Top Opening Theater Averages

By Release Scale

Data as of Apr 2, 20:18 PDT

Rank	Release	Average	Theaters	Opening	Total Gross	Date	Distributor
401	The Last Black Man in San Francisco	$33,610	7	$235,272	$4,515,719	Jun 7, 2019	A24
402	Waves	$33,583	4	$134,333	$1,658,790	Nov 15, 2019	A24
403	Pan's Labyrinth	$33,449	17	$568,641	$37,634,615	Dec 29, 2006	Picturehouse
404	Love & Friendship	$33,378	4	$133,513	$14,016,568	May 13, 2016	Roadside Attractions
405	A Beautiful Mind	$33,377	11	$367,151	$170,742,341	Dec 21, 2001	Universal Pictures
406	Mountains of the Moon	$33,341	2	$66,683	$4,011,793	Feb 23, 1990	TriStar Pictures
407	Under the Skin	$33,288	4	$133,154	$2,614,251	Apr 4, 2014	A24
408	Moana 2	$33,282	4,200	$139,787,385	$460,394,068	Nov 29, 2024	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
409	Winged Migration 2003 Re-release	$33,128	1	$33,128	$10,764,402	Apr 18, 2003	Sony Pictures Classics
410	Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom	$33,078	4,475	$148,024,610	$417,719,760	Jun 22, 2018	Universal Pictures
411	Priscilla	$33,034	4	$132,139	$20,960,939	Oct 27, 2023	A24
412	Thor: Love and Thunder	$32,952	4,375	$144,165,107	$343,256,830	Jul 8, 2022	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
413	Bread and Tulips	$32,933	1	$32,933	$5,318,679	Jul 27, 2001	First Look International
414	Trainspotting	$32,834	8	$262,673	$16,491,080	Jul 19, 1996	Miramax
415	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	$32,817	4,133	$135,634,554	$423,315,812	Jul 7, 2006	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
416	Gandhi	$32,788	4	$131,153	$52,767,889	Dec 10, 1982	Columbia Pictures
417	Trance	$32,786	4	$131,145	$2,328,743	Apr 5, 2013	Fox Searchlight Pictures
418	Silence	$32,720	4	$130,880	$7,100,177	Dec 23, 2016	Paramount Pictures
419	The People vs. Larry Flynt	$32,705	16	$523,295	$20,300,385	Dec 27, 1996	Sony Pictures Releasing
420	Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!	$32,649	2	$65,299	$4,087,361	May 4, 1990	Miramax
