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Opening Weekends: 4,000+ Theatres

2010-02-04T20:22:00.004-05:00

Thus far, only 26 films have opened in 4,000+ theatres. Among those, only Over the Hedge had an opening below $40m and thus a per-theatre average below $10,000.

Some more interesting points:

-9 of the 26 releases have registered opening weekends above $100m.

-9 of the films are animated, all of them CGI

-18 of the films are franchise films: sequels, threequels, etc.

-6 of the films are superhero/comic book films

-4 of the films have an avg. of $30k+, 8 of $25k+, and 12 of $20k+

1	The Dark Knight	$158,411,483	4,366	$36,283
2	Spider-Man 3	$151,116,516	4,252	$35,540
3	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	$142,839,137	4,024	$35,497
4	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	$135,634,554	4,133	$32,817
5	Shrek the Third	$121,629,270	4,122	$29,507
6	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	$114,732,820	4,362	$26,302
7	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	$108,966,307	4,234	$25,736
8	Shrek 2	$108,037,878	4,163	$25,951
9	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	$100,137,835	4,260	$23,507
10	Iron Man	$98,618,668	4,105	$24,024
11	Spider-Man 2	$88,156,227	4,152	$21,232
12	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	$85,058,003	4,099	$20,751
13	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	$77,835,727	4,325	$17,997
14	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	$77,108,414	4,285	$17,994
15	Transformers	$70,502,384	4,011	$17,577
16	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	$63,106,589	4,056	$15,559
17	Kung Fu Panda	$60,239,130	4,114	$14,642
18	Monsters Vs. Aliens	$59,321,095	4,104	$14,454
19	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	$54,713,046	4,007	$13,654
20	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	$54,173,286	4,096	$13,226
21	Superman Returns	$52,535,096	4,065	$12,923
22	Mission: Impossible III	$47,743,273	4,054	$11,776
23	Shark Tale	$47,604,606	4,016	$11,853
24	Madagascar	$47,224,594	4,131	$11,431
25	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	$41,690,382	4,099	$10,171
26	Over the Hedge	$38,457,003	4,059	$9,474

Est. admissions and adjusted for inflation, the grosses are as follows (est. avg. for 2010 $7.75):

#	Film	Est. Adm.	Count	Avg.	Adjusted	Adj. Avg.
1	The Dark Knight	22,062,881	4,366	5,053	$170,987,325	$39,163
2	Spider-Man 3	21,964,610	4,252	5,166	$170,225,727	$40,034
3	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	20,707,565	4,133	5,010	$160,483,633	$38,830
4	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	19,433,896	4,024	4,829	$150,612,695	$37,429
5	Shrek the Third	17,678,673	4,122	4,289	$137,009,715	$33,239
6	Shrek 2	17,397,404	4,163	4,179	$134,829,880	$32,388
7	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	16,676,282	4,362	3,823	$129,241,185	$29,629
8	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	14,825,348	4,234	3,501	$114,896,446	$27,137
9	Spider-Man 2	14,195,850	4,152	3,419	$110,017,836	$26,498
10	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	13,946,774	4,260	3,274	$108,087,496	$25,373
11	Iron Man	13,735,191	4,105	3,346	$106,447,727	$25,931
12	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	11,572,517	4,099	2,823	$89,687,010	$21,880
13	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	11,207,618	4,285	2,616	$86,859,042	$20,270
14	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	10,589,895	4,325	2,449	$82,071,685	$18,976
15	Transformers	10,247,440	4,011	2,555	$79,417,656	$19,800
16	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	8,789,219	4,056	2,167	$68,116,444	$16,794
17	Kung Fu Panda	8,389,851	4,114	2,039	$65,021,345	$15,805
18	Monsters Vs. Aliens	8,070,897	4,104	1,967	$62,549,454	$15,241
19	Superman Returns	8,020,625	4,065	1,973	$62,159,846	$15,291
20	Shark Tale	7,665,798	4,016	1,909	$59,409,935	$14,793
21	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	7,443,952	4,007	1,858	$57,690,627	$14,397
22	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	7,370,515	4,096	1,799	$57,121,492	$13,946
23	Madagascar	7,367,331	4,131	1,783	$57,096,818	$13,822
24	Mission: Impossible III	7,289,049	4,054	1,798	$56,490,132	$13,934
25	Over the Hedge	5,871,298	4,059	1,446	$45,502,561	$11,210
26	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	5,672,161	4,099	1,384	$43,959,246	$10,724

Lowest Opening Weekends in 3,000 and 3,500 Theatres

2010-02-04T20:06:00.003-05:00

Films that open widely in 3,000+ theatres tend to open with at least $10m, and films with 3,500+ theatre counts almost always register openings higher than $25m, but there have been times were films have registered low openings despite wide saturation. Among those, the worst by far has been Hoot, which had a disastrous $3.37m opening in 3,018 theatres. The following is a list of the worst openings in 3,000 and 3,500 theatres.

Worst Opening Weekends in 3,000+ Theatres

1	Hoot	$3,368,197	3,018	$1,116
2	The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising	$3,745,315	3,141	$1,192
3	Meet Dave	$5,251,918	3,011	$1,744
4	Imagine That	$5,503,519	3,008	$1,830
5	New York Minute	$5,962,106	3,006	$1,983
6	The Wild Thornberrys	$6,013,847	3,012	$1,996
7	Quest for Camelot	$6,041,602	3,107	$1,944
8	Shorts	$6,410,339	3,105	$2,065
9	Astro Boy	$6,702,923	3,014	$2,224
10	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	$6,874,477	3,086	$2,227
11	The Nativity Story	$7,849,304	3,183	$2,466
12	Aliens in the Attic	$8,008,423	3,106	$2,578
13	The Ant Bully	$8,432,465	3,050	$2,764
14	School for Scoundrels	$8,602,333	3,004	$2,863
15	Cheaper by the Dozen 2	$9,309,387	3,175	$2,932
16	Stuck on You	$9,411,055	3,003	$3,133
17	Babylon A.D.	$9,484,627	3,390	$2,798
18	Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo	$9,626,287	3,127	$3,078
19	Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium	$9,630,085	3,164	$3,043

Worst Opening Weekends in 3,500+ Theatres

1	Charlotte's Web (2006)	$11,457,353	3,566	$3,212
2	Herbie: Fully Loaded	$12,709,221	3,521	$3,609
3	Nim's Island	$13,210,579	3,513	$3,760
4	Snakes on a Plane	$13,806,311	3,555	$3,883
5	Gridiron Gang	$14,414,630	3,504	$4,113
6	Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	$16,025,987	3,645	$4,396
7	The Shaggy Dog	$16,310,058	3,501	$4,658
8	The Legend of Zorro	$16,328,506	3,520	$4,638
9	Just Like Heaven	$16,408,718	3,508	$4,677
10	RV	$16,414,767	3,639	$4,510
11	Surf's Up	$17,640,249	3,528	$5,000
12	Fred Claus	$18,515,473	3,603	$5,138
13	Speed Racer	$18,561,337	3,606	$5,147
14	Flushed Away	$18,814,323	3,707	$5,075
15	Land of the Lost	$18,837,350	3,521	$5,350
16	The Spiderwick Chronicles	$19,004,058	3,847	$4,939
17	Poseidon	$22,155,410	3,555	$6,232
18	Monster House	$22,217,226	3,553	$6,253
19	The Polar Express	$23,323,463	3,650	$6,389
20	Open Season	$23,624,548	3,833	$6,163

Films With $30M+ Openings Weekends in Less than 3,000 Theatres

2010-02-04T19:51:00.003-05:00

As suggested by the post title, this is a list of all the 48 films that opened above $30m while playing in less than 3,000 theatres. A sub-3000 theatre count is not entirely unheard of nowdays, but it is unusual for blockbusters. Tyker Perry's films, which tend to play to a particular audience and have thus a concentrated target, are the most obvious examples of recent films that had large openings from relatively small theatre counts. Hannah Montana's enormous opening on an incredibly small theatre count is an obvious standout as well.

1	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	$64,820,970	2,970	$21,825
2	Batman Forever	$52,784,433	2,842	$18,572
3	8 Mile	$51,240,555	2,470	$20,745
4	Independence Day	$50,228,264	2,882	$17,428
5	Jurassic Park	$47,026,828	2,404	$19,561
6	Batman Returns	$45,687,711	2,644	$17,279
7	Batman & Robin	$42,872,606	2,934	$14,612
8	Scary Movie	$42,346,669	2,912	$14,542
9	Twister	$41,059,405	2,414	$17,008
10	Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail	$41,030,947	2,032	$20,192
11	The Lion King	$40,888,194	2,552	$16,022
12	Batman	$40,489,746	2,194	$18,454
13	The Fast and the Furious	$40,089,015	2,628	$15,254
14	The Waterboy	$39,414,071	2,664	$14,795
15	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	$37,804,076	2,652	$14,254
16	Air Force One	$37,132,505	2,919	$12,720
17	Interview with the Vampire	$36,389,705	2,604	$13,974
18	Star Wars (Special Edition)	$35,906,661	2,104	$17,065
19	Gladiator	$34,819,017	2,938	$11,851
20	Couples Retreat	$34,286,740	3,000	$11,429
21	Ransom	$34,216,088	2,676	$12,786
22	Wedding Crashers	$33,900,720	2,925	$11,589
23	101 Dalmatians (Live Action)	$33,504,025	2,794	$11,991
24	The Haunting	$33,435,140	2,808	$11,907
25	A Bug's Life	$33,258,052	2,686	$12,382
26	Lethal Weapon 3	$33,243,086	2,510	$13,244
27	Superbad	$33,052,411	2,948	$11,211
28	Rush Hour	$33,001,803	2,638	$12,510
29	Scream 2	$32,926,342	2,663	$12,364
30	Blade II	$32,528,016	2,707	$12,016
31	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	$31,765,506	2,274	$13,969
32	Saw II	$31,725,652	2,949	$10,758
33	The Truman Show	$31,542,121	2,315	$13,625
34	Liar Liar	$31,423,025	2,845	$11,045
35	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	$31,126,882	2,222	$14,008
36	Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour	$31,117,834	683	$45,560
37	Bringing Down the House	$31,101,026	2,801	$11,103
38	Star Trek: First Contact	$30,716,131	2,812	$10,923
39	Knocked Up	$30,690,990	2,871	$10,690
40	Bruno	$30,619,130	2,756	$11,110
41	Saving Private Ryan	$30,576,104	2,463	$12,414
42	Bram Stoker's Dracula	$30,521,679	2,491	$12,252
43	The Happening	$30,517,109	2,986	$10,220
44	Unbreakable	$30,330,771	2,708	$11,200
45	The X-Files: Fight the Future	$30,138,758	2,629	$11,463
46	DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story	$30,070,196	2,694	$11,161
47	The Exorcism of Emily Rose	$30,054,300	2,981	$10,081
48	Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion	$30,030,661	2,194	$13,687

A Note on The All Time Domestic #1s: Star Wars, E.T., Titanic

2010-02-04T01:56:00.005-05:00

As noted here, Titanic held the record for biggest domestic film for for 620 weeks, or 4,343 days, or 11 years, 10 months, and 19 days.

What about previous record holders? Well, given the sparse data, exact dates can't really be given for films prior to the 1980s, although Gone With the Wind has occupied the top perch for longer than any film, from 1939 to the 1960s. Beginning with E.T., however, it is possible to get some exact info. OK, so here it goes:

Between its May 1977 opening and E.T. release in June, 1982, Star Wars: A New Hope had accumulated a total of $307,263,857, making it the biggest film of all time, surpassing Jaws, whose total was at around $260m. As evident from this chart, Star Wars' total did not approach $200m, let alone $300m, until well after 1977, and it's likely that the film did not surpass Jaws until sometime in the middle of 1978, a year after its release.

E.T. opened on June 11th, 1982. Almost exactly two months later, in August, Star Wars was re-released, adding $15,476,285 to its original tally. That brought A New Hope's total to $322,740,142- the benchmark E.T. had to surpass in order to claim the all-time record.

As it happens, while Star Wars was having its re-release, E.T. was experiencing a stunning run at the box office. The film was #1 for most of the summer, and would end up with 16 weekends at #1, more than any other film and one more weekend than Titanic.

E.T. surpassed the $300m mark on Dec. 11th, 1982, 184 days into its run (see here), and surpassed Star Wars' initial total of $307.3m on Dec. 25th, 1982.

On January 14th, 1983, with a total of $322,956,667, E.T. surpassed Star Was to claim the record for biggest domestic release. If we take mid-1978 as the moment at which Star Wars surpassed Jaws, then that means that it held the record for biggest film of all time for roughly 4 1/2 years, or 54 months.

E.T.'s initial total came out to an enormous $359,197,037. The film had two re-releases, one in 1985, and one in 2002 (which we don't have to worry about). The film's 1985 release was hugely successful, adding $40,607,502 to the film's initital gross for a total of $399,804,539. This number, so tantalizingly close to $400m, would be the domestic benchmark for over a decade, until Star Wars' re-release in 1997.

The Star Wars trilogy was re-released in 1997. The re-releases were spectacularly successful; A New Hope added $138,257,865 to its gross, bringing its total just before Titanic's release to $460,998,007, thereby allowing the film to re-claim the all-time title from E.T.

Star Wars surpassed E.T.'s $399.8m, and became the first film to surpass the $400m mark, on February 13th, 1997.

E.T. was the #1 film of all time, therefore, between January 14th, 1983 and February 13th, 1997. It held the record for an astonishing 5,144 days (801 more than Titanic), or almost 735 weeks (115 weeks more than Titanic), or for slightly more than 14 years.

Star Wars' reign as the new, old champ, of course, did not last long. The film was surpassed by Titanic on March 14th, 1998. Star Wars was, therefore, #1 for 394 days, or 56 weeks and 2 days. In combination with its initial run, the film was #1 for around 5 1/2 years, or roughly 67 months.

In summary, therefore:

E.T. January 14th, 1983-February 13th, 1997 (5,144 days)

Star Wars: A New Hope February 13th, 1997-March 14th, 1998 (394 days)

Titanic March 14th, 1998-February 2nd, 2010 (4,343 days)

Avatar February 2nd, 2010-?

One interesting note: since Star Wars surpassed Jaws in the summer of 1978, for the last 30 years, the domestic box office crown passed from one film to another during the first three months of the year.

The Road to #1: An Avatar Box Office Chronology

2010-02-03T16:27:00.003-05:00

The following two charts essentially track Avatar's progress up the box office chart, as it was surpassing various films on its way to the #1 spot domestically. As you can see, the brisk pace of the film up the charts is quite amazing. It took the film only ten days after it passed The Dark Knight to surpass Titanic's all time record.

Avatar Surpasses Titanic's Domestic Record

2010-02-03T15:28:00.003-05:00

The most prestigious record at the domestic box office is now, as expected, Avatar's. On Tuesday, Avatar surpassed Titanic to become the biggest film of all time at the North American box office. The film, now at $601,141,551 after 47 days, surpassed Titanic's $600,788,188 cume. James Cameron is now the only filmmakers whose film has surpassed his previous one to achieve the all time record. Steven Spielberg came very, very close with Jurassic Park and E.T., but Jurassic Park, while it raced past E.T. globally, remained well behind E.T. on the domestic front.

Avatar will not be losing much steam anytime soon, and looks headed for $800m now. A truly historic run, irrespective of the film's artistic merits.

As for Titanic, it became the biggest film of all time on March 14th, 1998, on its 86th day, by surpassing Star Wars: A New Hope's $461m, which included the $138m tally from the film's 1997 re-release.

Titanic was #1 domestically for 620 weeks, or 4,343 days, or 11 years, 10 months, and 19 days.

It is highly unlikely that Avatar's record will stand for this long. In fact, I expect a film to surpass Avatar sometime this decade, as ticket price inflation will increase the likelihood of $500m+ films. And as Avatar itself demonstrates, nothing remains stagnant at the box office.

Avatar Weekend Records: 2nd to 7th Weekends

2010-02-02T12:23:00.003-05:00

In my opinion, the most impressive aspect of Avatar's run domestically and internationally has been its amazing legs; the film has held up incredibly well weekend to weekend, and in fact now holds the biggest second to seventh weekends. Also incredible: the difference between its new records and the previous ones. The film has been ahead of the other films, mostly Titanic, by very wide margins. The film will have enough to steam to get the 8th weekend record as well next week, but the 9th weekend record, which is held by Titanic with $28m, looks to be finally too insurmountable for Avatar. Overall, however, a truly historic streak of records.

	Second Weekend	Gross	Count	Avg.
1	Avatar	$75,617,183	3,456	$21,880	Diff. #1&2	$450,717
2	The Dark Knight	$75,166,466	4,366	$17,216	% Diff.	0.60%
3	Shrek 2	$72,170,363	4,223	$17,089
4	Spider-Man	$71,417,527	3,615	$19,755
5	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	$62,345,264	4,133	$15,084
	Third Weekend	Gross	Count	Avg.
1	Avatar	$68,490,688	3,461	$19,789	Diff. #1&2	$23,453,776
2	Spider-Man	$45,036,912	3,615	$12,458	% Diff.	52.08%
3	The Dark Knight	$42,664,219	4,266	$10,001
4	Shrek 2	$37,931,716	4,131	$9,182
5	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	$35,215,201	4,133	$8,520
	Fourth Weekend	Gross	Count	Avg.
1	Avatar	$50,306,217	3,422	$14,701	Diff. #1&2	$21,589,907
2	Titanic	$28,716,310	2,746	$10,458	% Diff.	75.18%
3	Spider-Man	$28,508,104	3,876	$7,355
4	The Dark Knight	$26,117,030	4,025	$6,489
5	The Chronicles of Narnia 1	$25,686,555	3,853	$6,666
	Fifth Weekend	Gross	Count	Avg.
1	Avatar	$42,785,612	3,285	$13,025	Diff. #1&2	$12,774,578
2	Titanic	$30,011,034	2,767	$10,846	% Diff.	42.57%
3	The Sixth Sense	$22,896,967	2,775	$8,251
4	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	$18,859,021	3,019	$6,246
5	The Dark Knight	$16,379,293	3,590	$4,562
	Sixth Weekend	Gross	Count	Avg.
1	Avatar	$34,944,081	3,141	$11,125	Diff. #1&2	$9,705,361
2	Titanic	$25,238,720	2,771	$9,108	% Diff.	38.45%
3	The Sixth Sense	$16,511,464	2,782	$5,935
4	Mrs. Doubtfire	$16,346,568	2,325	$7,030
5	Aladdin	$15,642,073	2,255	$6,936
	Seventh Weekend	Gross	Count	Avg.
1	Avatar	$31,280,029	3,074	$10,176	Diff. #1&2	$5,372,857
2	Titanic	$25,907,172	2,853	$9,081	% Diff.	20.74%
3	The Passion of the Christ	$15,216,723	3,240	$4,696
4	The Blind Side	$11,912,749	2,926	$4,071
5	Mrs. Doubtfire	$11,536,024	2,345	$4,919

Here's a graph comparing Avatar's weekends grosses with those of either the top films or the previous record holders. Avatar corresponds to the black line; the other reflects The Dark Knight's opening weekend record, Spider-Man 1's previous third weekend record, and for the rest, Titanic's previous 4th to 7th weekend records.

Avatar: International Market Shares

2010-01-30T15:09:00.004-05:00

This is a ranking of Avatar's markets and the share of the film's total that they account for. France's share, of course, is amazing, as is Australia's and that of many other territories. Avatar's total is spread out generously across many territories. In other words, it's doing great everywhere.

