Biggest 48th Weekends at the Domestic Box Office

Rank	Date	Movie	Gross	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
1	May 6, 1983	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$574,740	407	$1,412	$353,568,740	332
2	Mar 30, 2001	Gladiator	$456,732	577	$792	$187,344,551	332
3	Jun 7, 1985	The Gods Must Be Crazy	$345,407	141	$2,450	$13,752,216	336
4	Jun 11, 1999	Mysteries of Egypt	$279,316	18	$15,518	$10,305,397	333
5	Jan 29, 1999	Everest	$267,772	53	$5,052	$58,316,484	332
6	Sep 17, 1999	T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous	$210,064	38	$5,528	$23,185,659	332
7	Mar 14, 2003	Space Station	$199,142	41	$4,857	$34,049,022	332
8	Jan 26, 2007	Deep Sea 3-D	$149,808	36	$4,161	$22,749,120	332
9	Feb 11, 2011	Hubble 3D	$141,999	48	$2,958	$21,445,598	332
10	Mar 15, 1996	Wings of Courage	$118,042	8	$14,755	$6,669,410	332
11	Mar 3, 2006	Wild Safari 3D	$116,602	18	$6,478	$8,026,814	332
12	Apr 19, 1996	Braveheart	$112,868	189	$597	$75,457,649	334
13	Aug 29, 2008	Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure	$98,482	46	$2,141	$18,485,492	332
14	Mar 2, 2012	Born to be Wild 3D	$96,153	40	$2,404	$16,793,007	332
15	Jun 5, 1998	Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun	$88,101	17	$5,182	$6,302,884	332
16	Mar 30, 2001	Michael Jordan to the MAX	$83,042	16	$5,190	$15,711,871	332
17	Apr 2, 1999	Africa's Elephant Kingdom	$82,196	10	$8,220	$6,157,269	332
18	Jan 4, 2002	Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure	$78,886	15	$5,259	$6,683,025	332
19	Aug 15, 1997	When The Cat's Away	$77,113	50	$1,542	$1,363,950	332
20	Apr 2, 2004	The Barbarian Invasions	$72,764	82	$887	$3,120,018	332
21	Mar 30, 2001	Cirque du Soleil - Journey of Man	$72,105	14	$5,150	$10,068,104	332
22	Aug 18, 2006	Magnificent Desolation	$71,761	16	$4,485	$14,340,539	332
23	Aug 25, 2000	Siegfried & Roy: Masters of the Impossible	$68,863	15	$4,591	$4,756,441	332
24	Mar 31, 2006	Crash	$68,581	88	$779	$54,557,348	332
25	Dec 31, 2004	What the #$'! Do We Know	$68,416	54	$1,267	$10,091,903	332
26	Sep 13, 1996	Across The Sea of Time	$65,200	4	$16,300	$6,278,705	332
27	Aug 31, 2001	Cyberworld 3D	$64,341	20	$3,217	$10,010,899	332
28	Nov 24, 2000	Fantasia 2000 (IMAX)	$60,900	30	$2,030	$51,011,051	331
29	Mar 24, 2000	Island of the Sharks	$59,534	6	$9,922	$6,635,520	332
30	Jan 8, 2010	Under the Sea 3-D	$59,199	28	$2,114	$19,509,797	332
31	Mar 15, 2013	To the Arctic 3D	$57,075	52	$1,098	$11,689,885	332
32	May 10, 1996	The Postman	$56,363	43	$1,311	$18,385,195	334
33	Feb 6, 2004	Bugs!	$37,048	15	$2,470	$4,723,894	332
34	May 23, 2003	Rivers and Tides	$33,807	12	$2,817	$1,629,478	332
35	Feb 8, 2002	The Debut	$33,677	5	$6,735	$1,214,868	332
36	Sep 17, 1999	Life Is Beautiful	$32,668	26	$1,256	$57,563,264	332
37	Dec 22, 2006	Roving Mars	$32,055	18	$1,781	$5,395,504	332
38	Sep 22, 2000	Galapagos	$29,769	10	$2,977	$7,496,684	332
39	Feb 18, 2000	Extreme	$29,104	4	$7,276	$7,155,887	335
40	Mar 5, 2004	Ghosts of the Abyss	$28,697	11	$2,609	$15,591,744	332
41	Nov 12, 2010	Avatar	$27,212	6	$4,535	$760,504,847	332
42	Feb 4, 2005	NASCAR: The IMAX Experience	$24,738	22	$1,124	$19,775,539	332
43	Jan 21, 2000	Wolves	$23,876	11	$2,171	$2,968,210	332
44	Aug 8, 1997	Gabbeh	$22,028	6	$3,671	$273,967	332
45	Mar 14, 2003	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$20,903	74	$282	$241,406,779	332
46	Jan 9, 2009	Dolphins and Whales Tribes of the Ocean 3D	$18,892	10	$1,889	$5,278,371	332
47	Jan 19, 2001	Wonder Boys	$18,499	10	$1,850	$19,371,621	334
