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Biggest 30th Weekend at the Domestic Box Office for Limited Release Movies
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This chart contains figures for the biggest 30th Weekends at the Domestic Box Office for Limited Release Movies.
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| Rank | Date | Movie | Gross | Theaters | Per Theater |
Total Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nov 8, 2002 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | $5,854,005 | 1,975 | $2,964 | $192,857,165 |
| 2 | Jul 16, 2010 | Flickan som lekte med elden | $679,533 | 139 | $4,889 | $3,406,968 |
| 3 | May 14, 1999 | La vita è bella | $626,655 | 836 | $750 | $55,104,440 |
| 4 | Mar 6, 1998 | The Full Monty | $552,112 | 408 | $1,353 | $43,028,630 |
| 5 | Apr 11, 2003 | Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し) | $414,915 | 493 | $842 | $9,575,699 |
| 6 | Nov 19, 2010 | Luftslottet som sprängdes | $401,819 | 179 | $2,245 | $3,684,894 |
| 7 | Jan 5, 1996 | Il Postino | $313,097 | 250 | $1,252 | $9,349,949 |
| 8 | Apr 25, 2008 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $255,584 | 47 | $5,438 | $12,013,897 |
| 9 | Jan 18, 2013 | Beasts of the Southern Wild | $149,969 | 71 | $2,112 | $11,455,005 |
| 10 | Dec 9, 2011 | Midnight in Paris | $115,370 | 195 | $592 | $56,177,987 |
| 11 | May 2, 2003 | Bowling for Columbine | $78,020 | 88 | $887 | $21,145,576 |
| 12 | Jan 30, 2015 | Boyhood | $72,924 | 131 | $557 | $25,048,817 |
| 13 | May 17, 1996 | Leaving Las Vegas | $72,625 | 148 | $491 | $31,730,933 |
| 14 | Nov 28, 2003 | Les invasions barbares | $70,248 | 8 | $8,781 | $188,217 |
| 15 | Apr 28, 2000 | Boys Don't Cry | $68,053 | 94 | $724 | $11,425,402 |
| 16 | Jun 6, 1997 | The English Patient | $62,025 | 90 | $689 | $77,208,178 |
| 17 | Jun 29, 2001 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | $61,598 | 79 | $780 | $127,911,677 |
| 18 | Mar 6, 2009 | Fly Me To the Moon | $53,320 | 9 | $5,924 | $13,139,843 |
| 19 | Dec 31, 2004 | Napoleon Dynamite | $47,898 | 114 | $420 | $44,411,050 |
| 20 | May 24, 2002 | Le Fabuleux destin d\'Amélie Poulain | $47,204 | 42 | $1,124 | $33,024,385 |
| 21 | Jul 19, 1996 | Mr. Holland’s Opus | $46,411 | 91 | $510 | $82,465,254 |
| 22 | May 26, 2000 | Todo sobre mi madre | $45,481 | 34 | $1,338 | $8,012,562 |
| 23 | Jul 13, 2007 | Mon meilleur ami | $45,246 | 3 | $15,082 | $45,246 |
| 24 | Mar 8, 2013 | Les saveurs du Palais | $41,059 | 19 | $2,161 | $153,319 |
| 25 | Oct 13, 2006 | Boynton Beach Club | $40,191 | 42 | $957 | $2,898,641 |
| 26 | May 12, 2000 | Beyond the Mat | $40,061 | 128 | $313 | $2,047,570 |
| 27 | Aug 4, 2000 | The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg | $37,463 | 23 | $1,629 | $1,107,574 |
| 28 | Oct 3, 2003 | Bend it Like Beckham | $36,119 | 54 | $669 | $32,507,423 |
| 29 | Sep 13, 2002 | Monsoon Wedding | $34,978 | 36 | $972 | $13,800,929 |
