Top Opening Weekends By Month

Data as of Nov 23, 2:05 PST
Rank Release Opening % of Total Theaters Average Total Gross Wide Date Distributor
801Erik the Viking$68,5433.5%22$3,115$1,932,642Sep 22, 1989Orion Pictures
802Mobsters and Mormons$67,94516.6%32$2,123$409,604Sep 9, 2005-
803A Boy. A Girl. A Dream.$67,76060.2%61$1,110$112,552Sep 14, 2018The Samuel Goldwyn Company
804Where Hands Touch$67,743100%103$657$67,743Sep 14, 2018Vertical Entertainment
805The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them$66,94111.4%4$16,735$587,774Sep 12, 2014The Weinstein Company
806Everything Is Illuminated$66,8063.9%6$11,134$1,712,337Sep 16, 2005Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
807Out of Liberty$66,54625.1%35$1,901$265,279Sep 13, 2019Purdie Distribution
808Seven Hours to Judgment$66,35237.3%73$908$177,820Sep 16, 1988Trans World Entertainment (TWE)
809The Nest$65,54047.5%301$217$137,886Sep 18, 2020IFC Films
810Go Tigers!$64,47942.5%61$1,057$151,779Sep 21, 2001IFC Films
811Lust, Caution$63,9181.4%1$63,918$4,604,982Sep 28, 2007Focus Features
812Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel$63,7006.3%3$21,233$1,017,579Sep 21, 2012The Samuel Goldwyn Company
813Goodnight Mommy$63,6415.4%4$15,910$1,178,196Sep 11, 2015RADiUS-TWC
814Faith of Angels$62,93011%30$2,097$570,027Sep 13, 2024Purdie Distribution
815Bol$62,47333.1%38$1,644$188,850Sep 2, 2011Eros Worldwide
816Winnie Mandela$61,84776.7%32$1,932$80,634Sep 6, 2013Image Entertainment
817Secrets & Lies$60,8130.5%4$15,203$13,417,292Sep 27, 1996October Films
818Rocket Gibraltar$60,52332.3%5$12,104$187,349Sep 2, 1988Columbia Pictures
819Amreeka$58,8239.4%4$14,705$627,436Sep 4, 2009National Geographic Entertainment
820The Burning Plain$58,74929.3%21$2,797$200,730Sep 18, 2009Magnolia Pictures
821Hero$58,44565.9%53$1,102$88,675Sep 11, 2015Eros Worldwide
822Unfavorable Odds$57,98467.3%445$130$86,203Sep 9, 2022Atlas Distribution Company
823Cube$57,14711.4%16$3,571$501,818Sep 11, 1998Trimark Pictures
824Charly$56,9007%36$1,580$814,666Sep 27, 2002Excel Entertainment
825Harry & Snowman$56,84210.1%18$3,157$561,460Sep 30, 2016FilmRise
826On the Basis of Sex
2020 Re-release
$56,21068.4%829$67$82,150Sep 25, 2020Focus Features
827Without Limits$56,1807.2%5$11,236$777,423Sep 11, 1998Warner Bros.
