Rank	Date	Movie	Gross	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
1	9/27/2002	Sweet Home Alabama	$35,648,740	3,293	$10,826	$35,648,740	3
2	9/18/1998	Rush Hour	$33,001,803	2,638	$12,510	$33,001,803	3
3	9/18/2009	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	$30,304,648	3,119	$9,716	$30,304,648	3
4	9/16/2011	The Lion King	$30,151,614	2,330	$12,941	$358,691,119	6,305
5	9/9/2005	The Exorcism of Emily Rose	$30,054,300	2,981	$10,082	$30,054,300	3
6	9/3/1999	The Sixth Sense	$29,271,146	2,775	$10,548	$176,245,282	31
7	9/26/2008	Eagle Eye	$29,150,721	3,510	$8,305	$29,150,721	3
8	9/22/2006	Jackass: Number Two	$29,002,002	3,059	$9,481	$29,002,002	3
9	9/10/2010	Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D	$26,650,264	3,203	$8,320	$26,650,264	3
10	9/25/2009	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	$25,038,803	3,119	$8,028	$60,474,555	10
11	9/23/2005	Flightplan	$24,629,938	3,424	$7,193	$24,629,938	3
12	9/17/2010	The Town	$23,808,032	2,861	$8,322	$23,808,032	3
13	9/21/2007	Resident Evil: Extinction	$23,678,580	2,828	$8,373	$23,678,580	3
14	9/29/2006	Open Season	$23,624,548	3,833	$6,163	$23,624,548	3
15	9/11/2009	I Can Do Bad All By Myself	$23,446,785	2,255	$10,398	$23,446,785	3
16	9/12/2003	Once Upon a Time in Mexico	$23,424,118	3,282	$7,137	$23,424,118	3
17	9/24/1999	Double Jeopardy	$23,162,542	2,547	$9,094	$23,162,542	3
18	9/10/2004	Resident Evil: Apocalypse	$23,036,273	3,284	$7,015	$23,036,273	3
19	9/28/2007	The Game Plan	$22,950,971	3,103	$7,396	$22,950,971	3
20	9/9/2011	Contagion	$22,403,596	3,222	$6,953	$22,403,596	3
21	9/23/2011	The Lion King	$21,929,332	2,330	$9,412	$390,014,907	6,312
22	9/19/2003	Underworld	$21,753,759	2,915	$7,463	$21,753,759	3
23	9/25/1998	Rush Hour	$21,202,929	2,643	$8,022	$64,037,138	10
24	9/24/2004	The Forgotten	$21,022,111	3,104	$6,773	$21,022,111	3
25	9/29/2000	Remember the Titans	$20,905,831	1,865	$11,210	$20,905,831	3
26	9/13/2002	Barbershop	$20,627,433	1,605	$12,852	$20,627,433	3
27	9/23/2011	Moneyball	$19,501,302	2,993	$6,516	$19,501,302	3
28	9/17/1999	Blue Streak	$19,208,806	2,735	$7,023	$19,208,806	3
29	9/23/2011	Dolphin Tale	$19,152,401	3,507	$5,461	$19,152,401	3
30	9/23/2005	The Corpse Bride	$19,145,480	3,204	$5,975	$19,656,451	10
31	9/12/2008	Burn After Reading	$19,128,001	2,651	$7,215	$19,128,001	3
32	9/24/2010	Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps	$19,011,188	3,565	$5,333	$19,011,188	3
33	9/20/1996	The First Wives Club	$18,913,411	1,922	$9,840	$18,913,411	3
34	9/26/2003	The Rundown	$18,533,765	3,152	$5,880	$18,533,765	3
35	9/10/1999	Stigmata	$18,309,666	2,899	$6,316	$18,309,666	3
36	9/29/2006	The Guardian	$18,006,064	3,241	$5,556	$18,006,064	3
37	9/17/2010	Easy A	$17,734,040	2,856	$6,209	$17,734,040	3
38	9/12/2008	The Family That Preys	$17,381,218	2,070	$8,397	$17,381,218	3
39	9/3/1993	The Fugitive	$17,239,413	2,425	$7,109	$133,670,684	31
40	9/28/2007	The Kingdom	$17,135,055	2,793	$6,135	$17,135,055	3
