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Biggest 42nd Weekend at the Domestic Box Office for Limited Release Movies
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This chart contains figures for the biggest 42nd Weekends at the Domestic Box Office for Limited Release Movies.
| ←Biggest 41st Weekend Limited Release | Biggest 43rd Weekend Limited Release→ |
| Rank | Date | Movie | Gross | Theaters | Per Theater |
Total Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan 31, 2003 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | $1,538,527 | 1,076 | $1,430 | $238,540,872 |
| 2 | Mar 29, 1996 | Il Postino | $446,325 | 313 | $1,426 | $17,060,381 |
| 3 | Jul 18, 2008 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $168,658 | 46 | $3,666 | $16,011,239 |
| 4 | Feb 20, 2004 | Les invasions barbares | $91,885 | 40 | $2,297 | $6,621,946 |
| 5 | Aug 29, 1997 | The English Patient | $82,297 | 112 | $735 | $78,601,975 |
| 6 | Oct 13, 2000 | Fantasia 2000 | $77,638 | 26 | $2,986 | $59,683,342 |
| 7 | Mar 15, 2002 | Le pacte des loups | $44,525 | 56 | $795 | $10,793,478 |
| 8 | Oct 8, 2010 | Flickan som lekte med elden | $39,353 | 56 | $703 | $7,476,301 |
| 9 | Jul 6, 2001 | Left Luggage | $25,126 | 8 | $3,141 | $882,831 |
| 10 | Sep 8, 2006 | Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont | $23,972 | 19 | $1,262 | $1,438,600 |
| 11 | Mar 21, 2008 | La Môme | $20,221 | 20 | $1,011 | $10,271,397 |
| 12 | Oct 27, 2000 | The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg | $18,449 | 15 | $1,230 | $1,703,901 |
| 13 | Nov 25, 2016 | Por Siempre | $16,940 | 12 | $1,412 | $98,347 |
| 14 | Jul 17, 2015 | Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönst… | $13,903 | 15 | $927 | $998,704 |
| 15 | May 18, 2001 | I'm the One That I Want | $11,464 | 4 | $2,866 | $1,021,938 |
| 16 | Jun 26, 2009 | Enlighten Up! | $9,857 | 9 | $1,095 | $246,649 |
| 17 | Aug 17, 2018 | 1945 | $9,026 | 13 | $694 | $832,378 |
| 18 | Mar 23, 2001 | Dekalog | $8,630 | 1 | $8,630 | $564,319 |
| 19 | May 30, 2008 | Sukkar banat | $7,680 | 3 | $2,560 | $1,037,655 |
| 20 | Nov 7, 2008 | U2 3D | $7,072 | 6 | $1,179 | $9,611,971 |
| 21 | Mar 2, 2012 | Midnight in Paris | $7,044 | 11 | $640 | $56,802,123 |
| 22 | Apr 21, 2000 | Genghis Blues | $6,894 | 3 | $2,298 | $346,137 |
| 23 | Nov 25, 2005 | The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill | $5,779 | 3 | $1,926 | $3,029,149 |
| 24 | Mar 28, 2008 | Irina Palm | $5,694 | 3 | $1,898 | $11,125 |
| 25 | Oct 5, 2007 | Mon meilleur ami | $5,285 | 11 | $480 | $1,411,625 |
| 26 | May 1, 2009 | The Legend of God's Gun | $5,108 | 2 | $2,554 | $217,933 |
| 27 | Jul 29, 2011 | Poema de Salvación | $5,008 | 13 | $385 | $908,904 |
| 28 | Feb 11, 2000 | The King of Masks | $4,835 | 3 | $1,612 | $1,089,524 |
| 29 | Oct 31, 2003 | Cidade de Deus | $4,782 | 1 | $4,782 | $4,691,017 |
| 30 | May 10, 2013 | Searching for Sugar Man | $4,638 | 7 | $663 | $3,662,322 |
| 31 | Nov 9, 2001 | Escanaba in Da Moonlight | $4,363 | 7 | $623 | $2,272,949 |
| 32 | Apr 6, 2018 | Blood Feast | $4,046 | 1 | $4,046 | $4,046 |
| 33 | Jan 11, 2002 | Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef | $3,987 | 6 | $665 | $2,402,610 |
| 34 | Dec 28, 2001 | Gabriela | $3,392 | 3 | $1,131 | $2,308,115 |
