Top Opening Theater Averages

By Release Scale

Data as of Jun 28, 16:53 PDT

Rank	Release	Average	Theaters	Opening	Total Gross	Date	Distributor
401	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
402	Gandhi	$32,788	4	$131,153	$52,767,889	Dec 10, 1982	Columbia Pictures
403	Trance	$32,786	4	$131,145	$2,328,743	Apr 5, 2013	-
404	Silence	$32,720	4	$130,880	$7,100,177	Dec 23, 2016	Paramount Pictures
405	The People vs. Larry Flynt	$32,705	16	$523,295	$20,300,385	Dec 27, 1996	Sony Pictures Releasing
406	Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!	$32,649	2	$65,299	$4,087,361	May 4, 1990	Miramax
407	Away We Go	$32,602	4	$130,411	$9,451,946	Jun 5, 2009	Focus Features
408	Changeling	$32,601	15	$489,015	$35,739,802	Oct 24, 2008	Universal Pictures
409	Rachel Getting Married	$32,596	9	$293,369	$12,796,841	Oct 3, 2008	Sony Pictures Classics
410	The Squid and the Whale	$32,461	4	$129,844	$7,372,734	Oct 7, 2005	IDP Distribution
411	Holly	$32,406	1	$32,406	$166,620	Nov 9, 2007	Priority Films
412	Requiem for a Dream	$32,385	2	$64,770	$3,635,482	Oct 6, 2000	Artisan Entertainment
413	Fences	$32,365	4	$129,462	$57,682,904	Dec 16, 2016	Paramount Pictures
414	Can You Ever Forgive Me?	$32,302	5	$161,510	$8,803,865	Oct 19, 2018	-
415	The Killing Fields	$32,181	1	$32,181	$34,700,291	Nov 2, 1984	Warner Bros.
416	Raging Bull	$32,147	4	$128,590	$23,334,953	Nov 14, 1980	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
417	Philomena	$32,108	4	$128,435	$37,709,979	Nov 22, 2013	The Weinstein Company
418	American Fiction	$32,067	7	$224,469	$21,098,470	Dec 15, 2023	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
419	Decision to Leave	$32,066	3	$96,200	$2,179,864	Oct 14, 2022	MUBI
420	Gothic	$32,061	1	$32,061	$916,172	Apr 10, 1987	Vestron Pictures
421	Avatar: The Way of Water	$31,913	4,202	$134,100,226	$684,075,767	Dec 16, 2022	20th Century Studios
422	Best in Show	$31,802	13	$413,436	$18,715,392	Sep 29, 2000	Warner Bros.
423	Spider-Man	$31,768	3,615	$114,844,116	$403,706,375	May 3, 2002	Sony Pictures Releasing
424	Changing Times	$31,702	1	$31,702	$545,255	Jul 14, 2006	Koch Lorber Films
425	Widow of St. Pierre	$31,702	1	$31,702	$3,193,889	Mar 2, 2001	Lionsgate Films
426	Battle for Incheon: Operation Chromite	$31,662	1	$31,662	$1,023,348	Aug 5, 2016	CJ Entertainment
427	Dear White People	$31,632	11	$347,959	$4,404,154	Oct 17, 2014	Roadside Attractions
428	2016: Obama's America	$31,610	1	$31,610	$33,449,086	Jul 13, 2012	Rocky Mountain Pictures
