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Biggest 28th Weekend at the Domestic Box Office for Limited Release Movies
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This chart contains figures for the biggest 28th Weekends at the Domestic Box Office for Limited Release Movies.
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| Rank | Date | Movie | Gross | Theaters | Per Theater |
Total Gross |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oct 25, 2002 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | $6,209,500 | 1,967 | $3,157 | $177,698,447 |
| 2 | Mar 28, 2003 | Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し) | $1,765,491 | 711 | $2,483 | $7,386,075 |
| 3 | Feb 20, 1998 | The Full Monty | $977,637 | 585 | $1,671 | $41,012,993 |
| 4 | Apr 30, 1999 | La vita è bella | $831,732 | 914 | $910 | $53,072,604 |
| 5 | Nov 5, 2010 | Luftslottet som sprängdes | $746,572 | 192 | $3,888 | $2,247,619 |
| 6 | Jul 7, 2000 | Fantasia 2000 | $388,474 | 1,279 | $304 | $58,333,531 |
| 7 | Apr 14, 2000 | Boys Don't Cry | $344,404 | 252 | $1,367 | $10,968,569 |
| 8 | Jan 16, 2015 | Boyhood | $242,760 | 136 | $1,785 | $24,600,207 |
| 9 | Apr 4, 1997 | Secrets & Lies | $222,676 | 155 | $1,437 | $12,678,732 |
| 10 | May 23, 1997 | The English Patient | $219,891 | 190 | $1,157 | $76,926,422 |
| 11 | Apr 11, 2008 | Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure | $193,849 | 47 | $4,124 | $11,125,054 |
| 12 | May 3, 1996 | Leaving Las Vegas | $190,746 | 248 | $769 | $31,354,044 |
| 13 | Jul 5, 1996 | Mr. Holland’s Opus | $180,058 | 180 | $1,000 | $82,242,514 |
| 14 | Apr 18, 2003 | Bowling for Columbine | $172,590 | 121 | $1,426 | $20,814,575 |
| 15 | Feb 22, 2019 | The Wife | $148,905 | 204 | $730 | $9,412,917 |
| 16 | Dec 17, 2004 | Napoleon Dynamite | $124,804 | 177 | $705 | $44,140,989 |
| 17 | Jun 15, 2001 | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | $113,284 | 171 | $662 | $127,652,038 |
| 18 | Jun 21, 1996 | Sense and Sensibility | $105,270 | 110 | $957 | $42,873,725 |
| 19 | Sep 19, 2003 | Bend it Like Beckham | $89,497 | 117 | $765 | $32,337,580 |
| 20 | May 10, 2002 | Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain | $80,518 | 78 | $1,032 | $32,806,020 |
| 21 | Apr 11, 1997 | Crash | $76,774 | 44 | $1,745 | $3,083,348 |
| 22 | Sep 29, 2006 | Boynton Beach Club | $74,529 | 50 | $1,491 | $2,738,849 |
| 23 | Apr 6, 2007 | The Last King of Scotland | $70,835 | 69 | $1,027 | $17,449,410 |
| 24 | Jun 29, 2001 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | $66,137 | 114 | $580 | $45,283,280 |
| 25 | Mar 13, 2009 | Che, Part 1: The Argentine | $65,184 | 31 | $2,103 | $1,544,729 |
| 26 | Aug 1, 2008 | U2 3D | $63,784 | 6 | $10,631 | $9,126,250 |
| 27 | Jul 21, 2000 | The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg | $59,693 | 25 | $2,388 | $970,374 |
| 28 | Nov 25, 2011 | Midnight in Paris | $58,955 | 41 | $1,438 | $55,684,541 |
