BEST RANKING MOVIES by Weekend Rank, 1982-Present
Note: Movies must have 7 top 5 weekends to qualify. Rank* Title (click to view) Studio Total Total Gross^ Date** 1 E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Uni. 27 $359,197,037 6/11/82 2 Tootsie Col. 21 $177,200,000 12/17/82 3 Titanic Par. 20 $600,788,188 12/19/97 4 Back to the Future Uni. 20 $210,609,762 7/03/85 5 An Officer and a Gentleman Par. 20 $129,795,554 7/30/82 6 Beverly Hills Cop Par. 19 $234,760,478 12/05/84 7 Ghost Par. 19 $217,631,306 7/13/90 8 Ghostbusters Col. 18 $229,242,989 6/08/84 9 Top Gun Par. 18 $176,781,728 5/16/86 10 Dances with Wolves Orion 18 $184,208,848 11/09/90 11 Rain Man MGM 18 $172,825,435 12/16/88 12 Crocodile Dundee Par. 17 $174,803,506 9/26/86 13 Home Alone Fox 16 $285,761,243 11/16/90 14 Forrest Gump Par. 15 $329,694,499 7/06/94 15 Three Men and a Baby BV 15 $167,780,960 11/25/87 16 Terms of Endearment Par. 14 $108,423,489 11/23/83 17 The Karate Kid Part II Col. 14 $115,103,979 6/20/86 18 Return of the Jedi Fox 13 $252,583,617 5/25/83 19 Aladdin BV 13 $217,350,219 11/13/92 20 Terminator 2: Judgment Day TriS 13 $204,843,345 7/03/91 21 On Golden Pond Uni. 13 $119,285,432 12/04/81 22 Fatal Attraction Par. 13 $156,645,693 9/18/87 23 Avatar Fox 12 $749,766,139 12/18/09 24 Pretty Woman BV 12 $178,406,268 3/23/90 25 Platoon Orion 12 $138,530,565 12/19/86 26 48 HRS. Par. 12 $78,868,508 12/10/82 27 The Color Purple WB 12 $94,175,854 12/20/85 28 Chariots of Fire Col. 12 $58,972,904 9/25/81 29 Jurassic Park Uni. 11 $357,067,947 6/11/93 30 Mrs. Doubtfire Fox 11 $219,195,243 11/24/93 31 Who Framed Roger Rabbit BV 11 $156,452,370 6/24/88 32 There's Something About Mary Fox 11 $176,484,651 7/15/98 33 Porky's Fox 11 $105,492,483 3/19/82 34 The Silence of the Lambs Orion 11 $130,742,922 2/14/91 35 Good Morning, Vietnam BV 11 $123,922,370 12/25/87 36 Die Hard Fox 11 $83,008,852 7/15/88 37 Risky Business WB 11 $63,541,777 8/05/83 38 Gandhi Col. 11 $52,767,889 12/10/82 39 My Big Fat Greek Wedding IFC 10 $241,438,208 4/19/02 40 The Hunt for Red October Par. 10 $122,012,643 3/02/90 41 Basic Instinct TriS 10 $117,727,224 3/20/92 42 The Karate Kid Col. 10 $90,815,558 6/22/84 43 Parenthood Uni. 10 $100,047,830 8/02/89 44 When Harry Met Sally... Col. 10 $92,823,546 7/14/89 45 Mr. Mom Fox 10 $64,783,827 7/22/83 46 The Big Chill Col. 10 $56,342,711 9/30/83 47 A Fish Called Wanda MGM 10 $62,493,712 7/15/88 48 The Sixth Sense BV 9 $293,506,292 8/06/99 49 Saving Private Ryan DW 9 $216,540,909 7/24/98 50 Gremlins WB 9 $148,168,459 6/08/84 51 A Few Good Men Col. 9 $141,340,178 12/11/92 52 Jerry Maguire Sony 9 $153,952,592 12/13/96 53 Sister Act BV 9 $139,605,150 5/29/92 54 Dumb and Dumber NL 9 $127,175,374 12/16/94 55 Good Will Hunting Mira. 9 $138,433,435 12/05/97 56 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Par. 9 $109,713,132 11/26/86 57 Chicago Mira. 9 $170,687,518 12/27/02 58 Driving Miss Daisy WB 9 $106,593,296 12/15/89 59 Out of Africa Uni. 9 $87,071,205 12/20/85 60 Aliens Fox 9 $85,160,248 7/18/86 61 Romancing the Stone Fox 9 $76,572,238 3/30/84 62 Analyze This WB 9 $106,885,658 3/05/99 63 Purple Rain WB 9 $68,392,977 7/27/84 64 Fried Green Tomatoes Uni. 9 $82,418,501 12/27/91 65 Moonstruck MGM 9 $80,640,528 12/18/87 66 National Lampoon's Vacation WB 9 $61,399,552 7/29/83 67 Beetlejuice WB 9 $73,707,461 4/01/88 68 Never Say Never Again WB 9 $55,432,841 10/07/83 69 The Secret of My Success Uni. 9 $66,995,879 4/10/87 70 Stakeout BV 9 $65,673,233 8/07/87 71 Born on the Fourth of July Uni. 9 $70,001,698 12/22/89 72 Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment WB 9 $55,600,000 3/29/85 73 Jagged Edge Col. 9 $40,491,165 10/04/85 74 The Dark Knight WB 8 $533,345,358 7/18/08 75 The Hunger Games LGF 8 $408,010,692 3/23/12 76 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl BV 8 $305,413,918 7/09/03 77 The Fugitive WB 8 $183,875,760 8/06/93 78 Toy Story BV 8 $191,796,233 11/22/95 79 Rambo: First Blood Part II TriS 