Top Opening Weekends By Month

Data as of Nov 23, 11:22 PST
Rank Release Opening % of Total Theaters Average Total Gross Wide Date Distributor
801Kandahar$22,8661.6%3$7,622$1,418,314Dec 14, 2001Avatar Films
802No Man's Land$22,6452.2%2$11,322$1,012,153Dec 7, 2001Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
803Titus$22,3131.1%2$11,156$2,007,290Dec 24, 1999-
804Tom & Viv$21,9684.1%2$10,984$538,534Dec 2, 1994Miramax
805Song of the Sea$21,9102.6%2$10,955$857,522Dec 19, 2014GKIDS
806Piñero$21,7507.9%2$10,875$275,171Dec 14, 2001Miramax
807Baran$21,70217.2%2$10,851$125,900Dec 7, 2001Miramax
808Take Point$21,18918.9%2$10,594$112,386Dec 28, 2018CJ Entertainment
809Steep$21,1898.1%17$1,246$260,586Dec 21, 2007Sony Pictures Classics
810Kinyarwanda$21,09759.6%7$3,013$35,412Dec 2, 2011-
811Lay the Favorite$20,998100%61$344$20,998Dec 7, 2012RADiUS-TWC
812Teddy's Christmas$20,93553.7%191$109$38,953Dec 1, 2023Capelight Pictures
813Federal Hill$20,6014%2$10,300$514,775Dec 9, 1994Trimark Pictures
814The Winter Guest$20,5332.4%3$6,844$870,290Dec 26, 1997Fine Line Features
815Dark Blue World$19,5417.6%5$3,908$258,771Dec 28, 2001Sony Pictures Classics
816The Hebrew Hammer$19,53923.8%8$2,442$82,157Dec 19, 2003Strand Releasing
817Waiting for Lightning$19,53790.5%11$1,776$21,577Dec 7, 2012The Samuel Goldwyn Company
818Police, Adjective$19,45236.6%8$2,431$53,206Dec 25, 2009IFC Films
819Deadfall$19,39129.2%11$1,762$66,351Dec 7, 2012Magnolia Pictures
820Not Fade Away$19,1823.1%3$6,394$610,792Dec 21, 2012Paramount Vantage
821Expelled from Paradise$18,86954.7%13$1,451$34,510Dec 12, 2014Eleven Arts
822In the Land of Blood and Honey$18,8546.2%3$6,284$303,877Dec 23, 2011FilmDistrict
823Divide and Conquer$18,83348.9%15$1,255$38,510Dec 7, 2018Magnolia Pictures
824Cunningham$18,4226.9%4$4,605$265,102Dec 13, 2019Magnolia Pictures
825The War Zone$18,3357.2%5$3,667$254,441Dec 10, 1999Lot 47 Films
826Wendy and Lucy$18,2182.1%2$9,109$865,695Dec 12, 2008Oscilloscope
827From Here to Eternity$18,17649.9%5$3,635$36,416Dec 5, 2003Sony Pictures Repertory
828Panic$18,0062.3%4$4,501$779,137Dec 1, 2000Roxie Releasing
829I'm Not Rappaport$17,99369.2%3$5,997$26,011Dec 27, 1996Gramercy Pictures (I)
830Sonny$17,63958.8%6$2,939$30,005Dec 27, 2002-
831The Walker$16,52520.7%3$5,508$79,698Dec 7, 2007THINKFilm
832Hunt$16,34862.9%31$527$25,994Dec 2, 2022Magnolia Pictures
833Trouble in Mind$16,02981.6%1$16,029$19,632Dec 13, 1985Alive Films
834Toni Erdmann$15,9721.1%3$5,324$1,479,387Dec 23, 2016Sony Pictures Classics
835Dirty Laundry$15,84178.7%2$7,920$20,138Dec 7, 2007Codeblack Entertainment
836Mr Ya Miss$15,77685.2%10$1,577$18,516Dec 2, 2005-
837The Other Side of Hope$15,4958.4%3$5,165$183,943Dec 1, 2017Janus Films
838In the Realms of the Unreal$15,4773.7%3$5,159$417,120Dec 24, 2004Wellspring Media
839Leviathan$15,2001.4%2$7,600$1,092,800Dec 26, 2014Sony Pictures Classics
840The Theory of Flight$15,17920.7%6$2,529$73,233Dec 25, 1998Fine Line Features
841Twice Born$14,94781.7%10$1,494$18,295Dec 6, 2013Entertainment One
842Wrestling Ernest Hemingway$14,8715.3%4$3,717$278,720Dec 17, 1993Warner Bros.
