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BIGGEST OPENINGS AT LESS THAN 600 THEATERS
(1982-Present)


Note: This chart only shows the top 200 movies, regardless of sorting.
RankTitle (click to view)StudioAdjusted
Opening*		% of TotalTheaters / Avg.Est. Tickets^Release
1 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Par. 1,632,800 6.1% 425 3,842 26,587,800 12/16/11
2 Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Uni. 1,398,400 21.6% 530 2,638 6,475,200 11/12/04
3 Steel Magnolias TriS 1,366,600 6.7% 480 2,847 20,395,000 11/17/89
4 The Players Club NL 1,256,800 25.6% 593 2,119 4,914,300 4/10/98
5 Closer Sony 1,241,200 22.9% 476 2,608 5,429,100 12/3/04
6 Nuts WB 1,178,000 15.1% 536 2,198 7,814,100 11/20/87
7 Colors Orion 1,155,000 10.2% 422 2,737 11,342,100 4/15/88
8 Love Actually Uni. 1,142,000 11.6% 576 1,983 9,877,600 11/7/03
9 An Officer and a Gentleman Par. 1,124,000 2.6% 346 3,249 43,656,900 7/30/82
10 Terms of Endearment Par. 1,110,700 3.4% 260 4,272 32,878,500 11/23/83
11 House Party NL 1,090,100 17.5% 520 2,096 6,237,700 3/9/90
12 Mo' Better Blues Uni. 1,037,200 27.2% 544 1,907 3,818,800 8/3/90
13 Amistad DW 996,400 10.5% 322 3,094 9,489,100 12/10/97
14 The World According to Garp WB 987,100 9.8% 357 2,765 10,106,200 7/23/82
15 10 to Midnight MGM 968,300 42.5% 595 1,627 2,278,000 3/11/83
16 Yentl MGM 968,300 8.0% 501 1,933 12,134,900 11/18/83
17 Do the Right Thing Uni. 897,600 12.9% 353 2,543 6,938,400 6/30/89
18 Fast Times at Ridgemont High Uni. 865,900 9.4% 498 1,738 9,215,300 8/13/82
19 A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy WB 855,300 27.7% 501 1,707 3,087,500 7/16/82
20 Dead Again Par. 826,500 9.2% 450 1,836 9,030,000 8/23/91
21 If You Could See What I Hear JenF 819,000 27.7% 524 1,563 2,957,000 4/23/82
22 Krush Groove WB 818,400 26.3% 519 1,577 3,113,400 10/25/85
23 A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge NL 807,200 9.9% 522 1,546 8,161,000 11/1/85
24 Benny and Joon MGM 793,500 14.1% 408 1,945 5,618,700 4/16/93
25 Author! Author! Fox 775,300 17.4% 504 1,538 4,459,600 6/18/82
26 Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in Disney Digital 3-D (2007 re-issue) BV 774,700 36.8% 564 1,374 2,105,700 10/19/07
27 Cousins Par. 765,700 13.8% 535 1,431 5,548,200 2/10/89
28 Deathtrap WB 761,600 11.6% 341 2,233 6,558,600 3/19/82
29 Quest for Fire Fox 738,500 10.4% 223 3,312 7,129,100 2/12/82
30 School Ties Par. 727,700 20.5% 595 1,223 3,545,800 9/18/92
31 Simon Birch BV 708,200 18.2% 596 1,188 3,892,000 9/11/98
32 The Sword in the Stone (Re-issue) BV 708,100 18.6% 487 1,454 3,809,500 3/25/83
33 Disorderlies WB 692,600 26.2% 544 1,273 2,646,700 8/14/87
34 Bad Boys (1983) Uni. 689,300 23.6% 468 1,473 2,917,700 3/25/83
35 Wild at Heart Gold. 688,800 20.0% 532 1,295 3,442,100 8/17/90
36 Falling in Love Par. 682,700 20.9% 305 2,238 3,271,800 11/21/84
