Biggest 42nd Weekends at the Domestic Box Office

Rank	Date	Movie	Gross	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
1	Jan 31, 2003	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$1,538,527	1,076	$1,430	$238,540,872	290
2	Apr 21, 1995	Forrest Gump	$1,233,350	1,020	$1,209	$327,389,216	292
3	Mar 10, 1978	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	$622,291	130	$4,787	$211,463,812	292
4	Mar 25, 1983	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$563,104	315	$1,788	$343,658,104	290
5	Mar 8, 1996	Braveheart	$523,855	550	$952	$72,372,974	292
6	Mar 29, 1996	The Postman	$446,325	313	$1,426	$17,060,381	292
7	Apr 26, 1985	The Gods Must Be Crazy	$403,839	117	$3,452	$10,196,907	294
8	Jul 9, 1982	Chariots of Fire	$355,233	335	$1,060	$54,767,375	290
9	Dec 18, 1998	Everest	$302,475	62	$4,879	$54,434,862	290
10	Aug 6, 1999	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	$295,604	36	$8,211	$20,322,862	290
11	Nov 19, 2004	What the #$'! Do We Know	$270,059	116	$2,328	$8,628,352	290
12	Nov 23, 2001	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	$238,790	18	$13,266	$5,405,381	290
13	May 13, 1983	An Officer and a Gentleman	$191,458	166	$1,153	$126,332,585	292
14	May 7, 1999	Saving Private Ryan	$182,143	401	$454	$215,708,905	290
15	Jul 18, 2008	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	$168,658	46	$3,666	$16,011,239	290
16	Apr 30, 1999	Mysteries of Egypt	$146,176	15	$9,745	$7,999,924	291
17	Jan 31, 2003	Space Station	$140,611	43	$3,270	$31,770,537	290
18	Dec 31, 2010	Hubble 3D	$140,116	47	$2,981	$20,149,829	290
19	Aug 11, 2000	Galapagos	$132,100	9	$14,678	$6,437,664	290
20	Jul 5, 1985	Amadeus	$108,720	78	$1,394	$51,049,369	292
21	Feb 19, 1999	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	$108,649	12	$9,054	$5,262,438	290
22	Jan 20, 2012	Born to be Wild 3D	$100,396	45	$2,231	$15,662,574	290
23	Feb 16, 2001	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	$96,772	18	$5,376	$9,382,487	290
24	Apr 24, 1998	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	$91,984	10	$9,198	$5,423,786	290
25	Feb 20, 2004	The Barbarian Invasions	$91,885	40	$2,297	$6,621,946	290
26	Feb 11, 2000	Island of the Sharks	$86,038	7	$12,291	$5,881,136	290
27	Feb 16, 2001	Michael Jordan to the MAX	$85,050	14	$6,075	$15,045,695	290
28	Feb 2, 1996	Wings of Courage	$83,650	9	$9,294	$5,308,226	290
29	Nov 27, 2009	Under the Sea 3-D	$82,841	30	$2,761	$18,898,106	290
30	Aug 29, 1997	The English Patient	$82,297	112	$735	$78,601,975	290
31	Jul 7, 2006	Magnificent Desolation	$78,366	15	$5,224	$13,161,312	290
32	Oct 13, 2000	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	$77,638	26	$2,986	$50,579,712	289
33	Jan 20, 2006	Wild Safari 3D	$75,958	12	$6,330	$7,087,015	290
34	Feb 16, 2001	Gladiator	$72,892	41	$1,778	$186,682,944	290
35	Mar 9, 1984	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	$69,828	53	$1,318	$252,452,593	292
36	Dec 15, 2006	Deep Sea 3-D	$69,113	25	$2,765	$21,586,668	290
37	Jul 20, 2001	Cyberworld 3D	$64,065	26	$2,464	$9,177,834	290
38	Aug 16, 2002	Monsters, Inc.	$63,691	100	$637	$255,660,741	290
39	Jul 28, 1995	Pulp Fiction	$60,173	177	$340	$107,652,622	290
40	Feb 1, 2013	To the Arctic 3D	$56,852	52	$1,093	$11,081,390	290
41	Jul 4, 1997	When The Cat's Away	$56,549	8	$7,069	$367,592	290
42	Nov 10, 2006	Roving Mars	$45,090	21	$2,147	$5,061,350	290
43	Mar 15, 2002	Brotherhood of the Wolf	$44,525	56	$795	$10,793,478	290
44	Apr 23, 2004	Grande Seduction, La	$43,408	16	$2,713	$8,990,460	290
45	Oct 8, 2010	The Girl Who Played with Fire	$39,353	56	$703	$7,476,301	290
46	Nov 28, 2008	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	$39,281	10	$3,928	$5,124,714	290
47	Dec 8, 2000	Wonder Boys	$38,346	17	$2,256	$19,181,714	292
