Biggest 6th Weekends at the Domestic Box Office

Rank	Date	Movie	Gross	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
1	Jan 22, 2010	Avatar	$34,944,081	3,141	$11,125	$551,741,499	38
2	Jan 23, 1998	Titanic	$25,238,720	2,771	$9,108	$274,599,886	38
3	Jan 16, 2009	Gran Torino	$21,979,069	2,972	$7,395	$72,976,480	38
4	Dec 29, 1995	Toy Story	$19,395,010	2,574	$7,535	$150,004,917	40
5	Jan 15, 2010	The Lovely Bones	$17,005,133	2,563	$6,635	$17,471,796	38
6	Sep 10, 1999	The Sixth Sense	$16,511,464	2,782	$5,935	$197,665,281	38
7	Oct 30, 2009	Paranormal Activity	$16,387,327	2,404	$6,817	$84,627,372	38
8	Dec 31, 1993	Mrs. Doubtfire	$16,346,568	2,325	$7,031	$122,262,734	40
9	Dec 22, 2000	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	$14,728,460	3,164	$4,655	$235,119,990	38
10	Dec 21, 1990	Home Alone	$14,715,701	2,108	$6,981	$118,273,725	38
11	Aug 12, 1994	Forrest Gump	$14,145,751	2,204	$6,418	$188,082,485	40
12	Jun 25, 1999	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	$14,111,919	3,126	$4,514	$351,669,681	40
13	Jul 22, 1994	The Lion King	$14,005,541	2,611	$5,364	$199,723,355	40
14	Jan 11, 2008	Juno	$13,612,682	2,448	$5,561	$70,862,478	40
15	Jan 1, 1988	3 Men and a Baby	$13,123,622	1,804	$7,275	$83,925,233	40
16	Jul 16, 1982	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$12,826,160	1,487	$8,626	$129,673,820	38
17	Jul 1, 1983	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	$12,038,626	1,296	$9,289	$157,834,658	40
18	Jan 25, 2002	A Beautiful Mind	$11,531,735	2,237	$5,155	$92,887,746	38
19	Dec 25, 2009	The Blind Side	$11,519,345	2,766	$4,165	$184,195,981	38
20	Jul 4, 2003	Finding Nemo	$11,509,141	2,902	$3,966	$274,936,974	38
21	Jun 8, 2012	Marvel's The Avengers	$11,249,738	3,129	$3,595	$572,300,463	38
22	Feb 1, 2002	Black Hawk Down	$11,112,555	3,143	$3,536	$75,063,935	38
23	Jul 16, 1993	Jurassic Park	$10,867,250	2,557	$4,250	$255,723,520	38
24	Apr 27, 2012	The Hunger Games	$10,814,271	3,572	$3,028	$372,019,021	38
25	Apr 30, 2010	How to Train Your Dragon	$10,614,289	3,426	$3,098	$192,173,750	38
26	Apr 2, 2004	The Passion of the Christ	$10,605,106	3,408	$3,112	$330,856,971	40
27	Aug 22, 2008	The Dark Knight	$10,542,424	3,163	$3,333	$489,416,885	38
28	Jan 20, 2006	Hoodwinked	$10,409,378	3,002	$3,467	$28,635,878	38
29	Jun 22, 2001	Shrek	$10,405,731	3,007	$3,461	$215,232,017	38
30	Dec 24, 1999	Toy Story 2	$10,376,676	3,185	$3,258	$177,545,321	38
31	Nov 10, 2000	Meet the Parents	$10,342,995	2,697	$3,835	$130,013,885	38
32	Jan 12, 2001	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	$10,331,296	693	$14,908	$30,325,865	38
33	Jun 7, 2002	Spider-Man	$10,311,062	3,235	$3,187	$370,428,183	38
34	Jan 16, 2004	Big Fish	$10,306,947	2,514	$4,100	$37,858,198	40
35	Jan 9, 1998	Good Will Hunting	$10,261,471	1,787	$5,742	$19,010,323	38
36	Jun 25, 2004	Shrek 2	$10,216,452	2,937	$3,479	$396,782,535	40
37	Dec 25, 1998	A Bug's Life	$10,126,455	2,456	$4,123	$114,492,154	38
38	Jan 13, 2006	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	$10,059,756	3,224	$3,120	$261,270,848	38
39	Jul 13, 1984	Ghostbusters	$10,021,932	1,470	$6,818	$115,684,640	38
40	Jul 10, 2009	The Hangover	$9,933,238	3,002	$3,309	$222,444,906	38
41	Jan 1, 2010	The Princess and the Frog	$9,824,311	3,328	$2,952	$85,859,339	40
42	Dec 31, 2010	Tangled	$9,803,091	2,582	$3,797	$167,821,986	40
43	Jan 25, 2013	Zero Dark Thirty	$9,700,132	2,929	$3,312	$69,803,979	40
44	Jan 11, 1985	Beverly Hills Cop	$9,616,239	1,980	$4,857	$112,444,374	40
45	Jan 26, 2007	Night at the Museum	$9,557,664	3,241	$2,949	$216,845,623	38
46	Jun 27, 1980	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	$9,217,874	821	$11,228	$64,904,375	40
47	Aug 15, 2003	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	$9,167,599	2,710	$3,383	$248,720,985	40
48	Dec 25, 1992	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	$9,117,091	2,450	$3,721	$124,942,522	38
