List of highest-grossing openings for films

List of highest-grossing openings for films

The following is a list of the highest-grossing opening weekends for films. The list is dominated by recent films due to steadily increasing marketing budgets, and modern films opening on more screens. Another contributing factor is inflation not being taken into account. Jaws, the first "summer blockbuster", introduced the screen saturation strategy.

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Biggest worldwide openings since 2002

This list charts films that had openings in excess of $200 million worldwide. Since films do not open on Fridays in many markets, the 'opening' is taken to be the gross between the first day of release and the first Sunday. Figures prior to the year 2002 are not available.

Rank Film Year Opening (USD)[1]
1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 2011 $483,189,427
2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2009 $394,022,354
3 Transformers: Dark of the Moon 2011 $382,425,000
4 Spider-Man 3 2007 $381,660,892
5 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 2011 $350,653,677
6 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 2007 $343,972,864
7 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007 $332,715,157
8 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 2010 $330,017,372
9 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 2005 $303,949,700
10 The Twilight Saga: New Moon 2009 $274,939,137
11 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 2008 $272,150,927
12 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2003 $250,000,534
13 Avatar 2009 $241,571,046
14 The Da Vinci Code 2006 $232,074,037
15 2012 2009 $230,470,474
16 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse 2010 $228,893,465
17 Iron Man 2 2010 $220,766,270
18 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 2009 $219,921,171
19 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 2009 $218,430,064
20 Alice in Wonderland 2010 $210,101,023
21 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004 $207,197,367
22 War of the Worlds 2005 $203,061,125
23 The Matrix Revolutions 2003 $201,390,000
24 Iron Man 2008 $201,174,140

Biggest opening weekends in U.S. and Canada

A list of films that grossed in excess of $100 million between the first Friday and first Sunday of release.

Rank Film Year Opening Three Day Weekend[2] Inflation-adjusted (2011 USD)
1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 2011 $169,189,427 $169,189,427
2 The Dark Knight 2008 $158,411,483 $161,705,577
3 Spider-Man 3 2007 $151,116,516 $160,148,935
4 The Twilight Saga: New Moon 2009 $142,839,137 $146,308,914
5 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2006 $135,634,554 $147,838,293
6 Iron Man 2 2010 $128,122,480 $128,122,480
7 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 2010 $125,017,372 $125,017,372
8 Shrek the Third 2007 $121,629,270 $128,899,201
9 Alice in Wonderland 2010 $116,101,023 $116,101,023
10 Spider-Man 2002 $114,844,116 $140,208,722
11 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 2007 $114,732,820 $121,590,541
12 Toy Story 3 2010 $110,307,189 $110,307,189
13 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 2009 $108,966,307 $111,613,262
14 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 2005 $108,435,841 $121,971,779
15 Shrek 2 2004 $108,037,878 $125,627,216
16 X-Men: The Last Stand 2006 $102,750,665 $111,995,671
17 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005 $102,685,961 $115,504,147
18 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 2008 $100,137,835 $102,220,155

Opening weekend record holders in U.S. and Canada

These are the films that, when first released, set the opening weekend record.

Year Title Opening weekend Inflation-adjusted (2011 USD)
1975 Jaws $7,061,513 $28,815,529
1977 Star Wars $7,195,573 $26,078,501
1978 Jaws 2 $9,866,023 $33,213,255
1978 Every Which Way but Loose $10,272,294 $34,580,937
1978 Superman $10,363,384 (third weekend) $34,887,584
1979 Star Trek: The Motion Picture $11,926,421 $36,086,475
1981 Superman II $14,100,523 $34,050,382
1982 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan $14,347,221 $32,644,766
1983 Return of the Jedi $23,019,618 $50,744,989
1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom $25,337,110 $53,573,613
1987 Beverly Hills Cop II $26,348,555 $50,916,802
1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade $29,355,021 $52,005,744
1989 Ghostbusters II $29,472,894 $52,214,570
1989 Batman $40,505,884 $71,760,761
1992 Batman Returns $45,687,711 $71,504,583
1993 Jurassic Park $47,026,828 $71,491,212
1995 Batman Forever $52,784,433 $76,060,460
1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park $72,132,785 $98,687,492
2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone $90,294,621 $112,046,410
2002 Spider-Man $114,844,116 $140,208,722
2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $135,634,554 $147,838,293
2007 Spider-Man 3 $151,116,516 $160,148,935
2008 The Dark Knight $158,411,483 $161,705,577
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 $169,189,427 $169,189,427

Biggest opening day in U.S. and Canada

A list of films that grossed in excess of $50 million on the first day of release.

Rank Movie name Year Opening day[3] Inflation-adjusted (2011 USD)
1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 2011 $91,071,119 $91,071,119
2 The Twilight Saga: New Moon 2009 $72,703,754 $74,469,837
3 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 2011 $72,000,000 $72,000,000
4 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse 2010 $68,533,840 $68,533,840
5 The Dark Knight 2008 $67,165,092 $68,561,759
6 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 2009 $62,016,476 $63,522,949
7 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 2010 $61,684,550 $61,684,550
8 Spider-Man 3 2007 $59,841,919 $63,418,744
9 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2009 $58,175,412 $59,588,580
10 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2006 $55,830,600 $60,853,966
11 Iron Man 2 2010 $51,239,677 $51,239,677
12 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 2005 $50,013,859 $56,257,039

References

  1. ^ "Worldwide Openings". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/worldwideopenings.htm. Retrieved 19 July 2011. 
  2. ^ "Opening Weekends". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/. Retrieved 19 July 2011. 
  3. ^ "Top Single Day Grosses". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/days/?page=open&p=.htm. Retrieved 19 July 2011. 

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