48	Jun 27, 1997	Gabbeh	$37,818	5	$7,564	$44,619	290
49	Jan 7, 2000	Extreme	$36,932	12	$3,078	$7,031,232	293
50	Aug 2, 1985	Stop Making Sense	$33,468	20	$1,673	$4,762,423	290
51	Jul 14, 2000	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	$33,277	14	$2,377	$3,966,308	290
52	Jul 6, 2001	Left Luggage	$25,126	8	$3,141	$882,831	290
53	Sep 8, 2006	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	$23,972	19	$1,262	$1,438,600	290
54	Apr 11, 2003	Rivers and Tides	$23,614	9	$2,624	$1,348,128	290
55	Oct 1, 2010	Avatar	$22,738	19	$1,197	$760,277,665	290
56	Dec 10, 1999	Wolves	$22,601	13	$1,739	$2,704,484	290
57	Mar 21, 2008	La Vie en Rose	$20,221	20	$1,011	$10,271,397	290
58	Mar 1, 2002	Moulin Rouge	$19,935	23	$867	$57,252,137	290
59	Oct 27, 2000	The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg	$18,449	15	$1,230	$1,703,901	292
60	Nov 11, 2005	Aliens of the Deep	$17,616	16	$1,101	$7,465,850	290
61	Jan 23, 2004	Ghosts of the Abyss	$13,471	7	$1,924	$15,344,659	290
62	Apr 16, 1999	Mark Twain's America 3D	$11,868	4	$2,967	$1,359,096	290
63	May 18, 2001	I'm the One That I Want	$11,464	4	$2,866	$1,021,938	290
64	Dec 10, 1999	Encounter in the Third Dimension	$10,179	5	$2,036	$4,235,687	290
65	Oct 29, 2004	The Corporation	$9,986	18	$555	$1,856,080	289
66	Jun 26, 2009	Enlighten Up!	$9,857	9	$1,095	$246,649	290
67	Mar 23, 2001	Decalogue	$8,630	1	$8,630	$564,319	290
68	May 30, 2008	Caramel	$7,680	3	$2,560	$1,037,655	292
69	Dec 24, 2004	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	$7,422	18	$412	$19,476,576	290
70	Oct 14, 2011	Sea Rex 3D	$7,232	10	$723	$4,300,064	290
71	Nov 7, 2008	U2 3D	$7,072	6	$1,179	$9,611,971	292
72	Mar 2, 2012	Midnight in Paris	$7,044	11	$640	$56,802,123	290
73	Jan 26, 2001	Alien Adventure	$6,985	2	$3,493	$3,306,457	290
74	Apr 21, 2000	Genghis Blues	$6,894	3	$2,298	$346,137	290
75	Apr 23, 1999	Hands on a Hardbody	$6,147	2	$3,074	$446,718	290
76	Nov 25, 2005	The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill	$5,779	3	$1,926	$3,029,149	290
77	Mar 28, 2008	Irina Palm	$5,694	3	$1,898	$11,125	290
78	Mar 16, 2012	The Women on the 6th Floor	$5,542	4	$1,386	$656,661	290
79	Oct 5, 2007	My Best Friend	$5,285	11	$480	$1,411,625	292
80	May 1, 2009	Legend of Gods Gun, The (US, Weekend, 2009-05-01)	$5,108	2	$2,554	$217,933	290
81	Jul 29, 2011	The Salvation Poem	$5,008	13	$385	$908,904	290
82	Feb 11, 2000	The King of Masks	$4,835	3	$1,612	$1,089,524	290
83	Oct 31, 2003	City of God	$4,782	1	$4,782	$4,691,017	290
84	May 10, 2013	Searching for Sugar Man	$4,638	7	$663	$3,662,322	290
85	Nov 9, 2001	Escanaba in Da Moonlight	$4,363	7	$623	$2,272,949	290
86	Oct 18, 2002	Beauty and the Beast (IMAX)	$4,271	3	$1,424	$25,476,931	293
87	Jan 11, 2002	Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef	$3,987	6	$665	$2,402,610	290
88	Jun 13, 2008	A Man Named Pearl	$3,772	1	$3,772	$81,367	290
89	Jul 4, 2003	Apollo 13 (IMAX)	$3,430	2	$1,715	$1,624,323	290
90	Dec 28, 2001	Gabriela	$3,392	3	$1,131	$2,308,115	290
91	Aug 10, 2001	George Washington	$3,179	5	$636	$241,816	290
92	Apr 30, 2004	The Gatekeeper	$3,117	2	$1,559	$304,622	290
93	May 20, 2011	The Wildest Dream	$3,108	2	$1,554	$873,594	290
94	May 10, 2002	China: The Panda Adventure	$2,961	4	$740	$2,284,663	290
95	Mar 25, 2011	Heartbeats	$2,959	3	$986	$48,385	290
96	Sep 5, 2003	The Bread, My Sweet	$2,467	2	$1,234	$761,658	290
97	Jun 16, 2000	West Beirut	$2,459	2	$1,230	$305,906	290
98	Dec 14, 2001	Haunted Castle	$2,316	3	$772	$3,310,264	290
99	Jan 12, 2001	Beau Travail	$2,078	1	$2,078	$264,869	290
100	Aug 5, 2005	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	$1,887	1	$1,887	$329,459	290

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