| Movie Summary | 
The Phantom Menace | 
Return of the King | 
Spider-Man 2 | 
Harry Potter / Phoenix | 
Transformers 2 |
| Genre | Sci-Fi Fantasy | Fantasy | Action / Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi Action |
| Studio | Fox | New Line | Sony / Columbia | Warner Bros. | Paramount (DreamWorks) |
| Release Date | May 19, 1999 | December 17, 2003 | June 30, 2004 | July 11, 2007 | June 24, 2009 |
| Domestic Gross | $431,088,295 | $377,027,325 | $373,585,825 | $292,004,738 | $402,111,870 |
| Production Budget | $115 million | $94 million | $200 million | $150 million | $200 million |
| Running Time | 2 hrs. 13 min. | 3 hrs. 20 min. | 2 hrs. 7 min. | 2 hrs. 19 min. | 2 hrs. 24 min. |
| MPAA Rating | PG | PG-13 | PG-13 | PG-13 | PG-13 |
| MPAA Reason | sci-fi action/violence | for intense epic battle sequences and frightening images | stylized action violence | sequences of fantasy violence and frightening images | intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, language, some crude and sexual material, and brief drug material |
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| Domestic Summary | The Phantom Menace | Return of the King | Spider-Man 2 | Harry Potter / Phoenix | Transformers 2 |
| Total Gross | $431,088,295 | $377,027,325 | $373,585,825 | $292,004,738 | $402,111,870 |
| Opening Weekend* | $64,820,970 | $72,629,713 | $88,156,227 | $77,108,414 | $108,966,307 |
| Theaters | 2,970 | 3,703 | 4,152 | 4,285 | 4,234 |
| Average | $21,825 | $19,613 | $21,232 | $17,994 | $25,736 |
| Opening % of Total | 15.0% | 19.3% | 23.6% | 26.4% | 27.1% |
| Second Weekend Drop | -20.7% | -30.3% | -48.7% | -57.8% | -61.2% |
| Widest Release | 3,126 | 3,703 | 4,166 | 4,285 | 4,293 |
| Close Date | February 3, 2000 | June 3, 2004 | December 19, 2004 | December 13, 2007 | October 15, 2009 |
| In Release | 261 days / 37 weeks | 170 days / 24 weeks | 159 days / 23 weeks | 156 days / 22 weeks | 114 days / 16 weeks |
| *Note: If a movie opened in limited release and later went wide, data from the first wide weekend of release is used. |
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| Worldwide Summary | The Phantom Menace | Return of the King | Spider-Man 2 | Harry Potter / Phoenix | Transformers 2 |
| Worldwide Gross | $983,588,295 | $1,119,110,941 | $783,766,341 | $939,885,929 | $836,303,693 |
| Foreign Gross | $552,500,000 | $742,083,616 | $410,180,516 | $647,881,191 | $434,191,823 |
| Foreign % of Worldwide | 56.2% | 66.3% | 52.3% | 68.9% | 51.9% |
| Domestic Gross | $431,088,295 | $377,027,325 | $373,585,825 | $292,004,738 | $402,111,870 |
| Domestic % of Worldwide | 43.8% | 33.7% | 47.7% | 31.1% | 48.1% |
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| Genres & Franchises | The Phantom Menace | Return of the King | Spider-Man 2 | Harry Potter / Phoenix | Transformers 2 |
| Genre: Fantasy - Live Action | - | #2 | - | #10 | - |
| Genre: IMAX (Feature-length) | - | - | - | #22 | #7 |
| Showdown: All Time Wednesday Opener Bout | #1 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #2 |
| Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Spider-Man vs. Star Wars | #1 | #3 | - | - | - |
| Showdown: Lord of the Rings vs. Star Wars | #1 | #2 | - | - | - |
| Showdown: Uber-Blockbuster Showdown | - | #4 | #5 | - | - |
