Top Weekend Theater Averages for Wide Releases

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TOP WEEKEND THEATER AVERAGES
1982-Present

Note: This chart top 200 movies, regardless of sorting.

Row	Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Average	Theaters	Weekend Gross*	Total Gross^	Date**
1	62	Avatar	Fox	$19,789	3,461	$68,490,688	$749,766,139	1/01/10
2	46	Avatar	Fox	$21,880	3,456	$75,617,183	$749,766,139	12/25/09
3	44	Avatar	Fox	$22,313	3,452	$77,025,481	$749,766,139	12/18/09
4	165	Avatar	Fox	$14,701	3,422	$50,306,217	$749,766,139	1/08/10
5	1	Marvel's The Avengers	BV	$47,698	4,349	$207,438,708	$623,357,910	5/04/12
6	38	Marvel's The Avengers	BV	$23,696	4,349	$103,052,274	$623,357,910	5/11/12
7	6	The Dark Knight	WB	$36,283	4,366	$158,411,483	$533,345,358	7/18/08
8	94	The Dark Knight	WB	$17,216	4,366	$75,166,466	$533,345,358	7/25/08
9	5	The Dark Knight Rises	WB	$36,532	4,404	$160,887,295	$447,817,857	7/20/12
10	185	The Dark Knight Rises	WB	$14,101	4,404	$62,101,451	$447,817,857	7/27/12
11	99	Shrek 2	DW	$17,089	4,223	$72,170,363	$441,226,247	5/28/04
12	26	Shrek 2	DW	$25,951	4,163	$108,037,878	$441,226,247	5/21/04
13	103	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	Fox	$17,002	3,023	$51,399,863	$431,088,295	5/28/99
14	47	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	Fox	$21,825	2,970	$64,820,970	$431,088,295	5/21/99
15	11	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	BV	$32,817	4,133	$135,634,554	$423,315,812	7/07/06
16	147	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	BV	$15,084	4,133	$62,345,264	$423,315,812	7/14/06
17	22	Toy Story 3	BV	$27,385	4,028	$110,307,189	$415,004,880	6/18/10
18	162	Toy Story 3	BV	$14,731	4,028	$59,337,669	$415,004,880	6/25/10
19	4	The Hunger Games	LGF	$36,871	4,137	$152,535,747	$408,010,692	3/23/12
20	184	The Hunger Games	LGF	$14,153	4,137	$58,551,063	$408,010,692	3/30/12
21	12	Spider-Man	Sony	$31,768	3,615	$114,844,116	$403,706,375	5/03/02
22	63	Spider-Man	Sony	$19,755	3,615	$71,417,527	$403,706,375	5/10/02
23	28	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	P/DW	$25,736	4,234	$108,966,307	$402,111,870	6/26/09
24	3	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2	WB	$38,672	4,375	$169,189,427	$381,011,219	7/15/11
25	148	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	Fox	$15,071	3,663	$55,205,972	$380,270,577	5/27/05
26	16	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	Fox	$29,619	3,661	$108,435,841	$380,270,577	5/20/05
27	64	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	NL	$19,613	3,703	$72,629,713	$377,027,325	12/19/03
28	51	Spider-Man 2	Sony	$21,232	4,152	$88,156,227	$373,585,825	7/02/04
29	108	The Passion of the Christ	NM	$16,797	3,170	$53,246,801	$370,274,604	3/05/04
30	21	The Passion of the Christ	NM	$27,554	3,043	$83,848,082	$370,274,604	2/27/04
31	131	Jurassic Park	Uni.	$15,780	2,437	$38,455,860	$357,067,947	6/18/93
32	67	Jurassic Park	Uni.	$19,561	2,404	$47,026,828	$357,067,947	6/11/93
33	36	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	P/DW	$23,937	4,088	$97,852,865	$352,390,543	7/01/11
34	98	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	NL	$17,119	3,622	$62,007,528	$339,789,881	12/20/02
35	199	Finding Nemo	BV	$13,739	3,391	$46,589,649	$339,714,978	6/06/03
36	52	Finding Nemo	BV	$20,821	3,374	$70,251,710	$339,714,978	5/30/03
37	7	Spider-Man 3	Sony	$35,540	4,252	$151,116,516	$336,530,303	5/04/07
38	14	Alice in Wonderland (2010)	BV	$31,143	3,728	$116,101,023	$334,191,110	3/05/10
