Top Opening Theater Averages

By Release Scale

Data as of Nov 21, 2:05 PST

Rank	Release	Average	Theaters	Opening	Total Gross	Date	Distributor
1	The Lion King	$793,376	2	$1,586,753	$312,855,561	Jun 17, 1994	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2	Pocahontas	$448,285	6	$2,689,714	$141,579,773	Jun 16, 1995	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
3	The Princess and the Frog	$393,095	2	$786,190	$104,400,899	Nov 27, 2009	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
4	Toy Story 2	$300,163	1	$300,163	$245,852,179	Nov 19, 1999	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
5	A Bug's Life	$291,121	1	$291,121	$162,798,565	Nov 20, 1998	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
6	Hercules	$249,567	1	$249,567	$99,112,101	Jun 13, 1997	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
7	Frozen	$243,390	1	$243,390	$400,738,009	Nov 22, 2013	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
8	Red State	$204,230	1	$204,230	$1,104,682	Mar 4, 2011	SModcast Pictures
9	The Grand Budapest Hotel	$202,791	4	$811,166	$59,301,324	Mar 7, 2014	-
10	La La Land	$176,220	5	$881,104	$151,101,803	Dec 9, 2016	Lionsgate
11	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	$164,505	2	$329,011	$84,056,472	Jun 8, 2001	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
12	American Sniper	$158,364	4	$633,456	$350,126,372	Dec 26, 2014	Warner Bros.
13	The Master	$147,262	5	$736,311	$16,377,274	Sep 14, 2012	The Weinstein Company
14	Brother Bear	$145,970	2	$291,940	$85,336,277	Oct 24, 2003	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
15	Asteroid City	$142,230	6	$853,382	$28,153,025	Jun 16, 2023	Focus Features
16	Parasite	$131,072	3	$393,216	$53,369,749	Oct 11, 2019	Neon
17	Moonrise Kingdom	$130,749	4	$522,996	$45,512,466	May 25, 2012	Focus Features
18	Steve Jobs	$130,380	4	$521,522	$17,766,658	Oct 9, 2015	Universal Pictures
19	Dreamgirls	$126,316	3	$378,950	$103,365,956	Dec 15, 2006	DreamWorks
20	American Hustle	$123,409	6	$740,455	$150,117,807	Dec 13, 2013	Sony Pictures Releasing
21	Anastasia	$120,541	1	$120,541	$58,406,347	Nov 14, 1997	Twentieth Century Fox
22	The Imitation Game	$119,838	4	$479,352	$91,125,683	Nov 28, 2014	The Weinstein Company
23	The Revenant	$118,640	4	$474,560	$183,637,894	Dec 25, 2015	Twentieth Century Fox
24	Brokeback Mountain	$109,485	5	$547,425	$83,043,761	Dec 9, 2005	Focus Features
25	Uncut Gems	$107,448	5	$537,242	$50,023,780	Dec 13, 2019	A24
26	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)	$106,099	4	$424,397	$42,340,598	Oct 17, 2014	-
27	The Favourite	$105,602	4	$422,410	$34,366,783	Nov 23, 2018	-
28	Precious	$104,025	18	$1,872,458	$47,566,524	Nov 6, 2009	Lionsgate
29	Call Me by Your Name	$103,233	4	$412,932	$18,095,701	Nov 24, 2017	Sony Pictures Classics
30	Blue Jasmine	$102,010	6	$612,064	$33,405,481	Jul 26, 2013	Sony Pictures Classics
31	Inside Llewyn Davis	$101,352	4	$405,411	$13,235,319	Dec 6, 2013	CBS Films
