BEST RANKING MOVIES by Weekend Rank, 1982-Present
Note: Movies must have 10 top 10 weekends to qualify. Rank* Title (click to view) Studio Total Total Gross^ Date** 1 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Uni. 44 $359,197,037 6/11/82 2 Beverly Hills Cop Par. 28 $234,760,478 12/05/84 3 Tootsie Col. 27 $177,200,000 12/17/82 4 Top Gun Par. 27 $176,781,728 5/16/86 5 Titanic Par. 26 $600,788,188 12/19/97 6 Forrest Gump Par. 26 $329,694,499 7/06/94 7 Crocodile Dundee Par. 26 $174,803,506 9/26/86 8 Home Alone Fox 25 $285,761,243 11/16/90 9 Dances with Wolves Orion 25 $184,208,848 11/09/90 10 Back to the Future Uni. 24 $210,609,762 7/03/85 11 Rain Man MGM 24 $172,825,435 12/16/88 12 Flashdance Par. 23 $92,921,203 4/15/83 13 Ghost Par. 22 $217,631,306 7/13/90 14 Platoon Orion 22 $138,530,565 12/19/86 15 Terms of Endearment Par. 22 $108,423,489 11/23/83 16 An Officer and a Gentleman Par. 21 $129,795,554 7/30/82 17 Ghostbusters Col. 20 $229,242,989 6/08/84 18 Rocky III UA 20 $124,146,897 5/28/82 19 Fatal Attraction Par. 20 $156,645,693 9/18/87 20 Beauty and the Beast BV 20 $145,863,363 11/15/91 21 Moonstruck MGM 20 $80,640,528 12/18/87 22 Return of the Jedi Fox 19 $252,583,617 5/25/83 23 My Big Fat Greek Wedding IFC 19 $241,438,208 4/19/02 24 The Color Purple WB 19 $94,175,854 12/20/85 25 Driving Miss Daisy WB 19 $106,593,296 12/15/89 26 Schindler's List Uni. 19 $96,065,768 12/15/93 27 The Lion King BV 18 $312,855,561 6/15/94 28 Three Men and a Baby BV 18 $167,780,960 11/25/87 29 Mrs. Doubtfire Fox 17 $219,195,243 11/24/93 30 Aladdin BV 17 $217,350,219 11/13/92 31 On Golden Pond Uni. 17 $119,285,432 12/04/81 32 Who Framed Roger Rabbit BV 17 $156,452,370 6/24/88 33 The Karate Kid Part II Col. 17 $115,103,979 6/20/86 34 Trading Places Par. 17 $90,404,800 6/10/83 35 The Karate Kid Col. 17 $90,815,558 6/22/84 36 Chariots of Fire Col. 17 $58,972,904 9/25/81 37 Gandhi Col. 17 $52,767,889 12/10/82 38 Jurassic Park Uni. 16 $357,067,947 6/11/93 39 Gremlins WB 16 $148,168,459 6/08/84 40 Pretty Woman BV 16 $178,406,268 3/23/90 41 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves WB 16 $165,493,908 6/14/91 42 Sister Act BV 16 $139,605,150 5/29/92 43 Good Morning, Vietnam BV 16 $123,922,370 12/25/87 44 Wayne's World Par. 16 $121,697,323 2/14/92 45 Chicago Mira. 16 $170,687,518 12/27/02 46 Footloose Par. 16 $80,035,402 2/17/84 47 Out of Africa Uni. 16 $87,071,205 12/20/85 48 Steel Magnolias TriS 16 $83,759,091 11/17/89 49 Dirty Dancing Vest 16 $63,446,382 8/21/87 50 Independence Day Fox 15 $306,169,268 7/03/96 51 The Sixth Sense BV 15 $293,506,292 8/06/99 52 Saving Private Ryan DW 15 $216,540,909 7/24/98 53 As Good as It Gets Sony 15 $148,478,011 12/23/97 54 A Beautiful Mind Uni. 15 $170,742,341 12/21/01 55 The Hunt for Red October Par. 15 $122,012,643 3/02/90 56 48 HRS. Par. 15 $78,868,508 12/10/82 57 American Beauty DW 15 $130,096,601 9/15/99 58 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon SPC 15 $128,078,872 12/08/00 59 Shakespeare in Love Mira. 15 $100,317,794 12/11/98 60 Witness Par. 15 $68,706,993 2/08/85 61 Ruthless People BV 15 $71,624,879 6/27/86 62 Stand by Me Col. 15 $52,287,414 8/08/86 63 Avatar Fox 14 $749,766,139 12/18/09 64 