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Highest Theater Average Opening Weekend at the Domestic Box Office for Limited Release Movies
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This chart contains figures for the highest theater average Opening Weekends at the Domestic Box Office for Limited Release Movies.
| Rank |
Date |
Movie |
Theater
Average |
Theaters |
Cumulative
Gross |
| 1 |
Mar 7, 2014 |
The Grand Budapest Hotel |
$202,792 |
4 |
$811,166 |
| 2 |
Sep 14, 2012 |
The Master |
$147,262 |
5 |
$736,311 |
| 3 |
May 25, 2012 |
Moonrise Kingdom |
$130,749 |
4 |
$522,996 |
| 4 |
Nov 28, 2014 |
The Imitation Game |
$119,838 |
4 |
$479,352 |
| 5 |
Dec 9, 2005 |
Brokeback Mountain |
$109,485 |
5 |
$547,425 |
| 6 |
Oct 17, 2014 |
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of … |
$106,099 |
4 |
$424,397 |
| 7 |
Nov 6, 2009 |
Precious (Based on the Novel Push by … |
$104,025 |
18 |
$1,872,458 |
| 8 |
Nov 24, 2017 |
Call Me by Your Name |
$103,233 |
4 |
$412,932 |
| 9 |
Nov 29, 1996 |
The Crucible |
$101,610 |
1 |
$101,610 |
| 10 |
Dec 6, 2013 |
Inside Llewyn Davis |
$101,353 |
4 |
$405,411 |
| 11 |
Oct 21, 2016 |
Moonlight |
$100,519 |
4 |
$402,075 |
| 12 |
May 20, 2011 |
Midnight in Paris |
$99,834 |
6 |
$599,003 |
| 13 |
Dec 27, 1996 |
Evita |
$97,543 |
2 |
$334,440 |
| 14 |
Dec 28, 2007 |
There Will Be Blood |
$95,370 |
2 |
$314,917 |
| 15 |
May 27, 2011 |
The Tree of Life |
$93,230 |
4 |
$372,920 |
| 16 |
Jul 22, 2016 |
Don’t Think Twice |
$92,835 |
1 |
$92,835 |
| 17 |
Nov 3, 2017 |
Lady Bird |
$91,109 |
4 |
$364,437 |
| 18 |
Nov 26, 2010 |
The King’s Speech |
$88,863 |
4 |
$355,450 |
| 19 |
Dec 1, 2017 |
The Shape of Water |
$83,282 |
2 |
$166,564 |
| 20 |
Nov 10, 2017 |
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Miss… |
$80,542 |
4 |
$322,168 |
| 21 |
Dec 3, 2010 |
Black Swan |
$80,212 |
18 |
$1,443,809 |
| 22 |
Dec 9, 2011 |
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy |
$77,641 |
4 |
$310,562 |
| 23 |
Jul 11, 2014 |
Boyhood |
$77,524 |
5 |
$387,618 |
| 24 |
May 26, 2000 |
Hum to Mohabbt Karega |
$75,446 |
1 |
$75,446 |
| 25 |
Aug 28, 1998 |
A Merry War |
$74,766 |
5 |
$373,830 |
| 26 |
Mar 18, 2005 |
Melinda and Melinda |
$74,238 |
1 |
$74,238 |
| 27 |
Oct 11, 2002 |
Punch-Drunk Love |
$73,441 |
5 |
$367,203 |
| 28 |
Oct 1, 2004 |
I Heart Huckabees |
$73,044 |
4 |
$292,177 |
| 29 |
Jun 22, 2012 |
To Rome with Love |