32	Moonlight	$100,518	4	$402,075	$27,854,932	Oct 21, 2016	A24
33	Midnight in Paris	$99,833	6	$599,003	$56,817,045	May 20, 2011	Sony Pictures Classics
34	Aladdin	$98,332	2	$196,664	$217,350,219	Nov 13, 1992	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
35	Evita	$97,542	2	$195,085	$50,047,179	Dec 27, 1996	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
36	The Nightmare Before Christmas	$95,616	2	$191,232	$50,003,043	Oct 15, 1993	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
37	There Will Be Blood	$95,369	2	$190,739	$40,222,514	Dec 28, 2007	Paramount Vantage
38	Jay and Silent Bob Reboot	$93,520	1	$93,520	$4,589,490	Oct 18, 2019	Saban Films
39	The Tree of Life	$93,230	4	$372,920	$13,303,319	May 27, 2011	-
40	Don't Think Twice	$92,835	1	$92,835	$4,417,667	Jul 22, 2016	The Film Arcade
41	Suspiria	$92,018	2	$184,037	$2,483,472	Oct 26, 2018	Amazon Studios
42	Anora	$91,750	6	$550,503	$10,971,650	Oct 18, 2024	Neon
43	Lady Bird	$91,109	4	$364,437	$48,958,273	Nov 3, 2017	A24
44	The Farewell	$88,915	4	$355,662	$17,695,781	Jul 12, 2019	A24
45	The King's Speech	$88,862	4	$355,450	$135,453,143	Nov 26, 2010	The Weinstein Company
46	The Big Short	$88,190	8	$705,527	$70,259,870	Dec 11, 2015	Paramount Pictures
47	Spring Breakers	$87,667	3	$263,002	$14,124,284	Mar 15, 2013	A24
48	Licorice Pizza	$86,289	4	$345,157	$17,318,007	Nov 26, 2021	United Artists Releasing
49	Lincoln	$85,846	11	$944,308	$182,207,973	Nov 9, 2012	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
50	Memoirs of a Geisha	$85,313	8	$682,504	$57,490,508	Dec 9, 2005	Sony Pictures Releasing
51	The Big Sick	$84,315	5	$421,577	$42,873,127	Jun 23, 2017	Lionsgate
52	Moulin Rouge!	$83,770	2	$167,540	$57,386,607	May 18, 2001	Twentieth Century Fox
53	Zero Dark Thirty	$83,430	5	$417,150	$95,720,716	Dec 21, 2012	Sony Pictures Releasing
54	The Shape of Water	$83,282	2	$166,564	$63,859,435	Dec 1, 2017	-
55	Beauty and the Beast	$81,073	2	$162,146	$145,863,363	Nov 15, 1991	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
56	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	$80,542	4	$322,168	$54,513,740	Nov 10, 2017	-
57	Black Swan	$80,211	18	$1,443,809	$106,954,678	Dec 3, 2010	-
58	Beau Is Afraid	$80,099	4	$320,396	$8,176,562	Apr 14, 2023	A24
59	Edward Scissorhands	$79,811	2	$159,622	$56,362,352	Dec 7, 1990	Twentieth Century Fox
60	Bombshell	$79,789	4	$319,157	$31,762,808	Dec 13, 2019	Lionsgate
61	Up in the Air	$78,763	15	$1,181,450	$83,823,381	Dec 4, 2009	Paramount Pictures
62	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	$77,640	4	$310,562	$24,149,393	Dec 9, 2011	Focus Features
63	Corpse Bride	$77,633	5	$388,166	$53,359,111	Sep 16, 2005	Warner Bros.
64	Boyhood	$77,523	5	$387,618	$25,352,281	Jul 11, 2014	IFC Films
65	Avengers: Endgame	$76,601	4,662	$357,115,007	$858,373,000	Apr 26, 2019	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