| 29 | Aug 30, 2002 | Monsoon Wedding | $50,012 | 13 | $3,847 | $13,708,817 |
| 30 | Feb 27, 1998 | Pippi Longstocking | $49,815 | 42 | $1,186 | $605,476 |
| 31 | Feb 20, 2009 | Fly Me To the Moon | $47,280 | 10 | $4,728 | $12,960,281 |
| 32 | Apr 6, 2001 | Best in Show | $46,897 | 42 | $1,117 | $18,519,324 |
| 33 | Jun 2, 2006 | Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont | $45,054 | 16 | $2,816 | $669,821 |
| 34 | Mar 19, 2004 | Lost in Translation | $42,950 | 51 | $842 | $44,566,004 |
| 35 | Dec 15, 2000 | Catfish in Black Bean Sauce | $41,055 | 14 | $2,933 | $1,010,831 |
| 36 | May 14, 1999 | Gods and Monsters | $40,903 | 54 | $757 | $6,347,503 |
| 37 | Feb 22, 2008 | Sukkar banat | $39,404 | 21 | $1,876 | $357,363 |
| 38 | Apr 20, 2001 | Billy Elliot | $38,395 | 60 | $640 | $21,920,990 |
| 39 | Dec 10, 1999 | Buena Vista Social Club | $37,631 | 30 | $1,254 | $6,800,290 |
| 40 | Sep 28, 2007 | Sharkwater | $37,140 | 60 | $619 | $793,384 |
| 41 | May 21, 2004 | My Architect | $36,259 | 31 | $1,170 | $2,562,472 |
| 42 | Oct 5, 2001 | Himalaya - l'enfance d'un chef | $36,084 | 33 | $1,093 | $2,120,839 |
| 43 | Apr 7, 2006 | Capote | $35,074 | 38 | $923 | $28,397,013 |
| 44 | Jun 16, 2000 | The Cider House Rules | $34,925 | 138 | $253 | $57,536,361 |
| 45 | Oct 24, 2003 | Winged Migration | $34,864 | 42 | $830 | $10,553,966 |
| 46 | Feb 2, 2007 | Little Miss Sunshine | $33,421 | 41 | $815 | $59,675,437 |
| 47 | May 28, 1999 | Central do Brasil | $33,369 | 16 | $2,086 | $5,514,029 |
| 48 | May 15, 1998 | The Hanging Garden | $32,632 | 4 | $8,158 | $32,632 |
| 49 | May 28, 1999 | Waking Ned Devine | $32,353 | 59 | $548 | $24,737,610 |
| 50 | May 4, 2007 | Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss | $31,198 | 19 | $1,642 | $383,331 |
| 51 | Jul 9, 2021 | I Carry You With Me | $30,857 | 57 | $541 | $92,646 |
| 52 | May 2, 2003 | Time Changer | $30,406 | 24 | $1,267 | $1,107,217 |
| 53 | May 18, 2001 | You Can Count on Me | $30,310 | 51 | $594 | $9,119,432 |
| 54 | Jun 1, 2012 | The Artist | $30,063 | 87 | $346 | $44,615,355 |
| 55 | Apr 20, 2001 | With a Friend Like Harry | $29,495 | 2 | $14,748 | $167,010 |
| 56 | Feb 6, 2009 | Frozen River | $29,439 | 25 | $1,178 | $2,339,397 |
| 57 | Aug 27, 2004 | The Best Two Years | $28,815 | 21 | $1,372 | $992,170 |
| 58 | Aug 11, 1995 | The Secret of Roan Inish | $28,387 | 25 | $1,135 | $6,029,373 |
| 59 | May 12, 2000 | Todo sobre mi madre | $28,120 | 36 | $781 | $7,918,398 |
| 60 | Sep 15, 2000 | God's Army | $27,665 | 31 | $892 | $2,467,262 |
| 61 | Jun 8, 2001 | Panic | $26,403 | 11 | $2,400 | $713,876 |
| 62 | Jun 20, 2003 | Russkiy kovcheg | $25,943 | 18 | $1,441 | $2,145,670 |
| 63 | Apr 14, 2006 | CSA: The Confederate States of America | $25,531 | 21 | $1,216 | $537,108 |
| 64 | Jun 17, 2022 | The Duke | $25,201 | 38 | $663 | $1,488,897 |
| 65 | Sep 4, 2009 | Play the Game | $24,231 | 30 | $808 | $513,065 |
| 66 | Apr 13, 2001 | Yi Yi | $22,953 | 12 | $1,913 | $794,814 |