| 35 | Aug 10, 2001 | George Washington | $3,179 | 5 | $636 | $241,816 |
| 36 | Apr 30, 2004 | The Gatekeeper | $3,117 | 2 | $1,559 | $304,622 |
| 37 | Sep 5, 2003 | The Bread, My Sweet | $2,467 | 2 | $1,234 | $761,658 |
| 38 | Jun 16, 2000 | West Beirut | $2,459 | 2 | $1,230 | $305,906 |
| 39 | Jan 12, 2001 | Beau Travail | $2,078 | 1 | $2,078 | $264,869 |
| 40 | Sep 18, 2015 | She's Beautiful When She's Angry | $2,061 | 3 | $687 | $416,645 |
| 41 | Aug 5, 2005 | Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela | $1,887 | 1 | $1,887 | $329,459 |
| 42 | Jul 28, 2000 | Show Me Love | $1,790 | 2 | $895 | $151,199 |
| 43 | Aug 8, 2003 | Time Changer | $1,778 | 4 | $445 | $1,276,332 |
| 44 | Jul 15, 2005 | Therese | $1,676 | 3 | $559 | $2,464,782 |
| 45 | Mar 28, 2014 | 20 Feet From Stardom | $1,628 | 4 | $407 | $4,936,795 |
| 46 | Apr 1, 2011 | Le Amiche | $1,579 | 1 | $1,579 | $58,972 |
| 47 | Jul 29, 2005 | Face | $1,491 | 2 | $746 | $95,028 |
| 48 | Jul 13, 2001 | Cleopatra's Second Husband | $1,214 | 1 | $1,214 | $200,397 |
| 49 | Mar 19, 2004 | The Weather Underground | $1,200 | 1 | $1,200 | $543,125 |
| 50 | Jan 26, 2001 | The Girl Next Door | $984 | 1 | $984 | $507,798 |
| 51 | Jan 17, 2003 | Komediant | $983 | 1 | $983 | $118,450 |
| 52 | Apr 5, 2024 | Make Me Famous | $965 | 2 | $483 | $48,227 |
| 53 | Jul 1, 2011 | Kings of Pastry | $918 | 1 | $918 | $336,095 |
| 54 | Aug 22, 2008 | The Sensation of Sight | $866 | 2 | $433 | $20,939 |
| 55 | Aug 14, 2009 | Plus tard | $819 | 1 | $819 | $140,399 |
| 56 | Jan 27, 2006 | A Wake in Providence | $787 | 1 | $787 | $399,064 |
| 57 | Aug 23, 2013 | Nothing But a Man | $736 | 1 | $736 | $12,438 |
| 58 | Apr 20, 2012 | Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Dark… | $710 | 2 | $355 | $900,446 |
| 59 | Sep 27, 2002 | The Other Side of Heaven | $701 | 3 | $234 | $4,712,637 |
| 60 | Sep 26, 2003 | Russkiy kovcheg | $689 | 3 | $230 | $2,368,146 |
| 61 | Feb 9, 2007 | L'armée des ombres | $536 | 1 | $536 | $711,396 |
| 62 | Aug 30, 2002 | The Fluffer | $536 | 1 | $536 | $563,373 |
| 63 | Oct 31, 2003 | Divine Intervention | $507 | 1 | $507 | $416,994 |
| 64 | May 19, 2006 | Darwin's Nightmare | $500 | 1 | $500 | $200,936 |
| 65 | Jun 1, 2001 | The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack | $456 | 1 | $456 | $221,893 |
| 66 | Jul 20, 2001 | Taboo | $437 | 1 | $437 | $114,025 |
| 67 | Mar 26, 2010 | Le combat dans l'île | $430 | 1 | $430 | $38,667 |
| 68 | May 9, 2003 | Kurosawa & Mifune Festival | $411 | 2 | $206 | $517,644 |
| 69 | Apr 2, 2004 | Bonhoeffer | $384 | 1 | $384 | $296,181 |
| 70 | May 20, 2005 | Saints and Soldiers | $300 | 1 | $300 | $1,310,270 |
| 71 | Jun 12, 2009 | Antarctica | $294 | 1 | $294 | $21,445 |
| 72 | Feb 25, 2000 | Wandafuru raifu | $286 | 1 | $286 | $798,931 |
| 73 | Feb 2, 2007 | Lü cao di | $283 | 1 | $283 | $71,223 |
| 74 | Aug 9, 2002 | The Town is Quiet | $274 | 1 | $274 | $64,567 |
| 75 | Apr 25, 2008 | El Inmigrante | $272 | 1 | $272 | $13,202 |
| 76 | Sep 19, 2008 | The Singing Revolution | $251 | 1 | $251 | $380,225 |
| 77 | Mar 25, 2011 | Winter’s Bone | $202 | 1 | $202 | $6,530,708 |
| 78 | Mar 15, 2013 | 5 Broken Cameras | $156 | 1 | $156 | $101,940 |
| 79 | Jun 4, 2004 | Venus Boyz | $68 | 1 | $68 | $18,401 |
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.