843The Teachers' Lounge$14,6112.3%3$4,870$628,218Dec 29, 2023Sony Pictures Releasing
844Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids$14,6050.4%1$14,605$3,515,061Dec 10, 2004THINKFilm
845Passion Fish$14,3850.3%2$7,192$4,814,619Dec 11, 1992Miramax
846Answers to Nothing$14,26264.7%21$679$22,029Dec 2, 2011Roadside Attractions
847A Map of the World$14,0172.6%2$7,008$544,965Dec 3, 1999First Look International
848Grace Is Gone$13,88027.3%4$3,470$50,899Dec 7, 2007The Weinstein Company
849Morvern Callar$13,8365.2%3$4,612$267,907Dec 20, 2002Cowboy Pictures
850The Fitzgerald Family Christmas$13,80027.4%4$3,450$50,292Dec 7, 2012Tribeca Films
851Night Catches Us$13,56217.8%4$3,390$76,185Dec 3, 2010Magnolia Pictures
852The Himalayas$13,3871.9%3$4,462$696,717Dec 18, 2015CJ Entertainment
853West of Memphis$13,3604.3%5$2,672$310,154Dec 28, 2012Sony Pictures Classics
854Hear My Song$12,9650.3%1$12,965$4,313,473Dec 27, 1991Miramax
855Don Verdean$12,90741.2%40$322$31,309Dec 11, 2015Lionsgate Premiere
856Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel$12,6786.1%1$12,678$207,533Dec 14, 2018Menemsha Films
857Beyond the Clouds$12,59639.7%4$3,149$31,738Dec 3, 1999Sceneries Distribution
858Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks$12,54211.8%7$1,791$106,323Dec 12, 2014Dada Films
859The Garden of Eden$12,40456.2%14$886$22,083Dec 10, 2010Roadside Attractions
860The Novice$12,30150.6%36$341$24,322Dec 17, 2021IFC Films
861Hunter Hunter$12,01036.7%30$400$32,705Dec 18, 2020IFC Films
862Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb$11,6813.5%2$5,840$335,417Dec 30, 2022Sony Pictures Releasing
863Serious Moonlight$11,63645.9%8$1,454$25,339Dec 4, 2009Magnolia Pictures
864Days of Glory$10,9963.4%2$5,498$320,700Dec 8, 2006The Weinstein Company
865Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie$10,97636.7%3$3,658$29,893Dec 3, 2010Argot Pictures
866The Tag Along: Devil Fish$10,97452.9%8$1,371$20,726Dec 7, 2018China Lion Film Distribution
867Dark Streets$10,95865.2%18$608$16,815Dec 12, 2008The Samuel Goldwyn Company
868Extraction$10,94865.3%13$842$16,775Dec 18, 2015Lionsgate Premiere
869Ever Again$10,80262.4%12$900$17,304Dec 8, 2006Rocky Mountain Pictures
870Will It Snow for Christmas?$10,78620.8%2$5,393$51,950Dec 19, 1997Zeitgeist Films
871Little Joe$10,62644.5%12$885$23,862Dec 6, 2019Magnolia Pictures
872She's Beautiful When She's Angry$10,5052.5%1$10,505$421,573Dec 5, 2014International Film Circuit
873In the Fade$10,4553.3%3$3,485$321,011Dec 29, 2017Magnolia Pictures
874Four Samosas$10,42370.9%27$386$14,701Dec 2, 2022IFC Films