Country/Territory	Share	Total Gross
United States of America	26.974%	$495,990,100
France	6.789%	$124,843,250
China	5.608%	$103,113,774
Russia	5.235%	$96,259,863
Germany	5.211%	$95,811,129
United Kingdom and Ireland	5.068%	$93,186,189
South Korea	4.334%	$79,691,558
Japan	4.225%	$77,697,099
Australia	4.188%	$77,003,943
Spain	4.133%	$76,001,259
Canada	3.032%	$55,751,400
Brazil	2.107%	$38,740,895
Italy	2.039%	$37,486,649
Mexico	1.929%	$35,469,025
India	1.211%	$22,276,532
Taiwan	1.180%	$21,695,287
Hong Kong	0.913%	$16,779,658
Poland	0.895%	$16,453,985
Netherlands	0.883%	$16,240,875
Sweden	0.870%	$15,991,521
Denmark	0.866%	$15,917,610
Switzerland	0.707%	$12,999,706
Turkey	0.673%	$12,381,951
Greece	0.631%	$11,606,384
Austria	0.618%	$11,366,599
Belgium and Luxembourg	0.567%	$10,420,392
Norway	0.543%	$9,982,702
Colombia	0.510%	$9,374,152
Czech Republic/Slovakia	0.505%	$9,293,702
New Zealand and Fiji	0.481%	$8,836,171
Thailand	0.435%	$8,004,189
Venezuela	0.422%	$7,767,524
Chile	0.411%	$7,564,359
Portugal and Angola	0.403%	$7,407,474
Singapore	0.403%	$7,405,758
Argentina	0.394%	$7,238,075
Malaysia	0.348%	$6,407,423
Israel	0.342%	$6,288,772
Ukraine	0.323%	$5,942,885
Hungary	0.316%	$5,805,220
Indonesia	0.285%	$5,234,122
Philippines	0.283%	$5,197,803
United Arab Emirates	0.282%	$5,177,465
Romania	0.233%	$4,287,054
Finland	0.227%	$4,179,338
Peru	0.210%	$3,870,255
Bulgaria	0.164%	$3,024,267
Ecuador	0.109%	$1,996,001
Slovenia	0.076%	$1,391,581
Croatia	0.058%	$1,058,533
Dominican Republic	0.056%	$1,036,515
Bolivia	0.056%	$1,020,908
Egypt	0.054%	$989,389
Latvia	0.049%	$899,415
Lithuania	0.048%	$889,003
Lebanon	0.048%	$885,944
Kuwait	0.048%	$880,572
Iceland	0.047%	$865,636
Vietnam	0.045%	$835,523
Estonia	0.043%	$793,376
Serbia and Montenegro	0.038%	$702,398
Qatar	0.035%	$636,745
Uruguay	0.033%	$601,515
Jordan	0.028%	$513,589
Trinidad & Tobago	0.028%	$506,153
Jamaica	0.025%	$453,684
Bahrain	0.020%	$366,396
Oman	0.008%	$141,192
Syria	0.006%	$110,169
Nigeria	0.006%	$105,308
Ghana	0.001%	$22,231
WORLDWIDE		$1,838,802,321
NORTH AMERICA (US&CA)	30.005%	$551,741,499
INTERNATIONAL	69.995%	$1,287,060,822

AVATAR's Worldwide Performance: Per Capita (UPDATE)

2010-01-30T15:04:00.004-05:00

This is an update of a chart I posted a while ago (please see below for more info). All of the country totals are for January 24th or January 20th, as is the data for North American and Worldwide grosses. Sources for the box office data is here and for population here.

All of the countries have (of course) improved. Since last Sunday, the film's international has risen to $1.352B, and it will add at least another $80m this weekend. The international tally, in the end, should be well above $1.8B, and the film looks headed for $2.6B Worldwide. Amazing.

Country/Territory	Per Capita Gross	Total Gross	Population
Australia	$ 3.4821	$77,003,943	22,114,000
Denmark	$ 2.8771	$15,917,610	5,532,531
Iceland	$ 2.7256	$865,636	317,593
Hong Kong	$ 2.3941	$16,779,658	7,008,900
Norway	$ 2.0567	$9,982,702	4,853,800
France	$ 1.9185	$124,843,250	65,073,482
Sweden	$ 1.7137	$15,991,521	9,331,523
New Zealand and Fiji	$ 1.6996	$8,836,171	5,199,100
Switzerland	$ 1.6727	$12,999,706	7,771,600
Spain	$ 1.6534	$76,001,259	45,967,632
South Korea	$ 1.6488	$79,691,558	48,333,000
Canada	$ 1.6414	$55,751,400	33,965,000
United States of America	$ 1.6085	$495,990,100	308,354,000
Singapore	$ 1.4848	$7,405,758	4,987,600
United Kingdom and Ireland	$ 1.4013	$93,186,189	66,501,008
Austria	$ 1.3575	$11,366,599	8,372,930
Germany	$ 1.1701	$95,811,129	81,882,342
United Arab Emirates	$ 1.1258	$5,177,465	4,599,000
Greece	$ 1.0266	$11,606,384	11,306,183
Netherlands	$ 0.9794	$16,240,875	16,581,900
Taiwan	$ 0.9404	$21,695,287	23,069,345
Belgium and Luxembourg	$ 0.9197	$10,420,392	11,329,726
Israel	$ 0.8375	$6,288,772	7,509,000
Finland	$ 0.7807	$4,179,338	5,353,600
Portugal and Angola	$ 0.6964	$7,407,474	10,636,888
Russia	$ 0.6783	$96,259,863	141,915,979
Slovenia	$ 0.6782	$1,391,581	2,051,770
Italy	$ 0.6222	$37,486,649	60,250,535
Japan	$ 0.6092	$77,697,099	127,530,000
Estonia	$ 0.5919	$793,376	1,340,415
Czech Republic/Slovakia	$ 0.5833	$9,293,702	15,934,334
Hungary	$ 0.5797	$5,805,220	10,013,628
Bahrain	$ 0.4632	$366,396	791,000
Qatar	$ 0.4519	$636,745	1,409,000
Chile	$ 0.4445	$7,564,359	17,018,000
Poland	$ 0.4319	$16,453,985	38,100,700
Latvia	$ 0.3998	$899,415	2,249,700
Bulgaria	$ 0.3992	$3,024,267	7,576,751
Trinidad & Tobago	$ 0.3780	$506,153	1,339,000
Mexico	$ 0.3298	$35,469,025	107,550,697
Kuwait	$ 0.2950	$880,572	2,985,000
Venezuela	$ 0.2714	$7,767,524	28,623,000
Lithuania	$ 0.2670	$889,003	3,329,227
Croatia	$ 0.2387	$1,058,533	4,435,056
Malaysia	$ 0.2264	$6,407,423	28,306,700
Lebanon	$ 0.2097	$885,944	4,224,000
Colombia	$ 0.2071	$9,374,152	45,263,000
Brazil	$ 0.2014	$38,740,895	192,325,000
Romania	$ 0.1997	$4,287,054	21,466,174
Argentina	$ 0.1803	$7,238,075	40,134,425
Uruguay	$ 0.1790	$601,515	3,361,000
Turkey	$ 0.1731	$12,381,951	71,517,100
Jamaica	$ 0.1669	$453,684	2,719,000
Ecuador	$ 0.1415	$1,996,001	14,111,000
Peru	$ 0.1329	$3,870,255	29,132,013
Ukraine	$ 0.1292	$5,942,885	46,011,345
Thailand	$ 0.1263	$8,004,189	63,389,730
Bolivia	$ 0.1033	$1,020,908	9,879,000
Dominican Republic	$ 0.1027	$1,036,515	10,090,000
Jordan	$ 0.0813	$513,589	6,316,000
China	$ 0.0772	$103,113,774	1,335,230,000
Serbia and Montenegro	$ 0.0671	$702,398	10,474,000
Philippines	$ 0.0564	$5,197,803	92,226,600
Oman	$ 0.0496	$141,192	2,845,000
Indonesia	$ 0.0226	$5,234,122	231,369,500
India	$ 0.0190	$22,276,532	1,175,500,000
Egypt	$ 0.0127	$989,389	77,724,000
Vietnam	$ 0.0097	$835,523	85,789,573
Syria	$ 0.0050	$110,169	21,906,000
Ghana	$ 0.0009	$22,231	23,837,000
Nigeria	$ 0.0007	$105,308	154,729,000
WORLDWIDE	$ 0.2704	$1,838,802,321	6,799,500,000
NORTH AMERICA (US&CA)	$ 1.6106	$551,741,499	342,564,000
INTERNATIONAL	$ 0.1993	$1,287,060,822	6,456,936,000

Avatar Estimated Admissions: Daily, Weekend, Weekly, Total

2010-01-27T16:34:00.004-05:00

Admissions figures are always problematic in North America, since films are simply not tracked that way, but Avatar poses a particular challenge, because of the 3D and IMAX effect. The New York Times recently gave 56m as the rough estimate for tickets sold through last Monday, at which point Avatar's gross stood at $554.9m. You can read the article here.

The relevant passage:

Fox said 72 percent of worldwide sales for “Avatar” came from 3-D screens. If Mr. Dergarabedian’s estimates are correct, the movie has accounted for roughly 56 million admissions in domestic theaters to date.

That means that Avatar's average ticket price is around $9.9, which is astonishingly high. Almost 35% higher than the 2009 average of $7.35. Using that figure as the benchmark, then, here are the estimated admissions figures for Avatar's daily numbers:

Day	Weekday	Daily #	Weekend #	Weekly #	Total #
1	Friday	2,702,232			2,702,232
2	Saturday	2,578,691			5,280,923
3	Sunday	2,499,429	7,780,352		7,780,352
4	Monday	1,655,133			9,435,485
5	Tuesday	1,624,895			11,060,380
6	Wednesday	1,661,141			12,721,521
7	Thursday	1,126,363		13,847,884	13,847,884
8	Friday	2,332,833			16,180,717
9	Saturday	2,856,001			19,036,717
10	Sunday	2,449,261	7,638,094		21,485,978
11	Monday	1,961,428			23,447,406
12	Tuesday	1,847,538			25,294,945
13	Wednesday	1,865,265			27,160,209
14	Thursday	1,488,701		14,801,026	28,648,910
15	Friday	2,552,930			31,201,840
16	Saturday	2,609,652			33,811,492
17	Sunday	1,755,670	6,918,251		35,567,161
18	Monday	817,632			36,384,793
19	Tuesday	740,125			37,124,918
20	Wednesday	697,896			37,822,813
21	Thursday	615,601		9,789,504	38,438,414
22	Friday	1,341,480			39,779,894
23	Saturday	2,148,438			41,928,332
24	Sunday	1,591,518	5,081,436		43,519,850
25	Monday	516,282			44,036,132
26	Tuesday	511,791			44,547,923
27	Wednesday	479,168			45,027,091
28	Thursday	474,626		7,063,304	45,501,718
29	Friday	1,049,926			46,551,643
30	Saturday	1,742,839			48,294,483
31	Sunday	1,529,014	4,321,779		49,823,497
32	Monday	1,173,317			50,996,813
33	Tuesday	423,328			51,420,141
34	Wednesday	383,112			51,803,253
35	Thursday	398,506		6,700,042	52,201,759
36	Friday	911,969			53,113,728
37	Saturday	1,649,096			54,762,824
38	Sunday	968,640	3,529,705		55,731,465
39	Monday	327,292			56,058,757
40	Tuesday	323,035			56,381,792

AVATAR vs. TITANIC International Market Shares

2010-01-26T04:04:00.003-05:00

Avatar surpassed Titanic's international gross over the weekend, thus claiming one of Titanic's three big records. Avatar has made $1,287,060,822 internationally thus far, roughly $50m more than Titanic's once insurmountable $1,248,025,607. Sometime on Monday, Avatar claimed the ultimate, worldwide record by surpassing Titanic's global total of $1.848B. The domestic record is several days away from being surpassed, but it is an inevitability.

I have run out of words to describe Avatar's worldwide performance. It is, now, quite literally incomparable. I don't expect Avatar to hold the international record for as long as Titanic did, but its final tally, which will probably be around $1.8B or so, will be extremely difficult to match anytime soon.

I think it is useful to look at the market share for each film, and how much the major territories contributed to the grosses for both films.

Two things stick out:

1) Both Avatar and Titanic did exceptionally well in every market. Consistency is one of the key features of both films' successes.

2) Whereas Japan was the main market for Titanic, it is clear that for Avatar, the newer markets (China, Russia, and South Korea) have made the big difference and pushed the film over the top. In a way, the differences between the two films reflect the changes in the global economic structure. China recently surpassed Japan as the second largest economy in the world, and the economies of Russia and other emerging markets have grown by a disproportionately larger market. China is on track to surpass France as Avatar's largest market.

A Look at Film Multipliers

2010-01-26T03:25:00.004-05:00

Multipliers are a measure of a film's longevity, and are calculated simply by dividing a film's total by a film's opening weekend. The higher the multiplier, the greater a film's legs, that is, the more impressive and healthier a film's run.

The following are charts ranking films with domestic totals of $30m or more (minus re-releases) from 1982 to the present. So, in other words, the charts below track how well medium and large sized films over the last three decades have held up during their subsequent runs.

Unfortunately, due to the varied release patterns, multipliers alone don't give an exact idea of how well films hold up. Most films open wide and drop weekend to weekend until they are pulled from theatres. Some films, such as Driving Miss Daisy or Chicago, open in limited release and then go wide later in order to take advantage of awards publicity. And yet other films, above all Disney's animated releases, such as Aladdin, The Lion King, and Pocahontas, open in a few theatres just prior to broad, nation-wide openings.

I've tried to make several charts in order to engage with these different release patterns and give credit to various films that held up remarkable well. With that in mind, here is a chart simply showing films, irrespective of their openings, and the largest multipliers:

#	Title	Multiplier	Total ($M)	Op. Wknd ($M)
1	Mr. Holland's Opus	5,707.865	$82.57	$0.014
2	Driving Miss Daisy	1,445.431	$106.59	$0.074
3	On Golden Pond	1,337.086	$119.29	$0.089
4	Aladdin	1,105.186	$217.35	$0.197
5	Snatch	1,085.785	$30.33	$0.028
6	The Killing Fields	1,078.285	$34.70	$0.032
7	I Am Sam	964.883	$40.31	$0.042
8	Beauty and the Beast	899.580	$145.86	$0.162
9	Chariots of Fire	855.833	$58.97	$0.069
10	Toy Story 2	819.062	$245.85	$0.300
11	A Civil Action	809.229	$56.71	$0.070
12	Fried Green Tomatoes	782.575	$82.42	$0.105
13	Thirteen Days	741.238	$34.59	$0.047
14	Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey	689.500	$41.83	$0.061
15	Traffic	671.895	$124.12	$0.185
16	Legends of the Fall	655.443	$66.64	$0.102
17	Murphy's Romance	644.335	$30.87	$0.048
18	Good Morning, Vietnam	637.763	$123.92	$0.194
19	Moonstruck	631.984	$80.64	$0.128
20	The Crying Game	618.641	$62.55	$0.101
21	Black Hawk Down	604.143	$108.64	$0.180
22	My Dog Skip	599.453	$34.13	$0.057
23	Platoon	574.625	$138.53	$0.241
24	March of the Penguins	563.213	$77.44	$0.137
25	A Bug's Life	559.213	$162.80	$0.291
26	Million Dollar Baby	558.436	$100.49	$0.180
27	Gran Torino	545.029	$148.10	$0.272
28	A Fish Called Wanda	541.456	$62.49	$0.115
29	Philadelphia	539.949	$77.45	$0.143
30	Nell	537.539	$33.68	$0.063
31	The Verdict	534.523	$53.98	$0.101
32	The Cider House Rules	522.672	$57.55	$0.110
33	Good Will Hunting	507.246	$138.43	$0.273
34	Grand Canyon	492.154	$33.24	$0.068
35	Anastasia	484.535	$58.41	$0.121
36	Life Is Beautiful	481.394	$57.25	$0.119
37	Wag the Dog	467.663	$43.06	$0.092
38	A Beautiful Mind	465.047	$170.74	$0.367
39	The Queen	462.584	$56.44	$0.122
40	Chocolat	453.671	$71.51	$0.158
41	Leaving Las Vegas	451.992	$32.03	$0.071
42	Shakespeare in Love	447.823	$100.32	$0.224
43	Nobody's Fool	425.386	$39.49	$0.093
44	Absence of Malice	416.896	$40.72	$0.098
45	Dangerous Liaisons	410.542	$34.67	$0.084
46	Born on the Fourth of July	406.937	$70.00	$0.172
47	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	404.174	$241.44	$0.597
48	Gandhi	402.338	$52.77	$0.131

This is a list of films with openings larger than $2m. Chicago and Pocahontas, among many others, were still very much in limited release:

#	Title	Multiplier	Total ($M)	Op. Wknd ($M)
1	Chicago	82.262	$170.69	$2.075
2	Pocahontas	52.637	$141.58	$2.690
3	The Empire Strikes Back	42.643	$209.40	$4.910
4	An Officer and a Gentleman	39.276	$129.80	$3.305
5	Arthur	35.102	$95.46	$2.720
6	Tootsie	31.983	$177.20	$5.540
7	Terms of Endearment	30.989	$108.42	$3.499
8	E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial	30.349	$359.20	$11.835
9	Fantasia 2000 (35mm & IMAX)	26.481	$60.66	$2.291
10	9 to 5	26.039	$103.29	$3.967
11	Raiders of the Lost Ark	25.231	$209.56	$8.306
12	Rain Man	24.669	$172.83	$7.006
13	Out of Africa	23.938	$87.07	$3.637
14	Flashdance	22.796	$92.92	$4.076
15	Crocodile Dundee	21.745	$174.80	$8.039
16	Top Gun	21.578	$176.79	$8.193
17	Titanic	20.979	$600.79	$28.638
18	Full Metal Jacket	20.907	$46.36	$2.217
19	Little Women (1994)	20.771	$50.08	$2.411
20	Fatal Attraction	20.604	$156.65	$7.603
21	Bean	20.095	$45.32	$2.255
22	Coal Miner's Daughter	19.957	$67.18	$3.366
23	Back to the Future	18.885	$210.61	$11.153
24	Grumpy Old Men	18.109	$70.17	$3.875
25	The Karate Kid	18.048	$90.82	$5.032
26	48 HRS.	18.048	$78.87	$4.370
27	Ghost	17.851	$217.63	$12.192
28	Reds	17.369	$40.38	$2.325
29	Ghostbusters	16.883	$229.24	$13.578
30	Home Alone	16.729	$285.76	$17.082

This is perhaps the most interesting chart. It lists films with openings above $10m. E.T. and Titanic are obviously the big standouts, but note Avatar, which already has a remarkable multiplier of 7.163, which will only get bigger and will almost certainly now pass 10x. Amazing.