48	Jan 4, 2002	N'sync: Bigger than Live	$15,390	1	$15,390	$1,688,717	332
49	Feb 1, 2008	Temoins, Les	$14,800	3	$4,933	$14,800	334
50	Apr 24, 2009	Il Divo	$13,867	2	$6,934	$13,867	334
51	Nov 25, 2011	Sea Rex 3D	$12,609	9	$1,401	$4,399,140	332
52	Oct 20, 2006	Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont	$12,360	14	$883	$1,624,405	332
53	Jun 21, 2002	China: The Panda Adventure	$11,635	7	$1,662	$2,486,093	332
54	May 10, 2002	Lagaan	$10,736	2	$5,368	$11,719	332
55	Oct 31, 2008	Aida at La Scala	$10,478	5	$2,096	$222,927	332
56	Aug 12, 2011	Incendies	$10,315	11	$938	$6,798,890	332
57	Jun 4, 2004	Grande Seduction, La	$10,260	25	$410	$376,303	332
58	Dec 12, 2003	City of God	$10,168	5	$2,034	$4,765,728	332
59	Jul 12, 2002	Songs from the Second Floor	$9,365	1	$9,365	$40,483	332
60	Jun 29, 2001	I'm the One That I Want	$9,211	3	$3,070	$1,123,863	332
61	Jul 25, 2008	A Man Named Pearl	$8,507	7	$1,215	$95,683	332
62	Nov 19, 2004	Young Black Stallion	$5,959	2	$2,980	$6,566,828	333
63	Aug 10, 2001	Rape Me	$5,516	1	$5,516	$218,923	332
64	Nov 19, 2010	The Girl Who Played with Fire	$5,233	14	$374	$9,072,161	332
65	Aug 17, 2001	Left Luggage	$5,191	4	$1,298	$1,005,586	332
66	Oct 9, 2009	Fuel	$4,315	2	$2,158	$163,891	332
67	Aug 26, 2005	Therese	$4,074	4	$1,019	$2,480,026	332
68	Sep 16, 2005	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela	$3,864	2	$1,932	$358,564	332
69	Apr 12, 2002	Moulin Rouge	$3,618	10	$362	$57,384,121	332
70	Apr 26, 2002	Brotherhood of the Wolf	$3,535	7	$505	$10,925,773	332
71	Jun 4, 1999	Hands on a Hardbody	$3,316	3	$1,105	$484,918	332
72	Feb 4, 2000	Wildfire: Feel The Heat	$3,112	3	$1,037	$1,578,158	332
73	Nov 26, 2004	Postmen in the Mountains	$2,800	3	$933	$80,843	332
74	Apr 26, 2013	5 Broken Cameras	$2,785	1	$2,785	$106,902	334
75	Feb 22, 2002	Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef	$2,723	2	$1,362	$2,430,717	332
76	Feb 8, 2002	Gabriela	$2,566	2	$1,283	$2,329,339	332
77	Apr 27, 2012	Les femmes du 6ème étage	$2,308	5	$462	$703,466	332
78	Oct 22, 1999	The Mirror	$2,219	1	$2,219	$56,157	334
79	Jan 21, 2000	Encounter in the Third Dimension	$2,135	2	$1,068	$4,305,158	332
80	Aug 18, 2006	Hate Crime	$2,084	2	$1,042	$34,821	332
81	Aug 22, 2003	Shanghai Ghetto	$2,062	2	$1,031	$698,216	332
82	Oct 30, 1998	Marius et Jeannette	$2,046	4	$512	$266,664	332
83	May 9, 2008	Irina Palm	$2,020	2	$1,010	$36,386	332
84	Dec 23, 2005	Aliens of the Deep	$1,862	8	$233	$7,518,703	332
85	May 28, 1999	Mark Twain's America 3D	$1,853	4	$463	$1,470,469	332
86	Dec 19, 2008	U2 3D	$1,847	1	$1,847	$9,647,929	334
87	Mar 30, 2001	The Basket	$1,826	2	$913	$603,259	332
88	Mar 23, 2007	Army of Shadows	$1,739	3	$580	$730,311	332
89	Sep 21, 2001	Venus Beauty Institute	$1,479	1	$1,479	$416,464	332
90	Sep 10, 2010	The Little Traitor	$1,454	1	$1,454	$376,277	332
91	May 17, 2002	Life and Debt	$1,347	2	$674	$251,842	332
92	Sep 27, 2002	Liar's Club	$1,285	1	$1,285	$21,792	332
93	Mar 9, 2001	Alien Adventure	$1,211	1	$1,211	$3,345,236	332
94	Jan 25, 2002	Haunted Castle	$1,169	1	$1,169	$3,327,392	332
95	Jun 27, 2003	Manna From Heaven	$1,061	1	$1,061	$417,760	332
96	Feb 1, 2002	The Circle	$1,055	1	$1,055	$662,500	332
97	Jan 6, 2006	The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill	$1,050	3	$350	$3,047,786	332
98	Apr 4, 2003	Hybrid	$946	1	$946	$156,848	332
99	Jun 12, 2009	The Legend of God's Gun	$922	1	$922	$235,506	332
100	Sep 9, 2005	Face	$861	1	$861	$103,430	332

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