429	Borat	$31,607	837	$26,455,463	$128,505,958	Nov 3, 2006	Twentieth Century Fox
430	Sweet and Lowdown	$31,562	3	$94,686	$4,197,015	Dec 3, 1999	Sony Pictures Classics
431	Suicide Squad	$31,417	4,255	$133,682,248	$325,100,054	Aug 5, 2016	Warner Bros.
432	Circle of Friends	$31,396	4	$125,587	$23,389,975	Mar 17, 1995	-
433	Finding Dory	$31,372	4,305	$135,060,273	$486,295,561	Jun 17, 2016	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
434	The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert	$31,347	7	$219,433	$11,220,670	Aug 12, 1994	Gramercy Pictures (I)
435	Nell	$31,331	2	$62,663	$33,683,817	Dec 16, 1994	Twentieth Century Fox
436	Chapter & Verse	$31,331	1	$31,331	$84,147	Feb 3, 2017	Paladin
437	Children of Men	$31,312	16	$501,003	$35,552,383	Dec 29, 2006	Universal Pictures
438	A Soldier's Story	$31,276	5	$156,383	$21,821,347	Sep 14, 1984	Columbia Pictures
439	Good Time	$31,275	4	$125,101	$2,026,499	Aug 11, 2017	A24
440	Hannah Arendt	$31,270	1	$31,270	$717,205	May 31, 2013	Zeitgeist Films
441	Too Beautiful for You	$31,208	1	$31,208	$1,776,440	Mar 2, 1990	Orion Classics
442	An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power	$31,205	4	$124,823	$3,496,795	Jul 28, 2017	Paramount Pictures
443	The Fisher King	$31,166	10	$311,662	$41,895,491	Sep 20, 1991	TriStar Pictures
444	Alice in Wonderland	$31,142	3,728	$116,101,023	$334,191,110	Mar 5, 2010	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