#	Title	Multiplier	Total ($M)	Op. Wknd ($M)
1	E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial	30.349	$359.20	$11.835
2	Titanic	20.979	$600.79	$28.638
3	Back to the Future	18.885	$210.61	$11.153
4	Ghost	17.851	$217.63	$12.192
5	Ghostbusters	16.883	$229.24	$13.578
6	Home Alone	16.729	$285.76	$17.082
7	Three Men and a Baby	16.157	$167.78	$10.384
8	Pretty Woman	15.815	$178.41	$11.281
9	Beverly Hills Cop	15.430	$234.76	$15.215
10	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	13.936	$156.45	$11.226
11	Forrest Gump	13.484	$329.69	$24.451
12	There's Something About Mary	12.844	$176.48	$13.741
13	Gremlins	11.842	$148.17	$12.512
14	As Good as It Gets	11.777	$148.48	$12.607
15	Sister Act	11.737	$139.61	$11.895
16	Look Who's Talking	11.570	$140.09	$12.108
17	The Sixth Sense	11.000	$293.51	$26.681
18	Return of the Jedi	10.973	$252.58	$23.020
19	Mrs. Doubtfire	10.709	$219.20	$20.469
20	Miss Congeniality	10.631	$106.81	$10.047
21	Twins	10.017	$111.94	$11.175
22	Rocky III	9.986	$124.15	$12.431
23	Parenthood	9.523	$100.05	$10.506
24	City Slickers	9.518	$124.03	$13.032
25	The Silence of the Lambs	9.497	$130.74	$13.767
26	Stuart Little	9.324	$140.04	$15.018
27	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids	9.165	$130.72	$14.263
28	A Few Good Men	9.108	$141.34	$15.517
29	The Karate Kid Part II	9.097	$115.10	$12.652
30	Jumanji	9.065	$100.48	$11.084
31	Jerry Maguire	9.011	$153.95	$17.084
32	Hook	8.849	$119.65	$13.523
33	The Ring	8.600	$129.13	$15.015
34	Aliens	8.472	$85.16	$10.052
35	Speed	8.387	$121.25	$14.456
36	Disclosure	8.245	$83.02	$10.068
37	Night at the Museum	8.243	$250.86	$30.434
38	Cast Away	8.089	$233.63	$28.883
39	A League of Their Own	7.827	$107.53	$13.739
40	Basic Instinct	7.781	$117.73	$15.129
41	Dumb and Dumber	7.772	$127.18	$16.363
42	Something's Gotta Give	7.764	$124.73	$16.065
43	The Fugitive	7.739	$183.88	$23.759
44	Cape Fear	7.708	$79.09	$10.261
45	Superman II	7.672	$108.19	$14.101
46	Fun with Dick and Jane	7.671	$110.33	$14.384
47	The Untouchables	7.609	$76.27	$10.023
48	Jurassic Park	7.593	$357.07	$47.027
49	The Green Mile	7.593	$136.80	$18.017
50	The Santa Clause	7.496	$144.83	$19.322
51	Rambo: First Blood Part II	7.455	$150.42	$20.176
52	The Prince of Tides	7.452	$74.79	$10.035
53	Sleeping with the Enemy	7.374	$101.60	$13.778
54	Presumed Innocent	7.364	$86.30	$11.719
55	Sleepless in Seattle	7.342	$126.68	$17.254
56	The Bodyguard	7.341	$121.95	$16.612
57	A Time to Kill	7.338	$108.77	$14.823
58	Charlotte's Web (2006)	7.243	$82.99	$11.457
59	Lethal Weapon 2	7.222	$147.25	$20.389
60	The Family Man	7.181	$75.79	$10.555
61	Seven	7.178	$100.13	$13.950
62	Avatar	7.163	$551.74	$77.025
63	The Hunt for Red October	7.110	$122.01	$17.162
64	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	7.099	$179.87	$25.337
65	Saving Private Ryan	7.082	$216.54	$30.576

Here is a ranking of films with totals above $100m:

#	Title	Multiplier	Total ($M)	Op. Wknd ($M)
1	Driving Miss Daisy	1,445.431	$106.59	$0.074
2	On Golden Pond	1,337.086	$119.29	$0.089
3	Aladdin	1,105.186	$217.35	$0.197
4	Beauty and the Beast	899.580	$145.86	$0.162
5	Toy Story 2	819.062	$245.85	$0.300
6	Traffic	671.895	$124.12	$0.185
7	Good Morning, Vietnam	637.763	$123.92	$0.194
8	Black Hawk Down	604.143	$108.64	$0.180
9	Platoon	574.625	$138.53	$0.241
10	A Bug's Life	559.213	$162.80	$0.291
11	Million Dollar Baby	558.436	$100.49	$0.180
12	Gran Torino	545.029	$148.10	$0.272
13	Good Will Hunting	507.246	$138.43	$0.273
14	A Beautiful Mind	465.047	$170.74	$0.367
15	Shakespeare in Love	447.823	$100.32	$0.224
16	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	404.174	$241.44	$0.597
17	Slumdog Millionaire	392.536	$141.32	$0.360
18	Juno	346.717	$143.50	$0.414
19	Dances with Wolves	307.909	$184.21	$0.598
20	Dreamgirls	272.769	$103.37	$0.379
21	The Lion King	197.167	$312.86	$1.587
22	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	193.121	$128.08	$0.663
23	American Beauty	151.006	$130.10	$0.862
24	The Aviator	119.590	$102.61	$0.858
25	The Blair Witch Project	92.946	$140.54	$1.512

And finally, here is a ranking of the most successful films, those with $200m in total. Aladdin opened in limited release initially, as did Toy Story 2 and The Lion King. The biggest story here is My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which all things considered has had the most impressive multiplier of any film over the last three decades:

#	Title	Multiplier	Total ($M)	Op. Wknd ($M)
1	Aladdin	1,105.186	$217.35	$0.197
2	Toy Story 2	819.062	$245.85	$0.300
3	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	404.174	$241.44	$0.597
4	The Lion King	197.167	$312.86	$1.587
5	The Empire Strikes Back	42.643	$209.40	$4.910
6	E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial	30.349	$359.20	$11.835
7	Raiders of the Lost Ark	25.231	$209.56	$8.306
8	Titanic	20.979	$600.79	$28.638
9	Back to the Future	18.885	$210.61	$11.153
10	Ghost	17.851	$217.63	$12.192
11	Ghostbusters	16.883	$229.24	$13.578
12	Home Alone	16.729	$285.76	$17.082
13	Beverly Hills Cop	15.430	$234.76	$15.215
14	Forrest Gump	13.484	$329.69	$24.451
15	The Sixth Sense	11.000	$293.51	$26.681
16	Return of the Jedi	10.973	$252.58	$23.020
17	Mrs. Doubtfire	10.709	$219.20	$20.469
18	Night at the Museum	8.243	$250.86	$30.434
19	Cast Away	8.089	$233.63	$28.883
20	Jurassic Park	7.593	$357.07	$47.027
21	Avatar	7.163	$551.74	$77.025
22	Saving Private Ryan	7.082	$216.54	$30.576
23	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	6.650	$431.09	$64.821
24	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	6.637	$313.36	$47.211
25	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	6.550	$305.41	$46.631
26	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	6.449	$204.84	$31.766
27	Shrek	6.321	$267.67	$42.348
28	Batman	6.204	$251.19	$40.490
29	Wedding Crashers	6.173	$209.26	$33.901
30	The Hangover	6.166	$277.32	$44.979

Avatar Vs. The Dark Knight Vs. Titanic Daily Gross

2010-01-22T14:27:00.004-05:00

As with the weekly figures, what is remarkable here is Avatar's consistency, which contrasts starkly with The Dark Knight's (still great) holds and holds up well in comparison with Titanic's.

Day	Avatar		The Dark Knight		Titanic
1	$26,752,099		$67,165,092		$8,658,814
2	$25,529,036	-4.57%	$47,650,240	-29.06%	$10,672,013	23.25%
3	$24,744,346	-3.07%	$43,596,151	-8.51%	$9,307,304	-12.79%
4	$16,385,820	-33.78%	$24,493,313	-43.82%	$5,578,212	-40.07%
5	$16,086,461	-1.83%	$20,868,722	-14.80%	$6,003,119	7.62%
6	$16,445,291	2.23%	$18,377,288	-11.94%	$3,571,345	-40.51%
7	$11,150,998	-32.19%	$16,464,405	-10.41%	$9,178,529	157.00%
8	$23,095,046	107.11%	$23,232,292	41.11%	$12,122,298	32.07%
9	$28,274,406	22.43%	$28,272,494	21.69%	$12,466,455	2.84%
10	$24,247,681	-14.24%	$23,661,680	-16.31%	$10,866,920	-12.83%
11	$19,418,139	-19.92%	$10,518,116	-55.55%	$7,942,520	-26.91%
12	$18,290,628	-5.81%	$9,629,366	-8.45%	$8,012,909	0.89%
13	$18,466,123	0.96%	$8,755,141	-9.08%	$8,213,735	2.51%
14	$14,738,136	-20.19%	$8,402,546	-4.03%	$11,558,520	40.72%
15	$25,274,008	71.49%	$12,709,035	51.25%	$11,698,861	1.21%
16	$25,835,551	2.22%	$17,191,150	35.27%	$12,726,625	8.79%
17	$17,381,129	-32.72%	$12,764,034	-25.75%	$8,889,792	-30.15%
18	$8,094,554	-53.43%	$6,287,429	-50.74%	$3,022,271	-66.00%
19	$7,327,233	-9.48%	$5,661,240	-9.96%	$3,044,822	0.75%
20	$6,909,167	-5.71%	$5,077,367	-10.31%	$2,841,351	-6.68%
21	$6,094,445	-11.79%	$4,734,366	-6.76%	$2,789,088	-1.84%
22	$13,280,653	117.91%	$7,577,362	60.05%	$7,738,150	177.44%
23	$21,269,537	60.15%	$10,502,243	38.60%	$12,758,118	64.87%
24	$15,756,027	-25.92%	$8,037,425	-23.47%	$8,220,042	-35.57%
25	$5,111,193	-67.56%	$3,742,198	-53.44%	$2,170,146	-73.60%
26	$5,066,734	-0.87%	$3,515,389	-6.06%	$2,386,164	9.95%
27	$4,743,762	-6.37%	$3,002,302	-14.60%	$2,095,782	-12.17%
28	$4,698,802	-0.95%	$2,814,471	-6.26%	$2,200,465	4.99%
29	$10,394,264	121.21%	$4,937,955	75.45%	$7,418,385	237.13%
30	$17,254,108	66.00%	$6,708,833	35.86%	$12,357,344	66.58%
31	$15,137,240	-12.27%	$4,732,505	-29.46%	$10,235,305	-17.17%
32	$11,615,834	-23.26%	$2,112,206	-55.37%	$6,003,510	-41.35%
33	$4,190,947	-63.92%	$2,148,332	1.71%	$2,322,334	-61.32%
34	$3,792,807	-9.50%	$1,805,312	-15.97%	$2,076,976	-10.57%
35	$3,945,213	4.02%	$1,726,461	-4.37%	$2,212,942	6.55%

As you can see, Avatar has been well ahead of Titanic since the start, and its consistency has allowed it to outpace The Dark Knight convincingly.

Avatar Vs. The Dark Knight Vs. Titanic Weekly Gross

2010-01-22T14:14:00.003-05:00

As Avatar enters its 6th week, during which it will surpass The Dark Knight and inch closer to Titanic, I think it's useful to look back on its performance in comparison to those two films during the first 5 weeks.

First off, in terms of weekly grosses, what is remarkable is just how consistent Avatar's grosses have been. It has surged far, far ahead of The Dark Knight and remains well ahead of Titanic.

	Avatar		The Dark Knight		Titanic
Week 1	$137,094,051		$238,615,211		$52,969,336
Week 2	$146,530,159	6.88%	$112,471,635	-52.86%	$71,183,357	34.39%
Week 3	$96,916,087	-33.86%	$64,424,621	-42.72%	$45,012,810	-36.76%
Week 4	$69,926,708	-27.85%	$39,191,390	-39.17%	$37,568,867	-16.54%
Week 5	$66,330,413	-5.14%	$24,171,604	-38.32%	$42,626,796	13.46%

2009 Box Office Review: Monthly Grosses

2010-01-14T22:41:00.002-05:00

2009, as befits the biggest year at the box office, registered a string of monthly records. 2009 broke the monthly records for January, February, April, May, June, October, November, and December. Why? Because of a string of surprise hits, from Paul Blart and Taken to The Hangover and The Proposal to Avatar, which kept the box office on fire from beginning to end, even considering the slump in March and September. The standout here is clearly January, which bested the previous January record by almost $200m.

It remains to be seen whether 2010 can match or surpass the $10.6B tally for 2009, but it is off to a promising start; thanks to Avatar's massive success, 2010 is currently running almost 15% ahead of 2009.

Month	Gross	M-to-M	Cumulative	Est. Adm.
January	$1,014,386,445		$1,014,386,445	138,011,761
February	$769,343,451	-24.16%	$1,783,729,896	104,672,578
March	$651,567,920	-15.31%	$2,435,297,816	88,648,697
April	$695,111,135	6.68%	$3,130,408,951	94,572,944
May	$1,018,427,704	46.51%	$4,148,836,655	138,561,592
June	$1,086,729,130	6.71%	$5,235,565,785	147,854,303
July	$1,161,129,344	6.85%	$6,396,695,129	157,976,781
August	$905,308,293	-22.03%	$7,302,003,422	123,171,196
September	$543,558,798	-39.96%	$7,845,562,220	73,953,578
October	$692,565,754	27.41%	$8,538,127,974	94,226,633
November	$989,594,601	42.89%	$9,527,722,575	134,638,721
December	$1,066,136,750	7.73%	$10,593,859,325	145,052,619
Total	$10,593,859,325			1,441,341,405

Monthly Pie Chart

The two most glaring things here are 1) the low gross for September, traditionally the weakest month, and 2) the generally even distribution between many of the months. It's staggering that January almost matched the summer months and December, which are usually far ahead of the other months.

Month-to-Month Cumulative 2009 Gross

One striking thing about 2009 is that the box office was already halfway past its middle point halfway through the calendar year; usually, the summer period is the time when strong numbers compensate for the weak first half and push the year onward toward the holiday period at the end. Once again, it is due entirely to the strong January and February grosses.

Avatar: International Market Shares Graph

2010-01-14T17:48:00.003-05:00

This is a pie graph to accompany the chart in the post below, showing each major market's share of the total international gross for Avatar. Click on graph to enlarge.

AVATAR: International Market Totals As Of Jan. 13th

2010-01-14T17:32:00.002-05:00

Yet another amazing round of updates, with continued massive numbers for Avatar. The source for these, btw, is The Numbers. To explain the three % columns: % Intl. is the territory's share of the gross outside North America; % Vs. N. Am. compares the territory's gross to North America's tally, and % Worldwide gives the territories share of the worldwide total of $1.4B.

Note the amazing number for China, where the film has been out for barely a week.

Totals Predictions as of now: North America $650m, International $1,500m, Worldwide Total: $2,150m.

Territory	Total (Jan 13th.)	% Intl.	% Vs. N.Am.	% Worldwide
France	$104,730,110	10.70%	23.49%	7.35%
Russia	$81,882,056	8.37%	18.37%	5.75%
Germany	$76,362,821	7.80%	17.13%	5.36%
United Kingdom	$70,514,598	7.21%	15.82%	4.95%
South Korea	$63,542,307	6.49%	14.25%	4.46%
Australia	$62,441,661	6.38%	14.01%	4.38%
Spain	$62,084,279	6.35%	13.93%	4.36%
Japan	$58,592,306	5.99%	13.14%	4.11%
China	$54,593,126	5.58%	12.25%	3.83%
Brazil	$30,099,345	3.08%	6.75%	2.11%
Mexico	$29,848,626	3.05%	6.70%	2.10%
India	$18,614,051	1.90%	4.18%	1.31%
Taiwan	$17,355,525	1.77%	3.89%	1.22%
Hong Kong	$13,541,197	1.38%	3.04%	0.95%
Poland	$13,292,831	1.36%	2.98%	0.93%
Sweden	$12,989,642	1.33%	2.91%	0.91%
Holland	$12,500,963	1.28%	2.80%	0.88%
Denmark	$12,028,262	1.23%	2.70%	0.84%
Switzerland	$9,894,962	1.01%	2.22%	0.69%
Greece	$9,713,372	0.99%	2.18%	0.68%
Austria	$9,248,404	0.95%	2.07%	0.65%
Turkey	$9,180,049	0.94%	2.06%	0.64%
Belgium	$8,577,248	0.88%	1.92%	0.60%
Norway	$7,779,943	0.80%	1.75%	0.55%
Colombia	$7,188,193	0.73%	1.61%	0.50%
Czech Republic/Slovakia	$7,119,650	0.73%	1.60%	0.50%
Thailand	$6,979,321	0.71%	1.57%	0.49%
New Zealand	$6,742,268	0.69%	1.51%	0.47%
Singapore	$6,631,485	0.68%	1.49%	0.47%
Venezuela	$6,279,475	0.64%	1.41%	0.44%
Portugal	$5,930,818	0.61%	1.33%	0.42%
Chile	$5,922,798	0.61%	1.33%	0.42%
Malaysia	$5,712,082	0.58%	1.28%	0.40%
Ukraine	$5,193,366	0.53%	1.17%	0.36%
Indonesia	$4,998,355	0.51%	1.12%	0.35%
Hungary	$4,479,712	0.46%	1.00%	0.31%
Israel	$4,410,319	0.45%	0.99%	0.31%
Puerto Rico	$4,271,390	0.44%	0.96%	0.30%
United Arab Emirates	$4,201,534	0.43%	0.94%	0.30%
Philippines	$3,798,916	0.39%	0.85%	0.27%
South Africa	$3,725,200	0.38%	0.84%	0.26%
Argentina	$3,619,706	0.37%	0.81%	0.25%
Central America	$3,604,153	0.37%	0.81%	0.25%
Finland	$3,524,180	0.36%	0.79%	0.25%
Romania	$3,293,185	0.34%	0.74%	0.23%
Peru	$3,232,497	0.33%	0.73%	0.23%
Bulgaria	$2,433,922	0.25%	0.55%	0.17%
Ecuador	$1,747,627	0.18%	0.39%	0.12%
Slovenia	$1,201,016	0.12%	0.27%	0.08%
Dominican Republic	$919,555	0.09%	0.21%	0.06%
Croatia	$890,576	0.09%	0.20%	0.06%
Bolivia	$885,828	0.09%	0.20%	0.06%
Viet Nam	$835,523	0.09%	0.19%	0.06%
Egypt	$832,927	0.09%	0.19%	0.06%
Lithuania	$760,484	0.08%	0.17%	0.05%
Latvia	$760,039	0.08%	0.17%	0.05%
Iceland	$752,512	0.08%	0.17%	0.05%
Kuwait	$743,102	0.08%	0.17%	0.05%
Lebanon	$731,664	0.07%	0.16%	0.05%
Estonia	$688,483	0.07%	0.15%	0.05%
East & West Africa	$637,022	0.07%	0.14%	0.04%
Serbia/Montenegro	$564,143	0.06%	0.13%	0.04%
Qatar	$537,747	0.05%	0.12%	0.04%
Uruguay	$502,606	0.05%	0.11%	0.04%
Trinidad	$450,684	0.05%	0.10%	0.03%
Jordan	$408,413	0.04%	0.09%	0.03%
Jamaica	$389,816	0.04%	0.09%	0.03%
Bahrain	$298,982	0.03%	0.07%	0.02%
Oman	$133,326	0.01%	0.03%	0.01%
Syria	$81,779	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%
International Total	$978,454,063	100.00%	219.50%	68.70%
North American Total	$445,768,203	N/A	100.00%	31.30%
Worldwide Total	$1,424,222,266	N/A	319.50%	100.00%

AVATAR: Global Markets Share

2010-01-12T22:38:00.002-05:00

This is in line with the previous chart/post regarding Avatar's global performance. France, Russia, Spain, and Australia are the big stories thus far, but China's incredible opening week figures suggest that it will end up as either the largest or second largest market for Avatar outside the United States (see xiayun's website for more information).

The 68% overseas share of Avatar's total underscores just how important the international markets have been to the film's overall success. Expect that share to increase as China adds to the film's overseas total and Italy finally enters the picture this upcoming weekend.

Country	Total USD	Share
United States	$388,448,000	28.86%
France	$101,393,223	7.53%
Russia	$78,422,271	5.83%
Germany	$73,381,489	5.45%
United Kingdom	$67,063,506	4.98%
Spain	$60,112,290	4.47%
Australia	$57,860,731	4.30%
South Korea	$54,688,982	4.06%
Japan	$50,760,456	3.77%
Canada	$42,399,000	3.15%
China	$41,417,617	3.08%
Mexico	$28,442,031	2.11%
Brazil	$28,224,642	2.10%
India	$17,821,955	1.32%
Taiwan	$16,356,079	1.22%
Hong Kong	$13,117,211	0.97%
Sweden	$12,400,165	0.92%
Netherlands	$12,203,351	0.91%
Denmark	$11,264,712	0.84%
Poland	$9,703,779	0.72%
Switzerland	$9,673,584	0.72%
Greece	$9,427,868	0.70%
Austria	$9,002,969	0.67%
Turkey	$8,969,218	0.67%
Belgium and Luxembourg	$8,299,289	0.62%
Norway	$7,338,314	0.55%
Czech Republic/Slovakia	$6,853,665	0.51%
Thailand	$6,817,339	0.51%
Singapore	$6,527,894	0.49%
New Zealand and Fiji	$6,367,232	0.47%
Colombia	$6,323,720	0.47%
Venezuela	$5,822,558	0.43%
Chile	$5,750,928	0.43%
Portugal	$5,731,447	0.43%
Malaysia	$5,597,453	0.42%
Ukraine	$4,889,781	0.36%
Indonesia	$4,875,577	0.36%
Hungary	$4,365,928	0.32%
Israel	$4,097,592	0.30%
United Arab Emirates	$4,005,811	0.30%
Argentina	$3,601,061	0.27%
Philippines	$3,571,925	0.27%
Finland	$3,385,137	0.25%
Peru	$3,134,002	0.23%
Romania	$3,091,215	0.23%
Bulgaria	$2,302,054	0.17%
Ecuador	$1,501,310	0.11%
Slovenia	$1,166,232	0.09%
Dominican Republic	$735,558	0.05%
Bolivia	$723,272	0.05%
Vietnam	$719,740	0.05%
Croatia	$684,386	0.05%
Latvia	$630,225	0.05%
Egypt	$627,502	0.05%
Lithuania	$597,371	0.04%
Iceland	$590,719	0.04%
Kuwait	$581,972	0.04%
Lebanon	$558,067	0.04%
Estonia	$541,648	0.04%
Serbia and Montenegro	$439,813	0.03%
Trinidad & Tobago	$388,115	0.03%
Uruguay	$377,533	0.03%
Qatar	$367,017	0.03%
Jamaica	$341,385	0.03%
Jordan	$302,035	0.02%
Bahrain	$223,847	0.02%
Oman	$118,158	0.01%
Syria	$61,893	0.00%
INTERNATIONAL TOTAL	$915,100,000	67.99%
WORLDWIDE TOTAL	$1,345,947,000	100.00%

AVATAR's Worldwide Performance: Per Capita

2010-01-12T22:14:00.003-05:00

I used several sources to come up with this chart. First, BOM's Global breakdown of Avatar's numbers (here), which is frankly questionable. I included grosses for 2 territories, but excluded regional data. For Russia, I used Russia's population only, not that of the CIS, since Russia accounts for slightly less than half of the total CIS population but the overwhelming majority of Avatar's regional gross (if that number is for all of the CIS, at all). Most figures are for Jan. 10th, 2010.

