Biggest 8th Wednesdays

This chart shows the highest-grossing 8th Wednesdays at the domestic box office of all time.

All-Time Year Month Day of Week By Day+Week Previews

Rank	Date	Movie	Daily Gross	Theaters	Per-Theater Average	Total Gross	Days in Release
1	Dec 29, 2004	The Polar Express	$2,243,365	2,618	$857	$147,165,621	50
2	Feb 10, 2010	Avatar	$1,849,314	3,000	$616	$635,470,349	55
3	Jul 20, 2022	Top Gun: Maverick	$1,749,579	3,292	$531	$623,876,652	55
4	Dec 26, 2001	Monsters, Inc.	$1,575,000	2,097	$751	$227,924,000	55
5	Feb 11, 1998	Titanic	$1,460,439	2,956	$494	$341,677,727	55
6	Jul 7, 1999	Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom …	$1,382,953	2,628	$526	$376,272,871	50
7	Dec 31, 2014	Big Hero 6	$1,377,990	2,065	$667	$204,576,654	55
8	Dec 29, 2004	The Incredibles	$1,301,000	1,732	$751	$246,140,000	55
9	Jul 23, 2003	Finding Nemo	$1,284,000	2,480	$518	$307,566,000	55
10	Sep 9, 2026	The Odyssey	$1,262,245	2,312	$546	$591,851,560	55
11	Feb 14, 2024	Anyone But You	$1,160,861	2,805	$414	$81,984,672	55
12	Jul 7, 2004	Shrek 2	$1,124,000	2,609	$431	$412,928,506	50
13	Jul 8, 2026	Obsession	$1,113,245	2,640	$422	$248,651,020	55
14	Jul 17, 2019	Aladdin	$1,112,141	2,557	$435	$335,345,971	55
15	Feb 2, 2005	Million Dollar Baby	$1,082,000	2,010	$538	$24,903,000	50
16	Aug 7, 2024	Inside Out 2	$1,059,660	2,615	$405	$630,557,324	55
17	Jan 2, 2013	Lincoln	$1,046,468	1,966	$532	$137,698,888	55
18	Feb 18, 2015	American Sniper	$1,037,497	3,436	$302	$308,800,019	56
19	Aug 17, 2005	La Marche de L’empereur	$1,003,767	1,867	$538	$40,862,711	55
20	Feb 19, 2003	Chicago	$984,000	2,268	$434	$84,706,000	55
21	Feb 1, 2017	La La Land	$951,317	3,136	$303	$109,913,100	55
22	Jul 29, 2009	The Hangover	$951,041	2,285	$416	$249,808,203	55
23	Aug 4, 1993	Jurassic Park	$927,080	2,141	$433	$286,113,460	55
24	Dec 31, 2008	Slumdog Millionaire	$908,690	614	$1,480	$22,227,362	50
25	Dec 31, 2003	Elf	$900,000	2,015	$447	$167,600,000	55
26	Jan 23, 2008	Juno	$889,120	2,534	$351	$88,839,387	50
27	Jan 19, 2011	The King’s Speech	$867,100	1,543	$562	$48,597,317	55
28	Jun 27, 2012	The Avengers	$838,655	2,230	$376	$601,215,735	55
29	Feb 1, 2006	Brokeback Mountain	$825,000	1,652	$499	$53,264,000	55
30	Jul 11, 2001	Shrek	$819,544	2,107	$389	$242,925,496	55
31	Feb 15, 2017	Hidden Figures	$807,717	2,667	$303	$134,611,308	53
32	Jan 10, 2018	Darkest Hour	$797,270	1,733	$460	$30,470,347	50
33	Apr 14, 2004	The Passion of the Christ	$785,000	3,240	$242	$356,021,000	50
34	Aug 27, 2003	Pirates of the Caribbean: The…	$781,000	2,404	$325	$263,454,000	50
35	Aug 8, 2018	Incredibles 2	$766,601	1,802	$425	$585,709,737	55
36	May 24, 2023	The Super Mario Bros. Movie	$765,535	3,540	$216	$551,846,955	50
37	Feb 12, 2020	1917	$759,880	3,548	$214	$135,553,359	50
38	Jun 17, 2026	Michael	$756,327	2,256	$335	$365,228,197	55
39	Feb 7, 2018	Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle	$755,162	3,352	$225	$355,103,490	50
40	Jan 15, 2014	Frozen	$751,353	3,239	$232	$319,808,258	55
41	Jan 2, 2013	Skyfall	$746,695	1,637	$456	$293,046,816	56
42	Sep 2, 1998	There’s Something About Mary	$738,668	2,401	$308	$118,591,065	50
43	Aug 21, 2024	Despicable Me 4	$733,185	2,788	$263	$343,280,865	50
44	Aug 21, 1991	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	$724,160	2,263	$320	$170,837,229	50
45	Feb 8, 2023	Avatar: The Way of Water	$716,380	3,310	$216	$639,356,367	55
46	Feb 4, 2009	Gran Torino	$701,320	3,015	$233	$112,285,742	55
47	Feb 9, 2022	Spider-Man: No Way Home	$696,548	3,600	$193	$751,125,573	55
48	Feb 14, 2001	Cast Away	$687,161	2,354	$292	$211,169,714	55
49	Jan 28, 1998	Good Will Hunting	$666,882	1,331	$501	$50,438,312	55