49	Dec 30, 1983	Terms of Endearment	$9,058,537	1,027	$8,820	$39,782,519	40
50	Jul 28, 1989	Batman	$8,952,993	2,201	$4,068	$200,651,425	38
51	Jul 23, 2010	Toy Story 3	$8,917,512	2,766	$3,224	$379,416,551	38
52	Dec 16, 1994	The Santa Clause	$8,908,736	2,388	$3,731	$107,123,020	38
53	Jan 14, 2000	The Green Mile	$8,841,048	2,483	$3,561	$102,844,269	38
54	Jan 15, 1993	A Few Good Men	$8,730,669	2,146	$4,068	$101,564,771	38
55	Aug 9, 1996	Independence Day	$8,681,272	2,589	$3,353	$256,756,659	40
56	Jan 1, 1993	The Bodyguard	$8,663,815	1,806	$4,797	$88,231,123	40
57	Sep 3, 1999	Runaway Bride	$8,610,287	3,015	$2,856	$135,504,513	38
58	Nov 17, 1989	Look Who's Talking	$8,537,321	1,651	$5,171	$85,133,132	38
59	Aug 29, 1997	Air Force One	$8,520,110	2,601	$3,276	$154,240,266	38
60	Dec 17, 2004	The Polar Express	$8,411,135	2,868	$2,933	$123,430,336	40
61	Jan 21, 1983	Tootsie	$8,407,104	1,214	$6,925	$81,181,848	38
62	Aug 17, 1990	Ghost	$8,364,565	1,766	$4,736	$99,166,346	38
63	Sep 10, 1993	The Fugitive	$8,316,440	2,374	$3,503	$144,536,899	38
64	Jan 29, 1988	Good Morning Vietnam	$8,260,432	1,213	$6,810	$40,237,025	40
65	Aug 9, 1985	Back to the Future	$8,241,309	1,520	$5,422	$95,961,602	40
66	Dec 29, 1989	Back to the Future Part II	$8,143,555	2,107	$3,865	$94,493,105	40
67	Feb 2, 1996	Mr. Holland's Opus	$8,136,597	1,655	$4,916	$31,240,216	38
68	Jan 7, 2011	Black Swan	$8,113,011	1,584	$5,122	$61,218,504	38
69	Aug 28, 1998	Saving Private Ryan	$8,092,750	2,774	$2,917	$155,289,398	38
70	Jan 26, 2001	Cast Away	$8,091,349	2,891	$2,799	$193,243,499	38
71	Jul 14, 1995	Pocahontas	$8,075,716	2,757	$2,929	$106,270,208	37
72	Oct 23, 1987	Fatal Attraction	$8,046,843	1,340	$6,005	$66,554,147	38
73	Jan 28, 2005	Meet the Fockers	$8,026,165	3,006	$2,670	$258,372,305	40
74	Jan 19, 2007	Dreamgirls	$8,008,749	2,214	$3,617	$77,415,704	38
75	Aug 19, 2005	The Wedding Crashers	$8,002,613	2,920	$2,741	$177,642,603	38
76	Sep 6, 2002	Signs	$7,851,871	3,232	$2,429	$205,696,958	38
77	Jul 14, 2006	Cars	$7,840,985	3,003	$2,611	$220,001,446	38
78	Aug 20, 2010	Inception	$7,838,179	2,401	$3,265	$262,031,594	38
79	Jan 25, 2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	$7,803,075	2,703	$2,887	$258,449,272	40
80	Dec 31, 2010	The King's Speech	$7,775,463	700	$11,108	$22,932,401	38
81	Jan 11, 2002	Ocean's Eleven	$7,738,381	2,670	$2,898	$162,676,461	38
82	Jun 14, 1996	Twister	$7,713,048	2,808	$2,747	$200,018,830	38
83	Sep 3, 1982	An Officer and a Gentleman	$7,711,202	980	$7,869	$44,535,138	40
84	Aug 21, 1998	There's Something About Mary	$7,690,128	2,186	$3,518	$104,005,443	40
85	Mar 20, 1992	Wayne's World	$7,667,615	1,878	$4,083	$78,987,701	38
86	Sep 1, 2006	Little Miss Sunshine	$7,621,569	1,602	$4,758	$33,729,544	40
87	Nov 22, 2002	The Ring	$7,560,200	2,628	$2,877	$110,837,875	38
88	Jan 28, 2011	True Grit	$7,518,265	3,120	$2,410	$148,305,900	40
89	Jan 17, 1997	Jerry Maguire	$7,515,771	2,286	$3,288	$102,837,983	38
90	Jun 6, 2008	Iron Man	$7,477,439	2,931	$2,551	$288,847,640	38
91	Jul 1, 1977	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	$7,452,980	452	$16,489	$32,157,349	40
92	Jan 3, 1997	101 Dalmatians	$7,342,467	2,702	$2,717	$121,788,625	40
93	Mar 6, 2009	Taken	$7,334,814	3,016	$2,432	$117,933,922	38
94	Jan 28, 1994	Philadelphia	$7,316,408	1,562	$4,684	$36,603,403	40
95	Aug 4, 1995	Apollo 13	$7,315,920	2,258	$3,240	$139,071,190	38
96	Aug 20, 1999	The Blair Witch Project	$7,265,546	2,538	$2,863	$120,645,836	40
97	Aug 11, 2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	$7,237,927	2,941	$2,461	$392,431,781	38
98	Dec 18, 1992	Aladdin	$7,224,990	1,502	$4,810	$59,754,530	40
99	Aug 24, 2012	The Dark Knight Rises	$7,222,317	2,606	$2,771	$422,255,218	38
100	Dec 28, 1990	3 Men and a Little Lady	$7,215,698	1,578	$4,573	$54,014,353	40

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