41	9/28/2001	Don't Say a Word	$17,090,474	2,802	$6,099	$17,090,474	3
42	9/2/2005	The Transporter 2	$16,540,720	3,303	$5,008	$16,540,720	3
43	9/10/1999	The Sixth Sense	$16,511,464	2,782	$5,935	$197,665,281	38
44	9/16/2005	Just Like Heaven	$16,408,718	3,508	$4,678	$16,408,718	3
45	9/12/2008	Righteous Kill	$16,288,361	3,152	$5,168	$16,288,361	3
46	9/24/2010	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole 3D	$16,112,211	3,575	$4,507	$16,112,211	3
47	9/24/2010	The Town	$15,605,171	2,885	$5,409	$48,692,072	10
48	9/17/2004	Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow	$15,580,278	3,170	$4,915	$15,580,278	3
49	9/28/2001	Zoolander	$15,525,043	2,507	$6,193	$15,525,043	3
50	9/27/1996	The First Wives Club	$15,314,530	2,312	$6,624	$41,784,740	10
51	9/27/2002	The Tuxedo	$15,051,028	3,022	$4,980	$15,051,028	3
52	9/19/1997	In & Out	$15,019,821	1,992	$7,540	$15,019,821	3
53	9/19/2008	Lakeview Terrace	$15,004,672	2,464	$6,090	$15,004,672	3
54	9/25/2009	Surrogates	$14,902,692	2,951	$5,050	$14,902,692	3
55	9/16/2005	The Exorcism of Emily Rose	$14,851,719	2,983	$4,979	$51,561,110	10
56	9/30/2005	Flightplan	$14,805,739	3,424	$4,324	$45,912,018	10
57	9/29/2006	Jackass: Number Two	$14,605,343	3,063	$4,768	$52,070,722	10
58	9/2/2011	The Help	$14,594,623	2,843	$5,134	$118,985,176	26
59	9/16/2011	Contagion	$14,548,433	3,222	$4,515	$44,260,524	10
60	9/15/2006	Gridiron Gang	$14,414,630	3,504	$4,114	$14,414,630	3
61	9/12/1997	The Game	$14,337,029	2,403	$5,966	$14,337,029	3
62	9/1/2000	Bring it On	$14,170,825	2,410	$5,880	$36,649,970	10
63	9/7/2007	3:10 to Yuma	$14,035,033	2,652	$5,292	$14,035,033	3
64	9/22/1995	Se7en	$13,949,807	2,441	$5,715	$13,949,807	3
65	9/30/2011	Dolphin Tale	$13,912,419	3,515	$3,958	$37,183,796	10
66	9/21/2007	Good Luck Chuck	$13,652,001	2,612	$5,227	$13,652,001	3
67	9/14/2007	The Brave One	$13,471,488	2,755	$4,890	$13,471,488	3
68	9/26/2008	Nights in Rodanthe	$13,418,454	2,704	$4,962	$13,418,454	3
69	9/2/2005	The 40 Year-old Virgin	$13,301,085	2,901	$4,585	$68,651,840	17
70	9/3/2010	The American	$13,177,790	2,823	$4,668	$16,321,575	5
71	9/12/2003	Matchstick Men	$13,087,307	2,711	$4,827	$13,087,307	3
72	9/17/1999	For Love of the Game	$13,041,685	2,829	$4,610	$13,041,685	3
73	9/13/1991	Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare	$12,966,525	1,862	$6,964	$12,966,525	3
74	9/20/2002	Barbershop	$12,817,223	1,894	$6,767	$38,393,266	10
75	9/25/1998	Ronin	$12,697,641	2,487	$5,106	$12,697,641	3
76	9/24/1999	Blue Streak	$12,547,093	2,735	$4,588	$37,015,498	10
77	9/24/1993	The Good Son	$12,520,305	1,847	$6,779	$12,520,305	3
78	9/29/1995	Se7en	$12,378,647	2,472	$5,008	$30,805,661	10
79	9/4/2009	The Final Destination	$12,368,882	3,121	$3,963	$47,508,879	10
80	9/26/1997	The Peacemaker	$12,311,939	2,362	$5,213	$12,311,939	3
81	9/17/2010	Devil	$12,289,375	2,809	$4,375	$12,289,375	3
82	9/2/1994	Forrest Gump	$12,221,147	2,246	$5,441	$238,771,095	61
83	9/1/2006	Invincible	$12,151,426	2,921	$4,160	$34,792,269	10