50	Jan 4, 2023	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever	$665,349	2,310	$288	$441,453,206	55
51	May 13, 2026	Project Hail Mary	$651,374	2,417	$269	$330,416,151	55
52	Sep 5, 2012	2016: Obama’s America	$647,342	1,747	$371	$22,083,387	55
53	Jul 26, 2017	Wonder Woman	$645,812	1,971	$328	$391,254,185	55
54	Feb 7, 2018	The Greatest Showman	$637,706	2,588	$246	$139,520,959	50
55	Feb 14, 2001	Traffic	$633,886	1,734	$366	$72,254,319	50
56	Apr 11, 2018	Black Panther	$632,898	2,747	$230	$667,828,952	55
57	Jun 20, 2018	Avengers: Infinity War	$628,375	2,164	$290	$666,473,647	55
58	Feb 10, 2016	Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force …	$628,195	2,262	$278	$908,059,656	55
59	Aug 16, 1989	Batman	$627,640	1,777	$353	$222,844,298	55
60	Sep 29, 1999	The Sixth Sense	$614,479	2,791	$220	$226,907,907	55
61	Jan 2, 2019	Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch	$612,235	2,555	$240	$267,990,065	55
62	Nov 25, 2015	The Martian	$603,663	1,407	$429	$214,694,512	55
63	Feb 14, 2018	The Post	$603,423	1,865	$324	$74,320,207	55
64	Aug 12, 2026	Toy Story 5	$597,994	2,660	$225	$472,736,909	55
65	Jun 26, 2002	Spider-Man	$596,493	2,278	$262	$392,135,480	55
66	Aug 20, 1997	Men in Black	$594,678	2,261	$263	$227,019,477	50
67	Jul 22, 2009	Up	$590,109	1,706	$346	$281,364,419	55
68	May 1, 2019	Captain Marvel	$587,159	2,435	$241	$415,955,558	55
69	Jul 6, 2011	Bridesmaids	$583,380	1,389	$420	$154,902,585	55
70	Feb 14, 2007	Night at the Museum	$581,933	2,436	$239	$233,295,750	55
71	Feb 13, 2002	A Beautiful Mind	$577,000	2,220	$260	$114,893,000	55
72	Dec 26, 2018	Bohemian Rhapsody	$572,037	700	$817	$186,340,841	55
73	Jan 13, 2010	The Blind Side	$568,397	2,926	$194	$220,602,183	55
74	Jan 14, 2026	Zootopia 2	$559,737	3,200	$175	$380,676,268	50
75	Jan 26, 2011	Black Swan	$551,674	2,407	$229	$84,965,938	55
76	Aug 14, 2019	Toy Story 4	$547,800	2,295	$239	$421,823,837	55
77	Jun 8, 2016	The Jungle Book	$540,626	1,990	$272	$349,409,479	55
78	Jan 21, 2015	The Imitation Game	$536,744	1,611	$333	$52,880,644	55
79	Jan 24, 2018	The Shape of Water	$536,079	853	$628	$31,479,985	55
80	Aug 19, 1998	Armageddon	$517,815	1,786	$290	$181,756,504	50
81	Jul 26, 2023	Spider-Man: Across the Spider…	$515,864	1,669	$309	$376,935,451	55
82	Aug 11, 2010	Toy Story 3	$514,837	1,714	$300	$398,033,383	55
83	Jul 16, 2025	Lilo & Stitch	$514,292	2,075	$248	$416,203,033	55
84	Jul 23, 2014	Maleficent	$512,892	1,541	$333	$229,842,583	55
85	Jan 15, 2020	Knives Out	$509,201	2,060	$247	$141,208,481	50
86	Feb 11, 1998	As Good as it Gets	$504,848	1,796	$281	$93,619,241	50
87	Jun 25, 2008	Iron Man	$503,165	1,912	$263	$306,384,581	55
88	Jun 28, 2023	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3	$501,384	2,010	$249	$352,686,906	55
89	Aug 5, 2015	Jurassic World	$484,500	1,912	$253	$633,318,770	55
90	Jan 28, 2004	Big Fish	$482,000	2,438	$198	$50,339,000	50
91	Sep 23, 2026	Spider-Man: Brand New Day	$479,694	3,017	$159	$946,182,066	55
92	May 18, 2022	Everything Everywhere All At …	$476,064	1,726	$276	$48,638,870	55
93	Feb 14, 2018	Hostiles	$475,738	2,214	$215	$27,213,299	55
94	Sep 28, 2011	The Help	$471,593	3,014	$156	$155,808,214	50
95	Nov 27, 2019	Joker	$471,316	1,198	$393	$328,172,838	55
96	Nov 11, 2009	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatb…	$470,409	1,126	$418	$121,658,630	55
97	Dec 26, 2012	Wreck-It Ralph	$467,755	913	$512	$173,079,576	55
98	Apr 27, 2016	Zootopia	$467,085	2,798	$167	$318,022,027	55
99	Jan 15, 2025	Wicked	$464,375	2,967	$157	$460,578,550	55
100	Feb 6, 2013	Zero Dark Thirty	$463,248	2,871	$161	$79,111,124	50