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Par. 14 $179,870,271 5/23/84 65 Terminator 2: Judgment Day TriS 14 $204,843,345 7/03/91 66 Porky's Fox 14 $105,492,483 3/19/82 67 The Silence of the Lambs Orion 14 $130,742,922 2/14/91 68 Basic Instinct TriS 14 $117,727,224 3/20/92 69 Big Fox 14 $114,968,774 6/03/88 70 Cocoon Fox 14 $76,113,124 6/21/85 71 The Big Chill Col. 14 $56,342,711 9/30/83 72 The Verdict Fox 14 $53,977,250 12/10/82 73 Batman WB 13 $251,188,924 6/23/89 74 Liar Liar Uni. 13 $181,410,615 3/21/97 75 There's Something About Mary Fox 13 $176,484,651 7/15/98 76 Lethal Weapon 2 WB 13 $147,253,986 7/07/89 77 The Matrix WB 13 $171,479,930 3/31/99 78 Good Will Hunting Mira. 13 $138,433,435 12/05/97 79 Pulp Fiction Mira. 13 $107,928,762 10/14/94 80 Police Academy WB 13 $81,198,894 3/23/84 81 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Uni. 13 $69,701,637 7/23/82 82 When Harry Met Sally... Col. 13 $92,823,546 7/14/89 83 Traffic USA 13 $124,115,725 12/27/00 84 Purple Rain WB 13 $68,392,977 7/27/84 85 Die Hard Fox 13 $83,008,852 7/15/88 86 Risky Business WB 13 $63,541,777 8/05/83 87 Lethal Weapon WB 13 $65,207,127 3/06/87 88 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King NL 12 $377,027,325 12/17/03 89 Toy Story BV 12 $191,796,233 11/22/95 90 Rambo: First Blood Part II TriS 12 $150,415,432 5/22/85 91 Look Who's Talking TriS 12 $140,088,813 10/13/89 92 A Few Good Men Col. 12 $141,340,178 12/11/92 93 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles NL 12 $135,265,915 3/30/90 94 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Par. 12 $109,713,132 11/26/86 95 The Birdcage MGM 12 $124,060,553 3/08/96 96 Poltergeist MGM 12 $76,606,280 6/04/82 97 WarGames MGM 12 $79,567,667 6/03/83 98 Parenthood Uni. 12 $100,047,830 8/02/89 99 Back to School Orion 12 $91,258,000 6/13/86 100 Sleeping with the Enemy Fox 12 $101,599,005 2/08/91 101 Romancing the Stone Fox 12 $76,572,238 3/30/84 102 Mr. Mom Fox 12 $64,783,827 7/22/83 103 The Little Mermaid BV 12 $84,355,863 11/17/89 104 Slumdog Millionaire FoxS 12 $141,319,928 11/12/08 105 National Lampoon's Vacation WB 12 $61,399,552 7/29/83 106 Cocktail BV 12 $78,222,753 7/29/88 107 Down and Out in Beverly Hills BV 12 $62,134,225 1/31/86 108 Silver Linings Playbook Wein. 12 $132,092,958 11/16/12 109 Born on the Fourth of July Uni. 12 $70,001,698 12/22/89 110 A Fish Called Wanda MGM 12 $62,493,712 7/15/88 111 Pretty in Pink Par. 12 $40,471,663 2/28/86 112 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Fox 11 $431,088,295 5/19/99 113 Finding Nemo BV 11 $339,714,978 5/30/03 114 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl BV 11 $305,413,918 7/09/03 115 Inception WB 11 $292,576,195 7/16/10 116 True Lies Fox 11 $146,282,411 7/15/94 117 Jerry Maguire Sony 11 $153,952,592 12/13/96 118 Sleepless in Seattle TriS 11 $126,680,884 6/25/93 119 City Slickers Col. 11 $124,033,791 6/07/91 120 What Lies Beneath DW 11 $155,464,351 7/21/00 121 A League of Their Own Sony 11 $107,533,928 7/01/92 122 Aliens Fox 11 $85,160,248 7/18/86 123 Scream Dim. 11 $103,046,663 12/20/96 124 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle BV 11 $88,036,683 1/10/92 125 Splash BV 11 $69,821,334 3/09/84 126 