For population numbers, I used Wikipedia, which ranks the countries using data from the UN (estimates from July 1st, 2009).

I broke down North America into the US and Canada. Tribute.ca (here) gives Avatar's Canadian total as $43.71m Canadian, which translates, using a 0.97 exchange rate, to around $42.4m. I subtracted that number from Avatar's $430.85m North American total to get a figure for the US market alone ($388.45m).

Take all of this with a grain of salt. There are so many variables at play here, it's useless to read anything much into all of this, beyond a few basic points, the main one being the fact that Avatar is performing exceptionally strong in Australia, France, and Spain. But we already knew that. :-)

Country	Per Capita Gross	Total USD	Population
Australia	$2.6165	$57,860,731	22,114,000
Denmark	$2.0361	$11,264,712	5,532,531
Hong Kong	$1.8715	$13,117,211	7,008,900
Iceland	$1.8600	$590,719	317,593
France	$1.5581	$101,393,223	65,073,482
Norway	$1.5119	$7,338,314	4,853,800
Sweden	$1.3288	$12,400,165	9,331,523
Singapore	$1.3088	$6,527,894	4,987,600
Spain	$1.3077	$60,112,290	45,967,632
United States	$1.2597	$388,448,000	308,354,000
Canada	$1.2483	$42,399,000	33,965,000
Switzerland	$1.2447	$9,673,584	7,771,600
New Zealand and Fiji	$1.2247	$6,367,232	5,199,100
South Korea	$1.1315	$54,688,982	48,333,000
United Kingdom	$1.0809	$67,063,506	62,041,708
Austria	$1.0752	$9,002,969	8,372,930
Germany	$0.8962	$73,381,489	81,882,342
United Arab Emirates	$0.8710	$4,005,811	4,599,000
Greece	$0.8339	$9,427,868	11,306,183
Netherlands	$0.7359	$12,203,351	16,581,900
Belgium and Luxembourg	$0.7325	$8,299,289	11,329,726
Taiwan	$0.7090	$16,356,079	23,069,345
Finland	$0.6323	$3,385,137	5,353,600
Slovenia	$0.5684	$1,166,232	2,051,770
Russia	$0.5526	$78,422,271	141,915,979
Israel	$0.5457	$4,097,592	7,509,000
Portugal	$0.5388	$5,731,447	10,636,888
Hungary	$0.4360	$4,365,928	10,013,628
Czech Republic/Slovakia	$0.4301	$6,853,665	15,934,334
Estonia	$0.4041	$541,648	1,340,415
Japan	$0.3980	$50,760,456	127,530,000
Chile	$0.3379	$5,750,928	17,018,000
Bulgaria	$0.3038	$2,302,054	7,576,751
Trinidad & Tobago	$0.2899	$388,115	1,339,000
Bahrain	$0.2830	$223,847	791,000
Latvia	$0.2801	$630,225	2,249,700
Mexico	$0.2645	$28,442,031	107,550,697
Qatar	$0.2605	$367,017	1,409,000
Poland	$0.2547	$9,703,779	38,100,700
Venezuela	$0.2034	$5,822,558	28,623,000
Malaysia	$0.1977	$5,597,453	28,306,700
Kuwait	$0.1950	$581,972	2,985,000
Lithuania	$0.1794	$597,371	3,329,227
Croatia	$0.1543	$684,386	4,435,056
Brazil	$0.1468	$28,224,642	192,325,000
Romania	$0.1440	$3,091,215	21,466,174
Colombia	$0.1397	$6,323,720	45,263,000
Lebanon	$0.1321	$558,067	4,224,000
Jamaica	$0.1256	$341,385	2,719,000
Turkey	$0.1254	$8,969,218	71,517,100
Uruguay	$0.1123	$377,533	3,361,000
Peru	$0.1076	$3,134,002	29,132,013
Thailand	$0.1075	$6,817,339	63,389,730
Ecuador	$0.1064	$1,501,310	14,111,000
Ukraine	$0.1063	$4,889,781	46,011,345
Argentina	$0.0897	$3,601,061	40,134,425
Bolivia	$0.0732	$723,272	9,879,000
Dominican Republic	$0.0729	$735,558	10,090,000
Jordan	$0.0478	$302,035	6,316,000
Serbia and Montenegro	$0.0420	$439,813	10,474,000
Oman	$0.0415	$118,158	2,845,000
Philippines	$0.0387	$3,571,925	92,226,600
China	$0.0310	$41,417,617	1,335,230,000
Indonesia	$0.0211	$4,875,577	231,369,500
India	$0.0152	$17,821,955	1,175,500,000
Vietnam	$0.0084	$719,740	85,789,573
Egypt	$0.0081	$627,502	77,724,000
Syria	$0.0028	$61,893	21,906,000

Biggest Fourth Mondays

2010-01-12T16:14:00.003-05:00

This is not a complete list, but I do believe that Avatar now has the fifth largest 4th Monday and the largest non-holiday Monday. Narnia's 4th Monday fell on Jan. 2nd, and was therefore inflated by the Winter holidays; Spider-Man's and Iron Man's 4th Mondays fell on Memorial Day, while Jurassic Park's fell on July 5th, 1993, a day after Independence Day.

Avatar's number is very strong, particularly given that it's in the middle of January, which tends to be a terrible period for weekdays. Its fifth Monday will be a holiday, so expect a new record and an increase from this week's tally.

Title	Gross	Count	Avg.
The Chronicles of Narnia: TLWW	$8,025,469	3,853	$2,083
Spider-Man	$7,306,740	3,876	$1,885
Jurassic Park	$6,327,360	2,496	$2,535
Iron Man	$5,663,877	3,915	$1,447
Avatar	$5,111,193	3,422	$1,494
Black Hawk Down	$5,016,000	3,101	$1,618
Night at the Museum	$4,685,510	3,612	$1,297
Ocean's Eleven	$4,413,000	3,075	$1,435
Cars	$4,356,729	3,706	$1,176
Mummy Returns, The	$3,908,225	3,550	$1,101
Spider-Man 3	$3,776,825	3,723	$1,014
The Dark Knight	$3,742,198	4,015	$932
Gladiator	$3,634,125	3,188	$1,140
Blair Witch Project, The	$3,443,381	2,142	$1,608
Freaky Friday	$3,381,996	3,067	$1,103
Meet the Fockers	$3,198,555	3,554	$900
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	$3,096,652	3,091	$1,002
Star Wars: Phantom Menace	$3,025,265	3,024	$1,000
Mummy, The	$2,902,725	3,395	$855
Shrek 2	$2,877,887	3,843	$749
Cheaper by the Dozen	$2,871,957	3,025	$949
POTC: The Curse of the Black Pearl	$2,841,937	3,390	$838
XXX	$2,802,693	3,536	$793
Up	$2,790,206	3,832	$728
X2: X-Men United	$2,738,716	3,067	$893
Finding Nemo	$2,732,840	3,404	$803
POTC: Dead Man's Chest	$2,603,407	3,834	$679
The Bucket List	$2,585,476	2,915	$887
The Hangover	$2,578,117	3,525	$731
Cast Away	$2,531,447	3,048	$831
Memoirs of a Geisha	$2,469,496	1,547	$1,596
S.W.A.T.	$2,445,433	2,781	$879
Rush Hour 3	$2,265,000	3,008	$753
Titanic	$2,170,146	2,746	$790
Wedding Crashers	$2,165,000	3,106	$697
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	$2,164,717	3,250	$666
Mr. & Mrs. Smith	$2,150,975	2,985	$721
Chicago	$2,141,927	557	$3,845
The Holiday	$2,119,510	2,698	$786
Sixth Sense, The	$2,063,543	2,763	$747
Vertical Limit	$2,044,810	2,456	$833
American Pie 2	$2,024,100	3,115	$650
The Others	$2,011,100	2,716	$740

Speculative Admissions and Adjusted Figures for 4th Weekend

2010-01-11T18:09:00.004-05:00

These are, as the title of this post suggest, entirely speculative numbers, and should not be taken too seriously beyond a general point. The main point to take from all this is that 1) Avatar's fourth weekend is impressive even when inflation is taken into consideration (I assigned Avatar a higher ticket price and therefore lower admissions figure due to 3D/IMAX), and 2) Titanic is much closer to Avatar admissions wise than it might appear initially. I suspect that Titanic's average ticket price was probably less than half of what it is for Avatar.

NOTE: These are NOT ranked or exhaustive lists, merely a sample of films in their 4th weekends.

Title	Adj. #	Count	Avg.
Avatar	$50,687,825	2,746	$18,459
Titanic	$45,921,604	3,422	$13,420
Star Wars: Episode I - TPM	$37,843,791	3,024	$12,514
Spider-Man	$36,800,478	3,876	$9,494
Jurassic Park	$34,365,225	2,496	$13,768
Forrest Gump	$32,655,962	2,117	$15,426
Monsters, Inc.	$31,875,001	3,649	$8,735
The Lion King	$30,298,249	2,624	$11,547
The Chronicles of Narnia	$30,054,472	3,853	$7,800
The Sixth Sense	$29,673,940	2,763	$10,740
Twister	$29,037,056	2,808	$10,341
Batman	$28,553,681	2,201	$12,973
The Incredibles	$28,478,598	3,453	$8,247
Shrek 2	$28,160,531	3,843	$7,328
The Dark Knight	$27,281,020	4,025	$6,778
Elf	$26,927,664	3,202	$8,410
Finding Nemo	$26,291,980	3,404	$7,724
How the Grinch Stole Christmas	$25,945,993	3,182	$8,154
Up	$23,972,119	3,832	$6,256
POTC: Dead Man's Chest	$23,595,318	3,834	$6,154
The Passion of the Christ	$23,447,315	3,250	$7,215
POTC: The Curse of the Black Pearl	$23,437,866	3,390	$6,914
Meet the Fockers	$22,600,735	3,554	$6,359
Ocean's Eleven	$22,404,215	3,075	$7,286
Shrek	$21,890,528	3,715	$5,892
Iron Man	$21,358,551	3,915	$5,456
Meet the Parents	$20,939,436	2,647	$7,911
LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring	$20,913,847	3,381	$6,186
What Women Want	$20,611,793	3,052	$6,754
The Mummy Returns	$20,056,246	3,553	$5,645
The Ring	$20,018,677	2,927	$6,839
A Beautiful Mind	$19,648,070	2,222	$8,843
Wedding Crashers	$18,761,908	3,106	$6,041
Night at the Museum	$18,708,965	3,612	$5,180
Spider-Man 2	$18,135,111	3,753	$4,832

Title	Est. Adm.	Count	Avg.
Titanic	6,122,881	2,746	2,230
Avatar	5,918,378	3,422	1,730
Star Wars: Episode I - TPM	5,045,839	3,024	1,669
Spider-Man	4,906,730	3,876	1,266
Jurassic Park	4,582,030	2,496	1,836
Forrest Gump	4,354,128	2,117	2,057
Monsters, Inc.	4,250,000	3,649	1,165
The Lion King	4,039,767	2,624	1,540
The Chronicles of Narnia	4,007,263	3,853	1,040
The Sixth Sense	3,956,525	2,763	1,432
Twister	3,871,607	2,808	1,379
Batman	3,807,157	2,201	1,730
The Incredibles	3,797,146	3,453	1,100
Shrek 2	3,754,738	3,843	977
The Dark Knight	3,637,469	4,025	904
Elf	3,590,355	3,202	1,121
Finding Nemo	3,505,597	3,404	1,030
How the Grinch Stole Christmas	3,459,466	3,182	1,087
Up	3,196,283	3,832	834
POTC: Dead Man's Chest	3,146,042	3,834	821
The Passion of the Christ	3,126,309	3,250	962
POTC: The Curse of the Black Pearl	3,125,049	3,390	922
Meet the Fockers	3,013,431	3,554	848
Ocean's Eleven	2,987,229	3,075	971
Shrek	2,918,737	3,715	786
Iron Man	2,847,807	3,915	727
Meet the Parents	2,791,925	2,647	1,055
LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring	2,788,513	3,381	825
What Women Want	2,748,239	3,052	900
The Mummy Returns	2,674,166	3,553	753
The Ring	2,669,157	2,927	912
A Beautiful Mind	2,619,743	2,222	1,179
Wedding Crashers	2,501,588	3,106	805
Night at the Museum	2,494,529	3,612	691
Spider-Man 2	2,418,015	3,753	644
The Hangover	2,315,941	3,525	657
Shrek the Third	2,226,397	3,925	567
I Am Legend	2,189,061	3,648	600
Alvin and the Chipmunks	2,165,198	3,462	625
A Christmas Carol (2009)	2,143,983	3,013	712
The Blind Side	2,048,334	3,388	605

Biggest Fourth Weekends

2010-01-11T18:00:00.003-05:00

Avatar completely obliterated Titanic's 12 year fourth weekend record, almost doubling its predecessor's fourth weekend number. Notice Avatar's high theatre count average, which is in fact by far the highest for any film with a 4th weekend gross above $15m (wide release). The $50.3m fourth weekend number makes Avatar the first film to have 4 weekends above $50m (in fact, it is the only film to have 3 or more $50m+ weekends and the only one to have 3 $60m+ weekends as well).

This sets the film up to break Titanic's amazing 5th weekend figure of $30m next weekend, and there's a strong possibility that Avatar will also snatch Titanic's 6th weekend record. A $600m+ gross is all but guaranteed at this point, making Avatar the biggest film of all time.

Avatar	$50,306,217	-26.6%	3,422	$14,701
Titanic	$28,716,310	-13.8%	2,746	$10,457
Spider-Man	$28,508,104	-36.7%	3,876	$7,355
The Dark Knight	$26,117,030	-38.8%	4,025	$6,489
The Chronicles of Narnia	$25,686,555	29.9%	3,853	$6,666
Star Wars: Episode I - TPM	$25,632,861	-22.1%	3,024	$8,476
Monsters, Inc.	$24,055,001	5.9%	3,649	$6,592
The Incredibles	$23,580,279	-11.1%	3,453	$6,828
Up	$23,492,677	-23.6%	3,832	$6,131
Shrek 2	$23,316,920	-38.5%	3,843	$6,067
Elf	$21,649,842	15.7%	3,202	$6,761
Finding Nemo	$21,138,752	-25.5%	3,404	$6,209
POTC: Dead Man's Chest	$20,606,578	-41.5%	3,834	$5,374
Iron Man	$20,447,253	-35.8%	3,915	$5,223
The Sixth Sense	$20,099,149	-16.1%	2,763	$7,274
The Passion of the Christ	$19,414,377	-39.6%	3,250	$5,973
Meet the Fockers	$19,316,095	-32.2%	3,554	$5,435
Jurassic Park	$18,969,605	-8.6%	2,496	$7,600
POTC: The Curse of the Black Pearl	$18,844,044	-18.6%	3,390	$5,558
How the Grinch Stole Christmas	$18,646,520	-31.2%	3,182	$5,860
Forrest Gump	$18,200,256	-17.0%	2,117	$8,597
Night at the Museum	$17,162,357	-27.7%	3,612	$4,751
Twister	$17,112,505	-42.3%	2,808	$6,094
The Hangover	$17,022,166	-36.4%	3,525	$4,829
Ocean's Eleven	$16,907,714	14.9%	3,075	$5,498
The Lion King	$16,886,224	-30.9%	2,624	$6,435
Shrek	$16,520,052	-41.4%	3,715	$4,446
LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring	$16,201,260	-29.6%	3,381	$4,791
Wedding Crashers	$16,035,177	-19.9%	3,106	$5,162
A Christmas Carol (2009)	$15,758,273	28.4%	3,013	$5,230
I Am Legend	$15,717,458	-42.7%	3,648	$4,308
What Women Want	$15,555,033	-25.3%	3,052	$5,096
Alvin and the Chipmunks	$15,546,125	-46.4%	3,462	$4,490
The Ring	$15,507,802	-14.4%	2,927	$5,298
Shrek the Third	$15,317,614	-45.3%	3,925	$3,902
A Beautiful Mind	$15,220,705	-8.1%	2,222	$6,850
The Mummy Returns	$15,135,780	-25.9%	3,553	$4,260
Batman	$15,114,415	-21.5%	2,201	$6,867
The Blind Side	$15,055,258	-24.9%	3,388	$4,444
Meet the Parents	$15,048,475	-6.0%	2,647	$5,685
Spider-Man 2	$15,015,872	-39.4%	3,753	$4,001

Biggest January Weekends

2010-01-11T17:31:00.002-05:00

It's beginning to sound tiresome, but Avatar is having a truly historic run. One indicator is its dominance of the January charts. It has recorded by far the biggest weekend grosses ever in the month of January. Along with the second weekend figures for Sherlock Holmes and Alvin and the Chipmunks, fully 4 of the top 10 January weekends were registered during the last two weekends. Avatar will undoubtedly contribute one and perhaps even two more $30m+ weekends to this chart.

Rank	Title	Gross	Count	Avg.	Wknd #
1	Avatar	$68,490,688	3,461	$19,789	3
2	Avatar	$50,306,217	3,422	$14,701	4
3	Cloverfield	$40,058,229	3,411	$11,744	1
4	Sherlock Holmes	$36,612,481	3,626	$10,097	2
5	Star Wars (Special Edition)	$35,906,661	2,104	$17,066	1
6	Alvin and the Chipmunks 2	$35,189,653	3,747	$9,391	2
7	Titanic	$33,315,278	2,727	$12,217	3
8	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	$31,832,636	3,144	$10,125	1
9	Titanic	$30,011,034	2,767	$10,846	5
10	Gran Torino	$29,484,388	2,808	$10,500	5
11	Titanic	$28,716,310	2,746	$10,458	4
12	Black Hawk Down	$28,611,736	3,101	$9,227	4
13	Meet the Fockers	$28,498,160	3,527	$8,080	3
14	LOTR: The Return of the King	$28,180,378	3,703	$7,610	3
15	Big Momma's House 2	$27,736,056	3,261	$8,505	1
16	Along Came Polly	$27,721,185	2,984	$9,290	1
17	Underworld: Evolution	$26,857,181	3,207	$8,375	1
18	Titanic	$25,907,172	2,853	$9,081	7
19	Titanic	$25,238,720	2,771	$9,108	6
20	LOTR: The Two Towers	$25,017,279	3,622	$6,907	3
21	Taken	$24,717,037	3,183	$7,765	1
22	Marley and Me	$24,263,763	3,505	$6,923	2
23	Coach Carter	$24,182,961	2,524	$9,581	1
24	White Noise	$24,113,565	2,261	$10,665	1
25	Night at the Museum	$23,743,960	3,730	$6,366	3
26	Save the Last Dance	$23,444,930	2,230	$10,513	1
27	27 Dresses	$23,007,725	3,057	$7,526	1
28	LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring	$23,006,447	3,381	$6,805	3
29	Cast Away	$22,220,725	2,948	$7,538	3
30	Gran Torino	$21,979,069	2,972	$7,395	6
31	Hide and Seek	$21,959,233	3,005	$7,308	1
32	Stomp the Yard	$21,833,312	2,051	$10,645	1
33	Cheaper by the Dozen	$21,644,537	3,307	$6,545	2
34	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	$21,623,182	3,144	$6,878	2
35	My Bloody Valentine 3-D	$21,241,456	2,534	$8,383	1
36	Catch Me If You Can	$21,142,434	3,170	$6,670	2
37	Bride Wars	$21,058,173	3,226	$6,528	1
38	Underworld: Rise of the Lycans	$20,828,511	2,942	$7,080	1
39	Bedtime Stories	$20,501,339	3,684	$5,565	2
40	Notorious (2009)	$20,497,596	1,638	$12,514	1
41	National Treasure: Book of Secrets	$20,062,684	3,762	$5,333	3

1,000 Biggest Films (Admissions + Adjusted)

2010-01-05T03:22:00.007-05:00

This is a TOTALLY speculative list, since there are no admissions figures for the domestic market, but this is what I was able to come up with using BOM as the basis and adding some of the films from the 1970s and 1990s that they seemed to have ommitted from their top 200 chart, and calculating #201-1,000 myself.

Ticket prices: $7.5 for Adjusted figures, estimated 2010 avg., $8.5 avg. for Avatar, $7.5 avg. for 2009 films. I'm quite certain that Avatar's avg. is closer to $10, and $7.5 might be a bit too high for 2009, but again, this chart, like any admissions chart, is just a lot of educated guesswork.