| 67 | May 30, 2003 | The Quiet American | $22,917 | 27 | $849 | $12,843,884 |
| 68 | Apr 24, 2015 | A Matter of Faith | $21,972 | 17 | $1,292 | $486,538 |
| 69 | Dec 27, 1996 | Lone Star | $21,340 | 12 | $1,778 | $12,194,247 |
| 70 | Oct 21, 2005 | A Wake in Providence | $21,150 | 5 | $4,230 | $264,549 |
| 71 | Jun 28, 2019 | All is True | $20,437 | 34 | $601 | $1,125,820 |
| 72 | Feb 1, 2013 | Searching for Sugar Man | $19,917 | 18 | $1,107 | $3,212,491 |
| 73 | Apr 22, 2011 | Poema de Salvación | $19,439 | 13 | $1,495 | $836,968 |
| 74 | Sep 12, 2003 | Nowhere in Africa | $19,410 | 15 | $1,294 | $6,126,600 |
| 75 | Dec 15, 1995 | Smoke | $19,132 | 15 | $1,275 | $8,314,058 |
| 76 | Apr 5, 2019 | Free Solo | $18,875 | 16 | $1,180 | $17,518,798 |
| 77 | Apr 29, 2005 | Sideways | $18,381 | 36 | $511 | $71,483,535 |
| 78 | Jan 16, 1998 | Shall We Dance? | $18,103 | 15 | $1,207 | $9,676,677 |
| 79 | Apr 26, 2002 | Waking Life | $17,960 | 35 | $513 | $2,892,011 |
| 80 | Aug 19, 2005 | The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill | $17,801 | 24 | $742 | $2,838,749 |
| 81 | Nov 3, 2006 | Unidentified | $17,341 | 17 | $1,020 | $211,807 |
| 82 | May 2, 2008 | Bella | $17,192 | 21 | $819 | $8,030,387 |
| 83 | Apr 25, 2014 | 12 Years a Slave | $17,141 | 32 | $536 | $56,651,943 |
| 84 | Apr 2, 2004 | The Gospel of John | $16,977 | 35 | $485 | $4,052,681 |
| 85 | Jun 14, 2019 | Amazing Grace | $16,612 | 27 | $615 | $4,353,582 |
| 86 | Jul 5, 1996 | Dead Man Walking | $16,122 | 23 | $701 | $39,379,757 |
| 87 | Feb 4, 2011 | Get Low | $16,071 | 60 | $268 | $9,156,053 |
| 88 | Jan 31, 2020 | Honeyland | $15,235 | 15 | $1,016 | $768,772 |
| 89 | Sep 26, 2008 | FLOW: For Love of Water | $15,080 | 11 | $1,371 | $80,954 |
| 90 | Apr 28, 2000 | Beyond the Mat | $15,025 | 19 | $791 | $1,984,174 |
| 91 | Oct 20, 2000 | The Girl Next Door | $14,816 | 2 | $7,408 | $422,200 |
| 92 | Apr 4, 2003 | Shanghai Ghetto | $14,093 | 4 | $3,523 | $572,179 |
| 93 | Apr 21, 2000 | The Straight Story | $13,877 | 30 | $463 | $6,197,866 |
| 94 | May 11, 2018 | 1945 | $12,897 | 16 | $806 | $676,419 |
| 95 | Aug 9, 2002 | The Singles Ward | $12,621 | 8 | $1,578 | $921,019 |
| 96 | Mar 25, 2011 | Queen of the Sun | $12,079 | 6 | $2,013 | $74,711 |
| 97 | May 2, 2003 | Frida | $11,800 | 19 | $621 | $25,851,857 |
| 98 | Sep 21, 2001 | Memento | $11,439 | 57 | $201 | $25,451,047 |
| 99 | Oct 15, 2010 | 2012: Time for Change | $11,382 | 2 | $5,691 | $54,071 |
| 100 | Feb 10, 2006 | Darwin's Nightmare | $10,254 | 5 | $2,051 | $133,501 |
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
Note: the records on this page only consider movies that were initially released in less than 600 theaters and did not have any expansion of more than 1,000 theaters in one week. We only consider movies that were released in 1995 or later, and do not consider movies that only had an IMAX release.
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.