828Kart Racer$56,146100%86$652$56,146Sep 26, 2003Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm
829Deep in the Woods$56,119100%29$1,935$56,119Sep 29, 2000Phaedra Cinema
830On the Job$56,09834.1%29$1,934$164,620Sep 27, 2013Well Go USA Entertainment
831Our Lady of the Assassins$56,06910.7%4$14,017$525,330Sep 7, 2001Paramount Classics
832This Is Spinal Tap
2000 Re-release
$55,85422.8%10$5,585$244,557Sep 8, 2000Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
833Keep the Lights On$55,57422.6%5$11,114$246,112Sep 7, 2012Music Box Films
834A Man Called Ove$54,6081.6%9$6,067$3,479,315Sep 30, 2016Music Box Films
835Feast$54,55697.2%146$373$56,131Sep 22, 2006-
836Guinevere$54,1458.6%10$5,414$632,283Sep 24, 1999Miramax
837Canadian Bacon$53,34932.5%14$3,810$163,971Sep 22, 1995Gramercy Pictures (I)
838Pearl Jam: Let's Play Two$53,17715.2%5$10,635$348,833Sep 29, 2017Abramorama
839Tucker and Dale vs Evil$52,84323.6%30$1,761$223,838Sep 30, 2011Magnolia Pictures
840Towelhead$52,82314.2%4$13,205$372,124Sep 12, 2008Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
841Different for Girls$52,81617.6%14$3,772$300,645Sep 12, 1997First Look International
842Heartbreaker$52,62810.4%3$17,542$504,030Sep 10, 2010IFC Films
843Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame$52,61711.4%3$17,539$459,836Sep 2, 2011-
844Plácido Domingo Gala$52,502100%217$241$52,502Sep 6, 2019Fathom Events
8458 Women$52,4891.7%3$17,496$3,098,776Sep 6, 2002Focus Features
846Because of Grácia$52,17157.4%32$1,630$90,878Sep 15, 2017ArtAffects Entertainment
847Take Shelter$52,0413%3$17,347$1,730,296Sep 30, 2011Sony Pictures Classics
848The Other Man$51,90934.7%8$6,488$149,528Sep 11, 2009Image Entertainment
849Poster Boys$51,26452.8%50$1,025$97,049Sep 8, 2017Sony Pictures Releasing
850Thunder Soul$51,26035.6%35$1,464$143,986Sep 23, 2011Roadside Attractions
851Howl$51,1858.3%6$8,530$617,334Sep 24, 2010Oscilloscope
852The Fireflies Are Gone$51,11920.9%25$2,044$245,006Sep 21, 2018Entertainment One
853The Journals of Knud Rasmussen$50,82324.3%46$1,104$209,478Sep 29, 2006Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm
854The Beauty Inside$50,53646.8%23$2,197$108,083Sep 11, 2015Well Go USA Entertainment
855Monos$49,84312.3%5$9,968$406,473Sep 13, 2019Neon
856A Different Man$49,4667.6%4$12,366$654,254Sep 20, 2024A24
857Slaughter Creek$49,39236.1%16$3,087$136,815Sep 14, 2012Nocturnal Features
858The Boys Are Back$49,3426.1%6$8,223$809,752Sep 25, 2009Miramax
859Fool for Love$49,31329.7%8$6,164$165,987Sep 10, 2010Variance Films
860Maurice$49,2782%1$49,278$2,438,304Sep 18, 1987Cinecom Pictures
861'night, Mother$49,16411.1%3$16,388$441,863Sep 12, 1986Universal Pictures
862Where's the Party Yaar?$48,83257%11$4,439$85,739Sep 5, 2003Music Masala Films
863Green Street Hooligans$48,76014.1%7$6,965$346,830Sep 9, 2005Freestyle Releasing
864Viceroy's House$48,1344.4%4$12,033$1,105,717Sep 1, 2017IFC Films
865Goya in Bordeaux$47,9627.5%5$9,592$635,361Sep 15, 2000Sony Pictures Releasing
866Lizzie$47,5807.4%4$11,895$642,157Sep 14, 2018Roadside Attractions
867The Origin of Evil$47,49954.4%206$230$87,344Sep 22, 2023IFC Films
868My Lucky Star$47,00673%23$2,043$64,432Sep 20, 2013China Lion Film Distribution
869Battle in Seattle$46,90320.9%8$5,862$224,169Sep 19, 2008Redwood Palms Pictures
870Paris$46,5184.6%6$7,753$1,010,194Sep 18, 2009IFC Films
871The Man from Elysian Fields$46,3533.2%6$7,725$1,435,016Sep 27, 2002IDP Distribution
872Head in the Clouds$46,13311.6%10$4,613$398,278Sep 17, 2004Sony Pictures Classics
873The Romantics$45,52742.7%2$22,763$106,524Sep 10, 2010-
874After Hours$45,4350.4%1$45,435$10,609,321Sep 13, 1985Warner Bros.