Rank	Title	Year	Admissions	Actual Gross	Infl. Adjusted
1	Gone with the Wind	1939	202,044,600	$198,676,459	$1,515,334,500
2	Star Wars	1977	178,119,600	$460,998,007	$1,335,897,000
3	The Sound of Music	1965	142,415,400	$158,671,368	$1,068,115,500
4	E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial	1982	141,854,300	$435,110,554	$1,063,907,250
5	The Ten Commandments	1956	131,000,000	$65,500,000	$982,500,000
6	Titanic	1997	128,345,900	$600,788,188	$962,594,250
7	Jaws	1975	128,078,800	$260,000,000	$960,591,000
8	Doctor Zhivago	1965	124,135,500	$111,721,910	$931,016,250
9	The Exorcist	1973	110,568,700	$232,671,011	$829,265,250
10	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	1937	109,000,000	$184,925,486	$817,500,000
11	101 Dalmatians	1961	99,917,300	$144,880,014	$749,379,750
12	The Empire Strikes Back	1980	98,180,600	$290,475,067	$736,354,500
13	Ben-Hur	1959	98,000,000	$74,000,000	$735,000,000
14	Return of the Jedi	1983	94,059,400	$309,306,177	$705,445,500
15	The Sting	1973	89,142,900	$156,000,000	$668,571,750
16	Raiders of the Lost Ark	1981	88,141,900	$242,374,454	$661,064,250
17	Jurassic Park	1993	86,205,800	$357,067,947	$646,543,500
18	The Graduate	1967	85,571,400	$104,901,839	$641,785,500
19	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	1999	84,825,800	$431,088,301	$636,193,500
20	Fantasia	1941	83,043,500	$76,408,097	$622,826,250
21	The Godfather	1972	78,922,600	$134,966,411	$591,919,500
22	Forrest Gump	1994	78,545,600	$329,694,499	$589,092,000
23	Mary Poppins	1964	78,181,800	$102,272,727	$586,363,500
24	The Lion King	1994	77,231,800	$328,541,776	$579,238,500
25	Grease	1978	76,921,800	$188,389,888	$576,913,500
26	Thunderball	1965	74,800,000	$63,595,658	$561,000,000
27	The Dark Knight	2008	74,282,083	$533,345,358	$557,115,625
28	The Jungle Book	1967	73,679,900	$141,843,612	$552,599,250
29	Sleeping Beauty	1959	72,676,100	$51,600,000	$545,070,750
30	Shrek 2	2004	71,050,925	$441,226,247	$532,881,941
31	Ghostbusters	1984	70,730,600	$238,632,124	$530,479,500
32	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	1969	70,557,900	$102,308,889	$529,184,250
33	Love Story	1970	69,998,100	$106,397,186	$524,985,750
34	Spider-Man	2002	69,484,746	$403,706,375	$521,135,596
35	Independence Day	1996	69,268,900	$306,169,268	$519,516,750
36	Home Alone	1990	67,734,200	$285,761,243	$508,006,500
37	Pinocchio	1940	67,403,300	$84,254,167	$505,524,750
38	Cleopatra (1963)	1963	67,183,500	$57,777,778	$503,876,250
39	Beverly Hills Cop	1984	67,150,000	$234,760,478	$503,625,000
40	Goldfinger	1964	66,300,000	$51,081,062	$497,250,000
41	Airport	1970	66,111,300	$100,489,151	$495,834,750
42	American Graffiti	1973	65,714,300	$115,000,000	$492,857,250
43	The Robe	1953	65,454,500	$36,000,000	$490,908,750
44	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	2006	64,628,368	$423,315,812	$484,712,762
45	Around the World in 80 Days	1956	64,615,400	$42,000,000	$484,615,500
46	Bambi	1942	63,712,400	$102,247,150	$477,843,000
47	Blazing Saddles	1974	63,227,500	$119,500,000	$474,206,250
48	Batman	1989	62,954,600	$251,188,924	$472,159,500
49	The Bells of St. Mary's	1945	62,745,100	$21,333,333	$470,588,250
50	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	2003	62,523,549	$377,017,000	$468,926,617
51	The Towering Inferno	1974	61,375,700	$116,000,000	$460,317,750
52	Spider-Man 2	2004	60,158,748	$373,585,825	$451,190,610
53	My Fair Lady	1964	60,000,000	$72,000,000	$450,000,000
54	The Greatest Show on Earth	1952	60,000,000	$36,000,000	$450,000,000
55	National Lampoon's Animal House	1978	59,890,300	$141,600,000	$449,177,250
56	The Passion of the Christ	2004	59,625,540	$370,274,604	$447,191,551
57	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	2005	59,324,583	$380,270,577	$444,934,372
58	Back to the Future	1985	59,050,700	$210,609,762	$442,880,250
59	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	2002	58,827,325	$341,786,758	$441,204,937
60	The Sixth Sense	1999	57,579,100	$293,506,292	$431,843,250
61	Superman	1978	57,358,100	$134,218,018	$430,185,750
62	Tootsie	1982	56,903,900	$177,200,000	$426,779,250
63	Smokey and the Bandit	1977	56,832,900	$126,737,428	$426,246,750
64	Finding Nemo	2003	56,337,476	$339,714,978	$422,531,067
65	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	2001	56,108,754	$317,575,550	$420,815,658
66	West Side Story	1961	55,970,300	$43,656,822	$419,777,250
67	Lady and the Tramp	1955	55,734,900	$93,602,326	$418,011,750
68	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	2001	55,614,164	$314,776,170	$417,106,232
69	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	1977	55,575,500	$132,088,635	$416,816,250
70	Lawrence of Arabia	1962	55,383,600	$44,824,144	$415,377,000
71	The Rocky Horror Picture Show	1975	55,069,400	$112,892,319	$413,020,500
72	Rocky	1976	55,040,000	$117,235,147	$412,800,000
73	The Best Years of Our Lives	1946	55,000,000	$23,650,000	$412,500,000
74	The Poseidon Adventure	1972	54,902,000	$84,563,118	$411,765,000
75	Twister	1996	54,688,100	$241,721,524	$410,160,750
76	Men in Black	1997	54,616,700	$250,690,539	$409,625,250
77	The Bridge on the River Kwai	1957	54,400,000	$27,200,000	$408,000,000
78	It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World	1963	53,875,400	$46,332,858	$404,065,500
79	Swiss Family Robinson	1960	53,808,000	$40,356,000	$403,560,000
80	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	1975	53,685,400	$108,981,275	$402,640,500
81	M.A.S.H.	1970	53,684,200	$81,600,000	$402,631,500
82	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	2009	53,614,916	$402,111,870	$402,111,870
83	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	1984	53,532,800	$179,870,271	$401,496,000
84	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones	2002	53,472,761	$310,676,740	$401,045,706
85	Mrs. Doubtfire	1993	52,684,400	$219,195,243	$395,133,000
86	Aladdin	1992	52,442,300	$217,350,219	$393,317,250
87	Ghost	1990	51,465,200	$217,631,306	$385,989,000
88	Duel in the Sun	1946	51,020,400	$20,408,163	$382,653,000
89	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	2003	50,649,074	$305,413,918	$379,868,057
90	House of Wax	1953	50,531,900	$23,750,000	$378,989,250
91	Rear Window	1954	50,354,700	$36,764,313	$377,660,250
92	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	1997	49,910,000	$229,086,679	$374,325,000
93	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	1989	49,416,500	$197,171,806	$370,623,750
94	Spider-Man 3	2007	48,914,288	$336,530,303	$366,857,162
95	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	1991	48,656,400	$204,843,345	$364,923,000
96	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	2000	48,245,793	$260,044,825	$361,843,449
97	Sergeant York	1941	48,123,200	$16,361,885	$360,924,000
98	Toy Story 2	1999	47,836,500	$245,852,179	$358,773,750
99	Top Gun	1986	47,651,400	$176,786,701	$357,385,500
100	Shrek	2001	47,290,638	$267,665,011	$354,679,785
101	Shrek the Third	2007	46,906,969	$322,719,944	$351,802,265
102	The Matrix Reloaded	2003	46,695,931	$281,576,461	$350,219,479
103	Transformers	2007	46,402,063	$319,246,193	$348,015,472
104	Crocodile Dundee	1986	46,202,500	$174,803,506	$346,518,750
105	The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse	1921	45,918,400	$9,183,673	$344,388,000
106	Saving Private Ryan	1998	45,747,100	$216,540,909	$343,103,250
107	Young Frankenstein	1974	45,647,300	$86,273,333	$342,354,750
108	Peter Pan	1953	45,623,500	$87,404,651	$342,176,250
109	The Chronicles of Narnia: TLWW	2005	45,508,730	$291,710,957	$341,315,472
110	Gremlins	1984	45,482,200	$153,083,102	$341,116,500
111	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	2005	45,243,843	$290,013,036	$339,328,825
112	Monsters, Inc.	2001	45,207,288	$255,873,250	$339,054,660
113	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	2002	45,092,682	$261,988,482	$338,195,114
114	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	2007	44,973,899	$309,420,425	$337,304,242
115	Meet the Fockers	2004	44,969,591	$279,261,160	$337,271,932
116	The Fugitive	1993	44,397,300	$183,875,760	$332,979,750
117	The Caine Mutiny	1954	44,387,800	$21,750,000	$332,908,500
118	Iron Man	2008	44,347,089	$318,412,101	$332,603,170
119	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	2008	44,164,501	$317,101,119	$331,233,759
120	Toy Story	1995	43,868,300	$191,796,233	$329,012,250
121	Dances with Wolves	1990	43,699,300	$184,208,848	$327,744,750
122	An Officer and a Gentleman	1982	43,656,900	$129,795,554	$327,426,750
123	Cast Away	2000	43,345,481	$233,632,142	$325,091,107
124	2001: A Space Odyssey	1968	43,336,500	$56,954,992	$325,023,750
125	Rain Man	1988	43,291,700	$172,825,435	$324,687,750
126	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	1967	43,257,000	$56,666,667	$324,427,500
127	Kramer Vs. Kramer	1979	43,020,200	$106,260,000	$322,651,500
128	Armageddon	1998	42,980,400	$201,578,182	$322,353,000
129	Psycho	1960	42,666,700	$32,000,000	$320,000,250
130	Rocky III	1982	42,513,300	$125,049,125	$318,849,750
131	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	2007	42,442,549	$292,004,738	$318,319,118
132	Rambo: First Blood Part II	1985	42,370,500	$150,415,432	$317,778,750
133	Batman Forever	1995	42,306,000	$184,031,112	$317,295,000
134	Pretty Woman	1990	42,176,400	$178,406,268	$316,323,000
135	Earthquake	1974	42,151,700	$79,666,653	$316,137,750
136	The Incredibles	2004	42,100,015	$261,441,092	$315,750,111
137	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	1992	41,849,600	$173,585,516	$313,872,000
138	Three Men and a Baby	1987	41,703,800	$167,780,960	$312,778,500
139	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	2002	41,555,630	$241,438,208	$311,667,222
140	Avatar	2009	41,425,282	$352,114,898	$352,114,898
141	Mission: Impossible	1996	40,946,100	$180,981,856	$307,095,750
142	Saturday Night Fever	1977	40,604,700	$94,213,184	$304,535,250
143	On Golden Pond	1981	40,584,300	$119,285,432	$304,382,250
144	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	1999	40,559,100	$206,040,086	$304,193,250
145	Bruce Almighty	2003	40,270,193	$242,829,261	$302,026,444
146	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	2009	40,261,226	$301,959,197	$301,959,197
147	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	2004	40,183,747	$249,541,069	$301,378,103
148	Funny Girl	1968	40,039,500	$52,223,306	$300,296,250
149	Mission: Impossible 2	2000	39,964,729	$215,409,889	$299,735,467
150	Rush Hour 2	2001	39,958,354	$226,164,286	$299,687,658
151	Apollo 13	1995	39,857,700	$173,837,933	$298,932,750
152	Patton	1970	39,838,600	$61,749,765	$298,789,500
153	Fatal Attraction	1987	39,680,700	$156,645,693	$297,605,250
154	Liar Liar	1997	39,523,000	$181,410,615	$296,422,500
155	Beauty and the Beast	1991	39,352,500	$171,350,553	$295,143,750
156	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	1991	39,309,700	$165,493,908	$294,822,750
157	Beverly Hills Cop II	1987	39,300,500	$153,665,036	$294,753,750
158	Signs	2002	39,236,942	$227,966,634	$294,277,066
159	Batman Returns	1992	39,236,600	$162,831,698	$294,274,500
160	Up	2009	39,067,222	$293,004,164	$293,004,164
161	Superman II	1981	38,915,700	$108,185,706	$291,867,750
162	What's Up, Doc?	1972	38,823,500	$66,000,000	$291,176,250
163	9 to 5	1980	38,398,000	$103,290,500	$287,985,000
164	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	2009	38,393,954	$287,954,655	$287,954,655
165	Night at the Museum	2006	38,299,736	$250,863,268	$287,248,017
166	The Firm	1993	38,248,400	$158,348,367	$286,863,000
167	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	1988	38,066,300	$156,452,370	$285,497,250
168	Porky's	1982	37,722,200	$111,289,673	$282,916,500
169	Air Force One	1997	37,672,700	$172,956,409	$282,545,250
170	Stir Crazy	1980	37,658,000	$101,300,000	$282,435,000
171	A Star Is Born (1976)	1976	37,558,700	$80,000,000	$281,690,250
172	There's Something About Mary	1998	37,478,600	$176,484,651	$281,089,500
173	I Am Legend	2007	37,266,426	$256,393,010	$279,498,194
174	Cars	2006	37,264,577	$244,082,982	$279,484,331
175	Lethal Weapon 2	1989	37,091,700	$147,253,986	$278,187,750
176	The Hangover	2009	36,976,334	$277,322,503	$277,322,503
177	Austin Powers in Goldmember	2002	36,713,922	$213,307,889	$275,354,418
178	War of the Worlds	2005	36,549,197	$234,280,354	$274,118,979
179	Every Which Way But Loose	1978	36,408,800	$85,196,485	$273,066,000
180	The Love Bug	1969	36,101,400	$51,264,000	$270,760,500
181	You Only Live Twice	1967	35,904,000	$43,084,787	$269,280,000
182	X-Men: The Last Stand	2006	35,780,529	$234,362,462	$268,353,964
183	The Mummy Returns	2001	35,692,542	$202,019,785	$267,694,061
184	X2: X-Men United	2003	35,646,715	$214,949,694	$267,350,366
185	Platoon	1986	35,436,000	$138,530,565	$265,770,000
186	Rocky IV	1985	35,387,300	$127,873,716	$265,404,750
187	Pearl Harbor	2001	35,078,190	$198,542,554	$263,086,423
188	True Lies	1994	34,995,800	$146,282,411	$262,468,500
189	Heaven Can Wait (1978)	1978	34,889,000	$81,640,278	$261,667,500
190	Lethal Weapon 3	1992	34,875,100	$144,731,527	$261,563,250
191	Look Who's Talking	1989	34,842,500	$140,088,813	$261,318,750
192	Gladiator	2000	34,824,755	$187,705,427	$261,185,659
193	Jaws 2	1978	34,718,700	$81,766,007	$260,390,250
194	The Santa Clause	1994	34,507,200	$144,833,357	$258,804,000
195	The Amityville Horror	1979	34,435,100	$86,432,000	$258,263,250
196	Terms of Endearment	1983	34,420,155	$108,423,489	$258,151,164
197	Star Trek	2009	34,364,003	$257,730,019	$257,730,019
198	Arthur	1981	34,338,735	$95,461,682	$257,540,509
199	The Waterboy	1998	34,210,600	$161,491,646	$256,579,500
200	A Bug's Life	1998	34,135,500	$162,798,565	$256,016,250
201	A Few Good Men	1992	34,103,400	$141,340,178	$255,775,500
202	King Kong	2005	34,021,845	$218,080,025	$255,163,836
203	The Odd Couple	1968	33,990,300	$44,527,234	$254,927,250
204	Rocky II	1979	33,937,100	$85,182,160	$254,528,250
205	Jerry Maguire	1996	33,929,100	$153,952,592	$254,468,250
206	What Women Want	2000	33,916,829	$182,811,707	$254,376,216
207	The Perfect Storm	2000	33,880,971	$182,618,434	$254,107,283
208	The Matrix	1999	33,755,892	$171,479,930	$253,169,188
209	Tarzan	1999	33,679,492	$171,091,819	$252,596,189
210	Sister Act	1992	33,639,795	$139,605,150	$252,298,464
211	Hooper	1978	33,333,333	$78,000,000	$250,000,000
212	Apocalypse Now	1979	33,255,582	$83,471,511	$249,416,866
213	The Da Vinci Code	2006	33,211,624	$217,536,138	$249,087,181
214	All the President's Men	1976	33,145,540	$70,600,000	$248,591,549
215	The Bourne Ultimatum	2007	33,062,656	$227,471,070	$247,969,916
216	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids	1989	32,928,003	$130,724,172	$246,960,023
217	Men in Black II	2002	32,774,321	$190,418,803	$245,807,405
218	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	1979	32,772,293	$82,258,456	$245,792,199
219	Wedding Crashers	2005	32,645,229	$209,255,921	$244,839,221
220	Pocahontas	1995	32,547,074	$141,579,773	$244,103,057
221	Ocean's Eleven	2001	32,405,857	$183,417,150	$243,043,927
222	As Good as It Gets	1997	32,348,151	$148,478,011	$242,611,129
223	Alien	1979	32,243,279	$80,930,630	$241,824,592
224	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	2005	32,208,904	$206,459,076	$241,566,782
225	Big Daddy	1999	32,181,062	$163,479,795	$241,357,965
226	Batman Begins	2005	32,034,910	$205,343,774	$240,261,826
227	Jurassic Park III	2001	32,009,165	$181,171,875	$240,068,739
228	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	1990	31,977,758	$135,265,915	$239,833,183
229	National Treasure: Book of Secrets	2007	31,971,528	$219,964,115	$239,786,463
230	The Rescuers	1977	31,935,367	$71,215,869	$239,515,254
231	Planet of the Apes	2001	31,804,194	$180,011,740	$238,531,458
232	Hancock	2008	31,747,392	$227,946,274	$238,105,439
233	Alvin and the Chipmunks	2007	31,588,223	$217,326,974	$236,911,672
234	Midnight Cowboy	1969	31,538,770	$44,785,053	$236,540,773
235	The French Connection	1971	31,333,333	$51,700,000	$235,000,000
236	The Flintstones	1994	31,227,562	$130,531,208	$234,206,713
237	Good Morning, Vietnam	1987	31,214,703	$123,922,370	$234,110,271
238	Coming to America	1988	31,180,609	$128,152,301	$233,854,564
239	WALL-E	2008	31,171,053	$223,808,164	$233,782,901
240	The Silence of the Lambs	1991	31,055,326	$130,742,922	$232,914,944
241	The Karate Kid Part II	1986	31,025,331	$115,103,979	$232,689,985
242	Airplane	1980	31,023,620	$83,453,539	$232,677,153
243	Ransom	1996	30,880,697	$136,492,681	$231,605,228
244	Meet the Parents	2000	30,843,051	$166,244,045	$231,322,883
245	101 Dalmatians (Live Action)	1996	30,812,057	$136,189,294	$231,090,431
246	Doctor Dolittle	1998	30,737,016	$144,156,605	$230,527,620
247	Stripes	1981	30,682,374	$85,297,000	$230,117,806
248	300	2007	30,612,636	$210,614,939	$229,594,774
249	Sleepless in Seattle	1993	30,599,247	$126,680,884	$229,494,355
250	The Mummy	1999	30,587,694	$155,385,488	$229,407,709
251	Superman Returns	2006	30,546,747	$200,081,192	$229,100,602
252	Dumb and Dumber	1994	30,424,731	$127,175,374	$228,185,480
253	Ice Age	2002	30,359,278	$176,387,405	$227,694,585
254	The Rock	1996	30,332,469	$134,069,511	$227,493,514
255	Happy Feet	2006	30,229,056	$198,000,317	$226,717,920
256	Madagascar	2005	30,202,109	$193,595,521	$226,515,820
257	A Beautiful Mind	2001	30,166,491	$170,742,341	$226,248,685
258	Good Will Hunting	1997	30,159,790	$138,433,435	$226,198,423
259	Rush Hour	1998	30,103,809	$141,186,864	$225,778,567
260	Papillon	1973	30,094,350	$53,267,000	$225,707,627
261	The Day After Tomorrow	2004	30,070,982	$186,740,799	$225,532,366
262	Ratatouille	2007	30,006,636	$206,445,654	$225,049,768
263	Kung Fu Panda	2008	30,004,818	$215,434,591	$225,036,133
264	Runaway Bride	1999	29,971,951	$152,257,509	$224,789,629
265	Deep Impact	1998	29,949,822	$140,464,664	$224,623,663
266	Back to the Future Part II	1989	29,836,273	$118,450,002	$223,772,044
267	10	1979	29,826,899	$74,865,517	$223,701,744
268	Ice Age: The Meltdown	2006	29,821,469	$195,330,621	$223,661,016
269	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	1986	29,572,273	$109,713,132	$221,792,046
270	Flashdance	1983	29,498,795	$92,921,203	$221,240,960
271	City Slickers	1991	29,461,708	$124,033,791	$220,962,811
272	The Bodyguard	1992	29,384,511	$121,945,720	$220,383,831
273	Chicago	2002	29,378,230	$170,687,518	$220,336,727
274	The Jerk	1979	29,359,131	$73,691,419	$220,193,483
275	Wayne's World	1992	29,324,656	$121,697,323	$219,934,921
276	Clear and Present Danger	1994	29,231,511	$122,187,717	$219,236,334
277	X-Men	2000	29,183,621	$157,299,717	$218,877,157
278	Hannibal	2001	29,168,245	$165,092,268	$218,761,839
279	The Nutty Professor	1996	29,143,443	$128,814,019	$218,575,824
280	Scary Movie	2000	29,131,683	$157,019,771	$218,487,622
281	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	2005	29,069,622	$186,336,279	$218,022,167
282	Godzilla	1998	29,064,881	$136,314,294	$217,986,611
283	Speed	1994	29,006,733	$121,248,145	$217,550,499
284	The Hunt For Red October	1990	28,844,596	$122,012,643	$216,334,473
285	What Lies Beneath	2000	28,843,108	$155,464,351	$216,323,308
286	Patch Adams	1998	28,790,384	$135,026,902	$215,927,882
287	Elf	2003	28,755,973	$173,398,518	$215,669,799
288	Trading Places	1983	28,699,937	$90,404,800	$215,249,524
289	The Mask	1994	28,693,476	$119,938,730	$215,201,071
290	The Omen	1976	28,602,338	$60,922,980	$214,517,535
291	Hook	1991	28,421,573	$119,654,823	$213,161,799
292	The Bourne Supremacy	2004	28,380,345	$176,241,941	$212,852,586
293	Basic Instinct	1992	28,368,006	$117,727,224	$212,760,043
294	Ghostbusters II	1989	28,336,206	$112,494,738	$212,521,545
295	Catch Me If You Can	2002	28,333,107	$164,615,351	$212,498,302
296	Total Recall	1990	28,225,730	$119,394,840	$211,692,979
297	The Little Mermaid	1989	28,096,594	$111,543,479	$210,724,457
298	The Birdcage	1996	28,067,998	$124,060,553	$210,509,988
299	Moonraker	1979	28,011,195	$70,308,099	$210,083,961
300	Hitch	2005	28,002,427	$179,495,555	$210,018,200
301	Big	1988	27,972,938	$114,968,774	$209,797,033
302	National Treasure	2004	27,859,725	$173,008,894	$208,947,940
303	Lethal Weapon 4	1998	27,813,348	$130,444,603	$208,600,111
304	The Blind Side	2009	27,796,809	$208,476,067	$208,476,067
305	Die Hard 2: Die Harder	1990	27,787,458	$117,540,947	$208,405,934
306	The Color Purple	1985	27,737,426	$98,467,863	$208,030,696
307	Die Another Day	2002	27,700,885	$160,942,139	$207,756,634
308	My Best Friend's Wedding	1997	27,694,995	$127,120,029	$207,712,466
309	The Blair Witch Project	1999	27,665,177	$140,539,099	$207,488,827
310	Stuart Little	1999	27,566,017	$140,035,367	$206,745,128
311	Tomorrow Never Dies	1997	27,299,407	$125,304,276	$204,745,549
312	Twins	1988	27,235,618	$111,938,388	$204,267,131
313	The Karate Kid	1984	27,028,440	$90,815,558	$202,713,299
314	The Addams Family	1991	26,960,196	$113,502,426	$202,201,471
315	The Green Mile	1999	26,929,404	$136,801,374	$201,970,532
316	Driving Miss Daisy	1989	26,849,697	$106,593,296	$201,372,725
317	Twilight	2008	26,848,169	$192,769,854	$201,361,268
318	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	1982	26,841,144	$78,912,963	$201,308,579
319	48 HRS.	1982	26,826,023	$78,868,508	$201,195,173
320	The Truman Show	1998	26,784,265	$125,618,201	$200,881,985
321	From Russia with Love	1964	26,663,188	$24,796,765	$199,973,911
322	The Simpsons Movie	2007	26,618,461	$183,135,014	$199,638,460
323	Crocodile Dundee II	1988	26,595,185	$109,306,210	$199,463,887
324	Diamonds Are Forever	1971	26,557,301	$43,819,547	$199,179,759