37 Revenge of the Ninja MGM 671,200 16.1% 432 1,553 4,180,300 9/9/83
38 The Falcon and the Snowman Orion 664,500 13.8% 265 2,507 4,825,400 1/25/85
39 Six Pack Fox 662,000 9.6% 504 1,313 6,879,600 7/16/82
40 Pitch Perfect Uni. 661,900 8.2% 335 1,976 8,074,700 9/28/12
41 Angel NW 659,200 12.7% 330 1,997 5,204,900 1/13/84
42 Munich Uni. 647,800 8.9% 532 1,218 7,268,900 12/23/05
43 Metalstorm Uni. 641,000 38.1% 549 1,167 1,682,900 8/19/83
44 Death Wish II Film 636,600 11.6% 377 1,688 5,476,200 2/19/82
45 Shoot the Moon MGM 636,100 20.3% 585 1,087 3,135,200 1/22/82
46 The Missionary Col. 634,300 25.8% 532 1,192 2,463,000 11/5/82
47 Monty Python's The Meaning of Life Uni. 631,100 13.3% 257 2,455 4,739,500 4/1/83
48 Skin Deep Fox 619,700 12.5% 489 1,267 4,955,900 3/3/89
49 Pocahontas BV 618,300 1.9% 6 103,054 32,547,100 6/16/95
50 The Sword and the Sorcerer Gr1 611,900 4.6% 233 2,626 13,300,500 4/23/82
51 Children of the Corn NW 608,000 14.0% 350 1,737 4,336,000 3/9/84
52 You So Crazy Gold. 603,300 24.8% 417 1,447 2,436,500 4/29/94
53 Valley Girl Atl 589,500 10.7% 442 1,333 5,505,900 4/29/83
54 Vice Squad Emb 584,100 13.0% 510 1,145 4,508,000 1/22/82
55 A Rage in Harlem Mira. 583,900 23.5% 540 1,081 2,479,500 5/3/91
56 House of 1,000 Corpses Lions 573,900 27.4% 595 965 2,095,400 4/11/03
57 Full Metal Jacket WB 567,100 4.8% 215 2,638 11,856,200 6/26/87
58 The Inkwell BV 564,400 26.6% 390 1,447 2,124,600 4/22/94
59 The Age of Innocence Col. 559,700 7.2% 83 6,744 7,791,200 9/17/93
60 The Philadelphia Experiment NW 558,600 23.2% 490 1,140 2,411,700 8/3/84
61 Tap TriS 558,500 24.3% 585 955 2,295,900 2/10/89
62 Smokey & the Bandit Part III Uni. 548,600 30.4% 498 1,102 1,802,800 8/12/83
63 Racing with the Moon Par. 536,700 29.8% 389 1,380 1,799,300 3/23/84
64 Ride Mira. 535,900 45.8% 496 1,080 1,169,600 3/27/98
65 All the Right Moves Fox 516,000 9.4% 442 1,167 5,470,800 10/21/83
66 Children of a Lesser God Par. 514,600 6.1% 215 2,393 8,425,400 10/3/86
67 Ninja 3: The Domination Can. 514,200 22.7% 530 970 2,265,100 9/14/84
68 The Seduction Emb 511,400 13.2% 597 856 3,870,200 1/22/82
69 The Right Stuff WB 508,300 7.8% 229 2,219 6,546,100 10/21/83
70 Glengarry Glen Ross NL 507,100 19.6% 416 1,219 2,584,400 10/2/92
71 Vigilante FVI 504,300 31.2% 250 2,017 1,616,500 3/4/83
72 Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D (2006) BV 500,300 37.7% 168 2,978 1,328,200 10/20/06
73 My Family NL 497,700 19.5% 413 1,205 2,547,000 5/5/95
74 Above the Law WB 495,800 10.8% 350 1,417 4,591,200 4/8/88
75 Avenging Angel NW 494,400 31.2% 525 942 1,583,900 1/11/85
76 Bean Gram. 491,300 5.0% 242 2,030 9,873,500 10/17/97
77 Serial Mom Sav. 488,100 26.1% 502 972 1,871,000 4/13/94
78 Manhattan Murder Mystery TriS 486,800 17.8% 268 1,816 2,736,900 8/18/93
79 Tomboy Crwn 485,600 12.2% 409 1,187 3,971,800 1/25/85
