Rank |
Date |
Movie |
Theater Average |
Theaters |
Cumulative Gross |
1 |
Jan 9, 2015 |
American Sniper |
$144,880 |
4 |
$3,174,669 |
2 |
Nov 3, 1995 |
Across The Sea of Time |
$75,681 |
1 |
$298,437 |
3 |
May 5, 1995 |
Wings of Courage |
$68,112 |
1 |
$358,359 |
4 |
Jan 14, 2000 |
Fantasia 2000 |
$58,135 |
54 |
$11,096,797 |
5 |
Oct 9, 2009 |
Paranormal Activity |
$49,379 |
160 |
$9,113,936 |
6 |
Mar 27, 1992 |
Howards End |
$48,813 |
1 |
$231,239 |
7 |
Jul 29, 1983 |
Zelig |
$47,301 |
3 |
$396,723 |
8 |
Jan 5, 2018 |
The Post |
$47,167 |
36 |
$3,847,683 |
9 |
Jan 11, 2002 |
Black Hawk Down |
$46,779 |
16 |
$1,473,884 |
10 |
Jan 4, 2013 |
Zero Dark Thirty |
$44,933 |
60 |
$4,406,138 |
11 |
Nov 19, 1999 |
Todo sobre mi madre |
$44,758 |
2 |
$89,515 |
12 |
Dec 4, 2009 |
Los abrazos rotos |
$44,285 |
2 |
$452,878 |
13 |
Dec 10, 2021 |
Licorice Pizza |
$43,124 |
4 |
$1,101,683 |
14 |
Dec 30, 1994 |
Immortal Beloved |
$41,684 |
4 |
$582,875 |
15 |
Apr 4, 2008 |
La misma luna |
$40,248 |
43 |
$8,959,462 |
16 |
Aug 20, 1982 |
Pink Floyd: The Wall |
$38,685 |
4 |
$598,780 |
17 |
Dec 28, 1984 |
A Passage to India |
$37,201 |
13 |
$924,991 |
18 |
Dec 4, 2015 |
Carol |
$36,281 |
4 |
$815,001 |
19 |
Sep 1, 2000 |
Place Vendome |
$35,210 |
1 |
$137,524 |
20 |
Sep 4, 1981 |
Prince of the City |
$34,628 |
5 |
$559,495 |
21 |
Dec 12, 2014 |
The Imitation Game |
$34,010 |
25 |
$1,974,647 |
22 |
Dec 31, 1982 |
Frances |
$33,294 |
1 |
$60,326 |
23 |
Jan 6, 1995 |
Legends of the Fall |
$32,791 |
7 |
$791,414 |
24 |
Nov 28, 1980 |
Raging Bull |
$32,327 |
4 |
$549,680 |
25 |
Mar 15, 1985 |
The Purple Rose of Cairo |
$31,970 |
4 |
$547,072 |
26 |
Dec 8, 2017 |
Call Me by Your Name |
$31,761 |
9 |
$1,367,155 |
27 |
Dec 24, 1982 |
Gandhi |
$31,581 |
6 |
$718,758 |
28 |
Dec 10, 2010 |
The King’s Speech |
$31,148 |
19 |
$1,524,123 |
29 |
Mar 20, 1998 |
Everest |
$31,013 |
20 |
$2,360,472 |
30 |
Nov 16, 1984 |
The Killing Fields |
$30,265 |
3 |
$195,290 |
31 |
Dec 31, 2004 |
Million Dollar Baby |
$30,164 |
9 |
$1,044,149 |
32 |
Jun 4, 1982 |
Annie |
$29,620 |
14 |
$2,158,219 |
33 |
Dec 3, 2004 |
La mala educación |
$29,619 |
3 |
$526,559 |
34 |
Jun 29, 1984 |
Under the Volcano |
$28,772 |
1 |
$162,683 |
35 |
Dec 4, 1981 |
Absence of Malice |
$28,528 |
2 |
$388,536 |
36 |
Oct 10, 1997 |
The Ice Storm |
$28,162 |
3 |
$365,812 |
37 |
May 24, 1996 |
Welcome to the Dollhouse |
$28,123 |
7 |
$207,001 |
38 |
Jan 2, 1987 |
Platoon |
$27,884 |
59 |
$3,621,038 |
39 |
Jan 6, 2012 |
Pina |
$27,676 |
3 |
$384,068 |
40 |
Dec 26, 2008 |
Gran Torino |
$27,652 |
84 |
$4,220,824 |
41 |
Dec 18, 1981 |
On Golden Pond |
$27,618 |
2 |
$327,285 |
42 |
Nov 28, 2008 |
Slumdog Millionaire |
$27,470 |
49 |
$3,544,374 |
43 |
Feb 4, 1983 |
The Year of Living Dangerously |
$27,398 |
1 |
$121,865 |
44 |
Jan 3, 2003 |
25th Hour |
$26,944 |
5 |
$624,933 |
45 |
Dec 31, 1999 |
Topsy Turvy |
$26,675 |
1 |
$158,696 |
46 |
Jul 30, 1999 |
The Blair Witch Project |
$26,528 |
1,101 |
$36,140,299 |
47 |
Feb 23, 2001 |
Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure |
$26,422 |
4 |
$353,210 |
48 |
Dec 22, 2000 |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
$25,843 |
143 |
$6,533,541 |
49 |
Aug 29, 1997 |
The Full Monty |
$25,344 |
36 |
$1,734,173 |
50 |
Jun 4, 2004 |
Control Room |