325	Monsters Vs. Aliens	2009	26,446,870	$198,351,526	$198,351,526
326	Scooby-Doo	2002	26,384,538	$153,294,164	$197,884,033
327	Any Which Way You Can	1980	26,277,823	$70,687,344	$197,083,673
328	The Polar Express	2004	26,211,813	$162,775,358	$196,588,597
329	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	2009	26,209,827	$196,573,705	$196,573,705
330	Poltergeist	1982	26,056,558	$76,606,280	$195,424,184
331	The Muppet Movie	1979	25,976,096	$65,200,000	$194,820,717
332	Private Benjamin	1980	25,965,557	$69,847,348	$194,741,677
333	The Cannonball Run	1981	25,963,877	$72,179,579	$194,729,080
334	A League Of Their Own	1992	25,911,790	$107,533,928	$194,338,424
335	Shark Tale	2004	25,903,689	$160,861,908	$194,277,667
336	Pulp Fiction	1994	25,820,278	$107,928,762	$193,652,085
337	Indecent Proposal	1993	25,752,188	$106,614,059	$193,141,411
338	Mulan	1998	25,718,604	$120,620,254	$192,889,532
339	American Pie 2	2001	25,636,678	$145,103,595	$192,275,082
340	American Beauty	1999	25,609,567	$130,096,601	$192,071,753
341	Casino Royale	2006	25,564,269	$167,445,960	$191,732,015
342	Dinosaur	2000	25,556,227	$137,748,063	$191,671,702
343	The Fast and the Furious	2001	25,536,029	$144,533,925	$191,520,219
344	The Godfather Part II	1974	25,423,979	$47,542,841	$190,679,844
345	WarGames	1983	25,259,577	$79,567,667	$189,446,826
346	Parenthood	1989	25,200,965	$100,047,830	$189,007,236
347	Interview with the Vampire	1994	25,182,921	$105,264,608	$188,871,904
348	Lilo & Stitch	2002	25,093,690	$145,794,338	$188,202,674
349	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	2008	25,071,163	$180,010,950	$188,033,722
350	The World Is Not Enough	1999	24,988,914	$126,943,684	$187,416,856
351	Coal Miner's Daughter	1980	24,975,014	$67,182,787	$187,312,603
352	The Pursuit of Happyness	2006	24,971,978	$163,566,459	$187,289,839
353	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	2003	24,937,166	$150,371,112	$187,028,746
354	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	1995	24,916,214	$108,385,533	$186,871,609
355	Planet of the Apes	1968	24,877,576	$32,589,624	$186,581,817
356	In the Line of Fire	1993	24,713,725	$102,314,823	$185,352,940
357	King Kong (1976)	1976	24,701,617	$52,614,445	$185,262,130
358	You've Got Mail	1998	24,695,415	$115,821,495	$185,215,610
359	The Longest Yard	2005	24,667,622	$158,119,460	$185,007,168
360	Dog Day Afternoon	1975	24,630,542	$50,000,000	$184,729,064
361	The Electric Horseman	1979	24,622,299	$61,801,971	$184,667,244
362	A Time to Kill	1996	24,607,694	$108,766,007	$184,557,704
363	Back to School	1986	24,597,844	$91,258,000	$184,483,827
364	Smokey and the Bandit 2	1980	24,584,619	$66,132,626	$184,384,645
365	Out of Africa	1985	24,527,100	$87,071,205	$183,953,250
366	Dick Tracy	1990	24,524,522	$103,738,726	$183,933,911
367	Goldeneye	1995	24,466,653	$106,429,941	$183,499,898
368	Face/Off	1997	24,461,034	$112,276,146	$183,457,755
369	XXX	2002	24,459,446	$142,109,382	$183,445,846
370	Wild Hogs	2007	24,458,365	$168,273,550	$183,437,736
371	Unforgiven	1992	24,375,288	$101,157,447	$182,814,663
372	The Pelican Brief	1993	24,340,110	$100,768,056	$182,550,826
373	Shampoo	1975	24,338,785	$49,407,734	$182,540,889
374	Maverick	1994	24,313,701	$101,631,272	$182,352,761
375	Police Academy	1984	24,166,338	$81,198,894	$181,247,531
376	Dead Poets Society	1989	24,146,125	$95,860,116	$181,095,937
377	Fantastic Four	2005	24,133,554	$154,696,080	$181,001,654
378	Sleeping with the Enemy	1991	24,132,780	$101,599,005	$180,995,852
379	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	2009	23,984,421	$179,883,157	$179,883,157
380	Silver Streak	1976	23,980,781	$51,079,064	$179,855,859
381	The Santa Clause 2	2002	23,964,944	$139,236,327	$179,737,083
382	The First Wives Club	1996	23,866,336	$105,489,203	$178,997,516
383	Footloose	1984	23,820,060	$80,035,402	$178,650,451
384	Enemy of the State	1998	23,784,613	$111,549,836	$178,384,599
385	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	2000	23,762,314	$128,078,872	$178,217,354
386	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	1982	23,708,040	$69,701,637	$177,810,298
387	Phenomenon	1996	23,673,390	$104,636,382	$177,550,422
388	Over the Hedge	2006	23,667,075	$155,019,340	$177,503,061
389	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	2009	23,632,496	$177,243,721	$177,243,721
390	Quantum of Solace	2008	23,449,642	$168,368,427	$175,872,312
391	Batman & Robin	1997	23,382,395	$107,325,195	$175,367,966
392	When Harry Met Sally...	1989	23,381,246	$92,823,546	$175,359,344
393	I, Robot	2004	23,317,395	$144,801,023	$174,880,463
394	Scream	1996	23,313,725	$103,046,663	$174,852,935
395	Erin Brockovich	2000	23,301,522	$125,595,205	$174,761,417
396	Charlie's Angels	2000	23,247,782	$125,305,545	$174,358,365
397	Schindler's List	1993	23,204,292	$96,065,768	$174,032,188
398	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	2001	23,174,571	$131,168,070	$173,809,280
399	Jumanji	1995	23,097,758	$100,475,249	$173,233,188
400	The Matrix Revolutions	2003	23,096,337	$139,270,910	$173,222,525
401	Casper	1995	23,063,953	$100,328,194	$172,979,645
402	Traffic	2000	23,027,036	$124,115,725	$172,702,771
403	Seven	1995	23,017,389	$100,125,643	$172,630,419
404	The Longest Yard	1974	22,998,971	$43,008,075	$172,492,279
405	Die Hard: With A Vengeance	1995	22,991,379	$100,012,499	$172,435,343
406	Bad Boys II	2003	22,986,475	$138,608,444	$172,398,562
407	Cheaper by the Dozen	2003	22,986,475	$138,608,443	$172,398,561
408	Double Jeopardy	1999	22,980,622	$116,741,558	$172,354,662
409	Aliens	1986	22,954,245	$85,160,248	$172,156,836
410	George of the Jungle	1997	22,933,171	$105,263,257	$171,998,786
411	Eraser	1996	22,917,548	$101,295,562	$171,881,610
412	The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	2000	22,877,531	$123,309,890	$171,581,480
413	Notting Hill	1999	22,852,299	$116,089,678	$171,392,241
414	The Fox and the Hound	1981	22,826,255	$63,456,988	$171,196,910
415	Romancing the Stone	1984	22,789,357	$76,572,238	$170,920,174
416	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	1984	22,759,240	$76,471,046	$170,694,299
417	A Bridge Too Far	1977	22,757,848	$50,750,000	$170,683,857
418	Minority Report	2002	22,732,001	$132,072,926	$170,490,008
419	The Hunchback Of Notre Dame	1996	22,655,849	$100,138,851	$169,918,865
420	Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby	2006	22,627,996	$148,213,377	$169,709,974
421	Anger Management	2003	22,495,161	$135,645,823	$168,713,710
422	Magnum Force	1973	22,467,797	$39,768,000	$168,508,475
423	Wild Wild West	1999	22,402,693	$113,805,681	$168,020,198
424	The Ring	2002	22,225,152	$129,128,133	$166,688,640
425	Scream 2	1997	22,083,508	$101,363,301	$165,626,309
426	The Client	1994	22,037,132	$92,115,211	$165,278,489
427	Con Air	1997	22,029,972	$101,117,573	$165,224,792
428	Bringing Down the House	2003	22,009,399	$132,716,677	$165,070,494
429	Contact	1997	21,987,000	$100,920,329	$164,902,498
430	The Hulk	2003	21,919,939	$132,177,234	$164,399,545
431	Sweet Home Alabama	2002	21,897,318	$127,223,418	$164,229,886
432	The War of the Roses	1989	21,886,284	$86,888,546	$164,147,127
433	The Blue Lagoon	1980	21,878,478	$58,853,106	$164,088,586
434	The Proposal	2009	21,861,071	$163,958,031	$163,958,031
435	Big Momma's House	2000	21,810,656	$117,559,438	$163,579,923
436	Dirty Harry	1971	21,803,636	$35,976,000	$163,527,273
437	2012	2009	21,792,284	$163,442,129	$163,442,129
438	Mr. Deeds	2002	21,737,255	$126,293,452	$163,029,413
439	The Enforcer	1976	21,707,042	$46,236,000	$162,802,817
440	Knocked Up	2007	21,623,389	$148,768,917	$162,175,418
441	The Prince of Egypt	1998	21,623,281	$101,413,188	$162,174,608
442	Kindergarten Cop	1990	21,621,203	$91,457,688	$162,159,021
443	Hercules	1997	21,593,050	$99,112,101	$161,947,877
444	Michael	1996	21,565,204	$95,318,203	$161,739,032
445	Octopussy	1983	21,553,530	$67,893,619	$161,651,474
446	Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!	2008	21,522,206	$154,529,439	$161,416,545
447	The Golden Child	1986	21,514,269	$79,817,937	$161,357,015
448	Troy	2004	21,477,980	$133,378,256	$161,084,850
449	Sudden Impact	1983	21,473,871	$67,642,693	$161,054,031
450	Remember The Titans	2000	21,457,282	$115,654,751	$160,929,616
451	Cocoon	1985	21,440,317	$76,113,124	$160,802,375
452	The Rugrats Movie	1998	21,427,436	$100,494,675	$160,705,770
453	The Jewel of the Nile	1985	21,400,901	$75,973,200	$160,506,761
454	Shakespeare in Love	1998	21,389,722	$100,317,794	$160,422,912
455	The Blues Brothers	1980	21,275,052	$57,229,890	$159,562,890
456	Sex and the City	2008	21,260,064	$152,647,258	$159,450,478
457	The Deep	1977	21,231,554	$47,346,365	$159,236,654
458	Father of the Bride	1991	21,217,525	$89,325,780	$159,131,437
459	The Hand That Rocks the Cradle	1992	21,213,659	$88,036,683	$159,102,439
460	Chariots of Fire	1981	21,213,275	$58,972,904	$159,099,561
461	Revenge of the Pink Panther	1978	21,187,722	$49,579,269	$158,907,913
462	Benji	1974	21,150,802	$39,552,000	$158,631,016
463	Chicken Little	2005	21,121,165	$135,386,665	$158,408,734
464	Steel Magnolias	1989	21,098,008	$83,759,091	$158,235,059
465	2 Fast 2 Furious	2003	21,087,048	$127,154,901	$158,152,862
466	Analyze This	1999	21,040,484	$106,885,658	$157,803,629
467	The Patriot	2000	21,026,037	$113,330,342	$157,695,281
468	Crimson Tide	1995	21,008,551	$91,387,195	$157,564,129
469	The Spy Who Loved Me	1977	21,003,889	$46,838,673	$157,529,169
470	Click	2006	20,970,326	$137,355,633	$157,277,442
471	The Bourne Identity	2002	20,940,049	$121,661,683	$157,050,365
472	The Deer Hunter	1978	20,931,337	$48,979,328	$156,985,026
473	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly	1967	20,916,667	$25,100,000	$156,875,000
474	Juno	2007	20,856,870	$143,495,265	$156,426,524
475	Star Trek: First Contact	1996	20,820,789	$92,027,888	$156,155,919
476	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	2009	20,788,925	$155,916,935	$155,916,935
477	Splash	1984	20,780,159	$69,821,334	$155,851,192
478	Back to the Future Part III	1990	20,739,381	$87,727,583	$155,545,360
479	Something's Gotta Give	2003	20,684,700	$124,728,738	$155,135,246
480	Fast and Furious	2009	20,675,235	$155,064,265	$155,064,265
481	The Naked Gun 2 1/2	1991	20,648,554	$86,930,411	$154,864,153
482	Gran Torino	2008	20,626,087	$148,095,302	$154,695,650
483	Return of the Pink Panther	1975	20,607,560	$41,833,347	$154,556,701
484	The China Syndrome	1979	20,604,927	$51,718,367	$154,536,953
485	Staying Alive	1983	20,600,848	$64,892,670	$154,506,357
486	Mr. Mom	1983	20,566,294	$64,783,827	$154,247,207
487	The Sum of All Fears	2002	20,465,927	$118,907,036	$153,494,453
488	Mission: Impossible III	2006	20,462,565	$134,029,801	$153,469,238
489	Space Jam	1996	20,456,638	$90,418,342	$153,424,788
490	Herbie Rides Again	1974	20,443,316	$38,229,000	$153,324,866
491	Presumed Innocent	1990	20,402,645	$86,303,188	$153,019,837
492	Rush Hour 3	2007	20,367,147	$140,125,968	$152,753,599
493	Little Big Man	1970	20,361,001	$31,559,552	$152,707,510
494	Ordinary People	1980	20,359,451	$54,766,923	$152,695,882
495	Purple Rain	1984	20,355,053	$68,392,977	$152,662,895
496	Moonstruck	1987	20,312,476	$80,640,528	$152,343,567
497	Cliffhanger	1993	20,301,742	$84,049,211	$152,263,063
498	Waterworld	1995	20,286,487	$88,246,220	$152,148,655
499	Flubber	1997	20,256,476	$92,977,226	$151,923,572
500	The General's Daughter	1999	20,217,687	$102,705,852	$151,632,656
501	Ocean's Twelve	2004	20,216,470	$125,544,280	$151,623,527
502	The Departed	2006	20,211,346	$132,384,315	$151,585,094
503	Die Hard	1988	20,196,801	$83,008,852	$151,476,007
504	American Pie	1999	20,189,174	$102,561,004	$151,418,805
505	Risky Business	1983	20,171,993	$63,541,777	$151,289,945
506	Under Siege	1992	20,135,696	$83,563,139	$151,017,721
507	8 Mile	2002	20,094,819	$116,750,901	$150,711,146
508	Halloween	1978	20,085,470	$47,000,000	$150,641,026
509	Patriot Games	1992	20,084,720	$83,351,587	$150,635,398
510	Mamma Mia!	2008	20,073,825	$144,130,063	$150,553,687
511	The Mask of Zorro	1998	20,063,011	$94,095,523	$150,472,585
512	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	2009	20,026,866	$150,201,498	$150,201,498
513	Robots	2005	20,000,002	$128,200,012	$150,000,014
514	Live and Let Die	1973	19,987,478	$35,377,836	$149,906,085
515	Dr. Dolittle 2	2001	19,956,343	$112,952,899	$149,672,569
516	Seabiscuit	2003	19,946,576	$120,277,854	$149,599,321
517	Marley and Me	2008	19,937,848	$143,153,751	$149,533,862
518	Spy Kids	2001	19,915,018	$112,719,001	$149,362,634
519	Sleepy Hollow	1999	19,895,965	$101,071,502	$149,219,737
520	Bram Stoker's Dracula	1992	19,885,010	$82,522,790	$149,137,572
521	Disclosure	1994	19,860,069	$83,015,089	$148,950,519
522	Chicken Run	2000	19,820,884	$106,834,564	$148,656,629
523	Miss Congeniality	2000	19,815,894	$106,807,667	$148,619,203
524	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian	2008	19,724,442	$141,621,490	$147,933,311
525	For Your Eyes Only	1981	19,716,835	$54,812,802	$147,876,264
526	Slumdog Millionaire	2008	19,682,441	$141,319,928	$147,618,309
527	Borat	2006	19,619,230	$128,505,958	$147,144,227
528	Fried Green Tomatoes	1991	19,576,841	$82,418,501	$146,826,308
529	Live Free or Die Hard	2007	19,553,692	$134,529,403	$146,652,692
530	Days of Thunder	1990	19,543,909	$82,670,733	$146,579,314
531	Dangerous Minds	1995	19,521,701	$84,919,401	$146,412,760
532	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	2009	19,511,490	$146,336,178	$146,336,178
533	National Lampoon's Vacation	1983	19,491,921	$61,399,552	$146,189,410
534	50 First Dates	2004	19,469,899	$120,908,074	$146,024,244
535	Stepmom	1998	19,432,337	$91,137,662	$145,742,530
536	Annie	1982	19,407,824	$57,059,003	$145,558,681
537	S.W.A.T.	2003	19,392,148	$116,934,650	$145,441,107
538	Witness	1985	19,354,083	$68,706,993	$145,155,619
539	Van Helsing	2004	19,352,187	$120,177,084	$145,141,406
540	Antz	1998	19,351,357	$90,757,863	$145,135,175
541	Taken	2009	19,333,465	$145,000,989	$145,000,989
542	Ruthless People	1986	19,305,897	$71,624,879	$144,794,230
543	Foul Play	1978	19,230,607	$44,999,621	$144,229,554
544	Funny Lady	1975	19,211,823	$39,000,000	$144,088,670
545	The Untouchables	1987	19,211,701	$76,270,454	$144,087,759
546	The End	1978	19,195,364	$44,917,151	$143,965,228
547	Black Hawk Down	2001	19,194,125	$108,638,745	$143,955,934
548	Fahrenheit 9/11	2004	19,194,005	$119,194,771	$143,955,037
549	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	2007	19,174,671	$131,921,738	$143,810,034
550	Inspector Gadget	1999	19,173,841	$97,403,112	$143,803,807
551	The Naked Gun	1988	19,162,087	$78,756,177	$143,715,651
552	The Princess Diaries	2001	19,125,257	$108,248,956	$143,439,429
553	Another 48 HRS.	1990	19,106,140	$80,818,974	$143,296,053
554	Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events	2004	19,103,792	$118,634,549	$143,278,441
555	The Devil Wears Prada	2006	19,044,345	$124,740,460	$142,832,588
556	Cocktail	1988	19,032,300	$78,222,753	$142,742,250
557	Superman III	1983	19,031,944	$59,950,623	$142,739,579
558	Mr. Holland's Opus	1995	18,981,603	$82,569,971	$142,362,019
559	Up in Smoke	1978	18,959,079	$44,364,244	$142,193,090
560	American Gangster	2007	18,919,280	$130,164,645	$141,894,598
561	Ferris Bueller's Day Off	1986	18,904,682	$70,136,369	$141,785,113
562	Dr. No	1963	18,902,394	$16,067,035	$141,767,956
563	Gone in 60 Seconds	2000	18,858,733	$101,648,571	$141,440,498
564	Cape Fear	1991	18,786,691	$79,091,969	$140,900,182
565	The Incredible Hulk	2008	18,775,336	$134,806,913	$140,815,021
566	Free Willy	1993	18,767,784	$77,698,625	$140,758,379
567	Wanted	2008	18,733,781	$134,508,551	$140,503,361
568	Philadelphia	1993	18,706,870	$77,446,440	$140,301,522
569	Oh, God!	1977	18,693,831	$41,687,243	$140,203,732
570	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II	1991	18,683,329	$78,656,813	$140,124,964
571	Walk the Line	2005	18,645,773	$119,519,402	$139,843,294
572	While You Were Sleeping	1995	18,633,797	$81,057,016	$139,753,476
573	Congo	1995	18,625,770	$81,022,101	$139,693,278
574	Enchanted	2007	18,576,637	$127,807,262	$139,324,777
575	Spy Kids 3D: Game Over	2003	18,534,325	$111,761,982	$139,007,440
576	Popeye	1980	18,521,575	$49,823,037	$138,911,813
577	Backdraft	1991	18,496,101	$77,868,585	$138,720,757
578	Sherlock Holmes	2009	18,495,392	$138,715,437	$138,715,437
579	The Last Samurai	2003	18,429,065	$111,127,263	$138,217,989
580	DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story	2004	18,410,102	$114,326,736	$138,075,768
581	Bee Movie	2007	18,405,709	$126,631,277	$138,042,816
582	The Village	2004	18,389,295	$114,197,520	$137,919,710
583	White Men Can't Jump	1992	18,374,411	$76,253,806	$137,808,083
584	The Verdict	1982	18,359,609	$53,977,250	$137,697,066
585	A Christmas Carol (2009)	2009	18,325,856	$137,443,917	$137,443,917
586	Freaky Friday	2003	18,280,320	$110,230,332	$137,102,403
587	Scary Movie 3	2003	18,242,656	$110,003,217	$136,819,922
588	The Last of the Mohicans	1992	18,194,182	$75,505,856	$136,456,366
589	The Apple Dumpling Gang	1975	18,154,187	$36,853,000	$136,156,404
590	Get Smart	2008	18,150,308	$130,319,208	$136,127,306
591	The Four Seasons	1981	18,139,441	$50,427,646	$136,045,808
592	The Break-Up	2006	18,122,637	$118,703,275	$135,919,781
593	Star Trek: Generations	1994	18,103,140	$75,671,125	$135,773,550
594	Oliver and Company	1988	18,041,690	$74,151,346	$135,312,675
595	The Haunting	1999	17,994,321	$91,411,151	$134,957,408
596	Road to Perdition	2002	17,978,444	$104,454,762	$134,838,333
597	Christmas Vacation	1989	17,964,616	$71,319,526	$134,734,621
598	Gandhi	1982	17,948,262	$52,767,889	$134,611,962
599	Beetlejuice	1988	17,933,689	$73,707,461	$134,502,666
600	The Big Chill	1983	17,904,654	$56,399,659	$134,284,902
601	Turner & Hooch	1989	17,904,261	$71,079,915	$134,281,955
602	The X-Files: Fight the Future	1998	17,888,766	$83,898,313	$134,165,746
603	The English Patient	1996	17,800,096	$78,676,425	$133,500,721
604	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country	1991	17,788,360	$74,888,996	$133,412,701
605	Angels & Demons	2009	17,783,446	$133,375,846	$133,375,846
606	Vanilla Sky	2001	17,777,093	$100,618,344	$133,328,194
607	The Grudge	2004	17,771,234	$110,359,362	$133,284,254
608	The Prince of Tides	1991	17,764,275	$74,787,599	$133,232,065
609	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	2008	17,758,959	$127,509,326	$133,192,193
610	The Last Picture Show	1971	17,656,364	$29,133,000	$132,422,727
611	Superbad	2007	17,654,539	$121,463,226	$132,409,040
612	The Pacifier	2005	17,642,257	$113,086,868	$132,316,928
613	Born on the Fourth of July	1989	17,632,670	$70,001,698	$132,245,021
614	Unbreakable	2000	17,627,336	$95,011,339	$132,205,017
615	Father of the Bride Part II	1995	17,607,841	$76,594,107	$132,058,805
616	The Italian Job	2003	17,600,100	$106,128,601	$132,000,748
617	Never Say Never Again	1983	17,597,727	$55,432,841	$131,982,955
618	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days	2003	17,547,823	$105,813,373	$131,608,673
619	Love at First Bite	1979	17,484,064	$43,885,000	$131,130,478
620	I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry	2007	17,450,517	$120,059,556	$130,878,876
621	Urban Cowboy	1980	17,441,742	$46,918,287	$130,813,068
622	Ben-Hur (1925)	1925	17,436,000	$4,359,000	$130,770,000
623	Braveheart	1995	17,381,597	$75,609,945	$130,361,974
624	American Wedding	2003	17,340,815	$104,565,114	$130,056,112
625	Daddy Day Care	2003	17,296,362	$104,297,061	$129,722,713
626	The Goonies	1985	17,292,868	$61,389,680	$129,696,507
627	Hairspray (2007)	2007	17,277,885	$118,871,849	$129,584,138
628	Ace Ventura: Pet Detective	1994	17,276,889	$72,217,396	$129,576,667
629	Entrapment	1999	17,264,645	$87,704,396	$129,484,837
630	Blades of Glory	2007	17,237,580	$118,594,548	$129,281,847
631	Fun with Dick and Jane	2005	17,212,595	$110,332,737	$129,094,466
632	Annie Hall	1977	17,153,105	$38,251,425	$128,648,290
633	Meatballs	1979	17,149,802	$43,046,003	$128,623,515
634	Escape from Alcatraz	1979	17,131,474	$43,000,000	$128,486,056
635	Groundhog Day	1993	17,127,288	$70,906,973	$128,454,661
636	Stargate	1994	17,121,355	$71,567,262	$128,410,159
637	The Wedding Singer	1998	17,109,963	$80,245,725	$128,324,720
638	The 40-Year-Old Virgin	2005	17,074,764	$109,449,237	$128,060,730
639	The Others	2001	17,053,478	$96,522,687	$127,901,087
640	Legally Blonde	2001	17,053,123	$96,520,674	$127,898,420
641	The Main Event	1979	17,051,793	$42,800,000	$127,888,446
642	Ocean's Thirteen	2007	17,028,303	$117,154,724	$127,712,272
643	Daredevil	2003	17,005,559	$102,543,518	$127,541,689
644	Silent Movie	1976	16,969,810	$36,145,695	$127,273,574
645	Grumpy Old Men	1993	16,949,908	$70,172,621	$127,124,313
646	Three Men and a Little Lady	1990	16,928,917	$71,609,321	$126,966,881
647	Spies Like Us	1985	16,926,473	$60,088,980	$126,948,549
648	Boomerang	1992	16,880,107	$70,052,444	$126,600,802
649	Pokemon: The First Movie	1999	16,878,870	$85,744,662	$126,591,529
650	The Secret of My Success	1987	16,875,536	$66,995,879	$126,566,522
651	Tommy	1975	16,872,672	$34,251,525	$126,545,043
652	Serpico	1973	16,836,158	$29,800,000	$126,271,186
653	Ghost Rider	2007	16,831,773	$115,802,596	$126,238,295
654	Uncle Buck	1989	16,815,753	$66,758,538	$126,118,145
655	Me, Myself and Irene	2000	16,803,525	$90,570,999	$126,026,436
656	Space Cowboys	2000	16,783,817	$90,464,773	$125,878,627
657	Bird on a Wire	1990	16,779,672	$70,978,012	$125,847,539
658	City of Angels	1998	16,777,210	$78,685,114	$125,829,074
659	The Cat in the Hat	2003	16,764,786	$101,091,659	$125,735,894
