Biggest 9th Thursdays
This chart shows the highest-grossing 9th Thursdays at the domestic box office of all time.
| Rank | Date | Movie | Daily Gross | Theaters | Per-Theater Average | Total Gross | Days in Release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feb 18, 2010 | Avatar | $1,785,275 | 2,685 | $665 | $671,721,154 | 63 |
| 2 | Feb 19, 1998 | Titanic | $1,752,994 | 3,002 | $584 | $381,525,538 | 63 |
| 3 | Jul 28, 2022 | Top Gun: Maverick | $1,438,352 | 3,160 | $455 | $641,903,700 | 63 |
| 4 | Feb 19, 2015 | American Sniper | $1,157,160 | 3,436 | $337 | $309,957,179 | 57 |
| 5 | Jan 27, 2011 | The King’s Speech | $1,088,802 | 1,680 | $648 | $61,114,907 | 63 |
| 6 | Jul 15, 1999 | Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom … | $1,028,463 | 2,447 | $420 | $389,553,609 | 58 |
| 7 | Jan 1, 2015 | Interstellar | $954,128 | 1,253 | $761 | $180,342,023 | 58 |
| 8 | Jul 31, 2003 | Finding Nemo | $817,000 | 2,025 | $403 | $316,160,000 | 63 |
| 9 | Jul 15, 2004 | Shrek 2 | $802,000 | 2,142 | $374 | $421,781,000 | 58 |
| 10 | Sep 17, 2026 | The Odyssey | $798,850 | 1,983 | $403 | $604,857,740 | 63 |
| 11 | Feb 27, 2003 | Chicago | $783,000 | 2,355 | $332 | $97,047,000 | 63 |
| 12 | Feb 10, 2005 | Million Dollar Baby | $762,000 | 2,025 | $376 | $37,501,000 | 58 |
| 13 | Feb 23, 2017 | Hidden Figures | $736,070 | 2,217 | $332 | $146,940,804 | 61 |
| 14 | Aug 12, 1993 | Jurassic Park | $729,305 | 1,906 | $383 | $295,267,155 | 63 |
| 15 | Jan 10, 2013 | Lincoln | $722,173 | 1,901 | $380 | $146,265,060 | 63 |
| 16 | Jan 3, 2002 | Monsters, Inc. | $695,000 | 1,701 | $409 | $240,761,000 | 63 |
| 17 | Jan 3, 2013 | Skyfall | $682,754 | 1,637 | $417 | $293,729,570 | 57 |
| 18 | Jan 31, 2008 | Juno | $675,455 | 2,426 | $278 | $102,813,450 | 58 |
| 19 | Aug 6, 2009 | The Hangover | $672,351 | 2,071 | $325 | $258,610,153 | 63 |
| 20 | Jan 23, 2014 | Frozen | $654,820 | 2,979 | $220 | $338,780,205 | 63 |
| 21 | Jan 17, 2013 | Silver Linings Playbook | $653,638 | 810 | $807 | $43,959,270 | 63 |
| 22 | Sep 10, 1998 | There’s Something About Mary | $633,483 | 2,545 | $249 | $132,285,491 | 58 |
| 23 | Aug 25, 2005 | La Marche de L’empereur | $605,033 | 2,102 | $288 | $51,151,277 | 63 |
| 24 | Feb 15, 2018 | Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | $601,567 | 3,136 | $192 | $369,678,565 | 58 |
| 25 | Feb 14, 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fe… | $598,307 | 1,706 | $351 | $272,933,520 | 58 |
| 26 | Feb 9, 2017 | La La Land | $595,167 | 3,236 | $184 | $121,010,345 | 63 |
| 27 | Jul 25, 2019 | Aladdin | $592,713 | 2,105 | $282 | $343,140,586 | 63 |
| 28 | Feb 17, 2022 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | $575,804 | 3,300 | $174 | $762,940,686 | 63 |
| 29 | Feb 9, 2006 | Brokeback Mountain | $570,000 | 2,089 | $273 | $62,435,760 | 63 |
| 30 | Apr 19, 2018 | Black Panther | $554,521 | 2,180 | $254 | $676,442,109 | 63 |
| 31 | Jul 16, 2026 | Obsession | $554,090 | 2,069 | $268 | $255,991,260 | 63 |
| 32 | Aug 15, 2024 | Inside Out 2 | $547,687 | 2,200 | $249 | $638,994,883 | 63 |