875The Brand New Testament$10,4228.1%6$1,737$127,910Dec 9, 2016Music Box Films
876Look$10,34764.1%2$5,173$16,136Dec 14, 2007Vitagraph Films
877Swimming with Men$10,33641.8%31$333$24,708Dec 7, 2018IFC Films
878Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki$10,2385.5%4$2,559$187,320Dec 14, 2018GKIDS
879Harper$10,17050.2%5$2,034$20,268Dec 17, 2021Indican Pictures
880The Amateurs
2007 Re-release
$10,14962.1%3$3,383$16,334Dec 7, 2007First Look International
881The Crime Is Mine$10,1348.3%3$3,378$122,083Dec 29, 2023Music Box Films
882Uzumasa Limelight$10,09051.5%13$776$19,597Dec 5, 2014Eleven Arts
883The Boy and the World
2015 Re-release
$10,0777.8%2$5,038$129,480Dec 11, 2015GKIDS
884River of Fundament$9,93822.2%1$9,938$44,840Dec 4, 2015International Film Circuit
885Honeydripper$9,8633.7%4$2,465$267,880Dec 28, 2007Emerging Pictures
886The Secret of the Grain$9,85011.4%1$9,850$86,356Dec 26, 2008IFC Films
887The Boys of Baraka$9,7053%1$9,705$323,860Dec 2, 2005THINKFilm
888To the End$9,69461.4%120$80$15,801Dec 9, 2022Roadside Attractions
889The Rescue$9,67451.5%60$161$18,797Dec 18, 2020CMC Pictures
890Miss Potter$9,6530.3%2$4,826$3,005,605Dec 29, 2006-
891Fabled$9,64230.7%3$3,214$31,425Dec 10, 2004Indican Pictures
892Zero Motivation$9,4278.1%1$9,427$116,044Dec 5, 2014Zeitgeist Films
893Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale$9,2813.9%1$9,281$236,347Dec 3, 2010Oscilloscope
894Sleeping Beauty$9,20725.2%2$4,603$36,578Dec 2, 2011IFC Films
895Be Here to Love Me$9,0987%1$9,098$129,988Dec 2, 2005Palm Pictures
896The Eyes of My Mother$8,90832.9%5$1,781$27,099Dec 2, 2016Magnolia Pictures
897Onegin$8,8554.3%1$8,855$206,128Dec 17, 1999The Samuel Goldwyn Company
898The Passionate Thief$8,67727.5%1$8,677$31,539Dec 5, 2014Rialto Pictures
899The Trip to Bountiful$8,3870.1%1$8,387$7,491,903Dec 20, 1985Island Pictures
900Christmas at Maxwell's$8,37565.5%41$204$12,781Dec 1, 2006-
901Bhutto$8,2758.3%2$4,137$100,202Dec 3, 2010First Run
902Invisible Life$8,1275.5%2$4,063$146,535Dec 20, 2019Amazon Studios
903Billy the Kid$7,92315%1$7,923$52,823Dec 7, 2007Elephant Eye Films
904Pierrot le Fou
2015 Re-release
$7,92223%1$7,922$34,371Dec 18, 2015Rialto Pictures
905Diamonds$7,8378.9%2$3,918$88,428Dec 10, 1999Miramax
906The Scary of Sixty-First$7,80817.3%1$7,808$45,005Dec 3, 2021Utopia
907Frankie & Alice$7,76872.8%1$7,768$10,670Dec 10, 2010Freestyle Releasing
908After Midnight$7,63415.1%2$3,817$50,469Dec 3, 2004Avatar Films
909Cook County$7,57942.2%5$1,515$17,977Dec 16, 2011Hannover House
910The Duelist$7,57656.3%10$757$13,450Dec 2, 2016Sony Pictures Releasing
911AKA$7,55315.1%3$2,517$49,988Dec 12, 2003Empire Pictures Inc.