421	Away We Go	$32,602	4	$130,411	$9,451,946	Jun 5, 2009	Focus Features
422	Changeling	$32,601	15	$489,015	$35,739,802	Oct 24, 2008	Universal Pictures
423	Rachel Getting Married	$32,596	9	$293,369	$12,796,841	Oct 3, 2008	Sony Pictures Classics
424	The Squid and the Whale	$32,461	4	$129,844	$7,372,734	Oct 7, 2005	IDP Distribution
425	Holly	$32,406	1	$32,406	$166,620	Nov 9, 2007	Priority Films
426	Requiem for a Dream	$32,385	2	$64,770	$3,635,482	Oct 6, 2000	Artisan Entertainment
427	Fences	$32,365	4	$129,462	$57,682,904	Dec 16, 2016	Paramount Pictures
428	Can You Ever Forgive Me?	$32,302	5	$161,510	$8,803,865	Oct 19, 2018	Fox Searchlight Pictures
429	The Killing Fields	$32,181	1	$32,181	$34,700,291	Nov 2, 1984	Warner Bros.
430	Raging Bull	$32,147	4	$128,590	$23,334,953	Nov 14, 1980	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
431	Philomena	$32,108	4	$128,435	$37,709,979	Nov 22, 2013	The Weinstein Company
432	American Fiction	$32,067	7	$224,469	$21,098,470	Dec 15, 2023	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
433	Decision to Leave	$32,066	3	$96,200	$2,179,864	Oct 14, 2022	MUBI
434	Gothic	$32,061	1	$32,061	$916,172	Apr 10, 1987	Vestron Pictures
435	Avatar: The Way of Water	$31,913	4,202	$134,100,226	$684,075,767	Dec 16, 2022	20th Century Studios
436	Best in Show	$31,802	13	$413,436	$18,715,392	Sep 29, 2000	Warner Bros.
437	Spider-Man	$31,768	3,615	$114,844,116	$403,706,375	May 3, 2002	Sony Pictures Releasing
438	Changing Times	$31,702	1	$31,702	$545,255	Jul 14, 2006	Koch Lorber Films
439	Widow of St. Pierre	$31,702	1	$31,702	$3,193,889	Mar 2, 2001	Lionsgate
440	Battle for Incheon: Operation Chromite	$31,662	1	$31,662	$1,023,348	Aug 5, 2016	CJ Entertainment
441	Dear White People	$31,632	11	$347,959	$4,404,154	Oct 17, 2014	Roadside Attractions
442	2016: Obama's America	$31,610	1	$31,610	$33,449,086	Jul 13, 2012	Rocky Mountain Pictures
443	Borat	$31,607	837	$26,455,463	$128,505,958	Nov 3, 2006	Twentieth Century Fox
444	Sweet and Lowdown	$31,562	3	$94,686	$4,197,015	Dec 3, 1999	Sony Pictures Classics
445	Suicide Squad	$31,417	4,255	$133,682,248	$325,100,054	Aug 5, 2016	Warner Bros.
446	Circle of Friends	$31,396	4	$125,587	$23,389,975	Mar 17, 1995	Savoy Pictures
447	Finding Dory	$31,372	4,305	$135,060,273	$486,295,561	Jun 17, 2016	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
448	The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert	$31,347	7	$219,433	$11,220,670	Aug 12, 1994	Gramercy Pictures (I)
449	Nell	$31,331	2	$62,663	$33,683,817	Dec 16, 1994	Twentieth Century Fox
450	Chapter & Verse	$31,331	1	$31,331	$84,147	Feb 3, 2017	Paladin
451	Children of Men	$31,312	16	$501,003	$35,552,383	Dec 29, 2006	Universal Pictures
452	A Soldier's Story	$31,276	5	$156,383	$21,821,347	Sep 14, 1984	Columbia Pictures
453	Good Time	$31,275	4	$125,101	$2,026,499	Aug 11, 2017	A24
454	Hannah Arendt	$31,270	1	$31,270	$717,205	May 31, 2013	Zeitgeist Films
455	Too Beautiful for You	$31,208	1	$31,208	$1,776,440	Mar 2, 1990	Orion Classics
456	An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power	$31,205	4	$124,823	$3,496,795	Jul 28, 2017	Paramount Pictures
457	The Fisher King	$31,166	10	$311,662	$41,895,491	Sep 20, 1991	TriStar Pictures
458	Alice in Wonderland	$31,142	3,728	$116,101,023	$334,191,110	Mar 5, 2010	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
459	Pi	$31,069	1	$31,069	$3,221,152	Jul 10, 1998	Artisan Entertainment
460	Strange Days	$31,062	1	$31,062	$7,959,291	Oct 6, 1995	Twentieth Century Fox
461	Jurassic World: Dominion	$31,025	4,676	$145,075,625	$376,851,080	Jun 10, 2022	Universal Pictures
462	Taps	$31,001	3	$93,005	$35,856,053	Dec 11, 1981	Twentieth Century Fox
463	Under the Volcano	$31,000	1	$31,000	$2,556,800	Jun 15, 1984	Universal Pictures
464	Persuasion	$30,986	1	$30,986	$5,269,757	Sep 29, 1995	Sony Pictures Classics
465	The Sweet East	$30,969	1	$30,969	$337,152	Dec 1, 2023	Utopia
466	Once	$30,950	2	$61,901	$9,439,923	May 18, 2007	Fox Searchlight Pictures
467	WARx2	$30,931	1	$30,931	$2,310,625	Sep 18, 2015	Strasson Group
468	500 Days of Summer	$30,907	27	$834,501	$32,391,374	Jul 17, 2009	Fox Searchlight Pictures