| 33 | Jun 1, 2023 | The Super Mario Bros. Movie | $545,050 | 3,148 | $173 | $562,927,270 | 58 |
| 34 | Jan 29, 2015 | The Imitation Game | $542,081 | 2,025 | $268 | $62,781,636 | 63 |
| 35 | Feb 20, 2020 | 1917 | $536,095 | 3,084 | $174 | $147,587,469 | 58 |
| 36 | Feb 1, 2018 | The Shape of Water | $535,029 | 1,854 | $289 | $40,280,050 | 63 |
| 37 | Feb 16, 2023 | Avatar: The Way of Water | $525,564 | 3,065 | $171 | $650,957,991 | 63 |
| 38 | Oct 7, 1999 | The Sixth Sense | $524,126 | 2,821 | $186 | $236,586,228 | 63 |
| 39 | Feb 21, 2002 | A Beautiful Mind | $520,000 | 2,081 | $250 | $127,382,000 | 63 |
| 40 | Feb 12, 2009 | Gran Torino | $513,119 | 2,705 | $190 | $122,143,372 | 63 |
| 41 | Jul 19, 2001 | Shrek | $508,337 | 1,767 | $288 | $249,646,960 | 63 |
| 42 | Feb 10, 1994 | Schindler’s List | $508,060 | 764 | $665 | $30,925,533 | 58 |
| 43 | Sep 13, 2012 | 2016: Obama’s America | $505,000 | 2,017 | $250 | $28,185,000 | 63 |
| 44 | Aug 29, 1991 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | $498,240 | 2,076 | $240 | $177,721,499 | 58 |
| 45 | Mar 28, 2024 | The Chosen: Season 4 Episodes… | $493,653 | 1,307 | $378 | $14,409,169 | 57 |
| 46 | Jul 4, 2002 | Spider-Man | $490,942 | 1,502 | $327 | $397,853,721 | 63 |
| 47 | Feb 15, 2018 | The Greatest Showman | $484,862 | 2,373 | $204 | $149,378,356 | 58 |
| 48 | Feb 5, 1998 | Good Will Hunting | $480,082 | 1,831 | $262 | $61,607,148 | 63 |
| 49 | Feb 18, 2016 | Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force … | $479,531 | 1,810 | $265 | $917,806,295 | 63 |
| 50 | Jul 5, 2012 | The Avengers | $477,208 | 1,352 | $353 | $608,959,760 | 63 |
| 51 | Jan 21, 2010 | The Blind Side | $474,098 | 2,408 | $197 | $229,512,266 | 63 |
| 52 | Jan 18, 2018 | Darkest Hour | $467,010 | 1,693 | $276 | $38,063,177 | 58 |
| 53 | Nov 11, 1999 | American Beauty | $461,446 | 1,553 | $297 | $60,283,680 | 58 |
| 54 | Feb 3, 2011 | Black Swan | $458,391 | 2,315 | $198 | $92,487,857 | 63 |
| 55 | Sep 4, 2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean: The… | $457,000 | 2,227 | $205 | $276,560,000 | 58 |
| 56 | Feb 8, 2001 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | $456,136 | 1,160 | $393 | $55,193,263 | 63 |
| 57 | Aug 24, 1989 | Batman | $448,150 | 1,400 | $320 | $228,839,498 | 63 |
| 58 | Feb 19, 1998 | As Good as it Gets | $441,843 | 1,802 | $245 | $102,901,952 | 58 |
| 59 | Aug 3, 2017 | Wonder Woman | $440,019 | 1,651 | $267 | $397,146,079 | 63 |
| 60 | Jan 22, 2026 | Zootopia 2 | $432,348 | 3,100 | $139 | $395,727,846 | 58 |
| 61 | Feb 11, 1999 | Shakespeare in Love | $424,843 | 833 | $510 | $37,627,339 | 63 |
| 62 | Feb 15, 2001 | Chocolat | $404,726 | 1,148 | $353 | $28,370,428 | 63 |
| 63 | Jan 8, 2009 | Slumdog Millionaire | $402,707 | 612 | $658 | $30,344,855 | 58 |
| 64 | Feb 14, 2013 | Zero Dark Thirty | $401,771 | 2,562 | $157 | $84,928,668 | 58 |
| 65 | Mar 9, 2000 | My Dog Skip | $400,000 | 2,331 | $172 | $8,070,000 | 58 |
| 66 | May 24, 2012 | The Hunger Games | $399,295 | 2,064 | $193 | $393,008,785 | 63 |