912The Strange Case of Angelica$7,49915%1$7,499$50,135Dec 31, 2010The Cinema Guild
913Intacto
2002 Re-release
$7,3622.4%1$7,362$307,333Dec 13, 2002Lionsgate
914Big Time$7,347100%2$3,673$7,347Dec 1, 2017Abramorama
915The Trial
2022 Re-release
$7,2807.8%1$7,280$93,533Dec 9, 2022Rialto Pictures
916Until the Light Takes Us$7,2465.6%1$7,246$130,441Dec 4, 2009Variance Films
917Duet for One$7,14981.8%1$7,149$8,736Dec 26, 1986Cannon Film Distributors
918Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles$7,13043.5%2$3,565$16,400Dec 12, 2014Cohen Media Group
919Lost Angels: Skid Row Is My Home$7,03958.5%1$7,039$12,025Dec 7, 2012Cinema Libre Studio
920And Everything Is Going Fine$7,03531.9%1$7,035$22,080Dec 10, 2010IFC Films
921Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel$7,000100%2$3,500$7,000Dec 16, 2011Anchor Bay Films
922El Topo$6,8578.5%1$6,857$80,302Dec 15, 2006ABKCO Films
923The World of Kanako
2015 Re-release
$6,83441.1%11$621$16,627Dec 4, 2015Drafthouse Films
924Memoria$6,79712.9%1$6,797$52,656Dec 24, 2021Neon
925Off the Black$6,76327.7%2$3,381$24,425Dec 8, 2006THINKFilm
926What Alice Found$6,72010%1$6,720$67,436Dec 5, 2003Castle Hill Productions
927Hacker$6,71659.8%13$516$11,239Dec 2, 2016Archstone Distribution
928Capture the Flag$6,690100%20$334$6,690Dec 4, 2015Paramount Pictures
929Nights of Cabiria
2021 Re-release
$6,66346%4$1,665$14,485Dec 17, 2021Rialto Pictures
930Naples '44$6,63627%1$6,636$24,620Dec 1, 2017First Run
931The Dead Girl$6,61333.3%2$3,306$19,875Dec 29, 2006First Look International
932Quest$6,59113.8%1$6,591$47,807Dec 1, 2017First Run
933Outrage$6,51814.6%2$3,259$44,745Dec 2, 2011Magnolia Pictures
934Three Colors: Blue$6,4130.5%1$6,413$1,324,974Dec 3, 1993Miramax
935Convicts$6,34746.6%1$6,347$13,623Dec 6, 1991-
936Agnes Browne$6,3224.2%2$3,161$148,853Dec 3, 1999USA Films
937Nanking$6,3163.9%1$6,316$161,182Dec 14, 2007THINKFilm
938Hugo Pool$6,30547.3%4$1,576$13,330Dec 12, 1997Northern Arts Entertainment
939Spring Forward$6,2695.3%2$3,134$117,471Dec 8, 2000IFC Films
940No Bears$6,1733.7%1$6,173$167,333Dec 23, 2022Janus Films
941Django$6,15023.7%8$768$25,916Dec 21, 2012Rialto Pictures
942A Good Day to Be Black & Sexy$6,14171.2%1$6,141$8,629Dec 5, 2008Magnolia Pictures
943Khodorkovsky$6,11015.5%1$6,110$39,522Dec 2, 2011Kino Lorber
944Tyrel$6,05928.2%5$1,211$21,456Dec 7, 2018Magnolia Pictures
945Home of the Brave$6,00011.6%3$2,000$51,708Dec 15, 2006Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
946Another WolfCop$5,89080.9%6$981$7,285Dec 1, 2017Parade Deck Films
947Massoud, the Afghan
2002 Re-release
$5,85921.9%1$5,859$26,747Dec 6, 2002New Yorker Films
948Birdboy: The Forgotten Children$5,84915.1%4$1,462$38,786Dec 15, 2017GKIDS
949France$5,81111.8%2$2,905$49,347Dec 10, 2021Kino Lorber
950Frank & Lola$5,74762.5%26$221$9,188Dec 9, 2016Paladin
951Permanent$5,72244.5%8$715$12,847Dec 15, 2017Magnolia Pictures
952The Violin$5,6478.6%1$5,647$65,298Dec 7, 2007Film Movement
953Spider$5,5750.3%1$5,575$1,642,483Dec 20, 2002Sony Pictures Classics
954The White Sheik
2019 re-release
$5,56210.9%1$5,562$50,850Dec 27, 2019Rialto Pictures
955Arranged$5,56023.6%1$5,560$23,571Dec 14, 2007Film Movement
956The Ballad of Lefty Brown$5,55970.8%2$2,779$7,856Dec 15, 2017A24