660	Down and Out in Beverly Hills	1986	16,747,770	$62,134,225	$125,608,272
661	Four Christmases	2008	16,733,432	$120,146,040	$125,500,738
662	JFK	1991	16,723,396	$70,405,498	$125,425,471
663	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle	2003	16,721,411	$100,830,111	$125,410,586
664	Terminator Salvation	2009	16,709,663	$125,322,469	$125,322,469
665	Semi-Tough	1977	16,675,847	$37,187,139	$125,068,853
666	Cool Runnings	1993	16,631,948	$68,856,263	$124,739,607
667	The Wizard of Oz	1939	16,620,930	$19,646,431	$124,656,977
668	Panic Room	2002	16,591,624	$96,397,334	$124,437,178
669	Get Shorty	1995	16,575,086	$72,101,622	$124,313,141
670	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	2009	16,568,654	$124,264,907	$124,264,907
671	The Emperor's New Groove	2000	16,568,217	$89,302,687	$124,261,624
672	Conspiracy Theory	1997	16,553,994	$75,982,834	$124,154,958
673	Stakeout	1987	16,542,376	$65,673,233	$124,067,821
674	Scream 3	2000	16,538,622	$89,143,175	$124,039,668
675	America's Sweethearts	2001	16,538,458	$93,607,673	$124,038,436
676	The Aviator	2004	16,523,403	$102,610,330	$123,925,519
677	Everest (IMAX)	1998	16,507,007	$77,417,861	$123,802,550
678	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	1974	16,502,139	$30,859,000	$123,766,043
679	Hot Shots!	1991	16,500,622	$69,467,617	$123,754,662
680	Cats and Dogs	2001	16,499,208	$93,385,515	$123,744,057
681	Grumpier Old Men	1995	16,441,035	$71,518,503	$123,307,764
682	The Bridges of Madison County	1995	16,440,602	$71,516,617	$123,304,512
683	Lethal Weapon	1987	16,424,969	$65,207,127	$123,187,268
684	The Shining	1980	16,363,336	$44,017,374	$122,725,020
685	Seems Like Old Times	1980	16,355,360	$43,995,918	$122,665,199
686	Collateral	2004	16,265,009	$101,005,703	$121,987,564
687	Field of Dreams	1989	16,229,628	$64,431,625	$121,722,213
688	Mortal Kombat	1995	16,196,344	$70,454,098	$121,472,583
689	Million Dollar Baby	2004	16,182,319	$100,492,203	$121,367,395
690	Maid in Manhattan	2002	16,180,934	$94,011,225	$121,357,003
691	Dirty Dancing	1987	16,109,389	$63,954,274	$120,820,417
692	Save the Last Dance	2001	16,087,810	$91,057,006	$120,658,577
693	The Horse Whisperer	1998	16,073,254	$75,383,563	$120,549,408
694	Inglourious Basterds	2009	16,072,096	$120,540,719	$120,540,719
695	Two Weeks Notice	2002	16,067,961	$93,354,851	$120,509,704
696	The Witches of Eastwick	1987	16,062,093	$63,766,510	$120,465,699
697	First Blood	1982	16,058,811	$47,212,904	$120,441,082
698	Payback	1999	16,048,449	$81,526,121	$120,363,368
699	On Her Majesty's Secret Service	1969	16,038,375	$22,774,493	$120,287,815
700	Red Dragon	2002	16,032,685	$93,149,898	$120,245,135
701	The Toy	1982	16,026,550	$47,118,057	$120,199,125
702	Nine Months	1995	16,019,433	$69,684,532	$120,145,745
703	Broken Arrow	1996	16,011,345	$70,770,147	$120,085,091
704	The Talented Mr. Ripley	1999	16,003,595	$81,298,265	$120,026,966
705	Tango & Cash	1989	15,971,943	$63,408,614	$119,789,573
706	Legends of the Fall	1994	15,942,317	$66,638,883	$119,567,374
707	G-Force	2009	15,924,903	$119,436,770	$119,436,770
708	Manhattan	1979	15,915,052	$39,946,780	$119,362,888
709	Firefox	1982	15,887,169	$46,708,276	$119,153,765
710	Bolt	2008	15,884,900	$114,053,579	$119,136,747
711	The Pink Panther Strikes Again	1976	15,884,132	$33,833,201	$119,130,989
712	Carrie	1976	15,868,545	$33,800,000	$119,014,085
713	Six Days, Seven Nights	1998	15,850,596	$74,339,294	$118,879,468
714	Cold Mountain	2003	15,816,882	$95,375,797	$118,626,613
715	I Know What You Did Last Summer	1997	15,813,973	$72,586,134	$118,604,794
716	Dreamgirls	2006	15,781,062	$103,365,956	$118,357,965
717	The Godfather Part III	1990	15,760,298	$66,666,062	$118,202,238
718	The Scorpion King	2002	15,670,753	$91,047,077	$117,530,650
719	Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment	1985	15,661,972	$55,600,000	$117,464,789
720	Chinatown	1974	15,614,973	$29,200,000	$117,112,299
721	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	2003	15,576,769	$93,927,920	$116,825,771
722	Outbreak	1995	15,553,922	$67,659,560	$116,654,414
723	Wolf	1994	15,550,861	$65,002,597	$116,631,454
724	Working Girl	1988	15,518,121	$63,779,477	$116,385,907
725	Heat	1995	15,502,717	$67,436,818	$116,270,376
726	Cheech & Chong's Next Movie	1980	15,492,637	$41,675,194	$116,194,779
727	Amadeus	1984	15,468,163	$51,973,029	$116,011,225
728	District 9	2009	15,419,498	$115,646,235	$115,646,235
729	Waiting to Exhale	1995	15,414,289	$67,052,156	$115,607,166
730	Tropic Thunder	2008	15,392,105	$110,515,313	$115,440,787
731	Bedtime Stories	2008	15,334,537	$110,101,975	$115,009,027
732	Harlem Nights	1989	15,331,202	$60,864,870	$114,984,011
733	The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement	2004	15,325,359	$95,170,481	$114,940,194
734	Dave	1993	15,282,780	$63,270,710	$114,620,851
735	Rising Sun	1993	15,260,754	$63,179,523	$114,455,658
736	Time Bandits	1981	15,239,418	$42,365,581	$114,295,632
737	A Fish Called Wanda	1988	15,205,283	$62,493,712	$114,039,620
738	Scent of a Woman	1992	15,203,675	$63,095,253	$114,027,566
739	What About Bob?	1991	15,132,501	$63,707,829	$113,493,757
740	Bad Boys	1995	15,128,051	$65,807,024	$113,460,386
741	The Bad News Bears	1976	15,122,690	$32,211,330	$113,420,176
742	The Crying Game	1992	15,072,035	$62,548,947	$113,040,266
743	All That Jazz	1979	15,069,194	$37,823,676	$113,018,952
744	The Black Stallion	1979	15,059,619	$37,799,643	$112,947,140
745	Predator	1987	15,046,738	$59,735,548	$112,850,531
746	Heroes	1977	15,022,422	$33,500,000	$112,668,161
747	Star Trek: Insurrection	1998	14,965,386	$70,187,658	$112,240,391
748	Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde	2003	14,956,273	$90,186,328	$112,172,050
749	Mystic River	2003	14,947,793	$90,135,191	$112,108,447
750	Blade	1998	14,944,076	$70,087,718	$112,080,572
751	The Outlaw Josey Wales	1976	14,929,577	$31,800,000	$111,971,831
752	Any Given Sunday	1999	14,868,274	$75,530,832	$111,512,055
753	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	2001	14,850,967	$84,056,472	$111,382,251
754	Caddyshack	1980	14,812,767	$39,846,344	$111,095,755
755	Clash of the Titans	1981	14,781,413	$41,092,328	$110,860,597
756	Friday the 13th	1980	14,778,662	$39,754,601	$110,839,966
757	Murder on the Orient Express	1974	14,777,923	$27,634,716	$110,834,422
758	Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	2002	14,775,633	$85,846,429	$110,817,249
759	Sea of Love	1989	14,753,530	$58,571,513	$110,651,473
760	Lost in Space	1998	14,737,234	$69,117,629	$110,529,257
761	Scrooged	1988	14,678,481	$60,328,558	$110,088,609
762	Absence of Malice	1981	14,646,390	$40,716,963	$109,847,922
763	Babe	1995	14,634,232	$63,658,910	$109,756,741
764	Dante's Peak	1997	14,624,784	$67,127,760	$109,685,882
765	Evan Almighty	2007	14,602,078	$100,462,298	$109,515,586
766	Throw Momma From the Train	1987	14,588,406	$57,915,972	$109,413,045
767	Flatliners	1990	14,536,469	$61,489,265	$109,023,520
768	Reds	1981	14,526,136	$40,382,659	$108,946,022
769	Deep Blue Sea	1999	14,497,666	$73,648,142	$108,732,493
770	Misery	1990	14,486,258	$61,276,872	$108,646,936
771	Pet Sematary	1989	14,475,936	$57,469,467	$108,569,522
772	Couples Retreat	2009	14,468,235	$108,511,760	$108,511,760
773	Dragnet	1987	14,455,294	$57,387,516	$108,414,703
774	Jaws 3-D	1983	14,449,859	$45,517,055	$108,373,940
775	A Perfect Murder	1998	14,421,827	$67,638,368	$108,163,701
776	Scarface	1983	14,415,461	$45,408,703	$108,115,960
777	Paranormal Activity	2009	14,380,613	$107,854,596	$107,854,596
778	That's Entertainment!	1974	14,379,786	$26,890,200	$107,848,396
779	Anaconda	1997	14,354,198	$65,885,767	$107,656,482
780	Watchmen	2009	14,334,640	$107,509,799	$107,509,799
781	Tightrope	1984	14,328,446	$48,143,579	$107,463,346
782	U-571	2000	14,308,426	$77,122,415	$107,313,193
783	Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	2001	14,299,688	$80,936,232	$107,247,657
784	Beavis and Butthead Do America	1996	14,280,178	$63,118,386	$107,101,334
785	The Black Hole	1979	14,279,642	$35,841,901	$107,097,314
786	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	2008	14,274,621	$102,491,776	$107,059,655
787	The Natural	1984	14,271,422	$47,951,979	$107,035,667
788	Fletch	1985	14,257,152	$50,612,888	$106,928,637
789	Meet the Robinsons	2007	14,218,339	$97,822,171	$106,637,541
790	Starsky and Hutch	2004	14,208,978	$88,237,754	$106,567,336
791	Starting Over	1979	14,202,794	$35,649,012	$106,520,952
792	Rugrats in Paris: The Movie	2000	14,194,389	$76,507,756	$106,457,917
793	Far and Away	1992	14,188,877	$58,883,840	$106,416,578
794	Along Came Polly	2004	14,186,339	$88,097,164	$106,397,541
795	A View to a Kill	1985	14,176,890	$50,327,960	$106,326,676
796	Blade II	2002	14,173,549	$82,348,319	$106,301,617
797	Journey to the Center of the Earth	2008	14,164,954	$101,704,370	$106,237,155
798	Brother Bear	2003	14,151,953	$85,336,277	$106,139,648
799	The Parent Trap	1998	14,138,277	$66,308,518	$106,037,076
800	Honey, I Blew Up the Kid	1992	14,135,531	$58,662,452	$106,016,480
801	The Last Boy Scout	1991	14,135,374	$59,509,925	$106,015,306
802	My Girl	1991	14,130,594	$59,489,799	$105,979,452
803	Eagle Eye	2008	14,128,237	$101,440,743	$105,961,779
804	Housesitter	1992	14,096,539	$58,500,635	$105,724,039
805	The Color of Money	1986	14,095,413	$52,293,982	$105,715,597
806	Stand By Me	1986	14,093,643	$52,287,414	$105,702,319
807	Galaxy Quest	1999	14,091,322	$71,583,916	$105,684,915
808	L.A. Confidential	1997	14,077,765	$64,616,940	$105,583,235
809	Death Becomes Her	1992	14,077,747	$58,422,650	$105,583,102
810	The Family Man	2000	14,061,838	$75,793,305	$105,463,782
811	Demolition Man	1993	14,023,132	$58,055,768	$105,173,493
812	Ever After: A Cinderella Story	1998	14,009,759	$65,705,771	$105,073,195
813	Flightplan	2005	13,994,898	$89,707,299	$104,961,738
814	Step Brothers	2008	13,992,868	$100,468,793	$104,946,511
815	Snow Dogs	2002	13,971,181	$81,172,560	$104,783,855
816	Coming Home	1978	13,954,660	$32,653,905	$104,659,952
817	Willow	1988	13,934,273	$57,269,863	$104,507,049
818	You Don't Mess with the Zohan	2008	13,930,200	$100,018,837	$104,476,501
819	High Anxiety	1977	13,929,613	$31,063,038	$104,472,101
820	In & Out	1997	13,912,185	$63,856,929	$104,341,387
821	Norbit	2007	13,906,048	$95,673,607	$104,295,356
822	European Vacation	1985	13,905,527	$49,364,621	$104,291,453
823	The Fifth Element	1997	13,904,179	$63,820,180	$104,281,340
824	A.I. Artificial Intelligence	2001	13,889,874	$78,616,689	$104,174,058
825	Beaches	1988	13,878,800	$57,041,866	$104,090,996
826	Mean Girls	2004	13,857,980	$86,058,055	$103,934,849
827	Scary Movie 4	2006	13,848,950	$90,710,620	$103,867,122
828	Sister Act 2	1993	13,845,176	$57,319,029	$103,838,821
829	The American President	1995	13,811,378	$60,079,496	$103,585,338
830	Species	1995	13,810,139	$60,074,103	$103,576,040
831	The Dark Crystal	1982	13,801,701	$40,577,001	$103,512,758
832	Brubaker	1980	13,799,891	$37,121,708	$103,499,186
833	Exorcist II: The Heretic	1977	13,788,853	$30,749,142	$103,416,397
834	Unlawful Entry	1992	13,768,366	$57,138,719	$103,262,745
835	Beethoven	1992	13,762,421	$57,114,049	$103,218,161
836	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	2004	13,754,910	$85,417,988	$103,161,821
837	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	2004	13,734,026	$85,288,303	$103,005,197
838	The Specialist	1994	13,723,106	$57,362,582	$102,923,293
839	Jingle All the Way	1996	13,708,685	$60,592,389	$102,815,140
840	Freddy vs. Jason	2003	13,701,933	$82,622,655	$102,764,496
841	The Abyss	1989	13,665,289	$54,251,196	$102,489,665
842	Boyz N the Hood	1991	13,658,924	$57,504,069	$102,441,928
843	La Bamba	1987	13,656,276	$54,215,416	$102,422,071
844	Tombstone	1993	13,648,566	$56,505,065	$102,364,248
845	Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan	1984	13,648,382	$45,858,563	$102,362,864
846	The Thomas Crown Affair	1999	13,642,752	$69,305,181	$102,320,641
847	The Cable Guy	1996	13,629,026	$60,240,295	$102,217,695
848	Yes Man	2008	13,605,986	$97,690,976	$102,044,891
849	Mask	1985	13,585,961	$48,230,162	$101,894,708
850	The Bucket List	2007	13,585,247	$93,466,502	$101,889,355
851	Hollow Man	2000	13,582,438	$73,209,340	$101,868,284
852	Saw II	2005	13,578,778	$87,039,965	$101,840,833
853	Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed	2004	13,561,487	$84,216,833	$101,711,151
854	Failure to Launch	2006	13,544,304	$88,715,192	$101,582,281
855	Training Day	2001	13,539,206	$76,631,907	$101,544,046
856	Three Days of the Condor	1975	13,535,100	$27,476,252	$101,513,246
857	Inside Man	2006	13,513,511	$88,513,495	$101,351,330
858	Mouse Hunt	1997	13,489,627	$61,917,389	$101,172,204
859	Blue Streak	1999	13,487,900	$68,518,533	$101,159,251
860	Forever Young	1992	13,483,419	$55,956,187	$101,125,639
861	School of Rock	2003	13,476,149	$81,261,177	$101,071,116
862	Conan the Barbarian	1982	13,457,645	$39,565,475	$100,932,334
863	Robocop	1987	13,457,098	$53,424,681	$100,928,239
864	We Were Soldiers	2002	13,446,251	$78,122,718	$100,846,882
865	Legal Eagles	1986	13,437,087	$49,851,591	$100,778,149
866	Blue Thunder	1983	13,432,811	$42,313,354	$100,746,081
867	Gangs of New York	2002	13,392,771	$77,812,000	$100,445,783
868	The Saint	1997	13,368,912	$61,363,304	$100,266,837
869	Alien 3	1992	13,367,119	$55,473,545	$100,253,395
870	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre	2003	13,361,800	$80,571,655	$100,213,501
871	Courage Under Fire	1996	13,355,443	$59,031,057	$100,165,821
872	Edward Scissorhands	1990	13,324,433	$56,362,352	$99,933,248
873	Outrageous Fortune	1987	13,316,056	$52,864,741	$99,870,418
874	The Sword and the Sorcerer	1982	13,300,485	$39,103,425	$99,753,635
875	A Shot in the Dark	1964	13,299,176	$12,368,234	$99,743,823
876	The Devil's Advocate	1997	13,277,704	$60,944,660	$99,582,778
877	Chocolat	2000	13,267,043	$71,509,363	$99,502,824
878	Jack	1996	13,262,664	$58,620,973	$99,469,977
879	Cobra	1986	13,218,928	$49,042,224	$99,141,962
880	10,000 B.C.	2008	13,201,142	$94,784,201	$99,008,567
881	Kiss the Girls	1997	13,186,900	$60,527,873	$98,901,753
882	The Game Plan	2007	13,175,611	$90,648,202	$98,817,081
883	End of Days	1999	13,167,134	$66,889,043	$98,753,508
884	Beverly Hills Chihuahua	2008	13,163,566	$94,514,402	$98,726,743
885	Tarzan, the Ape Man	1981	13,152,978	$36,565,280	$98,647,338
886	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier	1989	13,151,146	$52,210,049	$98,633,594
887	Twelve Monkeys	1995	13,135,968	$57,141,459	$98,519,757
888	The Bone Collector	1999	13,094,223	$66,518,655	$98,206,676
889	Along Came a Spider	2001	13,088,017	$74,078,174	$98,160,125
890	Rambo III	1988	13,069,492	$53,715,611	$98,021,188
891	Bowfinger	1999	13,067,869	$66,384,775	$98,009,018
892	Jungle 2 Jungle	1997	13,056,126	$59,927,618	$97,920,944
893	Shaft	2000	13,049,027	$70,334,258	$97,867,706
894	The Notebook	2004	13,043,766	$81,001,787	$97,828,245
895	Barbershop	2002	13,043,392	$75,782,105	$97,825,437
896	Doc Hollywood	1991	13,023,938	$54,830,779	$97,679,535
897	The Lord of the Rings (1978)	1978	13,021,974	$30,471,420	$97,664,808
898	The Three Musketeers	1993	13,019,045	$53,898,845	$97,642,835
899	Clueless	1995	13,018,752	$56,631,572	$97,640,641
900	The Rookie	2002	13,012,061	$75,600,072	$97,590,454
901	Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo	1977	13,004,484	$29,000,000	$97,533,632
902	Open Season	2006	12,993,169	$85,105,259	$97,448,770
903	Brokeback Mountain	2005	12,955,345	$83,043,761	$97,165,087
904	Rookie of the Year	1993	12,950,505	$53,615,089	$97,128,784
905	Public Enemies	2009	12,947,283	$97,104,620	$97,104,620
906	Monster-in-Law	2005	12,937,800	$82,931,301	$97,033,504
907	Disney's The Kid	2000	12,929,861	$69,691,949	$96,973,955
908	Alien Vs. Predator	2004	12,927,895	$80,282,231	$96,959,216
909	The Breakfast Club	1985	12,922,583	$45,875,171	$96,919,375
910	Broadcast News	1987	12,909,170	$51,249,404	$96,818,773
911	Beethoven's 2nd	1993	12,908,953	$53,443,066	$96,817,149
912	Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo	1999	12,901,330	$65,538,755	$96,759,973
913	The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause	2006	12,900,782	$84,500,122	$96,755,865
914	Taps	1981	12,897,861	$35,856,053	$96,733,956
915	Are We There Yet?	2005	12,897,722	$82,674,398	$96,732,915
916	The Living Daylights	1987	12,893,173	$51,185,897	$96,698,798
917	Cheaper by the Dozen 2	2005	12,881,618	$82,571,173	$96,612,137
918	Vertical Limit	2000	12,846,727	$69,243,859	$96,350,453
919	Taxi Driver	1976	12,816,901	$27,300,000	$96,126,761
920	Sharky's Machine	1981	12,809,388	$35,610,100	$96,070,414
921	Hope Floats	1998	12,804,519	$60,053,195	$96,033,894
922	An American Tail	1986	12,798,653	$47,483,002	$95,989,896
923	Executive Decision	1996	12,798,465	$56,569,216	$95,988,489
924	Yentl	1983	12,767,904	$40,218,899	$95,759,283
925	Little Darlings	1980	12,760,687	$34,326,249	$95,705,155
926	My Cousin Vinny	1992	12,754,016	$52,929,168	$95,655,123
927	Anastasia	1997	12,724,694	$58,406,347	$95,435,208
928	Eddie Murphy Raw	1987	12,721,576	$50,504,655	$95,411,817
929	Road Trip	2000	12,716,285	$68,540,777	$95,372,139
930	Primal Fear	1996	12,695,969	$56,116,183	$95,219,768
931	Bring It On	2000	12,686,271	$68,379,000	$95,147,032
932	Charlotte's Web (2006)	2006	12,669,574	$82,985,708	$95,021,803
933	1941	1979	12,651,690	$31,755,742	$94,887,675
934	Problem Child	1990	12,640,873	$53,470,891	$94,806,544
935	Bridget Jones's Diary	2001	12,640,181	$71,543,427	$94,801,361
936	Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron	2002	12,612,757	$73,280,117	$94,595,676
937	High School Musical 3: Senior Year	2008	12,612,732	$90,559,416	$94,595,490
938	Four Weddings and a Funeral	1994	12,607,855	$52,700,832	$94,558,909
939	Scary Movie 2	2001	12,598,763	$71,308,997	$94,490,720
940	Arachnophobia	1990	12,578,766	$53,208,180	$94,340,745
941	The Haunted Mansion	2003	12,578,319	$75,847,266	$94,337,396
942	Excalibur	1981	12,578,215	$34,967,437	$94,336,611
943	Life	1999	12,575,990	$63,886,029	$94,319,925
944	The Score	2001	12,563,200	$71,107,711	$94,223,999
945	Slap Shot	1977	12,556,054	$28,000,000	$94,170,404
946	The Pink Panther (2006)	2006	12,553,660	$82,226,474	$94,152,451
947	Julie & Julia	2009	12,550,057	$94,125,426	$94,125,426
948	Man on Fire	2004	12,546,179	$77,911,774	$94,096,345
949	Major League	1989	12,543,362	$49,797,148	$94,075,217
950	The Terminal	2004	12,539,917	$77,872,883	$94,049,376
951	Old School	2003	12,534,841	$75,585,093	$94,011,310
952	He's Just Not That Into You	2009	12,527,154	$93,953,653	$93,953,653
953	Best Friends	1982	12,524,219	$36,821,203	$93,931,640
954	The Dukes of Hazzard	2005	12,522,656	$80,270,227	$93,919,922
955	Shallow Hal	2001	12,515,760	$70,839,203	$93,868,202
956	For a Few Dollars More	1967	12,500,000	$15,000,000	$93,750,000
957	Friday the 13th Part III	1982	12,479,615	$36,690,067	$93,597,110
958	Planes, Trains and Automobiles	1987	12,476,141	$49,530,280	$93,571,058
959	She's All That	1999	12,473,817	$63,366,989	$93,553,625
960	The Little Rascals	1994	12,470,163	$52,125,282	$93,526,224
961	Joe	1970	12,464,035	$19,319,254	$93,480,261
962	Eight Below	2006	12,459,934	$81,612,565	$93,449,502
963	102 Dalmatians	2000	12,422,454	$66,957,026	$93,168,404
964	Sneakers	1992	12,393,420	$51,432,691	$92,950,646
965	Dennis the Menace	1993	12,384,243	$51,270,765	$92,881,821
966	Bull Durham	1988	12,381,686	$50,888,729	$92,862,644
967	John Q.	2002	12,350,568	$71,756,802	$92,629,262
968	Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip	1982	12,346,844	$36,299,720	$92,601,327
969	Sabrina	1995	12,338,409	$53,672,080	$92,538,069
970	Swordfish	2001	12,327,380	$69,772,969	$92,455,348
971	Awakenings	1990	12,315,952	$52,096,475	$92,369,637
972	Life is Beautiful	1998	12,273,617	$57,563,264	$92,052,128
973	Beneath the Planet of the Apes	1970	12,257,883	$18,999,718	$91,934,119
974	Saw III	2006	12,250,187	$80,238,724	$91,876,402
975	Nacho Libre	2006	12,243,968	$80,197,993	$91,829,763
976	The Naked Gun 33 1/3	1994	12,232,679	$51,132,598	$91,745,092
977	The Mighty Ducks	1992	12,229,479	$50,752,337	$91,721,091
978	U.S. Marshals	1998	12,189,212	$57,167,405	$91,419,091
979	Tin Cup	1996	12,184,296	$53,854,588	$91,382,219
980	Nightmare Before Christmas	1993	12,168,993	$50,379,629	$91,267,444
981	Revenge of the Nerds	1984	12,165,015	$40,874,452	$91,237,616
982	Pineapple Express	2008	12,164,538	$87,341,380	$91,234,032
983	House Calls	1978	12,162,693	$28,460,702	$91,220,199
984	The Man in the Iron Mask	1998	12,146,887	$56,968,902	$91,101,656
985	Garfield: The Movie	2004	12,136,810	$75,369,589	$91,026,074
986	Ray	2004	12,130,692	$75,331,600	$90,980,193
987	The Champ	1979	12,128,182	$30,441,738	$90,961,369
988	The Crow	1994	12,127,543	$50,693,129	$90,956,571
989	Sommersby	1993	12,097,100	$50,081,992	$90,728,246
990	A Civil Action	1998	12,091,680	$56,709,981	$90,687,603
991	A Fistfull of Dollars	1967	12,083,333	$14,500,000	$90,625,000
992	Last Action Hero	1993	12,081,255	$50,016,394	$90,609,409
993	March of the Penguins	2005	12,080,690	$77,437,223	$90,605,175
994	Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail	2009	12,067,778	$90,508,336	$90,508,336
995	Sleepers	1996	12,062,282	$53,315,285	$90,467,113
996	Lucky Lady	1975	12,040,259	$24,441,725	$90,301,940
997	Natural Born Killers	1994	12,029,370	$50,282,766	$90,220,274
998	2010	1984	12,024,005	$40,400,657	$90,180,038
999	Being There	1979	12,022,913	$30,177,511	$90,171,846
1000	Angels in the Outfield	1994	12,018,381	$50,236,831	$90,137,855