469	Defending Your Life	$30,874	3	$92,622	$16,371,128	Mar 22, 1991	Warner Bros.
470	Lion	$30,840	4	$123,360	$51,738,905	Nov 25, 2016	The Weinstein Company
471	The End of the Tour	$30,809	4	$123,238	$3,002,884	Jul 31, 2015	A24
472	Me and You and Everyone We Know	$30,801	1	$30,801	$3,885,134	Jun 17, 2005	IFC Films
473	Like Crazy	$30,785	4	$123,140	$3,395,391	Oct 28, 2011	Paramount Vantage
474	The Hours	$30,783	11	$338,622	$41,675,994	Dec 27, 2002	Paramount Pictures
475	There's No Place Like Utopia	$30,710	1	$30,710	$45,254	Jul 18, 2014	Rocky Mountain Pictures
476	Wag the Dog	$30,693	3	$92,079	$43,061,945	Dec 26, 1997	New Line Cinema
477	Jefferson in Paris	$30,674	2	$61,349	$2,473,668	Mar 31, 1995	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
478	Igby Goes Down	$30,670	10	$306,705	$4,777,465	Sep 13, 2002	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
479	Elizabeth	$30,570	9	$275,131	$30,082,699	Nov 6, 1998	Gramercy Pictures (I)
480	Dancer in the Dark	$30,537	3	$91,612	$4,184,036	Sep 22, 2000	Fine Line Features
481	Che: Part One/Che: Part Two	$30,535	2	$61,070	$1,497,109	Dec 12, 2008	IFC Films
482	Amores Perros	$30,523	2	$61,047	$5,408,467	Mar 30, 2001	Lionsgate
483	Life During Wartime	$30,507	1	$30,507	$281,447	Jul 23, 2010	IFC Films
484	Michael Collins	$30,370	6	$182,221	$11,092,559	Oct 11, 1996	Warner Bros.
485	The Batman	$30,339	4,417	$134,008,624	$369,345,583	Mar 4, 2022	Warner Bros.
486	Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey	$30,336	2	$60,672	$41,833,324	Feb 5, 1993	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
487	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1	$30,307	4,125	$125,017,372	$295,983,305	Nov 19, 2010	Warner Bros.
488	Ragtime	$30,270	5	$151,351	$14,920,781	Nov 20, 1981	Paramount Pictures
489	Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom	$30,267	5	$151,337	$532,878	Oct 24, 2008	Logo
490	Hamlet	$30,228	3	$90,684	$4,708,156	Dec 27, 1996	Sony Pictures Releasing
491	Love Lies Bleeding	$30,153	5	$150,765	$8,335,797	Mar 8, 2024	A24
492	Brazil	$30,099	1	$30,099	$9,929,135	Dec 20, 1985	Universal Pictures
493	Thor: Ragnarok	$30,084	4,080	$122,744,989	$315,058,289	Nov 3, 2017	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
494	Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol	$30,082	425	$12,785,204	$209,397,903	Dec 16, 2011	Paramount Pictures