| 30 | May 29, 1998 | The Hanging Garden | $34,649 | 9 | $3,850 | $745,024 |
| 31 | Mar 27, 2009 | Che, Part 1: The Argentine | $33,032 | 33 | $1,001 | $1,675,152 |
| 32 | Aug 15, 2008 | U2 3D | $28,839 | 5 | $5,768 | $9,316,509 |
| 33 | May 11, 2001 | Calle 54 | $28,674 | 12 | $2,390 | $89,685 |
| 34 | Oct 5, 2001 | Gabriela | $28,253 | 8 | $3,532 | $2,086,593 |
| 35 | Nov 7, 2003 | Winged Migration | $27,320 | 28 | $976 | $10,646,376 |
| 36 | Jan 10, 1997 | Lone Star | $27,214 | 19 | $1,432 | $12,952,403 |
| 37 | Jul 13, 2001 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | $26,864 | 62 | $433 | $45,423,537 |
| 38 | Jun 4, 2004 | My Architect | $25,434 | 30 | $848 | $2,672,377 |
| 39 | Oct 19, 2001 | Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef | $25,124 | 15 | $1,675 | $2,241,156 |
| 40 | Apr 20, 2007 | The Last King of Scotland | $23,770 | 33 | $720 | $17,553,713 |
| 41 | Mar 7, 2008 | Sukkar banat | $23,610 | 14 | $1,686 | $444,946 |
| 42 | Feb 15, 2013 | Searching for Sugar Man | $23,347 | 19 | $1,229 | $3,278,313 |
| 43 | Jul 4, 2003 | Russkiy kovcheg | $22,038 | 11 | $2,003 | $2,213,412 |
| 44 | Dec 29, 2000 | Catfish in Black Bean Sauce | $21,096 | 7 | $3,014 | $1,107,583 |
| 45 | Feb 20, 2009 | Frozen River | $21,009 | 24 | $875 | $2,459,187 |
| 46 | May 16, 2003 | Time Changer | $19,717 | 18 | $1,095 | $1,177,423 |
| 47 | Feb 16, 2007 | Little Miss Sunshine | $19,689 | 23 | $856 | $59,753,233 |
| 48 | May 18, 2007 | Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss | $18,996 | 12 | $1,583 | $436,926 |
| 49 | Dec 24, 1999 | Buena Vista Social Club | $18,802 | 18 | $1,045 | $6,867,997 |
| 50 | Dec 14, 2012 | Les Intouchables | $18,091 | 25 | $724 | $13,069,901 |
| 51 | Aug 23, 2002 | The Singles Ward | $17,498 | 14 | $1,250 | $975,700 |
| 52 | Sep 29, 2000 | God's Army | $17,390 | 34 | $511 | $2,566,622 |
| 53 | Apr 20, 2001 | Best in Show | $17,376 | 18 | $965 | $18,580,352 |
| 54 | Aug 25, 1995 | The Secret of Roan Inish | $16,701 | 13 | $1,285 | $6,101,815 |
| 55 | Apr 22, 2005 | Therese | $16,686 | 25 | $667 | $2,406,798 |
| 56 | Apr 3, 2009 | Enlighten Up! | $16,161 | 1 | $16,161 | $55,727 |
| 57 | Feb 23, 2001 | I'm the One That I Want | $16,028 | 6 | $2,671 | $780,307 |
| 58 | Sep 2, 2005 | The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill | $15,137 | 20 | $757 | $2,886,035 |
| 59 | Aug 8, 2003 | Cidade de Deus | $14,358 | 3 | $4,786 | $4,543,107 |
| 60 | Dec 29, 1995 | Smoke | $14,007 | 18 | $778 | $8,353,284 |
| 61 | May 4, 2001 | Billy Elliot | $13,685 | 23 | $595 | $21,976,055 |
| 62 | Apr 27, 2001 | Yi Yi | $13,555 | 9 | $1,506 | $831,874 |
| 63 | Jun 13, 2003 | The Quiet American | $12,711 | 23 | $553 | $12,897,338 |
| 64 | Jun 28, 2019 | Amazing Grace | $11,985 | 18 | $666 | $4,418,762 |
| 65 | Jun 1, 2001 | You Can Count on Me | $11,799 | 16 | $737 | $9,171,327 |
| 66 | Apr 28, 2006 | CSA: The Confederate States of America | $11,455 | 14 | $818 | $569,561 |