445	Pi	$31,069	1	$31,069	$3,221,152	Jul 10, 1998	Artisan Entertainment
446	Strange Days	$31,062	1	$31,062	$7,959,291	Oct 6, 1995	Twentieth Century Fox
447	Jurassic World: Dominion	$31,025	4,676	$145,075,625	$376,851,080	Jun 10, 2022	Universal Pictures
448	Taps	$31,001	3	$93,005	$35,856,053	Dec 11, 1981	Twentieth Century Fox
449	Under the Volcano	$31,000	1	$31,000	$2,556,800	Jun 15, 1984	Universal Pictures
450	Screen Two: Persuasion	$30,986	1	$30,986	$5,269,757	Sep 29, 1995	Sony Pictures Classics
451	The Sweet East	$30,969	1	$30,969	$337,152	Dec 1, 2023	Utopia
452	Once	$30,950	2	$61,901	$9,439,923	May 18, 2007	-
453	WARx2	$30,931	1	$30,931	$2,310,625	Sep 18, 2015	Strasson Group
454	500 Days of Summer	$30,907	27	$834,501	$32,391,374	Jul 17, 2009	-
455	Defending Your Life	$30,874	3	$92,622	$16,371,128	Mar 22, 1991	Warner Bros.
456	Lion	$30,840	4	$123,360	$51,738,905	Nov 25, 2016	The Weinstein Company
457	The End of the Tour	$30,809	4	$123,238	$3,002,884	Jul 31, 2015	A24
458	Me and You and Everyone We Know	$30,801	1	$30,801	$3,885,134	Jun 17, 2005	IFC Films
459	Like Crazy	$30,785	4	$123,140	$3,395,391	Oct 28, 2011	Paramount Vantage
460	The Hours	$30,783	11	$338,622	$41,675,994	Dec 27, 2002	Paramount Pictures
461	There's No Place Like Utopia	$30,710	1	$30,710	$45,254	Jul 18, 2014	Rocky Mountain Pictures
462	Wag the Dog	$30,693	3	$92,079	$43,061,945	Dec 26, 1997	New Line Cinema
463	Jefferson in Paris	$30,674	2	$61,349	$2,473,668	Mar 31, 1995	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
464	Igby Goes Down	$30,670	10	$306,705	$4,777,465	Sep 13, 2002	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
465	Elizabeth	$30,570	9	$275,131	$30,082,699	Nov 6, 1998	Gramercy Pictures (I)
466	Dancer in the Dark	$30,537	3	$91,612	$4,184,036	Sep 22, 2000	Fine Line Features
467	Che: Part One/Che: Part Two	$30,535	2	$61,070	$1,497,109	Dec 12, 2008	IFC Films
468	Amores Perros	$30,523	2	$61,047	$5,408,467	Mar 30, 2001	Lionsgate Films
469	Life During Wartime	$30,507	1	$30,507	$281,447	Jul 23, 2010	IFC Films
470	Michael Collins	$30,370	6	$182,221	$11,092,559	Oct 11, 1996	Warner Bros.
471	The Batman	$30,339	4,417	$134,008,624	$369,345,583	Mar 4, 2022	Warner Bros.
472	Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey	$30,336	2	$60,672	$41,833,324	Feb 5, 1993	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
473	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1	$30,307	4,125	$125,017,372	$295,983,305	Nov 19, 2010	Warner Bros.
474	Ragtime	$30,270	5	$151,351	$14,920,781	Nov 20, 1981	Paramount Pictures
475	Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom	$30,267	5	$151,337	$532,878	Oct 24, 2008	-
476	Hamlet	$30,228	3	$90,684	$4,708,156	Dec 27, 1996	Sony Pictures Releasing
477	Love Lies Bleeding	$30,153	5	$150,765	$8,335,797	Mar 8, 2024	A24
478	Brazil	$30,099	1	$30,099	$9,929,135	Dec 20, 1985	Universal Pictures
479	Thor: Ragnarok	$30,084	4,080	$122,744,989	$315,058,289	Nov 3, 2017	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
480	Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol	$30,082	425	$12,785,204	$209,397,903	Dec 16, 2011	Paramount Pictures
481	It	$30,076	4,103	$123,403,419	$327,481,748	Sep 8, 2017	Warner Bros.
482	Selma	$30,076	19	$571,450	$52,076,908	Dec 26, 2014	Paramount Pictures
483	Win Win	$30,072	5	$150,362	$10,179,275	Mar 18, 2011	-
484	Colossal	$30,056	4	$120,226	$3,029,287	Apr 7, 2017	Neon
485	The Whistle Blower	$30,035	1	$30,035	$1,500,000	Jul 10, 1987	Hemdale
486	Immortal Beloved	$30,027	4	$120,108	$9,914,409	Dec 16, 1994	Sony Pictures Releasing
487	Stress Positions	$29,934	1	$29,934	$105,995	Apr 19, 2024	-
488	1984	$29,897	1	$29,897	$8,430,492	Dec 14, 1984	The Samuel Goldwyn Company
489	The Last Emperor	$29,892	5	$149,460	$43,984,230	Nov 20, 1987	Columbia Pictures
490	I Saw the TV Glow	$29,753	4	$119,015	$4,491,986	May 3, 2024	A24
491	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	$29,619	3,661	$108,435,841	$380,270,577	May 20, 2005	Twentieth Century Fox
492	Room	$29,574	4	$118,298	$14,677,654	Oct 16, 2015	A24
493	Whatever Works	$29,573	9	$266,162	$5,306,706	Jun 19, 2009	Sony Pictures Classics
494	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	$29,562	5	$147,812	$3,909,149	Sep 21, 2007	Warner Bros.