| 67 | Aug 12, 2004 | Napoleon Dynamite | $397,000 | 546 | $727 | $14,124,000 | 63 |
| 68 | Mar 19, 2009 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | $394,286 | 2,281 | $173 | $139,209,230 | 63 |
| 69 | Aug 16, 2018 | Incredibles 2 | $392,557 | 1,545 | $254 | $591,798,848 | 63 |
| 70 | Feb 25, 2016 | The Revenant | $371,566 | 1,939 | $192 | $166,706,469 | 63 |
| 71 | Feb 11, 2010 | Crazy Heart | $367,167 | 819 | $448 | $12,526,975 | 58 |
| 72 | Aug 29, 2024 | Despicable Me 4 | $362,825 | 2,591 | $140 | $350,030,490 | 58 |
| 73 | Jan 3, 2019 | Bohemian Rhapsody | $362,433 | 868 | $418 | $191,276,825 | 63 |
| 74 | Jan 26, 2012 | The Artist | $360,863 | 662 | $545 | $13,429,098 | 63 |
| 75 | Jun 16, 2016 | The Jungle Book | $360,016 | 1,496 | $241 | $354,420,651 | 63 |
| 76 | Jul 14, 2005 | Star Wars Ep. III: Revenge of… | $359,707 | 1,355 | $265 | $372,222,826 | 57 |
| 77 | Feb 17, 2005 | The Aviator | $355,000 | 2,196 | $162 | $83,952,000 | 63 |
| 78 | Jul 6, 2000 | Gladiator | $353,478 | 1,411 | $251 | $171,942,339 | 63 |
| 79 | Apr 22, 2004 | The Passion of the Christ | $353,000 | 2,848 | $124 | $362,199,000 | 58 |
| 80 | Oct 6, 2011 | The Help | $349,057 | 2,505 | $139 | $160,707,315 | 58 |
| 81 | May 21, 2026 | Project Hail Mary | $347,247 | 2,177 | $160 | $336,892,690 | 63 |
| 82 | Jun 28, 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | $345,207 | 1,456 | $237 | $671,082,712 | 63 |
| 83 | Jan 23, 2020 | Knives Out | $339,999 | 1,667 | $204 | $148,215,922 | 58 |
| 84 | May 27, 1999 | The Matrix | $339,420 | 2,521 | $135 | $150,935,000 | 58 |
| 85 | Feb 13, 2020 | Jumanji: The Next Level | $336,394 | 2,729 | $123 | $300,016,286 | 63 |
| 86 | Feb 21, 2008 | The Bucket List | $336,341 | 2,307 | $146 | $82,598,872 | 59 |
| 87 | Jan 3, 2013 | Wreck-It Ralph | $336,313 | 913 | $368 | $177,319,916 | 63 |
| 88 | Dec 31, 2015 | Brooklyn | $333,762 | 300 | $1,113 | $19,563,995 | 58 |
| 89 | Aug 19, 2010 | Toy Story 3 | $332,064 | 1,219 | $272 | $402,280,518 | 63 |
| 90 | Feb 22, 2007 | Night at the Museum | $329,232 | 2,042 | $161 | $239,470,145 | 63 |
| 91 | Jul 14, 2011 | Bridesmaids | $325,090 | 1,102 | $295 | $159,607,375 | 63 |
| 92 | Feb 22, 2001 | Traffic | $319,971 | 1,742 | $184 | $81,092,253 | 58 |
| 93 | Jul 11, 2002 | Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of t… | $318,421 | 1,162 | $274 | $292,535,647 | 57 |
| 94 | Sep 21, 2023 | Barbie | $316,431 | 3,012 | $105 | $627,250,087 | 63 |
| 95 | Feb 16, 2023 | Puss in Boots: The Last Wish | $313,265 | 3,227 | $97 | $160,816,100 | 58 |
| 96 | Sep 26, 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | $309,032 | 2,450 | $126 | $628,600,109 | 63 |
| 97 | Aug 28, 1997 | Men in Black | $307,815 | 1,835 | $168 | $231,702,119 | 58 |
| 98 | Sep 18, 2008 | The Dark Knight | $306,112 | 2,191 | $140 | $518,974,853 | 63 |
| 99 | Feb 14, 2019 | Spider-Man: Into The Spider-V… | $303,814 | 1,404 | $216 | $180,755,904 | 63 |
| 100 | Feb 12, 2004 | The Lord of the Rings: The Re… | $303,000 | 1,878 | $161 | $352,323,927 | 58 |