875The Bad Guys: The Movie$45,23327.1%11$4,112$166,972Sep 20, 2019CJ Entertainment
876Karobaar$45,200100%22$2,054$45,200Sep 15, 2000Eros Worldwide
877Machine Gun Preacher$45,1308.4%4$11,282$538,690Sep 23, 2011Relativity Media
878In the Mood$45,1184.5%5$9,023$999,382Sep 18, 1987Lorimar Motion Pictures
879Hellbent$45,04724.6%10$4,504$183,066Sep 16, 2005Regent Releasing
880Romance$44,8292.8%3$14,943$1,585,642Sep 17, 1999Trimark Pictures
881Liam$44,3994.4%7$6,342$1,016,021Sep 21, 2001Lionsgate
882Enter the Void$43,65113%3$14,550$336,467Sep 24, 2010IFC Films
883Matangi/Maya/M.I.A$43,57318.9%2$21,786$230,808Sep 28, 2018Abramorama
884Hockeyland$43,38223.8%63$688$182,488Sep 9, 2022Greenwich Entertainment
885Lucky$43,2934.5%5$8,658$955,925Sep 29, 2017Magnolia Pictures
886The Two Faces of January$43,1168.5%6$7,186$507,463Sep 26, 2014Magnolia Pictures
887Who Knows?$43,0104.7%3$14,336$907,323Sep 28, 2001Sony Pictures Classics
888Sugar Town$42,66824%8$5,333$178,095Sep 17, 1999USA Films
889Earth$42,44910%8$5,306$424,798Sep 10, 1999Zeitgeist Films
890Breakfast of Champions$42,32623.7%7$6,046$178,278Sep 17, 1999Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
891Pump$42,20047%3$14,066$89,787Sep 19, 2014Submarine Deluxe
892Monument Ave.$41,55612.5%10$4,155$333,760Sep 25, 1998Lionsgate
893Wadjda$41,2533.1%3$13,751$1,347,747Sep 13, 2013Sony Pictures Classics
894Where's My Roy Cohn?$41,2025.8%4$10,300$705,274Sep 20, 2019Sony Pictures Classics
895Tazza: One-Eyed Jack$41,13942.1%22$1,869$97,655Sep 20, 2019Well Go USA Entertainment
896Occupy Unmasked$40,95277.6%4$10,238$52,768Sep 21, 2012Magnolia Pictures
897Hector and the Search for Happiness$40,8473.6%4$10,211$1,124,445Sep 19, 2014Relativity Media
898Greetings from the Shore$40,52742.1%31$1,307$96,314Sep 12, 2008Freestyle Releasing
899My Life Without Me$40,51510.1%7$5,787$400,948Sep 26, 2003Sony Pictures Classics
900The Minus Man$40,29210.9%5$8,058$370,668Sep 10, 1999Artisan Entertainment
901The Hunting Party$39,6094.1%4$9,902$969,869Sep 7, 2007-
902A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries$39,5172.2%5$7,903$1,782,005Sep 18, 1998October Films
903Demonlover$39,28416.9%8$4,910$232,044Sep 19, 2003Palm Pictures
904Sea of Dreams
2007 Re-release
$39,200100%56$700$39,200Sep 21, 2007Success Films
905The New Girlfriend$39,03526.6%13$3,002$146,754Sep 18, 2015Cohen Media Group
906The Bubble$38,88224.7%10$3,888$157,121Sep 7, 2007Strand Releasing
907In Praise of Love$38,84415.4%3$12,948$252,074Sep 6, 2002-
908Victor$38,59432.8%12$3,216$117,755Sep 16, 2016CanZion Films
909Haven$38,35628%24$1,598$136,823Sep 15, 2006Yari Film Group Releasing
910In the Shadow of the Moon$38,2813.4%4$9,570$1,134,358Sep 7, 2007THINKFilm
911Chocolate: Deep Dark Secrets$38,00077.6%20$1,900$49,000Sep 16, 2005Eros Worldwide
912Rebel in the Rye$37,96710%4$9,491$378,294Sep 8, 2017IFC Films
913Sharkwater$37,1404.4%60$619$850,920Sep 28, 2007Freestyle Releasing
914A Secret$37,1356%3$12,378$623,558Sep 5, 2008Strand Releasing
915Other People$36,99740.5%12$3,083$91,441Sep 9, 2016Vertical Entertainment
916Ira & Abby$36,93816.7%7$5,276$221,096Sep 14, 2007Magnolia Pictures
917Six-String Samurai$36,89625.2%16$2,306$146,125Sep 18, 1998Palm Pictures
918Munger Road$36,60513.7%1$36,605$266,689Sep 30, 2011Freestyle Releasing
919Casa de los babys$36,4567.6%9$4,050$478,031Sep 19, 2003IFC Films
920Red Rooms$36,44143.9%50$728$83,081Sep 6, 2024Utopia
921Little Manhattan$36,3979.4%2$18,198$385,373Sep 30, 2005Twentieth Century Fox
922The Inbetweeners$36,000100%10$3,600$36,000Sep 7, 2012-
923King of California$35,81413.3%5$7,162$268,461Sep 14, 2007First Look International
924The New Age$35,79714.6%3$11,932$245,217Sep 16, 1994Warner Bros.