495	It	$30,076	4,103	$123,403,419	$327,481,748	Sep 8, 2017	Warner Bros.
496	Selma	$30,076	19	$571,450	$52,076,908	Dec 26, 2014	Paramount Pictures
497	Win Win	$30,072	5	$150,362	$10,179,275	Mar 18, 2011	Fox Searchlight Pictures
498	Colossal	$30,056	4	$120,226	$3,029,287	Apr 7, 2017	Neon
499	The Whistle Blower	$30,035	1	$30,035	$1,500,000	Jul 10, 1987	Hemdale
500	Immortal Beloved	$30,027	4	$120,108	$9,914,409	Dec 16, 1994	Sony Pictures Releasing
501	Stress Positions	$29,934	1	$29,934	$105,995	Apr 19, 2024	Neon
502	1984	$29,897	1	$29,897	$8,430,492	Dec 14, 1984	The Samuel Goldwyn Company
503	The Last Emperor	$29,892	5	$149,460	$43,984,230	Nov 20, 1987	Columbia Pictures
504	I Saw the TV Glow	$29,753	4	$119,015	$5,017,817	May 3, 2024	A24
505	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	$29,619	3,661	$108,435,841	$380,270,577	May 20, 2005	Twentieth Century Fox
506	Room	$29,574	4	$118,298	$14,677,654	Oct 16, 2015	A24
507	Whatever Works	$29,573	9	$266,162	$5,306,706	Jun 19, 2009	Sony Pictures Classics
508	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	$29,562	5	$147,812	$3,909,149	Sep 21, 2007	Warner Bros.
509	Shrek the Third	$29,507	4,122	$121,629,270	$322,719,944	May 18, 2007	DreamWorks
510	All of Us Strangers	$29,491	4	$117,965	$4,050,103	Dec 22, 2023	Searchlight Pictures
511	The Full Monty	$29,430	6	$176,585	$45,950,122	Aug 15, 1997	Fox Searchlight Pictures
512	The Official Story	$29,426	1	$29,426	$29,426	Nov 8, 1985	Almi Pictures
513	Wassup Rockers	$29,400	1	$29,400	$221,574	Jun 23, 2006	First Look International
514	A Dirty Shame	$29,384	1	$29,384	$1,339,668	Sep 17, 2004	Fine Line Features
515	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1	$29,365	4,151	$121,897,634	$337,135,885	Nov 21, 2014	Lionsgate
