Top Opening Weekends By Month

Data as of Sep 28, 11:52 PDT
Rank Release Opening % of Total Theaters Average Total Gross Wide Date Distributor
801Bishôjo senshi Sailor Moon Super S Special$109,70747.4%520$210$231,434Aug 3, 2018Fathom Events
802The Wife$108,2841.1%4$27,071$9,601,092Aug 17, 2018Sony Pictures Classics
803Celeste & Jesse Forever$107,7853.5%4$26,946$3,094,813Aug 3, 2012Sony Pictures Classics
804Joker$105,36662.3%74$1,423$169,181Aug 31, 2012UTV Motion Pictures
805Life of Crime$104,30039.3%37$2,818$265,452Aug 29, 2014Roadside Attractions
806Elegy$104,1682.9%6$17,361$3,581,642Aug 8, 2008The Samuel Goldwyn Company
807Dhoom$102,86041.9%32$3,214$245,756Aug 27, 2004Yash Raj Films
808Raging Fire$101,92626.5%59$1,727$385,305Aug 13, 2021Well Go USA Entertainment
809Storyville$101,38324%19$5,335$422,503Aug 28, 1992Twentieth Century Fox
810We Don't Live Here Anymore$101,2955%7$14,470$2,041,014Aug 13, 2004Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
811Hell Ride$100,16446.9%82$1,221$213,608Aug 8, 2008Third Rail Releasing
812Together$100,06646.7%250$400$214,390Aug 27, 2021Universal Pictures
813In the Company of Men$100,0063.6%8$12,500$2,804,473Aug 1, 1997Sony Pictures Classics
814MVP: Most Valuable Primate$99,5188%32$3,109$1,248,746Aug 11, 2000-
815Civil Brand$99,29639%35$2,837$254,293Aug 29, 2003Lionsgate Films
816Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence$99,2214.3%4$24,805$2,306,560Aug 26, 1983Universal Pictures
817Karwaan$98,46054.1%58$1,697$182,009Aug 3, 2018-
818Fida$98,297100%30$3,276$98,297Aug 20, 2004-
819Apocalypse Now Redux
2001 Re-release
$96,9922.1%2$48,496$4,626,290Aug 3, 2001Miramax
820Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy$96,99132.7%17$5,705$296,751Aug 16, 2019Well Go USA Entertainment
821Landscape with Invisible Hand$96,84747.6%304$318$203,403Aug 18, 2023-
822The Awakening$95,93345.7%70$1,370$209,696Aug 17, 2012Cohen Media Group
823Flying Swords of Dragon Gate$95,45256.1%15$6,363$170,276Aug 31, 2012-
824Quinceañera$95,4005.6%8$11,925$1,692,693Aug 4, 2006Sony Pictures Classics
825Krull
2018 Re-release
$95,01023.9%507$187$397,157Aug 24, 2018Fathom Events
826Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins$94,50413.6%18$5,250$694,410Aug 30, 2019Magnolia Pictures
827Career Girls$93,3033.9%8$11,662$2,416,734Aug 8, 1997October Films
828Mistress America$93,2063.7%4$23,301$2,500,431Aug 14, 2015-
829It Might Get Loud$92,6795.8%7$13,239$1,610,163Aug 14, 2009Sony Pictures Classics
830The Tao of Steve$91,7912.1%9$10,199$4,342,203Aug 4, 2000Sony Pictures Classics
831Meru$91,2793.9%7$13,039$2,334,228Aug 14, 2015Music Box Films
832Passages$85,80615.6%41$2,092$551,611Aug 11, 2023MUBI
833Pandora's Box$85,7109.7%14$6,122$881,950Aug 9, 2002-
834The Little Mermaid$85,50558.1%82$1,042$147,175Aug 17, 2018Conglomerate Media
835Rudy
2018 Re-release
$85,34965.1%656$130$131,200Aug 31, 2018Fathom Events
836The Highest of Stakes$85,26752.9%40$2,131$161,313Aug 4, 2023Indican Pictures
837My Date with Drew$85,22347.1%58$1,469$181,041Aug 5, 2005Slowhand Cinema Releasing
838Better Than Chocolate$84,5844.2%15$5,638$2,015,406Aug 13, 1999Trimark Pictures
839The Magdalene Sisters
2003 Re-release
$84,5531.8%5$16,910$4,583,889Aug 1, 2003Miramax
840A Brief History of Time$84,0253.7%5$16,805$2,279,692Aug 21, 1992Triton Pictures
841Basquiat$83,8632.8%6$13,977$3,011,195Aug 9, 1996Miramax
842Raja Natwarlal$83,66963.8%73$1,146$131,105Aug 29, 2014UTV Motion Pictures
843Tulsa$78,39319%191$410$413,378Aug 21, 2020Pryor Entertainment
844American Flyers$78,3455.5%5$15,669$1,420,355Aug 16, 1985Warner Bros.
845Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism$77,98216.9%5$15,596$461,572Aug 6, 2004Cinema Libre Studio
846BuyBust$77,95543.7%25$3,118$178,471Aug 10, 2018Well Go USA Entertainment
847Session 9$76,49320.2%30$2,549$378,176Aug 10, 2001USA Films
848Samsara$76,2222.9%2$38,111$2,672,413Aug 24, 2012Oscilloscope
849The Bookshop$75,7364.8%4$18,934$1,588,150Aug 24, 2018Greenwich Entertainment
850Killing Cabos
2005 Re-release
$75,73048.6%82$923$155,874Aug 26, 2005Televisa Cine
851Junebug$74,7392.8%7$10,677$2,678,691Aug 5, 2005Sony Pictures Classics
852Calvary$74,1492.1%4$18,537$3,600,006Aug 1, 2014-
853Senna$73,4974.6%2$36,748$1,612,430Aug 12, 2011-
854Coup!$73,38544.1%258$284$166,559Aug 2, 2024Greenwich Entertainment
855Happy Phirr Bhag Jayegi$72,37670%44$1,644$103,385Aug 24, 2018Eros Worldwide
856The Trip to Italy$71,7122.5%3$23,904$2,880,537Aug 15, 2014IFC Films
857Unzipped$71,2752.5%2$35,637$2,875,086Aug 4, 1995Miramax
858In a World...$70,5412.4%3$23,513$2,963,902Aug 9, 2013Roadside Attractions
859Cosmopolis$70,3399.2%3$23,446$763,556Aug 17, 2012Entertainment One
860Frozen River$70,2342.8%7$10,033$2,511,476Aug 1, 2008Sony Pictures Classics
861Remember the Goal$70,13658.9%77$910$119,100Aug 26, 2016Five & Two Pictures
862Sleepwalk with Me$68,8013%1$68,801$2,266,067Aug 24, 2012IFC Films
863The Adventurers$68,61431.7%17$4,036$216,556Aug 18, 2017Well Go USA Entertainment
864The Wildest Dream$67,8487.6%12$5,654$898,137Aug 6, 2010National Geographic Entertainment
865Patti Cake$$67,5998.4%14$4,828$800,148Aug 18, 2017-
866Green Card Fever$67,52953.8%18$3,751$125,596Aug 22, 2003-
867Cairo Time$66,2454.1%5$13,249$1,603,616Aug 6, 2010IFC Films
868Dirty Deeds$66,21945.2%64$1,034$146,490Aug 26, 2005Freestyle Releasing
869Conversations with Other Women$66,15717.4%13$5,089$379,418Aug 11, 2006Fabrication Films
870Learning to Drive$66,0151.9%4$16,503$3,447,633Aug 21, 2015Broad Green Pictures
871Across the River and Into the Trees$65,39147.1%221$295$138,691Aug 30, 2024Level 33 Entertainment
872Official Secrets$64,9653.3%4$16,241$1,988,546Aug 30, 2019IFC Films
873Prince of the City$64,7130.8%3$21,571$8,124,257Aug 21, 1981Warner Bros.