$72,272 |
5 |
$361,359 |
| 30 |
Jul 15, 2016 |
Café Society |
$71,858 |
5 |
$359,289 |
| 31 |
Sep 24, 2004 |
Guiana 1838 |
$70,910 |
1 |
$70,910 |
| 32 |
May 26, 2006 |
An Inconvenient Truth |
$70,333 |
4 |
$404,879 |
| 33 |
Jul 9, 2010 |
The Kids Are All Right |
$70,282 |
7 |
$491,971 |
| 34 |
Jun 22, 2007 |
Sicko |
$68,969 |
1 |
$68,969 |
| 35 |
Aug 24, 2012 |
Sleepwalk With Me |
$68,801 |
1 |
$68,801 |
| 36 |
Sep 28, 2007 |
The Darjeeling Limited |
$67,469 |
2 |
$134,938 |
| 37 |
Nov 5, 2010 |
127 Hours |
$66,213 |
4 |
$264,851 |
| 38 |
Dec 8, 2017 |
I, Tonya |
$66,039 |
4 |
$264,155 |
| 39 |
Dec 12, 2014 |
Inherent Vice |
$65,637 |
5 |
$328,184 |
| 40 |
Nov 18, 2016 |
Manchester by the Sea |
$64,125 |
4 |
$256,498 |
| 41 |
Sep 28, 2007 |
Se jie |
$63,918 |
1 |
$63,918 |
| 42 |
Dec 1, 2017 |
The Disaster Artist |
$63,755 |
19 |
$1,211,345 |
| 43 |
Nov 20, 2015 |
Carol |
$63,378 |
4 |
$253,510 |
| 44 |
Dec 26, 2008 |
Revolutionary Road |
$63,304 |
3 |
$189,911 |
| 45 |
Jul 29, 2005 |
The Aristocrats |
$60,949 |
4 |
$243,796 |
| 46 |
Dec 5, 2008 |
Frost/Nixon |
$60,236 |
3 |
$180,708 |
| 47 |
Dec 7, 2007 |
Juno |
$59,124 |
7 |
$525,155 |
| 48 |
Nov 6, 2015 |
Spotlight |
$59,002 |
5 |
$295,009 |
| 49 |
Sep 20, 2013 |
Enough Said |
$58,200 |
4 |
$286,534 |
| 50 |
Sep 25, 2009 |
Capitalism: A Love Story |
$57,991 |
4 |
$298,550 |
| 51 |
Jun 23, 2017 |
The Beguiled |
$57,323 |
4 |
$229,292 |
| 52 |
Sep 21, 2012 |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower |
$57,090 |
4 |
$228,359 |
| 53 |
Mar 27, 2015 |
While We're Young |
$56,922 |
4 |
$227,688 |
| 54 |
Dec 2, 2016 |
Jackie |
$55,743 |
5 |
$278,715 |
| 55 |
Dec 14, 2001 |
The Royal Tenenbaums |
$55,396 |
5 |
$276,981 |
| 56 |
Dec 30, 2011 |
The Iron Lady |
$55,102 |
4 |
$220,409 |
| 57 |
Dec 6, 2002 |
Adaptation |
$54,925 |
7 |
$384,478 |
| 58 |
Mar 13, 2009 |
Sunshine Cleaning |
$54,798 |
4 |
$219,190 |
| 59 |
Nov 20, 2009 |
Los abrazos rotos |
$53,556 |
2 |
$107,111 |
| 60 |
Sep 24, 2004 |
The Motorcycle Diaries |
$53,273 |
3 |
$159,819 |
| 61 |
Sep 21, 2007 |
Into the Wild |
$53,110 |
4 |
$212,440 |
| 62 |
Jul 28, 2006 |
Little Miss Sunshine |
$53,000 |
7 |
$499,012 |
| 63 |
Mar 17, 2006 |
Thank You For Smoking |
$52,585 |
5 |
$262,923 |
| 64 |
Nov 22, 2002 |
Hable con ella |
$52,198 |
2 |
$104,396 |
| 65 |
Oct 22, 2004 |
Sideways |
$51,761 |
4 |
$207,042 |
| 66 |
Nov 25, 2011 |
The Artist |