39	106	Alice in Wonderland (2010)	BV	$16,822	3,728	$62,714,076	$334,191,110	3/12/10
40	137	Forrest Gump	Par.	$15,329	1,595	$24,450,602	$329,694,499	7/08/94
41	17	Shrek the Third	P/DW	$29,507	4,122	$121,629,270	$322,719,944	5/18/07
42	88	Transformers	P/DW	$17,577	4,011	$70,502,384	$319,246,193	7/06/07
43	34	Iron Man	Par.	$24,024	4,105	$98,618,668	$318,412,101	5/02/08
44	32	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	WB	$24,590	3,672	$90,294,621	$317,575,550	11/16/01
45	133	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	WB	$15,655	3,672	$57,487,755	$317,575,550	11/23/01
46	40	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Par.	$23,507	4,260	$100,137,835	$317,101,119	5/23/08
47	186	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	NL	$14,055	3,359	$47,211,490	$313,364,114	12/21/01
48	124	The Lion King	BV	$16,022	2,552	$40,888,194	$312,855,561	6/24/94
49	18	Iron Man 2	Par.	$29,252	4,380	$128,122,480	$312,433,331	5/07/10
50	25	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	BV	$26,302	4,362	$114,732,820	$309,420,425	5/25/07
51	90	Independence Day	Fox	$17,428	2,882	$50,228,264	$306,169,268	7/05/96
52	178	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	BV	$14,264	3,269	$46,630,690	$305,413,918	7/11/03
53	30	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones	Fox	$25,317	3,161	$80,027,814	$302,191,252	5/17/02
54	142	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones	Fox	$15,147	3,161	$47,880,532	$302,191,252	5/24/02
55	82	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	WB	$17,997	4,325	$77,835,727	$301,959,197	7/17/09
56	172	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Sum.	$14,510	4,468	$64,832,191	$300,531,751	7/02/10
57	8	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Sum.	$35,497	4,024	$142,839,137	$296,623,634	11/20/09
58	15	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1	WB	$30,307	4,125	$125,017,372	$295,983,305	11/19/10
59	80	Up	BV	$18,085	3,766	$68,108,790	$293,004,164	5/29/09
60	115	Inception	WB	$16,557	3,792	$62,785,337	$292,576,195	7/16/10
61	83	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	WB	$17,994	4,285	$77,108,414	$292,004,738	7/13/07
62	79	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	BV	$18,129	3,616	$65,556,312	$291,710,957	12/09/05
63	23	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	WB	$26,616	3,858	$102,685,961	$290,013,036	11/18/05
64	182	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	WB	$14,185	3,858	$54,727,138	$290,013,036	11/25/05
65	117	Home Alone	Fox	$16,345	1,284	$20,987,761	$285,761,243	11/23/90
66	180	Home Alone	Fox	$14,211	1,202	$17,081,997	$285,761,243	11/16/90
67	29	The Matrix Reloaded	WB	$25,471	3,603	$91,774,413	$281,576,461	5/16/03
68	10	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1	Sum.	$34,012	4,061	$138,122,261	$281,287,133	11/18/11
69	198	The Hangover	WB	$13,759	3,269	$44,979,319	$277,322,503	6/05/09
70	176	The Amazing Spider-Man	Sony	$14,360	4,318	$62,004,688	$262,030,663	7/06/12
71	35	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	WB	$23,997	3,682	$88,357,488	$261,988,482	11/15/02
72	85	The Incredibles	BV	$17,917	3,933	$70,467,623	$261,441,092	11/05/04
73	110	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Uni.	$16,630	3,134	$52,118,445	$260,044,825	11/24/00
74	87	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Uni.	$17,615	3,127	$55,082,330	$260,044,825	11/17/00
75	68	Star Trek	Par.	$19,539	3,849	$75,204,289	$257,730,019	5/08/09