874Those Lips, Those Eyes$63,7667.9%51$1,250$804,713Aug 15, 1980Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
875We the Animals$63,35715.8%3$21,119$400,961Aug 17, 2018The Orchard
876Cold Souls$63,3027%7$9,043$905,209Aug 7, 2009The Samuel Goldwyn Company
877Lupin III: The First$63,17125.7%648$97$245,724Aug 27, 2021GKIDS
878Pippi Longstocking$62,19612.3%73$852$505,335Aug 22, 1997-
879Animal Kingdom$61,9685.9%7$8,852$1,044,039Aug 13, 2010Sony Pictures Classics
880I.O.U.S.A.$61,3137.5%18$3,406$821,046Aug 22, 2008Roadside Attractions
881The Whistleblower$61,0025.4%7$8,714$1,124,966Aug 5, 2011The Samuel Goldwyn Company
882Juliet, Naked$60,8861.8%4$15,221$3,444,895Aug 17, 2018Roadside Attractions
883The 11th Hour$60,8538.6%4$15,213$707,343Aug 17, 2007Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
884Factotum$59,2127.3%6$9,868$808,221Aug 18, 2006IFC Films
885My One and Only$58,6922.4%4$14,673$2,479,538Aug 21, 2009Freestyle Releasing
886Pretty Persuasion$58,57019.2%8$7,321$305,800Aug 12, 2005IDP Distribution
887Rocket Science$58,5368.2%6$9,756$714,943Aug 10, 2007Picturehouse
888Love & Sex$58,11610.7%8$7,264$543,896Aug 25, 2000Lionsgate Films
889The Fight Within$57,12460.6%103$554$94,326Aug 12, 2016GVN Releasing
890Z for Zachariah$56,90246.8%29$1,962$121,461Aug 28, 2015Roadside Attractions
891Better Off Dead$56,3710.5%13$4,336$10,297,601Aug 23, 1985Warner Bros.
892Short Term 12$56,2065.5%4$14,051$1,013,100Aug 23, 2013Cinedigm Entertainment Group
893Mugamoodi$55,50155%21$2,642$101,000Aug 31, 2012UTV Motion Pictures
894Anthony Kaun Hai?$55,418100%18$3,078$55,418Aug 4, 2006Adlabs Films
895Pastime$54,72620.5%42$1,303$267,265Aug 23, 1991Miramax
896I Love My Dad$54,64153.8%115$475$101,508Aug 5, 2022Magnolia Pictures
897The Only Living Boy in New York$54,4588.7%15$3,630$624,332Aug 11, 2017Roadside Attractions
898Half Nelson$53,9832%2$26,991$2,697,938Aug 11, 2006THINKFilm
899Illuminata$53,2646.3%8$6,658$840,134Aug 6, 1999Artisan Entertainment
900I Served the King of England$53,2188.6%8$6,652$617,403Aug 29, 2008Sony Pictures Classics
901The Silencing$53,20552.8%79$673$100,746Aug 14, 2020Saban Films
902Rich Kids$53,0642.9%5$10,612$1,856,122Aug 17, 1979Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
903La soga$52,55425%11$4,777$210,625Aug 13, 20107-57 Releasing
904Why Would I Lie?$52,4734.5%56$937$1,175,855Aug 8, 1980Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
905The Tillman Story$52,1856.5%4$13,046$802,535Aug 20, 2010The Weinstein Company
906The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters$51,4937.6%5$10,298$677,914Aug 17, 2007Picturehouse
907Especially on Sunday$51,47911.6%5$10,295$442,676Aug 13, 1993Miramax
908The Admiral: Roaring Currents$51,4312%1$51,431$2,589,811Aug 8, 2014CJ Entertainment
909Support the Girls$51,16739.6%33$1,550$129,124Aug 24, 2018Magnolia Pictures
910The Brown Bunny$50,60113.8%3$16,867$366,301Aug 27, 2004Wellspring Media
911After the Wedding$50,2643.2%5$10,052$1,574,258Aug 9, 2019Sony Pictures Classics
912Memories of the Sword$50,24045.2%22$2,283$111,071Aug 28, 2015Well Go USA Entertainment
913Go Away Mr. Tumor$50,03617.5%15$3,335$286,639Aug 14, 2015China Lion Film Distribution
914Life Partner$49,89845.3%26$1,919$110,240Aug 14, 2009Studio 18
915What If...$49,7706.1%23$2,163$814,906Aug 20, 2010Five & Two Pictures
916And Now Ladies & Gentlemen$49,1766.7%6$8,196$736,872Aug 1, 2003Paramount Classics
917The Miseducation of Cameron Post$48,6385.4%2$24,319$904,703Aug 3, 2018FilmRise
918Once I Was a Beehive$48,4096.6%19$2,547$732,655Aug 14, 2015Purdie Distribution
919ECCO$48,20555.5%155$311$86,858Aug 9, 2019Citadel Film Group
920The One I Love$48,0599.4%8$6,007$513,447Aug 22, 2014RADiUS-TWC
921From Beneath$47,62833%18$2,646$144,123Aug 10, 2012Nocturnal Features
922Tel Aviv on Fire$47,5459.4%11$4,322$506,145Aug 2, 2019Cohen Media Group
923The Opportunists$46,9678%5$9,393$584,054Aug 11, 2000First Look International
924Bright Young Things$46,9265%3$15,642$933,637Aug 20, 2004THINKFilm
925Crossing Delancey$46,7110.3%1$46,711$16,262,415Aug 26, 1988Warner Bros.