80 The Color Purple WB 481,800 1.9% 192 2,509 25,432,300 12/20/85
81 Day of the Dead UFD 478,900 34.0% 168 2,850 1,408,500 7/19/85
82 Swing Kids BV 475,400 34.9% 542 877 1,360,400 3/5/93
83 Religulous LGF 474,900 26.2% 502 946 1,812,100 10/1/08
84 She's the One FoxS 472,500 21.9% 459 1,029 2,158,100 8/23/96
85 Barney's Great Adventure Poly 469,900 18.0% 540 870 2,605,300 4/3/98
86 The Package Orion 466,400 17.4% 323 1,444 2,681,900 8/25/89
87 El Cantante PicH 465,400 42.4% 542 859 1,098,400 8/3/07
88 Scoop Focus 465,200 28.9% 538 865 1,607,000 7/28/06
89 Rob Roy MGM 465,100 6.4% 133 3,497 7,263,700 4/7/95
90 Homework JenF 464,800 46.9% 262 1,774 991,300 8/27/82
91 The Omega Code Prov. 463,500 18.7% 304 1,524 2,479,000 10/15/99
92 Eddie and the Cruisers Emb 458,700 30.2% 475 965 1,519,600 9/23/83
93 Joysticks JenF 454,300 36.2% 310 1,465 1,254,700 3/4/83
94 Revenge of the Nerds Fox 450,300 3.7% 364 1,237 12,165,000 7/20/84
95 Pride and Prejudice Focus 447,000 7.5% 215 2,079 5,972,600 11/11/05
96 Beauty and the Beast (IMAX) BV 445,700 10.2% 68 6,554 4,386,800 1/1/02
97 The Sicilian Fox 440,000 31.8% 370 1,189 1,382,800 10/23/87
98 Critters NL 436,300 12.3% 540 808 3,549,100 4/11/86
99 Weekend Pass Crwn 432,000 6.9% 399 1,083 6,267,300 2/3/84
100 Foolish Art. 430,000 36.2% 305 1,410 1,187,800 4/9/99
101 Desperately Seeking Susan Orion 429,900 5.6% 268 1,604 7,717,900 3/29/85
102 Almost Famous DW 429,400 7.1% 131 3,278 6,030,400 9/15/00
103 Silent Night, Deadly Night TriS 426,400 57.5% 398 1,071 741,500 11/9/84
104 Tuff Turf Orion 425,200 16.1% 440 966 2,639,200 1/11/85
105 Fantasia 2000 (35mm & IMAX) BV 425,000 3.8% 54 7,870 11,211,700 1/1/00
106 Let's Spend the Night Together Emb 418,700 34.5% 475 881 1,213,100 2/11/83
107 1969 Atl 415,800 28.6% 520 800 1,454,700 11/18/88
108 The House of the Spirits Mira. 411,300 27.4% 474 867 1,498,900 4/1/94
109 Millennium Fox 406,700 27.9% 486 837 1,455,200 8/25/89
110 Chasing Papi Fox 398,800 39.2% 585 682 1,016,600 4/16/03
111 Ski Patrol Triu 389,600 19.3% 515 757 2,017,500 1/12/90
112 Radio Days Orion 389,400 10.3% 128 3,042 3,783,300 1/30/87
113 Silkwood Fox 386,800 3.6% 257 1,505 10,697,900 12/16/83
114 Under the Same Moon Wein. 385,700 22.0% 266 1,450 1,753,500 3/19/08
115 A Cry in the Dark WB 380,000 22.6% 334 1,138 1,681,000 11/11/88
116 Brainstorm MGM 380,000 11.7% 169 2,248 3,244,300 9/30/83
117 The Lion King BV 379,600 0.5% 2 189,803 74,624,400 6/15/94
118 A Nightmare on Elm Street NL 378,300 5.2% 165 2,293 7,299,400 11/9/84
119 Crimes of the Heart DEG 378,100 6.4% 246 1,537 5,923,300 12/12/86
120 The Wraith NCeV 378,000 40.1% 588 643 943,400 11/21/86
121 Forced Vengeance MGM 377,200 16.7% 576 655 2,265,400 7/30/82
122 The Perils of Gwendolyn in the Land of Yik Yak Gold. 376,700 100.0% 500 753 376,700 1/25/85