516	Frozen II	$29,338	4,440	$130,263,358	$477,373,578	Nov 22, 2019	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
517	Green Room	$29,328	3	$87,984	$3,220,371	Apr 15, 2016	A24
518	Iron Man 2	$29,251	4,380	$128,122,480	$312,433,331	May 7, 2010	Paramount Pictures
519	Yellow Day	$29,144	1	$29,144	$29,656	Sep 19, 2014	Providence Film Partners
520	The Way Way Back	$29,094	19	$552,788	$21,506,546	Jul 5, 2013	Fox Searchlight Pictures
521	Kill the Irishman	$29,086	5	$145,430	$1,188,194	Mar 11, 2011	Anchor Bay Films
522	Gloria Bell	$29,043	5	$145,218	$5,611,123	Mar 8, 2019	A24
523	Across the Universe	$29,034	23	$667,784	$24,343,673	Sep 14, 2007	Revolution Studios
524	Hard Candy	$29,024	2	$58,049	$1,024,640	Apr 14, 2006	Lionsgate
525	Surviving Picasso	$29,018	3	$87,054	$2,021,348	Sep 20, 1996	Warner Bros.
526	Night Watch 2005 Re-release	$28,995	3	$86,985	$1,502,188	Feb 17, 2006	Fox Searchlight Pictures
527	Dallas Buyers Club	$28,985	9	$260,865	$27,298,285	Nov 1, 2013	Focus Features
528	Mr. & Mrs. Bridge	$28,979	2	$57,959	$7,698,010	Nov 23, 1990	Miramax
529	Wicked	$28,937	3,888	$112,508,890	$473,231,120	Nov 22, 2024	Universal Pictures
530	Broken Flowers	$28,904	27	$780,408	$13,744,960	Aug 5, 2005	Focus Features
531	Wild	$28,895	21	$606,810	$37,880,356	Dec 5, 2014	Fox Searchlight Pictures
532	The Sisters Brothers	$28,893	4	$115,575	$3,143,056	Sep 21, 2018	Annapurna Pictures
533	Grandma	$28,885	4	$115,540	$6,980,524	Aug 21, 2015	Sony Pictures Classics
534	Deadpool 2	$28,858	4,349	$125,507,153	$318,491,426	May 18, 2018	Twentieth Century Fox
535	Dicks: The Musical	$28,850	7	$201,951	$1,453,012	Oct 6, 2023	A24
536	From Up on Poppy Hill	$28,792	2	$57,585	$1,002,895	Mar 15, 2013	GKIDS
537	The Killing of a Sacred Deer	$28,780	4	$115,120	$2,291,901	Oct 20, 2017	A24
538	Shopgirl	$28,710	8	$229,685	$10,284,523	Oct 21, 2005	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
539	Queer	$28,707	7	$200,951	$3,736,813	Nov 29, 2024	A24
540	The Boxer	$28,699	3	$86,097	$5,980,578	Jan 2, 1998	Universal Pictures
541	Die Hard	$28,659	21	$601,851	$83,008,852	Jul 15, 1988	Twentieth Century Fox
542	Upstream Color	$28,649	1	$28,649	$444,098	Apr 5, 2013	erbp
543	Miles Ahead	$28,632	4	$114,530	$2,610,896	Apr 1, 2016	Sony Pictures Classics
544	Bernie	$28,601	3	$85,805	$9,206,470	Apr 27, 2012	Millennium Entertainment
545	How the West Was Won 2003 Re-release	$28,568	1	$28,568	$76,729	Sep 12, 2003	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
546	The Dreamers	$28,526	5	$142,632	$2,532,228	Feb 6, 2004	Fox Searchlight Pictures
547	She's Gotta Have It	$28,473	1	$28,473	$7,137,502	Aug 8, 1986	Island Pictures
548	Water Brother	$28,453	1	$28,453	$48,705	Jul 12, 2024	Kinnane Brothers
549	The Old Man & the Gun	$28,426	5	$142,131	$11,277,120	Sep 28, 2018	Fox Searchlight Pictures
550	Beatriz at Dinner	$28,391	5	$141,959	$7,115,854	Jun 9, 2017	Roadside Attractions
551	Ordinary People	$28,389	6	$170,335	$54,766,923	Sep 19, 1980	Paramount Pictures
552	The Sessions	$28,366	4	$113,467	$6,002,451	Oct 19, 2012	Fox Searchlight Pictures
553	The End of the Affair	$28,362	7	$198,535	$10,827,816	Dec 3, 1999	Sony Pictures Releasing
554	Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe	$28,339	1	$28,339	$1,163,265	Apr 1, 2016	Cinema Libre Studio
555	The Little Hours	$28,338	2	$56,676	$1,647,175	Jun 30, 2017	Gunpowder & Sky
556	2046	$28,268	4	$113,074	$1,444,588	Aug 5, 2005	Sony Pictures Classics
557	Beginners	$28,268	5	$141,340	$5,790,894	Jun 3, 2011	Focus Features
558	Running with Scissors	$28,263	8	$226,108	$7,022,827	Oct 20, 2006	Sony Pictures Releasing
559	Broadcast News	$28,220	7	$197,542	$51,249,404	Dec 18, 1987	Twentieth Century Fox
560	Miller's Crossing	$28,202	1	$28,202	$5,080,409	Sep 21, 1990	Twentieth Century Fox
561	A Passage to India	$28,193	3	$84,580	$27,187,653	Dec 14, 1984	Columbia Pictures
562	The Mermaid	$28,144	35	$985,052	$3,232,685	Feb 19, 2016	Sony Pictures Releasing
563	Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood	$28,144	1	$28,144	$461,689	Jul 27, 2018	Greenwich Entertainment