76	50	I Am Legend	WB	$21,411	3,606	$77,211,321	$256,393,010	12/14/07
77	195	Monsters, Inc.	BV	$13,934	3,269	$45,551,028	$255,873,250	11/09/01
78	70	Monsters, Inc.	BV	$19,331	3,237	$62,577,067	$255,873,250	11/02/01
79	37	The Hangover Part II	WB	$23,775	3,615	$85,946,294	$254,464,305	5/27/11
80	41	Return of the Jedi	Fox	$22,973	1,002	$23,019,618	$252,583,617	5/27/83
81	95	Return of the Jedi	Fox	$17,195	1,002	$17,229,694	$252,583,617	6/03/83
82	120	Despicable Me	Uni.	$16,225	3,476	$56,397,125	$251,513,985	7/09/10
83	76	Batman	WB	$18,454	2,194	$40,489,746	$251,188,924	6/23/89
84	105	Men in Black	Sony	$16,910	3,020	$51,068,455	$250,690,539	7/04/97
85	33	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	WB	$24,302	3,855	$93,687,367	$249,541,069	6/04/04
86	86	Toy Story 2	BV	$17,734	3,236	$57,388,839	$245,852,179	11/26/99
87	145	Cars	BV	$15,086	3,985	$60,119,509	$244,082,982	6/09/06
88	69	Bruce Almighty	Uni.	$19,510	3,483	$67,953,330	$242,829,261	5/23/03
89	102	Twister	WB	$17,008	2,414	$41,059,405	$241,721,524	5/10/96
90	48	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	BV	$21,697	4,155	$90,151,958	$241,071,802	5/20/11
91	119	Shrek Forever After	P/DW	$16,251	4,359	$70,838,207	$238,736,787	5/21/10
92	125	Brave	BV	$15,928	4,164	$66,323,594	$236,616,000	6/22/12
93	19	X-Men: The Last Stand	Fox	$27,845	3,690	$102,750,665	$234,362,462	5/26/06
94	112	War of the Worlds	Par.	$16,601	3,908	$64,878,725	$234,280,354	7/01/05
95	45	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Uni.	$21,985	3,281	$72,132,785	$229,086,679	5/23/97
96	77	Signs	BV	$18,418	3,264	$60,117,080	$227,966,634	8/02/02
97	130	Hancock	Sony	$15,789	3,965	$62,603,879	$227,946,274	7/04/08
98	72	The Bourne Ultimatum	Uni.	$18,929	3,660	$69,283,690	$227,471,070	8/03/07
99	49	Rush Hour 2	NL	$21,619	3,118	$67,408,222	$226,164,286	8/03/01
100	129	WALL-E	BV	$15,803	3,992	$63,087,526	$223,808,164	6/27/08
101	107	Ted	Uni.	$16,800	3,239	$54,415,205	$218,665,740	6/29/12
102	187	King Kong	Uni.	$14,049	3,568	$50,130,145	$218,080,025	12/16/05
103	55	The Da Vinci Code	Sony	$20,635	3,735	$77,073,388	$217,536,138	5/19/06
104	101	Aladdin	BV	$17,054	1,131	$19,289,073	$217,350,219	11/27/92
105	183	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	P/DW	$14,166	4,258	$60,316,738	$216,391,482	6/08/12
106	168	Kung Fu Panda	P/DW	$14,642	4,114	$60,239,130	$215,434,591	6/06/08
107	126	Mission: Impossible II	Par.	$15,835	3,653	$57,845,297	$215,409,889	5/26/00
108	42	X2: X-Men United	Fox	$22,870	3,741	$85,558,731	$214,949,694	5/02/03
109	74	Dr. Seuss' The Lorax	Uni.	$18,830	3,729	$70,217,070	$214,030,500	3/02/12
110	58	Austin Powers in Goldmember	NL	$20,224	3,613	$73,071,188	$213,307,889	7/26/02
111	43	300	WB	$22,844	3,103	$70,885,301	$210,614,939	3/09/07
112	39	Fast Five	Uni.	$23,655	3,644	$86,198,765	$209,837,675	4/29/11
113	96	Sherlock Holmes	WB	$17,183	3,626	$62,304,277	$209,028,679	12/25/09
114	155	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	WB	$14,901	3,770	$56,178,450	$206,459,076	7/15/05
115	114	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	NL	$16,581	3,312	$54,917,604	$206,040,086	6/11/99
116	192	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	TriS	$13,969	2,274	$31,765,506	$204,843,345	7/05/91
117	61	The Mummy Returns	Uni.	$20,035	3,401	$68,139,035	$202,019,785	5/04/01
118	78	Pearl Harbor	BV	$18,381	3,214	$59,078,912	$198,542,554	5/25/01
119	174	Monsters Vs. Aliens	P/DW	$14,454	4,104	$59,321,095	$198,351,526	3/27/09