$51,220 |
4 |
$204,878 |
| 67 |
Dec 19, 2008 |
The Wrestler |
$50,679 |
4 |
$288,220 |
| 68 |
Dec 30, 2005 |
Match Point |
$49,824 |
8 |
$600,542 |
| 69 |
May 24, 2013 |
Before Midnight |
$49,383 |
5 |
$246,914 |
| 70 |
Aug 2, 2013 |
The Spectacular Now |
$49,354 |
4 |
$197,415 |
| 71 |
Nov 19, 2004 |
La mala educación |
$49,123 |
3 |
$147,370 |
| 72 |
Oct 18, 2013 |
12 Years a Slave |
$48,617 |
19 |
$923,715 |
| 73 |
Aug 3, 2001 |
Apocalypse Now Redux |
$48,496 |
2 |
$96,992 |
| 74 |
Dec 31, 2010 |
Blue Valentine |
$48,432 |
4 |
$291,607 |
| 75 |
Dec 13, 2002 |
About Schmidt |
$47,061 |
6 |
$282,367 |
| 76 |
Nov 27, 2015 |
The Danish Girl |
$46,830 |
4 |
$187,318 |
| 77 |
May 11, 2007 |
Brand Upon the Brain! |
$46,412 |
1 |
$63,837 |
| 78 |
Feb 19, 2010 |
The Ghost Writer |
$45,752 |
4 |
$183,009 |
| 79 |
Mar 11, 2011 |
Jane Eyre |
$45,721 |
4 |
$182,885 |
| 80 |
Feb 1, 2008 |
Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of B… |
$45,561 |
683 |
$31,117,834 |
| 81 |
Nov 2, 2001 |
Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain |
$45,490 |
3 |
$136,470 |
| 82 |
Jun 18, 2010 |
Cyrus |
$45,429 |
4 |
$181,716 |
| 83 |
Nov 14, 2014 |
Foxcatcher |
$45,146 |
6 |
$270,877 |
| 84 |
Aug 11, 2017 |
Ingrid Goes West |
$45,100 |
3 |
$135,301 |
| 85 |
Dec 6, 1996 |
Everyone Says I Love You |
$43,893 |
3 |
$131,678 |
| 86 |
Nov 9, 2007 |
No Country for Old Men |
$43,798 |
28 |
$1,226,333 |
| 87 |
Nov 24, 2017 |
Darkest Hour |
$43,752 |
4 |
$246,761 |
| 88 |
Jan 2, 2015 |
A Most Violent Year |
$43,197 |
4 |
$286,046 |
| 89 |
Aug 8, 2014 |
Myeong-ryang |
$43,000 |
1 |
$43,000 |
| 90 |
Jun 14, 2013 |
The Bling Ring |
$42,879 |
5 |
$214,395 |
| 91 |
Jul 21, 1995 |
Kids |
$42,855 |
2 |
$85,709 |
| 92 |
Jun 29, 2012 |
Beasts of the Southern Wild |
$42,426 |
4 |
$220,913 |
| 93 |
Nov 25, 2011 |
A Dangerous Method |
$41,988 |
4 |
$226,685 |
| 94 |
Oct 2, 2009 |
A Serious Man |
$41,890 |
6 |
$251,337 |
| 95 |
May 11, 2007 |
Brooklyn Rules |
$41,811 |
1 |
$41,811 |
| 96 |
Mar 31, 2006 |
Brick |
$41,787 |
2 |
$83,574 |
| 97 |
Feb 13, 2015 |
What We Do in the Shadows |
$41,778 |
2 |
$83,555 |
| 98 |
Nov 7, 2014 |
The Theory of Everything |
$41,753 |
5 |
$208,763 |
| 99 |
Dec 8, 2000 |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon |
$41,450 |
16 |
$663,205 |
| 100 |
Mar 9, 2007 |
The Namesake |
$41,425 |
6 |
$248,552 |
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.