123 Just Between Friends Orion 374,900 21.7% 352 1,065 1,727,400 3/21/86
124 The Smurfs and the Magic Flute Atl 374,800 11.0% 183 2,048 3,418,200 10/7/83
125 Woman, Thou Art Loosed Magn. 374,500 33.8% 408 918 1,107,800 10/1/04
126 Duets BV 371,500 42.3% 581 639 879,200 9/15/00
127 The Remains of the Day Col. 369,300 6.6% 94 3,929 5,591,400 11/5/93
128 They Call Me Bruce FVI 364,400 6.7% 165 2,209 5,472,700 11/12/82
129 Passed Away BV 363,100 37.4% 582 624 971,300 4/24/92
130 Cabin Boy BV 362,100 41.3% 593 611 876,200 1/7/94
131 Exterminator II Can. 358,400 32.2% 535 670 1,112,900 9/14/84
132 The Amateur Fox 358,200 15.3% 437 819 2,344,300 2/12/82
133 Chicago Mira. 357,100 1.3% 77 4,638 28,306,400 12/27/02
134 Wise Guys MGM 357,000 15.6% 338 1,056 2,284,500 4/18/86
135 Never Cry Wolf BV 354,400 4.0% 88 4,027 8,809,500 10/7/83
136 After Dark's Horror Fest: 8 Films to Die For Free 352,800 89.7% 488 723 393,100 11/17/06
137 A Little Sex Uni. 350,400 43.5% 500 701 806,300 4/2/82
138 A Mighty Wind WB 350,300 11.9% 133 2,633 2,948,800 4/16/03
139 Alphabet City Atl 348,900 16.7% 321 1,087 2,093,900 5/4/84
140 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day Focus 346,900 20.2% 535 648 1,715,000 3/7/08
141 Hannah and Her Sisters Orion 341,200 3.6% 54 6,318 9,539,700 2/7/86
142 The Show Sav. 340,900 54.9% 336 1,014 621,300 8/25/95
143 Into the West Mira. 340,700 29.4% 550 619 1,157,200 9/17/93
144 Celebrity Mira. 338,600 31.3% 493 687 1,082,900 11/20/98
145 Empire of the Sun WB 336,200 6.1% 225 1,494 5,520,300 12/11/87
146 Bad Company (1995) BV 335,600 39.7% 302 1,111 844,800 1/20/95
147 Crimes of Passion NW 328,300 37.9% 325 1,010 866,900 10/19/84
148 The Keep Par. 327,700 24.5% 508 645 1,339,200 12/16/83
149 Before Sunrise Sony 327,200 25.7% 363 901 1,272,500 1/27/95
150 Peter Pan (Re-issue) (1982) BV 325,600 5.8% 465 700 5,616,300 12/17/82
151 The Tailor of Panama Sony 324,600 13.4% 199 1,631 2,425,800 3/30/01
152 Tea with Mussolini MGM 321,500 11.3% 270 1,191 2,835,000 5/14/99
153 New Jersey Drive Gram. 320,700 39.1% 210 1,527 819,700 4/21/95
154 The Hotel New Hampshire Orion 320,200 20.9% 244 1,312 1,530,600 3/9/84
155 Blame It On the Bellboy BV 319,600 42.7% 462 692 748,100 3/6/92
156 Bring On the Night Gold. 318,900 59.9% 409 780 532,600 11/8/85
157 The Lion King (IMAX) BV 314,300 12.1% 66 4,761 2,607,400 12/27/02
158 Flawless (1999) MGM 313,000 35.4% 478 655 883,600 11/26/99
159 Getting It On Comw 309,700 100.0% 350 884 309,700 8/19/83
160 The Men's Club Atl 309,200 44.9% 532 581 689,000 9/19/86
161 The Hitman Can. 306,500 27.7% 551 556 1,105,500 10/25/91
162 Avenging Force Can. 305,000 24.2% 500 610 1,261,400 9/12/86
163 Without a Clue Orion 303,400 14.6% 280 1,083 2,077,700 10/21/88
164 Mr. Mom Fox 300,700 1.5% 126 2,386 20,566,300 7/22/83
165 The Curse TWE 299,200 60.6% 326 918 493,600 9/11/87