120	97	Ice Age: The Meltdown	Fox	$17,162	3,964	$68,033,544	$195,330,621	3/31/06
121	57	Twilight	Sum.	$20,368	3,419	$69,637,740	$192,769,854	11/21/08
122	122	Cars 2	BV	$16,072	4,115	$66,135,507	$191,452,396	6/24/11
123	167	Men in Black II	Sony	$14,660	3,557	$52,148,751	$190,418,803	7/05/02
124	60	The Day After Tomorrow	Fox	$20,071	3,425	$68,743,584	$186,740,799	5/28/04
125	164	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Fox	$14,702	3,424	$50,342,878	$186,336,279	6/10/05
126	75	Batman Forever	WB	$18,572	2,842	$52,784,433	$184,031,112	6/16/95
127	73	The Simpsons Movie	Fox	$18,877	3,922	$74,036,787	$183,135,014	7/27/07
128	159	Jurassic Park III	Uni.	$14,784	3,434	$50,771,645	$181,171,875	7/20/01
129	111	Thor	Par.	$16,618	3,955	$65,723,338	$181,030,624	5/06/11
130	146	Mission: Impossible	Par.	$15,085	3,012	$45,436,830	$180,981,856	5/24/96
131	65	Planet of the Apes (2001)	Fox	$19,580	3,500	$68,532,960	$180,011,740	7/27/01
132	135	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	P/DW	$15,559	4,056	$63,106,589	$180,010,950	11/07/08
133	53	X-Men Origins: Wolverine	Fox	$20,751	4,099	$85,058,003	$179,883,157	5/01/09
134	151	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Par.	$15,019	1,687	$25,337,110	$179,870,271	5/25/84
135	150	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	Fox	$15,024	3,648	$54,806,191	$176,760,185	8/05/11
136	89	Captain America: The First Avenger	Par.	$17,512	3,715	$65,058,524	$176,654,505	7/22/11
137	141	The Karate Kid	Sony	$15,197	3,663	$55,665,805	$176,591,618	6/11/10
138	193	Ice Age	Fox	$13,966	3,316	$46,312,454	$176,387,405	3/15/02
139	113	The Bourne Supremacy	Uni.	$16,594	3,165	$52,521,865	$176,241,941	7/23/04
140	189	Home Alone 2: Lost in New York	Fox	$14,008	2,222	$31,126,882	$173,585,516	11/20/92
141	66	Quantum of Solace	Sony	$19,568	3,451	$67,528,882	$168,368,427	11/14/08
142	71	2012	Sony	$19,165	3,404	$65,237,614	$166,112,167	11/13/09
143	84	Hannibal	MGM	$17,957	3,230	$58,003,121	$165,092,268	2/09/01
144	121	Clash of the Titans (2010)	WB	$16,213	3,777	$61,235,105	$163,214,888	4/02/10
145	93	Batman Returns	WB	$17,279	2,644	$45,687,711	$162,831,698	6/19/92
146	158	The Waterboy	BV	$14,795	2,664	$39,414,071	$161,491,646	11/06/98
147	31	Skyfall	Sony	$25,211	3,505	$88,364,714	$161,337,000	11/09/12
148	181	Die Another Day	MGM	$14,203	3,314	$47,072,040	$160,942,139	11/22/02
149	81	X-Men	Fox	$18,007	3,025	$54,471,475	$157,299,717	7/14/00
150	171	Scary Movie	Mira.	$14,542	2,912	$42,346,669	$157,019,771	7/07/00
151	156	Snow White and the Huntsman	Uni.	$14,900	3,773	$56,217,700	$155,136,755	6/01/12
152	56	Fast and Furious	Uni.	$20,500	3,461	$70,950,500	$155,064,265	4/03/09
153	134	Fantastic Four	Fox	$15,563	3,602	$56,061,504	$154,696,080	7/08/05
154	132	Scooby-Doo	WB	$15,710	3,447	$54,155,312	$153,294,164	6/14/02
155	91	Sex and the City	WB (NL)	$17,363	3,285	$57,038,404	$152,647,258	5/30/08
156	143	X-Men: First Class	Fox	$15,134	3,641	$55,101,604	$146,408,305	6/03/11
157	163	American Pie 2	Uni.	$14,729	3,063	$45,117,985	$145,103,595	8/10/01
158	139	I, Robot	Fox	$15,257	3,420	$52,179,887	$144,801,023	7/16/04
159	140	The Fast and the Furious	Uni.	$15,254	2,628	$40,089,015	$144,533,925	6/22/01
160	190	The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian	BV	$14,007	3,929	$55,034,805	$141,621,490	5/16/08
161	9	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2	Sum.	$34,717	4,070	$141,300,000	$141,300,000	11/16/12
162	24	The Blair Witch Project	Art.	$26,528	1,101	$29,207,381	$140,539,099	7/30/99