66	Kinds of Kindness	$75,457	5	$377,289	$5,038,931	Jun 21, 2024	Searchlight Pictures
67	Honey Boy	$75,266	4	$301,065	$3,012,615	Nov 8, 2019	Amazon Studios
68	The Fighter	$75,002	4	$300,010	$93,617,009	Dec 10, 2010	Paramount Pictures
69	Syriana	$74,900	5	$374,502	$50,824,620	Nov 25, 2005	Warner Bros.
70	Melinda and Melinda	$74,238	1	$74,238	$3,826,280	Mar 18, 2005	-
71	Free Solo	$73,572	4	$294,288	$17,541,090	Sep 28, 2018	National Geographic Entertainment
72	Poor Things	$73,470	9	$661,230	$34,553,225	Dec 8, 2023	Searchlight Pictures
73	Punch-Drunk Love	$73,440	5	$367,203	$17,844,216	Oct 11, 2002	Revolution Studios
74	I Heart Huckabees	$73,044	4	$292,177	$12,785,432	Oct 1, 2004	-
75	To Rome with Love	$72,271	5	$361,359	$16,685,867	Jun 22, 2012	Sony Pictures Classics
76	Café Society	$71,857	5	$359,289	$11,103,205	Jul 15, 2016	Lionsgate
77	Guiana 1838	$70,910	1	$70,910	$227,241	Sep 24, 2004	RBC Radio
78	Bulworth	$70,908	2	$141,816	$26,528,185	May 15, 1998	Twentieth Century Fox
79	An Inconvenient Truth	$70,332	4	$281,330	$24,146,161	May 26, 2006	Paramount Classics
80	The Kids Are All Right	$70,281	7	$491,971	$20,811,365	Jul 9, 2010	Focus Features
81	Jojo Rabbit	$69,911	5	$349,555	$33,370,906	Oct 18, 2019	-
82	The Place Beyond the Pines	$69,864	4	$279,457	$21,403,519	Mar 29, 2013	Focus Features
83	Sicko	$68,969	1	$68,969	$24,540,079	Jun 22, 2007	Lionsgate
84	Sleepwalk with Me	$68,801	1	$68,801	$2,266,067	Aug 24, 2012	IFC Films
85	The Darjeeling Limited	$67,469	2	$134,938	$11,902,715	Sep 28, 2007	-
86	Sicario	$66,881	6	$401,288	$46,889,293	Sep 18, 2015	Lionsgate
87	Fantastic Mr. Fox	$66,475	4	$265,900	$21,002,919	Nov 13, 2009	Twentieth Century Fox
88	127 Hours	$66,212	4	$264,851	$18,335,230	Nov 5, 2010	-
89	I, Tonya	$66,038	4	$264,155	$30,014,539	Dec 8, 2017	Neon
90	Eighth Grade	$65,949	4	$263,797	$13,539,709	Jul 13, 2018	A24
91	Inherent Vice	$65,636	5	$328,184	$8,110,975	Dec 12, 2014	Warner Bros.
92	Mid90s	$64,539	4	$258,157	$7,362,439	Oct 19, 2018	A24
93	Nine	$64,308	4	$257,232	$19,676,965	Dec 18, 2009	The Weinstein Company
94	Manchester by the Sea	$64,124	4	$256,498	$47,695,371	Nov 18, 2016	Roadside Attractions
95	Lust, Caution	$63,918	1	$63,918	$4,604,982	Sep 28, 2007	Focus Features
96	The Disaster Artist	$63,755	19	$1,211,345	$21,120,616	Dec 1, 2017	A24
97	Carol	$63,377	4	$253,510	$12,711,491	Nov 20, 2015	The Weinstein Company
98	Revolutionary Road	$63,303	3	$189,911	$22,911,480	Dec 26, 2008	Paramount Vantage
99	The Crucible	$62,995	1	$62,995	$7,343,114	Nov 29, 1996	Twentieth Century Fox
100	Defiance	$61,756	2	$123,513	$28,644,813	Jan 2, 2009	Paramount Vantage
101	Late Night	$61,576	4	$246,305	$15,499,454	Jun 7, 2019	Amazon Studios
102	The Aristocrats	$60,949	4	$243,796	$6,377,461	Jul 29, 2005	THINKFilm
103	Frost/Nixon	$60,236	3	$180,708	$18,622,031	Dec 5, 2008	Universal Pictures
104	Isle of Dogs	$60,010	27	$1,620,294	$32,015,231	Mar 23, 2018	-
105	Spider-Man: No Way Home	$59,995	4,336	$260,138,569	$804,793,477	Dec 17, 2021	Sony Pictures Releasing
106	Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens	$59,982	4,134	$247,966,675	$936,662,225	Dec 18, 2015	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