166 The Blair Witch Project Art. 297,600 1.1% 27 11,024 27,665,200 7/16/99
167 Maid to Order NCeV 297,300 11.8% 287 1,036 2,523,900 7/31/87
168 P.O.W. - The Escape Can. 296,700 44.1% 476 623 673,100 4/4/86
169 Impulse Fox 296,300 35.9% 376 788 825,400 9/28/84
170 What's Love Got to Do with It BV 295,300 3.1% 58 5,092 9,444,700 6/11/93
171 Romeo Is Bleeding Gram. 293,200 37.4% 247 1,187 783,600 2/4/94
172 Short Time Fox 292,500 30.8% 557 525 948,100 5/4/90
173 The Golden Seal Gold. 292,100 13.8% 418 699 2,116,400 8/19/83
174 Casa De Mi Padre LGF 288,800 38.9% 382 756 741,500 3/16/12
175 Fraternity Vacation NW 288,200 30.7% 348 828 939,000 4/12/85
176 Broadway Danny Rose Orion 283,900 9.0% 109 2,604 3,154,900 1/27/84
177 China Moon Orion 283,200 39.0% 377 751 726,900 3/4/94
178 Mystic Pizza Gold. 283,200 9.1% 401 706 3,112,700 10/21/88
179 Zapped! Emb 280,100 4.9% 200 1,400 5,747,500 7/23/82
180 Twice in a Lifetime Bud 279,400 12.3% 189 1,478 2,264,800 10/25/85
181 The Gods Must Be Crazy II Col. 279,100 18.8% 321 870 1,487,300 4/13/90
182 Mud RAtt. 279,100 23.5% 363 769 1,187,300 4/26/13
183 Jekyll and Hyde Together Again Par. 278,700 21.6% 300 929 1,289,900 10/1/82
184 No Man's Land (1987) Orion 278,300 37.8% 510 546 736,000 10/23/87
185 Megiddo: The Omega Code II 8X 278,000 26.0% 314 885 1,068,500 9/21/01
186 The Power FVI 276,500 100.0% 256 1,080 276,500 1/20/84
187 Fantasia (Re-issue) (1985) BV 276,300 12.0% 169 1,635 2,308,400 2/8/85
188 When Harry Met Sally... Col. 275,700 1.2% 41 6,724 23,381,200 7/14/89
189 Birth NL 274,700 33.5% 550 499 818,800 10/29/04
190 Babies Focus 274,200 29.8% 534 513 920,800 5/7/10
191 Nomads Atl 273,100 44.5% 496 551 614,100 3/7/86
192 Sweet Hearts Dance TriS 271,800 29.5% 246 1,105 922,300 9/23/88
193 Possession (2002) Focus 271,100 15.6% 270 1,004 1,740,700 8/16/02
194 Searching for Bobby Fischer Par. 270,900 15.4% 219 1,237 1,755,200 8/13/93
195 Shadows and Fog Orion 267,800 40.6% 288 930 659,200 3/20/92
196 American Ninja 2 Can. 265,800 26.0% 397 669 1,023,000 5/1/87
197 Lisa UA 264,800 25.8% 287 922 1,027,800 4/20/90
198 Fly Me to the Moon Sum. 264,700 13.8% 452 586 1,924,400 8/15/08
199 The Glass Shield Mira. 263,600 34.8% 283 931 756,600 6/2/95
200 Original Gangstas Orion 261,900 31.1% 474 552 841,200 5/10/96

* Opening Weekend equals Fri-Sat-Sun. Movies that do not have a 3-day opening gross are not included on this chart. A movie is considered to be in wide release when it reaches 600 or more theaters. For movies that opened in limited release and later went wide, the wide date is used for the 1,000-3,000 charts. All movies opening in limited release (regardless if they later went wide) and shown on the less than 600 theaters chart.
^ Total Gross does not include additional releases, if any.

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