925Bubba Ho-Tep$35,6362.9%2$17,818$1,239,183Sep 19, 2003Vitagraph Films
926Above and Beyond: NASA's Journey to Tomorrow$35,49047.5%350$101$74,711Sep 28, 2018Fathom Events
927Fremont$35,44413.1%24$1,476$271,343Sep 8, 2023Music Box Films
928Love Crime$35,3756.6%5$7,075$539,792Sep 2, 2011IFC Films
929Red Doors$35,05035.8%2$17,525$97,848Sep 8, 2006Emerging Pictures
930Sherrybaby$34,77417.5%5$6,954$199,176Sep 8, 2006IFC Films
931Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House$34,2174.4%5$6,843$768,946Sep 29, 2017Sony Pictures Classics
932Office$34,14453.6%15$2,276$63,675Sep 18, 2015China Lion Film Distribution
933White Girl$34,05817%3$11,352$200,242Sep 2, 2016FilmRise
934The Indian Runner$34,04717.8%4$8,511$191,125Sep 20, 1991Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
935RBG
2020 Re-release
$34,000100%878$38$34,000Sep 25, 2020Magnolia Pictures
936Côte d'Azur$33,52123.8%11$3,047$141,039Sep 9, 2005Strand Releasing
937Cock and Bull$33,23140.1%12$2,769$82,778Sep 16, 2016China Lion Film Distribution
938The Big Picture$33,07128.2%3$11,023$117,463Sep 15, 1989Columbia Pictures
939Cooties$33,03155%29$1,139$60,058Sep 18, 2015Lionsgate Premiere
940Sleep with Me$33,00416.5%6$5,500$200,151Sep 23, 1994Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
941I'm Your Man$32,91712%16$2,057$275,155Sep 24, 2021Bleecker Street Media
942Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon$32,79537.4%35$937$87,783Sep 27, 2013-
943The Green Prince$32,69812.7%4$8,174$258,237Sep 12, 2014Music Box Films
944C.O.G.$32,67759.1%20$1,633$55,301Sep 20, 2013Screen Media Films
945Eye See You$32,30040.8%78$414$79,161Sep 20, 2002-
946Outsourced$32,22719.7%8$4,028$163,561Sep 28, 2007Truly Indie
947Broken Hill$32,14059.5%48$669$54,058Sep 11, 2009-
948Kicks$32,11121.4%3$10,703$150,191Sep 9, 2016Focus World
949Goodbye, Don Glees!$32,09637.1%416$77$86,610Sep 16, 2022GKIDS
950Into the Arms of Strangers$32,0378.4%5$6,407$382,807Sep 15, 2000Warner Bros.