$25,320 |
1 |
$126,710 |
51 |
Dec 6, 2002 |
Hable con ella |
$24,996 |
3 |
$391,164 |
52 |
Dec 27, 2002 |
About Schmidt |
$24,854 |
34 |
$2,572,811 |
53 |
Dec 13, 1996 |
The Crucible |
$24,803 |
3 |
$282,924 |
54 |
Jan 2, 2009 |
The Wrestler |
$24,323 |
18 |
$1,762,043 |
55 |
Jan 10, 1997 |
Hamlet |
$24,079 |
3 |
$462,498 |
56 |
Nov 17, 2006 |
Volver |
$23,825 |
6 |
$680,896 |
57 |
Oct 21, 1983 |
Never Cry Wolf |
$23,801 |
5 |
$281,161 |
58 |
Aug 9, 1985 |
Kiss of the Spider Woman |
$22,634 |
5 |
$382,319 |
59 |
Nov 8, 1985 |
Twice in a Lifetime |
$22,582 |
4 |
$90,328 |
60 |
Nov 12, 1999 |
Galapagos |
$22,439 |
3 |
$189,978 |
61 |
Mar 21, 2014 |
The Grand Budapest Hotel |
$22,329 |
304 |
$12,998,474 |
62 |
Oct 13, 2006 |
The Queen |
$22,228 |
46 |
$1,861,414 |
63 |
Jan 1, 2016 |
Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens |
$21,829 |
4,134 |
$742,208,942 |
64 |
Dec 5, 1975 |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo\'s Nest |
$21,810 |
4 |
$472,596 |
65 |
Jan 11, 2002 |
I Am Sam |
$21,791 |
1 |
$145,076 |
66 |
Dec 31, 1993 |
Schindler’s List |
$21,699 |
76 |
$6,187,045 |
67 |
Aug 27, 1982 |
Tempest |
$21,488 |
2 |
$224,572 |
68 |
Dec 2, 1983 |
Yentl |
$21,309 |
14 |
$1,448,646 |
69 |
Jan 8, 1999 |
The Thin Red Line |
$20,924 |
61 |
$2,486,047 |
70 |
Dec 4, 1981 |
Ragtime |
$20,791 |
5 |
$594,893 |
71 |
Jan 8, 1993 |
Damage |
$20,783 |
6 |
$543,572 |
72 |
Jan 15, 1999 |
Affliction |
$20,695 |
4 |
$290,445 |
73 |
Jan 3, 1986 |
Brazil |
$20,586 |
3 |
$265,364 |
74 |
Sep 30, 1983 |
Heat and Dust |
$20,521 |
1 |
$113,904 |
75 |
Jun 8, 1979 |
Alien |
$20,221 |
132 |
$11,051,322 |
76 |
Sep 14, 1984 |
Choose Me |
$20,206 |
3 |
$271,911 |
77 |
Jan 10, 2003 |
The Hours |
$20,169 |
45 |
$2,196,461 |
78 |
Jan 4, 2013 |
Amour |
$19,944 |
3 |
$311,247 |
79 |
Sep 28, 1984 |
A Soldier's Story |
$19,943 |
19 |
$898,706 |
80 |
Sep 9, 1983 |
Daniel |
$19,915 |
1 |
$113,534 |
81 |
Jan 1, 2010 |
Avatar |
$19,789 |
3,461 |
$352,114,898 |
82 |
Aug 9, 2013 |
Blue Jasmine |
$19,709 |
119 |
$6,041,246 |
83 |
Dec 29, 1995 |
Sense and Sensibility |
$19,611 |
70 |
$4,347,817 |
84 |
Oct 9, 1981 |
Chariots of Fire |
$19,514 |
6 |
$607,253 |
85 |
Jan 6, 1995 |
Nobody's Fool |
$19,385 |
7 |
$549,924 |
86 |
Apr 22, 2011 |
Evil Bong 3 The Wrath Of Bong! |
$19,315 |
1 |
$59,820 |
87 |
Jan 9, 1998 |
Kundun |
$19,296 |
2 |
$303,939 |
88 |
Aug 22, 1986 |
She's Gotta Have It |
$19,244 |
5 |
$247,717 |
89 |
Dec 9, 2011 |
A Dangerous Method |
$19,234 |
4 |
$535,985 |
90 |
Jul 1, 1983 |
Fanny och Alexander |
$18,953 |
8 |
$274,841 |
91 |
Dec 14, 2007 |
Le Scaphandre et le Papillon |
$18,855 |
3 |
$257,891 |
92 |
Jun 3, 2011 |
Midnight in Paris |
$18,843 |
147 |
$6,796,731 |
93 |
Dec 3, 1982 |
Still of the Night |
$18,779 |
5 |
$446,069 |
94 |
Feb 21, 1986 |
Hannah and Her Sisters |
$18,557 |
64 |
$5,027,299 |
95 |
Jan 12, 2018 |
Phantom Thread |
$18,513 |
62 |
$2,229,593 |
96 |
Dec 9, 2011 |
The Artist |
$18,460 |
16 |
$888,741 |
97 |
Jan 1, 2010 |
Crazy Heart |
$18,416 |
12 |
$702,188 |
98 |
Dec 18, 2009 |
Up in the Air |
$18,344 |
175 |
$8,216,051 |
99 |
Jan 17, 1992 |
Daughters of the Dust |
$18,185 |
1 |
$36,576 |
100 |
Dec 19, 1997 |
Good Will Hunting |
$18,037 |
11 |
$937,922 |
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.