1, 1985	Back to the Future	$2,402,312	1,142	$2,104	$173,052,725	124
27	Feb 8, 2013	Argo	$2,375,344	1,405	$1,691	$123,608,957	122
28	Feb 19, 1999	Life Is Beautiful	$2,350,648	685	$3,432	$24,666,327	122
29	Apr 15, 1994	Schindler's List	$2,289,815	1,343	$1,705	$83,075,968	124
30	Feb 2, 2007	The Departed	$2,287,463	1,453	$1,574	$128,583,307	122
31	Feb 3, 1984	Never Cry Wolf	$2,283,814	502	$4,549	$16,652,211	122
32	Oct 5, 1984	Ghostbusters	$2,282,767	1,183	$1,930	$206,935,954	122
33	Apr 13, 1990	Driving Miss Daisy	$2,243,724	1,387	$1,618	$90,455,663	124
34	Oct 9, 1981	Raiders of the Lost Ark	$2,213,904	550	$4,025	$139,888,596	122
35	Apr 8, 1983	Gandhi	$2,178,715	805	$2,706	$38,633,920	124
36	Apr 9, 1999	Shakespeare in Love	$2,156,955	1,614	$1,336	$87,485,574	122
37	Apr 28, 2000	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	$2,141,916	53	$40,414	$49,550,091	121
38	Jan 15, 1988	Fatal Attraction	$2,048,816	1,054	$1,944	$136,063,252	122
39	Nov 4, 1994	Forrest Gump	$1,976,494	1,343	$1,472	$288,920,473	124
40	Aug 31, 2012	Marvel's The Avengers	$1,910,701	1,705	$1,121	$619,760,594	122
41	Mar 14, 1997	The English Patient	$1,901,016	948	$2,005	$60,317,565	122
42	Feb 23, 1996	Leaving Las Vegas	$1,900,024	1,013	$1,876	$23,176,762	122
43	Mar 25, 1994	Mrs. Doubtfire	$1,891,187	1,153	$1,640	$208,467,967	124
44	Apr 18, 1980	Kramer vs. Kramer	$1,800,000	898	$2,004	$84,740,206	124
45	Mar 12, 1993	Aladdin	$1,799,183	1,308	$1,376	$190,438,383	124
46	Mar 1, 1985	The Killing Fields	$1,780,982	651	$2,736	$20,996,482	122
47	Jul 20, 1990	Pretty Woman	$1,764,144	1,036	$1,703	$160,086,203	122
48	Feb 1, 2008	Michael Clayton	$1,733,342	1,010	$1,716	$44,126,122	122
49	Jan 26, 2007	The Last King of Scotland	$1,674,900	501	$3,343	$7,739,235	124
50	Mar 25, 1988	3 Men and a Baby	$1,671,792	1,082	$1,545	$152,939,633	124
51	Nov 13, 1981	Arthur	$1,655,733	803	$2,062	$68,088,640	122
52	Feb 17, 1984	The Right Stuff	$1,608,243	627	$2,565	$17,413,836	122
53	Apr 25, 2003	Chicago	$1,584,015	1,209	$1,310	$163,500,278	122
54	Mar 13, 1992	Beauty and the Beast	$1,561,547	1,171	$1,334	$120,498,901	124
55	Apr 18, 1997	Scream	$1,557,981	1,153	$1,351	$91,007,109	122
56	Mar 25, 2011	The King's Speech	$1,557,618	1,062	$1,467	$134,851,229	122
57	Mar 7, 2008	No Country for Old Men	$1,549,788	1,201	$1,290	$72,607,607	122
58	Feb 3, 2006	Good Night and Good Luck	$1,522,238	929	$1,639	$26,755,301	122
59	Apr 22, 1988	Good Morning Vietnam	$1,467,448	1,042	$1,408	$113,664,420	124
60	Sep 22, 1995	Braveheart	$1,420,244	1,477	$962	$64,723,249	124
61	Aug 12, 1983	Flashdance	$1,327,937	677	$1,962	$73,552,047	122
62	Mar 22, 2002	In the Bedroom	$1,290,356	688	$1,876	$34,212,351	122
63	Jan 19, 1996	Se7en	$1,260,725	1,120	$1,126	$90,481,182	122