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| Chart Rankings | The Phantom Menace | Return of the King | Spider-Man 2 | Harry Potter / Phoenix | Transformers 2 |
| All Time Domestic | #5 | #20 | #21 | #51 | #15 |
| All Time Adjusted | #17 | #52 | #55 | #138 | #81 |
| All Time Worldwide | #12 | #6 | #43 | #22 | #34 |
| Worldwide Openings | - | #16 | #36 | #10 | #24 |
| Foreign Opening Weekends | - | #22 | - | #10 | - |
| Non-Friday Opening Weekends | #17 | #13 | #7 | #12 | #1 |
| Opening Weeks | #60 | #33 | #21 | #38 | #15 |
| Opening Day Gross | #48 | #35 | #23 | #19 | #11 |
| Opening Wednesdays | #8 | #7 | #5 | #4 | #2 |
| Single Day Gross | #126 | #72 | #43 | #30 | #13 |
| Non-Opening Friday Gross | #38 | #24 | #4 | #12 | #1 |
| Non-Opening Thursday Gross | #29 | #10 | #3 | #7 | #1 |
| Non-Opening Tuesday Gross | #61 | #15 | #16 | #45 | #10 |
| Non-Opening Wednesday Gross | - | - | #29 | #44 | #26 |
| Single Day Friday Gross | #140 | #86 | #31 | #55 | #23 |
| Single Day Monday Gross | #22 | #32 | #1 | #65 | #23 |
| Single Day Saturday Gross | #81 | #56 | #30 | #49 | #18 |
| Single Day Sunday Gross | #51 | #43 | #50 | #44 | #15 |
| Single Day Thursday Gross | #39 | #16 | #8 | #12 | #5 |
| Single Day Tuesday Gross | #69 | #20 | #21 | #53 | #14 |
| Single Day Wednesday Gross | #9 | #7 | #5 | #4 | #2 |
| Non-Holiday Monday Gross | #22 | #13 | - | #28 | #9 |
| Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time | #48 | #67 | #52 | #86 | #29 |
| Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends | #46 | #63 | #50 | #82 | #29 |
| Sunday Share of Opening Weekends | #81 | #150 | - | - | - |
| Opening Weekends | #77 | #50 | #33 | #44 | #19 |
| Opening Weekends - July | - | - | #6 | #8 | - |
| Opening Weekends - Summer | #51 | - | #23 | #29 | #13 |
| Eleventh Weekends | #33 | #68 | - | - | - |
| Ninth Weekends | #24 | #50 | - | - | - |
| Tenth Weekends | #29 | #66 | - | - | - |
| Top 10-Day Grosses | #43 | #28 | #14 | #30 | #6 |
| Top 3-Day Grosses | #88 | #50 | #27 | #34 | #13 |
| Top 4-Day Grosses | #54 | #34 | #20 | #29 | #6 |
| Top 6-Day Grosses | #40 | #31 | #10 | #23 | #3 |
| Top 7-Day Grosses | #39 | #27 | #8 | #22 | #3 |
| Top 8-Day Grosses | #42 | #31 | #10 | #25 | #5 |
| Top 9-Day Grosses | #43 | #31 | #14 | #28 | #6 |
| Twelfth Weekends | #53 | #31 | - | - | - |
| Twelfth Weekends | #68 | #47 | - | - | - |
| Top 5-Day Grosses | #41 | #33 | #17 | #23 | #4 |
| Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday | #10 | #9 | #5 | #6 | #1 |
| Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive) | #72 | #34 | #151 | - | #155 |
| Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive) | #112 | #88 | - | - | - |
| Consecutive Weekends At #1 | #56 | #26 | #138 | - | #142 |
| Consecutive Weekends In Top 10 | #90 | #118 | - | - | - |
| Independence Day Weekends | #93 | - | #2 | - | #13 |
| Second Weekends | #20 | #22 | #31 | #88 | #41 |
| Third Weekends | #12 | #24 | #38 | #116 | #42 |
| Fourth Weekends | #7 | #67 | #53 | - | #73 |
| Fifth Weekends | #5 | #58 | #103 | - | #126 |
| Sixth Weekends | #8 | #96 | #159 | - | - |
| Seventh Weekends | #12 | #90 | - | - | - |
| Eighth Weekends | #15 | #81 | - | - | - |
| Smallest Drops, 3,000+ theaters (Super-Saturation) | - | #75 | #333 | #511 | #561 |
| Smallest Drops, 2,500+ theaters (Saturation) | #76 | #174 | #739 | #1067 | #1151 |
