Biggest 8th Weekends at the Domestic Box Office

Rank	Date	Movie	Gross	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
1	Feb 6, 1998	Titanic	$23,027,838	2,956	$7,790	$337,355,666	52
2	Feb 5, 2010	Avatar	$22,850,881	3,000	$7,617	$629,344,204	52
3	Jan 1, 1993	Aladdin	$15,642,073	2,255	$6,937	$114,786,847	54
4	Feb 14, 2003	Chicago	$12,708,956	2,268	$5,604	$82,606,872	52
5	Jan 4, 1991	Home Alone	$12,626,851	2,173	$5,811	$168,697,638	52
6	Dec 28, 1990	Dances with Wolves	$11,898,621	1,269	$9,376	$61,562,428	52
7	Sep 4, 1998	There's Something About Mary	$10,920,201	2,545	$4,291	$130,268,038	54
8	Jul 30, 1982	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	$10,359,961	1,521	$6,811	$169,825,554	52
9	Jan 14, 1994	Mrs. Doubtfire	$10,281,452	2,354	$4,368	$151,536,036	54
10	Jan 25, 2008	Juno	$10,151,100	2,426	$4,184	$100,003,577	54
11	Aug 31, 1990	Ghost	$9,953,630	1,766	$5,636	$125,016,532	52
12	Aug 26, 1994	Forrest Gump	$9,897,242	2,237	$4,424	$222,309,062	54
13	Jan 14, 2011	The King's Speech	$9,186,203	1,543	$5,953	$44,710,062	52
14	Feb 12, 1988	Good Morning Vietnam	$9,011,354	1,588	$5,675	$62,828,894	54
15	Jan 3, 1992	Beauty and the Beast	$8,804,918	1,940	$4,539	$82,470,981	54
16	Feb 4, 2005	Million Dollar Baby	$8,515,365	2,025	$4,205	$34,436,002	54
17	Jan 23, 1998	Good Will Hunting	$8,507,974	1,831	$4,647	$48,371,200	52
18	Sep 24, 1999	The Sixth Sense	$8,435,193	2,791	$3,022	$225,042,276	52
19	Jul 15, 1983	Star Wars Ep. VI: Return of the Jedi	$8,270,850	1,644	$5,031	$184,202,708	54
20	Jan 30, 2009	Gran Torino	$8,232,278	3,015	$2,730	$110,178,990	52
21	Jan 25, 1985	Beverly Hills Cop	$8,216,877	1,822	$4,510	$133,132,606	54
22	Feb 6, 1987	Platoon	$8,179,149	856	$9,555	$38,342,073	52
23	Dec 30, 1994	The Santa Clause	$8,169,410	2,295	$3,560	$137,826,098	52
24	Jan 15, 1988	3 Men and a Baby	$7,973,618	1,813	$4,398	$105,141,109	54
25	Aug 29, 2003	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	$7,970,162	2,227	$3,579	$272,169,924	54
26	Jul 27, 1984	Ghostbusters	$7,687,282	1,460	$5,265	$142,693,955	52
27	May 11, 1990	Pretty Woman	$7,594,013	1,794	$4,233	$100,562,962	52
28	Jan 8, 2010	The Blind Side	$7,531,467	2,880	$2,615	$218,978,376	52
29	Feb 16, 2001	Traffic	$7,498,582	1,742	$4,305	$80,020,628	54
30	Jul 9, 1999	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	$7,491,397	2,447	$3,061	$385,184,373	54
31	Feb 16, 1996	Mr. Holland's Opus	$7,478,155	1,629	$4,591	$50,030,891	52
32	Feb 13, 1998	As Good as it Gets	$7,428,700	1,801	$4,125	$101,614,491	54
33	Jan 12, 1996	Toy Story	$7,369,912	2,053	$3,590	$169,753,776	54
34	Dec 28, 2012	Lincoln	$7,337,362	1,966	$3,732	$131,867,159	52
35	Jul 18, 2003	Finding Nemo	$7,275,723	2,480	$2,934	$303,795,720	52
36	Jun 22, 2012	Marvel's The Avengers	$7,177,661	2,230	$3,219	$598,425,442	52
37	Jan 7, 2000	Toy Story 2	$7,153,489	2,752	$2,599	$219,705,755	52
38	Nov 6, 1987	Fatal Attraction	$7,089,680	1,351	$5,248	$85,704,764	52
39	Aug 5, 1994	The Lion King	$7,074,280	2,355	$3,004	$232,392,912	54
40	Feb 14, 1992	Fried Green Tomatoes	$7,058,930	1,306	$5,405	$34,263,454	52
41	Jul 30, 1993	Jurassic Park	$6,883,315	2,141	$3,215	$283,094,155	52
42	Aug 12, 2005	March of the Penguins	$6,848,205	2,063	$3,320	$37,723,310	52
43	Jul 15, 1977	Star Wars Ep. IV: A New Hope	$6,806,951	757	$8,992	$53,777,851	54
44	Aug 23, 1985	Back to the Future	$6,754,583	1,523	$4,435	$119,819,868	54
45	Jul 11, 1980	Star Wars Ep. V: The Empire Strikes Back	$6,652,858	858	$7,754	$94,296,366	54
46	Jan 27, 2006	Brokeback Mountain	$6,542,081	1,654	$3,955	$51,024,343	52
47	Feb 4, 1983	Tootsie	$6,523,267	1,222	$5,338	$100,398,200	52
48	Nov 24, 2000	Meet the Parents	$6,487,795	2,087	$3,109	$148,350,120	52
49	Jul 24, 2009	The Hangover	$6,461,370	2,285	$2,828	$247,073,766	52