951Killer: A Journal of Murder$31,99339%9$3,554$82,029Sep 6, 1996-
952Final: The Rapture$31,90025.6%2$15,950$124,561Sep 13, 2013-
953All Roads Lead Home$31,78572.4%46$690$43,907Sep 26, 2008Waldo West Productions
954So Close$31,70241.4%11$2,882$76,584Sep 12, 2003Strand Releasing
955The Providence Effect$31,66050.7%14$2,261$62,500Sep 25, 2009Slowhand Cinema Releasing
956Common Ground$31,45012.1%4$7,862$259,959Sep 29, 2023Area 23a
957A Brilliant Young Mind$31,40818.3%3$10,469$171,793Sep 11, 2015The Samuel Goldwyn Company
958Leap$31,17437.5%108$288$83,074Sep 25, 2020Jetsen Huashi Media US
959Vulgaria$31,09752.7%16$1,943$59,059Sep 28, 2012China Lion Film Distribution
960Kusama: Infinity$30,9988.6%2$15,499$360,931Sep 7, 2018Magnolia Pictures
961Persuasion$30,9860.6%1$30,986$5,269,757Sep 29, 1995Sony Pictures Classics
962WARx2$30,9311.3%1$30,931$2,310,625Sep 18, 2015Strasson Group
963Return with Honor: A Missionary Homecoming$30,83030.2%23$1,340$102,171Sep 14, 2007Excel Entertainment
964Ping Pong Playa$30,79739.5%9$3,421$77,907Sep 5, 2008IFC Films
965La Bohème$30,78056.5%49$628$54,464Sep 25, 2009Emerging Pictures
966This Film Is Not Yet Rated$30,66410%2$15,332$306,845Sep 1, 2006IFC Films
967The Myth of Fingerprints$30,5335.8%3$10,177$523,025Sep 19, 1997Sony Pictures Classics
968Last Days in Vietnam$30,5006.5%2$15,250$466,114Sep 5, 2014American Experience Films
969Dragon Blade$30,34641%14$2,167$74,068Sep 4, 2015Lionsgate Premiere
970Dummy$30,12042%5$6,024$71,646Sep 12, 2003Artisan Entertainment
971Red Betsy$29,86418.2%22$1,357$164,520Sep 19, 2003Lang Films
972My Sailor, My Love$29,51433.1%37$797$89,237Sep 22, 2023Music Box Films
973Testosterone$29,45215.9%4$7,363$185,078Sep 10, 2004Strand Releasing
974A Dirty Shame$29,3842.2%1$29,384$1,339,668Sep 17, 2004Fine Line Features
9753 Weeks in Yerevan$29,24564.2%3$9,748$45,536Sep 16, 2016-
976Puncture$29,17542.3%4$7,293$68,945Sep 23, 2011Millennium Entertainment
977Yellow Day$29,14498.3%1$29,144$29,656Sep 19, 2014Providence Film Partners
978When Will I Be Loved$29,10318.3%8$3,637$159,429Sep 10, 2004IFC Films
979Zelary$29,0028.8%6$4,833$330,033Sep 17, 2004Sony Pictures Classics
980Jack Goes Boating$28,9165.3%4$7,229$541,992Sep 17, 2010Overture Films
98110E$28,86389%2$14,431$32,413Sep 27, 2019-
982The Riot Act$28,84038.2%9$3,204$75,506Sep 14, 2018Hannover House
983Moving McAllister$28,66567.4%86$333$42,538Sep 14, 2007First Independent Pictures
984Te Ata$28,64039.1%14$2,045$73,236Sep 29, 2017Paladin
985How the West Was Won
2003 Re-release
$28,56837.2%1$28,568$76,729Sep 12, 2003Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
986The Short Game$28,43471.4%17$1,672$39,819Sep 20, 2013The Samuel Goldwyn Company
987How to Survive a Plague$28,25021.4%4$7,062$132,055Sep 21, 2012IFC Films
988Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation$28,23563.8%27$1,045$44,272Sep 22, 1995Lionsgate
989Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles$28,22311.2%5$5,644$252,325Sep 1, 2006Sony Pictures Classics
990Miller's Crossing$28,2020.6%1$28,202$5,080,409Sep 21, 1990Twentieth Century Fox
991El Norte
2019 Re-release
$27,920100%179$155$27,920Sep 13, 2019Fathom Events
99220,000 Days on Earth$27,87910%1$27,879$279,558Sep 19, 2014Drafthouse Films
993Dorm Daze$27,71249.4%34$815$56,127Sep 26, 2003120 Degree Films
994Memoir of a Murderer$27,66530.3%8$3,458$91,335Sep 8, 2017Well Go USA Entertainment
995Liberal Arts$27,4358.4%4$6,858$327,345Sep 14, 2012IFC Films
996A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop$27,33014.3%5$5,466$190,946Sep 3, 2010Sony Pictures Classics
997Nostradamus$27,3127.5%5$5,462$364,164Sep 16, 1994Orion Classics
998Weekend$27,2455.6%1$27,245$484,592Sep 23, 2011IFC Films
999Bird$27,1161.2%1$27,116$2,181,286Sep 30, 1988Warner Bros.
1,000Keeping Mum$27,1121.7%2$13,556$1,619,466Sep 15, 2006THINKFilm