926Metropolitan$46,6631.6%1$46,663$2,938,208Aug 3, 1990New Line Cinema
927King of the Hill$46,4763.8%5$9,295$1,214,231Aug 20, 1993Gramercy Pictures (I)
928Beach Rats$46,4519.8%3$15,483$473,771Aug 25, 2017Neon
929Light Sleeper$46,3024.4%3$15,434$1,050,861Aug 21, 1992Fine Line Features
930Secuestro express$45,92815%8$5,741$307,208Aug 5, 2005Miramax
931Self Medicated$45,87145.6%16$2,866$100,610Aug 31, 2007THINKFilm
932Birth/Rebirth$45,70733%137$333$138,617Aug 18, 2023IFC Films
933Ransomed$45,44732%25$1,817$142,101Aug 4, 2023Well Go USA Entertainment
934Dhadkan$45,380100%16$2,836$45,380Aug 11, 2000Eros Worldwide
935Bailey's Billion$$45,000100%37$1,216$45,000Aug 5, 2005Echo Bridge Entertainment
936Blaze$44,0506.2%3$14,683$704,955Aug 17, 2018IFC Films
937The Divine Fury$43,86342.6%23$1,907$102,982Aug 16, 2019Well Go USA Entertainment
938Whose Streets?$43,80424%24$1,825$182,799Aug 11, 2017Magnolia Pictures
939The Living End$43,7156.3%2$21,857$692,585Aug 14, 1992October Films
940The Bullet Vanishes$43,44436.9%14$3,103$117,629Aug 31, 2012China Lion Film Distribution
941The Spy Gone North$43,3488.7%2$21,674$500,803Aug 10, 2018CJ Entertainment
942Circumstance$43,3189.5%7$6,188$454,121Aug 26, 2011Roadside Attractions
943Flag Day$42,95310.1%24$1,789$424,667Aug 20, 2021United Artists Releasing
944Aimee & Jaguar$42,9194.6%7$6,131$927,107Aug 11, 2000Zeitgeist Films
945Centurion$42,82634.7%12$3,568$123,570Aug 27, 2010Magnolia Pictures
946The Battle of Shaker Heights$42,56915.2%5$8,513$280,351Aug 22, 2003Miramax
947Tesla$42,16545.3%108$390$93,147Aug 21, 2020IFC Films
948The Moon$41,74545%34$1,227$92,718Aug 18, 2023Well Go USA Entertainment
949The Memory of a Killer
2005 Re-release
$41,25412.4%6$6,875$333,707Aug 26, 2005Sony Pictures Classics
950Big Brother$41,22548.1%25$1,649$85,624Aug 31, 2018Well Go USA Entertainment
951The Trip to Spain$40,8753.5%3$13,625$1,157,604Aug 11, 2017IFC Films
952Demonic$40,68357%85$478$71,334Aug 20, 2021IFC Films
953Austenland$40,6621.9%4$10,165$2,159,041Aug 16, 2013Sony Pictures Classics
954Mostly Martha$40,4461%2$20,223$4,160,475Aug 16, 2002Paramount Classics
955LiSA LiVE is SMiLE ALWAYS -LANDER-$40,35966.5%301$134$60,710Aug 16, 2024Crunchyroll
956The Disappearance of Alice Creed$40,25824.1%10$4,025$166,980Aug 6, 2010Anchor Bay Films
957An American Rhapsody$40,2004.7%7$5,742$850,255Aug 10, 2001Paramount Classics
958Red Hook Summer$40,07011.8%4$10,017$338,803Aug 10, 2012Variance Films
959My Best Friend's Wedding$39,98450.9%37$1,080$78,578Aug 12, 2016Sony Pictures Releasing
960The Hedgehog$39,2765.5%6$6,546$707,945Aug 19, 2011NeoClassics Films
961Close to You$39,07357.1%121$322$68,389Aug 16, 2024Greenwich Entertainment
962Bittersweet Motel$38,4549.8%8$4,806$391,653Aug 25, 2000-
963The Hollars$38,2103.8%4$9,552$1,016,985Aug 26, 2016Sony Pictures Classics