Fried Green Tomatoes Uni. 11 $82,418,501 12/27/91 127 The Last of the Mohicans Fox 11 $75,505,856 9/25/92 128 Beetlejuice WB 11 $73,707,461 4/01/88 129 Turner & Hooch BV 11 $71,079,915 7/28/89 130 The King's Speech Wein. 11 $135,453,143 11/26/10 131 The Secret of My Success Uni. 11 $66,995,879 4/10/87 132 Stakeout BV 11 $65,673,233 8/07/87 133 Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment WB 11 $55,600,000 3/29/85 134 La Bamba Col. 11 $54,215,416 7/24/87 135 Mask Uni. 11 $48,230,162 3/08/85 136 Four Weddings and a Funeral Gram. 11 $52,700,832 3/11/94 137 The World According to Garp WB 11 $29,712,172 7/23/82 138 The Dark Knight WB 10 $533,345,358 7/18/08 139 Shrek 2 DW 10 $441,226,247 5/19/04 140 Twister WB 10 $241,721,524 5/10/96 141 Men in Black Sony 10 $250,690,539 7/02/97 142 The Hunger Games LGF 10 $408,010,692 3/23/12 143 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Par. 10 $197,171,806 5/24/89 144 Monsters, Inc. BV 10 $255,873,250 11/02/01 145 The Fugitive WB 10 $183,875,760 8/06/93 146 Cast Away Fox 10 $233,632,142 12/22/00 147 Rush Hour 2 NL 10 $226,164,286 8/03/01 148 Apollo 13 Uni. 10 $172,071,312 6/30/95 149 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids BV 10 $130,724,172 6/23/89 150 Wedding Crashers NL 10 $209,255,921 7/15/05 151 Meet the Parents Uni. 10 $166,244,045 10/06/00 152 The Bodyguard WB 10 $121,945,720 11/25/92 153 Back to the Future Part II Uni. 10 $118,450,002 11/22/89 154 The Mask NL 10 $119,938,730 7/29/94 155 Twins Uni. 10 $111,938,388 12/09/88 156 How to Train Your Dragon P/DW 10 $217,581,231 3/26/10 157 The Green Mile WB 10 $136,801,374 12/10/99 158 In the Line of Fire Col. 10 $102,314,823 7/09/93 159 Unforgiven WB 10 $101,157,447 8/07/92 160 The First Wives Club Par. 10 $105,489,203 9/20/96 161 The Croods Fox 10 $182,856,759 3/22/13 162 Lincoln BV 10 $182,207,973 11/09/12 163 The War of the Roses Fox 10 $86,888,546 12/08/89 164 Analyze This WB 10 $106,885,658 3/05/99 165 Sudden Impact WB 10 $67,642,693 12/09/83 166 Presumed Innocent WB 10 $86,303,188 7/27/90 167 Juno FoxS 10 $143,495,265 12/05/07 168 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! Par. 10 $78,756,177 12/02/88 169 Mr. Holland's Opus BV 10 $82,569,971 12/29/95 170 While You Were Sleeping BV 10 $81,057,016 4/21/95 171 White Men Can't Jump Fox 10 $76,253,806 3/27/92 172 Never Say Never Again WB 10 $55,432,841 10/07/83 173 Field of Dreams Uni. 10 $64,431,625 4/21/89 174 The Aviator Mira. 10 $102,610,330 12/17/04 175 Working Girl Fox 10 $63,779,477 12/23/88 176 Mystic River WB 10 $90,135,191 10/08/03 177 Beethoven Uni. 10 $57,114,049 4/03/92 178 Outrageous Fortune BV 10 $52,864,741 1/30/87 179 The Sword and the Sorcerer Gr1 10 $39,103,425 4/23/82 180 Oliver & Company BV 10 $53,279,055 11/18/88 181 Jagged Edge Col. 10 $40,491,165 10/04/85 182 Peggy Sue Got Married TriS 10 $41,382,841 10/10/86 183 Never Been Kissed Fox 10 $55,474,756 4/09/99 184 Biloxi Blues Uni. 10 $43,184,798 3/25/88 185 Blind Date TriS 10 $39,321,715 3/27/87 186 Gung Ho Par. 10 $36,611,610 3/14/86 187 Fast Times at Ridgemont High Uni. 10 $27,092,880 8/13/82 188 My Favorite Year MGM 10 $20,123,620 10/08/82
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