TOP WEEKEND THEATER AVERAGES 1982-Present
Rank Title (click to view) Studio Average Theaters Opening* Total Gross^ Date** 1 The Lion King BV $793,377 2 $1,586,753 $312,855,561 6/17/94 2 Pocahontas BV $448,285 6 $2,689,714 $141,579,773 6/16/95 3 Toy Story 2 BV $300,163 1 $300,163 $245,852,179 11/19/99 4 A Bug's Life BV $291,121 1 $291,121 $162,798,565 11/20/98 5 Hercules BV $249,567 1 $249,567 $99,112,101 6/13/97 6 Atlantis: The Lost Empire BV $164,505 2 $329,011 $84,056,472 6/08/01 7 Brother Bear BV $145,970 2 $291,940 $85,336,277 10/24/03 8 Dreamgirls P/DW $126,316 3 $378,950 $103,365,956 12/15/06 9 Anastasia Fox $120,541 1 $120,541 $58,406,347 11/14/97 10 Brokeback Mountain Focus $109,485 5 $547,425 $83,043,761 12/09/05 11 Aladdin BV $98,332 2 $196,664 $217,350,219 11/13/92 12 Evita BV $97,542 2 $195,085 $50,047,179 12/27/96 13 Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas BV $95,616 2 $191,232 $50,003,043 10/15/93 14 There Will Be Blood ParV $95,370 2 $190,739 $40,222,514 12/28/07 15 Memoirs of a Geisha Sony $85,313 8 $682,504 $57,490,508 12/09/05 16 Moulin Rouge! Fox $83,770 2 $167,540 $57,386,607 5/18/01 17 Beauty and the Beast BV $81,073 2 $162,146 $145,863,363 11/15/91 18 Edward Scissorhands Fox $79,811 2 $159,622 $56,362,352 12/07/90 19 Tim Burton's Corpse Bride WB $77,633 5 $388,166 $53,359,111 9/16/05 20 Syriana WB $74,900 5 $374,502 $50,824,620 11/25/05 21 Melinda and Melinda FoxS $74,238 1 $74,238 $3,826,280 3/18/05 22 Punch-Drunk Love SonR $73,440 5 $367,203 $17,844,216 10/11/02 23 I Heart Huckabees FoxS $73,044 4 $292,177 $12,785,432 10/01/04 24 Guiana 1838 RBC $70,910 1 $70,910 $227,241 9/24/04 25 Bulworth Fox $70,908 2 $141,816 $26,528,185 5/15/98
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