50	Feb 8, 2002	A Beautiful Mind	$6,304,800	2,220	$2,840	$113,271,766	52
51	Feb 15, 2002	Black Hawk Down	$6,219,706	2,150	$2,893	$96,463,507	52
52	Feb 2, 1990	Driving Miss Daisy	$6,011,600	895	$6,717	$24,384,883	54
53	Jul 6, 2001	Shrek	$6,007,027	2,107	$2,851	$240,560,159	52
54	Jan 4, 2002	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	$5,930,425	2,681	$2,212	$300,404,434	52
55	Jan 21, 2011	Black Swan	$5,869,744	2,407	$2,439	$83,250,375	52
56	Mar 3, 2000	My Dog Skip	$5,863,545	2,331	$2,515	$6,585,669	54
57	Feb 9, 2007	Night at the Museum	$5,754,359	2,701	$2,130	$232,150,355	52
58	Dec 31, 2004	The Polar Express	$5,609,096	2,702	$2,076	$155,112,441	54
59	Aug 31, 2012	2016: Obama's America	$5,608,973	1,747	$3,211	$18,776,003	52
60	Nov 14, 1986	Crocodile Dundee	$5,521,551	1,485	$3,718	$76,016,041	52
61	Sep 5, 2008	The Dark Knight	$5,515,119	2,575	$2,142	$511,997,658	52
62	Feb 3, 1989	Rain Man	$5,449,961	1,573	$3,465	$96,278,210	52
63	Feb 4, 2005	The Aviator	$5,427,739	2,530	$2,145	$75,895,720	52
64	Jul 31, 1981	Raiders of the Lost Ark	$5,369,898	1,140	$4,710	$88,137,951	52
65	Feb 7, 1986	The Color Purple	$5,330,126	1,109	$4,806	$45,889,128	54
66	Feb 3, 2006	Hoodwinked	$5,307,334	2,907	$1,826	$44,101,550	52
67	Sep 24, 1993	The Fugitive	$5,231,382	2,203	$2,375	$161,438,942	52
68	Jan 13, 1984	Terms of Endearment	$5,211,394	1,020	$5,109	$55,781,706	54
69	Jan 31, 1997	Jerry Maguire	$5,183,347	2,140	$2,422	$116,588,785	52
70	Feb 9, 2001	Cast Away	$5,157,519	2,347	$2,197	$209,798,303	52
71	Sep 2, 1988	A Fish Called Wanda	$5,098,053	1,187	$4,295	$37,792,123	52
72	Jan 26, 2001	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	$5,061,767	869	$5,825	$44,427,118	52
73	Aug 11, 1989	Batman	$5,026,358	1,777	$2,829	$220,760,193	52
74	May 14, 2010	How to Train Your Dragon	$5,003,536	2,620	$1,910	$207,647,696	52
75	Sep 4, 1981	Arthur	$5,001,805	949	$5,271	$38,663,847	52
76	Sep 1, 1989	When Harry Met Sally…	$4,849,364	1,152	$4,210	$67,515,438	52
77	Jan 15, 1993	The Bodyguard	$4,840,996	1,705	$2,839	$102,236,643	54
78	Jul 17, 1992	Sister Act	$4,829,728	1,941	$2,488	$97,550,155	52
79	Jan 27, 1989	Twins	$4,802,805	1,659	$2,895	$86,518,865	52
80	Jun 28, 1996	Twister	$4,787,383	2,318	$2,065	$219,558,165	52
81	Sep 28, 2001	The Others	$4,785,217	2,724	$1,757	$86,694,507	52
82	Sep 2, 1988	Die Hard	$4,766,648	1,461	$3,263	$58,456,957	52
83	Apr 5, 1991	The Silence of the Lambs	$4,760,714	1,627	$2,926	$94,425,327	53
84	Sep 2, 2005	The Wedding Crashers	$4,752,482	2,416	$1,967	$194,729,075	52
85	Aug 23, 1996	Independence Day	$4,739,170	2,384	$1,988	$274,504,698	54
86	Jan 29, 2010	The Lovely Bones	$4,726,828	2,638	$1,792	$38,005,738	52
87	Jan 8, 1999	A Bug's Life	$4,723,951	2,500	$1,890	$142,955,209	52
88	Feb 4, 2000	Stuart Little	$4,713,252	2,702	$1,744	$128,636,752	52
89	Jan 26, 2001	Snatch	$4,706,743	1,444	$3,260	$15,713,514	52
90	Jan 2, 2009	Slumdog Millionaire	$4,690,769	612	$7,665	$28,676,598	54
91	Sep 9, 1983	Mr. Mom	$4,686,652	1,349	$3,474	$37,545,298	52
92	Jan 3, 2003	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	$4,653,389	2,015	$2,309	$252,097,945	52
93	Feb 4, 1994	Schindler's List	$4,637,480	764	$6,070	$29,305,853	54
94	Jul 4, 1986	Top Gun	$4,636,548	1,386	$3,345	$80,554,738	52
95	Jul 14, 1989	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	$4,613,927	1,717	$2,687	$165,962,813	54
96	Jul 27, 1984	Gremlins	$4,596,286	1,411	$3,257	$113,266,641	52
97	Feb 5, 1988	Moonstruck	$4,590,988	985	$4,661	$25,024,293	54
98	Jan 5, 1990	The Little Mermaid	$4,585,047	1,521	$3,014	$56,126,383	54
99	Sep 3, 2010	Inception	$4,572,249	1,704	$2,683	$277,145,503	52
100	Jun 21, 2002	Spider-Man	$4,555,932	2,278	$2,000	$390,382,313	52

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