Biggest 45th Weekends at the Domestic Box Office

Rank	Date	Movie	Gross	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
1	Apr 15, 1983	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$1,668,479	729	$2,289	$349,628,255	311
2	Oct 8, 1982	On Golden Pond	$1,612,966	329	$4,903	$118,209,843	311
3	Jun 11, 1993	Unforgiven	$687,849	747	$921	$99,162,710	311
4	Mar 29, 1996	Braveheart	$587,103	483	$1,216	$74,099,229	313
5	Mar 31, 1978	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	$543,897	107	$5,083	$213,706,458	313
6	May 17, 1985	The Gods Must Be Crazy	$423,731	134	$3,162	$11,922,323	315
7	Mar 10, 2006	Crash	$342,709	175	$1,958	$53,747,526	311
8	Jan 8, 1999	Everest	$316,892	56	$5,659	$56,914,537	311
9	Mar 12, 2004	The Barbarian Invasions	$271,328	138	$1,966	$2,562,193	311
10	Aug 27, 1999	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	$241,160	38	$6,346	$22,056,627	311
11	Feb 21, 2003	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$214,809	353	$609	$241,055,385	311
12	Aug 8, 2008	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	$190,213	46	$4,135	$17,338,189	311
13	Feb 21, 2003	Space Station	$181,851	41	$4,435	$32,841,043	311
14	May 12, 1995	Forrest Gump	$169,905	380	$447	$329,452,287	313
15	Apr 5, 1996	The Bridges of Madison County	$155,833	611	$255	$71,295,070	311
16	May 21, 1999	Mysteries of Egypt	$151,010	17	$8,883	$8,908,332	312
17	Dec 10, 2004	What the #$'! Do We Know	$146,670	127	$1,155	$9,615,543	311
18	Jul 25, 1997	When The Cat's Away	$132,771	53	$2,505	$840,020	311
19	Feb 23, 1996	Wings of Courage	$127,081	10	$12,708	$5,880,923	311
20	Apr 19, 1996	The Postman	$125,357	95	$1,320	$18,088,463	313
21	Jan 21, 2011	Hubble 3D	$121,856	49	$2,487	$20,841,640	311
22	Dec 14, 2001	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	$103,277	19	$5,436	$5,903,593	311
23	Aug 23, 1996	Across The Sea of Time	$102,821	4	$25,705	$5,821,027	311
24	Sep 1, 2000	Galapagos	$101,819	10	$10,182	$7,234,443	311
25	Jan 5, 2007	Deep Sea 3-D	$100,866	20	$5,043	$22,178,169	311
26	Feb 10, 2012	Born to be Wild 3D	$100,092	44	$2,275	$16,155,017	311
27	Feb 10, 2006	Wild Safari 3D	$96,215	12	$8,018	$7,520,197	311
28	Feb 16, 2001	Alien Adventure	$95,581	2	$47,791	$3,335,246	311
29	Jul 28, 2006	Magnificent Desolation	$82,700	14	$5,907	$13,822,743	311
30	Aug 10, 2001	Cyberworld 3D	$81,869	23	$3,560	$9,650,660	311
31	May 15, 1998	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	$73,420	14	$5,244	$5,800,090	311
32	Mar 9, 2001	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	$70,500	16	$4,406	$9,740,942	311
33	Nov 3, 2000	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	$68,087	23	$2,960	$50,772,127	310
34	Aug 27, 1999	Life Is Beautiful	$63,934	15	$4,262	$57,311,318	311
35	Mar 3, 2000	Island of the Sharks	$63,596	6	$10,599	$6,241,867	311
36	Mar 9, 2001	Michael Jordan to the MAX	$62,206	13	$4,785	$15,369,101	311
37	Jul 26, 1985	Amadeus	$61,351	43	$1,427	$51,427,420	313
38	Feb 22, 2013	To the Arctic 3D	$56,687	52	$1,090	$11,387,807	311
39	Aug 4, 2000	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	$54,142	17	$3,185	$4,361,073	311
40	Apr 6, 2007	Peaceful Warrior	$48,070	152	$316	$2,893,666	311
41	Feb 13, 2004	Ghosts of the Abyss	$46,751	12	$3,896	$15,442,541	311
42	Jan 14, 2005	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	$45,000	15	$3,000	$19,645,663	311
43	Jan 16, 2004	Bugs!	$41,246	15	$2,750	$4,532,002	311
44	Dec 1, 2006	Roving Mars	$37,310	21	$1,777	$5,226,946	311
45	Aug 18, 1995	Pulp Fiction	$36,960	98	$377	$107,848,282	311
46	May 14, 2004	Grande Seduction, La	$32,830	16	$2,052	$9,183,280	311