163	197	The Matrix Revolutions	WB	$13,842	3,502	$48,475,154	$139,313,948	11/07/03
164	170	Bad Boys II	Sony	$14,602	3,186	$46,522,560	$138,608,444	7/18/03
165	100	Star Wars (Special Edition)	Fox	$17,065	2,104	$35,906,661	$138,257,865	1/31/97
166	128	The Incredible Hulk	Uni.	$15,810	3,505	$55,414,050	$134,806,913	6/13/08
167	123	Wanted	Uni.	$16,040	3,175	$50,927,085	$134,508,551	6/27/08
168	200	Troy	WB	$13,739	3,411	$46,865,412	$133,378,256	5/14/04
169	104	Hulk	Uni.	$16,974	3,660	$62,128,420	$132,177,234	6/20/03
170	166	Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer	Fox	$14,663	3,959	$58,051,684	$131,921,738	6/15/07
171	175	Lara Croft: Tomb Raider	Par.	$14,430	3,308	$47,735,743	$131,168,070	6/15/01
172	177	American Gangster	Uni.	$14,264	3,054	$43,565,115	$130,164,645	11/02/07
173	13	Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan	Fox	$31,607	837	$26,455,463	$128,505,958	11/03/06
174	144	Rocky IV	UA	$15,087	1,325	$19,991,537	$127,873,716	11/29/85
175	157	2 Fast 2 Furious	Uni.	$14,810	3,408	$50,472,480	$127,154,901	6/06/03
176	149	Prometheus	Fox	$15,032	3,396	$51,050,101	$126,477,084	6/08/12
177	196	The Vow	SGem	$13,929	2,958	$41,202,458	$125,014,030	2/10/12
178	153	Good Morning, Vietnam	BV	$14,971	785	$11,752,913	$123,922,370	1/15/88
179	188	The Hunt for Red October	Par.	$14,009	1,225	$17,161,835	$122,012,643	3/02/90
180	173	Van Helsing	Uni.	$14,474	3,575	$51,748,040	$120,177,084	5/07/04
181	20	Fahrenheit 9/11	Lions	$27,558	868	$23,920,637	$119,194,771	6/25/04
182	154	Back to the Future Part II	Uni.	$14,925	1,865	$27,835,125	$118,450,002	11/24/89
183	118	Jackass 3-D	Par.	$16,343	3,081	$50,353,641	$117,229,692	10/15/10
184	54	8 Mile	Uni.	$20,745	2,470	$51,240,555	$116,750,901	11/08/02
185	194	Green Lantern	WB	$13,935	3,816	$53,174,303	$116,601,172	6/17/11
186	136	Valentine's Day	WB	$15,351	3,665	$56,260,707	$110,485,654	2/12/10
187	179	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	WB	$14,254	2,652	$37,804,076	$108,385,533	11/10/95
188	27	Paranormal Activity	Par.	$25,813	760	$19,617,650	$107,918,810	10/16/09
189	138	Watchmen	WB	$15,291	3,611	$55,214,334	$107,509,799	3/06/09
190	169	Batman and Robin	WB	$14,612	2,934	$42,872,605	$107,325,195	6/20/97
191	191	Interview with the Vampire	WB	$13,975	2,604	$36,389,705	$105,264,608	11/11/94
192	127	Paranormal Activity 3	Par.	$15,829	3,321	$52,568,183	$104,028,807	10/21/11
193	116	Dreamgirls	P/DW	$16,549	852	$14,100,050	$103,365,956	12/29/06
194	109	Think Like a Man	SGem	$16,693	2,015	$33,636,303	$91,547,205	4/20/12
195	59	Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail	LGF	$20,192	2,032	$41,030,947	$90,508,336	2/20/09
196	152	Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour	BV	$14,987	687	$10,295,922	$65,281,781	2/08/08
197	2	Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour	BV	$45,561	683	$31,117,834	$65,281,781	2/01/08
198	161	The Devil Inside	Par.	$14,763	2,285	$33,732,515	$53,261,944	1/06/12
199	160	Tyler Perry's Diary of a Mad Black Woman	Lions	$14,770	1,483	$21,905,089	$50,633,099	2/25/05
200	92	Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire	LGF	$17,300	629	$10,881,772	$47,566,524	11/20/09

CHART NOTES
* Weekend equals Fri-Sat-Sun. Movies that do not have a 3-day opening gross are not included on this chart.
^ Total Gross does not include additional releases, if any.
** Date is the beginning date of the 3-day weekend.
Movies are in wide release when playing in 600 or more theaters.