107	The Battleship Island	$59,344	1	$59,344	$1,104,957	Jul 28, 2017	CJ Entertainment
108	Ex Machina	$59,316	4	$237,264	$25,442,958	Apr 10, 2015	A24
109	Juno	$59,124	7	$413,869	$143,495,265	Dec 7, 2007	-
110	Spotlight	$59,001	5	$295,009	$45,055,776	Nov 6, 2015	Open Road Films (II)
111	Echo in the Canyon	$58,825	2	$117,651	$3,355,324	May 24, 2019	Greenwich Entertainment
112	Origin	$58,531	2	$117,063	$4,689,830	Dec 8, 2023	Neon
113	The Post	$58,445	9	$526,011	$81,903,458	Dec 22, 2017	Twentieth Century Fox
114	Altered States	$58,216	3	$174,650	$19,853,892	Dec 26, 1980	Warner Bros.
115	Enough Said	$58,200	4	$232,800	$17,550,872	Sep 20, 2013	-
116	Past Lives	$58,066	4	$232,266	$11,185,625	Jun 2, 2023	A24
117	Capitalism: A Love Story	$57,991	4	$231,964	$14,363,397	Sep 25, 2009	Overture Films
118	Avengers: Infinity War	$57,599	4,474	$257,698,183	$678,815,482	Apr 27, 2018	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
119	The Beguiled	$57,323	4	$229,292	$10,709,995	Jun 23, 2017	Focus Features
120	A Real Pain	$57,214	4	$228,856	$3,478,210	Nov 1, 2024	Searchlight Pictures
121	The Perks of Being a Wallflower	$57,089	4	$228,359	$17,742,948	Sep 21, 2012	Lionsgate
122	Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk	$57,064	2	$114,129	$1,738,477	Nov 11, 2016	TriStar Pictures
123	While We're Young	$56,922	4	$227,688	$7,587,485	Mar 27, 2015	A24
124	The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou	$56,542	2	$113,085	$24,020,403	Dec 10, 2004	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
125	The Thin Red Line	$56,506	5	$282,534	$36,400,491	Dec 25, 1998	Twentieth Century Fox
126	If Beale Street Could Talk	$56,119	4	$224,476	$14,915,773	Dec 14, 2018	Annapurna Pictures
127	The Blair Witch Project	$56,002	27	$1,512,054	$140,539,099	Jul 16, 1999	Artisan Entertainment
128	Kiss of the Spider Woman	$55,962	1	$55,962	$17,005,229	Jul 26, 1985	Island Alive
129	Jackie	$55,743	5	$278,715	$13,960,394	Dec 2, 2016	-
130	Babel	$55,621	7	$389,351	$34,302,837	Oct 27, 2006	Paramount Vantage
131	The Royal Tenenbaums	$55,396	5	$276,981	$52,364,010	Dec 14, 2001	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
132	The Whale	$55,358	6	$332,152	$17,463,630	Dec 9, 2022	A24
133	Fruitvale Station	$55,184	7	$386,291	$16,101,339	Jul 12, 2013	The Weinstein Company
134	The Iron Lady	$55,102	4	$220,409	$30,017,992	Dec 30, 2011	The Weinstein Company
135	Adaptation.	$54,925	7	$384,478	$22,498,520	Dec 6, 2002	Sony Pictures Releasing
136	Sunshine Cleaning	$54,797	4	$219,190	$12,062,558	Mar 13, 2009	Overture Films
137	Beautiful Boy	$54,722	4	$218,888	$7,649,973	Oct 12, 2018	Amazon Studios
138	Phantom Thread	$54,123	4	$216,495	$21,198,205	Dec 29, 2017	Focus Features
139	Saturday Night	$54,097	5	$270,487	$9,497,388	Sep 27, 2024	Sony Pictures Releasing
140	American Beauty	$53,845	16	$861,531	$130,096,601	Sep 17, 1999	DreamWorks Distribution
141	Broken Embraces	$53,555	2	$107,111	$5,014,305	Nov 20, 2009	Sony Pictures Classics
142	The Lighthouse	$53,474	8	$427,797	$10,867,104	Oct 18, 2019	A24
143	The Motorcycle Diaries	$53,273	3	$159,819	$16,781,387	Sep 24, 2004	Focus Features
144	Into the Wild	$53,110	4	$212,440	$18,354,356	Sep 21, 2007	Paramount Vantage
145	The Joy Luck Club	$53,003	3	$159,009	$32,901,136	Sep 10, 1993	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
146	Little Miss Sunshine	$52,999	7	$370,998	$59,891,098	Jul 28, 2006	-
147	Thank You for Smoking	$52,584	5	$262,923	$24,793,509	Mar 17, 2006	-
148	Howards End	$52,568	1	$52,568	$25,966,555	Mar 13, 1992	Sony Pictures Classics
149	1917	$52,383	11	$576,216	$159,227,644	Dec 27, 2019	Universal Pictures
150	Talk to Her 2002 Re-release	$52,198	2	$104,396	$9,285,469	Nov 22, 2002	Sony Pictures Classics
151	Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi	$51,987	4,232	$220,009,584	$620,181,382	Dec 15, 2017	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
152	Sideways	$51,760	4	$207,042	$71,503,593	Oct 22, 2004	-
153	The Admiral: Roaring Currents	$51,431	1	$51,431	$2,589,811	Aug 8, 2014	CJ Entertainment
154	The Artist	$51,219	4	$204,878	$44,671,682	Nov 25, 2011	The Weinstein Company
155	2001: A Space Odyssey 2018 Re-release	$50,689	4	$202,759	$3,236,321	May 18, 2018	Warner Bros.