495	Shrek the Third	$29,507	4,122	$121,629,270	$322,719,944	May 18, 2007	DreamWorks
496	All of Us Strangers	$29,491	4	$117,965	$4,050,103	Dec 22, 2023	Searchlight Pictures
497	The Full Monty	$29,430	6	$176,585	$45,950,122	Aug 15, 1997	-
498	The Official Story	$29,426	1	$29,426	$29,426	Nov 8, 1985	-
499	Wassup Rockers	$29,400	1	$29,400	$221,574	Jun 23, 2006	First Look International
500	A Dirty Shame	$29,384	1	$29,384	$1,339,668	Sep 17, 2004	Fine Line Features
501	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1	$29,365	4,151	$121,897,634	$337,135,885	Nov 21, 2014	Lionsgate Films
502	Frozen II	$29,338	4,440	$130,263,358	$477,373,578	Nov 22, 2019	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
503	Green Room	$29,328	3	$87,984	$3,220,371	Apr 15, 2016	A24
504	Iron Man 2	$29,251	4,380	$128,122,480	$312,433,331	May 7, 2010	Paramount Pictures
505	Yellow Day	$29,144	1	$29,144	$29,656	Sep 19, 2014	Providence Film Partners
506	The Way Way Back	$29,094	19	$552,788	$21,506,546	Jul 5, 2013	-
507	Kill the Irishman	$29,086	5	$145,430	$1,188,194	Mar 11, 2011	Anchor Bay Films
508	Gloria Bell	$29,043	5	$145,218	$5,611,123	Mar 8, 2019	A24
509	Across the Universe	$29,034	23	$667,784	$24,343,673	Sep 14, 2007	Revolution Studios
510	Hard Candy	$29,024	2	$58,049	$1,024,640	Apr 14, 2006	Lionsgate Films
511	Surviving Picasso	$29,018	3	$87,054	$2,021,348	Sep 20, 1996	Warner Bros.
512	Night Watch 2005 Re-release	$28,995	3	$86,985	$1,502,188	Feb 17, 2006	-
513	Dallas Buyers Club	$28,985	9	$260,865	$27,298,285	Nov 1, 2013	Focus Features
514	Mr. & Mrs. Bridge	$28,979	2	$57,959	$7,698,010	Nov 23, 1990	Miramax
515	Broken Flowers	$28,904	27	$780,408	$13,744,960	Aug 5, 2005	Focus Features
516	Wild	$28,895	21	$606,810	$37,880,356	Dec 5, 2014	-
517	The Sisters Brothers	$28,893	4	$115,575	$3,143,056	Sep 21, 2018	Annapurna Pictures
518	Grandma	$28,885	4	$115,540	$6,980,524	Aug 21, 2015	Sony Pictures Classics
519	Deadpool 2	$28,858	4,349	$125,507,153	$318,491,426	May 18, 2018	Twentieth Century Fox
520	Dicks: The Musical	$28,850	7	$201,951	$1,453,012	Oct 6, 2023	A24
521	From Up on Poppy Hill	$28,792	2	$57,585	$1,002,895	Mar 15, 2013	GKIDS
522	The Killing of a Sacred Deer	$28,780	4	$115,120	$2,291,901	Oct 20, 2017	A24
523	Shopgirl	$28,710	8	$229,685	$10,284,523	Oct 21, 2005	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
524	The Boxer	$28,699	3	$86,097	$5,980,578	Jan 2, 1998	Universal Pictures
525	Die Hard	$28,659	21	$601,851	$83,008,852	Jul 15, 1988	Twentieth Century Fox
526	Upstream Color	$28,649	1	$28,649	$444,098	Apr 5, 2013	-
527	Miles Ahead	$28,632	4	$114,530	$2,610,896	Apr 1, 2016	Sony Pictures Classics
528	Bernie	$28,601	3	$85,805	$9,206,470	Apr 27, 2012	Millennium Entertainment
