Opening Weekends: 4,000+ Theatres

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