8 $150,415,432 5/22/85 80 Rocky III UA 8 $124,146,897 5/28/82 81 Cast Away Fox 8 $233,632,142 12/22/00 82 Liar Liar Uni. 8 $181,410,615 3/21/97 83 Night at the Museum Fox 8 $250,863,268 12/22/06 84 Rocky IV UA 8 $127,873,716 11/27/85 85 The Matrix WB 8 $171,479,930 3/31/99 86 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles NL 8 $135,265,915 3/30/90 87 As Good as It Gets Sony 8 $148,478,011 12/23/97 88 Clear and Present Danger Par. 8 $122,187,717 8/05/94 89 The Mask NL 8 $119,938,730 7/29/94 90 Twins Uni. 8 $111,938,388 12/09/88 91 How to Train Your Dragon P/DW 8 $217,581,231 3/26/10 92 Stuart Little Sony 8 $140,035,367 12/17/99 93 The Green Mile WB 8 $136,801,374 12/10/99 94 Police Academy WB 8 $81,198,894 3/23/84 95 The Croods Fox 8 $177,594,882 3/22/13 96 The War of the Roses Fox 8 $86,888,546 12/08/89 97 The Golden Child Par. 8 $79,817,937 12/12/86 98 Splash BV 8 $69,821,334 3/09/84 99 Presumed Innocent WB 8 $86,303,188 7/27/90 100 White Men Can't Jump Fox 8 $76,253,806 3/27/92 101 The Others Mira. 8 $96,522,687 8/10/01 102 Uncle Buck Uni. 8 $66,758,538 8/18/89 103 Pee-Wee's Big Adventure WB 8 $40,940,662 8/09/85 104 Blind Date TriS 8 $39,321,715 3/27/87 105 The Lion King BV 7 $312,855,561 6/15/94 106 Independence Day Fox 7 $306,169,268 7/03/96 107 Batman WB 7 $251,188,924 6/23/89 108 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King NL 7 $377,027,325 12/17/03 109 The Passion of the Christ NM 7 $370,274,604 2/25/04 110 Finding Nemo BV 7 $339,714,978 5/30/03 111 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone WB 7 $317,575,550 11/16/01 112 Twister WB 7 $241,721,524 5/10/96 113 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Par. 7 $197,171,806 5/24/89 114 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Fox 7 $173,585,516 11/20/92 115 Beverly Hills Cop II Par. 7 $153,665,036 5/20/87 116 Air Force One Sony 7 $172,956,409 7/25/97 117 Lethal Weapon 2 WB 7 $147,253,986 7/07/89 118 Look Who's Talking TriS 7 $140,088,813 10/13/89 119 The Santa Clause BV 7 $144,833,357 11/11/94 120 The Blind Side WB 7 $255,959,475 11/20/09 121 Runaway Bride Par. 7 $152,257,509 7/30/99 122 Flashdance Par. 7 $92,921,203 4/15/83 123 The Bodyguard WB 7 $121,945,720 11/25/92 124 Wayne's World Par. 7 $121,697,323 2/14/92 125 Hook TriS 7 $119,654,823 12/11/91 126 The Birdcage MGM 7 $124,060,553 3/08/96 127 Big Fox 7 $114,968,774 6/03/88 128 Patch Adams Uni. 7 $135,026,902 12/25/98 129 A League of Their Own Sony 7 $107,533,928 7/01/92 130 A Time to Kill WB 7 $108,766,007 7/26/96 131 Sleeping with the Enemy Fox 7 $101,599,005 2/08/91 132 Footloose Par. 7 $80,035,402 2/17/84 133 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Uni. 7 $69,701,637 7/23/82 134 Father of the Bride BV 7 $89,325,780 12/20/91 135 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle BV 7 $88,036,683 1/10/92 136 Sudden Impact WB 7 $67,642,693 12/09/83 137 The Jewel of the Nile Fox 7 $75,973,200 12/13/85 138 Taken Fox 7 $145,000,989 1/30/09 139 Dangerous Minds BV 7 $84,919,401 8/11/95 140 Antz DW 7 $90,757,863 10/02/98 141 Groundhog Day Col. 7 $70,906,973 2/12/93 142 Space Cowboys WB 7 $90,464,773 8/04/00 143 Down and Out in Beverly Hills BV 7 $62,134,225 1/31/86 144 Lethal Weapon WB 7 $65,207,127 3/06/87 145 Cool Runnings BV 7 $68,856,263 10/01/93 146 Hot Shots! Fox 7 $69,467,617 8/02/91 147 First Blood Orion 7 $47,212,904 10/22/82 148 Tango & Cash WB 7 $63,408,614 12/22/89 149 Sea of Love Uni. 7 $58,571,513 9/15/89 150 The Color of Money BV 7 $52,293,982 10/17/86 151 Stand by Me Col. 7 $52,287,414 8/08/86 152 Beethoven Uni. 7 $57,114,049 4/03/92 153 Mask Uni. 7 $48,230,162 3/08/85 154 The Dark Crystal Uni. 7 $40,577,001 12/17/82 155 The Mighty Ducks BV 7 $50,752,337 10/02/92 156 Police Academy 3: Back in Training WB 7 $43,579,163 3/21/86 157 The Terminator Orion 7 $38,371,200 10/26/84 158 Colors Orion 7 $46,616,067 4/15/88 159 The Money Pit Uni. 7 $37,499,651 3/28/86
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