64	Mar 23, 1984	Terms of Endearment	$1,258,295	730	$1,724	$91,663,512	124
65	Feb 10, 1995	Pulp Fiction	$1,209,812	884	$1,369	$76,149,967	122
66	Apr 18, 1986	The Color Purple	$1,200,069	890	$1,348	$88,220,216	124
67	Oct 11, 1991	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	$1,147,074	987	$1,162	$161,685,087	122
68	Jul 3, 1998	Everest	$1,108,791	61	$18,177	$24,590,240	122
69	Apr 7, 2000	The Cider House Rules	$1,108,712	1,021	$1,086	$54,782,511	122
70	Sep 23, 1983	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	$1,093,199	496	$2,204	$237,883,852	124
71	Jan 27, 1984	The Big Chill	$1,092,163	692	$1,578	$50,298,180	124
72	Mar 21, 1997	Shine	$1,060,338	911	$1,164	$32,410,622	122
73	Oct 8, 2004	Napoleon Dynamite	$1,056,903	715	$1,478	$39,092,405	122
74	Apr 24, 1998	As Good as it Gets	$1,054,333	1,051	$1,003	$143,556,984	124
75	Jun 12, 1992	Wayne's World	$1,053,065	952	$1,106	$116,807,553	122
76	Oct 19, 1984	The Karate Kid	$1,030,451	782	$1,318	$84,909,324	122
77	Oct 6, 1995	Pocahontas	$1,010,984	868	$1,165	$138,113,379	121
78	Apr 16, 2010	Avatar	$1,002,814	500	$2,006	$745,023,267	122
79	Nov 1, 1996	Independence Day	$1,001,723	709	$1,413	$302,279,158	124
80	Dec 3, 1999	The Sixth Sense	$966,524	1,034	$935	$273,549,908	122
81	Oct 21, 1988	Who Framed Roger Rabbit?	$950,120	934	$1,017	$144,509,419	124
82	Oct 5, 1984	Gremlins	$946,260	628	$1,507	$144,373,709	122
83	Jul 16, 1982	Porky's	$905,978	550	$1,647	$101,819,372	122
84	Mar 4, 1983	The Man From Snowy River	$886,012	500	$1,772	$14,779,354	124
85	Mar 19, 2010	The Blind Side	$877,736	602	$1,458	$254,273,981	122
86	Mar 18, 1988	The Last Emperor	$876,913	371	$2,364	$22,146,384	122
87	Apr 19, 2002	A Beautiful Mind	$854,170	746	$1,145	$168,418,991	122
88	Sep 21, 1984	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	$848,726	589	$1,441	$171,468,059	124
89	Dec 5, 1986	Stand by Me	$847,517	718	$1,180	$46,681,853	122
90	Sep 20, 1985	Rambo: First Blood Part II	$841,114	820	$1,026	$148,712,210	124
91	Oct 7, 1983	Trading Places	$837,069	690	$1,213	$87,914,026	124
92	Nov 25, 1994	The Mask	$814,500	743	$1,096	$116,311,697	122
93	Jul 23, 1982	The Beach Girls	$811,473	221	$3,672	$12,722,898	122
94	Mar 21, 2003	The Quiet American	$801,909	372	$2,156	$9,854,961	122
95	Sep 17, 1999	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	$799,369	732	$1,092	$423,299,088	124
96	Apr 8, 1983	48 Hrs.	$776,811	508	$1,529	$69,681,033	124
97	Nov 18, 1983	Mr. Mom	$774,439	619	$1,251	$62,313,388	122
98	Apr 19, 2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	$771,711	706	$1,093	$306,999,514	124
99	Apr 8, 1983	Sophie's Choice	$764,802	334	$2,290	$22,426,802	122
100	Jan 16, 1998	L.A. Confidential	$764,784	294	$2,601	$39,967,977	122

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