47	Dec 18, 2009	Under the Sea 3-D	$31,395	26	$1,208	$19,133,653	311
48	Jan 28, 2000	Extreme	$26,389	6	$4,398	$7,016,844	314
49	Mar 9, 2001	Gladiator	$24,593	10	$2,459	$186,789,524	311
50	Oct 22, 2010	Avatar	$24,299	9	$2,700	$760,375,018	311
51	May 2, 2003	Rivers and Tides	$23,872	10	$2,387	$1,474,360	311
52	Mar 22, 2002	Moulin Rouge	$21,797	16	$1,362	$57,346,683	311
53	Dec 31, 1999	Wolves	$20,508	13	$1,578	$2,852,213	311
54	Sep 6, 2002	Monsters, Inc.	$20,197	30	$673	$255,832,724	311
55	Sep 29, 2006	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	$19,687	14	$1,406	$1,555,287	311
56	Jul 18, 1997	Gabbeh	$19,503	7	$2,786	$178,784	311
57	Dec 29, 2000	Wonder Boys	$18,634	11	$1,694	$19,284,952	313
58	Oct 29, 2010	The Girl Who Played with Fire	$17,521	30	$584	$9,037,815	311
59	Nov 21, 2003	City of God	$16,034	4	$4,009	$4,735,224	311
60	Jul 20, 2001	Rape Me	$15,506	5	$3,101	$169,615	311
61	Sep 26, 2003	The Bread, My Sweet	$14,130	6	$2,355	$805,031	311
62	Sep 18, 2009	Fuel	$12,386	4	$3,097	$154,176	311
63	Jul 27, 2001	Left Luggage	$12,306	6	$2,051	$968,366	311
64	Nov 4, 2011	Sea Rex 3D	$11,924	10	$1,192	$4,356,730	311
65	Apr 5, 2002	Brotherhood of the Wolf	$11,905	20	$595	$10,878,168	311
66	May 7, 1999	Mark Twain's America 3D	$10,649	4	$2,662	$146,052	311
67	Jul 12, 1985	The Brother from Another Planet	$10,559	5	$2,112	$3,250,654	311
68	Jun 8, 2001	I'm the One That I Want	$9,760	5	$1,952	$1,080,443	311
69	Dec 31, 1999	Encounter in the Third Dimension	$9,654	5	$1,931	$4,269,548	311
70	Jan 14, 2000	Wildfire: Feel The Heat	$9,287	4	$2,322	$1,542,014	311
71	Dec 19, 2008	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	$7,700	10	$770	$5,188,311	311
72	May 31, 2002	China: The Panda Adventure	$7,493	6	$1,249	$2,395,910	311
73	May 22, 2009	The Legend of God's Gun	$6,435	3	$2,145	$229,497	311
74	Nov 28, 2008	U2 3D	$5,382	2	$2,691	$9,635,315	313
75	Apr 6, 2012	Les femmes du 6ème étage	$4,969	4	$1,242	$679,579	311
76	Oct 29, 2004	Young Black Stallion	$4,953	1	$4,953	$6,544,056	312
77	Aug 15, 2003	Bowling for Columbine	$4,953	5	$991	$21,568,100	311
78	May 14, 1999	Hands on a Hardbody	$4,680	3	$1,560	$470,522	311
79	Nov 5, 2004	Postmen in the Mountains	$3,839	3	$1,280	$66,383	311
80	Mar 2, 2007	Army of Shadows	$3,780	2	$1,890	$722,285	311
81	Sep 5, 2008	Love and Honor	$3,637	2	$1,819	$47,749	311
82	Oct 1, 1999	Steam: The Turkish Bath	$3,093	2	$1,547	$649,614	313
83	Jun 22, 2001	Place Vendome	$2,971	1	$2,971	$884,823	311
84	Apr 15, 2011	Heartbeats	$2,784	6	$464	$62,985	311
85	Apr 9, 2004	Weather Underground	$2,709	3	$903	$552,650	311
86	Jul 25, 2003	Andrei Tarkovsky Retrospective	$2,632	1	$2,632	$177,345	311
87	Dec 2, 2005	Aliens of the Deep	$2,608	6	$435	$7,504,854	311
88	Jun 20, 2008	Caramel	$2,400	2	$1,200	$1,059,049	313
89	Dec 16, 2005	The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill	$2,350	3	$783	$3,041,591	311
90	Mar 3, 2000	The King of Masks	$2,316	1	$2,316	$1,106,935	311
91	Aug 10, 2001	Yi Yi	$2,260	2	$1,130	$223,512	311
92	Sep 20, 2002	Lola	$2,150	2	$1,075	$103,951	311
93	Aug 5, 2005	Therese	$2,105	1	$2,105	$2,470,622	311
94	Aug 26, 2005	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	$2,011	1	$2,011	$347,834	311
95	Jan 18, 2002	Gabriela	$2,007	2	$1,004	$2,317,310	311
96	Oct 10, 2008	The Singing Revolution	$1,893	3	$631	$388,278	311
97	Apr 18, 2008	Irina Palm	$1,804	1	$1,804	$25,563	311
98	Sep 26, 2003	Power & Terror: Noam Chomsky in Our Times	$1,550	1	$1,550	$289,923	311
99	Aug 18, 2000	Show Me Love	$1,541	1	$1,541	$160,168	311
100	Jan 4, 2002	Haunted Castle	$1,500	1	$1,500	$3,322,259	311

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