84	9/19/2003	Secondhand Lions	$12,139,832	3,013	$4,029	$12,139,832	3
85	9/16/1994	Timecop	$12,064,625	2,228	$5,415	$12,064,625	3
86	9/30/2011	Moneyball	$12,031,592	2,993	$4,020	$38,000,130	10
87	9/19/2003	The Fighting Temptations	$11,758,372	2,026	$5,804	$11,758,372	3
88	9/4/2009	Inglourious Basterds	$11,629,393	3,358	$3,463	$91,825,003	17
89	9/3/2010	Machete	$11,416,164	2,670	$4,276	$11,416,164	3
90	9/16/2011	Drive	$11,340,461	2,886	$3,929	$11,340,461	3
91	9/6/2002	Swimfan	$11,326,601	2,856	$3,966	$11,326,601	3
92	9/4/2009	All About Steve	$11,241,214	2,251	$4,994	$11,241,214	3
93	9/26/1997	In & Out	$11,225,464	2,268	$4,949	$30,376,543	10
94	9/17/1999	The Sixth Sense	$11,207,422	2,788	$4,020	$213,275,834	45
95	9/26/1997	Soul Food	$11,197,897	1,336	$8,382	$11,197,897	3
96	9/19/2008	Burn After Reading	$11,028,257	2,657	$4,151	$36,135,221	10
97	9/19/2003	Once Upon a Time in Mexico	$11,007,367	3,289	$3,347	$40,951,922	10
98	9/25/1992	The Last of the Mohicans	$10,976,661	1,491	$7,362	$10,976,661	3
99	9/23/2011	Abduction	$10,925,253	3,118	$3,504	$10,925,253	3
100	9/4/1998	There's Something About Mary	$10,920,201	2,545	$4,291	$130,268,038	54
101	9/3/2010	Takers	$10,876,732	2,206	$4,931	$37,327,557	10
102	9/4/1998	Blade	$10,788,664	2,375	$4,543	$49,555,263	17
103	9/13/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$10,772,146	1,764	$6,107	$110,443,668	150
104	9/11/2009	9	$10,740,446	1,661	$6,466	$15,160,926	5
105	9/30/2011	The Lion King	$10,615,645	2,340	$4,537	$407,749,299	6,319
106	9/24/2010	Easy A	$10,600,497	2,856	$3,712	$32,714,215	10
107	9/22/2006	Huo Yuan Jia	$10,590,244	1,808	$5,857	$10,590,244	3
108	9/25/1998	Urban Legend	$10,515,444	2,257	$4,659	$10,515,444	3
109	9/2/1994	Natural Born Killers	$10,500,012	1,904	$5,515	$27,008,254	10
110	9/18/2009	The Informant	$10,464,314	2,505	$4,177	$10,464,314	3
111	9/1/2006	Crank	$10,457,367	2,515	$4,158	$10,457,367	3
112	9/6/2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	$10,372,316	1,695	$6,119	$95,824,732	143
113	9/7/2001	The Musketeer	$10,312,740	2,438	$4,230	$10,312,740	3
114	9/30/1994	The River Wild	$10,214,450	2,074	$4,925	$10,214,450	3
115	9/12/2008	The Women	$10,155,121	2,962	$3,428	$10,155,121	3
116	9/10/2004	Cellular	$10,100,571	2,749	$3,674	$10,100,571	3
117	9/30/2005	Serenity	$10,086,680	2,188	$4,610	$10,086,680	3
118	9/20/2002	The Banger Sisters	$10,037,846	2,738	$3,666	$10,037,846	3
119	9/30/2005	The Corpse Bride	$10,033,257	3,204	$3,131	$33,188,109	17
120	9/11/1992	Sneakers	$10,031,145	1,731	$5,795	$10,134,778	5
121	9/15/1989	Sea of Love	$10,017,840	1,246	$8,040	$10,017,840	3
122	9/25/2009	Fame	$10,011,682	3,096	$3,234	$10,011,682	3
123	9/27/2002	Barbershop	$10,007,996	2,051	$4,880	$51,312,650	17
124	9/15/2006	The Black Dahlia	$10,005,895	2,226	$4,495	$10,005,895	3
125	9/17/2010	Resident Evil: Afterlife 3D	$10,002,592	3,209	$3,117	$43,893,958	10

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