156	The Wrestler	$50,678	4	$202,714	$26,238,243	Dec 19, 2008	-
157	In Good Company	$50,583	3	$151,750	$45,806,659	Dec 31, 2004	Universal Pictures
158	The Godfather	$50,398	6	$302,393	$133,698,921	Mar 17, 1972	Paramount Pictures
159	Black Panther	$50,249	4,020	$202,003,951	$700,059,566	Feb 16, 2018	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
160	Deadpool & Wolverine	$50,222	4,210	$211,435,291	$636,745,858	Jul 26, 2024	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
161	Theater Camp	$50,203	6	$301,220	$4,009,945	Jul 14, 2023	Searchlight Pictures
162	Everything Everywhere All at Once	$50,130	10	$501,305	$77,191,785	Mar 25, 2022	A24
163	Match Point	$49,824	8	$398,593	$23,151,529	Dec 30, 2005	DreamWorks Distribution
164	Before Midnight	$49,382	5	$246,914	$8,114,627	May 24, 2013	Sony Pictures Classics
165	The Spectacular Now	$49,353	4	$197,415	$6,854,611	Aug 2, 2013	A24
166	Mystic River	$49,293	13	$640,815	$90,135,191	Oct 10, 2003	Warner Bros.
167	Maurice	$49,278	1	$49,278	$2,438,304	Sep 18, 1987	Cinecom Pictures
168	Bad Education	$49,123	3	$147,370	$5,211,842	Nov 19, 2004	Sony Pictures Classics
169	Jurassic World	$48,855	4,274	$208,806,270	$652,270,625	Jun 12, 2015	Universal Pictures
170	Absence of Malice	$48,833	2	$97,667	$40,716,963	Nov 20, 1981	Columbia Pictures
171	Mary Queen of Scots	$48,694	4	$194,777	$16,468,499	Dec 7, 2018	Focus Features
172	12 Years a Slave	$48,616	19	$923,715	$56,671,993	Oct 18, 2013	-
173	Good Morning, Vietnam	$48,577	4	$194,308	$123,922,370	Dec 25, 1987	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
174	Apocalypse Now Redux 2001 Re-release	$48,496	2	$96,992	$4,626,290	Aug 3, 2001	Miramax
175	Blue Valentine	$48,432	4	$193,728	$9,706,328	Dec 31, 2010	The Weinstein Company
176	Michael Clayton	$47,994	15	$719,910	$49,033,882	Oct 5, 2007	Warner Bros.
177	The Avengers	$47,698	4,349	$207,438,708	$623,357,910	May 4, 2012	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
178	The Lobster 2016 Re-release	$47,563	4	$190,252	$8,700,374	May 13, 2016	A24
179	Disobedience	$47,478	5	$237,393	$3,498,782	Apr 27, 2018	Bleecker Street Media
180	About Schmidt	$47,061	6	$282,367	$65,016,287	Dec 13, 2002	New Line Cinema
181	Emma.	$46,896	5	$234,482	$10,055,355	Feb 21, 2020	Focus Features
182	The Danish Girl	$46,829	4	$187,318	$11,114,018	Nov 27, 2015	Focus Features
183	Crossing Delancey	$46,711	1	$46,711	$16,262,415	Aug 26, 1988	Warner Bros.
184	Metropolitan	$46,663	1	$46,663	$2,938,208	Aug 3, 1990	New Line Cinema
185	Victor/Victoria	$46,544	3	$139,634	$28,215,453	Mar 19, 1982	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
186	We Live in Time	$46,523	5	$232,615	$23,932,392	Oct 11, 2024	A24
187	Brand Upon the Brain!	$46,412	1	$46,412	$263,200	May 11, 2007	Vitagraph Films
188	The Death of Stalin	$46,201	4	$184,805	$8,047,856	Mar 9, 2018	IFC Films
189	Traffic	$46,181	4	$184,725	$124,115,725	Dec 29, 2000	USA Films
190	The Banshees of Inisherin	$46,113	4	$184,454	$10,582,266	Oct 21, 2022	Searchlight Pictures
191	The Hateful Eight	$46,106	100	$4,610,676	$54,117,416	Dec 25, 2015	The Weinstein Company
192	Bottoms	$46,105	10	$461,052	$12,036,071	Aug 25, 2023	Orion Pictures
193	Saltburn	$46,093	7	$322,651	$11,425,829	Nov 17, 2023	Warner Bros.
194	One Hour Photo	$45,930	7	$321,515	$31,597,131	Aug 23, 2002	-
195	The Ghost Writer	$45,752	4	$183,009	$15,541,549	Feb 19, 2010	Summit Entertainment
196	Jane Eyre	$45,721	4	$182,885	$11,242,660	Mar 11, 2011	Focus Features
197	Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert	$45,560	683	$31,117,834	$65,281,781	Feb 1, 2008	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
198	Amélie	$45,490	3	$136,470	$33,225,499	Nov 2, 2001	Miramax
199	Sorry to Bother You	$45,454	16	$727,266	$17,493,096	Jul 6, 2018	Annapurna Pictures
200	Lone Survivor	$45,436	2	$90,872	$125,095,601	Dec 27, 2013	Universal Pictures

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