Total Days Above $10m for Major Films

2009-12-24T16:12:00.006-05:00

Depending on how well it holds up on Dec. 24th, Avatar could end up with the most straight days above $10m, a record currently held by Transformers 2 with 12. It could also surpass The Dark Knight as the film with the most overall days above $10m, with 15.

This is not an exhaustive list, but, total days above $10m for major films:

TDK 15 (11 straight)
LOTR: ROTK 15
Titanic 14
LOTR: Two Towers 14
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 13
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 12 (12 straight)
POTC: Dead Man's Chest 12 (10 straight)
Shrek 2 12
Meet the Fockers 12
LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring 12
Spider-Man 11 (two days it was at $9.96m and 9.95m, so almost 13!)
Spider-Man 2 11
The Passion of the Christ 11
Harry Potter 1 (Sorcerer's Stone) 11
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith 10
Night at the Museum 10 Transformers 9
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones 9
Independence Day 9
Spider-Man 3 8
Shrek The Third 8
POTC: Curse of the Black Pearl 8
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 8
The Matrix Reloaded 8
The Twilight Saga: New Moon 8
The Incredibles 8
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 8
How the Grinch Stole Christmas 8
POTC: At World's End 7 (+ 1 day previews)
Shrek 7
Jurassic Park 7
Finding Nemo 7
Iron Man 7
Up 7
Bruce Almighty 7

Avatar Opening Weekend

2009-12-20T16:57:00.004-05:00

Avatar's opening is very, very good. Unfortunately, the film opened during an ice storm, and the effect is apparent in the Saturday and Sunday drops (an estimated -5% and -20%). The film would almost certainly have increased on Saturday and dropped less on Sunday had it not been for the bad weather.

Boxoffice.com has an interesting bit that gives a sense of how badly the box office was affected by the weather this weekend:

Grosses in New York dropped 18 percent from Friday to Saturday, Philadelphia was down 57 percent, Washington, DC fell 75 percent and Baltimore dipped 86 percent.

This bodes well for the film's legs, however, as people who had to stay away from theatres this weekend will find the time to check the film out over the holidays. The film's reception thus far is stellar:

Word of mouth is glowingAvatar received an A rating across all quadrants as well as a few A+ ratings on Cinema Score.
"Our exit polls are probably as good as, or better than, any I've ever seen," adds Aronson.

A gross of $300m+ is all but guaranteed now, although the film will probably not have the strength to get past $400m. Much, however, will depend on how the film performs throughout the first three months of 2010 leading up to the Oscars, for which it looks to be nominated in several categories.

At any rate, the film is already a major success for James Cameron, whose Titanic remains by far the biggest film of all time. Avatar is also doing very well overseas. Per Screen Daily:

Avatar recorded the sixth highest day-and-date launch in history as Fox International’s epic adventure grossed an estimated $159.2m from 106 markets.

Combined with the $73m North American debut, James Cameron’s film has amassed $232.2m worldwide in its first weekend and should see Fox International past the $2bn mark by Monday.

It's too early to determine how far the film will go on with these opening figures, but it looks headed for at least $800m worldwide, with a shot at $900. In short, it's a hit.

Now, about the weekend gross: Avatar registered the 31st biggest opening weekend of all time in North America, with $73m. This also marks the 6th biggest opening of 2009. The film also registered the 2nd biggest opening of all time among December releases, falling just behind I Am Legen's $77m but ending up ahead of Return of the King's $72.6m. It would most likely have claimed that record had it not been for the bad weather.

A more impressive achievement, in my opinion, is the fact that Avatar had the third largest opening of all time for releases with a theatre count of less than 3,500:

Just a note: 2001's Planet of the Apes opened in exactly 3,500 theatres with an incredible $68.5m.

It will be very exciting to track Avatar's performance, so stay tuned!