Fastest Movies to $300m

	Release Date	Movie	Days to Reach $300m
1	7/18/2008	The Dark Knight	10
2	7/7/2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	16
3	5/19/2005	Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith	17
4	5/19/2004	Shrek 2	18
5	6/30/2004	Spider-Man 2	19
6	5/3/2002	Spider-Man	22
7	5/4/2007	Spider-Man 3	24
7	12/17/2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	24
9	5/19/1999	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	28
10	2/25/2004	The Passion of the Christ	29
11	5/18/2007	Shrek the Third	34
11	12/18/2002	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	34
13	7/3/2007	The Transformers	39
13	5/22/2008	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	39
15	12/19/1997	Titanic	44
16	5/25/2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	46
17	5/2/2008	Iron Man	48
18	5/30/2003	Finding Nemo	51
19	11/16/2001	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	52
20	6/11/1993	Jurassic Park	70	*
21	7/9/2003	Pirates of the Caribbean	101
22	12/19/2001	Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	102
23	5/16/2002	Star Wars: Attack of the Clones	104
24	7/3/1996	Independence Day	117	*
25	6/15/1994	The Lion King	147	*
26	6/11/1982	ET: The Extra-Terrestrial	171	*
27	7/6/1994	Forrest Gump	231	*
28	5/25/1977	Star Wars	2000	**
29	5/25/1983	Return of the Jedi	5066	***

* - Exact day not available, listed day based on weekend in which $300M was reached
** - Star Wars was re-released several times, reaching $300M in fall 1982
*** - Return of the Jedi was re-released as a Special Edition, reaching $300M during the 4/4/97 weekend

Many thanks to Pat Carr for his help in researching this chart.