529	How the West Was Won 2003 Re-release	$28,568	1	$28,568	$76,729	Sep 12, 2003	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
530	The Dreamers	$28,526	5	$142,632	$2,532,228	Feb 6, 2004	-
531	She's Gotta Have It	$28,473	1	$28,473	$7,137,502	Aug 8, 1986	Island Pictures
532	The Old Man & the Gun	$28,426	5	$142,131	$11,277,120	Sep 28, 2018	-
533	Beatriz at Dinner	$28,391	5	$141,959	$7,115,854	Jun 9, 2017	Roadside Attractions
534	Ordinary People	$28,389	6	$170,335	$54,766,923	Sep 19, 1980	Paramount Pictures
535	The Sessions	$28,366	4	$113,467	$6,002,451	Oct 19, 2012	-
536	The End of the Affair	$28,362	7	$198,535	$10,827,816	Dec 3, 1999	Sony Pictures Releasing
537	Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe	$28,339	1	$28,339	$1,163,265	Apr 1, 2016	Cinema Libre Studio
538	The Little Hours	$28,338	2	$56,676	$1,647,175	Jun 30, 2017	Gunpowder & Sky
539	2046	$28,268	4	$113,074	$1,444,588	Aug 5, 2005	Sony Pictures Classics
540	Beginners	$28,268	5	$141,340	$5,790,894	Jun 3, 2011	Focus Features
541	Running with Scissors	$28,263	8	$226,108	$7,022,827	Oct 20, 2006	Sony Pictures Releasing
542	Broadcast News	$28,220	7	$197,542	$51,249,404	Dec 18, 1987	Twentieth Century Fox
543	Miller's Crossing	$28,202	1	$28,202	$5,080,409	Sep 21, 1990	Twentieth Century Fox
544	A Passage to India	$28,193	3	$84,580	$27,187,653	Dec 14, 1984	Columbia Pictures
545	The Mermaid	$28,144	35	$985,052	$3,232,685	Feb 19, 2016	Sony Pictures Releasing
546	Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood	$28,144	1	$28,144	$461,689	Jul 27, 2018	Greenwich Entertainment
547	Anselm	$28,120	2	$56,241	$508,895	Dec 8, 2023	Janus Films
548	Quiz Show	$28,063	27	$757,714	$24,822,619	Sep 16, 1994	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
549	Life of Brian	$28,006	5	$140,034	$19,398,164	Aug 17, 1979	Warner Bros.
550	Shakespeare in Love	$28,001	8	$224,012	$100,317,794	Dec 11, 1998	Miramax
551	Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest	$27,995	4	$111,982	$1,200,326	Jul 8, 2011	Sony Pictures Classics
552	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	$27,976	4,313	$120,663,589	$381,311,319	Jun 2, 2023	Columbia Pictures
553	High Hopes	$27,964	1	$27,964	$1,192,322	Feb 24, 1989	Skouras Pictures
554	Never Let Me Go	$27,933	4	$111,734	$2,434,652	Sep 17, 2010	-
555	Snatch	$27,932	1	$27,932	$30,328,156	Dec 8, 2000	Screen Gems
556	The Age of Innocence	$27,919	83	$2,317,289	$32,255,440	Sep 17, 1993	Columbia Pictures
557	Powaqqatsi	$27,899	1	$27,899	$589,244	Apr 29, 1988	Cannon Film Distributors
558	The Other Side of Heaven	$27,882	2	$55,765	$4,720,371	Dec 14, 2001	Excel Entertainment
559	20,000 Days on Earth	$27,879	1	$27,879	$279,558	Sep 19, 2014	Drafthouse Films