| 67 | Nov 4, 2005 | A Wake in Providence | $11,450 | 5 | $2,290 | $317,694 |
| 68 | May 25, 2018 | 1945 | $11,050 | 8 | $1,381 | $700,910 |
| 69 | Mar 8, 2019 | The Wife | $11,038 | 29 | $381 | $9,559,194 |
| 70 | Feb 24, 2006 | Darwin's Nightmare | $10,741 | 6 | $1,790 | $160,259 |
| 71 | Oct 5, 2001 | Memento | $9,725 | 16 | $608 | $25,494,362 |
| 72 | Apr 26, 2002 | The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary… | $9,533 | 7 | $1,362 | $2,371,776 |
| 73 | Jul 12, 2019 | All is True | $9,487 | 17 | $558 | $1,171,166 |
| 74 | May 6, 2011 | Poema de Salvación | $8,944 | 5 | $1,789 | $859,856 |
| 75 | Jun 27, 2008 | The Singing Revolution | $8,859 | 5 | $1,772 | $275,742 |
| 76 | Feb 14, 2020 | Honeyland | $8,752 | 7 | $1,250 | $805,643 |
| 77 | May 4, 2007 | Sweet Land | $8,669 | 6 | $1,445 | $1,635,578 |
| 78 | Jun 22, 2001 | Panic | $8,582 | 5 | $1,716 | $767,007 |
| 79 | Feb 15, 2002 | Pane e tulipani | $8,182 | 6 | $1,364 | $5,310,035 |
| 80 | May 13, 2005 | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | $8,064 | 3 | $2,688 | $258,504 |
| 81 | Feb 20, 2009 | La Graine et le Mulet | $7,660 | 3 | $2,553 | $80,465 |
| 82 | Jul 5, 2002 | The Other Side of Heaven | $7,583 | 10 | $758 | $4,620,546 |
| 83 | Jun 11, 1999 | Waking Ned Devine | $7,516 | 21 | $358 | $24,778,954 |
| 84 | Apr 21, 2006 | Capote | $7,418 | 13 | $571 | $28,747,570 |
| 85 | Jun 15, 2012 | The Artist | $6,969 | 21 | $332 | $44,667,095 |
| 86 | Oct 18, 2002 | The Piano Teacher | $6,933 | 12 | $578 | $995,143 |
| 87 | Jul 23, 2010 | Kings of the Evening | $6,896 | 4 | $1,724 | $87,298 |
| 88 | Jul 6, 2001 | Pollock | $6,855 | 12 | $571 | $8,583,111 |
| 89 | Jun 11, 1999 | Central do Brasil | $6,804 | 9 | $756 | $5,540,093 |
| 90 | Sep 26, 2003 | Nowhere in Africa | $6,746 | 14 | $482 | $6,167,763 |
| 91 | Jun 7, 2002 | The Fluffer | $6,466 | 3 | $2,155 | $494,555 |
| 92 | Apr 8, 2011 | Queen of the Sun | $6,039 | 5 | $1,208 | $91,884 |
| 93 | Jan 28, 2000 | Genghis Blues | $5,501 | 2 | $2,751 | $284,378 |
| 94 | May 16, 2003 | Frida | $5,300 | 6 | $883 | $25,877,350 |
| 95 | Jun 4, 2004 | I Vitelloni | $5,270 | 3 | $1,757 | $115,263 |
| 96 | Jun 23, 2000 | A Map of the World | $5,121 | 3 | $1,707 | $539,845 |
| 97 | Jun 9, 2006 | The Syrian Bride | $4,476 | 2 | $2,238 | $350,803 |
| 98 | Aug 31, 2007 | Das Leben der Anderen | $4,442 | 4 | $1,111 | $11,281,304 |
| 99 | May 16, 2008 | Bella | $4,348 | 6 | $725 | $8,054,140 |
| 100 | Mar 31, 2000 | Earth | $4,237 | 4 | $1,059 | $523,009 |
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
Note: the records on this page only consider movies that were initially released in less than 600 theaters and did not have any expansion of more than 1,000 theaters in one week. We only consider movies that were released in 1995 or later, and do not consider movies that only had an IMAX release.
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.