Biggest 47th Weekends at the Domestic Box Office

Rank	Date	Movie	Gross	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
1	Apr 29, 1983	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$924,484	529	$1,748	$352,756,484	325
2	Apr 14, 1978	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	$602,039	103	$5,845	$215,537,332	327
3	May 31, 1985	The Gods Must Be Crazy	$400,015	147	$2,721	$13,215,301	329
4	Oct 22, 1982	On Golden Pond	$326,614	197	$1,658	$118,710,777	325
5	Jan 22, 1999	Everest	$301,612	53	$5,691	$57,889,485	325
6	Sep 10, 1999	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	$242,756	38	$6,388	$22,893,807	325
7	Apr 12, 1996	Braveheart	$242,429	352	$689	$75,244,954	327
8	Dec 28, 2001	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	$203,594	19	$10,715	$6,443,686	325
9	Aug 22, 2008	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	$201,909	46	$4,389	$18,241,417	325
10	Jun 4, 1999	Mysteries of Egypt	$198,254	15	$13,217	$9,720,977	326
11	Mar 7, 2003	Space Station	$176,595	41	$4,307	$33,596,096	325
12	Mar 24, 2006	Crash	$152,766	152	$1,005	$54,440,780	325
13	Jan 19, 2007	Deep Sea 3-D	$121,105	35	$3,460	$22,523,654	325
14	Feb 24, 2006	Wild Safari 3D	$117,550	18	$6,531	$7,836,887	325
15	Feb 24, 2012	Born to be Wild 3D	$117,164	40	$2,929	$16,625,108	325
16	Feb 4, 2011	Hubble 3D	$112,068	48	$2,335	$21,222,697	325
17	Aug 8, 1997	When The Cat's Away	$102,673	60	$1,711	$1,219,443	325
18	Mar 26, 2004	The Barbarian Invasions	$100,169	103	$973	$3,002,022	325
19	May 29, 1998	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	$92,386	15	$6,159	$6,145,106	325
20	Mar 26, 1999	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	$79,240	10	$7,924	$5,997,510	325
21	Mar 17, 2000	Island of the Sharks	$76,223	6	$12,704	$6,522,121	325
22	Sep 6, 1996	Across The Sea of Time	$75,220	4	$18,805	$6,165,429	325
23	Mar 8, 1996	Wings of Courage	$74,641	7	$10,663	$5,677,261	325
24	Nov 17, 2000	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	$74,074	26	$2,849	$50,950,151	324
25	Mar 23, 2001	Michael Jordan to the MAX	$70,209	15	$4,681	$15,581,719	325
26	Mar 23, 2001	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	$67,883	15	$4,526	$9,937,850	325
27	Jan 1, 2010	Under the Sea 3-D	$63,454	26	$2,441	$19,416,024	325
28	Sep 10, 1999	Life Is Beautiful	$63,239	31	$2,040	$57,511,850	325
29	Aug 11, 2006	Magnificent Desolation	$63,204	14	$4,515	$14,181,342	325
30	May 3, 1996	The Postman	$60,473	46	$1,315	$18,302,025	327
31	Aug 9, 1985	Amadeus	$55,195	37	$1,492	$51,564,280	327
32	Sep 15, 2000	Galapagos	$53,253	9	$5,917	$7,459,800	325
33	Aug 24, 2001	Cyberworld 3D	$51,854	20	$2,593	$9,903,795	325
34	Aug 18, 2000	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	$50,188	11	$4,563	$4,622,942	325
35	Mar 8, 2013	To the Arctic 3D	$49,279	52	$948	$11,568,684	325
36	Dec 24, 2004	What the #$'! Do We Know	$45,244	54	$838	$9,947,085	325
37	Feb 1, 2002	The Debut	$39,742	5	$7,948	$1,168,635	325
38	Jan 28, 2005	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	$39,121	18	$2,173	$19,745,578	325
39	Dec 15, 2006	Roving Mars	$36,120	19	$1,901	$5,342,643	325
40	Feb 27, 2004	Ghosts of the Abyss	$30,109	8	$3,764	$15,553,850	325
41	Feb 11, 2000	Extreme	$28,074	6	$4,679	$7,103,992	328
42	Mar 23, 2001	Gladiator	$26,857	12	$2,238	$186,870,377	325
43	Nov 5, 2010	Avatar	$25,511	9	$2,835	$760,462,559	325
44	Aug 1, 1997	Gabbeh	$25,374	6	$4,229	$237,082	325
45	Jan 2, 2009	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	$24,373	10	$2,437	$5,243,604	325