564	Anselm	$28,120	2	$56,241	$508,895	Dec 8, 2023	Janus Films
565	Quiz Show	$28,063	27	$757,714	$24,822,619	Sep 16, 1994	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
566	Monty Python's Life of Brian	$28,006	5	$140,034	$19,398,164	Aug 17, 1979	Warner Bros.
567	Shakespeare in Love	$28,001	8	$224,012	$100,317,794	Dec 11, 1998	Miramax
568	Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest	$27,995	4	$111,982	$1,200,326	Jul 8, 2011	Sony Pictures Classics
569	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	$27,976	4,313	$120,663,589	$381,311,319	Jun 2, 2023	Columbia Pictures
570	High Hopes	$27,964	1	$27,964	$1,192,322	Feb 24, 1989	Skouras Pictures
571	Never Let Me Go	$27,933	4	$111,734	$2,434,652	Sep 17, 2010	Fox Searchlight Pictures
572	Snatch	$27,932	1	$27,932	$30,328,156	Dec 8, 2000	Screen Gems
573	The Age of Innocence	$27,919	83	$2,317,289	$32,255,440	Sep 17, 1993	Columbia Pictures
574	Powaqqatsi	$27,899	1	$27,899	$589,244	Apr 29, 1988	Cannon Film Distributors
575	Interstellar 2024 Re-release	$27,891	165	$4,602,149	$15,207,563	Dec 6, 2024	Paramount Pictures
576	The Other Side of Heaven	$27,882	2	$55,765	$4,720,371	Dec 14, 2001	Excel Entertainment
577	20,000 Days on Earth	$27,879	1	$27,879	$279,558	Sep 19, 2014	Drafthouse Films
578	Eleni	$27,875	1	$27,875	$305,102	Nov 1, 1985	Warner Bros.
579	X-Men: The Last Stand	$27,845	3,690	$102,750,665	$234,362,462	May 26, 2006	Twentieth Century Fox
580	The English Patient	$27,843	10	$278,439	$78,676,425	Nov 15, 1996	Miramax
581	The Roundup: Punishment	$27,842	2	$55,684	$1,154,475	Apr 26, 2024	Capelight Pictures
582	Cave of Forgotten Dreams	$27,820	5	$139,101	$5,304,920	Apr 29, 2011	IFC Films
583	Fool for Love	$27,818	2	$55,637	$836,156	Dec 6, 1985	Cannon Film Distributors
584	20th Century Women	$27,800	4	$111,200	$5,664,764	Dec 30, 2016	A24
585	Better Luck Tomorrow	$27,751	13	$360,772	$3,802,390	Apr 11, 2003	Paramount Pictures
586	Man of Steel	$27,720	4,207	$116,619,362	$291,045,518	Jun 14, 2013	Warner Bros.
587	Quills	$27,709	9	$249,383	$7,065,332	Nov 24, 2000	Fox Searchlight Pictures
588	Four Weddings and a Funeral	$27,697	5	$138,486	$52,700,832	Mar 11, 1994	Gramercy Pictures (I)
589	Agnes of God	$27,694	8	$221,552	$25,627,836	Sep 13, 1985	Columbia Pictures
590	Silver Linings Playbook	$27,687	16	$443,003	$132,092,958	Nov 16, 2012	The Weinstein Company
591	Control	$27,674	1	$27,674	$872,252	Oct 12, 2007	The Weinstein Company
592	The Lion King 2002 IMAX Release	$27,664	66	$1,825,849	$15,686,215	Dec 27, 2002	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
593	Magnolia	$27,657	7	$193,604	$22,455,976	Dec 17, 1999	New Line Cinema
594	Dumb Money	$27,618	8	$220,947	$13,925,356	Sep 15, 2023	Sony Pictures Releasing
595	The Sheltering Sky	$27,584	3	$82,753	$2,075,084	Dec 14, 1990	Warner Bros.
596	Finding Neverland	$27,565	8	$220,524	$51,680,613	Nov 12, 2004	Miramax
597	The Doctor	$27,565	6	$165,392	$38,120,905	Jul 26, 1991	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
598	Fahrenheit 9/11	$27,558	868	$23,920,637	$119,194,771	Jun 25, 2004	Lionsgate
599	Saving Mr. Banks	$27,558	15	$413,373	$83,301,580	Dec 13, 2013	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
600	The Passion of the Christ	$27,554	3,043	$83,848,082	$370,274,604	Feb 27, 2004	Newmarket Films

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