Top Opening Weekends of All-Time


# Title Opening ($M) Theaters AVG ($) Release Day
1 Harry Potter ... Deathly Hallows 2 169.2 4,375 38,672 Jul 11 FRI
2 The Dark Knight 158.4 4,366 36,283 Jul 08 FRI
3 Spider-Man 3 151.1 4,252 35,540 May 07 FRI
4 The Twilight Saga: New Moon 142.8 4,024 35,497 Nov 09 FRI
5 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 138.1 4,061 34,012 Nov 11 FRI
6 Pirates of the Caribbean: DMC 135.6 4,133 32,817 Jul 06 FRI
7 Iron Man 2 128.1 4,380 29,252 May 10 FRI
8 Harry Potter ... Deathly Hallows 1 125.0 4,125 30,307 Nov 10 FRI
9 Shrek the Third 121.6 4,122 29,507 May 07 FRI
10 Alice in Wonderland 116.1 3,728 31,143 Mar 10 FRI
11 Spider-Man 114.8 3,615 31,769 May 02 FRI
12 Pirates of the Caribbean: AWE 114.7 4,362 26,303 May 07 FRI
13 Toy Story 3 110.3 4,028 27,385 Jun 10 FRI
14 Transformers: ROTF 109.0 4,234 25,736 Jun 09 WED
15 Star Wars Episode III 108.4 3,661 29,619 May 05 THU
16 Shrek 2 108.0 4,122 26,210 May 04 WED
17 X-Men: The Last Stand 102.8 3,690 27,846 May 06 FRI
18 Harry Potter ... Goblet of Fire 102.7 3,858 26,617 Nov 05 FRI
19 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom... 100.1 4,260 23,507 May 08 THU
20 Iron Man 98.6 4,105 24,024 May 08 FRI
21 Transformers: DOTM 97.9 4,107 23,826 Jun 11 WED

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Last Updated: November 21, 2011


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