46	Jan 12, 2001	Wonder Boys	$21,868	10	$2,187	$19,347,156	327
47	May 28, 2004	Grande Seduction, La	$20,845	14	$1,489	$9,299,229	325
48	May 16, 2003	Rivers and Tides	$20,120	10	$2,012	$1,581,066	325
49	Jan 14, 2000	Wolves	$19,441	10	$1,944	$2,923,607	325
50	Aug 5, 2011	Incendies	$19,287	15	$1,286	$6,779,975	325
51	Jun 14, 2002	China: The Panda Adventure	$16,466	7	$2,352	$2,455,716	325
52	Jun 22, 2001	I'm the One That I Want	$12,816	4	$3,204	$1,110,805	325
53	Apr 19, 2002	Brotherhood of the Wolf	$10,925	23	$475	$10,915,913	325
54	Oct 13, 2006	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	$10,642	12	$887	$1,602,096	325
55	Dec 28, 2001	N'sync: Bigger than Live	$9,878	4	$2,470	$1,568,695	325
56	May 21, 1999	Mark Twain's America 3D	$9,113	4	$2,278	$1,461,380	325
57	Sep 20, 2002	Monsters, Inc.	$8,427	22	$383	$255,870,172	325
58	Jul 26, 1985	The Brother from Another Planet	$8,137	3	$2,712	$3,269,276	325
59	Dec 5, 2003	City of God	$7,732	4	$1,933	$4,749,939	325
60	Nov 18, 2011	Sea Rex 3D	$7,678	9	$853	$4,383,255	325
61	Apr 12, 2013	Meerkats	$7,544	8	$943	$588,410	324
62	Aug 10, 2001	Left Luggage	$7,069	5	$1,414	$997,115	325
63	Nov 12, 2004	Young Black Stallion	$5,523	1	$5,523	$6,558,445	326
64	Apr 5, 2002	Moulin Rouge	$5,284	6	$881	$57,377,551	325
65	Apr 20, 2012	Les femmes du 6ème étage	$5,257	7	$751	$699,001	325
66	Sep 19, 2008	Love and Honor	$5,213	3	$1,738	$53,965	325
67	Jan 14, 2000	Encounter in the Third Dimension	$5,206	3	$1,735	$4,301,126	325
68	Sep 20, 2002	Liar's Club	$5,141	1	$5,141	$20,157	325
69	Aug 15, 2003	Shanghai Ghetto	$5,028	2	$2,514	$693,952	325
70	Nov 19, 2004	Postmen in the Mountains	$4,967	3	$1,656	$76,270	325
71	Jun 20, 2003	Manna From Heaven	$4,618	3	$1,539	$416,699	325
72	Mar 28, 2003	Hybrid	$4,298	2	$2,149	$154,960	325
73	May 28, 1999	Hands on a Hardbody	$4,086	2	$2,043	$483,412	325
74	Nov 12, 2010	The Girl Who Played with Fire	$3,659	12	$305	$9,064,929	325
75	Apr 30, 2010	Le combat dans l'île	$3,240	1	$3,240	$42,753	325
76	Dec 16, 2005	Aliens of the Deep	$2,999	7	$428	$7,513,883	325
77	Dec 12, 2008	U2 3D	$2,990	3	$997	$9,645,029	327
78	Jul 18, 2008	A Man Named Pearl	$2,936	1	$2,936	$84,302	325
79	Feb 1, 2002	Gabriela	$2,731	2	$1,366	$2,325,458	325
80	Jan 25, 2002	The Circle	$1,955	1	$1,955	$661,445	325
81	May 2, 2008	Irina Palm	$1,801	1	$1,801	$33,872	325
82	Mar 16, 2007	Army of Shadows	$1,791	2	$896	$728,352	325
83	Jun 5, 2009	The Legend of God's Gun	$1,585	2	$793	$233,935	325
84	Sep 3, 2010	The Little Traitor	$1,575	1	$1,575	$374,523	325
85	Jun 14, 2013	Searching for Sugar Man	$1,420	4	$355	$3,684,598	325
86	Sep 7, 2012	The Last Ride	$1,245	2	$623	$21,184	325
87	May 30, 2003	Metropolis	$1,238	1	$1,238	$636,830	325
88	Jan 18, 2002	Haunted Castle	$1,200	1	$1,200	$3,324,686	325
89	Sep 1, 2000	Show Me Love	$1,163	1	$1,163	$164,548	325
90	Feb 6, 2004	The Girl From Paris	$1,137	1	$1,137	$183,266	325
91	Mar 23, 2001	The Basket	$1,114	2	$557	$600,855	325
92	Mar 2, 2001	Alien Adventure	$1,043	1	$1,043	$3,342,789	325
93	Jan 28, 2005	Distant	$994	1	$994	$96,293	325
94	May 10, 2002	Life and Debt	$971	1	$971	$249,709	325
95	Apr 6, 2007	Moonlight	$964	1	$964	$51,168	325
96	Mar 26, 2004	The Butterfly	$928	1	$928	$18,956	325
97	Apr 23, 2004	Weather Underground	$882	1	$882	$556,632	325
98	Sep 2, 2005	Face	$875	1	$875	$101,865	325
99	Sep 12, 2003	Time Changer	$712	2	$356	$1,282,182	325
100	Dec 5, 2003	Divine Intervention	$702	1	$702	$420,658	325

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