964Cyclo$38,10913.4%6$6,351$284,692Aug 2, 1996Lionsgate Films
965Gun Hill Road$37,96325.5%3$12,654$148,994Aug 5, 2011Motion Film Group
966Eye of the Dolphin$37,92452.5%124$305$72,210Aug 24, 2007Monterey Media
967Phir Milenge$37,46040.7%27$1,387$91,968Aug 27, 2004UTV Motion Pictures
968The Baxter$37,43720.6%47$796$181,872Aug 26, 2005IFC Films
969Amigo$37,32420.2%10$3,732$184,705Aug 19, 2011Variance Films
970A Tale of Love and Darkness$37,1706.5%2$18,585$572,212Aug 19, 2016Focus World
971Prince Avalanche$36,69417.9%14$2,621$205,139Aug 9, 2013Magnolia Pictures
972Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles$36,4256.6%7$5,203$549,386Aug 23, 2019Roadside Attractions
973Asylum$36,2729.7%5$7,254$375,403Aug 12, 2005Paramount Classics
974The Nightingale$35,8829%2$17,941$400,209Aug 2, 2019IFC Films
975Robot & Frank$35,5391.1%2$17,769$3,325,038Aug 17, 2012The Samuel Goldwyn Company
976One Child Nation$35,13713%36$976$270,128Aug 30, 2019Amazon Studios
97724 Hour Party People$34,9403%2$17,470$1,184,096Aug 9, 2002Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
978Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds$34,87651.7%92$379$67,498Aug 9, 2024GKIDS
979The Midnight Meat Train$34,39441.3%102$337$83,361Aug 1, 2008Lionsgate Films
980Bangistan$34,26370.4%41$835$48,694Aug 7, 2015Eros Worldwide
981Mistress$34,1463.1%2$17,073$1,102,469Aug 7, 1992Rainbow Releasing
982Mia madre$34,09811.3%6$5,683$303,002Aug 26, 2016Music Box Films
983A Film Unfinished$34,06010.6%4$8,515$320,486Aug 20, 2010Oscilloscope
984Mozart's Sister$34,0464.8%7$4,863$707,885Aug 19, 2011Music Box Films
985Made in Italy$33,99833.5%111$306$101,339Aug 7, 2020IFC Films
986The People Vs. Fritz Bauer$33,78111.7%6$5,630$288,483Aug 19, 2016Cohen Media Group
987Margaret Cho: I'm the One That I Want$33,6712.8%2$16,835$1,210,967Aug 4, 2000-
988The Last Kiss$33,5613.2%5$6,712$1,048,950Aug 16, 2002THINKFilm
989Passion$33,40036.2%14$2,385$92,181Aug 30, 2013Entertainment One
990The Death & Life of John F. Donovan$33,34021.8%25$1,333$152,713Aug 23, 2019Entertainment One
991Give Me Liberty$33,26113.7%3$11,087$242,734Aug 23, 2019Music Box Films
992Summering$32,85056.9%260$126$57,770Aug 12, 2022Bleecker Street Media
993Brighton Rock$32,77414.3%12$2,731$229,653Aug 26, 2011IFC Films
994Fanfan$32,686100%19$1,720$32,686Aug 8, 2003Christal Films
995Right at Your Door$32,45249.9%20$1,622$65,018Aug 24, 2007Roadside Attractions
996Exit$32,4416.9%2$16,220$470,699Aug 2, 2019CJ Entertainment
997Mad About Mambo$32,43249.7%51$635$65,283Aug 4, 2000USA Films
998Kohram$31,72745.2%11$2,884$70,257Aug 6, 1999-
999Battle for Incheon: Operation Chromite$31,6623.1%1$31,662$1,023,348Aug 5, 2016CJ Entertainment
1,000The Wedding Curse$31,62610.5%3$10,542$300,454Aug 4, 2006-