957Gomorrah$5,5320.4%1$5,532$1,579,146Dec 19, 2008IFC Films
958Pianoforte$5,500100%1$5,500$5,500Dec 1, 2023Greenwich Entertainment
959Spiral Farm$5,47584%3$1,825$6,517Dec 13, 2019Indican Pictures
960We Think the World of You$5,46526%1$5,465$20,998Dec 23, 1988Cinecom Pictures
961Liv & Ingmar$5,45152.7%2$2,725$10,347Dec 13, 2013Janus Films
962Family Law$5,38413.9%2$2,692$38,605Dec 8, 2006IFC Films
963The Lion in Winter
2016 Re-release
$5,33929.4%2$2,669$18,177Dec 16, 2016Rialto Pictures
964A Talking Picture$5,32526.3%2$2,662$20,237Dec 10, 2004Kino International
965The Secret Life of Words$5,30925.7%1$5,309$20,678Dec 15, 2006Strand Releasing
966Brotherhood of Blades 2$5,29637.3%2$2,648$14,204Dec 1, 2017Well Go USA Entertainment
9672nd Chance$5,26728.4%--$18,523Dec 2, 2022Bleecker Street Media
968Godard Cinema$5,25122.6%3$1,750$23,257Dec 15, 2023Kino Lorber
969The Girl in the Book$5,24963.7%10$524$8,245Dec 11, 2015Freestyle Releasing
970Happy Magic$5,12547.9%5$1,025$10,697Dec 9, 2011China Lion Film Distribution
971The Strip$5,107100%8$638$5,107Dec 4, 2009Truly Indie
972Let Him Have It$5,0885.7%1$5,088$88,686Dec 6, 1991Fine Line Features
973The Lucky Man$4,95619.8%3$1,652$25,015Dec 22, 2017Indican Pictures
974Ocean Waves$4,9425.6%1$4,942$87,738Dec 30, 2016GKIDS
975Wagner & Me
2012 Re-release
$4,89113%2$2,445$37,745Dec 7, 2012First Run
976Harry Benson: Shoot First$4,79826.5%3$1,599$18,092Dec 9, 2016Magnolia Pictures
977Night and Day$4,75474.3%1$4,754$6,397Dec 11, 1992International Film Circuit
978Haunted Summer$4,72647.7%1$4,726$9,911Dec 16, 1988Cannon Film Distributors
979The Far Side of the Moon
2005 Re-release
$4,72137.7%1$4,721$12,534Dec 2, 2005TLA Releasing
980Imaginary Heroes$4,6962.1%2$2,348$228,767Dec 17, 2004Sony Pictures Classics
981Day by Day: The Dynasty$4,69236.3%6$782$12,929Dec 8, 2023Utopia
982Behind the Sun$4,67123.5%1$4,671$19,861Dec 14, 2001Miramax
983The Last Days on Mars$4,60819.1%3$1,536$24,084Dec 6, 2013Magnolia Pictures
984Shotgun Stories$4,5539.9%1$4,553$46,026Dec 14, 2007International Film Circuit
985The Hawk$4,53550.9%1$4,535$8,906Dec 10, 1993Castle Hill Productions
986December$4,52977.2%2$2,264$5,868Dec 6, 1991IRS Media
987The Kennedy Incident$4,51054.4%2$2,255$8,288Dec 15, 2023Indican Pictures
988In Our Nature$4,37866.9%1$4,378$6,543Dec 7, 2012Cinedigm Entertainment Group
989Framing Agnes$4,3559%1$4,355$48,147Dec 2, 2022Kino Lorber
990Timecrimes$4,35111.1%2$2,175$39,127Dec 12, 2008Magnolia Pictures
991Dreamland$4,35068.1%5$870$6,383Dec 1, 2006Truly Indie
992Hell's Kitchen$4,33237%2$2,166$11,710Dec 3, 1999Cowboy Pictures
993The Rabbi's Cat$4,30118.4%1$4,301$23,392Dec 7, 2012GKIDS
994The Velvet Queen$4,2762.8%2$2,138$151,006Dec 24, 2021Oscilloscope
995WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception$4,21614%3$1,405$30,210Dec 3, 2004Cinema Libre Studio
996My Piece of the Pie$4,21361.5%2$2,106$6,850Dec 9, 2011IFC Films
997Fear Anxiety Depression$4,2128.9%1$4,212$47,148Dec 8, 1989The Samuel Goldwyn Company
998One Peace at a Time$4,13835.4%1$4,138$11,698Dec 4, 2009Monterey Media
999The Charmer$4,12815.8%1$4,128$26,167Dec 7, 2018Film Movement
1,000Shadowman$4,11330.5%1$4,113$13,498Dec 1, 2017Film Movement