Biggest Opening Weekends at the Box Office

Rank	Date	Movie	Gross	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
1	7/18/2008	The Dark Knight	$158,411,483	4,366	$36,283	$158,411,483	3
2	5/4/2007	Spider-Man 3	$151,116,516	4,252	$35,540	$151,116,516	3
3	7/7/2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	$135,634,554	4,133	$32,817	$135,634,554	3
4	5/18/2007	Shrek the Third	$121,629,270	4,122	$29,507	$122,536,609	3
5	5/3/2002	Spider-Man	$114,844,116	3,615	$31,769	$114,844,116	3
6	5/25/2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	$114,732,820	4,362	$26,303	$127,972,864	3
7	6/26/2009	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	$108,966,307	4,234	$25,736	$200,077,255	5
8	5/20/2005	Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of the Sith	$108,435,841	3,661	$29,619	$158,449,700	4
9	5/21/2004	Shrek 2	$108,037,878	4,163	$25,952	$128,983,060	5
10	5/26/2006	X-Men: The Last Stand	$102,750,665	3,690	$27,846	$102,750,665	3
11	11/18/2005	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	$102,335,066	3,858	$26,525	$102,335,066	3
12	5/2/2008	Iron Man	$102,118,668	4,105	$24,877	$102,118,668	3
13	5/23/2008	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	$100,137,835	4,260	$23,507	$125,178,907	4
14	6/4/2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	$93,687,367	3,855	$24,303	$93,687,367	3
15	5/16/2003	The Matrix Reloaded	$91,774,413	3,603	$25,472	$134,282,716	4
16	11/16/2001	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	$90,294,621	3,672	$24,590	$90,294,621	3
17	11/15/2002	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	$88,357,488	3,682	$23,997	$88,357,488	3
18	7/2/2004	Spider-Man 2	$88,156,227	4,152	$21,232	$152,411,751	5
19	5/2/2003	X2	$85,558,731	3,741	$22,871	$85,558,731	3
20	5/1/2009	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	$85,058,003	4,099	$20,751	$85,058,003	3
21	2/27/2004	The Passion of the Christ	$83,848,082	3,043	$27,554	$125,185,971	5
22	5/17/2002	Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clones	$80,027,814	3,161	$25,317	$110,169,231	4
23	5/8/2009	Star Trek	$79,204,289	3,849	$20,578	$79,204,289	3
24	12/14/2007	I am Legend	$77,211,321	3,606	$21,412	$77,211,321	3
25	7/13/2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	$77,108,414	4,285	$17,995	$139,715,157	5
26	5/19/2006	The Da Vinci Code	$77,073,388	3,735	$20,635	$77,073,388	3
27	7/27/2007	The Simpsons Movie	$74,036,787	3,922	$18,877	$74,036,787	3
28	7/26/2002	Austin Powers in Goldmember	$73,071,188	3,613	$20,225	$76,624,907	4
29	12/19/2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	$72,629,713	3,703	$19,614	$124,100,534	5
30	5/23/1997	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	$72,132,785	3,281	$21,985	$98,388,402	3
31	4/3/2009	Fast & Furious	$70,950,500	3,461	$20,500	$70,950,500	3
32	3/9/2007	300	$70,885,301	3,103	$22,844	$70,885,301	3
33	7/6/2007	Transformers	$70,502,384	4,011	$17,577	$150,405,412	6
34	11/5/2004	The Incredibles	$70,467,623	3,933	$17,917	$70,467,623	3
35	5/30/2003	Finding Nemo	$70,251,710	3,374	$20,821	$70,251,710	3
36	11/21/2008	Twilight	$69,637,740	3,419	$20,368	$69,637,740	3
37	8/3/2007	The Bourne Ultimatum	$69,283,690	3,660	$18,930	$69,283,690	3
38	5/28/2004	The Day After Tomorrow	$68,743,584	3,425	$20,071	$68,743,584	3
39	7/27/2001	Planet of the Apes	$68,532,960	3,500	$19,581	$68,532,960	3
40	5/4/2001	The Mummy Returns	$68,139,035	3,401	$20,035	$68,139,035	3
41	5/29/2009	Up	$68,108,790	3,766	$18,085	$68,108,790	3
42	3/31/2006	Ice Age: The Meltdown	$68,033,544	3,964	$17,163	$68,033,544	3
43	5/23/2003	Bruce Almighty	$67,953,330	3,483	$19,510	$67,953,330	3
44	11/14/2008	Quantum of Solace	$67,528,882	3,451	$19,568	$67,528,882	3
45	8/3/2001	Rush Hour 2	$67,408,222	3,118	$21,619	$67,408,222	3
46	12/9/2005	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	$65,556,312	3,616	$18,130	$65,556,312	3
47	7/1/2005	The War of the Worlds	$64,878,725	3,908	$16,602	$100,561,125	5
48	5/21/1999	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace	$64,810,970	2,970	$21,822	$105,661,237	5
49	11/7/2008	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	$63,106,589	4,056	$15,559	$63,106,589	3
50	6/27/2008	WALL-E	$63,087,526	3,992	$15,803	$63,087,526	3