| Smallest Drops, 2,000+ theaters (Very Wide) | #130 | #286 | #1096 | #1558 | #1680 |
| Smallest Drops, All Wide Releases | #576 | #1001 | #2534 | #3312 | #3503 |
| Rated PG-13 | - | #13 | #14 | #36 | #9 |
| Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends | - | #37 | #25 | #31 | #16 |
| Widest Releases | #512 | #120 | #20 | #13 | #12 |
| Widest Opening Releases | - | #109 | #21 | #11 | #17 |
| Widest PG-13 Rated Openings | - | #59 | #16 | #9 | #14 |
| Widest PG-13 Rated Releases | - | #64 | #15 | #11 | #10 |
| Fastest to $100 million | #41 | #36 | #28 | #31 | #14 |
| Fastest to $150 million | #43 | #28 | #18 | #25 | #8 |
| Fastest to $200 million | #36 | #29 | #11 | #33 | #4 |
| Fastest to $250 million | #29 | #17 | #11 | #34 | #6 |
| Fastest to $300 million | #18 | #17 | #14 | - | #4 |
| Fastest to $350 million | #14 | #16 | #13 | - | #6 |
| Fastest to $400 million | #10 | - | - | - | #11 |
| Slowest to $100 million | #466 | #471 | #479 | #476 | #493 |
| Slowest to $200 million | #89 | #96 | #114 | #92 | #121 |
| BOM Users' Grades | #473 | #6 | #71 | #106 | #575 |
| Non-Friday Opening Weekends Adjusted | #9 | #11 | #5 | #14 | #4 |
| Opening Weeks Adjusted | #30 | #28 | #11 | #50 | #22 |
| Non-Opening Friday Gross Adjusted | #17 | #18 | #2 | #12 | #4 |
| Non-Opening Thursday Gross Adjusted | #15 | #8 | #3 | #11 | #2 |
| Non-Opening Tuesday Gross Adjusted | #26 | #8 | #15 | #58 | #18 |
| Non-Opening Wednesday Gross Adjusted | #32 | #52 | #26 | #56 | #36 |
| Single Day Friday Gross Adjusted | #66 | #67 | #22 | #59 | #29 |
| Single Day Monday Gross Adjusted | #8 | #28 | #1 | #80 | #40 |
| Single Day Saturday Gross Adjusted | #35 | #42 | #20 | #60 | #21 |
| Single Day Sunday Gross Adjusted | #19 | #29 | #42 | #53 | #20 |
| Single Day Thursday Gross Adjusted | #20 | #13 | #7 | #16 | #6 |
| Single Day Tuesday Gross Adjusted | #33 | #12 | #19 | #67 | #24 |
| Single Day Wednesday Gross Adjusted | #7 | #6 | #4 | #5 | #2 |
| Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted | #28 | #93 | #72 | #191 | #70 |
| Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted | #27 | #80 | #62 | #158 | #61 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - July | - | - | #5 | #10 | - |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted | #35 | #40 | #28 | #52 | #26 |
| Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer | #25 | - | #19 | #38 | #18 |
| Eleventh Weekends Adjusted | #38 | #108 | - | - | - |
| Ninth Weekends Adjusted | #28 | #86 | - | - | - |
| Tenth Weekends Adjusted | #34 | #109 | - | - | - |
| Twelfth Weekends Adjusted | #60 | #52 | - | - | - |
| Top 5-Day Grosses for movies opening on a Wednesday Adjusted | #5 | #7 | #2 | #10 | #1 |
| Second Weekends Adjusted | #6 | #18 | #32 | #121 | #58 |
| Third Weekends Adjusted | #7 | #24 | #42 | #190 | #93 |
| Fourth Weekends Adjusted | #3 | #95 | #78 | - | #175 |
| Fifth Weekends Adjusted | #5 | #100 | #168 | - | - |
| Sixth Weekends Adjusted | #11 | #151 | - | - | - |
| Seventh Weekends Adjusted | #21 | #162 | - | - | - |
| Eighth Weekends Adjusted | #20 | #131 | - | - | - |
| Rated PG-13 Adjusted | - | #11 | #12 | #40 | #20 |
| Rated PG-13, Opening Weekends Adjusted | - | #29 | #21 | #38 | #20 |
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