560	Eleni	$27,875	1	$27,875	$305,102	Nov 1, 1985	Warner Bros.
561	X-Men: The Last Stand	$27,845	3,690	$102,750,665	$234,362,462	May 26, 2006	Twentieth Century Fox
562	The English Patient	$27,843	10	$278,439	$78,676,425	Nov 15, 1996	Miramax
563	The Roundup: Punishment	$27,842	2	$55,684	$1,086,987	Apr 26, 2024	Capelight Pictures
564	Cave of Forgotten Dreams	$27,820	5	$139,101	$5,304,920	Apr 29, 2011	IFC Films
565	Fool for Love	$27,818	2	$55,637	$836,156	Dec 6, 1985	Cannon Film Distributors
566	20th Century Women	$27,800	4	$111,200	$5,664,764	Dec 30, 2016	A24
567	Better Luck Tomorrow	$27,751	13	$360,772	$3,802,390	Apr 11, 2003	Paramount Pictures
568	Man of Steel	$27,720	4,207	$116,619,362	$291,045,518	Jun 14, 2013	Warner Bros.
569	Quills	$27,709	9	$249,383	$7,065,332	Nov 24, 2000	-
570	Four Weddings and a Funeral	$27,697	5	$138,486	$52,700,832	Mar 11, 1994	Gramercy Pictures (I)
571	Agnes of God	$27,694	8	$221,552	$25,627,836	Sep 13, 1985	Columbia Pictures
572	Silver Linings Playbook	$27,687	16	$443,003	$132,092,958	Nov 16, 2012	The Weinstein Company
573	Control	$27,674	1	$27,674	$872,252	Oct 12, 2007	The Weinstein Company
574	The Lion King 2002 IMAX Release	$27,664	66	$1,825,849	$15,686,215	Dec 27, 2002	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
575	Magnolia	$27,657	7	$193,604	$22,455,976	Dec 17, 1999	New Line Cinema
576	Dumb Money	$27,618	8	$220,947	$13,925,356	Sep 15, 2023	Sony Pictures Releasing
577	The Sheltering Sky	$27,584	3	$82,753	$2,075,084	Dec 14, 1990	Warner Bros.
578	Finding Neverland	$27,565	8	$220,524	$51,680,613	Nov 12, 2004	Miramax
579	The Doctor	$27,565	6	$165,392	$38,120,905	Jul 26, 1991	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
580	Fahrenheit 9/11	$27,558	868	$23,920,637	$119,194,771	Jun 25, 2004	Lionsgate Films
581	Saving Mr. Banks	$27,558	15	$413,373	$83,301,580	Dec 13, 2013	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
582	The Passion of the Christ	$27,554	3,043	$83,848,082	$370,274,604	Feb 27, 2004	Newmarket Films
583	The Lost City of Z	$27,543	4	$110,175	$8,580,410	Apr 14, 2017	Bleecker Street Media
584	Bon Voyage 2004 Re-release	$27,480	1	$27,480	$2,354,559	Mar 19, 2004	Sony Pictures Classics
585	St. Vincent	$27,469	4	$109,878	$44,137,712	Oct 10, 2014	The Weinstein Company
586	In the Name of the Father	$27,451	4	$109,805	$25,096,862	Dec 31, 1993	Universal Pictures
587	The Act of Killing	$27,450	1	$27,450	$486,919	Jul 19, 2013	Drafthouse Films
588	Toy Story 3	$27,385	4,028	$110,307,189	$415,004,880	Jun 18, 2010	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
589	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	$27,298	27	$737,051	$46,412,041	May 4, 2012	-
590	Weekend	$27,245	1	$27,245	$484,592	Sep 23, 2011	IFC Films
591	The Duchess	$27,203	7	$190,426	$13,848,978	Sep 19, 2008	Paramount Vantage
592	Step Into Liquid	$27,197	5	$135,985	$3,681,803	Aug 8, 2003	Artisan Entertainment
593	The Future	$27,137	1	$27,137	$568,662	Jul 29, 2011	Roadside Attractions
594	Control Room	$27,125	1	$27,125	$2,589,616	May 21, 2004	Magnolia Pictures
595	Bird	$27,116	1	$27,116	$2,181,286	Sep 30, 1988	Warner Bros.
596	Read My Lips	$27,080	1	$27,080	$1,471,911	Jul 5, 2002	Magnolia Pictures
597	Capote	$27,071	12	$324,857	$28,750,530	Sep 30, 2005	Sony Pictures Classics
598	The Wife	$27,071	4	$108,284	$9,601,092	Aug 17, 2018	Sony Pictures Classics
599	Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan	$27,065	5	$135,326	$5,705,761	Jun 6, 2008	Picturehouse
600	Shadowlands	$27,027	3	$81,082	$25,842,377	Dec 31, 1993	-

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